Alright! This be Chapter 2! May ya'll like this one as much as Chapter 1. I am working on others but I want to get the "most loved" ones out of the way. Aka: the ones with the most reviews done and dealt with. And since this one was the most popular (via poll) It is going first. And now onto the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do not OWN Harry Potter. All legal rights belong to JK Rowling. Not me...wish it though
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Tom woke Harry and Padfoot up with his usual toothless grin and a cup of tea with a small plate of dog biscuits. Harry got dressed and was just persuading a disgruntled Hedwig (much to Padfoot's amusement) to get back into her cage when Ron banged his way into the room, pulling a sweatshirt over his head and looking irritable. Padfoot looked up from where he was lounging on Harry's bed to look at the angry redhead. "The sooner we get on the train, the better" he said. "At least I can get away from Percy at Hogwarts. Now he's accusing me of dripping tea on his photo pf Penelope Clearwater. You know," Ron grimaced, "his girlfriend. She's hidden her face under the frame because her nose has gone all blotchy. Do you think I could sic Padfoot on him?"
Harry shook his head "no", for he didn't want his pet to be sent to the Dursleys. He shuddered to think what Aunt Petunia would do to his beloved dog. Padfoot watched the two boys as Fred and George came in. Apparently congratulate Ron on infuriating Percy again. They all headed down for breakfast, where Mr. Weasley was reading the Daily Prophet with a furrowed brow and Mrs. Weasley was telling Hermione and Ginny about a love potion she'd made as a young girl. All three of them were rather giggly, causing terror to fill Padfoot. He knew from experience what giggling girls usually led to so he gave that table a wide berth.
Harry, on the other hand, had no chance to speak to either Ron or Hermione in the chaos of leaving; they were too busy heaving all their trunks down the Leaky Cauldron's narrow staircase and piling them up near the door, with Hedwig and Hermes, Percy's screech owl, perched on their cages. Padfoot was sitting near a spitting wicker basket that was near the heap of trunks. "Its alright Crookshanks," Hermione cooed through the wicker, "I'll let you out on the train." Both Padfoot and Ron looked outraged.
"You won't!" snapped Ron. "What about poor Scabbers, eh?" He pointed at his chest, where a large lump indicated that Scabbers was curled up in his pocket. Padfoot eyed the brown haired witch as he calmly made his way to Harry's side, trying to get away from the cat demon that was currently residing in the basket. Before Harry could say anything to Hermione about having a dog AND a cat loose in a small train compartment TOGETHER was a bad idea, Mr. Weasley, who had been outside waiting for the Ministry cars, stuck his head inside. "They're here." he said, "Harry, Padfoot, come on."
Mr. Weasley marched Harry across the short stretch of pavement, followed by a very watchful Padfoot, toward the first of two old-fashioned dark green cars. Padfoot sniffed the car and the velvet wearing wizard who was the driver, who looked uncomfortable at the very large dog was sniffing at him Harry got in the back of the car and was shortly joined by Hermione, Ron, and, to Ron's disgust, Percy. Padfoot squeezed in last, his large head sticking out of Harry's window. To Ron's joy, whenever Padfoot's tail would wag, it would hit Percy in the face. The journey to King's Cross was uneventful compared with Harry's trip on the Knight Bus. The only eventful thing that happened was when Padfoot decided to fart in Percy's face. That was funny, till the smell hit everyone in the face, that's when both Harry and Percy were glad they had window seats.
When the entire troupe finally arrived at King's Cross, the Twins were wondering why Padfoot seemed to be laughing while everyone else was gasping for air. They soon got it out of his owner, who told the Grim look-a-like that he would be sleeping on the floor that night. After Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Padfoot went onto the Platform, the huge dog sat down, clearly laughing at the humans. "Shut it Padfoot!" Harry told his dog, nearly being run over by Ginny and Percy, much to his dog's amusement. "Ah, there's Penelope!" said Percy, smoothing his hair and going Pink again. Ginny caught Harry's eye, and they both turned away to hide their laughter as Percy strode over to Penelope, walking with his chest thrown out so that she couldn't miss his shiny badge.
Padfoot looked over at the two laughing teens and couldn't help but think 'Well, if he has the Potter Curse, then I can already see little kids on the way.' The dog animagus mentally grinned and trotted after his godson, plans of becoming cupid dancing around in his mind...
