good-morning bow-wow
Age 11 / 814 words
Sickleknut was dictating to a Quick-Notes Quill when she heard the door to the office open. She surreptitiously reached for her wand eying the dark haired man as he entered -- then, recognising him, relaxed and smiled.
"Good morning, Agent Black."
"My dear Sickleknut." He grinned and lifted her hand to his lips to press a kiss against her knuckles. "As delectable as ever. Alas, I can not linger in your sweet presence a moment longer. The old man wants to see me. The password's chocolate frog."
She nodded in a dazed sort of way while Black kissed her hand again. He grinned wider and bounded to the inner door, flinging it open and striding into the office within.
"D! You have a job for me?"
"It's dangerous, but someone has to do it," agreed the white bearded gentleman behind the desk. "You'll probably have to curse evil men and seduce evil women (or the other way around)."
"I'll do it," said Black. "For Queen and Hogwarts and puppies everywhere!"
"Excellent," said D. "Here, takes these exploding sherbet lemons with you."
"Don't mind if I do," said Black, pocketing them. "To London!" Jumping out of the window, he grabbed hold of a passing Quidditch player and directed them towards the stables, where he jumped off, somersaulted neatly in mid-air and landed in the saddle of Duckbeak, his half-bird-half-lion steed! Within minutes they'd flown all the way to the capital city, where Agent Black quickly found himself outside the casino where the evil Pedro Potstew was keeping his friends, the Potters, and their super-special baby Harry.
"Oh, no!" said Agent Black. "They have demented Bouncers! How am I going to get in?"
Suddenly he remembered! He was a wizard! Quickly, he turned himself into a dog and sauntered up the entrance.
"A good-morning bow-wow to you, gentlemen," he said. "I'm just an ordinary dog, doing ordinary dog business, can I come in?"
"Okay," they said, because he was so convincing!
He quickly went inside and turned back into himself, except now he was wearing a tuxedo. He looked all over the casino for baby Harry, but there was no sign of them.
"I'll have to blend in undercover and snout out their secrets," Black said. "There's no time to pause! I have to get right on their tail!"
He saw too one-armed bandits, which were machines you put coins on, not evil people with only one-arm, so he put a coin in each and pulled the levers -- but when the things stopped spinning, they weren't cherries or lemons or stars, but words! The ones on the right said "Harry", "Agent" and "Black" and the one of the left said "Please", "Save" and "Our". Being smart, Black realised that it read "Please save our Harry, Agent Black".
"Oh no," he said, "they've turned you into slot machines! Don't worry! I'll take good care of your baby!"
He quickly pulled the arms again. Now the machines read, "He's in the poker kitty! Hurry!"
So Black rushed over to the poker table and saw that Pedro was playing, and he was using Harry to cover his chips!
"How evil," said Black. "I better play too!" Fortunately he knew lots of special card tricks which he had learned as part of his secret auror training, so he was well prepared.
"I bet fifty knuts!" said Pedro.
"Twenty galleons!" said Black, slapping it down on the table.
"I can't cover that," said Pedro, "but I do have this special baby boy Harry!"
"That'll do!" said Black. "Yoink!" And he grabbed Harry.
"Not so fast!" said Pedro. "Show me your cards!"
"I have three Aces!" said Black.
"I have four Aces!" said Pedro. "So I win!"
"You cheated!" said Black.
"No, you cheated," said Pedro, "and I have the wands to prove it!" And suddenly he and lots of men were pointing wands at him.
"We were friends once," cried Black, "before you turned to a life of evil, crime, cheating and baby-betting! Won't you grant me a last request?"
"...well, okay," said Pedro, "but don't you try anything!"
"I'm just going to have a sweet," said Black, taking out the sherbet lemons. He offered one to Harry and Pedro quickly snatched it. "Hah!" said Black. "I knew an evil person like you couldn't resist stealing candy from a baby. Little did you know, it's really explosive!"
"Eek!" squeaked Pedro like a mouse. Boom! went the sweets, knocking everyone down and blowing a hole in the wall, so that Black could grab Harry and rush outside--
#
"--and they jumped on Duckbeak and flew away and now you know the rest of the story!" finished Dennis. "Isn't that right, Harry?"
Harry stared.
"Close enough," said Hermione, patting Dennis on the head, while Ron doubled over, muffling laughter behind his hands
Harry stared some more. Then he said, "I'm going to bed," and did.
