Shifting Warriors: Book I: Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 8: Date? and Blood
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Animorphs wish I did but I don't so oh well.
Classes continued for Kai and Fayth, they were enjoying every minute of it. They learned a lot and when they learned a new spell they always tried to cast it without a wand afterwards.
"You know this is a lot harder then I would have ever guessed," stated Kai as he once more failed to cast the coloring charm without his wand.
"Yeah," replied Fayth "makes you wonder why it is so hard to do it without a wand."
Kai nodded as he grabbed his wand and flipped it around in his hand, he waved it and cast the coloring charm again he focused on the feelings he felt as he cast the spell, "It focuses it."
Kai went to cast the spell without the wand and he felt the same feeling but it was all over the place instead focused like when he cast the spell with his wand, "So the challenge is to focus it without the wand."
"Kind of like when we morph, we have to focus the energy of the morph to go where we want it to," stated Fayth as she thought about it.
"So what if we focused the spell through parts of our body," stated Kai nodding his head, "like if we want to cast the coloring charm we focus the energy into our finger since that is what would look the most normal."
"So as we cast the spell," stated Fayth as she focused on casting the spell, "we focus the energy through our finger, like so." Fayth touched a nearby table and it turned into a dark green color.
"Exactly," stated Kai as he did the same thing focusing the energy of the spell into his finger as he touched the same table and turned it back to the brown color it was originally.
"That is great," stated Fayth, "now we have a way to cast spells wandlessly."
"It is going to take a lot more practice but we should be able learn all our magic the same way," stated Kai smiling.
"Alright!" exclaimed Fayth jumping up in the air, "so what are you plans for the rest of the night?"
"Andy and I are going to go running there has been some rumors running through the forest about something terrible coming to Hogwarts among the animals and were going to see if we can get any more information," stated Kai, "you want to come with?"
"Well I would, but I am not nearly as good on doing my homework as you are so me and Daphane need to get our transfiguration homework done or McGonagall will have both of our heads," stated Fayth.
"Well that is no fun," stated Kai shaking his head, "check out a couple of these books they will help." Kai handed her a list of the books he used for his Transfiguration homework.
"Thanks cous you're a savior," stated Fayth hugging Kai before she headed off to show Daphne the list hoping it would make their homework go easier.
"Yeah well what cousins are for," stated Kai shaking his head he was about to leave when suddenly the door opened and Ginny was standing there.
Kai wasn't able to see the little red head as much as he wanted to do to class schedules and other things like that. She looked so pale it scared Kai, "Ginny?"
"Hi Kai," her voice was so soft he could barely hear it.
Kai was a very intuition person, with the many animal senses that were in his body he knew that something was wrong. He also knew that one of the best ways to help a problem even if a little was to give someone a hug. He walked over and wrapped his arms around Ginny hugging her close.
Ginny was flabbergasted she didn't really know what to expect but this wasn't it at all. She melted into Kai's strong arms and started to cry. She didn't know what for or why but she needed to.
The other being that had been slowly making its presence in the soul of Ginny pulled back from the touch. It was something unknown, something horrible, something he could never understand. He would have to up his plans before this could get out of control.
Ginny felt the heavy weight she had been having lift away from her heart for a brief second she felt like her old self again. It was a great feeling and she didn't want to let go.
Andy was walking to where Fayth and Kai were suppose to be practicing, he and Kai were suppose to go see what they could learn from the animals of the forest about this horrible thing that was on the horizon. He opened the door to see Kai hugging Ginny and knew that they would be doing their reconnaissance another time. He closed the door and returned to his tower.
"You look like you could use some cheering up," stated Kai smiling as he let her go.
Ginny was scared that when he let her go the weight would come back, but it didn't she still felt like her old self, she decided to hold onto the feeling, and she nodded her head.
"Come with me," stated Kai as he pulled her out the door he had noticed Andy come in and had given him the sign that they would do their recon later right now Ginny needed some cheering up.
Ginny followed Kai through the corridors and out of the building, "Where are we going good sir?"
