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Chapter 9 - The Mysterious, Black Stray


We were in Hogsmeade to do some Christmas Shopping and I think I had everyone. I got Marlene, Lily and Alice's gift without them noticing. I got Zoe a gift and I'm debating whether or not to get my parents and the Marauders something. I shivered from the cold as it started snowing. I adjudged my black beanie and gloves then sighed.

"Hey Alice!" Frank Longbottom said as we passed him.

"Hi Frank!" Alice replied enthusiastically.

"Go out with me..." I whispered teasingly.

"What?"

"What?"

"So do you guys have everything?" Lily asked.

"Yeah I'm sure." I said.

"Hey look!" Marlene pointed to a black figure. It was a dog, a large black dog, walking towards us. It looked pretty friendly, though suspicious.

"Is it a stray?" Lily asked, we walked towards it. The dog barked happily as we stopped in front of it. Alice knelt down beside it. The dog barked again and immediately started licking her face.

"Come on! It's friendly!" Alice giggled and started patting the mysterious, black stray. It barked again and continued licking her face.

"I don't know exactly..." I said slowly and kneeled down. The dog jumped into my lap and started licking my face. I screamed in surprise. "Um... okay." I patted it softly and it stopped licking me.

Marlene sat down next to me and the dog barked excitedly. It jumped on her and started licking her too. She giggled.

"Aww it's so cute!" Marlene said and started stroking his fur. The dog looked like it was smiling happily and continued to lick Marlene. "Can we name it?"

"Sure." Lily shrugged, still standing up.

"Okay! Um..." Marlene looked at the dog. "Snuffles." The dog tilted his head as if it was frowning then shrugged. The dog smiled again and continued licking her face. "This dog is so cute! Come on Lily! Come pat it!" Lily shook her head.

"No, I'm good."

"Okay!" Marlene continued playing with the dog, who seemed like he was enjoying himself.

"Oh fine." Lily knelt down and started patting the dog. The dog licked her happily and jumped on her lap. "You're right it is cute!"

"It's quite friendly. For a stray." Alice stated.

"Yeah it is." Lily smiled at the dog. Then, James Potter walked up to us. He glared at the dog angrily. James grabbed the dog's collar and dragged it away. The dog barked at him. Lily gasped. "Potter!"

"Oi Potter!" I yelled and stormed over to him. He turned around and looked at me, keeping a stern hand on the dog.

"Yes Fall?" The dog continued barking.

"What are you doing with that dog?! If you didn't notice-"

"This dog is dangerous! And harmful and idiotic!" The dog frowned.

"And how do you know?! It's harmless!!"

"That's what it wants you to think. Besides, it has rabies." The dog scratched James's leg and growled. James held the dog up high. I blinked and crossed my arms.

"And how do you know?"

"I just do! Now we wouldn't want the girls getting sick-"

"Thanks..."

"I was talking about Lily, Marlene and Alice." I crossed my arms.

"Thanks for the love." I said sarcastically. He grinned at me.

"I was joking! Why so serious?" The dog barked again.

"Anyway, so the other Marauders and I were thinking, since the Pranking war I almost over, to decide the winner. We will have one more prank. A giant one. Against each other. Okay?" I grinned and I looked up at him.

"Bring it on Potter." He grinned.

"Good." James patted my head and grinned even more. "Let the best one win." He walked off, dragging the black dog with him. I grinned and walked back to the girls.

"What did he say?" Lily asked immediately. "About the dog?"

"He said it's dangerous and is carrying rabies." I answered and rolled my eyes.

"James is obviously lying! Ugh! I can't believe this!"

"Lily, listen. It's James Potter. What do you expect?" Marlene stated.

"Well he's cruel to people! But he could be a bit better to animals!!"

"What else did he say?" Alice asked.

"Then he declared the last prank for the Prank War." I shrugged.

"Please leave us out of it."

"Hey, we need judges!"

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I flipped through the pages of my book and sat on the edge of one of the tables, looking out the window. I was in the library, researching any good prank I could do for the Marauders, while the girls were studying. The Marauders were probably planning something huge. They were planning something. I could see them outside. Under the tree near the Black Lake. The Marauders Spot. James was playing with a Snitch that only flew high enough so that he could catch it again. Peter watched him with great interest and awe. Sirius was talking to James and winking at a few girls nearby. And of course Remus was writing down notes, reading a book and eating chocolate all at the same time.

I watched the snow fall down on the window, covering it so I couldn't see the Marauders. My eyes widened.

"I wonder..." I mumbled and got out my wand. I grinned and packed all my stuff, before running out of the library.

"Where are you going?!" Lily asked.

