DISCLAIMER: Xavier, Alex, Cassandra, Tanya, and Bobby are mine.

HIDDEN CHANGES

Chapter 11

Hermione looked up to see Cassandra smiling down at her from on top of the Gryffindor table. As she sat she glanced around seeing that Bobby had landed on the Hufflepuff table, Tanya was on the Ravenclaw table, and Alex was standing on the Slytherin table right in front of his younger brother.

When the aurors started firing stunners Xavier snapped his fingers again and with a loud "YEEHAW" Alex flipped off the Slytherin table pulling out a small pistol and shooting at the Auror's raised wands. Bobby was busy throwing knives at the hands of Aurors making them drop their wands in surprise when Tanya grabbed a fork from a terrified Ravenclaw and stabbed herself in the foot. Tanya yelled as she began to transform into a huge puma about 2.5 meters long (8 feet). Needless to say the Ravenclaw table buckled under her weight and sent many students running to the other side of the room.

Cassandra looked at Hermione quietly and reached for a knife smiling as she said, "I'd run if I were you. Don't forget to take your potion."

Hermione nodded and drank the vial she got from the cauldron that morning and yelled over the screaming students, "Everyone get against the walls!" All those that heard Hermione assumed she knew what she was talking about and got against the walls. Hermione, Harry, and Ron pushed on the Great Hall doors trying to open them. Other students followed their example and did so as well.

"One, Two, Three! PUSH!" Harry yelled. Students from every age and from every house began to work together to open the doors. "AGAIN! ONE TWO THREE!" A loud creaking was heard as the doors began to break from the hinges.

Cassandra smiled and nodded before stabbing her hand. She began to cry and transformed into a large black panther about 2 meters long (6 ½ feet). Hermione looked around taking everything in it was pure chaos. Bobby was throwing knives from atop Tanya and Alex was sharpshooting any wand that he could see as he jumped onto Cassandra's back. Xavier busy dueling Snape. Hermione, Harry, and Ron watched from the entrance. She noticed a trend of Auror has wand, Auror loses wand, Auror finds wand in a few minutes, only to lose wand again. She watched as Cassandra charged at Kingsley and made an abrupt turn while Alex used her momentum to pistol whip him knocking the Auror unconscious. Tonks was trying to pull out a throwing knife that had pinned her clothes to the stone wall. Remus had decided to forgo the wand route and decided to use his brute strength against Tanya. Minerva tried to sneak up on Tanya as she fought with Remus only to be discovered. Tanya used her tail and wrapped it around Professor McGonagall's waist and continued fighting Remus. Bobby jumped off and was fighting Sirius Black hand to hand when Sirius landed a good hood on Bobby's cheek. A large ripping sound was heard as his black tail popped out of his pants.

"Damn it, these were new." Bobby yelled. Bobby turned and tackled the older man starting to wrestle with him.

Alex and Cassandra were busy trying to disarm Alastor Moody but his eye gave him an advantage. Cassandra roared as her tail was burned by a hex from him. Alex was dodging curses as he reloaded.

Xavier and Severus we fairly even matched at the beginning but as Xavier said things to get him riled up, Snape's defense fell. Snape was recovering from a nasty hex when Xavier started heading towards her. As Xavier transformed she realized what he wanted her to do.

Just then the doors from the Great Hall broke from their hinges and fell to the ground. The Head Boy and Girl were leading the students from the Great Hall to outside of the castle where it was safer. Perfects were busy counting the younger students as they fled.

Hermione watched as Xavier began to run towards her and felt that she had to make her decision to fight with them or to continue to hide. Did she want to be in a pack? Did she want to stay at school? She felt she had to pick Xavier and her pack or Harry and Ron. Hermione looked around and saw Severus Snape raising his wand at Xavier. At that moment her decision was made.

Harry and Ron looked up to see Hermione raising her wand, "STUPIFY!"

