Chessie: RabidOrochimaruOtaku still doesn't own. Oh, except me and my family and pets. Oh, and my animagus form of course. I'll do this one.
I raced off towards Harry's house, talking with the black dog the entire way there. It wasn't hard to figure out who he was – the way he was talking longingly about Harry made it obvious that he was a Marauder, and the only other one he could be was Black. He told me everything that had happened and that he was supposed to be the decoy for the Potters' real secret keeper – Pettigrew. Pettigrew, however, had performed a blasting curse before trying to escape. Black, of course, couldn't tell I was an animagus, but it was still good enough to know that he was.
I lurched forwards and froze, growling at him to stop. I could smell another canine in the area, which meant that another Dursley had arrived with it. I told him to wait there and I then slunk away to transform back into my human form. Luckily, my clothes weren't rags, and I leaped over the fence before transforming back to listen to what was going on. I flinched in the side yard as Vernon and Petunia Dursley followed a large balloon of a woman out, and I almost laughed at her misery as I saw what was happening.
I couldn't hold it in – I laughed quietly, but thank goodness none of them heard me, even though the canine in their house had smelled me and the blood on me, meaning that I was dangerous. I piqued my head, listening to the sounds that were going on. I heard a trunk being moved, and then it stopped suddenly.
"She got what she deserved!" Harry said angrily. I can only assume he pointed his wand at Dursley for what was said next.
"You're not allowed to use magic outside your school!" the fat monster stammered.
"Yeah? Try me," Harry challenged before storming out. I transformed back into a human, and bounded up to him quickly.
"Harry!" I called, and he wheeled around warily before relaxing. "Nice performance. Where are you going?"
"I don't know," he admitted, before looking into the bushes. I saw Black's animagus form, and let out a low growl towards him that I knew he would translate to 'back off, I've got him now.'
"So," I said straightening him up before a large bus came.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus," I heard a man say. "I'm Stan Shunspike, and I'll be your host this evening. What you do doin togeder?"
"Traveling," I said like it was obvious. "Otherwise we wouldn't have called."
"Thanks," Harry told him as the adult helped him get his trunk on board. "Um…"
"812, Cedar Lane, Manchester," I said calmly, and he nodded before the bus jerked forwards.
"Who're you?" Shunspike asked, and Harry floundered for an answer.
"Chessie and Neville Fukui, our parents are away at work," I told him, "They told us to get home before dark from our aunt an uncle's house but we lost track of time with our cousin."
"Nice one," Harry whispered before noticing Stan's newspaper. I ignored the duo's ranting as we rode, and I was relieved and fearful when I felt the bus lurch to a stop at long last at my house.
"Sorry," I said quickly as the bus disappeared with a crack. "It was the only place I could think of that the Ministry wouldn't find you."
"You know," he said widening his eyes. "How?"
"Professor Snape, of course," I beamed madly, "In case you hadn't noticed, I'm like his version of Mrs. Norris. Actually, in more ways than one, but you won't figure out about that stuff until your fourth or fifth year. Come on, over the fence."
"What about your guardians?" he whispered fearfully, "Won't they get mad?"
"I've been gone for months, they probably won't care," I shrugged, "I've already been to Diagon Alley for all my things. Come on, they'll have no choice but to let you in once I'm through with them."
"What do you mean?" he whispered as we reached my room (we'd each carried an end of his trunk) in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"I think you'll find that my teeth and ambitions are bared," I said vaguely, and he swallowed fearfully at my words and the mad look in my eyes.
Sure enough, just as the sun rose, my mother barged into the room in a fit of rage.
"You arrogant bitch!" she screamed, "I raise you and this is how you repay me! by going to your bloody headmaster and telling him what I do to you? Well not anymore! You aren't leaving this room ever again! And I'll be damned if I let your little friend out as well!"
"Oh, shut up, you useless bitch!" I yelled and threw my hairbrush at her. "To hell with your stupid rules!"
"You arrogant heap of shit!" my mother screamed before she shoved me backwards and rammed a knife into Silvana's throat.
"Silvana!" I screamed, and Harry held me back fearfully.
I was forced to watch in horror as my mother continued to torture my precious familiar, and I felt the hot and angry tears surge forward, as well as the desire to kill. I pushed the urge back, forcing myself to maintain control over my inner wolf. Silvana had been like my pup, my only friend in this hellhole, a child to me of sorts. Harry watched in horror, grateful that it wasn't Hedwig, and I roared with fury as I tore away from him. I lunged at my mother, clawing and biting at her as best I could, only partially transforming my teeth and nails so that I could get an advantage on her.
"You ungrateful bitch!" she screamed as she rammed my head with her belt buckle. I winced before dodging and circling her angrily. "How dare you try to rip my throat out!"
"I was aiming at your voice box, you over-controlling she-devil!" I yelled angrily, and lunged forward again. This time, however, I was forced back and she decided to destroy my arm.
"Take that!" she yelled as she broke my left forearm in half, the skin barely staying together in shreds. I winced and left it limp before she rammed me against the wall. "And if either of you speak a word of this to anyone, I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish!"
I could hear Potter coming to my side to try to help me fearfully. I rasped out Professor Snape's address, and told him to send the letter in my top left desk drawer – the one I reserved for emergencies like this and rewrote every summer – so that we could get help. I felt my world go black soon after the window was opened and Hedwig flew off.
Like I said, she'll be nearly killed before the Wizengamot actually goes through with the inquiry.
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