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20th September 2005 Chapter 4

He ran inside to see Snape hanging up washing and then swinging on the line like Tarzan.

"What are you up to?" Remus asked with a horrified glance.

"Well I would have thought that it was blatantly obvious that I'm in a bikini and swinging around. After all it is great fun! You should try it!" Snape replied in a sing-song voice.

"I don't think so somehow Snape."

"Oh go on. You know you want to!"

"You'll never take me alive!" at this Remus ran from the basement and back into the kitchen to hide behind Sirius.

"Sirius! Save me! He wants me to play dress up and swing in a bikini on a washing line."

"Not whilst I'm here. Its time for… Super Sirius…dun dun dun!" Sirius said, striking a superman type pose.

"Where are you Remus?" called Snape.

"He's in here you overgrown bully. Pick on someone your own size!" yelled Sirius.

At this invitation, Snape looked Sirius up and down and promptly knocked him unconscious with a punch to the face.

"Hey big nose, no-one hits my cousin but me and gets away with it. Understand?" screamed Tonks, rushing to Sirius' rescue.

"Oh really? And what's a little girl like yourself going to do about it?" taunted Snape.

Tonks turned to walk away, but at the last minute turned back and hit Snape smack bang on the nose.

"That in a word!" Tonks said over her shoulder as she skipped out of the room merrily. About half a second later, she came rushing back in as a result of coming face-to-face with…

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