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CH1
The Gift
HI Hermione
Thank you for all your help with snuffles, couldn't have done it without you, it could have gone so wrong and nearly did.
I still can't believe you hide that all year, but that just proves how much I pay attention; I should have known something was up.
Anyway have you heard from Ron yet? I haven't but I'm sure you will before I do.
Hope your first three days of summer are going good.
No I haven't started homework yet, I really should, I will, I promise.
I'll tell Hedwig to stay with you till you send me a letter back, hint, hint.
HP
Harry stoked the snowy white owl. "Take this to Hermione and please wait and I'm sure she won't mind a beautiful girl like you staying the night. " Hedwig bobbed her head and hooted making Harry laugh has he opened to window for her closing it behind her. He watched her until he lost sight before sitting down with a sigh.
"Three days in this hell hole", Harry thought. "Why did Peter have to escape?" He'd run that question over and over in his head for over two weeks now and still haven't come to terms with it. "I should have let them kill him at least there would have been a body to show the Minister, but no I had to let him live!"
Two hours later and nearing midnight, Harry was two thirds done with his potions essay when he was startled by a taping on his window and turned to find an owl carrying a wrapped package.
He rushed to open the window for the Barn Owl. It wasn't an owl he knew; Harry released the bird of its burden and offered an owl treat and water.
Inside the wrapping were a small wooden box and an envelope that said, read first.
Dear Harry.
Your mother made this; I think it will do you good.
Love Snuffles.
Harry opened the box.
Inside was leather bound book and a golden amulet with a clear glass bubble in the center filled with liquid, that looked like blood.
The amulet was beautiful with small engraved runes, the only reason he knew they were runes because Hermione spoke of them often, maybe he should have taken runes, it would have made him closer to his mom, and being closer to Hermione wouldn't be bad either. That last thought actually made him sad.
The book read 'Meta Amulet by Lilly Potter' and Harry excitedly sat down to read it, figuring it was more important than any essay.
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Harry
I'm so sorry this took an extra day to get to you, after reading your letter I wrote my own but Hedwig was already asleep and didn't wish to wake her so I waited, knowing you'd understand when she didn't return right away.
After this past year summer is boring, but yes I'm doing my homework, my parents are only allowing me to complete one essay a day though so I'm almost finished, just two left, I do hope you have started yours, but I'll understand if you haven't just don't wait forever, DON'T BE RON!
No I haven't heard from him, he doesn't write, normally only in response to something I write. You know him.
My parents are taking me on holiday, they haven't said where yet, some surprise or something. We'll be back in about two weeks.
I'm very happy you've written me, and I hope to hear from you again soon.
Love Hermione
Harry chuckled and sat at his broken desk to write his response.
Hermione
I told Hedwig to that you wouldn't mind a beautiful bird like her staying the night so that is why she just went to sleep. I hope you don't mind.
I've done some reading for a project I'm doing this summer that I hope I can show you when I see you. I trust you not to tell.
I finished my potions essay this morning too, just too get it out of the way; I knew if I waited I'd regret it. I'm starting on Charms next, doing one a day sounds like a good idea so if I can keep to that schedule then I should be done by this Monday but suspect next Thursday will be more likely.
Love Harry
Harry was getting impatient; this was only the second night of wearing his mothers Meta Amulet, the manual had said five to seven days for the transformation to happen but Gryffindors were not known for their patience and this was too important to wait, this was like a present from his mom and Christmas was still days away.
The sun was just starting to rise when Harry woke up but something was different. He had a large black paw. Neither the manual nor Sirius said what kind of blood was in the glass stasis bubble but it must be from a big cat of some sort so now he was one.
He tried to stand up but that didn't work too well and trying to get off the bed ended up with him face planted in the floor with a loud thump and him receiving a warning bellow from Uncle Vernon. "One more time Boy and I'm coming in there."
