Ron shuddered at the contact and eagerly pulled away. He could deal with the concept of Sirius not being a complete nutter, but twelve years' worth of upbringing couldn't be thrown away at the drop of a hat.

He still wasn't used to talking about things that had and yet hadn't happened yet, and was all the more perplexed when it seemed that Sirius once again had some knowledge of the future. What had the grown-up version of Harry told him?

"Snippy? Who on Earth is Snippy?"