James looked at Sirius.
"Sirius," he began slowly. "What on earth is that?"
Sirius looked at it carefully.
"I know! I saw it on a muggle TV once! It's a...a..."
The door closed quietly and Remus came up to them. He blinked confusedly at the thing on the floor, then looked up at the others.
"Umm...Why do we have a chipmunk in our room?"
"Yes! That's it! It's a chipmunk! I knew I'd seen it before!"
Remus reached down and picked it up.
"I don't care where you've seen it, I want to know why I'm seeing it now." He looked at the creature curiously. "And how you've managed to get it so tame. I'm certain I've never noticed it here before." He glanced up at them suspiciously. "What are you doing, and where's Peter?"
James and Sirius glanced at each other nervously. Now what?