Disclaimer: Since I don't remember if I did one anyother time… Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry Potter, Potter, Potter, isn't mine, mine, mine, what a shaaaaame!!!!!!! (sung to the tune of a song I can't think of at the moment… so just make one up!)

"He was just laying there… curled up into a ball! I have no clue what happened!" Ron said, holding the dogs head in his lap. Harry kneeled beside them.

"B-but… how will anyone k-know what's wrong!" Harry stammered out.

"Mrs. Weasley might know…" She said worriedly. Harry stared at her.

"Hermione, she thinks he's just a normal dog, when their in pain and can't figure out why they… they…" Harry desperately pulled Sirius closer to his body. The dog let out a pathetic moan. "'Mione!" Harry screamed. Sirius gave a soft bark, and some blood came out.

"It looks as though something's wrong with his stomach!" Ron said. Ginny had been staring in shock at the scene.

"I'll get Remus!" She said suddenly. The red head raced away towards the burrow. Hermione conjured a stretcher while Ron and Harry carefully moved him onto it.

Being as careful as they could, they two boys picked the stretcher up. Sirius moaned in pain and started twitching slightly. Hermione began petting the dog's head, speaking comforting words to try and sooth him. Molly ran out to meet them as they stepped through the door.

"What in the name of Merlin is going on? Ginny came running in here screaming like a banshee that Remus needed to get over here quick…" Mrs. Weasley stopped her ranting as she caught sight of the dog. Her hand flew to her mouth and her eyes grew wide.

"Mum, this may be a weird request, but we need you to leave for a while." Ron asked slowly. His mother stared at him in shock. Harry shot a warning look at his friend, remembering Sirius not wanting her to know.

"There's just some things we need to talk about with Lupin… and it would be slightly awkward if you were there… no offence!" Hermione said, quickly coming to the rescue. Molly nodded her head and went outside to sit in the lawn. The boys carried Sirius into the living room, where Remus and Ginny were waiting.

"Remus!" Harry cried desperately. "Please don't ask questions yet, just help us!" The old professor walked over to the dog, a concerned look on his face.

Steadily and silently the man cast many healing charms on the dog, checking many different parts of his body. After twenty minutes, Remus announced he was alright.

"I'm not sure what caused it, and I don't know if I completely fixed it.. but he's alright for now." The man smiled at his former students.

As if to prove him right, the dog lifted his head off of the pillow and rubbed it against Remus' chest. The man automatically began to rub the side of the dogs head. Sirius' leg began to shake uncontrollable.

"Yeah, you missed that, didn't you." It wasn't a question, which confused the teens even more.

"Er… Remus?" Hermione asked, wondering if he already knew about the secret.

"There's something we need to tell you about Meatloaf…" Ginny began, looking to Harry. Just as the boy opened his mouth Remus held up a hand and smiled.

"Meatloaf? What sort of name is that?" Remus gave a short laugh, still looking at the dog fondly.

"My cousin names him…" Harry said with a disgusted face.

"You look just like Sirius…" He said with a tight voice. Struggling a little, Sirius placed his front paws on his best friends chest. Doing the same thing he'd done with Harry, Sirius stared the man dead in the eye.

They sat there for a few minutes, just looking at each other, when Remus suddenly wrapped the dog in a tight hug.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny sat on the couch watching amusedly as Remus and Sirius were on the floor. The man looked as though he were 10 years younger. Molly came in the check on them every half hour, smiling happily at Remus' obvious joy. Though she never suspected the true reason, she just assumed it reminded him of Sirius.

'Poor dear.' She thought sadly to herself before retreating to the kitchen again.

Arthur came home late, and jumped in surprise at what he found.

Ron and Hermione were laying at opposite ends of the couch, feet tangled, Ginny was in the armchair, curled into a tight ball. But what shocked him the most was who was on the floor. Harry was curled up near Remus, who was also slightly curled, and between them was a hug black dog.

'Merlin, if I hadn't seen Sirius die myself I might believe that was him…' The man though with a small laugh. He walked into the kitchen and found Molly asleep at the counter.

"Molly dear, let's go upstairs." She stirred slight and opened an eye.

"Did you see the kids?" The woman asked tiredly before standing up slowly.

"Yes, who's the dog?" The couple made their way towards the stairs.

"His name's Snuffles. Apparently he followed Harry's cousin home one night and grew attached to Harry." Mrs. Weasley attempted and failed to stifle a yawn. "Goodnight, Arthur."

"Goodnight Molly."

Thump, thump.

Harry opened his eyes slightly.

Thump, thump.

His vision was obscured by a black furry object.

Thump, thump, thump.

'What is that noise?' suddenly it all clicked, he was at the burrow, and Sirius was with him!

"Snuffles, if your tail hits me one more time I'll hex it off!" Harry joked. Sirius yelped playfully and ran off towards Remus, who'd moved across the room in the middle of the night. A foot away, the dog pounced. Landing hard on his target. The sleeping man jumped awake.

"Sirius!" He yelled before his face fell. Harry quickly rolled over and pretended to be asleep.

"Hey there." Remus said quietly to the dog. "Sorry about that, it's just he used to do that to wake me up everyday… you look so much like him." Snuffles cocked his head while the man reminisced.

Sirius barked after a minute to get the attention back to him. The enormous dog ran off to the kitchen. Harry (still feigning sleep) and Remus listened as a door opened and closed. Several bangs and clanks were heard. A sloshing noise was made, then the sound of padded feet made it's way back towards the living room.

A bowl of cereal was balanced on Sirius' head. In him mouth was the box, incase a refill was needed. Remus stared in shock as the black dog carefully laid down the bowl in front of him, with the skill of someone who'd done this often.

"But… but…" Sirius once again put his paws on Remus' shoulders, though was sitting down across from him this time. Remus dropped his jaw when the dog rolled his eyes. "S-sirius?" He asked weakly. The dog jumped around in a circle, nearly knocking over the bowl several times.

'How many times am I going to have to reconvince him?' Sirius thought, knowing he wouldn't really care if he had to do it every time they saw each other.

Harry decided it would be a good time to wake up now. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny also stretched, appearing tired. But after a moment they were wide awake.

'I guess they were listening too.' Harry thought to himself.

"Who brought the cereal?" Ron asked, faking a sleepy voice.

"Snuffles, he used to do this whenever one of the other Marauders were sick…" He rubbed the dogs head fondly. "Well, I really must be going…" He said in a sad voice. "I'll be seeing you later, good day." The older man walked to the fireplace and threw in some green powder. With a last look at his best friend, the man shouted his address and vanished.

A/N: I know I said Saturday, but we had a forensics meet!!!! my partner and I got third place in duet acting!! Yea us! I'll either be updating every week, or every other… if there's a definite answer or a reason I can't make that, I'll put why on my profile! Please review…. I love them!!!

AHHH! Power outages!!! I really hope this works...