Kai smiled when he heard good sir it was the Ginny he knew, "Well m'lady it is somewhere I know you will love."
"But exactly where is that," stated Ginny smiling.
Kai just smirked as he led her through the afternoon air weaving through the grounds until they reached their destination, well the beginning of their destination anyway. It was a long lane surrounded on both sides by tall trees whose branches wove together forming an arch like structure overhead.
"Okay m'lady from here on out you need to trust me," stated Kai turning to her, "do you think you can do that?"
Ginny looked at him looking for any sign of misleading that he could be tricking her, there wasn't anything there just brutal honesty of trust, she nodded her head not really sure if she could find any words to say.
"Close your eyes and take my hand," stated Kai smiling.
Ginny closed her eyes and held out her hand she felt Kai's hand take it, they were rough like someone who did a lot of work. She then felt another strange sensation she didn't expect a soft touch of what she thought was him kissing her knuckles.
"Thanks for trusting me," he stated and started to lead her through the tunnel.
Ginny was walking blindly along what felt like a dirt path. As she walked she started to hear what sounded like falling water. As they walked it got louder and louder till they finally stopped where it was the loudest.
"Okay open your eyes," stated Kai.
Ginny opened her eyes and was temporally blinded by the sun reflecting off a magnificent waterfall that fell into a pool of clean clear water. It was the most serene sight Ginny had ever seen, the waterfall cascaded down the side of a cliff. Soft patches of grass and moss surrounded the small pool of water, great places for afternoon naps or picnics. It was the most beautiful place Ginny had ever seen.
"So what do you think?" asked Kai smiling at her.
"It's gorgeous, how did you even come across this place?" returned Ginny walking around. She couldn't help herself as she slipped off her shoes and was walking through the soft mosses and grasses barefoot.
"I am kind of a wanderer," stated Kai smiling as he slipped out of his robes and was standing in his morph outfit. A pair of bike shorts and a tank top "came across it on one of my wanderings." Then Kai dove into the crystal blue water and started to swim around when he resurfaced he was smiling at Ginny, "Well are you going to just stand up there or would you like to come in?"
Ginny blushed, "But...I don't have a swimsuit or anything."
"Your wearing undergarments aren't you?" asked Kai, "how about this while you get out of your robes and jump in I will turn my back, go underwater, and close my eyes."
Ginny thought about it for a minute, well her undergarments were dark color so that wouldn't be a problem, not that she had much to show off anyway. She slowly nodded her head, "Okay."
Kai smiled as he turned his back to her, took a deep breath and dove underwater where he waited.
Ginny slowly pulled off her robes standing there in her undergarments then she jumped in to the clear pool, when most her body was underwater she swam over and tapped Kai on the shoulder.
Kai smirked underwater when he felt Ginny tap him on the shoulder, he spun around underwater. Then reaching his arms out he grabbed her around the waste then he rose up out of the water taking her with him and then tossed her through the air and into the water again.
Ginny was surprised when she suddenly felt her body lift up and fly through the air, she hit the water again laughing the entire way. Ginny hadn't been able to laugh for a while for some reason and it felt great. When she resurfaced she was still laughing.
"Now there is the Ginny I know," stated Kai from where he had thrown her.
"Oh good sir you are so going down," stated Ginny as she swam forward and tried to dunk him.
The two friends spent the next hour or so playing in the water, finally it was starting to get late and food would be served soon at the great hall. So Kai once again turned his back and dove underwater closing his eyes, as Ginny got out and put her robe back on. After she was done he followed getting his robes back on, then the two friends walked up to the castle together chatting the entire way. When they reached the Great Hall they had to part ways before they did though Kai stopped Ginny.
"You feel better?" asked Kai.
Ginny nodded, "Much better thank you for an amazing afternoon."
Kai smiled, "It was my pleasure."
Ginny smiled as she bit her lower lip for a minute then she stood a little taller and kissed Kai on the cheek, "Thank you."
It was like a freight train hitting Kai, the warm feeling that buzzed through his entire body could have probably caused him to float. It didn't understand it one bit but he liked it that warmness it was something he never experienced in his life.
