Fight the fire

"The prank"

"Ade will you quit it!" He had no clue what he was doing wrong since he was walking down the corridor minding his own business.

"Will you quit following me!" It was coming from the corridor by he heads office. He hurried along towards the shouting when he cane face to well tail of yet another strange sight.

A black tail. That was attached to a spotted black cat Zane was staring at.

A voice behind them snapped them out of their shocked silence, " What is all the commotion about boys?" All three turned to look at professor McGonagall walking down the corridor behind them.

"Well miss I thought that this cat was my brother since it is his animagus form but I thought it was strange that it has no scars so I thought maybe he got rid of it somehow. It has been following me around all day and it is a bit creepy and strange," he sounded exasperated and confused even though he did not look it.

"Has there been any other strange occurrences today? Also has there been any times when it did not follow you?" The professor did not seem to find it weird to have a black panther stood outside her office, in fact she seemed to find it amusing.

"Well it did not follow me to the toilet and my conscience spoke to me," McGonagall lost it and started laughing hysterically.

"Your conscience wow, maybe you should talk to it more as that might help your school work," she was nearly crying to the bemusement of himself and Zane while the cat just sat their swishing its tail back and forth, "have you noticed anything strange Ade?" She asked him this time.

"Err yeah the marauder paintings have been laughing about something like father like son and second cousin like second cousin I think." He replied remembering earlier that day when the paintings were in hysterics somewhat like the professor.

McGonagall sighed and looked at the cat, " Sky, Teddy stop it it's not funny and you had better have a good excuse."

Suddenly a head appeared behind Zane making him jump. Then the cat leaped and turned into Sky who was also laughing.

"Miss your face. They look completely shocked and confused when you look like it is completely normal," Sky's laugh was one of those annoying ones that make everyone else laugh.

"Bet you did not think it was us," the floating head of Teddy was laughing as well.

"After the marauders left I did not imagine saying this again but Black, Lupin how did you get Mr Potters cloak?" McGonagall was trying to suppress her laughter.

"Err we just borrowed it" the floating head of Teddy was still laughing.

"That's the exact excuse the others used," strangely she looked sad,"I'm not going to give you detention this time as I can't be bothered so count this as your warning." and with that she turned to her office and climbed the stairs.

"Oi Ted take the cloak of you'll scare the second years," Sky said indicating the people passing. Teddy sighed and took it off revealing the rest of his body.

"But I thought you could only be an animagus at 17 and we'll you are not," trust Zane to be the one to create difficulties.

"Yes." Shy said slowly "but my family is not very legal so I have made myself legal by finding a loophole."

"Zane leave it," he said as it looked like Zane was going to say something to get himself punched.

"Well we had better get going," she probably would have finished the sentence if Zane had not chosen that moment to turn into a lion and pounce at her.

He expected her to attack him back not look like she was about to cry. Teddy started shouting trying to calm her down as she backed off down the corridor.

"Oh Leo," was the last hung he heard Teddy say as he ran off down the corridor after Sky.