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TanisaFyre ~ Yes, I thought it would be amusing to see him go feral. Ah, the things catnip can do to an Animagus...
Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos ~ I don't know how Draco's going to react yet, but it will probably involve a lot of hexing.
Caz Malfoy ~ The plan will come out eventually! You never know what those two are planning.
Malfoy Snogger ~ Thanks. Harry will definitely be staying long enough to find out, don't worry!
Sailor Grape ~ Oh, I'm sure Seamus will start to worry eventually. And yes, catfood would be very inappropriate for the pet of a Malfoy!
Megs ~ Thanks!
NayNymic ~ Thank you. Yes, Ron and Hermione will come in contact with that clue soon.
LoonyLoopyLisa ~ Yeah, tests suck. I actually don't know what I got on that test yet. Argh. Thanks.
SparkySparkles ~ I thought Draco would make a cute kitty lover. That collar will have to go if he's gonna get out of there!
the crazy ladies ~ Thank you! Glad you like!
silver_tears ~ Glad you like it so much. One piece of advice though, don't bounce on the chair while eating biscuits. *glares evilly at elves* I don't see what you lot are laughing at. Next full moon I'm sending hyper Remus after you!!!
Katie ~ Thank you!
GaBrIeLa ~ Thank you very much!
Dark-One Shadowphyre ~ *raises eyebrow* Um, so now you're a cat? I don't speak cat, but I'm guessing you liked it because you were purring. Heh heh.
Nemesis ~ Oh yeah, too much catnip is baaad. Don't worry, it's the weekend. Thank you.
Icy Flame ~ Well, thank you very much!
silver-sparklze ~ Thank you, I wrote as soon as I got a chance!
The Demonic Duo ~ Better and better, hm? Thank you. And I am glad that you're keeping those questions to yourself, because I wouldn't want to have to not answer them.
Obsessed ~ Well, no, you didn't mention it. But thank you!! I'll keep writing, because I think "Possessed" would be scary.
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Harry, Seamus, And The Master Plan
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Thirteen ~ Reminiscing, Plots, and Spying
Remus was bored. He had finished dinner long before Seamus, and had headed back to his office. The problem was, he didn't have anyone to talk to, unless he counted Sirius's stupid pet lizard named Lizard, and he didn't count him. Her. It. Whatever.
Leaning back in his chair, the front legs leaving the floor, he let his mind wander.
He was staring out the window into the darkness, his mind one million and five point seven miles away (a length that had been proven by James in their fourth year), when someone knocked on his door, startling him.
He was so startled that he fell off his chair and landed on the ground with a crash, somehow ending up with the chair on top of him.
The door opened, and a curious Minerva poked her head in. "Er, Remus? Are you all right?"
"Quite fine Minerva," he answered airily. "I just thought I'd inspect the floor, you know, make sure that its clean and all."
She raised an eyebrow. "I see. Do you mind standing up so we can talk, or would you rather continue your inspection and I'll come back later?"
"Please, come in," he said as he stood up. "I was about finished anyway. Cup of tea?" he offered.
"No thank you. I was wondering if you had any idea as to the whereabouts of one Mr Potter? He wasn't at dinner, and Miss Granger asked me if I'd seen him."
Remus grinned deviously. "I know where he is, Minnie, but I'd really rather not tell you at the moment."
She smiled back at him. "Oh? Why not? Is he skulking around the castle as a cat again?"
He was startled. "You know about that?"
"Of course I do! He and Seamus asked me to help them."
"And you didn't make them register?" he asked incredulously.
"No."
"But why not?" he whined. "It's not fair!"
She laughed. "Surely you remember why? James was your best friend, after all."
Remus blinked. "Uh, should that sentence have made any sense to me?"
"James didn't tell you?"
"About what?"
"Who he and Lily named as Harry's godmother."
He groaned. "Oh you gotta be shitting me."
"I'm afraid not. I didn't help him as his teacher, but as his godmother. He asked me about it, and I said I'd help."
