A/N: This is a Harry Potter/Animorphs Crossover.
It's set in the Marauders Era, and is rated "m" because of language and some sexual content in later chapters. The intro it will be told in third person, jumping around, but once the story begins, it will be mainly told with focus on Cassie.
Please feel free to give me heads up if you notice any grammar errors, as English isn't my mother tongue :).
Anything you recognize isn't mine!
Please bear with me, it's my first fanfic!
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Introduction…
Cassie was the peacemaker of the group. She was the tree-hugger. She knew bad things had to be done; in fact, she was used to that life had turned into a living hell ever since they walked over the construction site. Constantly since that disastrous night, their life had been on stake day out and day in. They fought well, they did indeed, and the Yeerks knew them painfully well.
She had returned after the last battle, besides being exhausted, she only had a small burn mark on her shoulder, and that was the only proof that she just had been in yet another deadly battle. They had barely made it this time; she shrugged for herself as she walked silently up the stairs. She could just morph into a bird and fly up to her room, she had her window open, but the truth was, she was to damn tired to even manage to walk straight.
She rubbed her eyes as she flopped down on her bed. She closed her eyes as her head landed on the pillow, falling into a deep, restless sleep. As she turned around in her sleep, the clocked on the wall stopped, and a strange looking humanoid alien appeared in a blast of light. He muttered something low, and then with another blast of light, the two of the vanished.
The following morning the phone in Rachel's room started to ring. With a loud grunt the sleeping girl slowly answered it "Rachel? Hi, this is Cassie's mom, I wondered if Cassie is at yours? She was supposed to help her dad in the barn today, but her bed is empty and we can't find her anywhere….."
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The four lads left the Great Hall, stretching their arms, grinning broadly. Two of them was remarkable like each other, and could almost be passed as twins. Except he with the messiest hair had round glasses. Who it was? Of course, ask any one at Hogwarts and you would get one answer: The notorious Marauders. They were of course James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, 6th year Gryffindors, and legendary trouble makers, whom seemed to have it as their main goal while at Hogwarts to make the life of the professors and Slytherins a living hell.
First there was Mr. Sirius "Padfoot" Black, often described as a Ladies man, and rumoured to have dated half of the School's female population, with the exception of the female professors of course. Next to him was Mr. James "Prongs" Potter, Hogwarts biggest prick according to his love of life, Miss Lily Evans. Widely known as the best Seeker enrolled at Hogwarts at the time, of course, there were only four. Next to them, there was the tall, lanky brown haired lad, Mr. Remus J. "Moony" Lupin. A bookworm, a werewolf and the Gryffindor Prefect, and the reason why there was three none registered animagi running about at the school grounds every full moon. And last, but not least, there was Mr. Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew. Totally opposite of his friends: blonde, short and chubby. He wasn't widely liked among his classmates, and if it wasn't because he hangs with the Marauders, he easily would become a victim of the pecking order.
They walked out of the Great Hall and headed towards a large old Oak tree, their usual resting spot after the exams. "Come on Moony! We have been through the exam once! We really don't have to go through it again!" James whine as the brown haired lad opened his mouth. Sirius grinned sheepishly and Peter shrugged lightly "He has a point you know Rem" He said, nearly defending his shrug. "As I was going to say before Mr. Prongs here rudely interrupted me" The werewolf said very formally and as a matter of fact, sending James a playful glare. "There is lying a girl under the tree".
With that, the three other lads turned and spotted the black girl Remus was looking at. "Peter, run and find a Professor!" Sirius nearly snapped the order at the chubby blonde boy, whom nodded and ran up towards the castle again. As he did, James, Sirius and Remus hurried over to the girl. She was lying on her side, facing the tree. She was wearing some navy coloured tight clothes over her lithe forms, showing her gentle curves clearly. She had short black hair, and her skin was a soft, mocha colour. She didn't appear to have any wounds, except from a strange, straight burn on her right shoulder.