Harry tried to chuckle but found cats, at least large cats, don't chuckle. "Let's see what happens when Uncle comes in while I look like this." Remembering the Manual Harry thought about being human again, he reverted, back to his normal form but it felt different, he felt different. After spending the morning learning to walk and transform back and forth between human and cat, he found two things first it was easier to transform into his cat form then it was to transform back into his human form and second he seemed drawn to shadows. It was almost as if they were calling him. Therefore, he crawled under his bed and found himself in nothingness then having a need to use the loo he was considering heading there next when suddenly he saw the bathroom from under the toilet and he just walked in and quickly shut the door.
Putting his front paws on the bathroom counter Harry found he was a black leopard but normal leopards didn't walk though shadows so he must be a magical one.
Transforming back to human he found why he felt different. He had put on pounds of muscle, his chest was bigger and arms were bigger, everything was bigger. He even stood six inches taller and he found he no longer needed glasses. After his very quick shower, he used the shadows again this time in human form, the only difference being it wasn't as natural to shadow in his human form. He decided then that it felt more like gliding then walking so he named it shadow gliding.
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He made a game out of shadow gliding that night and soon came across one of Mrs. Fig's cats, that was obviously, not quite a cat. His shadow cat instincts kicked in and a game of cat and mouse ensued but what happens to the mouse when the cat catches it?
Harry had never considered it before but cats tasted pretty good he was trying to reconcile the fact that he liked eating the poor little thing when he came across another of Mrs. Fig's cats this one was all black and was obviously a Kneazle, also. This time his instincts weren't as overpowering so he didn't eat this one when he caught it but it did get hurt and was bleeding down is hind leg. Harry transformed back to human intending to help the cat but the blood reminded him of the amulet so pulling it from his pocket he filled the clear glass bubble and placed it back in his pocket and picked up the cat.
Mrs. Fig thanked him profusely for returning her cat. Harry found it hard to look her in the eye before he rushed guiltily back to privet drive.
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Harry nervously knocked on the door and waited. The door opened and the young bushy hair girl stared in shock. Harry wasn't sure if it was a good shock or not so he continued to smile until the girl jumped him hard. Harry being used to this sort of treatment from his best female friend was able to stay on his feet but it was touch and go for a few seconds.
"Harry what are you doing here?" Hermione asked still wrapped around him.
Harry laughed. "You asked three times what my summer project was, so here I am" Hermione eyes went wide. ", but I could wait to show you." Harry finish as he started to take a step back but Hermione held him even tighter and narrowed her eyes.
"You are going to show me Harry!"
Harry smiled. "Really! No I think I changed my mind."
"Harrrry!" Hermione whined putting the most pathetic pout on with a little of those puppy dog eyes that probably had great effect on her father, but Harry wasn't her father but her closeness was having a different effect and he pulled away.
"Ok, ok! But let's go inside and you better sit." Hermione went in but she wasn't just thinking about whatever the project was anymore she could almost swear she felt something during their hug, something big she hadn't expected to feel not from Harry, she'd hoped but never expected he could think of her that way.
Sitting on the couch Hermione looked up Harry and suddenly watched in amazement Harry almost melt into a black cat, a Kneazle, a full blooded black Kneazle with green eyes to be exact.
Hermione brain stopped as the cat looked up at her. Harry the Kneazle jumped on the couch beside her and head butted her arm to get her brain started again.
Hermione absentmindedly put Harry on her lap and started petting him. "Oh you're beautiful. So your project was to become an animagus but I thought that took months and sometimes years?"
By this time, Harry was letting his Kneazle instincts take over and was purring up a storm while turning around and around looking for just the right stop to lie down on Hermione soft lap. He ended up curled up facing her, which she only seemed too happy to allow. As Hermione continued her treatment, Harry caught a scent coming from her, a scent he hadn't known before, but one that was very good so he started to search for it. It was coming from her pants, her lap actually. He moved closer and ended up butting his head into her crotch but hadn't immediately realized just what he was doing until the third time he did it. "Harry!" Harry looked, realized what he had been doing, jumped hurriedly down, and transformed back.
"Oh Merlin Hermione I'm so sorry I should go." His face was Weasley red.
