Chapter One- What Have You Done?!
"- to page two hundred and thirty nine, where you will find the Anima potion." Professor Severus Snape drawled, looking around the classroom of confused faces- except Hermione Granger's of course.
"You are to join your table partner- and you're not to move seats-" Snape glared at Seamus and Dean, who were about to get up and sit together, away from Crabbe and Goyle. They both sat back down glumly. Snape continued, unfazed- " one of you will make it, and the other will test it. I have the antidote here- only come to retrieve it five or so minutes after the potion has taken effect. Begin." The greasy-haired man sat himself down and the class began a quiet chatter to the people beside them.
Harry pointedly ignored his, who was trying to talk to him.
" Fine, Potter; you make it, I'll drink it." Draco huffed.
Now this kicked Harry's 'overprotective crush' side into action and he spun to look at blond Slytherin. "But I'm rubbish at Potions!" He spluttered.
"Aw, is ickle Hawwy-kins wowwied about me?" Malfoy teased, pushing his bottom lip out into a pout. Harry's face flushed red.
"Of course not!" He defended. "I'm worried about what your godfather would do to me if I messed up 'ickle Drackey's' facial features." He rolled his eyes, hiding his embarrassment.
Draco scoffed, hiding his own disappointment. "Oh, come off it, Potter. I'll talk you through it- but there'll be hell to pay if you do mess up my perfect facial features."
Harry scowled to show his displeasure at the prospect when the Slytherin, who dumped the ingredients on the desk in front of the unhappy Gryffindor, wasn't looking.
"Boomslang skin ... taragon ... two Ashwinder eggs ... wormwood ... pinch of Erumpent Exploding powder ... " He mused over the ingredients and started the Potion, praying to whoever would listen that he was doing it right. A while later, on the twenty-third clockwise turn, the potion had turned a deep lilac colour whereas eveyone else's was a light emerald. Draco rolled his eyes and drank a vial before Harry could stop him and Snape strode over at an alarming speed.
"You idiot!" Harry yelped at Draco, who shrugged carelessly and put the vial down as Snape stopped in front of their table and raised an eyebrow at the purple potion.
Draco gurgled and keeled over, clutching his stomach. Harry squeaked at the thunderous look on the professors face as he dropped to his knees in front of Malfoy-
Who proceeded to burst out laughing.
Snape and Harry glared at the boy, attracting the rest of the class' attention. "Y-you should've seen the l-look on your faces!" He choked, grinning madly.
The grin on his face slid off and was replaced by a look of shock and pain as he clutched his head. Harry turned away from boy in annoyance and started to pack away his things. A howl of pain erupted from the teenager on the floor and Harry spun around, confusion and shock wrtten on his face.
"What did you do?!" Snape bellowed and Harry looked horrified, shaking his head quickly. "N-n-nothing! I did what Malfoy told me to!"
Speaking of which, Malfoy, who was curled up on the floor sobbing, started to convulse horribly- and stopped all of a sudden, breathing hard and gasping.
The class was dead silent.
Professor Snape opened his mouth to start threatening Harry - mainly about what was going to happen to him- leapt back in surprise as Draco pounced on Harry, clutching his robes. The blond glared at his godfather and hissed. Harry stared at Malfoy, dumbfounded as he took in the two fuzzy, cream-coloured ears poking out from the Slytherin's hair, while a tail of the same colour wrapped around the Golden Boy's wrist.
"Malfoy- get- get off!" Harry gasped for breath. The cat-boy just let out a low rumble, nuzzling his face into the boy's neck and digging his lengthened, sharp fingernails deeper into Harry's robe sleeves. Snape stared, gobsmacked and really, really pissed.
Snape seemed to remember something and stood up quickly, spinning around. "Peeves!" He bellowed angrily. "Parkinson, go get the Bloody Baron. Class dismissed. " He hissed, seething. "Millicent, go get Dumbledore. Tell him we'll be in with Madam Pomfrey."
Pansy grinned; bargaining with the Baron was always fun. She and Millicent sprinted out of the classroom- not that Millicent's lumbering movements could be classified as sprinting. The rest of the class, who had started laughing, quickly dispersed lest they be stuck under the angry wizard's wrath.
"Potter, you're coming with me." The Potion's master almost looked distraught, but spun around with a swoosh of his robes and began walking out. "Uh, Professor-" Harry began helplessly, trying to get Malfoy off him. Snape's top lip curled as he looked at them down his hooked nose. "He seems to l-like you," Snape struggled, " so try asking him or something. Just get him to the hospital wing." He walked out and waited by the door, refusing to look at them.
" Uh, M-mal- Draco?" He started. The blond looked at him imploringly. "W-we have to get to somewhere- could you please let go?"
Draco blinked. "Only if I can stay with you." He licked- licked- Harry's cheek, who flushed a bright red. "F-fine but we've got to go." The flustered boy urged.