"I- um gotta go do something!! Bye!!" I yelled back. I ran outside and to the lake, which almost looked frozen. I took my glasses, which I didn't realise I was wearing, and pointed my wand to the snow near the Marauders. I hid behind one of the columns and waved my wand, creating a giant snowman.

Peter was the first one to notice. He gasped and stood up, pointing at the giant snowman in shock.

"Wormtail, are you okay?" James asked, he looked up and his jaw dropped. Sirius screamed, a feminine scream and Remus dropped his chocolate bar in fear. I stifled a laugh and waved my wand again, enchanting snowballs to appear beside the snowman. Five snowballs flew towards James, hitting him in the face. He screamed and fell against the tree. I laughed, and Sirius got hit with ten. He fell down, landing in the lake.

"Payback!!" I yelled and grinned.

The snowman walked over to them. They moved backwards slowly and Peter ran for his life. James and Remus followed quickly. Sirius got up hastily and ran to them. The Snowman followed, snowballs flying around them. It was chaos. They used their arms to cover their face while running as fast as they could. Peter tripped many times.
One snowball knocked the chocolate bar out of Remus's hand, who dived down to retrieve it. Sirius kept screaming because he got snow in his hair. And James's glasses fell down, making him run into a tree. People nearby laughed at them.

Soon enough they were all covered in snow and I couldn't stop laughing. They looked ridiculous. Unfortunately, Remus grabbed his wand and pointed it to the snowman while running.

"Bombarda!" Remus shouted and the snowman exploded. I frowned and enchanted more snowballs to hit him. Remus screamed and fell down. More snowballs hit the other three just as Lily, Marlene and Alice walked outside. I hid from them. They saw the Marauders and laughed, before walking over to them.

"What are you four doing?" Marlene asked.

"This giant S-snowman came and then snowballs flew e-everywhere!" Sirius said, shivering from the cold. "And now its all in my h-hair!!" Remus rolled his eyes.

"Evans g-go out with me?" James asked again, while adjusting his scarf and putting his glasses on.

"No." Lily said simply.

"It's s-so cold." Peter mumbled.

"Probably because we were just a-attacked by a giant s-snowman!" Remus yelled. The girls laughed.

"That would've been so cool to watch." Lily stated. I walked over to them, grinning.

"It was." I said. They all looked at me. "Sirius was screaming like a girl-"

"I was n-not!!" Sirius turned red from embarrassment.

"Remus had to rescue his chocolate."

"I h-have a very g-good reason to!" Remus threw his hands in the air.

"Peter kept tripping-"

"The snowman was f-fast!" Peter said.

"And James." I laughed, which made him glare at me. "Ran into a tree because he lost his glasses!" The girls started laughing.

"H-hey! It h-hurt!" Jame yelled and crossed his arms.

"Guys, no one cares." I said and grinned.

"I am g-going to kill you!" James and Sirius shouted in unison. I laughed and ran off, and they followed.

"It was pretty good though!!" Marlene yelled.

The next day, after surviving the wrath of James Potter and Sirius Black, I was sitting in the Gryffindor Common Room in front of the fire, reading my Greek Mythology book. The girls were in the library and nearly everyone else was outside building snowman or having snowball fights. I pulled a blanket over me and sighed. I turned the page of my book when suddenly it floated out of my hands. I frowned and reached to grab it but it flew higher.

"What..." My book floated towards the door. I grabbed my bag and followed it. Every time I tried to grab it would fly faster. It led me out of the Common Room and half way across the castle. Many people looked at me weirdly but I ignored them and soon the book led me outside to the courtyard where I found the person who had dared to touch my book. My book was floating above the person peacefully. He opened a chocolate bar and took a bite of it as I stormed towards him.

"What did I say about touching my books?!" I yelled and Remus Lupin looked over at me, his wand still pointing at my book.

"Yeah, sorry about that." He shrugged. I stood beside him and glared at him angrily.

"Yeah you should be!" I knocked the chocolate bar out of his hand and broke half of it. Remus gasped.

"Oi! What did-"

"You touch my books I touch your chocolate!"

"That's too much though! Break half of it." I rolled my eyes and broke half of the chocolate I had. "More." I broke another half so there was four mini squares of chocolate and give him the other chocolate. "More!"

"Oh honestly!" I exclaimed. Now I only had two mini squares of delicious chocolate. He looked at me. "You're going to make me break this in half aren't you?"

"Yep." I sighed with annoyance and gave him one square of chocolate. "Thank you. You can have that." He pointed to the tiny piece of chocolate in my hand. I decided not to argue and ate the last piece of chocolate.

"Anyway, why am I here? And can I have my book back?!" I asked.

"Oh yeah." Remus put his wand down and my book fell to the floor. I dived down and my book thankfully landed in my hands. I unfortunately grazed my elbow...