Hermione jumped up and grabbed his arm. "What, what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry Hermione; I let the cat instincts take over and the smell… I hadn't realized" Harry looked down sheepishly before looking at her "and then there's Ron," he said sadly before continuing. "And you wouldn't want me doing something like that anyway…"
"Harry stop! What are you talking about, Ron, smell… what?" Hermione was obviously confused and she didn't like that feeling.
Harry decided to bring up Ron first hoping he wouldn't have to bring up the rest. "You and Ron!"
Hermione took a step back. "Ron? What does Ron have to do with anything?" Hermione's face went white. "Ron and I are not together, Harry." Hermione saw the look of relief on his face but even though Hermione wanted to leap for joy, she narrowed her eyes instead. "Who gave you that idea?"
"Ron said he fancied you, and you seemed really concerned about that ankle of his, that he was really playing up for sympathy. I thought, he actually to the nerve to ask you."
Hermione tried to look stern but failed and burst out laughing. "Yeah I sort of fell into that, but Harry I think after 17 years or so of being married to him I'd end up killing him." Harry had to laugh at that; he could really see her hexing him for leaving the toilet seat up just one too many times. When they both settled down, Hermione continued but this time she was worried. "Ok that explains why you thought I would have heard from him first but what smell." Hermione looked down at herself. "I took a shower this morning."
Harry knew better then to laugh and whet he was going to say next wasn't a laughing matter. "No, not a bad smell, it smelled, you smell really good."
Hermione could tell from his stammering and the Weasley red of his face that Harry she was missing something. "Harry it's just soap, well I like my shampoo but…" then it clicked she'd been holding Harry in his cat form in her lap. Her face turned red surpassing anything seen from a Weasley to date and she wouldn't look at him.
Harry knew she got what he was saying and started to back up expecting her to grab her wand. "I'm just gonna go, Hermione." He turned to leave and whispered loud enough for her to hear. "I'm sorry."
"Don't you dare leave!" Harry froze; she'd never spoke to him like that. He'd never been scared of Hermione before but now he was. He didn't dare move, he knew he'd live, it was just with how much of a limp. Finally, after what seemed like five minutes she spoke again. "Do you really think I'm mad at you?" Harry could only nod he couldn't quite tell from her voice what she really felt. "Harry, please turn around." This time her voice was soft and gentle. Harry turned and found Hermione beet red but smiling. "Now how did you become an animagus?"
Harry swallowed. "I'm not an animagus." Hermione right eye brow raised but she let him continue. "My mother…wait let me finish showing you." Hermione watched in amassment as Harry transformed into another cat a much bigger cat. She stepped back and her legs hit the couch forcing her to sit.
"Your… Your two…" Hermione was obviously shocked and Harry nodded his large head, took a small step forward, and sat down with his tail swaying back and forth waiting for the shock to wear off. Hermione beckoned him closer. "Can I?" The large panther smiled and stepped up so his chest touched her knees. If panthers could purr Harry would be, he was in heaven as she rubbed and scratched his chin and behind his ears. She pulled his head down so it lay on her lap and continued to pet, scratch and rub Harry's head, but now he was just two inches from her enticing scent and Harry started to back up but Hermione took hold of an ear and stopped his retreat. Harry sighed heavily which oddly made Hermione arch her back and suddenly her scent increased to an almost overpowering degree but Harry was trapped, Hermione didn't want him to move and so he didn't. He was finding it harder to keep still though, he wanted to lick, but he knew he couldn't, he was starting to salivate but he couldn't do anything until finally he couldn't stop himself and he licked. He tried not to lick her pants but he was too close, he expected her to stop but her eyes were closed, she looked lost to the world. He tried to pull away but this time she held onto both ears and pulled. Suddenly his mussel was in her crotch, "Oh lord!" Hermione breathed and Harry took the chance and pushed again taking a big sniff. Suddenly she let go and Harry started to pull back but Hermione hands started to do the most amazing thing they undid her pants and started to slide them down. Harry watched in fascination as her white cotton knickers were revealed, her soaked white cotton knickers. With her pants out of the way, Hermione's scent drove the beast in him forward and he licked, from bottom to top. Hermione's quick intake of breath and moan stopped him from licking again and he transformed back into human form.