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After Harry's narrow miss of the train and Ginny's banishment from the conversation, the Golden Trio, followed by the Grim look-a-like, they set off down the train corridor, looking for an empty compartment, but all were full except for one at the very end of the train. This one only had one occupant, a man sitting fast asleep next to the window. Padfoot froze as the scent of the man hit him full force. 'Oh Voldemort's left nut! It's Moony! Damn! He'd recognize me in a heart beat! Wait! I can use this! Just be a normal dog! Yeah, not to hard.'
"Who d'you reckon he is?" Ron hissed as they sat down and slid the door shut, taking seats farthest away from the window. Padfoot jumped up on the empty seat next to the sleeping man and promptly curled up. His eyes watching his humans. "Professor R.J. Lupin." whispered Hermione at once. Three sets of eyes looked at her. "How d'you know that?" "It's on his case." she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man's head. The name Professor R.J. Lupin was stamped across one corner in peeling letters.
Padfoot continued to watch the humans speak to each other about what Harry overheard from Ron's parents last night. 'So that's why he as acting strange last night. Huh, better keep a better eye on him from now on.' thought the escaped convict as he began to snooze. Only to be woken up from Harry's Sneakoscope going off, making Padfoot jump a mile into the air. After that, the topic of conversation went onto Hogsmeade. The black dog watched as his owner grew sad with each sentence being spoken by his siblings all in but blood.
Soon, much too soon for Padfoot's joy, Crookshanks was released from his basket/prison. The large demon cat thing curled up in the only free seat in the compartment, watching Scabbers who was hiding in Ron's pocket. [A/N: Sorry! Too many Tora the Demon Cat references here but I can't help it XP] It soon became 1:00 and the food cart arrived at the compartment door, a welcoming sight to Ron and Padfoot. The teens thought about waking up their new Professor but decided against it, for it looked like the poor man needed his sleep. Padfoot was happily eating a Pumpkin Pasty when the door to their compartment opened to reveal Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.
"Well, look who it is," said Malfoy in his usual lazy drawl, pulling open the compartment door, "Potty and the Weasel." Padfoot had to blink in shocked horror at the pathetic nicknames as Crabbe and Goyle chuckled trollishly. "I heard your father finally got his hands on some gold this summer, Weasley." said Malfoy. "Did your mother die of shock?" Ron stood up to retort back but everyone went quiet at the sound of Padfoot growling deeply in his throat. Malfoy took a step back at the sight of the huge dog taking up at least half of the bench he was laying on. "W-What is that thing?"
Harry got to his feet, placing a hand around Padfoot's bandana. "My dog Padfoot. Padfoot, this is Draco Malfoy. Say, Padfoot shall we show Malfoy your best attack?" Malfoy looked like he wanted to retort back and wet himself at the same time but a snort from Professor Lupin caused all movement in the compartment to disappear. "Who's that?" Malfoy took another step back. Harry replied, "New teacher. What were you saying Malfoy?" Malfoy left, with his two bodyguards. He clearly knew that even if he did survive a fight with the mini bear known as Padfoot, he didn't know what the new teacher would do to him. If there was anything left after Padfoot.
The large dog snorted and calmed back down, going back to his food, leaving the humans to talk about what just happened. Harry mentally laughed at the look of his dog, who had pastry smeared across his face like an orange banner. Ron yawned and asked, "We must be nearly there. He leaned forward to look past Lupin at the now completely black window. The words had hardly left him when the train started to slow down. Padfoot perked his ears. Something wasn't right and it was making his dog instincts scream at him.
The train came to a stop with a jolt, causing Padfoot to fly out of his seat and crash into Harry and Ron, who had gotten up to peer outside. The large dog landed with a yelp, and the back of Harry's head to crash into the wall behind him. Ron caught himself just in time from landing on Lupin. Then, without warning, all the lamps went out and they were plunged into darkness. Padfoot quietly got to his feet, um, paws. The large beast licked Harry's face, making sure the black haired teen was okay. After everyone got a grasp of where they were, Ron went to the window to see what was going on. "There's something moving out there. I think people are coming aboard..."