"Well you are very welcome, maybe some time when we get better at sneaking around I will take you out their during the night you have a very good view of the stars and moon from that pond," stated Kai.
"I would enjoy that very much," stated Ginny with a smile. Her heart was on fire, she didn't know why she had the urge to kiss his cheek but the feelings that erupted from it were nothing like she had ever felt in her life. She wanted to hold on to that feeling with a death graps.
"Well then consider it a date," stated Kai smiling, "but we should probably go eat."
"Okay, it's a date," smiled Ginny nodding her head.
The two friends separated to head their separate tables to enjoy their dinners.
Ginny spent the rest of the night chatting more with her housemates then she had in a long time. Finally when the night ended she settled down to tell Tom about her day, the instant she put quill to parchment the weight returned full strength if not harder.
The next couple of days flew by and it was Halloween before anyone knew it. Halloween day found Kai, Andy, Fayth, and Daphne doing homework in the library for most the day when they didn't have class. The day crawled by with both Andy and Kai getting all their work done while Fayth and Daphne Greengrass got most of their done.
Daphne Greengrass had become Fayth's best friend in the time they had spent at school. She was a second year but enjoyed hanging out with Fayth a lot more then with the students of her own year. She had dark hair and eyes that gave her a noble look, which made sense since she was from a rather old pure blood family.
"Done," stated Fayth "can't focus anymore, Daph you want to go torture some guys by flirting and teasing?"
"Sounds fun," smiled Daphne.
Kai and Andy just rolled their eyes at the girls, they are creatures that the two guys may never understand, especially these two girls.
"Well boys we have some torturing to do," stated Fayth as she packed up her books and scrolls into her backpack, "what are you to going to do?"
Kai and Andy just smirked, "We will find something to do."
Fayth and Daphne rolled their eyes, "Mysterious as ever, well have fun and stay out of trouble."
"You too," replied Kai, "you're going running with me tomorrow right Fayth, you haven't be practicing as much as you should be."
"Practicing?" asked Daphne.
"His father is kind of a work out a holic and expects us to be," stated Fayth rolling her eyes, "umm…well you see…"
Kai held up his hand, "You don't have to tell me anything, it's not like lives depend on it anymore or anything, I will see you later then."
"Thanks cous have I told you that you're an amazing cousin to ever walk the earth," stated Fayth hugging Kai.
"Well it never hurts to hear it more than once," stated Kai smiling as he returned his cousins hug.
The girls left after that leaving Kai and Andy in the library. The two friends spent another hour finishing up homework then they packed their stuff up.
"So I will meet you in the corridor outside of Ravenclaw Tower in about an hour, from their we will start from the top and work our way down?" asked Kai as he packed the last of his stuff up.
"Sounds like a plan," stated Andy.
Kai nodded and the two friends went separate ways. After dropping off his stuff Kai made his was up to the corridor that was near the Ravenclaw dorm or so he thought. He waited patiently and was soon joined by Andy.
"There is an abandoned classroom over here," stated Kai motioning to a door that was close by.
The two friends walked into the room and soon Andy was his normal Andalite self.
"So did you catch one?" asked Kai as he took off his robes and folded them up on a desk that was nearby.
'Yeah it wasn't hard,' replied Andy as he tapped his hoof on the concrete floor.
Kai smirked, "Nobody is going to have a better understanding of the school then we are after this."
'It's not exactly fair we can get more than one perceptive of why most people only have one perspective,' replied Andy.
"Good point," stated Kai as he finished folding up the last of his robes, "ready?"
'Always,' stated Andy
Soon where the two students were standing was a pair of mice. One was white which was Kai the other was a brown color which was Andy.
'So let's see what we can see,' commented Kai through thought speak.
'After you,' replied Andy.
The two mice took off to explore the school floor by floor as mice, they didn't expect to get the entire school scoped out as mice but it would be a work in progress if there ever was one. As a mouse the world is completely different then if you are a human, everything is in colossal scale which intimidates the mouse but at the same time a mouse can go places people never dreamed of. Kai and Andy found a dozen secret passages that you wouldn't be able to notice as a person. They explored for most the evening going into an abandoned classroom whenever they felt the two hour mark coming up on them and changing back to their original forms to return back to mouse.
