Authors Note: First off I would like to say that I will be continuing the fic "Embrace of Darkness" as soon as this is fic is done, I hope I don't make anyone mad. Second off Anney and I are so happy to have recieved so many reviews... you all surprised us both and thank you. Anney however is trying to deal with the q button's devious plan to take over the world and is unable to comment on anything because right now shes probably being turned into a human keyboard either that or tripped out on dayquil. As for the fic... well both do not speak Latin, unfortunately so give us a break and deal, also the money thing....... well or official plan was to a have.... *drum roll*


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Also, ::blah:: is Harry's thoughts and /blah/ is Draco's thoughts.


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Every other class that day was normal.  Mainly because the Gryffindors didn't share any other any with the Slytherins.  Most students, having seen Talis' attack on Ron and heard rumors about the potions class avoided Draco and Talis as if one of them were Voldemort.  Before Harry was aware of the time passing by it was time for dinner and he found himself being carried into the great hall.

"Well Talis.  Today hasn't been that bad has it?  We even got to cause some damage to the Gryffindors in potions.  Although I did get a detention but Snape won't make me do anything so I'm not worried about it."  Harry wasn't really paying attention to anything Draco was saying.  He was still cussing himself out for not telling everyone just who he was in potions.  ::Stupid git:: Harry thought, ::you had the perfect chance to let everyone know just who you are and get help but no!  Had to let your temper get the better of you.  And when Ron finds out just who Talis is he's never going to talk to me again because I've already tried to kill him.  I'm such an idiot!::

"Draco.  That was a great show in potions earlier today.  I was just telling Fern about it."  Blaise said once Draco had gotten settled into his seat.

"I suppose.  Weasely needs to learn his place." Harry let out a growl at the comment, after all Ron was his best friend even if he was being a git, and Harry seemed to keep attacking him.  Harry growled again, ::I'm such an idiot Ron's my best friend.  I need to leave him alone.:: "Look... he even has Talis all mad too I should-" Right when Draco was getting ready to tell everyone just what he thought he should do to Ron Dumbledore stood up and asked for everyone's attention.

"I would first off like to say that no one needs to worry about Mr. Potter, he is fine. He has discovered that after bitter lessons, repeated trials and tests, that all mundane things are useful only because of the lessons which they teach the soul." His beady eyes gazed at Talis and he winked. 

Harry let out a growl at that.  ::Bitter lessons?  What the hell.  I'm stuck as a fricking cat!  I don't want to be a cat anymore.  It was fun at first but this is getting really bothersome.::

"What the hell?  That made no sense whatsoever.  Old Dumbledore's lost his mind."  Harry just had to nod his head in agreement.  He was the one being talked about and he had no idea what Dumbledore meant.  :: The man is so confusing!  I think he does it on purpose.  Maybe he's on some kind of drug.  He does have an unnatural obsession with lemon drops.  He's always eating one.  Wonder what's in them.::

Before Harry could wonder about Dumbledore's sobriety Draco picked him up and started walking out of the great hall.  "Tomorrow is a Hogsmede weekend Talis.  I'm going to get you a collar,"  here he looked down at Harry and gave his head a quick pat. "A green one, I've decided.  To match your eyes. And then-"  Harry tuned Draco out after that.  The idea of going to Hogsmede as a cat wasn't very thrilling to Harry.  ::Not that it really matters I suppose.  I might as well suck it up.  Until I figure out how to change back I'm stuck as Talis:: Harry put a nice little sneer on the name that Draco had picked out for him.  ::I really hadn't thought this through very well.  It's too late for regrets though.  And I guess it could be worse.  At least Filch didn't find me.  Or Snape.  I guess Draco's not that bad.  Draco?  Dammit.  I've been around him too long.  His name is Malfoy.  It doesn't matter that he stopped Ron from attacking me, or that he's been so nice to me since he's found me.  Maybe he's not so bad?  He hasn't tortured me or anything.  Matter of fact he's kept other people from hurting me.::  Harry looked up at Draco who was still talking about going to Hogsmede.

