Thinking Back

Amity Always

Surprise

I would never have expected this from them. Never in all my life expected to see my three friends--cocky and selfish--doing something so incredibly heartfelt. I don't think they know how much it means to me that they transformed themselves so that they could be with me and, ultimately, help me. They took me completely by surprised when they turned in front of me for the first time. I was speechless, and for good reason. I'm dumbfounded still, I admit, but I'm so thankful for what they did. Tonight it's the full moon and there's a hoof-tapping stag, a big panting dog and a tiny squeaking rat in front of me. This is the first full moon night that I've ever looked forward to.

- Moony

Adrenaline

Gotta get to the trunk. Gotta get there, gotta make it before that stupid giant tree smashes my tiny bones into a million pieces. Every single time I do this...there! I heave a huge mouthful of air, or as big as a rat's lungs can handle, and put one of my paws on the knob. Done. The tree stops its eerie swaying and its branches quit waving wildly about. I figure I'm safe now, so I close my eyes tight, opening them again to see two human hands, dirty and grimy, on the ground in front of me. Thankfully they're still attached to my arms.

"Are you always going to be worrying that you'll loose a finger whenever you transform, Worm?"

I looked hurriedly at the three boys coming to meet me. "I...well, you never know!"

- Wormtail

Secrecy

I clapped my hands over my mouth in an attempt to muffle out the brainless gloating that came from my damned vocal cords. How could I have thought to say something like that? We all know how big a secret this whole Animagus thing is and if I keep accidentally letting slip a few hints here, a few hints there, someone is bound to figure it out. Sirius slaps me upside the head whenever I voice a side note, and after a couple thousand brain cells lost you would think I'd get it through my thick skull. But I guess what everyone says is true. I'm a bigheaded egocentric with far too much time on his hands. Ah, well. At least I'm not a complete and total nutter like the big black dog here--gah! I did it again!

- Prongs

Tricks

You know, I've always wondered about these dorms and why boys trying to get to the girls' results in a Slip 'n Slide (I dunno, apparently it's a Muggle thing). It was plaguing my mind, since I've really got nothing better to think about. I was sitting in the Common Room the other day and saw this cat waltzing around and I had the strongest urge to chase it. No one was around, mind you, so I morphed into the mutt. I had a grand time harassing that cat, until it ran up to the girls' dormitories, that is. I could tell that it wasn't a female feline, so I figured if he could get up there...It was like heaven. I got quite a good show from a few Gryffindor girls in their dorms before a pretty brunette shooed me away. Now I know why no boys are allowed.

- Padfoot