Disclaimer: I own none of these characters, they belong to J.K. Rowling. I based my tale after her books

Chapter 1 A Cat

"Were am I? Last thing I remember is having a butterbeer," thought Hermione Ganger. When she tried to stand, Hermione fell over. When she looked at her feet and hand, Hermione let out a scream. But if came out a yowl. Hermione's feet and arms were brown furry cat paws.

Running on all fours, Hermione ran to the town fountain. Hermione looked into the water. What she saw was a brown eyed, brown furred alley cat. "What's happen to me?" she thought.

"Shoo, shoo!" cried a woman swinging a broom. Quickly Hermione leaped from the fountain and scampered into a near by alley. Sadly Hermione trotted across the town.

"This must be a potion of some sort. If only I could find my wand. Or someone else who wouldn't chase me away and instead change me back." Hermione muttered to herself.

That day Hermione wandered around what seemed like the entire town. People didn't like stray cats much. Whenever a person saw her, they'd either try to blast her with a wand or throw something heavy at her. When night finally began to fall, people of the town went into their houses. But they did it for good reason. As soon as the sun left the sky, strange things came out

Hermione wasn't sure what exactly was it that they were, but their shrieks and howls filled the air. Being only a defenseless cat, Hermione made an easy target for these foul beasts. Hermione stayed close to the shadows. But then she came to the end of the alley. The closest alley was after a large market square.

"I can't stop," Hermione thought. Quickly and silently the brown little cat ran across the open area. But that's when an extremely large dog caught sight of her. It let out a horrible shriek. Hermione turned around to see the black shape of a dog, which was as tall as a man at the shoulders, galloping at her.

Hermione let out high-pitched meow, and then scampered to and fro, zig zaging and trying to throw the dog off her trail. Finally the dog had her in a corner. "Where's Harry and Ron when you need them?" Hermione muttered, "Come think, Hermione, use your brain!" The dog ran closer. Then at the last moment, Hermione dived under the dog.

Going at such a high speed, the dog howled then ran into a mess of stands, carts and finally a brick wall. With only taking a glance back, Hermione ran into the alley. In the darkness she disappeared.

But soon the dog was back up and mad. Hermione dashed along the side of the alley. But before she knew what was happening, Hermione was laying face first on the ground. Hermione found that the dog was still looking for her in the market square. Then some-thing caught Hermione's eye. It was what had tripped her.

Though it was hard to see, Hermione could see that it was a cat. Its front right paw was covered in blood. It was still breathing, its crest gently rising and falling. Then the monster dog let out a war cry. It began to charge down the alley.

Like a flash Hermione continued her escape. But suddenly she stopped. "I can't just leave that cat there," she muttered. When Hermione looked up, she saw the monster bent over the cat, sniffing its new victim.

Hermione raced back to the monster yowling the whole way. The dog only glanced up. So Hermione did the next thing that came to mind. "Hermione, you've got to be crazy!" she thought as she flung herself onto the beast.

The battle was short. Since she took it by surprise, Hermione took the advantage. But it took Hermione a moment to learn how to use her claws. The beast flung her off right as she used her claws. Hermione clung by her front paws to the beast's nose. Somehow she managed to insert her right paw's claws claw into the monster's eye. Then letting out a howl, the dog shook Hermione off. It galloped off injured.

After calming herself, Hermione when to the cat. It seemed fine except for its paw. Suddenly an instinct came to Hermione. She bent down a licked the cat's paw clean. Then Hermione curled up next to the cat.