Nova was ready to scream. 

Hermione and Ron had gotten into another fight about their pets. Another one! 

"Siriusly!" Nova whined to Harry as they walked to Transfiguration (the duo left Ron and Hermione to their bickering). "It's absolutely riddikulus! They-"

"Did you just make a pun?" Harry asked, amusement shining in his green eyes. 

"Yes, I did. This isn't a joking matter! They're driving me insane!" Nova ranted. Harry had cut her off again. 

"I think you mean this is a Sirius matter," Harry corrected with a joking tone. Nova narrowed her eyes. 

"What's gotten into you?" Nova asked, with her honey eyes still narrowed. 

"You haven't been making as many jokes lately. You haven't laughed as much lately either," Harry noted. "Thought I would try to make you laugh, or at least get you to smile."

"You're such a dork!" Nova smiled. "Besides, if you were to use the 'it's a Sirius matter' it must have something to do with my sperm donor, Prongs."

"Right..." Harry trailed off, studying her expression. She seemed happier. "Wait! Prongs? Where the bloody hell did you get that?"

"Now, now, Harold, don't steal Ron's line," Nova fake scolded. 

"Perhaps it's the only thing that has anything worth Weaslebee has." Draco drawled, coming up from behind Nova and Harry. Harry rolled his eyes, and Nova glared at the arm Draco slung over her shoulder. 

"Where's your posse, Draco?" Nova asked, hiding her anger. 

"Somewhere. I thought I would come to bug my dear cousin," Malfoy answered. 

"Interesting tactic. Insult one of my best friends. Then put your filthy arm around my amazing shoulder," Nova said bluntly. 

Harry was confused. 

Normally, Nova and Malfoy would have hexed each other already. 

"I will never be filth. You, however, are. Especially with who you associate yourself with; mudbloods, blood-traitor Weasleys, and-" Whatever Draco was going to say, it was unknown to all but him. 

Nova had socked him in the face. 

Malfoy, who still had an "injured" arm, cried out in pain, clutching his face. 

Goyal, one of Malfoy's goons, came out from behind the corner and fired a hex at an unsuspecting Harry. Nova blindly fired a hex. 

Goyal would have duck feet for the next week. 

"As I was saying, I don't really know where I got Prongs to be honest," Nova said, without turning to Harry. Of course, it was a lie. She had the Marauders Map. "On the contrary, when I think of the name Prongs, I think of a d-"

She turned to Harry. 

What she saw, caused her to laugh. 

Where Harry was supposed to be, stood a baby deer. Well, at least what she assumed was a baby deer. Its head was stuck in a nearby recycling bin (A/N just pretend they recycle at Hogwarts).

The young fawn continuously reared back. Nova wished she could take a picture, but she had no camera. 

When its head was finally freed from the recycling bin, it flew across the corridor. 

Its larger emerald green eyes were crossed as it swayed. 

Nova stifled her laughter as the baby deer she assumed was her best friend fell to the floor from the weight of its antlers. Plastic water bottles were stuck on his antlers like ornaments on a Christmas tree. 

"Oh, deer, you got yourself in quite the predicament!" Nova laughed. 

Harry, as a deer, scowled. Nova would it absolutely adorable. 

However, another Potter found the situation absolutely delightful. 

"Lilyflower! Look! It's a baby Prong!" James had called to his wife.

"James! A spell was cast upon him!" Lily had said in response. Although, she did find it very entertaining to watch him struggle and faceplant. 

"You know, Potter," Nova said smiling fondly. "you make an adorable baby stag. My heart roars at the sight!"

Nova laughed. Of course, Harry didn't understand the second part of her pun. No one knew she was a lioness animagus. However, she found it particularly hilarious.

Harry, who was still a baby stag, groaned (at least Nova assumed it was a groan, it sounded more like a squeak) and buried his face in his hooves. 

"Let's get these out of your antlers," Nova said in a soothing voice as she reached up to pull the water bottles from the antlers. 

"Miss Black!" A voice called. Nova's head snapped in the direction of the voice. "Are you or are you not supposed to be on your way to my class? Why are you just sitting there?"

It was Minnie. 

How am I supposed to explain this one? Nova pondered. 

"Well, ya see..." Nova began but trailed off. 

"Yes, Miss Black," Minnie questioned. 

"I was just strolling through the corridors to your class, my absolute favorite one by the way. Then... I saw this deer running through the corridors. It was scared out of his mind! An evil...ferret...was chasing it. Poor, adorable, baby deer! Then!" Nova said, spinning her web of lies carefully. "The ferret had an evil...fat...lumpy...bat...Yeah! A bat! It...flew forward to attack him. I made the bat fly away, Minnie! Then, Prongslet here got his head stuck in the recycling bin. I was only trying to help him out of the kindness of my heart."

Harry, still as a stag, snorted. 

Harry was not the only stag that snorted at Nova's response. James Potter was having a field day. He remembered a similar incident that occurred in his youth with Sirius by his side. 

Minnie pursed her tight lips. 

"Is there any chance your story is actually a lie?" McGonagall asked. 

"No. It's the truth! You must believe me!" Nova informed. 

"Where is Mister Potter?" Minnie asked. Her eyes drifted from the Nova to the deer. "Is there any chance Mister Potter is the deer?"

"No! Why would you think that?" Nova said nervously. 

"Maybe because the stag's eyes are the exact same color as Potter's peculiar emerald green eyes," Minnie said, hiding her smile. "But seeing as this is not Mr. Potter, where is he?"

"In the Common Room..." Nova answered. "It's that time of the month."

In heaven, James and Lily could not contain their laughter. 

The stag began to bang its head off the floor. 

"Minerva!" A voice called. Nova looked behind her and saw Professor Lupin running down the corridor. "You will never believe what I saw!"