They ran into very little problems until they reached a third floor corridor. They were scampering across the side of the corridor when suddenly Mrs. Norris, Filches cat caught sight of them.
'Oh crap,' stated Kai as he turned his mouse body on a time and took off the other way.
'Not good,' stated Andy as he followed after Kai.
The two mice ran as fast as they could away from the cat taking every little twist and turn that they could to avoid getting eaten by the ferocious cat. No matter how many times they dodged Mrs. Norris appeared in a different spot right close to them.
'Damn cat must have just as much knowledge of this school as anyone else,' stated Andy as he dodged just in time to avoid a paw swipe from the cat that appeared out of the wall.
'Yeah but we can't morph back in the middle of the corridor,' stated Kai as he took another corner and was instantly hydroplaning across water, 'You have got to be kidding me who the heck flooded the bathroom?'
'I don't know but that is seriously not good for us,' replied Andy as another paw lunged at him which he barely dodged.
The two mice hydroplaned across the entire corridor as they tried to avoid the monstrous cat that was trying to eat them. They hydroplaned around a corner and were placed back on dry ground which they took off at full speed.
'Kai, she isn't following us anymore,' stated Andy as he slowed down and turned around.
'What she was right on our heels why wouldn't she keep the chase up?' stated Kai. Suddenly his mouse senses went haywire, they were so powerful that he almost lost control lucky he had been well disciplined through his many hours as an animal that he didn't lose control.
'What was that?' stated Andy as he felt his mouse body shivering with terror.
'I don't know but it came from around the corner,' stated Kai as he started walking in that direction. He walked slowly the feeling getting stronger and stronger it took all of his will power to keep control of mouse, just as suddenly as it appeared it vanished. Kai turned the corner and was just able to see a cloaked figure vanish into a nearby passage. He wasn't for sure but he thought he saw a glimpse of red. He crawled forward slowly with Andy right on his heels what he saw on the wall and hanging by the bracket struck fear into his mouse and human heart.
"THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED, ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE," underneath the writing was Mrs. Norris petrified and hanging by a torch bracket.
Not long after Harry, Ron, and a girl who Kai thoughts name was Hermione appeared followed by the rest of the school. Kai and Andy quietly slipped away from the scene to return to the classroom with their stuff.
When they were back to humans Kai looked at Andy, "What do you make of it?"
"I don't know Kai, but whatever it was terrified the mouse to the very core of its being, which doesn't bode well for us," stated Andy as he put his robes back on.
"Let's keep on our guard," stated Kai, "and let's not tell the girls what we sensed."
Andy nodded, "Alright sounds like a plan, shall we continue our survey tomorrow or wait a couple days."
"Let's wait a couple days," stated Kai as he could still feel the terror that the mouse had for that brief moment.
"Alright, good night Kai," stated Andy as he turned to walk out the door and back to his dorm.
"Yeah good night Andy," replied Kai as he headed to his own dorm.
Author's Notes
So originally I was going to do my prank on Gilderoy but I liked the "date" scene a lot better right here. Kind of right before Tom has complete control of Ginny and giving him a reason to speed up his plans as it were.
Hope you enjoyed the "date" scene and the mouse scene. I really like the mouse scene a lot.
So many of you are probably going to wonder why Fayth doesn't spend as much time in morph as Kai does. My reasoning is Kai kind of takes it as a personal promise to his dad while Fayth thinks it's more for fun.
Morph Update:
Kai: Mouse, Clydesdale, Bull, Bernease Mountain Dog, Red-Tailed Hawk, Rooster, Flesh-Eating Slug
Fayth: Clydesdale, Cow, German Shepard, Guinea Pig, Red-Tailed Hawk, Grizzly Bear, African Elephant
Andy: Andalite, Human, Flesh-Eating Slug, Mouse
