Authors Note: First we'd like to say thank you so very much to all the people that have reviewed. We were both a little worried about how people would react to this since it's our first collaboration and Anney's first HP fanfic. For those that questioned Harry's attack on Ron, hopefully this chapter will clear that up and if it doesn't feel free to email Anney (getasimp@aol.com) to ask any questions.
For anyone wondering about 'Embracing...' Your Silencer is taking a break from this fic to work on it (not a long one), hopefully a new chapter will be out soon.
If anyone was wondering about the HarryxLucius ML, the url is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HarryxLucius/
We couldn't get the italics and bolds to work so Harry's thoughts are ::blah blah::
Draco's thoughts are /blah blah/ also any word that looks like this _tadaa_ is emphasized
So, without further ado here's chapter two.
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Harry, being carried down the hallways by Draco, was worried about the meeting with Dumbledore. The Headmaster always seemed to know what exactly everyone was doing in the school so the chances of him not knowing that Talis was Harry were very slim. Hopefully he would change Harry back to his human form and only give him a few detentions and maybe take some house points away. As nice as Draco was being to Talis Harry was apprehensive about how he'd react to finding out that his cat was not a cat. Namely that said cat was his school enemy.
"Sir, I'd like to tell you that I did not tell Talis to attack Weasely. I don't think it is very fair of me to be in trouble for something I had no control over. Plus, I was trying to get Talis off Weasely before he could cause any severe damage but he wouldn't be quiet and all his yelling was upsetting my cat. If anything I think-" When Harry realized that Draco ::Malfoy dammit!:: was trying to weasel his way out of trouble, even if he really wasn't the cause this time, he stopped paying attention.
::I have to figure out a way to tell Dumbledore that I'm me. If he doesn't already know that is. I'm certain that he would change me back. Ron and Hermione will be very worried if I don't show up sometime today with a good excuse for not going back to the dorm last night or being at breakfast. I could always tell them that I feel asleep outside. No, they probably looked outside. Um, maybe a classroom. Yea, I was sitting in some random empty classroom, must emphasize that the classroom was empty, and I must have fell asleep. Which is why I never went back to the dorm and since no one was around to wake me up I slept through breakfast. Well, I've got that planned, now I just need to get Dumbledore to change me back.::
"Here we are Mr. Malfoy." At this Harry started paying attention again and looked up just in time to see Dumbledore touch the right ear on the gargoyle which caused it to move over and show the stairway up to his office. ::Hm, that's interesting. It's probably keyed to his touch or something. Must be nice, that way if he's taking someone up and he doesn't want them to know the password all he has to do is touch the ear. Kinda like those muggle touch pad things.::
"Please have a seat and we'll talk about Talis some." Dumbledore sat behind his desk and motioned for Draco to take a seat across from him. When Draco was settled, with Harry sitting on his lap trying to give Dumbledore meaningful looks; which wasn't really working since Harry was a cat, Dumbledore leaned forward and said, "Mr. Malfoy what exactly happened that caused Talis to attack Mr. Weasely? I want the whole story from your point of view. When Mr. Weasely is recovered I'll ask him for his side. Could you also tell me when exactly you got Talis as well? I didn't know you had a cat."
"Um, yes sir. Last night when I was patrolling the halls to see if any students where out of their common room I saw him running down the hall. It was the hall the potion class room is on, and I picked him up to see if he had a collar so I could return him to his owner but he didn't have one. I decided that he must be a stray and that I'd keep him. I haven't heard of anyone missing a cat so I just assumed that he wasn't owned since he doesn't have a collar." Draco told Dumbledore. He didn't see the point of lying about that since it wasn't like he stole Talis from anyone. Besides, if he did belong to someone they shouldn't let him roam around the castle without a collar. /I'll get him a collar at Hogsmede this weekend. I don't want anyone taking him from me. A nice velvet one, green to match his eyes./
"Very well, you're correct about no one missing a pet so I see no problem with you keeping him. Just be sure to get him a collar so no one thinks he's not owned. It's school policy for cats to have a collar with owner information on them anyway. Now tell me about the attack on Mr. Weasely."
