"McGonagall gave us way too much homew-What the hell is that?" Lily pointed to the big black dog that was racing through the hallway and terrorizing the First Years.
"A dog." Anna wasn't phased; she owned two huge black Labrador Retrievers at home; her parents owned three. Besides, she didn't think this was a dog at all.
"Why is it here?"
"Don't know," she said, glancing up from her notes. Phhissttt! The whistle pierced the air. She pulled something from her bag and held it behind her back.
"Watch out, Anna," Lily whispered. The dog padded up to her and barked sharply.
"Bad dog," she whispered and wrapped the rope around his neck. He fought violently, but she wrapped it around his mouth also and tied it under his chin. "Heel," she said smugly. "I'll go take him to Dumbledore."
"I know who you are," she said once they turned into a deserted hallway. She slipped the rope off his mouth but left it around his neck. There was a blur where the dog stood, then Sirius the human cleared itself. He looked infuriated.
"How'd you find out? Get this off me!" he hissed, fumbling with the knot.
"I followed you. I know James' a stag, Peter's a rat, you're a dog and..." Sirius looked up sharply when he realized what was coming next. "…Remus is a werewolf."
"You're not gonna tell anybody, are you? I mean, Dumbledore already knows, and McGonagall and Pomfrey but-" She tugged gently on the rope.
"Remus is too nice to do that to. But you on the other hand…" she yanked on the leash again; he grunted and stepped forward. "Does Dumbledore know about you?"
"I don't think so." He growled amazingly dog-like at the collar. "Will you take this off me!"
"Not before you agree to my deal."
"What deal?"
"I want you to do what I want, whenever I want it." He grunted for her to continue.
"That's it."
"That's it?"
"That's what I said."
"I know I'm gonna regret this…okay." She smiled primly.
"Great. Throughout the rest of the day, you have to talk and act like a girl."
"WHAT?"
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"I am not wearing that!" Sirius declared, an outraged look on his face. Anna just smiled sweetly.
"You have too, Padfoot." She suddenly understood why his friends called him that. "Sit down." He frowned deeper but nevertheless sat in an uncomfortable chair in the corner. She advanced on him, a eye shadow brush extended like a spear.
"Oh no! I am not wearing make-up!" he shouted jumping from the chair onto one of the beds.
"That's part of the agreement. Besides, I'll only use a little." He thought about it a second then leapt off the bed.
"Fine." She laughed at his tone; it suggested he would rather leap off the Owlry without a broom then consent to this.
They left the dorm before the lunch bell rang. Sirius stepped on the stair and slid down instead of flying down on his broom, which knocked Anna in the head as she hit the bottom.
"Ow!" He smiled sweetly in perfect imitation of her previous smile; his lips sparkled.
"You deserve it."
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"Where'd you go, Sirius? You didn't show up for Potions," James asked as they sat down to dinner. Anna and Sirius had arrived before the rest of them because he didn't want anyone to see the skirt.
"Skipped class," he replied nonchalantly. Anna had already told Lily the dog held her up and forced her to skip class. She seemed to believe her; it was the truth.
"Can I borrow your notes, Lily?"
"Me too?" Sirius asked in a pleading, girlish voice
"Yes, you can, Anna." Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
"Fine. I just going to fail the test and it'll be your fault," he continued in a feminine voice.
"Are you okay, Padfoot?" Remus asked as he strode up to the table.
"Why, yes, perfectly fine. How are you, Moony?" The unrelenting girly voice was starting to disturb them.
"Other then being seriously in doubt of your sanity, I'm happy." James froze.
"Why?" he asked suspiciously.
"Is it illegal to be happy?"
"For a marauder it is, Lily."
"I'll tell you later. There's two people here that might kill me if I tell." Anna had the sudden sinking feeling completely innocent people get when someone talks like that.