"Hey, you learn something new every day, I guess."
"Now, back to the original question. Although, you did do an awfully good job of keeping us off the subject."
"Thank you."
"So, is Harry wandering around on four legs?"
Remus grinned slyly. "You could say that, Minnie. He is a cat at the moment, but he's not really wandering around. He'd have reached his destination by now."
"Oh? And where was he going?"
"I can't tell you that! Its classified information!"
"Oh is it now?" she asked as she took a seat by the fire. She got the feeling that she'd be there for a while.
"Definitely. If I were to tell you, Harry'd kill me, Seamus would kill me, Sirius and Sam would kill me, and I daresay that Percy Weasley would kill me."
Minerva looked startled. "Why Percy?"
"Because he still owes me from the last time I saw him. I only played one harmless little prank, and all hell broke loose. Percy is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to pranking, mainly because you don't expect it from him."
"Now I can't help but wonder which of the pranks I've had played on me in the past were really his work, rather than that of his brothers or friends. I remember being turned green on his second day, and first Transfiguration lesson. He was the only one to keep a straight face, and he seemed so serious and disapproving of pranks, I immediately dismissed him as a suspect and blamed Oliver Wood."
"You ought to ask about it next time you see Percy. Either that or I will. You've piqued my curiosity now."
"I also remember your first Transfiguration lesson, when I punished James and Sirius for writing nasty messages on the blackboard. Was it really them, Remus?"
The werewolf grinned. "Nope. It was me. James dared me to do it. I said no, and then Sirius called me a chicken and said he'd give me ten Galleons and a sugar quill if I could do it and not catch the blame." He frowned thoughtfully. "Now I think of it, he still owes me the sugar quill. I'll have to remind him of that next time I see him."
Minerva laughed, but before she could speak there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Remus called.
Minerva raised an eyebrow. "And you couldn't have managed to say that when I knocked?"
Remus was prevented from replying by Seamus pushing open the door and stepping inside.
"Hey Remus, I've got an idea how to - oh. Hello Professor McGonagall." The startled blond turned to the DADA Professor. "D'you want me to come back later?"
"No, that's fine. Come on in. I'm sure we can find something to talk about until Minerva falls asleep. We can go over the plans for world domination then."
Both Seamus and Minerva laughed.
"Now Seamus, I was just wondering," Minerva began casually. "Have you any idea where Harry is?"
So began another round of 'throw Minerva off the scent and have an entertaining evening at the same time' for the two males. The head of Gryffindor was a worthy opponent.
* * * * * *
Harry was woken when the door to the Slytherin dorms opened. He knew that Crabbe and Goyle had a separate room, but he hadn't known where the fifth boy in the sixth year slept. 'I guess I probably should've noticed the third bed earlier,' he thought.
"You could wake the dead with the noise you're making, Nott," Blaise said sleepily. He glanced over to Draco's bed. "Look, you've woken Draco's cat. He's going to kill you if he finds out."
"I couldn't help it, the door handle fell off," Jason Nott protested. He held up the door handle as proof.
"Put it back on and get to bed, you git," Draco mumbled. "Blaise, remind me to hex his arse in the morning."
"Sure thing Draco," he assured him.
Harry doubted the sincerity of that statement, as Blaise was almost asleep about two seconds after that.
"Wait a sec," Jason said with a frown. "Draco, since when have you had a cat???"
The talkative Slytherin was shut up quite effectively as two pillows hit him in the face.
"Okay, okay, I can take a hint."
Harry sighed, let his head fall back onto his paws and began to think. The second that Jason Nott had stepped into the room, Harry had realised he was subconsciously attempting to pair him up with someone. It hadn't been the first time; he'd been doing it since third year, but it was a little odd.
Especially since the first person he'd thought of was Ravenclaw's Sarah Moon. They would make a cute couple. Harry would never tell them that though.
Every other couple he'd paired up the year before had actually gotten together, so he was glad that he had originally thought of Seamus and Blaise.
