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Thanks to all that reviewed. To those that asked, Veritanimaux, is the made up spell that was mentioned in chapter…3? I think :L

It's the spell they've been learning in charms that turns them into an animal for a few hours and Rose has just flown off the handle and screamed the spell at herself. ENJOY XD

Rose's tale

Chapter 25

"Veritanimaux!" Rose cried as she pointed her wand at her chest.

Scorpius' eyes grew wide as he grabbed her wand. Should he use the counter spell? Professor had taught it to the class but he hadn't said anything about using it whilst they were transforming.

Scorpius stopped his inner turmoil as Rose convulsed and fell to the floor, he instantly forgot about their petty argument as he fell to his knees beside her. He wracked his brains for the lesson that they had listed off the side effects of the spell when spoken wrong. Rose's elocution was perfect, he just didn't understand why she was curled up and shaking.

"Ahh." She croaked as her creased eyes flew open; her body stopped trembling as she sat up.

"Rose?" Scorpius asked as he helped her sit up. "What happened? Are you alright?" He fired off questions and started to check her over.

Rose was not responding. Scorpius felt panic well in his chest as he grabbed her chin and pulled her face to his, he caught sight of her eyes and gasped as he dropped his hand from her face.

Rose grinned eerily at him, her normally midnight blue eyes where bright yellow. Scorpius gazed at her, unable to draw his eyes away from her eyes, which he noticed were flecked with blue.

Rose stood and stared down at Scorpius, she felt incredibly peculiar. Something was trying to push into her mind and take over, but Rose was apprehensive.

"Come on." A little voice whispered in her mind. "It'll only be for a few hours. And you wont lose yourself. I am you, after all…" The voice reasoned.

"Well, when you put it like that…" Rose said aloud and smiled down at Scorpius.

She allowed the little voice access to her mind and she let go of all her worries.

"This is going to hurt me as much as it will hurt you." The voice warned, but Rose was already linking with her.

Distantly, she could hear Scorpius calling out to her; she ignored him and tried to remember what Professor Booker said about the first transformation.

It was three weeks ago, at the start of March.

"You will experience something that you have never experienced before, it will be exhilarating, frightening and beautiful all at the same time. Many fall asleep straight after as its so exhausting. You will have to combine with your inner animal and let them take over completely. You will see differently, hear differently and definitely smell differently. But most importantly it will be painful, but very, very worth it…" Professor Booker had said and smiled at the eager to learn students.

Rose accepted this and gave in to the voice. Then she felt something phenomenal happen.

Her hands started to spread and get wider and wider, thick black claws sprouted from her nails in small bursts of pain. Thick hairs sprouted from her skin in waves of crimson and black.

Her back arched as a long tail emerged from her back and flicked wildly. Her arms bent back and she felt her joints pop and bend as they twisted and cracked into their desired shape. Her mouth elongated and she could suddenly smell everything.

Then the change was over, she lay in a heap on the floor, panting heavily. Slowly she opened her eyes, she could see colours, as clear as glass, and she could hear the smallest of sounds. A butterfly wing, a raindrop dropping, Rose bet she could hear them a mile away.

A noise to her left made her leap into the air. She suddenly realized she didn't actually know what she was! She twisted her large head and tried to look at her backside, her heart beat faster when she saw deep red fur covering her back. Black stripes adorned her body in a delicate pattern. Snow-white fur trailed across her belly, up to her chest where it stopped.

Rose suddenly felt like laughing, well her family did say she had a fierce temper! She let out a cough that was meant to be a laugh and she startled herself into silence.

"Can we run now?" The little voice whined. Rose realized it was her inner animal voice. It was childlike and fun, but Rose could tell there was ferocity hidden behind it. Just like a tiger.

"In a second." Rose replied in her head.

She surveyed her surroundings and realized Scorpius was around here somewhere, she used her nose to track down his well-known scent and found him behind a nearby tree. The track back to Hogwarts was deserted so know one would see the huge Bengal tiger sniffing the pale blonde boy.

"R-rose. Just think a-about what you're doing. I-I am friend. N-not foe!" Scorpius spluttered as he looked into the topaz-blue eyes of the tiger.

Rose stared at his quivering frame and decided to get him back for accusing him of attacking his cousin.

Drawing in the largest breath she had ever taken before Rose released it in an almighty roar, that shook the leaves off some trees and probably deafened Scorpius momentarily, before pouncing on him.

He squeezed his eyes shut and started breathing heavily before whimpering something about bloody cats.

Rose let out another hacking laugh and put her pink nose to his, her whiskers tickling his pale face. She darted out her tongue and licked his face.

"Ugh! Rose that's gross." Scorpius exclaimed and shoved her heavy frame off him; she retaliated by butting him with her head and shoving him down again.

He pushed her back and leapt on top of her, they were soon involved in a wrestling match, but a tiger against a boy was hardly fair. Scorpius soon grew too carefree and he pulled out his wand.

"Screw it" Scorpius exclaimed as he threw caution to the wind and pointed his wand to himself.

"Veritanimaux!" He exclaimed

Rose watched in amazement as Scorpius fell onto the ground, she padded over to him and nuzzled his already sweating face. His body convulsed violently, but he looked up and gave Rose a tired wink.

His arms elongated and a shock of white hair sprouted out of his biceps. He curled up as a black and white tail shot out of his tailbone. His legs popped and bent until he was standing like Rose. He back gave one last up heave as his face morphed and lengthened, and then he fell to the floor.

Rose gazed at her boyfriend. His body was exactly like hers, probably longer and a bit taller. But his fur was a brilliant white, and his eyes. They weren't the harsh yellow flecked with blue like hers. They were a cool grey blue that stared at Rose in amazement.

He, too, was a Bengal tiger or, rather, a white Bengal tiger. They both knew that this was unheard of. It was incredible that their patroni and animal forms matched. They knew that they couldn't let something as petty as an argument about Scorpius' cousin breaks them apart.

Rose gazed at her boyfriend and nuzzled his head, he bumped her back and both of their little voices were telling them to just go!

Soon they were playing and fighting, all without a care in the world. Suddenly they heard a voice from the left of them. They gazed up to see Professor Booker staring down at them.

"Well, well. Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy…I thought someone would break the rules, but I certainly didn't expect it to be either of you!"

So… whadda ya think?

Also my question is…

What is your favourite cartoon character?

Mine is Tinkerbelle