Sickleknut was dictating to a Quick-Notes Quill when she heard the door to the office open. She surreptitiously reached for her wand eying the dark haired man as he entered -- then, recognising him, relaxed and smiled.
"Good morning, Agent Black."
"My dear Sickleknut." He grinned and lifted her hand to his lips to press a kiss against her knuckles. "As delectable as ever. Alas, I can not linger in your sweet presence a moment longer. The old man wants to see me. The password's chocolate frog."
She nodded in a dazed sort of way while Black kissed her hand again. He grinned wider and bounded to the inner door, flinging it open and striding into the office within.
"D! You have a job for me?"
"It's dangerous, but someone has to do it," agreed the white bearded gentleman behind the desk. "You'll probably have to curse evil men and seduce evil women (or the other way around)."
"I'll do it," said Black. "For Queen and Hogwarts and puppies everywhere!"
"Excellent," said D. "Here, takes these exploding sherbet lemons with you."
"Don't mind if I do," said Black, pocketing them. "To London!" Jumping out of the window, he grabbed hold of a passing Quidditch player and directed them towards the stables, where he jumped off, somersaulted neatly in mid-air and landed in the saddle of Duckbeak, his half-bird-half-lion steed! Within minutes they'd flown all the way to the capital city, where Agent Black quickly found himself outside the casino where the evil Pedro Potstew was keeping his friends, the Potters, and their super-special baby Harry.
"Oh, no!" said Agent Black. "They have demented Bouncers! How am I going to get in?"
Suddenly he remembered! He was a wizard! Quickly, he turned himself into a dog and sauntered up the entrance.
"A good-morning bow-wow to you, gentlemen," he said. "I'm just an ordinary dog, doing ordinary dog business, can I come in?"
"Okay," they said, because he was so convincing!
He quickly went inside and turned back into himself, except now he was wearing a tuxedo. He looked all over the casino for baby Harry, but there was no sign of them.
"I'll have to blend in undercover and snout out their secrets," Black said. "There's no time to pause! I have to get right on their tail!"
He saw too one-armed bandits, which were machines you put coins on, not evil people with only one-arm, so he put a coin in each and pulled the levers -- but when the things stopped spinning, they weren't cherries or lemons or stars, but words! The ones on the right said "Harry", "Agent" and "Black" and the one of the left said "Please", "Save" and "Our". Being smart, Black realised that it read "Please save our Harry, Agent Black".
"Oh no," he said, "they've turned you into slot machines! Don't worry! I'll take good care of your baby!"
He quickly pulled the arms again. Now the machines read, "He's in the poker kitty! Hurry!"
So Black rushed over to the poker table and saw that Pedro was playing, and he was using Harry to cover his chips!
"How evil," said Black. "I better play too!" Fortunately he knew lots of special card tricks which he had learned as part of his secret auror training, so he was well prepared.
"I bet fifty knuts!" said Pedro.
"Twenty galleons!" said Black, slapping it down on the table.
"I can't cover that," said Pedro, "but I do have this special baby boy Harry!"
"That'll do!" said Black. "Yoink!" And he grabbed Harry.
"Not so fast!" said Pedro. "Show me your cards!"
"I have three Aces!" said Black.
"I have four Aces!" said Pedro. "So I win!"
"You cheated!" said Black.
"No, you cheated," said Pedro, "and I have the wands to prove it!" And suddenly he and lots of men were pointing wands at him.
"We were friends once," cried Black, "before you turned to a life of evil, crime, cheating and baby-betting! Won't you grant me a last request?"
"...well, okay," said Pedro, "but don't you try anything!"
"I'm just going to have a sweet," said Black, taking out the sherbet lemons. He offered one to Harry and Pedro quickly snatched it. "Hah!" said Black. "I knew an evil person like you couldn't resist stealing candy from a baby. Little did you know, it's really explosive!"
"Eek!" squeaked Pedro like a mouse. Boom! went the sweets, knocking everyone down and blowing a hole in the wall, so that Black could grab Harry and rush outside--
#
"--and they jumped on Duckbeak and flew away and now you know the rest of the story!" finished Dennis. "Isn't that right, Harry?"
Harry stared.
"Close enough," said Hermione, patting Dennis on the head, while Ron doubled over, muffling laughter behind his hands
Harry stared some more. Then he said, "I'm going to bed," and did.