Harry and Ron dragged their feet to the double potions. When they got in there however, all the Slytherins were already there and a cat sat by Snape's desk.
When the boys and the rest of the Gryffindors - who had been a bit late- looked at the Slytherins again, they all had tomatoes in their hands.
" NOW!" Draco shouted. The Slytherins grinned and threw the tomatoes.
" What in the world is going on here ?" Snape asked looking at the Gryffindors who had tomato stains all over their clothes.
" But professor it was the Slytherins, " Harry protested and glared at the Slytherins who now sat like angels by their desks.
" Oh is that so?" Snape said and smirked. " Shadow did you see anything?"
The cat merely flicked her tail.
" Oh wait that's me" she thought.
'Shadow' aka Hermione looked at Snape and shaked her head.
" My cat did not see anything so if you please Mr Potter, don't go about telling lies. Now start on the feel good potions" Snape said and glared at the students. When he looked at the slytherins his glare softened.
Snape went to his desk and carefully took the cat into his arms and scratched behind the cat's ear.
Hermione purred, the cat part of her animagus was more real than her snake animagus because she had been a cat when the polyjuice potion had gone wrong. Therefore the cat behaviour had got a bi-effect, but of course it was a real help when she was in her animagus form.
" Why the bloody hell does Snape have a cat ?" Ron whispered.
" I don't know, but considering how the bloody cat looks at us she could have been Hermione. "
" How do you know the cat is a female ?"
" Because for one Snape would never had gotten a male pet, I bet it's because it would just remind him of us or something. Don't ask me why. And second, filch is as crazy as Snape and he too has a female cat" Harry whispered.
" Well at least it's not Hermione, at least how she looked when we left her.." Ron muttered.
