Author's notes: I want to thank all those people who reviewed my story. You
guys really made my day! Sorry if I'm posting not often enough – but
there's always a reason for everything. I have to translate before posting.
I also have to send the chapters to my wonderful editor Lindsay. She is a
native English speaker. She helps me to improve my language skills and make
the story readable for you ^_^. To answer the question of some of you -
this story is already written, I'm working on the translation of the fourth
part, my editor has the third part – it's rather long. I'm not sure how
many parts will the story have in English, I guess 6 or 7.
There was a question in reviews about nurturing the kittens – isn't it what the girls are doing in the story though? ^_^ The next chapter is about some interesting ways to use Polyjuce potion ^_^.
Again, thank you guys so much for your kind reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Just using the characters. But as I'm not the only one it doesn't bother me much.
Ginny's Mistake
1 Chapter 2
Flashback
Harry entered the boys' dorm after his Quidditch practice extremely tired.
Those girls just couldn't stop squealing and it distracted me the whole time. And Ginny wasn't even with them! Damn!
The boy-who-lived carelessly threw his broom on his bad and pulled of his damp shirt. Just then he spotted a pitcher of water on Ron's bedside table. Certainly Ron won't mind… - Harry poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp.
Suddenly he could only see the room in green, and then everything started swirling around him. Harry closed his eyes and when he dared to open them at last he was able to see clearly again.
Hmm…there's something strange with the room… The bed, it's kind of … I don't know…big? Harry tried to get closer to the bed and suddenly noticed his hands, no they weren't hands anymore, they were… PAWS? Harry ran to the mirror, which was luckily big enough to stand on the floor, and checked out his appearance – he was a kitten (I know cats cannot see anything in a mirror, but he is not a normal cat ^_^). He couldn't stop himself from making a small sound, which came out as a meek meow.
Harry didn't know exactly how long he had been sitting on the floor, gazing dumbstruck at his reflection, when he heard light footsteps and Ginny Weasley entered the room.
What is she doing here? - Harry saw Ginny looking at him with a frown on her face.
What? Am I not cute enough? - he wondered. Ginny looked around and Harry saw with amusement how her eyes became almost round suddenly, and he heard her whisper his name disbelievingly. She looked at him with horror.
How did she find out? - Harry thought, surprised, and suddenly he felt Ginny's hands scooping him from the floor and into her arms.
Hmm…this feels kind of nice, - Harry felt Ginny's fingers caressing his fur and, surprisingly enough, started purring. Ginny was talking to him, but he was too engrossed with the feeling of her fingers in his fur. Suddenly he heard a loud squeal, which was just a bit too loud for his liking.
Cats have more sensitive ears than people. Poor Crookshanks, - Harry thought as Ginny carried him to the girls dorm.
Nice color, - Harry thought, looking amusingly at Parvati Patil. He heard Lavender explaining to Ginny what had happened and was surprised to see his best friend's sister horrified.
Isn't she used to this with Fred and George for older brothers? Just then Ginny fainted. The girls levitated Ginny onto her bed and Harry jumped to the head of her bed and tried to wake her up the best way he could in this form – by licking her cheek.
What am I doing? he thought. Suddenly he heard a low moan and Ginny opened her eyes groggily. She looked at him and there it was again – the look of horror in her eyes.
I wonder why the girls aren't paying any attention to me. Don't they usually like fluffy little things? That's what I am here – all small and fluffy. They're probably too engrossed with Parvati being green.
Harry suddenly heard Hermione's voice and saw her rush into the room with her robe and hair billowing about her. She started talking to the girls, and Harry lost attention playing with Ginny's hair. Suddenly he spotted something moving under Hermione's robe. Obviously everybody else did too, and to answer their questions, Hermione drew a small red kitten from under her robe. Harry heard him mutter:
"What's going on??!! Why do I look like a fur ball?! Hermione, don't you recognize me??"
To the girls, his words probably sounded like meowing, because they all smiled and started petting him.
Well, except for Ginny, she…WHAT…she fainted again?!
The girls gathered around Ginny again and Harry managed to get closer to Ron.
"Ron?" – he asked tentatively.
"HARRY? What are you…how…? What happened?"
"I'm not sure exactly, though I have some ideas. Just wait and we'll see."
"By the way – what happened to my sister?"
"Well, she fainted again."
"AGAIN??"
"So you're finally up!" – Ginny opened her eyes to see Hermione's smiling hazel eyes, relief clearly written on her face.
"What happened? Are you really feeling alright?"
"I guess so…" – Ginny's voice trailed off as she saw two kittens sitting at her footboard and looking at her intently and mumbled:
"Oh, Merlin…"
"What is it? Are you feeling sick? You are too young to be…umm… you know?" – with that phrase the red kitten's eyes became extremely wide and the black kitten just looked at Hermione dumbstruck.
"Jesus, Hermione, of course I'm not pregnant! Where are the girls by the way?"
"They went to their room, they wanted to change out of their school robes before going to the dining hall. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Why are these clothes not good enough?"