Although, it would be a little weird if Neville and Pansy got together, as he'd matched them up in Care of Magical Creatures when Pansy had been trying to defend Neville from their Jarvey.
* * * * * *
Malcolm and Emma were sitting in a corner of the Slytherin Common Room, pretending to study. In truth, they were discussing their latest task.
"Emma, do you really think that we can get the better of Harry Potter and Seamus Finnigan? I don't think the other Gryffindors are really aware of their achievements in the past year or so."
"I know what you mean. They didn't even suspect them when all of Snape's potions stores went missing last year. Even Snape didn't think they'd done it."
"He blamed the Weasley twins eventually, didn't he?"
Malcolm nodded. "Yeah, because of all their previous pranks. Did you hear about the entire North Tower vanishing a month ago? They used a major amount vanishing potion."
"I heard a bunch of Ravenclaw third years taking Divination wanted to find out who did it so they could thank them." Emma grinned. "But we're not here to discuss their pranks, we're here to work out how to get the better of them."
The two Slytherin third years continued to plot, not noticing the pair of eyes watching them.
* * * * * *
Second year Slytherin Maddy Nott was shy, quiet, studious, and almost no one knew her.
Which helped her mission quite a lot. No one noticed if she was sitting in the Common Room, nor did they think she was listening when they discussed things.
The year before, she had gotten lost in the dungeons on the way to lunch, and had managed to run into Harry Potter and Seamus Finnigan. The two boys, then in their fifth year, had accompanied her back to the Great Hall, and offered to show her a quicker way to get to her classes on the weekend.
Maddy had expected that they would forget, so she was surprised when after breakfast on Saturday morning the two came over and asked if she was ready.
It had been the beginning of a very interesting friendship. Maddy was an only child, as were Seamus and Harry, but she suspected that having them around was like having two older brothers.
Maddy was their eyes and ears in the Common Room, telling them when the Slytherins mentioned them, and warning them of any pending attacks, be they harmless jokes or nasty spells from behind. She waited until the Common Room was nearly empty before sneaking out, hoping to find Seamus or Harry somewhere nearby. They ought to know that the Five were planning to tail them.
* * * * * *
For the third time in one night, there was a knock on the door of the DADA Professor's office.
"Come in," Remus called.
The door opened, and Maddy Nott stepped timidly into the room. She sighed in relief as she saw Seamus.
"Finally! I was about to give up on finding either of you."
"Maddy? What's wrong?" Seamus asked, worried. She would normally have waited until the morning.
"I just thought you should know, the Five are tailing you and Harry by order of Hermione, Lavender, Ron and Dean. They want to find out if the two of you are a couple."
"What???" he yelped. "That's ridiculous! Of course we aren't!"
Maddy grinned. "You and I know that, but it seems your friends don't know for sure. Anyway, you should warn Harry. Where is he, anyway?"
"He's off spying on someone," Seamus answered airily. It was more than Minerva had been able to get out of them all night.
"Really? Who?"
"I can't tell you that, kid, Harry'd have my head!"
"And we cant have that now, can we Seamus?" she asked teasingly.
"Certainly not, fair Madeleine!" he said dramatically.
"You two should probably head back to your Common Rooms," Remus suggested. "If you're unlucky, you might run into Snape while you're out." He grinned. "Good luck!"
The two students rolled their eyes and glared at him before leaving with a quick "goodnight". Minerva left not long after.
Remus sighed and headed to his rooms. He was exhausted. But at least he hadn't been bored all night.
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Well. Wasn't that a nice long chapter? Now, be nice readers and leave a pretty review.
SYLVAN: Ah, and why would they listen to you?
Because, you pain in the arse vampire, I'm writing the goddamn story! And I'm nice. Not like you.
SYLVAN: Hmph. I'm insulted.
Good. You were supposed to be.
SYLVAN: Meanie.
And? That surpises you?
SYLVAN: Not really.
*Sigh* Anyway, I'm going to go lock him in a cupboard. And never let him out! *Evil laugh*
Please review!
