The Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter
Disclaimer: As fun as that would be, I don't own anybody in HP Universe ;-)
Summary: Harry Potter teams up with the Half-Blood Prince and together, they try to fight Voldemort! But who is the Prince? Well, he's powerful! He's really smart! He's a real hunter! And he's... orange, fluffy and ugly! Everybody, meet Crookshanks!
Author: zimagesto
AN: I'm mad and don't you just love it?
Chapter 2
The corridors of Hogwarts were dark and gloomy, as usual after dark. One specific half cat half kneazle was walking up and down, looking for any signs of trouble.
In his walk, he noticed a shadow on one of the walls and walked carefully towards her. No use in yelling, just in case it was McGonagall. But when he made it to her, he recognized her and meowed in hello.
"Hello, sis" he said with fondness.
"Brother" the sand colored cat said, while nodding her hellos.
"Aren't we beautiful today" he said with a cat smirk.
"Meow!" she hissed. "Mum should have been told that half cat-half kneazles tend to look horrible"
"Ah, we're beautiful, in our own way" Crookshanks replied carelessly.
"Have you looked in the mirror lately?" she hissed.
"Filch loves ya, he thinks you're beautiful" he replied. "Remember, Norris?"
"Meow" she said slowly. "If he wouldn't call me Mrs. Norris, I'd be more happy."
"But my name is Crookshanks" he replied with a somewhat sour look. "A mouthful, as you can see"
"It's better than being called Mornenger, isn't it?" she said with a small laugh.
"And Molovorska" he also laughed. "Do you think Father would have agreed with our names?"
"He's dead, we don't know" she replied with a smirk. "And Yvonne rules, as you could hear from your fellow strays"
"I'm really sorry we couldn't see our mother..." Crookshanks said. "It's been years"
"Look who's talking!" she meowed. "I've been trapped here and forced to pretend to be on Filch's side for far longer than you remember!"
"But you know nearly everything about the castle" he pointed out. "That's always a plus"
"Well" she said with a small shake of her head. "So much good that did me. I was petrified by the King Snake a while ago, you know"
"That wasn't your fault" he told her pleasantly. "Anyone could have had the same problem"
A small mouse passed them and Norris jumped at it, catching it between her paws.
"And what do we have here?" she asked with true cat cruelty towards food.
"Norris, stop playing with your food!" Crookshanks kidded.
"I'll do whatever I wish..." she replied maliciously.
"Don't hurt me, don't hurt me!" the mouse squeaked.
"Or what?" Norris asked, showing her pointy teeth.
"Or you'll miss the news I hold!" he said terrified.
"News? What importance can petty little mouse news be to us? I should just eat you now" she said, opening her mouth to prove her point.
"Cat news, cat news!" he cried. "Promise me you won't hurt me and I'll tell you"
"Tell us and we'll see" Crookshanks told the small creature.
"Her Majesty, Queen Ramana of the Cats was hit by a truck yesterday and died tragically" the small creature said quickly.
Norris's eyes widened and she let go of the mouse and stood there in shock. Crookshanks was also shocked, his fur standing up.
"Are you sure?" he asked slowly.
"More than sure" the little creature squeaked and ran as Norris dropped him on the floor, the cat suddenly forgetting her lunch.
"Mama..." the cat said slowly and then burst into tears. "No, not mama!"
"Come now, Norris" Crookshanks said slowly. "Stop crying..."
"But, oh, Crooky, what shall we do now? We're orphans in this cruel, cruel world that wants to hurt us! How will we live without mamman?" the cat sobbed.
"Heads up, little sister, us half kneazles are tough and we'll manage. We'll manage sister, I promise you! We'll take care of ourselves, we'll live somehow. And don't forget, we still have each other!" Crookshans said, hugging her cat-ishly.
"Oh, boy" the mouse told himself, watching the two from behind the corner. "What a bunch of..."
"But... but that makes us the queen and king of cats, Crooky" Norris said with a soft meow. "We're the king and queen now"
"Oh, alas, what a cruel world it is... The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen!"
"Long live me!" Norris sobbed.
"Long live you!" meowed Crookshanks louder.
"Long live me!" Norris cried in despair.
"Long live you!" Crookshanks said in an even more sobbing tone. Then, the both of them started crying like babies in the middle of the corridor.
"You do know we haven't seen her in years, though, don't you?" Crookshanks said shyly a few seconds after.
"Right" Norris said. "And we're all grown up now"
"We haven't needed her to live for a long while now" her brother said.
"Too bad we haven't seen her for so long, though" she said thoughtfully.
"A pity, yes... But she stays forever in our house" he said dreamily.
"In our house? Is she a ghost?" Norris asked, frowning.
"Heart. I meant, in our heart" Crookshanks said with a small cough.
"Well... I'll go catch some mice. And then we can see what shall happen next" Norris said with an odd smile.
"Sure... take care" Crookshanks said with a cat-ish smile then turned towards the place he had come from and, after turning around the corner, he stared at me.
"What was up with all that?"
"What?" I asked.
"You know... that pathetic scene" he said, shaking his head.
"Wait, wait..." I said slowly. "Why are you talking to me? I'm the author, you're not supposed to even be aware of me"
"Oh, purr-lease" he purred. "We knew about you all along. Now, please turn all pathetic soap opera scenes into good scenes, will you?"
"Whatever" I said, rolling my eyes.
"Good" he said with a small nod of head. "Now, I'm off to the burials of my mother and then I'll see what's going on in my kingdom. No more pathetic scenes."
"Fine, my Lord" I said carelessly, going back to my laptop.
"And UPDATE!" he cried.
"Jes', king for three minutes and he thinks he owes me" I say, rolling my eyes.
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Thanks to: Brittney-a-t, smeagol's preciousss, Tsuetsu, Tikvah Ariel, unregistered person, Chikin Wang
Tikvah Ariel: Well, the castle-drama thing wasn't really one of my favorites either... ;-)
Unregistered person: lol. I was the one who suggested it first, and Akvar (or kingakvar) took the idea and posted it around. I asked for a disclaimer, but he wouldn't give me one. Said he'll confirm is asked, though ;-)