Hello! Nicole is getting on me about updating this, so I guess I had better
before she hurts Bakura.
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Catty, Nicole and Liz were sitting on the ground in a semi-circle around the large shaggy black dog they had dubbed Sirius.
Sirius, on the other hand, was quite uncomfortable with the arrangements. They were staring at him intently.
"Hey, on a completely off the wall whim, if you really are Sirius Black, transform!" Liz, the one in green piped up cheerfully. Sirius cast a dubious glance at the three, Nicole in particular(as she was the one who glomped him earlier). Then he nodded.
Three seconds later, the tall man stood there in the clearing.
Nicole gave a sharp squeal and promptly fainted. Catty and Liz's jaw was hanging open. Liz stood.
"Hmm... I see what Nicole means. You're hot." She glanced back at Nicole, who was still laying on the ground. "Don't tell her I said that, okay Catty?" Catty nodded with a grin.
"Umm, excuse me, but..." Sirius trailed off, almost confused. His voice didn't have the same slight husky quality that it had gained after twelve years in Azkaban. In fact, it was as smooth as when he had been 17. "Would you happen to have a mirror handy?" He changed his request to. Liz looked slightly confused, but complied, handing him a small black compact. He opened it and nearly fainted from shock. He was 17!
"You've got to be kidding me..." He muttered to himself.
"Something wrong?" Catty asked.
"Besides the fact that I'm half the age I'm supposed to be, and quite obviously not where I should be, I'm fine." He replied slightly sarcastically.
"Ah. Okay then!" Liz replied brightly. For a moment, Sirius couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic also, of if she was dense. "We'll just push a button, pop open a portal, and teleport ya home." She said. This time he could hear the sarcasm.
"Yeah, sure."
"I'm Serious!"
"No, Liz. You're having Identity problems. He's Sirius." Catty said, pointing at the young man.
"Ha ha ha. As if that one hasn't been used fifty million times."
"Excuse me, but..." Sirius was cut off by the sudden expulsion of air from his lungs as he was tackled to the ground by a hyperactive fan girl.
"SIRIUSSIRIUSSIRUS!!!!" She cried, squeezing him nearly to death.
"Air... Need..." Sirius managed to gasp.
"Oops. Sorry, love!" Nicole said, sitting up, straddling his stomach.
"I missed something quite obviously." He said plainly.
"Yup, probably. How did you get here?"
"Well..." Sirius said quietly, thinking back. "We were in the Department of Mysteries, battling Death Eaters... And I fell through the Veil... I was... somewhere. Then my Death came, and I made a break for it..."
"Your Death?" Liz asked.
"Yeah. This... corpse thing... that told me he would take me to this field when I had to die."
"Ooh! Like in His Dark Materials! Neat-o." Liz said, leaning against a tree and grinning.
"Actually, it was rather disturbing."
"Yeah, that too." Liz commented offhandedly.
"Where exactly am I—"Sirius was cut off (somehow halfway through a one- letter word) by Nicole's lips on his.
"Nicole!" Catty said, grabbing her shirt and pulling her away. "Don't traumatize the poor guy! He dosen't even know you!"
"But! But! But!"
"But's are for T.P. to wipe." Liz said. All three looked at her. "What? I'm not allowed to be creative?"
"Well..." Catty began. Liz rolled her eyes and checked her watch. "I can't believe it's only been about 10 minutes. We've got an hour and 20 minutes to go!" She complained. "I just remembered why I don't skip that often."
"Well occupy yourself by helping me tie Nicole to a tree so she doesn't molest Sirius, here."
"Umm, can someone please answer my earlier question?" Sirius asked.
"Oakridge, MD. US of A. North American Continent. North Western Hemisphere. Earth. Solar System. Milky Way..." Liz paused. "What's bigger that the universe?"
All three other people shrugged.
"However big it is, I'm not in mine." Sirius muttered, standing up not that the insane fan girl was off of him, tied to a tree with a belt.
"Hey! No fair! NO FAIR NO FAIR!" She cried.
"Here, have a wolf." Catty said, handing her a wolf key chain, which placated her temporarily.
"I have a feeling we're all in for a long, bumpy ride." Liz muttered.
