At least it wasn't me!
Sirius gave another snort of laughter, second impressions were proving better then the first, the pompous git had a sense of humor of some kind.
"Well if you think he's hideous maybe you should look in the mirror a few times, that is if it doesn't break." Crabbe replied condescendingly, sounding very much like a second grader. "Freak white hair like that, are you sure you're not some kind of panda?"
Bakura blinked several times, rage mounting with each blink of his stunning eyelashes. "Pandas are black and white; I think I shall banish you to the shadow realm now." He continued. A few second latter a startled Crabbe was consumed by shadow fire and disappeared.
Sirius gave an involuntary shudder, thinking about his own experiences in the shadow realm. "To contradict your first impression of us, but not all wizards are as thick as dry mud."
"I dare you to prove it." Bakura replied skeptically.
So through the next two weeks Sirius, in dog form of course, proved it. -
Day one: rent two room apartments in the Leaky Cauldron, Bakura found money somewhere, and then it was off up Knockturn ally for a day of exploration of the darker side of wizardry; which interested Bakura to no end, though he still obviously despised everyone.
Day two: a day spent entirely goggling over Quidditch equipment. After telling Bakura about the wizard sport it was hard to pull the younger man away from the displays. They ended up each buying a LightningBolt 5000, the latest of brooms, plus a servicing kit to take care of their new children.
Day three: was spent over a forest somewhere in Eastern Europe. Bakura navigating by teleporting through the shadow realm; it avoided the possibility of Sirius being splinched anyway.
Day four: having stayed out fairly late and just generally tiring themselves out they mostly just slept and lounged around, enjoying the fine food of the Leaky Cauldron. If anyone thought that ordering a plate of perfectly good food for a dog was odd, a look at Bakura stopped any protests.
Day five: the fifth day, what fifth day? To tell you the truth their memory of this day was dim. Spending the entire day at the Hogshead and drinking a little too much Fire Whiskey to drive out the chill of the overcast day. Again if anyone found it odd to place bowl after bowl of Fire Whiskey in front of your pet dog to drink was odd, Bakura was menacing enough to silence them quickly.
Day six: was spent at Flourish and Blott's searching for a hangover cure. Well the rest of the day after twelve as they had once again slept in.
Sirius was slightly amazed after one week how he still hadn't run into anyone who recognized him. He desperately wanted to know about Harry, but, was rendered incapable of doing so since he still wasn't sure about the ever overconfident Bakura and if he could truly trust him.
Day Seven: once again relying on Bakura's navigation ability as he 'teleported' Sirius was surprised to find himself in what muggles call museums, an Egyptian museum in Japan to be exact. Half way through though a woman that could have just walked out of one of the displays showed up, and to Sirius's surprise began telling off the now ever innocent and virtuous Bakura. The word thief was passed around a few times and Sirius filed it away for later thought.
Day eight: was spent playing Quidditch once more. Bakura showed some real talent and when the sun finally set it took all of Sirius's verbal and physical strength to get him to quit. Surprisingly he actually put up with such treatment, something probably to do with how drop dead tired the two of them were.
Day nine: was spent discussing the wizarding world. Though Sirius learned little about anything other then the name of the woman who had told Bakura off, Isis, Sirius himself told Bakura about many of the people he knew, a few funny stories about school, and about Hogwarts in general, carefully avoiding though anything to do with the Order of the Phoenix.
All in all even Bakura seemed to enjoy their escapades into the wizarding, admitting that the wizarding world was slightly interesting even if they were all weaklings. So at the end of two weeks Sirius was getting slightly less cautious and Bakura was smirking a lot, a habit Sirius found slightly disturbing.
Returning on the fourteenth day from another day at the Hog's Head, only slightly tipsy this time, and who should they come face to face (or face to snout in Sirius case) with but Remus and Tonks. Remus promptly fainted.
Sirius gave another snort of laughter, second impressions were proving better then the first, the pompous git had a sense of humor of some kind.
"Well if you think he's hideous maybe you should look in the mirror a few times, that is if it doesn't break." Crabbe replied condescendingly, sounding very much like a second grader. "Freak white hair like that, are you sure you're not some kind of panda?"
Bakura blinked several times, rage mounting with each blink of his stunning eyelashes. "Pandas are black and white; I think I shall banish you to the shadow realm now." He continued. A few second latter a startled Crabbe was consumed by shadow fire and disappeared.
Sirius gave an involuntary shudder, thinking about his own experiences in the shadow realm. "To contradict your first impression of us, but not all wizards are as thick as dry mud."
"I dare you to prove it." Bakura replied skeptically.
So through the next two weeks Sirius, in dog form of course, proved it. -
Day one: rent two room apartments in the Leaky Cauldron, Bakura found money somewhere, and then it was off up Knockturn ally for a day of exploration of the darker side of wizardry; which interested Bakura to no end, though he still obviously despised everyone.
Day two: a day spent entirely goggling over Quidditch equipment. After telling Bakura about the wizard sport it was hard to pull the younger man away from the displays. They ended up each buying a LightningBolt 5000, the latest of brooms, plus a servicing kit to take care of their new children.
Day three: was spent over a forest somewhere in Eastern Europe. Bakura navigating by teleporting through the shadow realm; it avoided the possibility of Sirius being splinched anyway.
Day four: having stayed out fairly late and just generally tiring themselves out they mostly just slept and lounged around, enjoying the fine food of the Leaky Cauldron. If anyone thought that ordering a plate of perfectly good food for a dog was odd, a look at Bakura stopped any protests.
Day five: the fifth day, what fifth day? To tell you the truth their memory of this day was dim. Spending the entire day at the Hogshead and drinking a little too much Fire Whiskey to drive out the chill of the overcast day. Again if anyone found it odd to place bowl after bowl of Fire Whiskey in front of your pet dog to drink was odd, Bakura was menacing enough to silence them quickly.
Day six: was spent at Flourish and Blott's searching for a hangover cure. Well the rest of the day after twelve as they had once again slept in.
Sirius was slightly amazed after one week how he still hadn't run into anyone who recognized him. He desperately wanted to know about Harry, but, was rendered incapable of doing so since he still wasn't sure about the ever overconfident Bakura and if he could truly trust him.
Day Seven: once again relying on Bakura's navigation ability as he 'teleported' Sirius was surprised to find himself in what muggles call museums, an Egyptian museum in Japan to be exact. Half way through though a woman that could have just walked out of one of the displays showed up, and to Sirius's surprise began telling off the now ever innocent and virtuous Bakura. The word thief was passed around a few times and Sirius filed it away for later thought.
Day eight: was spent playing Quidditch once more. Bakura showed some real talent and when the sun finally set it took all of Sirius's verbal and physical strength to get him to quit. Surprisingly he actually put up with such treatment, something probably to do with how drop dead tired the two of them were.
Day nine: was spent discussing the wizarding world. Though Sirius learned little about anything other then the name of the woman who had told Bakura off, Isis, Sirius himself told Bakura about many of the people he knew, a few funny stories about school, and about Hogwarts in general, carefully avoiding though anything to do with the Order of the Phoenix.
All in all even Bakura seemed to enjoy their escapades into the wizarding, admitting that the wizarding world was slightly interesting even if they were all weaklings. So at the end of two weeks Sirius was getting slightly less cautious and Bakura was smirking a lot, a habit Sirius found slightly disturbing.
Returning on the fourteenth day from another day at the Hog's Head, only slightly tipsy this time, and who should they come face to face (or face to snout in Sirius case) with but Remus and Tonks. Remus promptly fainted.