I doubt many of you guys (aside from Amber and Aqua) read Twisted Timelines, so I'm saying this here as well: I spilled water on my computer a couple of days ago, and well...yeah it's not turning on again and life is just not the greatest at the moment xP Thankfully, (haven't said this in TT yet. need to update the chapter) My mom is letting me buy her old one off of her since the one she's been wanting went on sale two days ago so I just need to wait a few days to get it cleaned off and wiped and everything will mostly be back to normal.

Also you guys are amazing, already this fic has 30 Favs and 61 Followers, that means a lot to me, you guys are all amazing :3

AquaEclipse - No offense taken, because I'm not quite sure what you're talking about ?
Here it is~

Herochick007 - Ooo sounds interesting, would you care to message me about her?

Katzzar -That's intentional, don't worry they show up again in this chapter ;)
That was an incredible guess xD (Not that it's that hard to figure out lol) She is feline ^^

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lilyflower50 - Here's some more! Glad you're enjoying :3

Son of Whitebeard - She's not evil, but Ayoa is definitely mysterious~

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What nothing about Ron? Don't worry, we find out everything here~
Well...not everything otherwise the fic would be over, but you get the point xD

TheAmberShadow - Hmmm...that is a bit of a problem...
No problem!
Oh there's plenty of reasons. One thing isn't enough to make someone evil. Well...maybe some people, but in this fic, there were quite a few leading to Dumbledore's turn.
Well I needed an excuse and HEY! whad'ya'know it's alphabetical X3
If you think hard about it, the magic community technically must have all derived from muggles, because where else would the first wizards have come from is magic can suddenly appear in a muggle family? In other words, yes. Muggleborns can be animai.
A snowy owl would actually be very fluffy and cute :3 I switched out a healer's animal in this chapter for one
And you'd better believe there's a Caracal Animai in here XD

Quick side note - it may have escaped your notice, but I am not british, so if you see anything that should be switched around because it's just not something that would be said/thought, please tell me

On to the fic!

Hermione could feel her hands shaking as she followed the wolf-man through the doors. Clenching them into fists, she scolded herself mentally. You are a Gryffindor Hermione, it doesn't matter that you thought you'd be Ravenclaw, the hat put you into Gryffindor for a reason so it's time to start acting like one.

Lifting her chin slightly, Hermione kept her eyes aimed directly ahead of her, but allowed them to draw in her surroundings. The man was leading her through the corridors, he was moving quickly, and yet he seemed to be walking with purpose.

Within seconds they'd arrived at what Hermione recognized as the door to the Charms classroom. The possible reasons for the Animai choosing the Charms room ran through Hermione's head until she clicked onto the right one. The Charms classroom is mostly flattened, and it's on the same floor as the Great Hall, the seats aren't locked in place, so they'd be easy to move out of the way, and it's one of the largest in the castle.

The wolf-man knocked on the door several times, ears pricked forwards as the two of them waited in uncomfortable silence. Thirty-one heart-beats later, the door swung open and the cat woman Ayoa. Ayoa's ears were drooping, and her tail flicked from side to side. The wolf frowned at her "You are over-tiring yourself." he growled "This is your last-" Ayoa shook her head "I'm fine Revera, I can finish this house." The wolf-man, Revera, growled "There are over thirty children left in Gryffindor house, at least let Illom or myself help you?" Ayoa shook her head stubbornly "Illom will be doing the Hufflepuffs and you the Ravenclaws." Revera tilted his head, but before he could say anything Ayoa snarled at him "And Tyona the Slytherins, so don't bother. I can handle the children. Just...scout the castle before you bring me the next one."

Revera's tail twitched but he nodded. "As you wish." he set a hand on Hermione's shoulder, and gently pushed her forward. As soon as she entered the room, Hermione felt the remnants of Ayoa's magic swarm over her, clearly whatever was going on was heavily taxing the Animai.

"Shoo, go make sure none are trying to run to alert the Ministry." Ayoa's nose wrinkled "And check in on that pink woman, we may owe her a Great Debt, but she is Ministry. I don't trust her." Revera nodded, and turned, using his tail to snap the door shut.

