Curiosity Killed the Cat
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine! *whines* It is J.K. Rowling's * turns to cry silently.*
A/N: This is my second story on this account… I hope I live up to all of my faithful readers with this story.
"Thought", "Spoken"
Chapter One: Inheritance.
Harry Potter a boy of the mere age of 14 woke up in number twelve grimmauld place on the night of July 30th. "Why am I up?" He wondered and turned to see Ron's sleeping form in the next bed over. "What time is it?" Was his next thought. He turned to his bed side table and picked up his watch. 11:59 the watch said. "A minute before my birthday. Okay strange why would I…" Harry's thoughts were cut off when a searing pain shot through his head and then traveled down his spine. Harry bit on his tongue to keep from crying out and waking Ron. Harry eventually passed out.
Harry woke back up and looked around it was still dark. He looked at his watch in the moon light. 12:59. "Well it's my birthday. But that's weird it is exactly one hour from when I last woke up." A new pain came then. The pain was in his mouth and hands. "This is quite confusing" he thought right before passing out for the second time that night.
The next time Harry woke up it was 1:59. Pain didn't come this time. Instead his nose tingled and it felt as if his eyes were being forced out of his head. His eyebrows and cheeks were numb and there was a distinct feeling of pins and needles traveling up and down his body. At 2:59 the feelings stopped and a headache settled in. Harry eventually passed out because he had literally no energy left.
When Harry woke again it was 7:00. At least it's not a 59. Harry sighed and rolled to see if Ron was up. Ron was sadly awake and staring wide eyed at Harry.
"H-H-Harry? What did you do to yourself?" Ron stammered out.
"What do you mean?" Harry said noting his voice was much silkier then it had been.
"I would go look in a mirror. Oh, and Happy birthday." Ron said.
Harry nodded his thanks and got up. He walked into the bathroom Ron and him shared and looked in the mirror. His face was completely different than when he had last looked at it. His eyes were still green but they were brighter than before if that was possible. His pupils had changed from the normal circle to slits. He had whiskers coming from his cheeks and instead of eyebrows he had tufts of fur. His ears were now cat ears and sat on the top of his head. The fur on them was black blending in with his hair.
He also noticed he didn't need his glasses and he could smell much better along with expert hearing. Harry figured he was stronger and by the looks of his arms he had more muscles. He felt an extra appendage twitch and he turned to see that he had a tail.
"So what am I? Cat man?" Harry groaned out.
"I don't know. Come on lets go see if mum or dad knows what is going on." Ron said as he pulled on his shirt. Harry nodded and spelled hi pants to have a hole for his tail. They walked out of their room and down the many flights of stairs to get to the kitchen. When they walked in everyone looked up. The room's occupants included Hermione, , , Ginny, Fred, and George.
"Harry, are you okay?" Ginny asked.
"I remember reading about a creature that looked like that. It was called a Cattersine easily known as a werecat." Hermione said in her know-it-all voice.
"Wicked Harry could we borrow some strands of your fur? Cattersine fur has extremely great properties." Fred said looking at George with a suspicions smile.
"No you will not use any of Harry's fur." said in a motherly tone.
"Happy Birthday, Harry!" A voice said from the door.
Harry turned to see Remus and Sirius standing there with huge smiles on their faces. Harry looked at them blankly for a couple of seconds and then he smelt it. Wolf and dog coming off in waves from them. Harry panicked and ran behind Hermione feeling safest with her. "They, They are… DOGS!" He screeched at the top of his lungs. "Save me Hermione," Harry whined.
"Harry they aren't going to hurt you," Hermione said to Harry and then turned to the rest of them, "This seems to be a problem. As a Cattersine Harry can smell anything dog like for miles and both of you," Hermione pointed at Remus and Sirius, "are something akin to a dog. Remus a werewolf and Sirius a dog animagus. Harry's Cat instincts are telling him to run, and if I'm correct a Cattersine feels the most comfortable with a female that is a virgin. Which I qualify for both."
Harry looked at Hermione with a funny look plastered on his face, "Hermione, I think if I'm near you while they're in here I can live."
Hermione laughed, "Of course Harry, come sit with me and eat your birthday breakfast."
Harry smiled and plopped into Ron's normal seat. Ron sat next to Sirius instead of Hermione. "Hermione tell me more of…well me." Harry asked as he pulled the plate of bacon to him.
"Sure, well unlike a werewolf a Cattersine is always in the form of a cat and if you are a dominant you can create a strong illusion to look like a human." Hermione said pouring syrup onto her waffles.
"So there are Dominants and Submissives? What does that have to do with anything?" Harry asked feeling curious.
"Well each Cattersine has his or her own mate. They have to be a Cattersine because if any mortal were to have sex with a Cattersine they would either die or lose their mind." Hermione said Piling eggs onto her plate.
"Why is that?" Harry asked staring at Hermione with wide eyes.
"Well because at the height of a Cattersine's pleasure they have so much power and energy flowing from them that even the strongest wizard would go insane." Hermione stole some bacon off of Harry's plate because he had about twenty pieces on his plate.
"Is that all a Cattersine can do?" Harry asked completely taken over by curiosity.
"No, I remember the book I read said that when a Cattersine has its powers completely under control it knows every single person's, mortal or immortal's, weakness. And they are extremely powerful when it comes to screwing with a person's mind. They are skilled with a sword if dominant and a blade and/or bow if submissive… The problem is Harry wand magic doesn't work for Cattersines." Hermione said cutting up her waffles.
"So you're saying that I can't use a wand?" Harry said completely forgetting about his food.
"No you can't, but if I remember correctly the reason a Cattersine doesn't use a wand is because their power is too strong for wand use or wand spells. A Cattersine just wills it and the power makes it so." Hermione said finally looking at him again.
"Whoa. Back to the mate thing. Besides the illusion thing how can you tell a Dominant from Submissive?" Harry said his mind snapping back to one of his previous questions.
"Well, a submissive has an unusually long tail (sometimes too long) and big ears and markings that represent who their mate is, takes up their whole back. And a dominant usually has a normal size tail and the ears are sized perfectly for the head. The dominant also has markings but usually on their forearm." Hermione said looking at Harry's blank arms.
"Oh…" Harry looked at his arms too, "Looks like I'm a sub. Okay any power differences?" it certainly is good to have someone like Hermione around.
"Yeah the sub tends to be a bit more powerful in magic and mind control while the Dom is more physically powerful. Harry I have to let you know two things…" Hermione said trailing off.
"What?" Harry's curiosity spiked more.
"Your mate is obviously a boy because you're a sub and you're considered a dark creature. Meaning the ministry will want tabs on you… more than they already do." Hermione said hesitantly.
"Like that matters they already think I'm dark… Hermione why am I so curious?" he asked.
"Harry, you're like a little kitten you're going to be curious."
A/N: was that a good start for this story? I'm going to write this at the same time as Angelic feelings because when I write this I have a terrible need for Harry to be more cat like so I'm writing a different story to fulfill that need *smiles*
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Love,
DragonAngel7