"When I walked into the great hall this morning for breakfast he just came up to me and accused me of doing something to Potter. Which I didn't. I haven't seen Potter since yesterday at dinner. I never came across him last night during patrol. It's not my problem if Weasely can't keep up with his friends. I'm not stupid enough to try anything to Potter anyway. Contrary to popular belief, sir, I am not my father. I know that many people in this school, even some of the teachers, think that I'm following my father's footsteps but I'm not. Nor will I." During this speech Draco had gotten very tense. It was quite clear to Dumbledore, and Harry, that anything to do with Draco's father was a very sore subject, and probably one that should be avoided.
"That's fine Draco. What was Talis doing while Mr. Weasely was making this accusation?" Dumbledore was trying to steer the conversation away from Lucius Malfoy without being too obvious. Luckily for him he was a pro at getting people to do what he wanted them to do.
"He was getting very tense in my arms. When Weasely pulled back his fist to punch me Talis jumped on him and the next thing I know Weasely is threatening to kill him and then Talis just attacked. I think that Talis felt like we were both being threatened, which we were, and he was just defending us. If any of the teachers were paying attention they would have noticed that I was trying to get Talis off of Weasely but he wouldn't stop yelling which was further aggravating Talis and that's when he bit his nose. If there was any damage that can't be fixed to his robes from Talis' claws I'll pay for him to have a new set, if you'd like. However, I think that the attack was Weasely's own fault. It's not very smart to attack a wizard when his familiar is nearby. All wizards should know this, it's one of the first things we're taught as children. 'Never attack a wizard that has a familiar, they are magical creatures and will kill to protect their masters.' Therefore I am not at fault." Draco sat back and was petting Talis once he finished his accounting of the 'incident'
"Yes of course you are right. I shall talk to Mr. Weasely later on before he returns to class. You won't have to attend the detentions but the house points will still be removed. You should have better control over Talis. Now, about Mr. Potter. If you are asked tell whoever asked that he is in safe hands. I shall inform everyone at dinner tonight about his apparent disappearance. He has been put in hiding and is training for the fight against Voldemort. We've put him in a situation that he must get himself out of. We can't help him. I do believe that is all. Oh yes, you are allowed to take Talis to any of your classes you wish. It might be prudent to take him to all. I wouldn't want another moment like the one that happened this morning. In the future please keep a tighter grip on him." Dumbledore said. Instead of looking at Draco though he was staring at Talis when he said the part about Harry.
::What? Safe hands? He must know that I'm Talis. Why isn't he changing me back? And what in the bloody hell did he mean about being 'put in a situation he must find his own way out of'? He could bloody well help me. He's the damn Headmaster. I don't want to be a cat!:: Harry, to put it lightly, was pissed. He had put all of his hopes on Dumbledore changing him back. It couldn't be hard, the man was the strongest wizard of his time.
"Yes sir. I shall do that. Thank you for taking away the detentions. I guess I'll be going now." With that Draco got up and walked out of the office. "Well Talis. That wasn't so bad was it?" he asked once he was once again in the hallway. "I don't really understand what he was gibbering about when he was talking about Potter and the 'situation' he's in. But that's not my problem. So, do you want to go with me to History of Magic or do you want to go to my dorm room? Well, you can't answer so I'll just take you with me to class. Besides, it's bound to piss off all the people who have to leave their pets in the common rooms. This will be fun. I'll take you to potions too. I'm sure you'll have fun there, we'll harass some Gryffindorks.
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Harry wasn't really looking forward to going to potions as a cat. Snape didn't really seem like the type of person to like animals, although being Draco's 'pet' was probably a plus.
"What's wrong Talis? You seem so tense ... aww.. my little baby." said Draco as he realized his kitty got a little tense as they were walking down the hall. He stoked his head and scratched under his chin to make Talis feel a little better. Talis began to purr and relax in Draco's arms.
::I didn't know Dra- Malfoy could be so gentle::
Pansy watched with interest at how gentle Draco could be and instantly got jealous, "Draco you're pussy whipped, flat out." Talis hissed and reached out to claw at her. ::I'm not a pussy you bitch! Wait.. I guess I am...::
Draco turned to her sharply and said, "Shutup you cunt."
Pansy's expression changed from content to upset and walked off leaving Draco and Talis to themselves. "I'm sorry if she upset you. She can be really annoying and all she ever does is lie..."