Ayoa turned to Hermione "Alright little one, let's find out what that demon put on you." her eyes glowed a vibrant green, and her hands shimmered the same color. She didn't seem to have a wand on her, which Hermione was definitely determined to ask about later. That was the last coherent thought she had before twin pains stabbed the sides of her head, and another at her tailbone.

Harry wiped his hands nervously on his robe as the woman with the striped rounded tail led him through Hogwarts. The Animai, he thought she might be a racoon, unsettled him, although that might have been because she hadn't said anything other than his name, and was now dragging him towards an unknown fate.

He really hated this, hated how there was nothing that could be done to stop them, because the Animai had completely taken over the castle. He thought about reaching for his wand, just to have one less step towards protecting himself, but the way the Animai's ears were twitching, he felt she would hear rather than see him, and that would just cause problems that technically didn't need to be there. Of course it also shouldn't be a problem since the Animai shouldn't have been in the castle in the first place, but Harry had seen the way the cheetah had taken off after the seventh year who had tried to run, and the way nearly all the predator animals had howled or hissed at him when they had come back into the room.

They reached what Harry thought was the Charms room, and the Animai rapped on the door. A half-beat later it swung open, revealing the cat woman from earlier. She looked...tired...but her eyes were still bright. She nodded to the raccoon, then glanced at Harry's face. The woman froze, eyes trailing up to Harry's forehead where his scar peeked out from underneath his bangs. "Oh child..." she whispered, reaching out with one hand, and resting it on Harry's cheek, and then instantly recoiled, eyes widening. The cat woman's head whirled around to face the raccoon woman so fast her hair whipped "Touch his face!" she hissed, eyes still wide with fear. The raccoon frowned, but slowly lifted a hand to brush it along Harry's forehead. Her eyes widened as well, and Harry looked between the two "What is it? What's wrong?"

"There's no way he couldn't have known about this." The raccoon hissed, tail flicking from side to side. "I shall find Kaimo, alert him of this addition to Dumbledore's crimes, you must heal this child." The cat nodded, tail lashing "When we find that...that manky maggot, I swear I am going to tear him limb from limb."

Harry made a mental note to never get on this woman's bad side.

The raccoon nodded, and walked away, and the cat turned back to Harry. "Come inside little one, we've got a lot of work to do."

All of his siblings had been called in before him, and it was now Ron's turn. He wasn't sure what they'd told the Animai, about what their dad had found, and what their older brother had uncovered.

The cat woman called him into the chamber, and as the door shut, she smiled at him "Another Weasley I'm guessing?" Ron gave her a smile "Yeah," he confirmed. The woman's tail flicked "No need to tell me, I've heard it from the rest of you, I presume you're the last one here?" Ron nodded, and the woman let out a breath of relief. "Oh good, I don't do well with canines around." she flicked her tail, and smiled "Let me see dear, drop the glamor!"

Ron nodded, and took out his wand, tapping himself on the head he muttered "Animorphus"' A feeling like rain washed over him, and he felt his ears and tail returning. It felt right, natural. The cat purred "Another fox. Alright dear, head on up to the Hospital Wing, most of the students ended up unconscious, so it's where we're keeping everyone. Your siblings should be there."

Ron smiled, and gave the woman a half-bow, tail flicking upwards. "Thanks, for...for well...everything I guess. Letting us be able to be...ourselves, you know?" The woman purred "Oh shoo you, I've more students to attend to."

Hermione woke with her head on fire.

Groaning, she tried to sit up, and felt something...wrong underneath her. Reaching a hand underneath herself, she felt something...fluffy. Hermione's eyes widened, and she reached for the top of her head. Two more fuzzy things greeted her touch.

Stumbling out of the bed she was in, Hermione's gaze darted around the room until it locked on a small mirror laying next to the bed of a student who seemed to have sprouted falcon wings. Slowly making her way across the room, Hermione's sense of balance felt completely wrong as she nearly tripped over the fluffy thing that was following her from behind.

Reaching for the mirror, Hermione saw that her fingernails seemed to have been painted pure white and elongated. Also sharpened. Extremely sharpened. Carefully picking up the mirror, Hermione lifted it up and stared at the twitching orange ears perched atop her head.

Slowly, Hermione set the mirror down. Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Hermione muttered "Alright Granger keep it together. You knew this might happen and Ayoa said herself she scented cat on you."