Snape was blasted into the wall as she jumped onto Xavier's back. "Go!" She saw Tonks had regained her wand but she was still stuck to the wall, "Expelliarmus!" Hermione smiled it seemed like they were winning, she turned her head and screamed as she saw Alex being blasted off of Cassandra with a Reductor curse from Alastor Moody. She watched him land on the now broken Slytherin table. Hermione jumped off of Xavier and ran to Alex's side dropping to her knees.

Harry and Ron were running to Dumbldore begging him to stop this. "This won't solve anything sir! Just stop it before someone gets seriously hurt. If you don't stop this… I… I won't trust you anymore," Harry threatened.

Dumbledore looked to Harry, "You are right Harry. I have made a grave mistake… Xavier, stop your cubs and I will stop my aurors."

Moody snapped at Dumbledore, "You have no control over Aurors."

Dumbledore looked to Alastor saying, "Try me."

Xavier transformed back into a human, "Tell them to drop their wands!"

Dumbledore nodded at the auror who were still armed and they obliged.

Xavier stood in front of his best pack and tried to calm Cassandra down by healing her wounds. Tanya calmed herself and began to change back into a human dropping Professor McGonagall in the process. Cassandra was so worked up over Alex there was no way she would change back until he was alright. Bobby, who had Sirius in a head lock, released him.

Bobby looked at him panting, "You're pretty good for an old dude."

"Old Dude?" Sirius cocked an eyebrow.

"Yes meaning you aren't as spry as you used to be."

Sirius watched Bobby begin to walk away and he yanked the Bobby's tail making them start to wrestle again.

Xavier looked over, "Sirius! Bobby! The fight is over!"

"He called me old!"

"He pulled my tail!"

Sirius and Bobby glared at each other. Harry walked over to Sirius and offered him a hand up and then offered his hand to Bobby who looked at it suspiciously but then took it.

Tanya was sitting nursing a wounded leg using the wall to help her stand up. Ron grabbed her as she began to lose her footing.

Madame Pomfrey ran in after hearing all of the commotion, "Shame on you Albus! Look what you have done. You could have talked this out. Now I have many injured students because of you pride! I am ashamed of you! Whatever happened to 'safety of the students comes first' hmm?"

Hermione was holding the unconscious Alex crying, "Wake up Alex! Wake up!"

Cassie was making a sorrowful roar as she paced back and forth panicking. Bobby and Remus were working on getting Tonks unpinned from the wall. Tanya was leaning against Ron for support and walked over to where Alex was laying.

Madam Pomfrey pushed them out of the way and began running different tests on the boy. Within five minutes she had him conscious. Madame Pomfrey wasn't expecting him to wake up so fast.

Xavier walked over to Poppy, "We heal extremely quickly anyways. You just helped him along."

Cassandra calmed down seeing that he was awake able to transform to her human form. She sniffled, "Alex, are you okay?"

Alex looked to her and nodded, "Yeah I am fine. How did we get stuck with the really hard one?"

Moody looked over at the boy, "You look like a Malfoy."

Alex looked over, "One word explanation, Squib."

Moody nodded, "A shame, you have a good shot, boy."

Alex looked up laughing, "If I did have magic, I would be a Death Eater in training I am sure. I am happy where I am."

Minerva looked to Albus, "Hermione Granger! An explanation if you please. Professor Snape isn't going to be happy when he wakes up."

Albus, "I believe Miss Granger is the person we were looking for."

Harry looked to her, "We knew too. I mean Ron and I knew but we thought she could tell you in her own time. If we knew exactly what you were going to do we would have told you. Please don't expel her."

Dumbledore looked to him, "I was never going to expel anyone."

Hermione looked to the doorway of the Great Hall and saw a cloaked figure. She felt a surge of hatred and began screaming and staring at her nails. "They are burning! My nails are burning."

Xavier turned around and saw Cassandra, Alex, Bobby, and Tanya were fine.

Xavier looked at the Headmaster angrily, "did someone tamper with the potion?"

Albus shook his head, "Not that I know of."

Severus stood up smirking, "I did."

What did Sevvy-poo do to her potion!?! I will update as soon as possible! PLEASE REVIEW!! I really need some encouragement!

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Mousie

aka Meg