Disclaimer:

I do not own the characters of Harry Potter, these belong to that wonderful author JK Rowling and the various publishing companies used to publish her works. I am however borrowing them, no not to make money but for fun and fun only. Only JK Rowling, her publishers, Warner Brothers and who JK Rowling says can make money and she has not given me permission for that, so no I do not make money off this, again it is for fun!

Summary:

AU Severus Snape wants a new pet and revenge. In Fact he sees exactly what he wants for a pet when he sees a certain Animagmus out for a walk one day…

Chapter One: New Pet:

It was a beautiful day, Voldemort was dead, dead, dead! The shaggy black dog thought as he ran down the street enjoying his freedom. He could go about as a man anytime he wished but today he wanted to enjoy his freedom in doggy form. For of course this was not any ordinary dog, no this was Padfoot aka Sirius Black a one time convicted killer and twelve year prisoner in Azkaban the worst prison in the Wizarding world or perhaps all the world. He ran down the street happily, chased a few cats and was captured by the dogcatcher.

"Ere now ye large beastie I no' hurt you." The man in dogcatcher uniform said holding onto the other end of a long pole, the noose around Padfoot's neck.

"Woof, woof, yip!" Padfoot said his gray eyes going wide, how embarrassing to get caught like this.

"Now, now boy no one will harm ye, you should not be out loose like this." The man said as Padfoot tugged on the other end of the pole.

"Oh thank you, you found my dog." Came the voice of Severus Snape.

Severus help! Take me out of here! Padfoot/Sirius said in his doggy language but all that came out was "yip whine, woof yip, yip!"

"Padfoot you naughty cur, what am I do to with you?" Snape said slipping a green collar on the dog.

"Normally I have t' take 'em in." The man protested.

"I assure you he will harm no-one, maybe get a few bitches pregnant but other than that he is just a lovable good dog." Snape replied.

"Well as this is the first time, you take 'em and donno let me see him loose again." The man warned him.

"Of course." Snape replied smiling.

He snapped a leash on the collar and with a sharp but not painful tug lead Padfoot away. Yes this had worked out well, he now had Sirius Black just as he wanted him, in dog form. Snape was Slytherin and he had planned the whole thing, getting Sirius to run out of the Grimmauld Place as Padfoot was not hard, just give the idea to the idiot Animagmus and there you go, it had worked out so well so far. It would be very funny when Padfoot tried to change back to Sirius, there was no way that would happen, not with the collar he wore now. Padfoot looked up at the potions master and could not for the life of him understand what was off about the man, he seemed strange to him. Then again Severus Snape was expertly clad in muggle attire, dark blue jeans, leather tunic over black tee shirt and his hair tied back from his sallow face. The only thing that could have given him away were his heavy buckled black dragon skin boots that his jeans were tucked into.

"Come lets get you to the vet." Snape said.

"Yip, Grrrr, yip woof, yip!" or translated I bloody hell will not! Padfoot sat in the middle of the sidewalk.

"Okay then I will carry you." Snape said.

What you cannot!

Yet Snape could and did, he picked up the dog, put him around his shoulders and though he got a few very strange looks he did not care. A tall thin man carrying a large shaggy black dog was a funny thing to see, especally the look on the dog's face. Those that spoke to him laughed when they knew why he was carrying his dog, the dog did not want to go to the vet. Finally realizing he could not get away Padfoot relaxed and Snape sensing this put the dog down and let him walk down the stairs to the Underground and board a train. They traveled a few stops and walked up the stairs from a shabby station to the road above and walked to the vets office where Snape knew walk-ins were allowed.

"What can I do for you sir?" The heavily made up woman with the eyebrow ring asked at the desk.

"Do you have time for my dog?" Snape asked, "he needs shots and a bath."

No shots, no shots, no, no! Padfoot thought.

"Sure, there is time now." The girl said and seeing Padfoot smiled. "He is cute, how old is he?"

"I think four years old." Snape said. "I just got him, I want to make sure he is well."

"He is adorable." She said leading them back.

Padfoot found himself walked onto a scale and weighed then put on a table and he was not happy about this. Still he knew better than to snap or growl or bite, he did not want a muzzle to go with his new collar. Still he whined and whined and tapped one paw on the table when his temperature was taken and he really whined when the shots were given to him. They were not done with him, no not at all as he soon found out. He was taken to another room and here he was given a bath, with lots of scented soap and he was dried with a blow dryer until his fur was soft as silk. At least his fur was not shaved, that he would not take at all and Snape knew how far he could go with the Animagmus.

"Wow he is quite a hansom creature!" The girl who had washed him said.

"Yea he is that is why I got him." Snape said. "That and he is huge as well."

"Yea he is, gentle though, he has such a sweet face." She replied.

"Yes, he is going home to a good house and food." Snape said.

Padfoot looked up at him, he could not change back to human no matter how much he wanted to. He waited as Snape paid for the shots, bath and license and was led out of the vet shop and down the street and around the corner. Snape walked down an alley and after looking around Apparated with his new pet to the city he lived in far in the north of England. He stopped at a small convenience store near his home and got some dog food and lead the dog down the street to his home.

"A few rules Padfoot, you are not to chew on my furniture or try to run away, the collar you are wearing prevents you from changing back to human and has a tracing charm on it. You are to use the yard as your toilet not the house understood?"

"Woof!" Padfoot said meaning yes.

"Tomorrow we go to Petsmart to get you some good food and some chews." Snape said. "Now be a good boy and eat your dinner."

This last was said as Snape poured a bowl full of dog food for Padfoot and put it on a upturned rusted through cauldron and watched as Padfoot ate the food ravenously. He fixed himself some food and had his dinner then after washing up went into his small living room and sat in his favorite chair and allowed Padfoot to curl up by his feet. He had a new dog, for the time being and hoped that no-one found out what he had done for a long time. Revenge was turning out to be more fun that he ever could have imagined. Yes and Sirius Black was probably thinking he had not been a wise idea to head out of Grimmauld place as Padfoot that very day…