Remus kneeled down next to her, while James and Sirius stood leaning above him. He gently nudged her, to wake her up. She moved slightly, and groaned loudly, before she slowly opened her nut brown eyes, blinking slightly confused as she gazed up into some strange light brown eyes. Her mouth formed a soft 'oh' as she sat up, rubbing her eyes trying to make the blurry world slightly more clear. She gulped slightly as she stared into the faces of three, grinning strangers.
Remus smiled friendly to her, tilting his head to the side "Hey, are you all right?" He asked gently, hoping that those mad grins of his friends didn't freak her totally out. She nodded slowly, and moved her hand to her neck, rubbing it slightly "I'm all right, just a tad exhausted and feels like I've been run over by a bus" She said, groaning again as she tried to stand up with the help of Sirius. She brushed some leaves off her body and hair, and gave a small, shy smile, feeling extremely lost.
James bended down and picked up a stick, and offered it to her "Here, your wand…" He said, she stared at him as if he was mad, and slowly accepted it. She glanced around at the surroundings, blinking as she spotted the large, old Castle. "Oh shit…" She uttered in surprise "Where the hell am I!" She said, taking a step backwards, raising her arms to defend herself. James shrugged "Hogwarts of course" He said, exchanging looks with Sirius. "Who the hell are you!" She asked next, glaring at them fierce fully.
Before they got the chance to answer, three adults approached them, led by an old man with beard. He smiled friendly to her and nodded to the lads "Why, Hello there Miss. Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcrafts and Wizardry. I am Professor Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster here" She stared at him, blinked and gulped again. She moved her hand back to her neck, rubbing it more "Oh shit, oh shit, oh fucking shit!" She uttered again, shaking her head. "This can't be true!" She said, looking at them. In a time like this, even the calmest, peaceful person would freak out.
He smiled calmly to her, slightly confused by the young girl's reaction. He gave his head a small tilt to the side "May I ask your name Miss? While Madam Pomfrey has a look at that burn on yours" He said nodding to a middle aged woman, dressed in something that to Cassie looked like a nun's uniform. As the mediwitch came over to her, she found an ointment and started to smear it out over the burn. Cassie made a small face and glanced at the burn as it healed within a few minutes. "Uh... I'm Cassie" She finally replied once the woman was done. The mediwitch looks at the tired girl "I want you to come by the Hospital Wing later" She says, before she turns and leaves the scene.
Cassie looks from the three lads, to the strange man who called himself for Dumbledore, feeling rather confused at the moment. "I… umm…" She began and blushed slightly. "Let's take a walk. Mr. Lupin, Mr. Black and Mr. Potter." He said and nodded to the boys. Then he started to walk, and Cassie carefully followed after him, she glanced back at the three boys who all grinned widely and waved to her. She sighed and glanced down at the ground, wondering what on earth had happened during the previous night.
"So, tell me Cassie. Who are you? How did you come here?" He asked calmly, looking at her over the half-moon spectacles of his. She shrugged and sighed some "as I said, I'm Cassie. I really don't know how I got here. I … I had a rough time yesterday" She said moving her hand over the nearly fully healed burn wound "I came home late, and fell asleep in my bed. When I woke up, those three guys was looking at me" She said and looked up at those light, bright blue eyes of the man "Where is here? Hogworts was it?" She asked.
Dumbledore nodded slowly, thinking as he did. "Hogwarts and it is in Great Britain." He said with a smile, looking at the girl. She gaped at him, blinking confused " Great Britain? As in Europe? Oh shit!" He looked at the shocked girl, knowing she had more to tell, but that would come when time was right. "Do you know any spells" He asked looking at her again, and her wand. She shrugged lightly and looked at him, meeting his eyes "I really, have no idea" She said calmly.
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Later that day, Cassie slowly entered the Great Hall; she glanced around shyly, feeling that everyone's eyes were on her. She lowered herself slightly and moved her hand up to her arm, rubbing it nervously. As she walked pass the long tables, wondering where she could sit, she saw three more or less familiar looking faces. The two black haired boys waved her over to them, and made space for her to sit between Remus and Sirius. "Thanks" She said, smiling carefully at them.