"Ow..." I mumbled and got up again, rubbing my elbow. Remus laughed slightly.

"You dived down just to make sure your book wouldn't hit the floor?" He asked with amusement.

"You dived down yesterday to retrieve chocolate while being chased by a giant snowman."

"I told you, I had a good reason to-"

"Let me guess the good reason was that you didn't finish it?" I grinned and he glared at me.

"Also, if you care so much about books you might want to hide it. And take off your glasses too." I frowned and looked at him.

"Why?" Remus shrugged.

"Just do it. Otherwise your book will ripped into a million pieces and your glasses will be cracked." My eyes widened with horror and I put my book in my bag before taking off my glasses and placing them inside as well. I put my bag to the side and walked back to Remus.

"Now what?" I asked and looked around. Remus shrugged. Suddenly, a bucket of snow fell on top of me. I screamed and shivered. Two broomsticks flew past us. It was James and Sirius, who were both grinning.

"Oi!" I yelled up at them. They grinned even more and looked at each other.

"Ready Prongs?!" Sirius asked.

"Ready Padfoot!" James answered and the two waved their wands. Suddenly fireworks shot to the sky. My eyes widened. The fireworks were large and orange. And they looked like they covered the whole sky. Several people came out to see the noise, they gasped at the sight. After a few minutes it was done.

"Ready Wormtail?!" Sirius yelled before I could say anything. Peter appeared beside Remus and waved his wand. Slime and water also dropped on top of me. I screamed loudly and many people laughed.

"Hey Izzy! Woah..." I turned around and saw Marlene, Alice and Lily. I threw my arms in the air and sighed with annoyance. I looked at James and Sirius who were snickering.

"R-really?" I asked, trying to make myself warm.

"Yep! So Evans, who won?" James asked, resting on his broom. The girls glanced at each other.

"Well, since its you four I want to say Isabel..." Lily stated. I grinned.

"What?! That's not fair though!"

"Yeah you two are friends!! And we have Prongs!" Sirius exclaimed. James frowned and looked at him.

"That's meant to be a bad thing?"

"Giant snowman and flying snowballs or fireworks, snow, slime and water on one person?" Peter said. The girls thought for a minute.

"I want to say fireworks..." Marlene said. My jaw dropped. "The snowman was funny but the fireworks were cool."

"Yeah, besides Fall look in a mirror." James said. "You look ridiculous."

"Thank you." I said simply and crossed my arms.

"That wasn't meant to be a complement."

"I know."

"I'm saying snowman." Lily stated. I grinned.

"So it's up to Alice." Peter stated. Everyone looked at Alice, who was staring at the ground in deep thought.

I looked around at the only Marauder who wasn't paying attention because his nose was in a book. I frowned.

"Hey! Is that my book?" I asked. Remus's eyes widened and he quickly hid my book behind his back.

"No!" I raised an eyebrow and he sighed with defeat. "It's interesting!"

"Yes it is. Oh fine! You better not hurt it in any way."

"I won't I promise." I nodded and looked back at Alice.

"I choose... fireworks... Sorry Izzy." She said. James, Peter and Sirius cheered while Remus smiled and clapped.

"Oh well." I shrugged. "It was fun. You have to admit." The Marauders nodded in agreement and smiled.

"So we all good now?" Remus asked, looking at me and the other three. "Isabel." He held out his hand in front of me. I shook it. "Also can I borrow this book?"

"When I'm done." I said. He nodded and smiled.

"Alright." Peter said amdwalked over to me and I shook his hand. James and Sirius flew down to the ground.

"If I must." Sirius sighed. "You still turned my hair pink." I rolled my eyes and he shook my hand.

"And you turned my hair purple." I added.

"That was James! And you also got snow in my hair and-"

"Alright alright. I'm terribly sorry." I rolled my eyes.

"Is that sarcasm?"

"Maybe..."

I looked at James and crossed my arms. James frowned and crossed his arms as well. He turned away from me like a stubborn child.

"James, Isabel, come on." Remus insisted. Jame shook his head. I did the same and turned away from him.

"She hexed me!" James exclaimed.

"He got me detention!" I added.

"She broke my glasses once."

"He called me a b*tch!"

"She threw me in the lake!"

"He turned my hair purple!"

"Come on! It's not hard." Remus stated. We sighed and turned around, glaring at each other slightly.

"Either way I'm not touching that thing." James and I said in unison, gesturing to each other. Remus sighed with annoyance.

"Just do it." We sighed and walked over to each other. James held out his hand and I did the same. We both sighed and shook each other's hands quickly before pulling away. "See was that hard?" Remus asked.

"Yes."

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