I was petrified about the outcome of this battle, but we had to do it never the less. Willow crept in and cast a shield around herself and the injured student that was on the floor. Seeing her focused expression motivated me in some way. We were now like sisters, we protected each other with our lives- but this time we need to protect someone else with our lives. Seeing the beast pelting to attach the two I rushed my hand inside my pocket and took out my wand to throw it to the other side of the corridor.

"Totus quattuor elementum recolligo converto mihi in res ego votum. Terra , Aqua , Ventus , Incendia succurro mihi per sarcina volo amitto. Succurro mihi verto in a creatura validus satis ut evinco is pello pepulli pulsum," I chanted under my breath whilst taking my blouse of. To be honest, I never could grasp the beginning of my spell so I never knew the exact outcome. The beast began to attack the two girls and I kept on repeating my spell over and over whilst controlling every single ounce of magic in my body carefully. It was most definitely hard.

Finally, the spell I was chanting took effect I felt the changes. All of my magic drained away like a vampire sucked out every last drop of it. A pair thin slits appeared on the sides of my neck and my hands became webbed. Across parts of my body shiny red fins replaced my skin. After that my spine began to get longer and longer until I had a red fluffy tail twice the length of my body with ears sticking out on top of my head. Then slowly two big red feathered wings tore through my dress and spread out into the corridor. My hair became red also.

The thing I became is a magical creature known as the Speculum which people now referred to as the 'magus', only the people born into the Hart family are able to control such a thing. It's a rarity to see a Speculum born into the Hart even once in a thousand years, and I was the lucky one to get this gift which I was not pleased about. Being in this form allows me to transform into any magical animal that has the strength equivalent to my magic power which I sacrificed, the only catch is that it taks me a week to regain lost magic and during that week I have to stay in this form without transforming.

Because the creature was so big, I wasn't sure what to be to defeat it. It looked stronger than any creature I could transform into, but I had to give something a go. A tiger seemed like a good bet, but it doesn't posses magic like this beast. The a blue tiger it is... this better work... Glancing at the two girls and at the large angry beast pouncing on the weakened barrier, I sung another final spell. Once this gets done, there will be no turning back for me.

The wings disappeared and so did the fins and gills, the thing that was left was a large light blue tiger with fiery red eyes, its tail was flaming and its ears were too. The blue tiger roared at the red Gévaudan and it finally left the two girls alone and went to fight the beast in the corridor. They were equal in size, one looked more agile when the other looked more muscular.

It was hard to make out the two animals moves. White flashes of their claws and fangs, following the slashes were drops of dark red blood onto the red carpet. The more agile creature, the blue tiger, was getting support from a wizardess while the more muscular one was depending only on his own skills. Many students tried getting up the stairs but at the sight of the two creatures fights they ran right down the stairs in terror.

Even with all the support, the tiger was struggling more than ever against its strong willed opponent. The beasts battled for what seemed like days, they were both wounded and tired. The battle was nearly over, the blue tiger had no more strength to fight and the Gévaudan was too severely wounded to even stand. The witch noticed their fatigue and decided to end the battle. She stood up and cast a freezing spell on the massive red wolf whilst running to get the house mother.

What happened next I cannot remember.

I vaguely remembered yesterdays events, my mind was buzzing with a scramble of muffled voices and fuzzy picture that it was painful. My numb body was finally grasping its surroundings and I felt some voices talking around my. I tried my best to make out what their saying but it just seemed like I was in a bubble, isolated from the busy world outside it. The voices became louder and louder until I was able to make out what they were saying.

One of the voices was extremely familiar. A high and cute girly voice. "Are you sure she's ok? Maybe I should see her...?" it asked hopefully but with a worried hint.

The over voice responded kindly but shortly. "I'm sure she's fine, but she doesn't want anyone to see her right now. She just has a bad stomach pain she'll be out of here before the end of the day."

"O-ok, tell her that she should get better soon," the girly voice said and left the room, I recognized it as Lexi's voice and the other as the voice of Willow. I managed to open my eyes to get blinded by the whiteness of the pristine ceiling. My eyes squirmed at the pain of my head and the sudden light. Does this mean I'm in the hospital room in the academy...? I was so confused and attempted to call out but my mouth was a desert. Not a single sound came out.

On the bedside cupboard was a glass bottle of water, just what I needed. My hand stretched out to grab it but it was settled to far away and my body just didn't want to shift that for. My hand dropped back into the white sheets and I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw my hand. My fingers were connected with a thin layer of red skin and I had claws sticking out of them. This time a noise left my wide open mouth and a lady walked into the curtained enclosure. "So your awake huh?" I only managed to nod after calming down and remembering the event of yesterday.

When I parted my eyes from my hand the round face of my friend looked at me and I couldn't help but smile. I tried saying something to her but my mouth was dry and I pointed at the glass bottle on the little table. She passed it too me and I nearly gulped down the whole thing in one go. "Thanks..." I muttered and gave back the bottle to her.

"God you drank like you were on the Sahara desert for a month," she laughed and took away the empty bottle.

"That's how I felt. Anyway, was that my cousin who was here a minute ago?"

"Yeah, she was really worried about you," Willow looked down sadly. "I told her that you had a bad stomach."

"She's so stubborn. Thanks for that, I'd hate her to see me in this horrendous state," I said and pushed myself up in the bed to get surprised about te new extensions of my body. "So when will I be out of here?"

"Whenever you want. Just get rested well," she responded. I felt rather energized already so I wouldn't be able to sleep any longer, but I still wasn't strong enough to walk.

"I think that if I skip the first period I'll be ready to go to classes as usual. Did you bring my spare uniform down?" I didn't even have to ask as I knew the answer already. It wasn't the first time that I took on this form so Willow knew how to act. The two of us together made an unstoppable team. I was the one who attacked and she was my support who I would lose without.

"Right here," she held up a school uniform with two hole neatly cut out from the back of the shirt and the blazer, The skirt also had a tiny hole cut out for my tail.

"Great. Anyway, how is that girl and what happened to the beast?" I said with a more serious tone.

"The girls fine, she's suffering from light trauma and bone fracture. I healed her the best I could on the spot. The beast got taken away to Headmaster Randolph so that he could inspect it," She explained shortly and gave me another bottle of water which was filled with a bright orange liquid. "Drink that. It's a restoration potion made by Professor Merkulova. I'm going to class now, see you later."

With that, she clipped her cape on and left me alone in the room, drinking the foul tasting liquid.