Title: Bathing Harry
Author: TrinityTheSheDevil
Rating: K
Summary: Sirius finds that giving Harry a bath can be ... quite an adventure, to say in the least.

A/N: This ficlet was actually meant to be written into my fic, "Web of Lies". However that fic is never going to get finished. I may even delete it from entirely. I figured that this ficlet was amusing by itself though, so decided to post it. It is, of course, AU. The backstory is that Peter was caught when Harry was a baby, James and Lily are still alive, and Harry, his family, Sirius, and Lupin are all living together in the same house ... mansion, whatever. :g: Enjoy.

"HARRY! Come back here! Give me that! And put some clothes on!" Sirius chased the small, naked three year old down the stairs, and tripped over one of the stools in the living room, landing on his butt in front of the couch.

Standing up and brushing himself off, Sirius came face to face with his wand. He reached out to grab it, but Harry was slightly faster. The small boy ran to the other end of the couch, squealing with joy.

"Harry, give me the wand. Come on, Harry. Please? For Uncle Paddy?" Sirius slowly advanced on the boy.

Harry adopted a thoughtful expression, and for a moment Sirius thought he was going to hand over the wand. Instead, Harry shook his head and smiled.

"Play!"

"You want to play? Okay, we'll play right after your bath. Come on Harry, just hand me the wand." Sirius reached his hand out and gritted his teeth. Here he was, possibly the best auror besides James Potter, being out done by a three year old.

"No! Play!" Harry ran behind the couch.

"We WILL play Harry. I just have to have my wand first."

"No! Play! Fly!" Harry pouted. The small boy paused, then grinned evilly. Sirius could have sworn the child had been possessed by James at that moment.

"Fly!" Harry held the wand up.

"Oh crap." Sirius dived for the wand, just as Harry said, "Wingadum Leevosia!"

Sirius was about sigh with relief when nothing happened, when, with an almighty lurch, he turned into a chicken.

"Oops." Harry said, frowning and watching the chicken attempt to bash it's head against the floor.

At that moment, the door opened, emitting James, Lily, and Remus.

"Harry!" Lily yelped, seeing her son holding Sirius' wand.

"Sirius!" James almost smacked himself.

"Dinner!" Remus advanced on the chicken while licking his lips. The chicken squawked and ran around the room, flapping wildly while feathers flew in all directions.

James pulled out his own wand and changed Sirius back, just as Lily grabbed Harry and retrieved the stolen wand.

"You were going to eat me!" Sirius accused Remus.

"Oh come on. I was just kidding, Paddy." Remus grinned.

"Yeah, right. I saw that look in your eyes. You stay away from me."

Moony chuckled and James blinked, before turning to Sirius.

"How did Harry get your wand?"

Sirius coughed slightly and turned red.

"I uh...had placed it on the counter and turned to grab a towel for Harry. When I looked back, the imp had stolen it and taken off."

James snorted before ruffling his sons hair. Harry was too busy telling his mother how Sirius had chased him all over the house to notice though.

"It's not funny! That child is getting more and more like you every day." Sirius exclaimed.

"I should hope so." James snickered.

End. Short, yes, but after all it was meant to go into another fic. Hehehe.