Chapter Nine – I'm a WHAT?

Draco poked his head out of the door, looked around, then ducked back into the dorm. He turned to his three friends, who were looking at him expectantly.

"I can't hear anything downstairs, so if we're quick: no one will catch us."

The other three nodded. Harry warded the door, Neville drew out the goblets and Ron pulled down the Cloak that had been hiding the cauldron full of Animagus Revalamini Potion.

"You do realise what this means now though." Ron said cautiously.

"Yep." Harry grinned

"No goin' back." Draco confirmed, looking slightly more sombre than Harry.

"B-But are you s-sure." Ron pestered. He'd been feeling wary ever since lunch, when Draco had gleefully informed them that the potion was complete.

"Positive, Ron, we're your friends, we're not going to make you suffer on your own." Neville said, pouring the potion into the goblets.

"Yeah, it's the Marauder Honour." Harry said rapidly. The other three looked at him like he'd had too much Coke.

"Marauder Honour?" they all asked incredulously.

"Yeah: Serve Detention, Annoy Minnie, and Get the Girls."

Draco raised an eyebrow, "Get the Girls?"

"Sirius added that bit."

"Oh."

Ron growled at the stalling, "Can we just get this over with?"

"Aye Aye, Grumpy Guts." Harry replied, "Do we need anything else, or can we just drink it?" he asked Neville, who in turn looked at their splattered potions book.

"Say here we need a drop of blood each, or we'll just faint."

"Brilliant." Draco muttered, rolling his sleeve back and getting out his Malfoy knife, "D'you want me to go first?"

"Sure." Neville said, looking quite fazed. Draco slashed down on his wrist, barely wincing, and watched as his blood dripped into the goblet, turning the potion a dark green.

"Slytherin green," he sneered, "lovely." He scooped up the goblet and said: "Cheers."

Draco

I swallowed the potion and instantly felt light-headed.

"Whoa," I breathed faintly, before crumpling down.

I smelled fresh pine trees and crisp snow. I was running through a forest, on four legs. I didn't seem to be getting tired, even though I was running well over ten miles an hour.

I came to an iced over lake; I could see foggy breath as I collapsed. I leaned down to the gap in the ice and saw a wolf, a grey one.

"Draco! Draco man – wake up!"

End Draco

Ron felt a sense of relief as Draco was awakened.

"So." Harry started impatiently, "What are you?"

Draco blinked

"Urr, a grey wolf...I think..."

Harry grinned.

"My turn then."

It's exactly the same as Draco did, but Harry's potion turns a brilliant gold.

"Cool." Was all the four boys could manage. Harry grabbed his goblet and down in one, before crumpling against his bedpost, not unlike what Draco had done.

Harry

I was stood on a high hill, looking out onto the forest. Surrounding me were does and fawns...well, the does could've been hinds but y'know.

I heard gunshots in the not-so-distant distance. The herd scattered.

End Harry

Harry jerked back into reality on the dorm's floor, his three friends surrounding him.

"Well?" they all asked. Harry frowned, and then grinned in excitement.

"A stag! A proper stag – like me dad!" he staggered to his feet before falling back onto his bed. The others rolled their eyes, used to Harry's behaviour.

"Your turn now Nev."

Neville

I nodded. Now or Never, I guess.

I raised the goblet (now filled with indigo-blue liquid) and downed it in one.

I was sniffing round the ground, following a specific scent. My tail was waving in the air behind me. I was concentrating so hard I wasn't looking where I was going and bumped into something shiny. I looked up to see a Bulldog's face looking back at me.

I felt my eyelids flutter open and saw Harry sitting childishly on his bed.

"Well?" he asked, bouncing up and down. I rubbed my head and smirked scarily like Dray.

"An American Bulldog."

Draco raised an eyebrow at me.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, it's too big to be a normal one."

End Neville

The four Marauders (even Ron) all grinned at each other. They were on their way to becoming bigger and better than their predecessors.

And I'm back baby! This took forever to write but hey – it's done now! And thank you phantombrick for the suggestion of an American Bulldog for Neville! Please Review!

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