While Draco continued to tell Talis all of Pansy's faults, which she didn't appreciate in the least, Harry stopped paying attention and started thinking about some of the things Draco had said in Dumbledore's office. ::So, Draco isn't like his father. He sure acts like it. He's always making fun of Ron and calls Hermione 'mud-blood' not to mention all the things he's done to me. The dementor thing back in 3rd year, the comments about Cedric, always getting me in trouble during potions. He's a little ass. I should bite him too.:: While Harry was contemplating just where to attack Draco he was set down on a desk and when he looked around he saw that they had made it to the potions classroom. ::Well, I'll bite him later. The little shit. Although, I probably shouldn't call him little. I mean, he is taller than me. And he has more muscles, and -::
"Mr. Malfoy, you know that pets aren't allowed in this class. If you could remove that," here Snape sneered at Talis, "cat from the class we will continue our lesson."
"I'm sorry sir. The Headmaster said for me to keep him with me for the time being. At least until he gets used to being at Hogwarts." Draco was trying really hard not to sound extremely smug about having permission to keep Talis in class with him. /That's bound to piss off a lot of people. Why do I feel the need to rub my hands together and cackle?/ Draco just shrugged and got his potions things settled the way he liked them to be.
"Well, since Mr. Malfoy's cat is special," here Snape sneered to show just how special he thought the cat really was, "we'll just have to have a demonstration today. Because your cat is the cause of this we'll use it." with that said Snape grabbed Talis by the scruff and plopped him down on his desk. "Today I'll be showing you the affects of the Fera Orare potion. This will allow us to understand anything the cat says. It will also compel him to answer any questions we ask. So, I'll just administer some to the cat, and we'll see what happens." Snape quickly grabbed Harry by his head forced his mouth open and forced him to swallow a neon blue liquid that he had on his desk. Harry was trying really hard not to throw up the bacon he had eaten earlier, but he didn't think he'd be able to keep it down.
"That has got to be the worst thing I've ever eaten! Sweet Merlin, Snape are you trying to kill me?" Harry said. Then he paused, "Can you understand me now?" he asked.
"Yes, we can. And believe me if I wanted you dead you'd know it. Now, does anyone have any questions?" Snape looked around the class. Suddenly a hand in the back was raised. "Yes Mr. Weasely?"
"Go ahead and admit that Malfoy told you to attack me cat. Everyone knows he did. Might as well get some confirmation from you." Ron sounded extremely pleased with himself with that statement. He was certain that Talis would tell everyone that it was a planned attack and Ron would then get Draco in some serious trouble. Draco just looked back at Ron and smirked, /Stupid Weasley. Like Talis would even admit to being told to attack. Snape didn't say that he couldn't lie under the potion, just that he'd be compelled to answer. Figures he wouldn't pay attention./
"Well, for your information _Ron_," Harry emphasized Ron's name to show his amusement at having to respond to this. "Draco didn't tell me to attack you. I doubt he would do something like that. The reason why I did what I did is because you pissed me off. I have a really bad habit of clawing before I think," there was a snort of laughter from Draco at that wording, "and you got me mad enough to attack. Plus, Draco hadn't done anything to you. We had just walked into the great hall when you started making all kinds of crazy accusations. Maybe you should talk to a teacher about your missing friend instead of getting in fights. Besides, I'm Draco's _familiar_ and every wizard knows that you don't try to harm a wizard when his familiar is nearby. It's like painting a bullseye on your chest and asking to be shot."
"You're lying. I know he made you attack me somehow." Ron was in some serious denial about being at fault.
"You stupid prat! I'm not lying about this. It would be pointless. Draco didn't have to tell me to attack you because every time you open your bloody mouth you ask for it. I am getting sick and tired of you always blaming Draco for every little thing that goes on. 'Oh dinner's burnt! Well, Malfoy must have snuck down to the kitchen and cursed it!' Draco is not Satan. You're in seventh year. You'd think that you'd outgrow these childish behaviors you persist in showing."
After hearing that Ron leaped out of his seat and went to grab for Talis only to be thrown backwards by a strong pull on his school robes. Ron spun around trying to see who had stopped him from shutting that stupid cat up only to be faced with a quick punch to the nose.
"Don't fuck with my cat Weasel. I'll be forced to kill you." Ron, spread out on the ground from the punch, could only hold his nose trying to get the bleeding to stop.
