(continuation of Part 5...)

"Oh, good," said Bill. "You got my letter. She just seems to be sick."

"Now, Stripe, have you been a good girl?" asked Dumbledore, taking the cat.

"MUM!" yelled Percy apparating downstairs. "FRED BLEW UP THE TOI...Professor Dumbledore!"

Part 6

"Where did Kasey go?" asked Em.

"I bet ya I know," said Katelyn.

"Ohh...poor kitty," said Erin, "maybe we should go after her..."

"Nah...what trouble could Stripe get into?"

"A lot with the Weasley family."

"Hermione should be there. She'll be fine." All of a sudden, Professor McGonagall appeared.

"Professor Dumbledore is requesting your presence at Hogwarts."

"Why?" asked Katelyn. "School doesn't start for three days."

"He said that if you had doubts to say it had to do with Stripe. Though what that mischevous cat would have to do with it I'm not sure..."

"Uh-oh..."

Part 7

"Hello, Percy. Mrs. Weasley, I was wondering if Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred and George could come to Hogwarts with me. As soon as possible."

"Of course! Go pack," she said to them. They hurried upstairs. "Do you know this cat?"

"Oh, Stripe, she comes around every so often. Usually when in trouble. She's going to come with me. Hagrid'll take care of her."

Stripe began mewing pitifully. Dumbledore scratched her behind the ears, causing her to stop. "I believe I'll go check on them," said Dumbledore. He climbed up the stairs. He went into the twins' room. "All right, George, what happened?" He peered over his spectacles, waiting.

"Maybe we better wait until everyone is...put her down!" Dumbledore placed kitty on George's bed. (Heeheehee!).

"Did you notice," said Fred, "that Kasey only violently vomits when you're around, George?"

Stripe wasn't happy. When she got sick, she got really sick, and school started in three days! Dumbledore picked her up again. Oh, good; at least he knows...wait, when Katelyn and Em and Erin change, I'll be able to talk to them! thought Kasey to herself. Nobody knew what she was saying because she was still a baby tiger.

"Let's go," said Dumbledore when everybody was downstairs. They used Floo Powder and landed in the Great Hall, where three other students and Professor McGonagall were waiting.

"Professor McGonagall, maybe you should stay. There's something you need to know about. Erin, I want you to change and talk to Kasey."

"Why doesn't she just change back?"

"Because either she can't or she won't."

Erin shrugged and changed into a cat. Professor McGonagall stared. Kasey, what did they do to you?!?

asked Erin to Kasey, being able to talk to her because she was in animal form.

Nothing much. Back up, I'm gonna be sick again!

Again?! Erin changed back and backed up.

"What did she say?"

"Watch out, she's gonna...hurl. Never mind. Oh yeah, and she's sick."

"Which means she can't change back," said Hermione.

"That's not good. When Kasey gets sick, she gets really sick."

"How long has she...since the third year?"

"Umm...yeah..."

"I want the story, now!"

"Well, we were all over Kasey's house..." started Em.

"...and George came..." said Erin.

"...and then Fred came..." said Katelyn.

"...and asked if Kasey and George were really going on a date..."

Part 8

"A WHAT?!?" cried Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Professor McGonagall.

"A date," said Katelyn in her "like duh" tone.

"He asked her on a date!?"

"No, she promised..." the sick kitty glared threateningly at Katelyn. The 'watch what you say, I've gotta hurl' look.

"Sorry, Stripe. Maybe Erin better tell."

"Yeah, and they got into a long fight over Kasey's dress. We won't go into detail. Anyway Kasey took out her wand, and we left. After that who knows what happened."

"She threw up out the window," said Fred, "and George apologized. She didn't accept it, though. So, she turned and umm, George brought her home."

Hermione had taken Kasey into the corner. "No wonder you're sick. I can't believe he asked you out!"

"And then...?"

"Well, uh...things got really interesting. You know what I mean? Charie's gotten attached to the little tiger, trying to get it away from Hermione. Bill likes the little tiger too. Mum's fond of her. Percy seems to...well...put his airs even on her! Go figure," said Fred.

"But how did this sickness come about?" asked Dumbledore, a bit impatient.

"We're not really sure. Maybe she has a stomach virus."

"Maybe it's the raw bacon Mum tried to feed her...Stripe, you didn't actually eat any of that, did you?" Stripe shook her head vigorously.

"Did you have any friends over that have the flu?" asked Hermione. Stripe shook her head again.

"Does any of your family have the flu?" asked George. Kasey shook her head again.

"Does anyone in our family have a sickness?" asked Ron. Suddenly, George left the room, saying he needed to go to the bathroom. Fred followed.

"Is that supposed to mean..." started Em.

"...that George is sick?" finished Katelyn.

"It looks like the stomach flu," said Professor Dumbledore. "I would give Stripe here some medicine from Madam Pomfrey, but I'm not sure if it will work correctly if she's in tiger cub form still. We don't want it to backfire. Let's just hope it's a twenty-four hour bug."

"How much do you wanna bet it isn't?" whispered Em to Katelyn.

"I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!!!!" (Professor McGonagall is a little bit angry right now..." "TELL ME OR I'LL..."

"Please, Minerva, calm down." To the students, he said, "Would you like me to explain, or would you?"

"I think she'd take it better if you told her. You're headmaster," said Katelyn.

"Fine, then; Minerva, some of these children are Animagi. Very clever of them; started even before...oh, never mind."

She had totally mist that last part. "WHO ARE ANIMAGI?!?!!?" she cried out. "TELL ME, NOW!!!!!!"

"Um...I am," squeaked Katelyn.

"Me too," whispered Em. "I turn into a bee, and Katelyn turns into a hawk."

"WHAT?!?!? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING THIS...!?!?!?!?!"

"Umm...since our third year?" said Em sheepishly.

Minerva wasn't exactly thrilled about this. (Good thing Professor Dumbledore made sure the room was sound-proof before having this conversation!) "HOW HAVE YOU DONE IT!? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT...ILLEGALLY...ALBUS, AND YOU'VE KNOWN...YET, WHY DIDN'T YOU REGISTER THEM?!?!?!?"

"Now, Minerva...you must settle down..."

"I WILL NOT SETTLE DOWN UNTIL I KNOW EVERYTHING!!!!!!!"

"Who wants to tell the story?" asked Albus.

"I will!" said Erin.

"Go ahead; please try to sum it up, though, Katt."

"Okay, here goes..."