Well, here it is, part two! I really hope you enjoy reading it, I enjoyed writing it!
Chapter 7: Animagi Conversations
Last Time…
'Ha ha, you are such a copycat Ginny.' Sirius said.
'Damn proud of it.' Ginny let her tongue hang out.
'Cats. Can't live with them.' Sirius said, joking. 'Why don't the dogs stick together?'
'Fine by me.' Phoebe giggled and Piper groaned.
Godric's Hollow Quidditch Pitch…
'Do you always have to be like that Phoebe?' Piper asked.
'What's wrong with me?' She asked, sitting down next to Sirius. She was quite large, but Sirius was still bigger than her. They looked like a good couple more than one of the group thought.
Piper shook her cat head. 'Never mind. So, are we going to be able to come Monday?'
'What do you think Prongs?' Sirius asked.
'Well, I think they can defend themselves from that wolf guy we hang around with.' James said, grinning inwardly.
'Watch it Prongs.' Remus growled, but the tone in his voice let them know he was joking.
'Or what Moony, gonna try and catch me?'
'You chase him, I'm in too.' Sirius lolled his tongue out. 'But I'll chase you Moony.'
'Will you now? Let's see if you can catch me first Padfoot.' Moony ran down the Quidditch pitch, with Sirius on his tail.
The rest of the 'animals' watched on in amusement as the two canines ran after each other.
'I don't think they ever did grow up, did they?' Lily asked James.
'No. And you only realise this now.' James changed back and stretched. Lily followed then Harry, Ginny, Hermione and soon the animals that remained were Sirius and Remus.
"Maybe we should give you all nicknames while we wait. Marauder names." James said. Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione looked eager but the Americans looked confused.
"What's a Marauder name?" Leo asked.
"When Sirius, Remus and I were at school, we were a group called the Marauders. We basically pranked anything that moved. But when we became Animagi, we gave ourselves names. Remus is Moony because he is a werewolf, Sirius is Padfoot because he is a dog, I'm Prongs because I'm a stag and our other fri…" James cut himself short, so Lily finished for him.
"There was a fourth member of the Marauders. Peter Pettigrew. But he was a traitor. The reason we died. He was one of Voldemort's Death Eaters. We thought that he was lost, but a few months ago when Voldemort was defeated, he jumped in front of Harry when Voldemort cast the killing curse at him."
"That was because I saved his life in my third year." Harry said quietly.
"Well, Peter was a rat Animagus and his name was Wormtail. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs." James smiled at some of his memories from Hogwarts.
"You ok James?" Lily asked quietly, so only he could hear her. He nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He looked up. "So, Marauder nicknames."
"I think Piper should be Kit." Phoebe said with a slight laugh. Paige and Leo smiled.
"Why Kit?" Lily asked.
"Because when we first became witches, we had a familiar called Kit. She was a Siamese cat who looks very similar to Piper's form." Phoebe said.
"And Phoebe's looks like the Andrex dog on television." Hermione said, only the Americans and Harry getting the joke. "Hey, how about Drexie?"
"I like that. Kinda cute." Phoebe thought it over. "Yeah, that's mine."
Paige, you should be something like Flyte." Ginny said.
"Flight? A little bit boring isn't it?" Paige said.
"Well, spell it differently, like F-L-Y-T-E. " Ginny told her.
"Hmm, I like it like that. Yeah, I think that one is mine. Now onto you kids."
"How about Leaena for Ginny, and Feles for Ron." Said Hermione, after thinking for a few moments.
"And what do they mean?" Ron asked his girlfriend.
"Leaena means Lioness in Latin and Feles is Cat in Latin."
"How the bloody hell did you know those off the top of your head?" Ron asked. "I actually like that. Feles."
"Right, so we have Kit, Drexie, Flyte, Leaena and Feles. We need Leo, Harry and Hermione's names. Leo, since you have silver fur in your form, how do you like Argent?" James said.
Leo nodded. "That sounds great."
"Hermione, Pounce for you. When you were in your form yesterday that's all you could do." Ron said. Hermione smiled and nodded. "Now Harry, I don't know about you."
"A lion, so how about…Pads? You pad around don't you?" James said.
"It's ok. I kinda like it." Harry said.
"Kinda like what?" Sirius asked, walking back over with Remus.
Harry smirked. "Got bored with your little game did you?"
"Hush you." Sirius glared at him then ruffled his hair. "So, what were you talking about?"
"Marauder names." James said. Sirius grinned. "Sorry Padfoot, we already named everyone."
"Everyone? Oh…" Sirius frowned.
"Well, you were too busy dancing around with Remy." James grinned.
Remus groaned. "Don't call me Remy, Jamie Boy."
"Then don't call me Jamie Boy."
"Don't even start that. Can we even know what the names are? Please?"
"Yes, since you asked ever so nicely." Lily said. "We have Messrs Feles, Argent and Pads and Madams Kit, Drexie and Flyte." She pointed to each person as she said them.
"You named them all in a few minutes?" Sirius said.
"It was nearer 10 minutes Padfoot." James said. He looked up at the sky and saw there were rain clouds approaching. "Should we take this inside? Unless we want to get soaked?" They made their way across the pitch and into the mansion. Lily got 12 butterbeers and levitated them into the living room. She sent it to each person who took a drink.
"So with the transformation, you take a Wolfsbane potion, right?" Piper asked Remus.
"Yeah. It lets me keep my human mind in the wolf's body. Still bloody painful though."
"Well, I was thinking, maybe I can add something to the potion that will dull the pain too." Remus' eyes widened.
"Really? You can do that?" He asked.
Piper smiled. "I can try. But I won't be able to get it done until next full moon. I might even be able to make it a permanent potion, so it will activate on each full moon but you only have to take it once."
"Is that even possible?" Remus asked.
"Well, I can make it possible. Any friend of Lily and James is a friend of ours."
"And maybe more than a friend." Sirius muttered under his breath, looking at Phoebe.
Ooh, well, it seems that Sirius has a little crush on Phoebe. Will she feel the same way as him? Please give me your opinion of what should happen. You know, you could also tell me what you think of the chapter in a lovely, lovely review… ay?