Snape had been standing off to the side while all this was going on. If anyone dared to look closely at the professor they would have noticed that he was trying very hard to keep from laughing at the look on Ron's face while he was laid at on the floor. "Well Draco, if it wasn't against school rules I'd have to encourage this little display, but as it is." here Snape trailed off, "Well, I'll have to give you a detention I'm sure we can think of something worthy of today's actions. You too Mr. Weasely, for trying to harm a fellow wizards familiar." Snape had his mouth curled into what on anyone else would be called a smile.
Ron could only groan when he heard this. Although the punch Draco landed to his nose might have had something to do with it as well. Draco, having carefully walked around Ron, had picked Talis up and was moving him as far away Ron that he could. While alternating soothing pets and words.
Hermione had been paying more attention to Talis than the other students. She thought that there was something familiar about him, but she could put her finger on it. She decided that as soon as possible she was going to have a little chat with Malfoy about his cat, mainly about how well he knew things that only other Gryffindors should know about.
"Alright. Since Mr. Weasely decided to interrupt class with his outrageous behavior class is dismissed. I do hope you paid attention though, because there will be a quiz next class. For those of you that didn't, I'm sure the potion I used is somewhere in your text."
Ron was trying to talk to Hermione about what had happened during class, he was hoping for some sympathy when Hermione turned around, pointed her finger at Ron and proceeded to give him a severe tongue lashing. "I can't believe you Ron. Trying to attack a poor defenseless animal," here Ron snorted. Which only made Hermione angrier. "I personally don't blame Malfoy for punching you in the nose one bit. And you deserve that detention for being stupid enough to try to do something to Malfoy's familiar," the finger she had been pointing at Ron was now jabbing him in the chest in an effort to get her point across, "in Snape's class anyway. You great big prat!"
Draco and Harry were making their way towards the dungeons when they suddenly heard a loud, shrill voice yell, "Ronald Weasely! I can't believe you would say that." Draco looked down at Talis, shook his head and said, "I've never been more glad not to be Weasely in my whole life." Harry could only shake his head in agreement.
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The name of the potion "Fera Orare" is Latin and means 'animal thought' If the grammer is wrong please excuse us because we don't know any Latin. We looked this up on a site. Feel free to review. *hint hint*
For anyone wondering about 'Embracing...' Your Silencer is taking a break from this fic to work on it (not a long one), hopefully a new chapter will be out soon.
If anyone was wondering about the HarryxLucius ML, the url is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HarryxLucius/
We couldn't get the italics and bolds to work so Harry's thoughts are ::blah blah::
Draco's thoughts are /blah blah/ also any word that looks like this _tadaa_ is emphasized
So, without further ado here's chapter two.
*****
Harry, being carried down the hallways by Draco, was worried about the meeting with Dumbledore. The Headmaster always seemed to know what exactly everyone was doing in the school so the chances of him not knowing that Talis was Harry were very slim. Hopefully he would change Harry back to his human form and only give him a few detentions and maybe take some house points away. As nice as Draco was being to Talis Harry was apprehensive about how he'd react to finding out that his cat was not a cat. Namely that said cat was his school enemy.
"Sir, I'd like to tell you that I did not tell Talis to attack Weasely. I don't think it is very fair of me to be in trouble for something I had no control over. Plus, I was trying to get Talis off Weasely before he could cause any severe damage but he wouldn't be quiet and all his yelling was upsetting my cat. If anything I think-" When Harry realized that Draco ::Malfoy dammit!:: was trying to weasel his way out of trouble, even if he really wasn't the cause this time, he stopped paying attention.
