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And so it continues…

The Dog

Part Two

The four Gryffindor boys known as the Marauders, in keeping with the Marauder Saturday Night Tradition, were lounging about in the sixth year boys' dorm, talking and eating Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans as well as an assortment of sweets they had acquired from the kitchen. Remus, sitting cross legged in the middle of his bed, was sorting beans into various groups – 'appears edible', 'a bit iffy', 'unsure', and 'quite possibly deadly' – as he listened to Sirius and James recount their perilous journey to the kitchens and back. Peter was lying on his stomach facing the rest of the group and nibbling on a chocolate éclair as he sketched Remus' face.

'Remus, don't change your expression!' Peter cried. 'Now I have to re-do that – hold still!'

'Did you hear what these two just said?' Remus replied incredulously, gesturing wildly with his hands.

James grinned. 'It's brilliant, isn't it?'

Sirius threw a bean at James' head, which James ducked to avoid. 'You're insane. You're a spoon. You're worse than a spoon. You're a… Well, I'm not quite sure what you are, to be honest, but it's something really bad.' That said, Sirius stuck his tongue out obnoxiously at James.

James rolled his eyes in response. 'I refuse to dignify that statement with a response.'

'You just did.'

Sirius was forced to duck as a pillow, thrown by James, came hurtling through the air towards him, and he fell off his bed in a most ungraceful manner. Remus steered the conversation back on course as Sirius climbed back onto his bed and made himself comfortable again.

'So you actually told Dingle that Padfoot is the Gryffindor dog?'

'Yes,' James replied slowly.

'And supposedly, McGonagall knows about this dog?'

'Yes,' James repeated.

Remus sighed. 'How do you plan to pull this one off?'

James grinned widely. 'Well, McGonagall already knows about the dog. I wasn't lying.'

Sirius, Remus and Peter looked incredulously at James, causing him to grin even more widely and forebodingly.

'She just isn't aware of it yet. I'll convince her soon enough.'

Sirius banged his head against a bed-post. 'Spoon. Spoon. Spoon.'

Author's Note

Bugger. Looks like it's going to be more than three chapters. They're short chapters though, so it's still only a baby fic… sighs Why can't I ever stick to my own plans? Thanks for all the lovely, furry review-creatures. grins I didn't really expect to get any reviews, but you guys proved me wrong. I love it when I'm wrong. More soon…