Lifting the mirror again, Hermione took another deep breath and began looking herself over. The ears were pointed, and yet quite fluffy. They were orange, although the one on the left had a white tip. Brushing her hair aside, Hermione saw that her human ears were gone, leaving smooth skin where they had once been. Gently running a finger along the skin, Hermione shuddered, feeling the thing behind her...she had to assume it was a tail, fluff out.

Her hair near the ears had lightened up as well, turning amber instead of dark brown, and returning to it's normal color around her chin. Her eyes had soft white fur surrounding them, almost like a mask, reminding her of when she'd taken the Cat Polyjuice potion in Second Year. Her eyes had also lightened from brown to an almost gold color.

Opening her mouth, Hermione saw that her canine teeth had narrowed and elongated, and the teeth to the sides of them had altered in a similar fashion. The rest of her teeth were normal.

Finally taking her attention off of her head, Hermione turned and lowered her gaze, staring at the orange line of fuzz trailing out of her robes. Focusing her gaze, nearly glaring at the new appendage, Hermione concentrated, and was quite pleased when the tail lifted off of the floor. It was orange with darker stripes on the top half, and slightly lighter coloring on the underside. It was rounded at the tip, and had a small black patch shaped almost like a quill towards the middle.

Experimenting, Hermione attempted to flick it like she had seen Ayoa doing, and nearly smacked the bird-girl in the bed she was standing next to.

"Easy there," Hermione turned, ears flicking in an unfamiliar motion as she faced a young man who seemed to be part Snowy Owl, since his wings reminded her of Harry's owl. Hermione tilted her head at him, frowning slightly. Why hadn't she noticed him before? Now that she knew he was there, her entire body was shrieking at her to pounce, to eat. It was quite unsettling.

"You just got the glamors and blocks removed, so your instincts are going to be on overdrive, and muscles well, they're weak from misuse but still quite powerful. All Animai are." He spread his wings in example, giving them a flap that send a bolt of wind into Hermione, causing her ears to flatten against her skull.

"You're one of the first to awaken," the owl-man continued. "You're...Hermione Granger, correct?" Hermione nodded "Who are you?" the man smiled "I am Healer Pergin, would you care to leave the infirmary? I imagine you'll want to test your new self somewhere where there aren't sleeping students." His eyes, wide and rounded twinkled "Besides, we need the space for the Hufflepuffs, if rumors serve, Illom uncovered nearly eight quadrupeds already, and well, we can't exactly lay them down on the beds."

Harry woke feeling half numb. He was laying in a bed, and his legs were elevated, making it impossible for him to sit up. He raised a hand to rub his forehead, and felt something hard around his eyes. Rubbing them, he found that whatever they were surrounded his eyes completely, and his glasses were gone. He opened his eyes, expecting to see the world in full blur mode, but frowned when he saw that he could well...see as though he were wearing them.

"Ah you are awake." A young fish-man was floating around the room in a bubble of water, he moved himself closer, and peered at Harry's face "How do you feel? We had to work some pretty heavy magic, very nearly had to call in some Goblin favors, but we managed. You had some dark magic weaved into you."

Harry shrugged, not sure he trusted his throat to speak. It felt sore, like he'd been screaming. "Now then, you have one of the more...affected Animai forms, so you're going to have to take things slow." Harry glanced at his legs, which were covered by a blanket. "I wouldn't-" the fish-man started, but he was too late to stop Harry from pulling the blanket away.

As the white cloth pulled free from his lower half, Harry could only stare. What had once been two legs was now a single limb, easily three to four times as long as his legs had been. There were no fins like those decorating the other Animai's tail, instead it was sleek, completely smooth, covered in blue, black, and white scales.

Harry's legs had become a snake tail.

Woo! Sorry for the delay, this one took a bit longer than expected, since Wednesday (my usual day for writing this fic) I had to write Twisted Timelines, and yesterday was my sister's birthday so I didn't have any chances to get online xP

To clear things up:

Hermione is a Turkish Van cat, Ron is a Red Fox, and Harry is a Sri Lankan Pit Viper . If you'd like to know why I picked those particular breeds feel free to ask!

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~Savvy