Prologue-Sirius Black-Are you in Love?
So, you live back in Black's day and time, along with all his friends and enemies, James Potter, Lily Evans (later marries Potter), Peter Pettigrew, Alastor "mad-eye" Moody, Remus Lupin, and Severus Snape. You are ten years old, and your best friend is Lily Evans, who lives down the street from you.
"Kiiiiii-tty!" Lily called out excitedly as she ran to meet her best friend. "Guess what? I'm going to Hogwarts!"
"Oh, Lily, you got one, too? I thought some crack-knob had sent me that, or that it was some stupid attempt to prank me..."
"Wait, why would someone prank you, Kitty?" Lily asked, suspicious. "Kat?" she said, slowly, "you promised you wouldn't play any pranks this summer!"
"And I haven't!" I loudly protested, knowing full well I had. I put on my best innocent face, "besides, you know Snake loves that odd stuff!"
"Yeah, I guess," Lily said, but I could tell she still wasn't convinced.
To change the subject, I said, "hey, wait a minute, Lily-you said you are going to Hogwarts. Does that mean you actually believe all this-this junk that not only does a place called 'Hogwarts' exist, but that it is what it claims to be, (of all things), a 'highly accredited school for witches and wizards' and—" Kat Silver's rant was cut off mid-thought by Lily.
"My parents said it sounded legit-not me! Although I'm still excited, it sounds interesting-like an adventure," Lily stated matter-of-factly. Suddenly her eyes sparked, and she said with a grin, "and you should go, too!" With that Lily darted into the house and I could hear excited voices discussing my future. Oh well-that was Lily, always letting her excitement get away from her.
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My name is Kat Silver, and the past several weeks, weird things have been happening to Snake, Lily, and me.
Oh! I forgot to tell you about Snake-(well, actually his name is Snape, but I call him Snake)-you'd understand if you met him; gives me a bad feeling, he does. All he talks about is 'pure blood' and 'magic potions,' and he's all over Lily-slimy little creep-he's weird.
Anyway, these weird things have been happening to us, like whenever Lily gets excited, her clothes change colors; or when Snake gets upset, windows shatter or chandeliers shake. And then there's me-a freakish creature feature who gets sent to the principal's office for ears that pop out of my head in the middle of a boring math class, or when I raise my hand for an answer, it turns to a paw, or even hissing when startled. I've had whiskers pop out of my face when eating ice cream, and a tail grow while on the toilet or when I'm wearing a skirt! But perhaps the worst is when my voice just goes-not completely, of course, but I'll mew instead of talk, and purr when happy, which really bad, because I'm just about always happy. The worst was when I sprouted whiskers and ears while kissing my boyfriend-luckily he didn't notice (rather, he thought I was tickling him). I even purred at my crush-to make matters worse, my canines are becoming sharper, like little needles-it makes my smile look incredibly intimidating and scares people away. Life's been tough the last month or so, and it may or may not be magic, but this is the first I've heard of its existence, so forgive my hesitation, please.