"And then we'll have lunch.  You'll enjoy that I'm sure.  I also need to get my mother a gift.  Stock up on some more chocolate frogs.  Pansy keeps eating all mine.  The bint.  I should charge her-"  Harry shook his head.  ::For such an ass he's not really that bad.  I just don't understand him.::

"Well, here we are.  I have some homework and then we'll go to bed so we can beat the crowd going into Hogsmede in the morning.  I hate being surrounded by people."  Draco sat Harry down on the bed and walked over to his desk and started doing his homework.  Harry, with nothing else to do, laid down on Draco's pillow and fell asleep.  What Harry didn't see was the smile on Draco's face when he saw where Talis was laying.  Draco got up from the desk, changed into his pajama pants, and climbed into bed.  Draco's movement woke Harry up enough for him to crawl onto Draco's chest and nuzzle his head under his chin.  "Good night Talis."  Draco whispered, only to hear a sleepy purr come out of Talis.


Draco left his room door open for Talis so he wouldn't damage his room again while he bathed. Harry walked around the common room bored, and still a little sleepy. He went and knocked many of the other kids belongings over, trying to find something interesting to do. He jumped when he felt something rub on him. Which caused him to fall off the table with a loud thud of various falling objects and yet he landed on his feet.  ::Damn this always landing on your feet thing is very handy.:: Harry thought.  He looked up at the table to see what had been rubbing on him and found another cat staring down at him, her arm thrown over the table. Her gray fur was extremely fluffy and she had blue eyes. She meowed at him and turned over on her back. Harry looked on in horror as he knew what was going on.
::Oh god... no fucking way...::
The kitty jumped down and rubbed on him, meowing and purring. She walked around to his butt and sniffed. Harry jumped up and hissed reaching out his claws to swat at her.
::She's in heat!!!::  The feline just ignored this and rubbed on him till she laid in front of him, he upper body on the ground and her butt up in the air. Her tail was cocked to the side exposing stuff Harry truly didn't want to see. He hissed and whacked at her again but she only mewled and began marching her back legs rubbing her face in the floor. Harry broke into a run as fast as his little cat legs would carry him. He made it in the room and pushed the bathroom door open.  Harry looked over his shoulder to see if he had lost the crazy female and was horrified to see that she had followed him into the bedroom and was running towards him like he was a mouse and she hadn't had anything to eat in weeks. With another hiss to tell her to back off he turned back towards the bathroom, and hopefully his safety, but he stopped when he saw Draco in the tub.  He managed to slide across the floor and hop up into the tub before the other cat could pounce on him. Draco moved out of the way of Talis whose claws were sticking straight out as he landed in the hot water and jumped back out.

"What the hell is going on?"  Draco yelled.  looking at Talis and then the horny feline. Draco laughed and stood up grabbing a towel.

::Whoa....:: Harry stood frozen in place as he stared at Draco's body, water sliding down his smooth skin, glistening and damned if he was ever going to look at Draco the same way again. Good thing he wasn't a dog or else he'd be drowning in his own drool. Draco wrapped a towel around his waist and Harry shook his head cursing himself and turned his attention on the girl cat putting on the best cat death glare he could make. He growled as she started strutting her way over tail flicking back and forth.

"Luna!" shouted Draco at the horny cat. She back away staring up him and let out a squeaky meow, "Blaise really needs to get you fixed." With that he picked up Luna and set her outside his room closing the door.
"Sorry Talis, I want let her scare you all though I'm surprised at your behavior. Whatever it's for the best that you didn't hump her. Okay...enough with that... I have to get dressed."

Harry sat still on the floor as he watched Draco drop the towel and get some clothes.
He began to purr and then growled at himself.  ::What the hell am I doing?  Staring at him while he's naked.  Stupid stupid stupid!  Even though he does look really good.  And all that water sliding down his back, making him glisten and shine, and look really really-:: Harry shook his head back and forth furious with himself for checking Draco out.  ::He's the enemy.  Son of a Death Eater. He's going to be a Death Eater.  Although he did tell Dumbledore he wasn't his father, and he hasn't been to terribly mean to Hermione this year.  He still calls her mud-blood though, but the point is I'm not attracted to Malfoy.  There.  That's it.  He's not attractive to me.  Even if he does have one of the nicest asses I've seen...::  Harry shook his head again, extremely mad at himself for not being able to keep his mind off of Draco and his ass.

"I'm hurrying Talis I just have to find my shoes now..." he said getting on all fours and looking under his bed. Harry stared at his nice ass and again growled at himself. He looked away trying to make it seem like he didn't care that the nicest butt he'd ever seen in his life was sticking straight in the air. ::I like big butts and I can not lie...:: Harry growled again, damn the music Dudley listened to. Harry noticed one of Draco's shoes in the far corner and picked up the shoe lace in his mouth dragging it backwards to way Draco was. He meowed loudly and let the shoelace fall to the floor. Draco looked over at Talis and then at the shoe.