~SW
TanisaFyre ~ Yes, I thought it would be amusing to see him go feral. Ah, the things catnip can do to an Animagus...
Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos ~ I don't know how Draco's going to react yet, but it will probably involve a lot of hexing.
Caz Malfoy ~ The plan will come out eventually! You never know what those two are planning.
Malfoy Snogger ~ Thanks. Harry will definitely be staying long enough to find out, don't worry!
Sailor Grape ~ Oh, I'm sure Seamus will start to worry eventually. And yes, catfood would be very inappropriate for the pet of a Malfoy!
Megs ~ Thanks!
NayNymic ~ Thank you. Yes, Ron and Hermione will come in contact with that clue soon.
LoonyLoopyLisa ~ Yeah, tests suck. I actually don't know what I got on that test yet. Argh. Thanks.
SparkySparkles ~ I thought Draco would make a cute kitty lover. That collar will have to go if he's gonna get out of there!
the crazy ladies ~ Thank you! Glad you like!
silver_tears ~ Glad you like it so much. One piece of advice though, don't bounce on the chair while eating biscuits. *glares evilly at elves* I don't see what you lot are laughing at. Next full moon I'm sending hyper Remus after you!!!
Katie ~ Thank you!
GaBrIeLa ~ Thank you very much!
Dark-One Shadowphyre ~ *raises eyebrow* Um, so now you're a cat? I don't speak cat, but I'm guessing you liked it because you were purring. Heh heh.
Nemesis ~ Oh yeah, too much catnip is baaad. Don't worry, it's the weekend. Thank you.
Icy Flame ~ Well, thank you very much!
silver-sparklze ~ Thank you, I wrote as soon as I got a chance!
The Demonic Duo ~ Better and better, hm? Thank you. And I am glad that you're keeping those questions to yourself, because I wouldn't want to have to not answer them.
Obsessed ~ Well, no, you didn't mention it. But thank you!! I'll keep writing, because I think "Possessed" would be scary.
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Harry, Seamus, And The Master Plan
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Thirteen ~ Reminiscing, Plots, and Spying
Remus was bored. He had finished dinner long before Seamus, and had headed back to his office. The problem was, he didn't have anyone to talk to, unless he counted Sirius's stupid pet lizard named Lizard, and he didn't count him. Her. It. Whatever.
Leaning back in his chair, the front legs leaving the floor, he let his mind wander.
He was staring out the window into the darkness, his mind one million and five point seven miles away (a length that had been proven by James in their fourth year), when someone knocked on his door, startling him.
He was so startled that he fell off his chair and landed on the ground with a crash, somehow ending up with the chair on top of him.
The door opened, and a curious Minerva poked her head in. "Er, Remus? Are you all right?"
"Quite fine Minerva," he answered airily. "I just thought I'd inspect the floor, you know, make sure that its clean and all."
She raised an eyebrow. "I see. Do you mind standing up so we can talk, or would you rather continue your inspection and I'll come back later?"
"Please, come in," he said as he stood up. "I was about finished anyway. Cup of tea?" he offered.
"No thank you. I was wondering if you had any idea as to the whereabouts of one Mr Potter? He wasn't at dinner, and Miss Granger asked me if I'd seen him."
Remus grinned deviously. "I know where he is, Minnie, but I'd really rather not tell you at the moment."
She smiled back at him. "Oh? Why not? Is he skulking around the castle as a cat again?"
He was startled. "You know about that?"
"Of course I do! He and Seamus asked me to help them."
"And you didn't make them register?" he asked incredulously.
"No."
"But why not?" he whined. "It's not fair!"
She laughed. "Surely you remember why? James was your best friend, after all."
Remus blinked. "Uh, should that sentence have made any sense to me?"
"James didn't tell you?"
"About what?"
"Who he and Lily named as Harry's godmother."
He groaned. "Oh you gotta be shitting me."
"I'm afraid not. I didn't help him as his teacher, but as his godmother. He asked me about it, and I said I'd help."