The compartment door suddenly opened and someone fell painfully over Harry's legs, narrowly missing Padfoot. "Hullo Neville." said Harry, feeling around in the dark and pulling Neville up by his cloak. "Harry? Is that you? What's happening?" "No idea – sit down –" There was a loud hissing and a yelp of pain, followed by Padfoot yipping in pain; Neville had tried to sit on Crookshanks. Which made said boy jump forward to land on Padfoot's paw. Harry felt Hermione walk by and heard the door to their compartment open. Two loud squeals of pain were heard from the door. After figuring out it was Ginny, Professor Lupin had summoned up a palmful of blue fire that illuminated the tiny compartment.
The man went over to the door but it opened before he could reach it. Padfoot began to growl and snarl at the strange cloaked creature that was standing in the doorway. Padfoot heard a groan and looked over with wide eyes to see Harry faint...
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Harry felt like he was rising up, as if he was floating in water. He could hear someone calling for him but it was thick and it sounded fuzzy. Harry felt himself float closer to the voice and heard the muffled voice clearly. "Harry! Harry! Are you alright?" Someone, or something, was licking his face. "W-What?" Harry opened his eyes; there was a large black nose in his face and the floor was shaking – the Hogwarts Express was moving again and the lights were back on. He seemed to have slipped out of his seat and onto the floor. He could barely see Ron and Hermione past Padfoot, who was sniffing at every inch of the thirteen year old. "Padfoot, get down." Harry said, looking quickly towards the door. The creature had vanished. "What happened? Where's that – that thing? Who screamed?" Ron shoved Padfoot out of the way, "No one screamed." Harry looked around the bright compartment. Ginny and Neville looked back at him, both very pale.
"But I heard screaming –" A loud snap made everyone jump. Padfoot landed on Ginny's lap, making the pale redhead to glare at the large dog. Lupin was breaking an enormous slab of chocolate into pieces. 'Moony, for as long as I live, I will never make fun of you for being a Chocolate Addict.' thought Sirius as Lupin began passing pieces out to everyone. Padfoot listened with no interest as Lupin began to explain that was a dementor and off to make sure everyone else was alive and still had their soul. The large dog curled up next to Ginny and layed his head on her lap. Hermione was filling Harry in on what Lupin did to make the dementor go away while Ginny hugged Padfoot around his neck.
He could smell fear ans sorrow coming from the girl. He licked her tear stained cheek, making her giggle a bit. Neville looked like he was going to faint himself. Ron gave Neville a comforting clap on the shoulder, making the clumsy boy give the redhead a shy smile...
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They soon arrived at Hogsmeade station and icy rain was falling down in sheets. Padfoot shivered as he followed his humans into one of the nearby carriages that was taking all the upperclassmen to the castle. When the group finally made it past the dementors guarding the castle gates and made it to the main entrance to the castle, Harry felt relieved. They exited the slightly warm carriage, only to hear someone say "You fainted Potter? Is Longbottom telling the truth? You actually fainted?" Malfoy elbowed past Hermione to block Harry's way into the castle. His pale eyes gleamed with malicious intent.
"Shove off, Malfoy." said Ron through clenched teeth. Malfoy went to reply but was silenced by an aggravated Padfoot. The animagus growled and let light gleam off of his long fangs. Malfoy took a step back but said in a shaky breath, "D-Did the scary old dementor frighten you too Weasley?" "Is there a problem?" asked Lupin. Malfoy took in the ratty robes of their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a smug look. "Oh, er – no professor." Padfoot growled again and went to charge at the Malfoy Heir. Harry, sensing what Padfoot was doing, grabbed the dog by his bandana. "Heel Padfoot! HEEL!" The large dog began to drag Harry's feet through the mud as he began to lung towards the blond boy, barking.
Malfoy, seeing on how the large beast wanted his blood, ran into the castle with Crabbe and Goyle not far off. Padfoot snorted and looked back at his "owner." Looked at the dog with a look that clearly said "we will talk about this." and the Golden Trio finally went into the castle. Lupin not far behind them. Once inside, a voice called, "Potter! Granger! I want to see you both!" Harry and Hermione turned around, surprised. Professor McGonagall was calling for them over the sea of heads. She herded the two teams out of the Entrance Hall, followed by Padfoot.