"What did you observe, Remus?" Minerva asked. 

"Give me a second..." Remus said through labored breaths. "I was just in my office when I saw this baby deer with antlers running down the corridor, away from this white weasel thing."

"It was a ferret," Nova informed. 

"Thank you, Nova," Remus stated. 

James Potter was grinning like an idiot as he watched the scene play out. 

"That is quite the observation, Remus. I do believe Miss Black has said the same thing," Minnie said. "Well, come along, Miss Black, you have a class to attend to."

"But, Minnie!" Nova whined. "I wanna help the adorable baby stag! Just look at its adorable sad eyes! You must let me help it!"

"Alright. You can help the baby deer. However, I expect you to attend my class. I also expect Mr. Potter to attend classes." Minnie informed. "I know for a fact that Mr.Potter is not on his menstrual cycle. Therefore, he is well enough to attend my class."

"I was only joking, Minnie. He has food poisoning," Nova said. "However, I will be sure to drag his sorry arse to your class. Can't have Wonder Boy failing classes, can we?"

"Goodbye, Miss Black, Remus, Prongslet," Minerva said before walking away.

Once she was out of sight, Remus turned to Nova. 

"Menstrual cycle, really?" He asked. 

"I panicked! Minnie is literally my mom...not by blood but...you get the point!" Nova exclaimed. 

Behind Nova, Harry snorted. 

"Shut it, Prongslet!" Nova demanded. "Or you are gonna be stuck as a deer the rest of your life."

Harry stomped his foot, shaking his head. 

"Don't get your panties in a twist," Nova said, rolling her eyes. 

Harry glared, but it was pitiful seeing as he was an adorable baby deer. 

"Drop the attitude, mister," Nova said, sounding like a mother. Her long caramel hair was tied into a high ponytail, as she pointed her finger at Prongslet. 

Remus found this highly amusing. 

Harry stomped his foot again. 

"I suggest you stop it. If you don't, I'll stick this on your antler again," Nova threatened, holding up a random plastic water bottle. 

Harry glared....again. 

"Siriusly, Harold, stop glaring. It has no effect on me! You're too adorable for this right now!" Nova said, throwing the water bottle behind her, hitting Remus in the face. "Now if you would kindly hold still so I can get the rest of the super stylish hair accessories out of your antlers, it would be appreciated."

Nova stepped forward to help but was stopped by Remus. 

"You are aware you are a witch, correct?" He asked, amusement shining in his honey eyes. 

"Yes..." Nova said trailing off. "Oh! You were going to tell me I could just wave my wand and all the water bottles will disappear!"

Prongslet shook his head in disappointment. 

With a wave of Remus's wand, Harry was human and void of any water bottles. 

"Anyways...as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, the name Prongs makes me think of a deer," Nova said. Remus's head shot up at the use of his dead best friend's nickname. 

"Well...that was entertaining," Harry said. 

"Harold, our years at Hogwarts could be described as 'entertaining', 'eventful', and 'chaotic'. Yet you found that entertaining?" Nova asked flabbergast. Harry simply shrugged. 

"Thank you, Professor Lupin," Harry said, turning to the sandy-haired man. 

"It was my pleasure, Harry," Remus smiled. 

"Mr.Chocolate Man," Nova addressed. "You wouldn't by any chance have chocolate, would you? I'm a bit peckish from all that hard work."

"As a matter of fact, yes I do," He answered, handing her and Harry both a piece. 

"Thanks, Mr.Chocolate Man!" Nova called, as she dragged Harry away. "We best be off!"

The two best friends set off down the corridor. One attempting to ignore the growing feelings. The other, completely oblivious the affection held for their best friend was more than just friendship.

***

When Harry and Nova entered the Transfiguration classroom, the class had not started. McGonagall wasn't even present yet. 

Nova noticed Lavender was crying while Pavarti explained something to Seamus and Dean. 

"What's the matter, Lavender?" said Hermione anxiously as Nova and Harry join the group. 

"She got a letter from home this morning," Parvati whispered."It's her rabbit, Binky. He's been killed by a fox."

Oh," said Hermione, "I'm sorry, Lavender." 

"I should have known!" said Lavender tragically. "You know what day it is?" 

"Er —" 

"The sixteenth of October! 'That thing you're dreading, it will happen on the sixteenth of October!' Remember? She was right, she was right!"

"You — you were dreading Binky being killed by a fox?" Nova asked. 

"Well, not necessarily by a fox," said Lavender, looking up at Nova with streaming eyes, "but I was obviously dreading him dying, wasn't I?" 

"Was Binky an old rabbit?" Nova asked.

"N — no!" sobbed Lavender. "H — he was only a baby!" 

Parvati tightened her hold on Lavender. Even though  Nova wasn't close to Paravati, t was clear she was a good friend. 

Nova rolled her eyes. 

"But then, why would you dread him dying?" said Hermione. 

Parvati glared at her. 

"Well, look at it logically," said Hermione, turning to the rest of the group. "I mean, Binky didn't even die today, did he? Lavender just got the news today —" Lavender wailed loudly. "— and she can't have been dreading it, because it's come as a real shock —" 

"Don't mind Hermione, Lavender," said Ron loudly, "she doesn't think other people's pets matter very much." 

"For Merlin sakes, Ronald Billius Weasley!" Nova yelled getting to her feet. "Your rat is twelve years old! He's bound to die! Watch the Lion King! Animals and humans are born! They grow old! And they die! Simple as that! A regular rat only lives roughly two years! Scabbers is getting old and therefore slower! It could be any cat out to eat him! Stop riding Hermione's arse about it being Crookshanks!"

Before Ron could respond, McGonagall strolled into the classroom.