Chapter Two

Ziva woke up to sunlight spilling into the room through the windows. She couldn't remember when exactly, but at some point, she let Nether out of her cage. Ziva got dressed and headed down to the common room to meet up with Abby. Abby was sitting next to Tim on the couch and Tony was in the giant arm chair.

"Tony! Urgh! Will you shut up about your movies?"

Ziva walked over to the other giant armchair next to Tony and took a seat. It was so big that it almost swallowed her whole. Tim had his nose in a book and was ignoring the bickering cousins. Tony had his legs propped up on the chair's arm nearest to Abby. His head was resting on the opposite one nearest to Ziva. When she sat down, he bent his head back so he was looking at her upside down. He put on a "Classic DiNozzo Smile" as he called it yesterday.

"Hey, Zi!"

"Hello, Tony. So do we get breakfast here?"

"Yeah, we were waiting for you. Ready to go down there?"

Ziva nodded and they made their way down the changing staircases and into the Great Hall. There was enough food to eat for a whole year set out on the tables. They sat down in what appeared to be the usual way (Tim and Abby across from Ziva and Tony.) Ziva piled toast and eggs onto her plate.

After they ate, Ziva headed to her classes. Her favorites were Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Potions. Ziva began to get used to her classes and continued the same schedule for several weeks.

Abby and Ziva were doing homework in the library when Tony walked in. He sat down next to Abby.

"Abbs, the full moon is in two days. You up for it?"

"Bloody hell! I had almost forgotten!"

"Err… What's so special about the full moon? Are you guys in some sort of cult or something?" Ziva was a little concerned now.

"Hah, no. Okay…Tim…Tim's a werewolf," Tony whispered, "He was bitten by a werewolf named Greyback about eight years ago. He changes every full moon. I did a dreadful transformation into an animagus so that I could go with him every full moon. I'm a dog."

"Oh…uh..." Ziva didn't know what to say. This was completely unexpected. Ziva had nothing against werewolves, but then again, she didn't know they existed.

"Yeah. I'm a metamorphagus, so I can change into whatever animal I want."

"So…could I become an ani…animin…whatever you said?" Ziva thought that it sounded interesting now. Tim was a good man and she wanted to go with him.

"It's a horrible process. Hurts a bit. I could teach you how to do it…It would take some time. You might have it finished by next year. Why don't you come out tonight and see if you really want to. Don't worry; Tim's not that dangerous when he's had the Wolfsbane. Abbs and I won't let him touch you."

"Okay. I'll come. Wait, we can't go out at night! It's against school rules!"

"Shhhhh!" both Tony and Abby hissed, "We have permission from McGonagall."

The rest of the day passed without incident. The only ones left in the common room were Abby, Tony, Ziva, and Tim. They didn't know that Palmer was in one of the chairs.

"Watch this, Zi!" After Tony spoke, he started to shrink and morph into an animal. He was a dog! A Golden Retriever by the looks of it. He made a cute dog, Ziva thought.

A gasp was heard from one of the giant armchairs, "I didn't know you were an animagus! I'm one, too!"

The voice came from Jimmy Palmer, the boy with the big glasses. He jumped up from the chair with a little difficulty since it was four times his size. As soon as his feet hit the ground, he, too, shrunk down into an animal. He was a raccoon! Wow! You could see the lines of his glasses and everything.

Tony barked quietly at the new creature. Jimmy made some strange sound in retort. Abby was almost as shocked as Ziva.

"Hey, Tony! He should come with us!"

Tony growled at Abby.

"Watch it, DiNozzo. Don't growl at her!" Ziva had almost forgotten that Tim was there. "Guys we need to get going. The sun is setting and I don't feel good."

They walked down hallways until they came up to a statue. Palmer was coming along as well as Ziva this time.

Abby said some password and the statue moved aside. There was a passage way that they followed for quite some time. Finally, they reached a door.

"This is the Shrieking Shack. It's were we go for Tim's transformations."

They headed inside. The Shrieking Shack reminded Ziva of a haunted house she had gone in with her sister Tali once before. It seemed like a hundred years ago now.

All of the sudden Tim shouted out in pain. The sun had fallen and the moon shone bright in the sky. His body was shaking and changing. His ears grew, his face morphed, his legs turned into what appeared to be dog legs, and his skin changed to fur. He had changed into a werewolf before her eyes.

Abby had morphed, also. She was a tiger and stood in front of Ziva. This was the strangest sight Ziva had ever seen. Palmer, now a raccoon, seemed to shake slightly.

Tim, the werewolf, didn't attack them. He simply stood there for a while before walking around the Shack. Ziva kept a safe distance, but Tony and Abby walked alongside him. Soon, the sun started to rise, and Tim began morphing back into a human. He looked like he was in great pain. His clothes were torn and ripped enough to see his chest. He had so many scars. One in particular looked like a giant bite mark. Ziva felt bad for Tim.

Tony changed back into a human and so did Abby and Palmer. Everyone was human again. There were bags under Tim's eyes.

Abby was the first to speak, "Come on, Timmy. Let's go get you in your bed so you can sleep. Tony's going to take notes for you in all of your classes."

Tim didn't say anything. He looked too weak to do anything right now. Tony took one of Tim's arms and put it around his shoulders. Abby did the same and wrapped an arm around his waist. Ziva and Palmer followed them through the passageway and back into the Gryffindor common room. Tony brought Tim up to their dormitories, leaving behind Abby, Ziva, and Palmer.

"He'll start getting back to normal near the end of the week. This thing tears him up." Abby's voice was sad.

Guys I am like, sooo sorry! I have so much homework every night now. I promise to try and get these chapters edited and put up. I already have a bunch written, but it needs editing and a good old read over before I put it online. I only reread the beginning of this chapter, so there will probably be mistakes. Sorry ): Please don't A.K. me! Thanks! Review!