Harry Potter: Hydrus Black

"What's the blackmail," Padfoot asked eagerly. He loved using blackmail. With his family slowly, but surely, coming to his side, if only to bring the power of the Blacks down on the government, he had tons of blackmail. With him standing on the premise that Muggle-borns were descended from squibs and with Cassiopeia's research, they stood together to get the others to change their minds. It was a work in progress.

"Well, did you know her father was a mop pusher in the Ministry? He was also a Hufflepuff that believed in Pure-blood supremacy. I have no idea why he married a non-magical with that belief, but he was the one that taught Dolores her ideals. Her mother, as I said, was a non-magical and her brother was a squib, that belies all her believes that non-magicals steal magic or her mother would have been a witch, and she and her father would be squibs. The mum and brother were cast out of the family and disappeared in London somewhere," he recounted what he read. In his timeline, that information wasn't known, Dolores must have wiped it out.

"Huh, yeah, she comes off as a Pure-blood," Sirius said, thinking on how he could use that bit of information. Even in the low office that she was in, that woman caused all sorts of conflict at the Ministry. He had no idea why she wasn't fired.

"Well, if she's already up to her dirty tricks, it's time for me to get her out of the picture," he said, not noticing the wary looks between the other two. Then an idea popped into his head. "Hey, Sirius, I just remembered someone else who needs taken down. How would you like to prank someone?" Hydrus asked brightly, already going over ideas.

The Marauder perked up, it had been awhile since he pranked anyone. "Who? What? When? Where?" he asked rapidly.

"Marge Dursley. Let her dogs loose. Tonight. At her house. Then you're going to call Animal Control and let them know the dogs are running wild and that she is a breeder that kills."

"Great," the Animagus said, enthusiastically bouncing in his seat, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.

"Did you want to come, Remus?" Hydrus asked, turning to the other man.

"No, I think I will sit this one out," the werewolf answered. He was too tired to go gallivanting around England at midnight.

"Suit yourself," Padfoot said. He was going to have fun, with or without his old partner.

They spent the rest of the day playing with Harry, who loved the sandbox. When they finished their roast beef dinner, and put Harry to bed, the two pranksters started planning with Remus putting his two Knuts' worth in. Around midnight the Blacks left the house to the outskirts of London. They made sure there were no people on the street at this hour, even went as far as to cast a mild sleeping charm on all the houses to keep the residents from waking, especially Marge. They put up a containment shield to keep the dogs on this street, which would fall when they left. They then put dog repelling charms on their clothes, unlocked the fence surrounding the yard and opened the pens.

Most of the bulldogs jumped at the chance of being free and ran to the streets. Some were shyer and stayed in their kennels and had to be coaxed out. Sirius then went to the nearest phone booth and called Animal Control.

"Hello, this in Animal Control, how can I help you tonight," a bored male voice asked.

"You've got to come quickly. That Dursley woman's dogs are all running the streets. They're vicious and I'm afraid they'll bite someone," Sirius said in a shaky voice.

"What's your name? Where are you? What type of dogs? And how many?" the man fired off questions.

"I think they're purebred bulldogs. And I can't tell, but there are more than ten. Hurry, one is coming my way. I'm in phone booth. I was out getting the missus some strawberry ice cream and beets, she pregnant you know, and I saw them running towards me and I got in the booth and called you," Sirius rambled, trying hard not to sound excited. "That Dursley woman would kill me if I tell you who I am. She's mad, I tell ya. I heard her tell her helper to 'kill the bitch'; I don't know if she was talking about one of her dogs or the neighbor lady."

"What is the location?" the now alert voice asked.

"We're on Hyde Street. Oh, no, one has me pinned in the booth," he shrieked like a little girl, all the while had a huge smile plastered on his face.

Hydrus quickly transfigured a rock to a dog and made it bark.

"I've heard that woman trains them to attack anyone," Sirius continued. "She has also been known to drown the puppies. We, the neighbors, had talked about calling you before, but… OH, NO, it's trying to get in."

The transfigured dog started scratching on the booth. You could hear the other dogs barking all over the neighborhood.

Hydrus was bent over and trying to gasp in some air. He was holding in his laughter so much it hurt. Then he noticed the lights coming on in one of the houses, the sleeping spell must have worn off. He motioned to Sirius it was time to go and got a nod in return.

"We'll be there as soon as possible. Stay in the booth and don't try to fight the dog," came the stern warning over the phone. You could hear him shouting orders in the background.

"AHHHH, it's opening the door, it's going to bite me!" With that he dropped the receiver and ran from the booth screaming. After canceling his spell on the rock, Hydrus was hot on his tail. They got to the end of the street and Apparated out. They returned home and broke down in fits of laughter; Remus looked at them with fond exasperation.

"How did it go?" the werewolf asked.

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