They soon reached her office and were told to sit down. Padfoot layed on the rug in front of the fire. McGonagall herself went behind her desk. "Professor Lupin sent an owl ahead to say that you had taken ill on the train Potter." Before Harry could reply, a soft knock came from the door and Madam Pomfrey came bustling in. Harry blushed as Padfoot nodded to himself. 'Good. Merlin knows how much he needs Poppy to look at him. Boy's nothing more that flesh and bones on a good day.' thought the dog animagus as Pomfrey looked at Harry.
"Oh, it's you, is it? I suppose you've been doing something dangerous again?" she said as she began to do a check up on the Boy-Who-Lived. Padfoot stared at the Healer. 'What the in the living hell does she mean AGAIN? Great Merlin I am going to get some grey hairs before I get free.' Padfoot stood up and padded over to Harry, resting his head on his godson's lap. "It was a dementor, Poppy." said McGonagall. They both exchanged a dark look, and Madam Pomfrey clucked disapprovingly. She began muttering to herself about how Dumbledore was going senile for letting dementors hang around a school full of children. "I'm not delicate!" Harry said crossly. Padfoot has to hold back a snort from that.
After making sure that Harry had some chocolate and was fine, McGonagall spoke to the raven haired teen. "Now, Potter, I see that you have brought your dog to Hogwarts." One of Harry's hands tightened in Padfoot's fur, making the dog slightly wince. "Yes Professor. I don't have to get rid of him, do I?"McGonagall looked at the big green eyes to the large dog. 'If you could call him that. Dear lord that dog is larger than Fang. Hell Potter's dog could take down a centaur!' the Transfiguration teacher thought to herself before saying "No Potter. Its been a while since someone brought their dog. He may stay as long as he does NOT disrupt any classes. Am I understood?" Harry's face lit up like the Fourth of July and said in Hermione speed, "Yes ma'am! Understood!"
"Good, now will you please wait outside, I will be having a quick word about Miss Granger's course schedule." Harry nodded and quickly left the room, Padfoot hot on his heels. The wait was only a few minutes before a beaming Hermione left the room followed by McGonagall. The three humans and dog left for the Great Hall...
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It was after the feast and Padfoot was lounging in front of the fire in Gryffindor Tower. He had a full stomach and was warm. It was actually well past midnight, making the escaped convict grumble to himself. Harry went with his treat and was banished from the foot of Harry's bed, much to Ron's amusement. So, the large dog animagus was laying, more like splayed out, in front of the fire place in the Gryffindor Common Room. His large head rose when he heard a quiet sniffle come from the girl's dormitory entrance. Coming down the stairs was a first year. Her brown curls were in a pony tail and her pink night gown had something that looked like a horribly done horse [A/N: My Little Pony for those who can't tell]
The girl sniffed again and headed to the Fat Lady's portrait but stopped. This confused Padfoot until he realized 'Oh! She must need to use the bathroom but doesn't know where to go!' The large dog got up and went over to the girl. He nosed her hand, making her jump. "Oh, you must be Harry Potter's dog. What are you doing down here?" Sirius woofed quietly at her before nudging at her arm. "Oh! Do you need to go out? Well, so do I but I have no idea where to go." Sirius licked her cheek before going to the portrait. He looked back at the girl and woofed again. "I get it! You want me to follow you." she followed Sirius out and he took her to the nearest bathroom. Once she was in the girls toilet. Padfoot went to the boys toilet and went.
He came out to see the first year standing against the wall, a Slytherin prefect advancing on her. Padfoot saw red and he barked at the Slytherin boy. The older teen looked over his shoulder and paled at the sight of the Grim look-a-like that was currently growling at him. The first year girl ran over to Padfoot and hid behind him. The last Black sniffed her and licked her tear stained cheek before looking back at the other boy. Sirius growled before barking at the prefect. The Slytherin turned and ran, making Padfoot snort in triumph. He looked back at the girl and led her back to the Gryffindor Tower. Once he made sure she was safely in bed, he padded down to the Common Room and jumped up onto one of the couches. He layed down and closed his eyes. 'This is going to be an interesting year at Hogwarts.' and with that thought, Padfoot fell asleep...
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End of CHAPTER! Good lord, this was a bit hard to write but I figured Padfoot needed his own adventures too! XP May ya'll read and review and VOTE on the new name of the story!