Harry's hands completely by their own accord took a hold of those knickers and slide them down her shapely legs, Hermione didn't stop him, she even helped by lifting her but off the couch. Her legs free Harry dove in. He tasted, licked and savored. Hermione's moans and juices drove him deeper, her encouragement of left, right, higher, lower, harder, faster and sometimes slower kept her moans coming until she arched her back one last time and she said. "Ok, that's enough, please that's enough." and instead of pulling his head she pushed it away.
Harry slowly sat next to her on the couch and waited for her to calm down, as her breathing slowed, Harry tried to watch her face but found he kept glancing at her still glistening sex. It didn't matter that he was intimately aware of it, he still couldn't keep his eyes off her. Finally, she got her breathing under control and then she was startling him with her lips firmly planted on his and her tongue was searching every crevice of his mouth.
Suddenly she jumped off and grabbed his hand dragged him up the stairs and into her bedroom. Harry barely noticed the light blue walls or the books selves and desk before he was on his back and her hands were undoing his pants. As the pants came off kisses followed. Then his shirt was coming up and as he attempted to help, kisses started on his stomach and chest and when the shirt was finally over his head and thrown across the room the kisses started on his lips and neck.
Soon he was on his back and she was above him, lowering herself on to him. Several minutes and lots of panting later Hermione lifted off with a wince and lay beside him and seeing his worried look she smiled and answered his unasked question.
"Harry that is the only pain you will ever inflict on me and if you've ever heard the saying 'it hurts so good' that is what it means. The first time hurts just because of losing your virginity but the next time…"
"There will be a next time?" Harry smiled hoping, no praying she'd say yes.
Hermione leaned over and kissed him. "There is going to be lots of next times," as Harry got over this he added own kisses and started to push her back intending for her to end up on her back but she pushed back. "I'm sorry Harry I don't think we should, I'm already going to be sore," trying to head off his sad but worried face Hermione quickly added. "My mother only gave my one condom and I don't know how I'm going to ask for another, we still have seven weeks till I could do a contraceptive spell. I should look up the potion again; maybe we can brew it here. Now Harry you've stalled long enough, even if you've found the best way to avoid the question so far but now I'd like an answer, if you're not an animagus what are you?"
Harry rolled off the bed and Hermione got worried when he went for his pants but he pulled out a golden amulet and brought it back to her. "Sirius wrote me three days into vacation. My mother was looking for a cure for being a werewolf but she stumbled on to this instead."
Hermione noticed the runes all over the amulet but didn't recognize any of them, they were way above her understanding but she had every intention of researching each and every one of them. Even the small clear glass bubble had runes etched around it when she pulled it free. "That is where the blood of the animal goes that you want to transform into. The manual my mother wrote say's the amulet changes the blood of the wearer combining the two."
Hermione finally looked up from the amulet; Harry knew she was listening so it hadn't bothered him that he hadn't had her complete attention. Hermione didn't need to give her complete attention to anything well he might have had her complete and undivided attention for the last hour and he hoped to have that much of her attention again soon and often. "You mean genetic manipulation, an Animagus doesn't really turn into an animal the form only looks like the selected animal, but you said instincts earlier."
"Yeah, the first night I was out practicing my shadow gliding and when I saw one of Mrs. Fig's cats, the shadow panther's instinct to hunt sort of took over."
Hermione swallowed and asked, even though she figured she already knew the answer. "You hunted a cat and…" she couldn't bring herself to say eat but Harry's reluctant and embarrassed nod proved she was right. "Ok keep going, what's shadow gliding?"
"Here watch." Harry said as he stood up, Hermione was having a hard time looking at his face with that thing swinging between his legs but suddenly he ducked down below the bed and to Hermione great surprise the closet door opened and Harry walked out of it with a huge smile. Taking advantage of Hermione's shock, he continued. "That's how I got here today; I walked into a shadow in my room on privet drive and walked out of a shadow beside your house, it took a total of ten seconds."