Draco smiled happily and his ear twitched, trotting happily out of the room behind Harry, occasionally glaring at Snape.
"Harry!"
Two voices called out to him and he turned his head, looking for the source. Ron and Hermione raced towards him, stopping at the sight of Draco, who put his silky ears flat against his hair and bared his now-sharp teeth.
"Uh, Harry...?" Ron started, confused. Draco wrapped an arm around Harry's waist and pulled him close, eliciting a squeak from the flustered boy and looking warily at the ginger.
A mad grin reached Hermione's lips and she continued towards them. Draco narrowed his eyes as she came closer. "Mine." He warned, and Hermione nodded. "He's all yours, Draco."
Draco smiled and let her approach. "Keep up!" Snape barked and the cat-boy poked his tongue out at his godfather,the three of them walking a little faster.
"Oi!" Ron called, pushing through a stream of first-years coming out from a meowed possessivly and Hermione grabbed Ron's arm. "He's with me." She smiled and Draco still looked at him warily. They turned a corner and Hermione gestured to Draco.
"So, uh, what exactly happened?" She asked. Harry shrugged. "From Snape's mumbling, Peeves was messing with his ingredients cupboard just before class started and he didn't realise that he'd mixed up some of the vials. Of course we had to get the mixed up ones. " He scowled and Draco poked his cheek, pouting. "A-anyway, now Mal-" He broke off as Draco buried his face in his neck and whined quietly. "Harryyy, what did I tell you?"
"S-sorry, Draco- as I was saying, now Draco is half cat and we don't know how to fix it." Draco smiled happily at the use of his first name and they all reached the infirmary. Madam Pomfrey bustled over to them quickly and tried to stop a choked little snort as she took in the sight of Draco holding Harry close with a happy look on his face. He bared his teeth at the woman and she rolled her eyes.
"Oh, come on you two." She said dismissivley. Draco's ears perked up and he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "Miss Granger, Mr Weasley- you go away." Hermione sighed and they left, leaving Harry and Draco with the professors and the mediwitch.
"Harry, why are we here?" Harry cringed a little at the adorable confusion that flooded Draco's voice and he lead the the puzzled teenager over to the professors, who were standing by a bed in the far end of the hospital wing.
"Harry." Draco demanded and said boy sighed. "Draco, they just need to check up on you of sorts. You drank a weird potion and they need to make sure you're okay." Draco looked stricken and he clutched Harry's robes a little tighter. "Its okay, I wont let them hurt you." The dark-haired boy soothed, scratching Draco behind the ears experimentally. Said boy purred and pushed his head into the smaller boy's hand happily as they reached the professors.
Dumbledore had a knowing smile on his face and Snape was still scowling, while Professor McGonagall just looked amused. Madam Pomfrey tried to get Draco to sit on the bed- he wouldn't until Harry asked him to, and he ended up pulling Harry down with him. The blond tucked his face into Harry's neck (it seemed to be his favourite spot) while Pomfrey cast a few check-up spells on him.
"Harry." Dumbledore started. "I know you may not like this, but seeing as Draco is quite attached to you in this state, you're going to have to stay with him at all times. We don't yet know what it was mixed with, but it seems that the Erumpent Exploding powder was mixed with something else and we don 't know if there will be any other result." Draco looked ecstatic about getting to stay with Harry, who was looking a little confused.
Professor McGonagall spoke up. "I doubt the Gryffindors will to be too happy with Mr Malfoy staying in their common room, so the Room of Requirement is currently yours and and Draco's only. If need be, there is will be a spare room in the Gryffindor common room anyway. He'll have to sit with you during meals as well, as it seems he isn't going to be happy about being seperated from you... I'll organise with the other professors about classes."
Draco let out a low, cute meow and started playing with Harry's hair dreamily, who sighed in resignation. Snape walked out.
"For now, you will both have to go sit at the Gryffindor table and eat your meals. Professor Snape will inform the Slytherins that they will , under no circumstances, tell Lucius Malfoy about this ... development. Goodbye, Harry." With that, he and McGonagall strode out.
Madam Pomfrey sighed. "There's not much we can do for you two at the moment- I'm sure they'll find a cure at some point, though, dear. Go on now, go to lunch." She shooed them out and Draco giggled. He giggled.
"Looks like you're stuck with me, Harry!"
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Hiya!
So if any of you are confused as to what the Anima potion is = I made it up so I'll explain it.
The Anima Potion is a potion that allows you to become an Animagus of sorts for three hours or less, depending on how strong th potion is. Instead of turning you into your actual Animagus, it will turn you into something different so you aren't recognised- hence why Dray-Dray turned into a cat not a ferret XD TAKE NOTICE cos this might be important ^-^ Bai bai- leave critiques please!