::I have to figure out a way to tell Dumbledore that I'm me. If he doesn't already know that is. I'm certain that he would change me back. Ron and Hermione will be very worried if I don't show up sometime today with a good excuse for not going back to the dorm last night or being at breakfast. I could always tell them that I feel asleep outside. No, they probably looked outside. Um, maybe a classroom. Yea, I was sitting in some random empty classroom, must emphasize that the classroom was empty, and I must have fell asleep. Which is why I never went back to the dorm and since no one was around to wake me up I slept through breakfast. Well, I've got that planned, now I just need to get Dumbledore to change me back.::
"Here we are Mr. Malfoy." At this Harry started paying attention again and looked up just in time to see Dumbledore touch the right ear on the gargoyle which caused it to move over and show the stairway up to his office. ::Hm, that's interesting. It's probably keyed to his touch or something. Must be nice, that way if he's taking someone up and he doesn't want them to know the password all he has to do is touch the ear. Kinda like those muggle touch pad things.::
"Please have a seat and we'll talk about Talis some." Dumbledore sat behind his desk and motioned for Draco to take a seat across from him. When Draco was settled, with Harry sitting on his lap trying to give Dumbledore meaningful looks; which wasn't really working since Harry was a cat, Dumbledore leaned forward and said, "Mr. Malfoy what exactly happened that caused Talis to attack Mr. Weasely? I want the whole story from your point of view. When Mr. Weasely is recovered I'll ask him for his side. Could you also tell me when exactly you got Talis as well? I didn't know you had a cat."
"Um, yes sir. Last night when I was patrolling the halls to see if any students where out of their common room I saw him running down the hall. It was the hall the potion class room is on, and I picked him up to see if he had a collar so I could return him to his owner but he didn't have one. I decided that he must be a stray and that I'd keep him. I haven't heard of anyone missing a cat so I just assumed that he wasn't owned since he doesn't have a collar." Draco told Dumbledore. He didn't see the point of lying about that since it wasn't like he stole Talis from anyone. Besides, if he did belong to someone they shouldn't let him roam around the castle without a collar. /I'll get him a collar at Hogsmede this weekend. I don't want anyone taking him from me. A nice velvet one, green to match his eyes./
"Very well, you're correct about no one missing a pet so I see no problem with you keeping him. Just be sure to get him a collar so no one thinks he's not owned. It's school policy for cats to have a collar with owner information on them anyway. Now tell me about the attack on Mr. Weasely."
"When I walked into the great hall this morning for breakfast he just came up to me and accused me of doing something to Potter. Which I didn't. I haven't seen Potter since yesterday at dinner. I never came across him last night during patrol. It's not my problem if Weasely can't keep up with his friends. I'm not stupid enough to try anything to Potter anyway. Contrary to popular belief, sir, I am not my father. I know that many people in this school, even some of the teachers, think that I'm following my father's footsteps but I'm not. Nor will I." During this speech Draco had gotten very tense. It was quite clear to Dumbledore, and Harry, that anything to do with Draco's father was a very sore subject, and probably one that should be avoided.
"That's fine Draco. What was Talis doing while Mr. Weasely was making this accusation?" Dumbledore was trying to steer the conversation away from Lucius Malfoy without being too obvious. Luckily for him he was a pro at getting people to do what he wanted them to do.
"He was getting very tense in my arms. When Weasely pulled back his fist to punch me Talis jumped on him and the next thing I know Weasely is threatening to kill him and then Talis just attacked. I think that Talis felt like we were both being threatened, which we were, and he was just defending us. If any of the teachers were paying attention they would have noticed that I was trying to get Talis off of Weasely but he wouldn't stop yelling which was further aggravating Talis and that's when he bit his nose. If there was any damage that can't be fixed to his robes from Talis' claws I'll pay for him to have a new set, if you'd like. However, I think that the attack was Weasely's own fault. It's not very smart to attack a wizard when his familiar is nearby. All wizards should know this, it's one of the first things we're taught as children. 'Never attack a wizard that has a familiar, they are magical creatures and will kill to protect their masters.' Therefore I am not at fault." Draco sat back and was petting Talis once he finished his accounting of the 'incident'
"Yes of course you are right. I shall talk to Mr. Weasely later on before he returns to class. You won't have to attend the detentions but the house points will still be removed. You should have better control over Talis. Now, about Mr. Potter. If you are asked tell whoever asked that he is in safe hands. I shall inform everyone at dinner tonight about his apparent disappearance. He has been put in hiding and is training for the fight against Voldemort. We've put him in a situation that he must get himself out of. We can't help him. I do believe that is all. Oh yes, you are allowed to take Talis to any of your classes you wish. It might be prudent to take him to all. I wouldn't want another moment like the one that happened this morning. In the future please keep a tighter grip on him." Dumbledore said. Instead of looking at Draco though he was staring at Talis when he said the part about Harry.