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There ya go Nicole, happy?
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Catty, Nicole and Liz were sitting on the ground in a semi-circle around the large shaggy black dog they had dubbed Sirius.
Sirius, on the other hand, was quite uncomfortable with the arrangements. They were staring at him intently.
"Hey, on a completely off the wall whim, if you really are Sirius Black, transform!" Liz, the one in green piped up cheerfully. Sirius cast a dubious glance at the three, Nicole in particular(as she was the one who glomped him earlier). Then he nodded.
Three seconds later, the tall man stood there in the clearing.
Nicole gave a sharp squeal and promptly fainted. Catty and Liz's jaw was hanging open. Liz stood.
"Hmm... I see what Nicole means. You're hot." She glanced back at Nicole, who was still laying on the ground. "Don't tell her I said that, okay Catty?" Catty nodded with a grin.
"Umm, excuse me, but..." Sirius trailed off, almost confused. His voice didn't have the same slight husky quality that it had gained after twelve years in Azkaban. In fact, it was as smooth as when he had been 17. "Would you happen to have a mirror handy?" He changed his request to. Liz looked slightly confused, but complied, handing him a small black compact. He opened it and nearly fainted from shock. He was 17!
"You've got to be kidding me..." He muttered to himself.
"Something wrong?" Catty asked.
"Besides the fact that I'm half the age I'm supposed to be, and quite obviously not where I should be, I'm fine." He replied slightly sarcastically.
"Ah. Okay then!" Liz replied brightly. For a moment, Sirius couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic also, of if she was dense. "We'll just push a button, pop open a portal, and teleport ya home." She said. This time he could hear the sarcasm.
"Yeah, sure."
"I'm Serious!"
"No, Liz. You're having Identity problems. He's Sirius." Catty said, pointing at the young man.
"Ha ha ha. As if that one hasn't been used fifty million times."
"Excuse me, but..." Sirius was cut off by the sudden expulsion of air from his lungs as he was tackled to the ground by a hyperactive fan girl.
"SIRIUSSIRIUSSIRUS!!!!" She cried, squeezing him nearly to death.
"Air... Need..." Sirius managed to gasp.
"Oops. Sorry, love!" Nicole said, sitting up, straddling his stomach.
"I missed something quite obviously." He said plainly.
"Yup, probably. How did you get here?"
"Well..." Sirius said quietly, thinking back. "We were in the Department of Mysteries, battling Death Eaters... And I fell through the Veil... I was... somewhere. Then my Death came, and I made a break for it..."
"Your Death?" Liz asked.
"Yeah. This... corpse thing... that told me he would take me to this field when I had to die."
"Ooh! Like in His Dark Materials! Neat-o." Liz said, leaning against a tree and grinning.
"Actually, it was rather disturbing."
"Yeah, that too." Liz commented offhandedly.
"Where exactly am I—"Sirius was cut off (somehow halfway through a one- letter word) by Nicole's lips on his.
"Nicole!" Catty said, grabbing her shirt and pulling her away. "Don't traumatize the poor guy! He dosen't even know you!"
"But! But! But!"
"But's are for T.P. to wipe." Liz said. All three looked at her. "What? I'm not allowed to be creative?"
"Well..." Catty began. Liz rolled her eyes and checked her watch. "I can't believe it's only been about 10 minutes. We've got an hour and 20 minutes to go!" She complained. "I just remembered why I don't skip that often."
"Well occupy yourself by helping me tie Nicole to a tree so she doesn't molest Sirius, here."
"Umm, can someone please answer my earlier question?" Sirius asked.
"Oakridge, MD. US of A. North American Continent. North Western Hemisphere. Earth. Solar System. Milky Way..." Liz paused. "What's bigger that the universe?"
All three other people shrugged.
"However big it is, I'm not in mine." Sirius muttered, standing up not that the insane fan girl was off of him, tied to a tree with a belt.
"Hey! No fair! NO FAIR NO FAIR!" She cried.
"Here, have a wolf." Catty said, handing her a wolf key chain, which placated her temporarily.
"I have a feeling we're all in for a long, bumpy ride." Liz muttered.
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There ya go Nicole, happy?