Hermione eyes widened. "But that's a couple hundred miles away." However, Harry just nodded as he took his place beside her, reaching out as he did to stoke the side of her breast as they lay facing each other.
"How you get two forms?"
"Well the shadow panther's blood was already in the amulet, the manual said to wear the amulet for five to seven days but after only two days I woke as the panther. It wasn't easy learning to walk as a panther I was stumbling around so much I had Uncle Vernon threatening to come in, I would have liked to see his face if he had." Harry said with his best Weasley twin grin. Hermione was trying to not to laugh. "Well after my snack that same night I ended up chasing a full blooded Kneazle, another one of Mrs. Figs, I'm not sure she's allowed to have one of those." Harry continued as Hermione nodded that she wasn't allowed to have a full blooded Kneazle. "This time I kept control and didn't eat him but he did get hurt, I filled the bubble before I carried him back to Mrs. Fig. I felt so guilty."
Hermione pulled him down to cuddle his head to her chest. "It's normal for animals to hunt, you have nothing to be ashamed about, your learning to control those instincts, instincts that your animal or animals don't need any more."
Harry nodded in to her chest and took a deep breath. "The amulet's manual said it could be possible to add a second form so I wore the Kneazle amulet and twenty-four hrs later I woke as a Kneazle. Now I can change between the two forms but it's harder to control the Kneazle empathic abilities then it is my shadow walking."
"Empathic?"
Harry nodded. "But people's feelings are all over the place and so hard to read so I try to block that, it gave me a headache within minutes."
"Do you know what I'm feeling?"
Harry looked at her for a moment and smiled. "Yes, but I thought you said you wouldn't be ready again for day or two."
"Actually just thinking you'll be able to visit every day is getting me a little excited." She said as she reached over and ran her hand along his hip thanking those cat genes for all those muscles she was going to be licking in a moment that six pack looks really tasty right now.
Harry started to respond but then he stopped, "Let me go shopping first."
Harry returned ten minutes later with a box. "You're not old enough to by those, are you?" Hermione really wasn't sure, you'd think they'd let the younger kids by something like that, not having them wouldn't stop them from playing, and some big problems could result, she blushed when she realized she would have been one of those, if Harry hadn't thought of her.
"I found a man willing to get them for me." And Harry laughed "you should have seen the knowing smile he gave me when I stammered my question. He even said good luck and have fun."
Hermione was almost asleep from her second round of Harry when she realized it was almost four o'clock. "Oh shit!"
"Hermione!" Harry admonished with a grin, he'd never heard her swear, it was him or Ron but mostly Ron getting admonishment from her and he couldn't resist.
"My parents will be on their way home!" The seriousness of her voice proved she wasn't kidding but she then smiled. "Would you like to come to dinner?"
Harry was suddenly terrified.
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Jean Granger smiled at her daughter. "Hermione, stop pacing, you said he'd be here at six."
Hermione sighed, "I know." She knew her mother was right but that didn't make it any easier. Six came and nothing, six-o-three came and nothing, If Hermione didn't know any better she'd have thought Harry had chickened out but a black Kneazle jumped up on the back of the couch and was immediately grabbed by an excited Hermione exclaiming. "Harry!"
Harry started to purr immediately until he saw her confused parents and then he struggled to be set down and as soon as he was, he transformed in front of a very surprised couple, into a boy wearing his best hand me downs. "Hi, I guess Hermione didn't warn you." Harry nervously said as Hermione took his hand.
"Mom Dad Harry is an animagus and can turn into cats." Hermione had gotten her analytical mind from her mother and 'cats' had spurred the question.
"Cats?"
Hermione smiled at Harry as she let go of his hand and everyone watched as Harry morphed into his Black Panther form. Even though Harry had sat down on his haunches and his daughter was scratching its head, having a large Black Panther in his dining room was too much for Mr. Granger and he grabbed a knife off the table. Harry saw this before Hermione and lay down, put his large paws over his muzzle, and gave out as close to a whine as the large cat could.