::What? Safe hands? He must know that I'm Talis. Why isn't he changing me back? And what in the bloody hell did he mean about being 'put in a situation he must find his own way out of'? He could bloody well help me. He's the damn Headmaster. I don't want to be a cat!:: Harry, to put it lightly, was pissed. He had put all of his hopes on Dumbledore changing him back. It couldn't be hard, the man was the strongest wizard of his time.
"Yes sir. I shall do that. Thank you for taking away the detentions. I guess I'll be going now." With that Draco got up and walked out of the office. "Well Talis. That wasn't so bad was it?" he asked once he was once again in the hallway. "I don't really understand what he was gibbering about when he was talking about Potter and the 'situation' he's in. But that's not my problem. So, do you want to go with me to History of Magic or do you want to go to my dorm room? Well, you can't answer so I'll just take you with me to class. Besides, it's bound to piss off all the people who have to leave their pets in the common rooms. This will be fun. I'll take you to potions too. I'm sure you'll have fun there, we'll harass some Gryffindorks.
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Harry wasn't really looking forward to going to potions as a cat. Snape didn't really seem like the type of person to like animals, although being Draco's 'pet' was probably a plus.
"What's wrong Talis? You seem so tense ... aww.. my little baby." said Draco as he realized his kitty got a little tense as they were walking down the hall. He stoked his head and scratched under his chin to make Talis feel a little better. Talis began to purr and relax in Draco's arms.
::I didn't know Dra- Malfoy could be so gentle::
Pansy watched with interest at how gentle Draco could be and instantly got jealous, "Draco you're pussy whipped, flat out." Talis hissed and reached out to claw at her. ::I'm not a pussy you bitch! Wait.. I guess I am...::
Draco turned to her sharply and said, "Shutup you cunt."
Pansy's expression changed from content to upset and walked off leaving Draco and Talis to themselves. "I'm sorry if she upset you. She can be really annoying and all she ever does is lie..."
While Draco continued to tell Talis all of Pansy's faults, which she didn't appreciate in the least, Harry stopped paying attention and started thinking about some of the things Draco had said in Dumbledore's office. ::So, Draco isn't like his father. He sure acts like it. He's always making fun of Ron and calls Hermione 'mud-blood' not to mention all the things he's done to me. The dementor thing back in 3rd year, the comments about Cedric, always getting me in trouble during potions. He's a little ass. I should bite him too.:: While Harry was contemplating just where to attack Draco he was set down on a desk and when he looked around he saw that they had made it to the potions classroom. ::Well, I'll bite him later. The little shit. Although, I probably shouldn't call him little. I mean, he is taller than me. And he has more muscles, and -::
"Mr. Malfoy, you know that pets aren't allowed in this class. If you could remove that," here Snape sneered at Talis, "cat from the class we will continue our lesson."
"I'm sorry sir. The Headmaster said for me to keep him with me for the time being. At least until he gets used to being at Hogwarts." Draco was trying really hard not to sound extremely smug about having permission to keep Talis in class with him. /That's bound to piss off a lot of people. Why do I feel the need to rub my hands together and cackle?/ Draco just shrugged and got his potions things settled the way he liked them to be.
"Well, since Mr. Malfoy's cat is special," here Snape sneered to show just how special he thought the cat really was, "we'll just have to have a demonstration today. Because your cat is the cause of this we'll use it." with that said Snape grabbed Talis by the scruff and plopped him down on his desk. "Today I'll be showing you the affects of the Fera Orare potion. This will allow us to understand anything the cat says. It will also compel him to answer any questions we ask. So, I'll just administer some to the cat, and we'll see what happens." Snape quickly grabbed Harry by his head forced his mouth open and forced him to swallow a neon blue liquid that he had on his desk. Harry was trying really hard not to throw up the bacon he had eaten earlier, but he didn't think he'd be able to keep it down.
"That has got to be the worst thing I've ever eaten! Sweet Merlin, Snape are you trying to kill me?" Harry said. Then he paused, "Can you understand me now?" he asked.
"Yes, we can. And believe me if I wanted you dead you'd know it. Now, does anyone have any questions?" Snape looked around the class. Suddenly a hand in the back was raised. "Yes Mr. Weasely?"
