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Chapter 1. Brave new world

Harry was no stranger to pain, having gone through various forms of it in his school years. From basilisk bites, to the cruticus curse, he had built up a tolerance that most people would find ridiculous. But the pain that seared through his nerves made him wish that he had stayed at home that day. Streaks of lights soared around him, blinding him as he fell through nothingness. Looking down at his body, he gasped as he watched his skin flaking away. The sound of bones cracking and muscle tearing filled his ears. On the verge of unconsciousness, he looked down one last time, seeing an unfamiliar limb donned with black fur. All he knew after that was darkness.

"Its a miracle that he survived that fall!"

"We are losing him!"

"The condition is stable now, he is one lucky cat."

Harrys eyes snapped open, only for him to immediately close them. His head roared in protest at the brightness of the room. Tentatively opening one eye, he got a glimpse of the white ceiling. "I must be at St. Mungos" Harry thought as he went to turn his head. The room was quite large, with a window that showed out into a courtyard. Raising his hand to look at it, he immediately knew there was something wrong. Something horribly wrong. The limb was coated in black fur, with four padded digits resembling a cats paw. Panic spread over him, and the monitor he was connected to started beeping rapidly.

"quick! The patient may be going into cardiac arrest!" a voice shouted as the door to the room swung open. In stepped a rhino wearing a lab coat, bipedal and sporting a wicked horn. Behind him following him were a rabbit and a lioness, both wearing scrubs. Seeing his patient awake, the rhino slowed down and held his hoofs out. " Calm down son, you are in the hospital, you had very serious injuries and we had to get you fixed up.

Seeing a talking rhino would give anyone pause, having it claim that it was trying to help you would make you wonder what drugs you had been slipped. Harry took a deep breath, and immediately fainted. Seeing his patient passed out, the rhino shrugged before going over to check the chart.

A few hours later, harry awoke to a knock on the door. Checking his hand.. paw, ensured him that this was not in fact a dream. "Come in.." he said, his voice hoarse from misuse. Bracing himself for what ever strange creature walked through the door, he instead saw the door crack, and a voice come from outside.

"I understand that you may be a little startled, but we can explain everything to you," the voice said in a smooth fashion. It sounded like a male, and also slightly familiar. Trusting his gut, harry said ok.

The door opened up and a large bipedal dog walked in. The dog had a scruffy look about him, with black fur peppered with grey, and a mischevious look in his eye. As the dog came closer, he stopped. In unision, both occupants spoke.

"Sirius?"

"Harry!"

Harry was immediately grabbed as the dog now identified as Sirius jumped across the room and hugged him. A knot formed in Harry's throat as he tried to speak, but before he got a chance, the dog broke the hug. Then smacked him in the head. "What the hell are you doing here pup! Dont tell me you jumped into the veil!"

"No I was knocked into it by a clumsy unspeakable," harry said as he rubbed his head, noting that his ears were different too. Bringing his paw across his face, he felt a snout. The pain medication was starting to wear off, and he became aware that more than just his face and hands were different.

"well thats a dumb reason to go pup," Sirius said as he reached into the pocket of his shirt. Pulling out a small mirror, he spoke again. "well I believe that you probaly want to know what the hell happened, so here is the short story." pulling up a chair, he said down.

"The veil is a dimensional rift that is connected to this world. The world we are in is ruled by intelligent animals, and when you were pushed through it, your body underwent changes to reflect what you would look like in this world. Hence why I look like Padfoot, It seems that the changes are based upon what your animagus form is, which explains why you look like that."

"Sirius, I never became an animagus" Harry said as he started digesting the information. Sirius got a huge grin on his face.

"Nice! So this is going to be a huge suprise for you!" he said as he handed the mirror to harry. Grasping it in his paw, he held it out to look at himself. Staring back at him was panther with a patch of white fur in the shape of a lightning bolt. "I guess I have to stop calling you pup, eh?" For the second time since his arrival, Harry fainted, and Sirius laughed.

When harry woke, sirius gave him a book detailing the worlds history, and the different aspects of living as an animal. This world had received enough dimension travelers from the wizarding world that it warranted a pamphlet explaining the differences and what to expect. The Rhino, who introduced himself as Dr. Savannah, said that he would be allowed to be discharged, but to not do any strenuous activities for a week.

Standing up from his bed, Harry would have toppled over had sirius not been there to catch him. "Whoa easy there harry, remember you are in a new body." Harry nodded, trying to stabilize himself. Taking a tentative step forward, he grimaced at the soreness. Then he noticed the twitch as something brushed up against his leg. Looking down, he saw a long black tail. "Yeah, freaked me out too," padfoot said as he saw where harry was looking. Looking up, the new panther only had one thing to say to that.

"Sirius?"

"Yeah whats up pup?" Sirius asked as he opened the door.

"Does this world have beer?" Laughter followed harry as he slowly made his way out of the room.

Done with chapter 1! I will get around to revising it at a later date, but until then I hope to see some reviews on what everyone thinks!