"Oh, Hermione…"
"OK, now I'm willing to hear about what happened."
"It's just that, umm…well…I did something…"
"OK, now I know something happened. You look like Fred and George when they perform bad pranks on someone. Did you? Was the victim, by any chance, your brother?"
The next second Ginny was unsuccessfully trying to get rid of red fur ball, who seized her by her hair. "What happened to it?!" - Hermione took the kitten off.
"Erm…it's not an it actually, it's a he".
"A he?"
"Yes," – Ginny sighed, - "I kind of used a transforming potion on him. Poured it in his water, you know…" The red kitten started to twist violently in Hermione's hands, obviously trying to get to his sister and strangle her, but Hermione just strengthened her grip on him, smirking.
"Oh," – Hermione was confused, - "Why are you so horrified then? You prepared the antidote, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did," – Ginny answered meekly.
"Then why are you so worried about it?"
"Parvati…she …kind of drank it…"
"WHAT??"
"Umm…I mixed it with milk, cause I thought it will look more appealing to the kitten and left the room to check on Ron, he wasn't there, but Harry was."
"And…?"
"I umm…got distracted and forgot about the milk on my beside table. Then I heard the squeal."
Hermione shook her head: "So where is Harry? I haven't seen him in the boy's dorm."
"He is sitting behind you, on my right knee…" – Ginny's face lit up with amused smile at last.
Hermione turned rapidly and her eyes met the green eyes of a black kitten. The kitten blinked and meowed softly.
"Oh, Merlin…" – Hermione looked dumbstruck.
Ginny sighed: "That's just what I was saying."
"So we need to make a new antidote now," – Hermione and Ginny were sitting on Ginny's bed. Harry and Ron, who had already calmed down a bit, were sitting in between.
"It's not that easy. I had to go to Snape's laboratory to get the ingredients. I was lucky that he went to London for two days, but I still borrowed Harry's cloak to get there. The problem is that there were hardly any fern flowers left in his laboratory. There aren't enough of them left for the antidote now."
"You sneaked into Snape's stores?" – Hermione looked at Ginny astounded.
"Yes! Can't I do some crazy things too sometimes? I was very angry with Ron then. But will you listen to me?!" – Ginny started fuming again.
"OK, OK, go on…" – Hermione mumbled.
"Yes, to the point. I think Snape will bring some back with him, 'cause he went to London to buy some ingredients for his potions, but it will be more difficult to sneak in the laboratory with Snape in Hogwarts. There's one more problem. The antidote also removes the effects of potion only in 24 hours after it's taken. So we'll need to cover up for the boys' disappearance for some time. But how can we do it? Harry has Quidditch practice tomorrow morning!"
"Polyjuce potion!" – Hermione smiled excitedly and Ginny looked at her beaming friend dumbstruck: Uh-oh, I've created a monster.
There was a question in reviews about nurturing the kittens – isn't it what the girls are doing in the story though? ^_^ The next chapter is about some interesting ways to use Polyjuce potion ^_^.
Again, thank you guys so much for your kind reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Just using the characters. But as I'm not the only one it doesn't bother me much.
Ginny's Mistake
1 Chapter 2
Flashback
Harry entered the boys' dorm after his Quidditch practice extremely tired.
Those girls just couldn't stop squealing and it distracted me the whole time. And Ginny wasn't even with them! Damn!
The boy-who-lived carelessly threw his broom on his bad and pulled of his damp shirt. Just then he spotted a pitcher of water on Ron's bedside table. Certainly Ron won't mind… - Harry poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp.
Suddenly he could only see the room in green, and then everything started swirling around him. Harry closed his eyes and when he dared to open them at last he was able to see clearly again.
Hmm…there's something strange with the room… The bed, it's kind of … I don't know…big? Harry tried to get closer to the bed and suddenly noticed his hands, no they weren't hands anymore, they were… PAWS? Harry ran to the mirror, which was luckily big enough to stand on the floor, and checked out his appearance – he was a kitten (I know cats cannot see anything in a mirror, but he is not a normal cat ^_^). He couldn't stop himself from making a small sound, which came out as a meek meow.
Harry didn't know exactly how long he had been sitting on the floor, gazing dumbstruck at his reflection, when he heard light footsteps and Ginny Weasley entered the room.
What is she doing here? - Harry saw Ginny looking at him with a frown on her face.
What? Am I not cute enough? - he wondered. Ginny looked around and Harry saw with amusement how her eyes became almost round suddenly, and he heard her whisper his name disbelievingly. She looked at him with horror.
How did she find out? - Harry thought, surprised, and suddenly he felt Ginny's hands scooping him from the floor and into her arms.
Hmm…this feels kind of nice, - Harry felt Ginny's fingers caressing his fur and, surprisingly enough, started purring. Ginny was talking to him, but he was too engrossed with the feeling of her fingers in his fur. Suddenly he heard a loud squeal, which was just a bit too loud for his liking.
Cats have more sensitive ears than people. Poor Crookshanks, - Harry thought as Ginny carried him to the girls dorm.