"Go ahead and admit that Malfoy told you to attack me cat. Everyone knows he did. Might as well get some confirmation from you." Ron sounded extremely pleased with himself with that statement. He was certain that Talis would tell everyone that it was a planned attack and Ron would then get Draco in some serious trouble. Draco just looked back at Ron and smirked, /Stupid Weasley. Like Talis would even admit to being told to attack. Snape didn't say that he couldn't lie under the potion, just that he'd be compelled to answer. Figures he wouldn't pay attention./
"Well, for your information _Ron_," Harry emphasized Ron's name to show his amusement at having to respond to this. "Draco didn't tell me to attack you. I doubt he would do something like that. The reason why I did what I did is because you pissed me off. I have a really bad habit of clawing before I think," there was a snort of laughter from Draco at that wording, "and you got me mad enough to attack. Plus, Draco hadn't done anything to you. We had just walked into the great hall when you started making all kinds of crazy accusations. Maybe you should talk to a teacher about your missing friend instead of getting in fights. Besides, I'm Draco's _familiar_ and every wizard knows that you don't try to harm a wizard when his familiar is nearby. It's like painting a bullseye on your chest and asking to be shot."
"You're lying. I know he made you attack me somehow." Ron was in some serious denial about being at fault.
"You stupid prat! I'm not lying about this. It would be pointless. Draco didn't have to tell me to attack you because every time you open your bloody mouth you ask for it. I am getting sick and tired of you always blaming Draco for every little thing that goes on. 'Oh dinner's burnt! Well, Malfoy must have snuck down to the kitchen and cursed it!' Draco is not Satan. You're in seventh year. You'd think that you'd outgrow these childish behaviors you persist in showing."
After hearing that Ron leaped out of his seat and went to grab for Talis only to be thrown backwards by a strong pull on his school robes. Ron spun around trying to see who had stopped him from shutting that stupid cat up only to be faced with a quick punch to the nose.
"Don't fuck with my cat Weasel. I'll be forced to kill you." Ron, spread out on the ground from the punch, could only hold his nose trying to get the bleeding to stop.
Snape had been standing off to the side while all this was going on. If anyone dared to look closely at the professor they would have noticed that he was trying very hard to keep from laughing at the look on Ron's face while he was laid at on the floor. "Well Draco, if it wasn't against school rules I'd have to encourage this little display, but as it is." here Snape trailed off, "Well, I'll have to give you a detention I'm sure we can think of something worthy of today's actions. You too Mr. Weasely, for trying to harm a fellow wizards familiar." Snape had his mouth curled into what on anyone else would be called a smile.
Ron could only groan when he heard this. Although the punch Draco landed to his nose might have had something to do with it as well. Draco, having carefully walked around Ron, had picked Talis up and was moving him as far away Ron that he could. While alternating soothing pets and words.
Hermione had been paying more attention to Talis than the other students. She thought that there was something familiar about him, but she could put her finger on it. She decided that as soon as possible she was going to have a little chat with Malfoy about his cat, mainly about how well he knew things that only other Gryffindors should know about.
"Alright. Since Mr. Weasely decided to interrupt class with his outrageous behavior class is dismissed. I do hope you paid attention though, because there will be a quiz next class. For those of you that didn't, I'm sure the potion I used is somewhere in your text."
Ron was trying to talk to Hermione about what had happened during class, he was hoping for some sympathy when Hermione turned around, pointed her finger at Ron and proceeded to give him a severe tongue lashing. "I can't believe you Ron. Trying to attack a poor defenseless animal," here Ron snorted. Which only made Hermione angrier. "I personally don't blame Malfoy for punching you in the nose one bit. And you deserve that detention for being stupid enough to try to do something to Malfoy's familiar," the finger she had been pointing at Ron was now jabbing him in the chest in an effort to get her point across, "in Snape's class anyway. You great big prat!"
Draco and Harry were making their way towards the dungeons when they suddenly heard a loud, shrill voice yell, "Ronald Weasely! I can't believe you would say that." Draco looked down at Talis, shook his head and said, "I've never been more glad not to be Weasely in my whole life." Harry could only shake his head in agreement.
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The name of the potion "Fera Orare" is Latin and means 'animal thought' If the grammer is wrong please excuse us because we don't know any Latin. We looked this up on a site. Feel free to review. *hint hint*