War is Over

7.

"How would you feel about getting a dog?" Regulus called as I heard the front door open. I froze in the kitchen, I set my pot back down on the stove and peered around the corner. He had jammed himself between the door and the doorframe.

"Is this you asking if Sirius can spend the night because him and Moony got into a fight again? I already told you when I got you and gave him Moony in our deal, Moony made me pledge my allegiance to him. I'm legally obligated to take his side in every fight." He shook his head.

"No like a real dog."

"We live in the wizarding world, I fear 98% of animals are not actually animals, you know that."

"Merlin's fucking beard Nova, I got us a dog." He huffed walking in, a puppy in his hand he was hiding from me. My eyes went wide.

"What? How? Why?" He laughed as he handed me the puppy.

"Slughorn, his dog had puppies a few weeks ago and he brought them to school today to try and pawn them off on us." I gave him a look. "He was successful." I scratched behind the little black and brown dog's ears as it licked my wrist.

"It is cute." I admitted. He smirked.

"She, it's a girl." I held her up to get a better look at her. She licked my face.

"She's gonna get fur everywhere, we wear so many dark colors."

"We'll clean."

"What kind is she?"

"Rottweiler, I think. I dunno, some muggle dog."

"She's gonna be huge." I examined her paws.

"A new type of guard dog for you, huh?"

"What's her name?"

"That's up to you." I looked down at her. She cocked her head back at me.

"Vega." He laughed.

"The brightest star in the sky."

"Might as well stick with star names, right?" I set her down and let her walk. I looked at Reg. "So what're you gonna do when you want to go in animagus form to unwind?"

"Stay away from her. Or I guess we could train her to still like me." I laughed as I leaned into his side.

"I can't believe you got a dog." He smiled.

"Yeah me either." We watched her sniff the furniture. I looked up at him.

"You think she smells Siri?"

"Oh definitely."

"We'll have to introduce them." He let out a loud laugh as he walked into the kitchen.

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"The dog can't sleep in the bed, I got her a bed." Regulus scolded me as I cuddled her from my spot in bed.

"You put two old blankets down."

"A dog bed!"

"I'm gonna make you sleep on two blankets when you're in kitten form!"

"Nova!"

"Look how sad she is! She needs to sleep in the bed." I pouted. He sighed.

"Fine." I smiled and kissed Vega's head. He walked to the bathroom to get ready for bed.

"Dad is a pushover." I whispered to her.

"I heard that!" He called. I laughed and cuddled closer to the puppy who kept licking my face. He crawled into bed on his side and stared at the two of us.