"No Problems. Soo... What's your anyway?" The black-haired boy sitting on the other side of the table grinned at her. She gave a weak smile, wishing she had Rachel or Jake, hell even Marco would be nice to have here with her. "I'm Cassie, and you are?" She replied back, looking at them, as the food appeared on the table in front of her. "I'm Sirius Black" The boy next to her said, with his mouth full of food, so it sounded more like "Geh Zurich Snare" She grinned slightly as the brown haired boy next to her rolled his eyes "The ugly git meant he is Sirius Black. I'm Remus J. Lupin" He said and offered a hand to her. They shook hand and she smiled, James on the other side of the table grinned widely "I'm James Potter" Peter glared at her "Peter Pettigrew" He mumbled before he continued to eat, avoiding to look at her. "Nice to meet all of you" She said, and grinned nervously.
After the dinner, Sirius offered to show her around the castle. "So tell me Cassie, what are you going to do now?" He said as they returned to the Great Hall. She shrugged lightly "Dumbledore said I could spend summer with McGonagall? She will fill me in with the curriculum of yours, and I'll enrol here from the autumn. I'll be in your year" She said and smiled slightly. He grinned broadly and nodded "That's great! What house will you be in?"
"I will be sorted along with the freshmen" She said, a bit unsure if she used the correct term for the new students. "Freshmen? Oooh you mean the first years!" He asked, tilting his head slightly grinning sheepishly at her. "Err yeah, the first years" She said blushing slightly, and made him grin even wider. "Cool, I hope you end up in Gryffindor!" He said, nodding with a grin. She nodded as well "Me too, it seems to be the best one. I've become friends with a girl from there, Lily. She let me borrow the robe so I would fit in better." She said and looked at the robe she was wearing, which was a tad to big for her.
"And you have us there! Remus, James, Pete and me!" Sirius added, looking at her, those grey eyes of his shined playfully, but his voice was all serious. "We'll help you fit in!" She smiled and nodded "Thanks" He grinned and gave her a big bear hug, making her blush madly. They parted and he left for the Gryffindor tower, while she walked to the dorm Dumbledore had allowed her to use for the few remaining days of school.
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The very next day, Cassie found herself sitting outside the castle. Sirius and the rest was sitting in the Great Hall, having the last of their exams, and Cassie, well she needed to sort her feelings. She was still a Morpher. She had tried last night, and morphed into her favourite morph, the wolf. It had felt so good to be able to escape; at least, with her morphing powers, she had at least something familiar in this strange, unfamiliar world. She sighed and looked out over the lake, the sun was shining, and everything seemed to be perfect. But she missed Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Ax and yeah, even Marco.
She wondered if she should risk it, and take a flight in one of her bird morphs, as she sudden became aware of a young man walking towards her. He had long black hair, which was lank and greasy. His nose was hooked, and he was somewhat pale. "I saw you with Black yesterday; you should stay away from him and his bratty friends. They are nothing but trouble" He said with a dry voice. He stopped in front of her, looking down at the new girl. She blinked and looked up at him "Trouble? Are you sure? They are quit nice, at least to me" She carefully said, somewhat confused at this strange looking guy. "They are dangerous. They nearly killed me with one of their pranks earlier this year." He said glancing towards the Castle. "Lupin is the one you should trust the least… Ask him what he do every full moon" With that, he turned and walked back to the castle.
She stared after him as he left her, as the familiar red haired girl she had met the night before came to her. "What did Snape want?" Lily asked glaring after the boy. Cassie shrugged slightly "He warned me about Sirius, Remus, James and Peter. He said that they meant trouble" She looked at her new friend, as she sat down next to her. "Ah, don't care about him. He has hated Potter since the day they met at the train." Lily said with a shrug, looking at her. Cassie nodded slowly "He also said that… I shouldn't trust Remus, and I should ask him what he does every full moon" As she spoke, Lily gasped and moved her hand up to her mouth "He didn't! That's low, even for Snape!"