Hermione looked down at Harry and then back to her parents and that when she saw the knife, her dad wasn't being threatening but that didn't matter to Harry. "Daddy! It's just Harry he's not going to hurt anyone!" Hermione said putting herself in between her dad and Harry.
"Dan!" reluctantly Mr. Granger set the knife down.
"Sorry, just I never expected a panther in my living room."
Back in human form, Harry nodded. "I know I'm sorry I bet it was a shock." Everything was forgotten in favor of the excellent grilled steak and baked potatoes prepared by Dan and Emma respectively; Hermione did the chopping for the steamed vegetable medley, which was Harry's favorite part of the meal.
When the clatter of silver died down Mrs. Granger asked the question on both hers and her husband's minds. "How did you become an animagus, Harry?"
Harry fished into his pocket and pulled out the Amulet before handing it to Mrs. Granger. "This, my mother made it." Harry answered before looking at Hermione across the table from him. "That reminds me. Hermione would you?" He asked and changed in to the Panther and sat beside her, tilting his head to the side giving her a better shot at his neck.
Hermione looked confused for a second then her eyes widened in understanding, shot up, and returned with a clean steak knife.
Hermione gulped as her parents looked worriedly at the two of them. "I don't want to hurt you Harry." She said looking down at him sadly.
Harry licked her face but stayed where he was, Hermione taking that as he understood but still wanted her to take the Panthers blood for the amulet to use for her own transfiguration. Both parents grimaced, being dentists both had dealt with blood but not like this, as they watched their daughter pierce the Panthers skin and watched as held the little glass bubble to let it fill. Once filled Hermione took a clean napkin and covered the spot and she felt the rippling of the Panthers skin as Harry transformed back into human. Harry kissed her palm as he took over holding the napkin to his neck. "Don't worry Hermione it didn't hurt."
Hermione slid the bubble back into the amulet and slipped it over her neck with a satisfied smile; she was going to be Harry's mate, hopefully forever.
After some explaining for the parents, Emma still had questions. "So this is different than your godfathers animagus transformation, where his is magical and had limited choice of animals yours is genetic and you'll actually transform into a, I don't know a, clone of the animal who's blood you used."
Harry nodded. "Yes, I want her to at least have the shadow Panthers abilities, and then she can choose another form, maybe something that flies." Harry tried to keep a straight face but Hermione horrified look cracked him up and her parents too.
When Mr. Granger stopped laughing long enough he had to add his own two cents in. "You can became an owl and deliver your own mail." As every cracked up again, Hermione couldn't keep a straight face any longer after that and busted up also.
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The night of Hermione's first transformation came 54 hours later. She awoke with a splitting headache and then she heard Harry screaming. She looked around franticly first finding she was now in her panther form and that that Harry wasn't there, he was at home, but she knew the pain in her head was from him, it had started to lessen for her but she could tell it was still excruciating for him.
Stumbling off the bed as her door suddenly opened and bedroom light turned on, she saw the frightened look of her parents but Harry needed her, she crawled towards the shadow under her bed and was on her way to Harry.
Coming from underneath Harry's bed, she found him sweat covered and unconscious on the floor, he had apparently blacked out while holding his scar. Hermione heard noises from the hall and heard a loud booming voice tell Harry (the ungrateful bastard) that if he didn't keep quiet he was coming in to kill him. Hermione grabbed a mouth full of Harry's shirt and pulled him into the shadows and to help.
Hermione's parents were still shocked at how Hermione in her panther form disappeared under the bed. Neither knew what was going on, they could only wait for their daughter to return. They didn't have to wait long as the small Black Panther returned pulling Harry.
Dan put the cold and clammy Harry on the bed. "What happened?" Dan asked his daughter as she buried her head into her mother's shoulder.
"I don't know, a searing pain woke me up." Hermione said holding her hand to her head, just over the spot where if she were Harry there would be a scar. ", But then I heard him, even felt him. I just knew he was in trouble; Harry sometimes gets pain in his scar, I think that I felt that. I went to him, and found him on the floor in that awful place unconscious. Harry must have screamed aloud, his uncle was threatening to come in and beat him to death or something; I just grabbed him and pulled him back here. Is he ok?"