"Hey, you learn something new every day, I guess."
"Now, back to the original question. Although, you did do an awfully good job of keeping us off the subject."
"Thank you."
"So, is Harry wandering around on four legs?"
Remus grinned slyly. "You could say that, Minnie. He is a cat at the moment, but he's not really wandering around. He'd have reached his destination by now."
"Oh? And where was he going?"
"I can't tell you that! Its classified information!"
"Oh is it now?" she asked as she took a seat by the fire. She got the feeling that she'd be there for a while.
"Definitely. If I were to tell you, Harry'd kill me, Seamus would kill me, Sirius and Sam would kill me, and I daresay that Percy Weasley would kill me."
Minerva looked startled. "Why Percy?"
"Because he still owes me from the last time I saw him. I only played one harmless little prank, and all hell broke loose. Percy is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to pranking, mainly because you don't expect it from him."
"Now I can't help but wonder which of the pranks I've had played on me in the past were really his work, rather than that of his brothers or friends. I remember being turned green on his second day, and first Transfiguration lesson. He was the only one to keep a straight face, and he seemed so serious and disapproving of pranks, I immediately dismissed him as a suspect and blamed Oliver Wood."
"You ought to ask about it next time you see Percy. Either that or I will. You've piqued my curiosity now."
"I also remember your first Transfiguration lesson, when I punished James and Sirius for writing nasty messages on the blackboard. Was it really them, Remus?"
The werewolf grinned. "Nope. It was me. James dared me to do it. I said no, and then Sirius called me a chicken and said he'd give me ten Galleons and a sugar quill if I could do it and not catch the blame." He frowned thoughtfully. "Now I think of it, he still owes me the sugar quill. I'll have to remind him of that next time I see him."
Minerva laughed, but before she could speak there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Remus called.
Minerva raised an eyebrow. "And you couldn't have managed to say that when I knocked?"
Remus was prevented from replying by Seamus pushing open the door and stepping inside.
"Hey Remus, I've got an idea how to - oh. Hello Professor McGonagall." The startled blond turned to the DADA Professor. "D'you want me to come back later?"
"No, that's fine. Come on in. I'm sure we can find something to talk about until Minerva falls asleep. We can go over the plans for world domination then."
Both Seamus and Minerva laughed.
"Now Seamus, I was just wondering," Minerva began casually. "Have you any idea where Harry is?"
So began another round of 'throw Minerva off the scent and have an entertaining evening at the same time' for the two males. The head of Gryffindor was a worthy opponent.
* * * * * *
Harry was woken when the door to the Slytherin dorms opened. He knew that Crabbe and Goyle had a separate room, but he hadn't known where the fifth boy in the sixth year slept. 'I guess I probably should've noticed the third bed earlier,' he thought.
"You could wake the dead with the noise you're making, Nott," Blaise said sleepily. He glanced over to Draco's bed. "Look, you've woken Draco's cat. He's going to kill you if he finds out."
"I couldn't help it, the door handle fell off," Jason Nott protested. He held up the door handle as proof.
"Put it back on and get to bed, you git," Draco mumbled. "Blaise, remind me to hex his arse in the morning."
"Sure thing Draco," he assured him.
Harry doubted the sincerity of that statement, as Blaise was almost asleep about two seconds after that.
"Wait a sec," Jason said with a frown. "Draco, since when have you had a cat???"
The talkative Slytherin was shut up quite effectively as two pillows hit him in the face.
"Okay, okay, I can take a hint."
Harry sighed, let his head fall back onto his paws and began to think. The second that Jason Nott had stepped into the room, Harry had realised he was subconsciously attempting to pair him up with someone. It hadn't been the first time; he'd been doing it since third year, but it was a little odd.
Especially since the first person he'd thought of was Ravenclaw's Sarah Moon. They would make a cute couple. Harry would never tell them that though.
Every other couple he'd paired up the year before had actually gotten together, so he was glad that he had originally thought of Seamus and Blaise.