"What the hell am I going to do with one shoe? Do I look like IHOP?"

Harry cocked his head to the side, ::IHOP?  What the hell is an IHOP?::

Draco looked at Talis and laughed.  "Well, I suppose you wouldn't know what that is.  It's a place to eat in America.  My father and I went there on vacation once.  It's nice."  Harry just continued to look at him in confusion.  Draco laughed some more and kept looking for his other shoe.  A few minutes later Draco located the lost shoe, which was under the bed, put them both on scooped up Talis and headed for the door.  "Well boy, we're off to Hogsmede.  First stop is Citter's Pet Store for your collar." With that Draco headed through the common room out into the hall and made his way our of Hogwarts.

When they finally made it inside the shop Harry was quite surprised at to just how many things were about. Some toys, some food, some potions for things such as fur balls. He let out a meow and struggled out of Dracos arms. Draco walked around to the collars, inspecting each carefully. Harry padded his way to the toys and whacked at them wondering what it was they did. He whacked at a large mouse, almost as big as him and yet out a squeak as it began moving, it was charmed to chase. Harry ran trying to get back to Draco.

::Curiosity killed the cat:: He jumped in Draco's arms just as he began speaking with the owner of the store.

"Aye... what a handsome cat he is indeed." said the man. Harry looked up at him, he was quite round with a small nose and brown eyes. He had a comb over that didn't do a good job of hiding the shiny bald spot on his head.

"Well thank you Mr. Citter."

Mr. Citter smiled and patted Talis on the head, "Yous can call me Paul if you like. All my customers do. So what can I do for you and your cat?"

Draco smiled and scratched under Talis' chin, making the ivory cat purr, "I need a collar for Talis. I was thinking an emerald green velvet one with a silver tag perhaps?"
Paul smiled and nodded, "I have just the thing. Follow me Mr. Malfoy." he said as he walked to the counter and pulled out a wooden case, he turned it around to Draco and Talis and opened it up revealing several collars in velvet material, four of them emerald green.

"This one here has a protection spell, and this one a flea treatment spell, this one is regular and this one has a stretching spell that keeps it just the right shape for the cats neck even as it grows, it will adjust to the size."

Draco looked at them then at Harry, "What do you think? You're tough, and you have no fleas and a regular just isn't nice how about the adjustable one?" Harry let out a meow of approval, "all right we'll take that one." Mr. Citter reached in and pulled it out handing it to Draco so he could feel the plush material.

"And here are some tags." said the owner pulling out a different bigger box and sliding it open carefully. Draco's eyes grew wide as he stared at all the bright silver and gold tags. He looked at a medium small round one and said, "Yes, I like this one. What about you Talis?"
Talis looked it over and meowed again and nuzzled his face against Draco's cheek.
Mr. Citter smiled, "I'll take that as a yes." He said and took the tag, "What would you like it to say?"
Draco thought for a moment and smiled, "On the front can it say Talisman and on the back put Owner: Draco Malfoy?"

Mr. Citter nodded and took out his wand, "Alright then. Insignio.  Anticus, Talisman.  Pone, Owner:  Draco Malfoy."

Draco smiled and placed Talis on the counter and took the collar from Mr. Citter and placed it on his cat. He kissed his forehead and picked him up again.

"Will that be all?" asked Mr. Citter, "Because I can also get him neutered for a low cost."

::Neutered Oh hell no!  Not going to be neutered:: Before Draco could reply to Mr. Citters question Harry let out a loud hiss, clawed Draco and as soon as he was dropped to the floor ran out of the door intent on escaping before the crazy man could remove some of his favorite body parts.  "Talis wait!" Draco yelled as he turned to run after his cat. A hand on his sleeve, however, stopped him.

"I'm sorry Mr. Malfoy, but you have to pay me before you can leave. Your cat does have on the collar after all." Draco turned around to glare at Mr. Citters for stopping him in his chase after Talis.

"How much is it?" Draco growled. He gave Citters a look of pure anger that the poor wizard lost his train of thought.

"Five gallons," he stuttered out and nearly wet himself when Draco slammed the money down on the counter and ran out of the store.

Unfortunately Harry hadn't been paying any attention to where he was going and before he could get very far away he felt two hands grab him around the stomach and lift him into the air. 

"And just where are you going little cat?" 

Harry struggled to get free and turned around to look at the person holding him. ::HERMIONE!:: he began meowing like crazy trying to her what happened... but he forget she couldn't understand him.

"And just what the hell are you doing with my cat?"



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