"I'll call a doctor." Emma said releasing her daughter and heading for the door.
"No mom, a doctor wouldn't be able to do anything."
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Sunlight was streaming in when Harry woke up and found he had a lot more chest hair or more like a head of bushy brown hair on his chest. He tried to remember how he got here but couldn't, he'd woke up with a strange feeling, one he'd never felt before but then his scar hurt, hurt more than it ever had. He'd reached up to grab it, trying to hold off the scream that was sure to wake uncle Vernon, he remembered heading towards the floor as he heard a voice screaming his name, then nothing.
Now the pain in his scar was gone, in fact it hadn't felt better, like there had been a constant humming before that had finally silenced after fifteen years, and last night's voice he'd know anywhere as Hermione's, but she's been home, well here. He looked around her bedroom, trying to look without disturbing her but he felt her stiffen, meaning she must have just woken up to find him below her. He certainly wasn't her normal pillow but then she relaxed and her head started to lift up to look back at him finding his green eyes intent on her as he thought. "Great I woke her."
"It's ok Harry I woke up earlier, I just fell back asleep, how are you?" she asked sleepily with a worried smile, but she frowned at the confused look she received.
"I don't remember speaking out loud."
Now Harry turned even more confused as shock was displayed across Hermione's face and she bit her lower lip. Harry knew that habit she was thinking hard about something. "You didn't?"
It was Harry's turn to look shocked, he had heard her but she hadn't moved her lips, he was sure of it. "Did I just hear you?"
Hermione looked down for a second then looked back. "Can you hear me now?"
Harry gasped, she hadn't moved her lips and he still heard her but then he smiled. "Yes!" he knew she heard him from the shocked smile he received, it seemed natural to speak that way, just think to her, and she heard the words. "Are Shadow Cats telepathic?"
Harry watched as Hermione bit her lip again. "Maybe Kneazles are, that's how they detect deceit."
"Wait your not…" Harry didn't finish as Hermione shifted in to Kneazle form just like his, black.
"I am, I have both your forms, I found out while trying to explain what happened last night to my parents." She was now sitting on his stomach, her chocolate Kneazle eyes looking down at his. Hermione stepped forward and nuzzled his neck purring before shifting back to human form on top of him and planting a soft kiss that turned deeper as he responded.
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"Do you think the amulet will work for my parents?"
"But they are not magical."
"I know." Hermione sounded so sad that Harry said the first thing that came to his mind.
"It wouldn't hurt to try, would it? But…?"
Hermione looked up from her place on his chest. "But what?"
"If," he stressed the "if" part. "If it works, they would have this." He said tapping his head to make sure she understood than before Hermione could interrupt, Harry continued. "Well no, that wouldn't be good; though you would always be able to talk to them, even from school."
Surprisingly Hermione wasn't thinking that but she kissed him anyway. "Thanks for thinking of me, but no, my mom would go crazy; she's had a hard enough time keeping from jumping you so far."
Harry was suddenly thinking of being attacked by Hermione's mom. "What, I thought she liked me."
Hermione giggled. "Oh she does Harry, we were thinking it was some sort of animal magnetism." Harry still looked lost. "Let's put it this way, my dad has gotten very lucky the last few nights. She was worried that was why we got together…" Hermione watched as Harry's eyes widened in shock then guilt. "NO, Harry, I admit it probably helped me that first time." Thinking back to the couch and their first time, just days before with a blush. ", but I've wanted this/that. I wouldn't have had the courage, I think I would have waited till you did something, but as I was telling my mom, knowing you, I would have been waiting a long time, because you would have been waiting for me. Then knowing both of us, we would have both just figured that the other didn't have the same feelings and we would have started looking elsewhere, I would start looking at Ron, just to be close to you and you would…?" Hermione left the question hanging hoping she could get a clue on whom to worry about but he tensed and didn't expect his response.
"You like Ron?" The hurt and fear was clearly evident, and when she looked into his eyes she saw guilt.