Nice color, - Harry thought, looking amusingly at Parvati Patil. He heard Lavender explaining to Ginny what had happened and was surprised to see his best friend's sister horrified.
Isn't she used to this with Fred and George for older brothers? Just then Ginny fainted. The girls levitated Ginny onto her bed and Harry jumped to the head of her bed and tried to wake her up the best way he could in this form – by licking her cheek.
What am I doing? he thought. Suddenly he heard a low moan and Ginny opened her eyes groggily. She looked at him and there it was again – the look of horror in her eyes.
I wonder why the girls aren't paying any attention to me. Don't they usually like fluffy little things? That's what I am here – all small and fluffy. They're probably too engrossed with Parvati being green.
Harry suddenly heard Hermione's voice and saw her rush into the room with her robe and hair billowing about her. She started talking to the girls, and Harry lost attention playing with Ginny's hair. Suddenly he spotted something moving under Hermione's robe. Obviously everybody else did too, and to answer their questions, Hermione drew a small red kitten from under her robe. Harry heard him mutter:
"What's going on??!! Why do I look like a fur ball?! Hermione, don't you recognize me??"
To the girls, his words probably sounded like meowing, because they all smiled and started petting him.
Well, except for Ginny, she…WHAT…she fainted again?!
The girls gathered around Ginny again and Harry managed to get closer to Ron.
"Ron?" – he asked tentatively.
"HARRY? What are you…how…? What happened?"
"I'm not sure exactly, though I have some ideas. Just wait and we'll see."
"By the way – what happened to my sister?"
"Well, she fainted again."
"AGAIN??"
"So you're finally up!" – Ginny opened her eyes to see Hermione's smiling hazel eyes, relief clearly written on her face.
"What happened? Are you really feeling alright?"
"I guess so…" – Ginny's voice trailed off as she saw two kittens sitting at her footboard and looking at her intently and mumbled:
"Oh, Merlin…"
"What is it? Are you feeling sick? You are too young to be…umm… you know?" – with that phrase the red kitten's eyes became extremely wide and the black kitten just looked at Hermione dumbstruck.
"Jesus, Hermione, of course I'm not pregnant! Where are the girls by the way?"
"They went to their room, they wanted to change out of their school robes before going to the dining hall. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Why are these clothes not good enough?"
"Oh, Hermione…"
"OK, now I'm willing to hear about what happened."
"It's just that, umm…well…I did something…"
"OK, now I know something happened. You look like Fred and George when they perform bad pranks on someone. Did you? Was the victim, by any chance, your brother?"
The next second Ginny was unsuccessfully trying to get rid of red fur ball, who seized her by her hair. "What happened to it?!" - Hermione took the kitten off.
"Erm…it's not an it actually, it's a he".
"A he?"
"Yes," – Ginny sighed, - "I kind of used a transforming potion on him. Poured it in his water, you know…" The red kitten started to twist violently in Hermione's hands, obviously trying to get to his sister and strangle her, but Hermione just strengthened her grip on him, smirking.
"Oh," – Hermione was confused, - "Why are you so horrified then? You prepared the antidote, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did," – Ginny answered meekly.
"Then why are you so worried about it?"
"Parvati…she …kind of drank it…"
"WHAT??"
"Umm…I mixed it with milk, cause I thought it will look more appealing to the kitten and left the room to check on Ron, he wasn't there, but Harry was."
"And…?"
"I umm…got distracted and forgot about the milk on my beside table. Then I heard the squeal."
Hermione shook her head: "So where is Harry? I haven't seen him in the boy's dorm."
"He is sitting behind you, on my right knee…" – Ginny's face lit up with amused smile at last.
Hermione turned rapidly and her eyes met the green eyes of a black kitten. The kitten blinked and meowed softly.
"Oh, Merlin…" – Hermione looked dumbstruck.
Ginny sighed: "That's just what I was saying."
"So we need to make a new antidote now," – Hermione and Ginny were sitting on Ginny's bed. Harry and Ron, who had already calmed down a bit, were sitting in between.
"It's not that easy. I had to go to Snape's laboratory to get the ingredients. I was lucky that he went to London for two days, but I still borrowed Harry's cloak to get there. The problem is that there were hardly any fern flowers left in his laboratory. There aren't enough of them left for the antidote now."
"You sneaked into Snape's stores?" – Hermione looked at Ginny astounded.
"Yes! Can't I do some crazy things too sometimes? I was very angry with Ron then. But will you listen to me?!" – Ginny started fuming again.
"OK, OK, go on…" – Hermione mumbled.
"Yes, to the point. I think Snape will bring some back with him, 'cause he went to London to buy some ingredients for his potions, but it will be more difficult to sneak in the laboratory with Snape in Hogwarts. There's one more problem. The antidote also removes the effects of potion only in 24 hours after it's taken. So we'll need to cover up for the boys' disappearance for some time. But how can we do it? Harry has Quidditch practice tomorrow morning!"
"Polyjuce potion!" – Hermione smiled excitedly and Ginny looked at her beaming friend dumbstruck: Uh-oh, I've created a monster.