"What is low?" Sirius asked as he, James and Remus approached the two girls. "Hey Evans, how are you m'love?" James asked and flopped down next to her, cuddling her. "Get lost Potter!" She snapped at him and looked at Remus. She wasn't supposed to know; she bit her lips and glanced at Cassie. "Just that… Snape you called him? Told me that I shouldn't be around you guys, he said you were troublemakers. And he told me to ask Remus what he does every full moon?" She said, looking at them. "But I really don't care what he says"
Remus stared at her, bright amber eyes of his became darker, and he spun around, heading back to the castle. James closed his fits and muttered a few curses under his breath while Sirius snorted "Just like something Snivellus would do! We are so going to hex him into the next year!" Cassie looked from one to the other, as James glanced at Lily "Wait… How… why? When?" He stuttered, Lily just shrugged and tilted her head "Since last term in our first year, it wasn't that hard to figure out" Cassie blinked, looking at Sirius "What are you talking about?" Sirius, James and Lily exchanged looks, and Sirius frowned lightly "It's not really for us to tell…" He started, as he sat down next to her, leaning back at the tree trunk.
"Promise not to tell anyone?" Remus voice was low and gloomy as he had returned. His face was red, and he avoided the looks of his friends. Sirius blushed and looked down in the grass, and Cassie raised a brow, looking at them, baffled. "With some reading, she would figure it out anyway" Remus said, shrugging at James' questionable look. He sat down next to them in Indian style, looking at Cassie with a serious look in his eyes "If you tell anyone, prefect or not, I'll personally hex you into the next millennia" Cassie nodded slowly, somewhat puzzled though "I can keep a secret…" She said, silently adding that she had kept a life threatening secret from her parents, and the world for the past three years, what would an other one do?
Remus glanced at Lily; she had confronted him in their first year, and promised not to tell anyone. Then he glanced at James and Sirius, they had figured it out during their second year. James and Sirius exchanged looks again; both were ready to hex Snape into the next year. Remus stared at Cassie, making her blush slightly at the intensity in his eyes. "When I was younger… I was bitten by a werewolf. So when Snape said you shouldn't trust me, well that's because every full moon, I turn into a raging, blood thirsty beast" He said, Cassie blinked, and then tried her best not to grin.
The four around her looked at her, surprised by her odd reaction. Cassie looked at them, she knew he was dead serious now, but for a girl who had faced dozens of aliens in all sizes. Been a termite and killed the queen in a termite hill, been a caterpillar, and got stuck in the morph for over two hours, then three days later turned into a butterfly. Well for her, a werewolf sounded somewhat closer to earth then what she was used to.
Sirius was surprised that Remus had told Cassie his secret. But that was her effect; she seemed to be a trustworthy person. He wanted to wrap his arms around the girl's waist, and give her a big hug. Cassie smiled and tilted her head "Really? A real werewolf? That's amazing, I didn't think they existed! Every full moon, during the change… you get the mind of a wolf with you? How do you control it?" She blabbered, as if it was a daily thing. She blushed slightly at herself, and shrugged "Muggleborn, both my parents are vets… Not that you're an animal"
The group chatted for a while, Cassie told them about the barn, and her friends and they told her about things they had done at school the five previous years. Cassie of course didn't tell them all about Ax, yeerks and how earth was under attack, and only Cassie and her friends was fighting them. That she, a soon 16 year old girl, could change into a humpback whale, a wolf, a horse and dozen of other animals, not to speak about at least three different aliens. Sirius was quit interested to know most as possible about this Jake guy, Cassie clearly had felt something for him at some points. He waved to her as he and the others left her, parting again.
The next day, Cassie waved good bye to her friends as they parted, each of them going home to their families for the summer. She sighed and looked at the Castle; somehow, she had to adjust to this new life, but for some reasons, she didn't mind. No more fighting the yeerks, and with her morphing ability, which she finally could use for enjoyment more freely. She looked at McGonagall as she approached her, smiling friendly. "Are you ready Miss Cassie?" She asked, friendly, watching the girl nod. With one last look at the castle the two of them left through the Floo network.
A/N: In the next chapter the story will begin fully. Cassie and the rest will return to Hogwarts for year Seven, and the chapter will be about lots of things ;). Hope you enjoy this story.