Although, it would be a little weird if Neville and Pansy got together, as he'd matched them up in Care of Magical Creatures when Pansy had been trying to defend Neville from their Jarvey.
* * * * * *
Malcolm and Emma were sitting in a corner of the Slytherin Common Room, pretending to study. In truth, they were discussing their latest task.
"Emma, do you really think that we can get the better of Harry Potter and Seamus Finnigan? I don't think the other Gryffindors are really aware of their achievements in the past year or so."
"I know what you mean. They didn't even suspect them when all of Snape's potions stores went missing last year. Even Snape didn't think they'd done it."
"He blamed the Weasley twins eventually, didn't he?"
Malcolm nodded. "Yeah, because of all their previous pranks. Did you hear about the entire North Tower vanishing a month ago? They used a major amount vanishing potion."
"I heard a bunch of Ravenclaw third years taking Divination wanted to find out who did it so they could thank them." Emma grinned. "But we're not here to discuss their pranks, we're here to work out how to get the better of them."
The two Slytherin third years continued to plot, not noticing the pair of eyes watching them.
* * * * * *
Second year Slytherin Maddy Nott was shy, quiet, studious, and almost no one knew her.
Which helped her mission quite a lot. No one noticed if she was sitting in the Common Room, nor did they think she was listening when they discussed things.
The year before, she had gotten lost in the dungeons on the way to lunch, and had managed to run into Harry Potter and Seamus Finnigan. The two boys, then in their fifth year, had accompanied her back to the Great Hall, and offered to show her a quicker way to get to her classes on the weekend.
Maddy had expected that they would forget, so she was surprised when after breakfast on Saturday morning the two came over and asked if she was ready.
It had been the beginning of a very interesting friendship. Maddy was an only child, as were Seamus and Harry, but she suspected that having them around was like having two older brothers.
Maddy was their eyes and ears in the Common Room, telling them when the Slytherins mentioned them, and warning them of any pending attacks, be they harmless jokes or nasty spells from behind. She waited until the Common Room was nearly empty before sneaking out, hoping to find Seamus or Harry somewhere nearby. They ought to know that the Five were planning to tail them.
* * * * * *
For the third time in one night, there was a knock on the door of the DADA Professor's office.
"Come in," Remus called.
The door opened, and Maddy Nott stepped timidly into the room. She sighed in relief as she saw Seamus.
"Finally! I was about to give up on finding either of you."
"Maddy? What's wrong?" Seamus asked, worried. She would normally have waited until the morning.
"I just thought you should know, the Five are tailing you and Harry by order of Hermione, Lavender, Ron and Dean. They want to find out if the two of you are a couple."
"What???" he yelped. "That's ridiculous! Of course we aren't!"
Maddy grinned. "You and I know that, but it seems your friends don't know for sure. Anyway, you should warn Harry. Where is he, anyway?"
"He's off spying on someone," Seamus answered airily. It was more than Minerva had been able to get out of them all night.
"Really? Who?"
"I can't tell you that, kid, Harry'd have my head!"
"And we cant have that now, can we Seamus?" she asked teasingly.
"Certainly not, fair Madeleine!" he said dramatically.
"You two should probably head back to your Common Rooms," Remus suggested. "If you're unlucky, you might run into Snape while you're out." He grinned. "Good luck!"
The two students rolled their eyes and glared at him before leaving with a quick "goodnight". Minerva left not long after.
Remus sighed and headed to his rooms. He was exhausted. But at least he hadn't been bored all night.
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Well. Wasn't that a nice long chapter? Now, be nice readers and leave a pretty review.
SYLVAN: Ah, and why would they listen to you?
Because, you pain in the arse vampire, I'm writing the goddamn story! And I'm nice. Not like you.
SYLVAN: Hmph. I'm insulted.
Good. You were supposed to be.
SYLVAN: Meanie.
And? That surpises you?
SYLVAN: Not really.
*Sigh* Anyway, I'm going to go lock him in a cupboard. And never let him out! *Evil laugh*
Please review!
~SW