Hermione had to think for a moment as to why he was feeling guilty and the only thing she could see was that he thought he had taken her from Ron. Hermione scooted closer and turned his head to her. "No Harry. I don't see him that way, I said I would have tried to be with him to stay close to you, your girlfriends and then wife wouldn't want me around, seeing how close we are no matter that you would never cheat no matter what you felt for me."
Harry saw the true conviction of her words and knew she was right but he had a thought and smiled mischievously. "So you say I would never cheat but you didn't say anything about if you would."
Hermione had to think for a moment, she'd never thought she'd be the type to cheat but this was Harry and then she smiled saucily. "Anything for you Harry!" Before kissing him deeply leaving no doubt that, she meant it.
Coming up for air Harry killed the moment by asking. "I need to go to Gringotts, would you like to go?"
Hermione was saddened by the subject change but she knew they couldn't go again in such a short period of time, it had already been three times this morning sense Harry had awoken. So a short break to Gringotts could be made, if it was quick and Harry assured her that they would be in and out so that they could get back to doing more important things in this bed one or two more times before her parents came home. Her mother may be ok with all this, being given an unopened box of protection proved that but Hermione knew she didn't want to see it happening and her dad would shoot first and ask questions later if he did.
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"Why did you ask for shadow wolf blood?" Hermione asked setting the Amulet down and pulling Harry towards the bathroom and the shower, stripping with one hand as best she could.
Seeing the difficulties her enthusiasm was creating Harry took his hand back so he could help her out of her clothes before stripped him-self hastily and following her into the shower. "I was thinking of your animal attraction thing and thought if the wolf blood worked on your parents…" He left the thought hanging and kissed her deeply while grabbing the body soap from behind her to do a thorough job of cleaning her with the soap before repeating with his lips and tongue.
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A fully satisfied daughter handed her mother the Amulet. "Wear this for a week, if it works you should transform into a shadow wolf. With the shadow wolf being a magical creature it may not, but we could always try a non magical wolf if that is the case."
"A wolf?" Her dad asked slightly confused. He liked dogs but he was thinking he'd like being a cat better.
"Yea we were thinking something along the lines of something the opposite of Harry's form." Hermione glanced pointedly at her mom hoping she'd get the picture. Hermione knew she had when her mom blushed and looked everywhere but Harry.
"Oh I love dogs. I haven't had one since I was a teen."
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It took the full week but finally there was a yell from her parents' bedroom in the middle of the night. "Hermione!"
Not knowing what to expect Hermione burst through the door with her wand raised with Harry coming right behind her. Her father white as a sheet was pointing at the bed and the dark grey wolf lying where her mom should be, trying to free herself from her night clothes. "Oh mom you're beautiful." Hermione said hugging her mom's neck and rubbing her ears ignoring the thoughts of flight that flashed through her mind as she free her mother's left hind leg from her knickers.
"You're sure it's still your mom?" Her dad asked as he slowly sat at the foot of the bed.
"Dad!" Hermione yelled as her mom finally free of her all too human clothes shakily crawled over and licked his face, "See! Now mom…MOM, stop licking dad and look at me!", the wolfs' head turned to look at her daughter. "Can you hear me?" Her mother gave no sign of hearing her silent question so she continued. "OK mom, I need you to think of being human again, can you do that?" The wolf looked back at her husband then back to her daughter and shifted back to human but Harry had to turn around while Hermione laughed. "Ah mom you might want to get dressed, I'll start some tea." Hermione took Harry's hand and shut the door behind them.
"That was really strange honey." Her mom said sitting down with her robe on. "I can see why you were so unsteady on your feet when you first changed."
"Yeah, It's takes a little to learn to walk and stuff but in an hour in that form you'll be fine." Harry was blushing and trying to look anywhere but at Mrs. Granger who laughed.
"I feel the shadows all around, so I guess I can do that shadow glide stuff too," Mrs. Granger smiled as her husband sat beside her. "But am I doing something wrong with my clothes though?" she asked before turning to Harry who was looking anywhere but her. "Harry it's ok. I understand you didn't mean to see anything, but I think I'll take it as a complement that you're blushing so much."
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