AN: Modified slightly so time sense is more clear - this is her seventh/last year
AN: Still PG. Sorry everyone looking for smut.
AN: What is it that made Hermione go crazy?
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~*~ The Bare Facts ~*~
A few days later Poppy Pomfrey made a presentation of her findings to the Hogwarts staff at an emergency staff meeting.
"Miss Granger's current condition is an unforseen side effect of the ill-brewed polyjuice potion ingested during her second year." She announced.
Severus snorted. "Ill-brewed? It was perfect apart from one teensy-weensy mistake." He chuckled deeply. Eyeballs rolled at his taking pleasure in a Gryffindor's mishaps. "She added a cat hair instead of a human hair of her target!"
Xiomara Hooch had to snort at that thought. She had never seen a twelve-year-old Hermione covered with cat fur but she could imagine the sight.
Minerva huffed angrily but had to smile at the memory as well. Hermione had been utterly pathetic and terrified of her potion brewing mishap. Not that it ever stifled her Gryffindor courage in her later adventures with Harry.
Poppy nodded. "I never expected there to be any side effects." She sighed. "All documented cases I looked at have been with adult witches and wizards accidentally adding animal tissue at the end. None involved a pre-pubescent witch." She hesitated before expanding. "Miss Granger had not begun her menses at the time of the incident. In fact they started a lunar cycle later."
Minerva frowned. "Then why now?" She asked.
"An unexpected interaction?" Severus offered.
Poppy nodded. "I believe so. She mentioned volunteering for a divination exercise in her sixth year. Her roommate Lavender Brown attempted to perform a charm that was designed to reveal the target's spirit animal. It revealed Miss Granger's spirit animal is a small wild cat the size of a house cat with distinct markings."
"What does that have to do with what happened?" Minerva asked impatiently.
Poppy's expression sobered. "The charm awakened Miss Granger's spirit animal. Her body had already changed once to possess feline qualities. It has been working on her essense, her soul, her magic all summer; it is changing her mind and body."
"You mean Miss Granger is going to change into a cat?!" Minerva was horrified at the thought of her star pupil being trapped as a cat.
Severus frowned but said nothing.
Poppy shook her head.
"Nothing as drastic as that. Her body has been under going the changes since the end of sixth year but they are coming to the peak, the most dramatic changes now. That's why she has been so moody and irritable since she returned."
"Is she infectious?" Severus asked the question on everyone's mind but no one wanted to ask. Was she a new breed of lycanthrope?
Poppy smiled. "No. The changes are genetic, part of her cells and not transferable by exchange of bodily fluids." She frowned. "However any children she bears will more than likely carry the traits."
Severus winced. "Great. How are we going to explain this to her parents?"
Minerva sighed. "Let me deal with that. Anything else we have to watch out for Poppy?"
Poppy nodded. "Miss Granger's body has been subtly altered. It exhibits more feline tendencies. As demonstrated her nails sharpen into claws when provoked or terrified. Miss Granger has also exhibited phenomenal agility and an acute sense of balance."
Xiomara nodded enthusiastically. "Hermione was one my worst flying students. She could barely reach five feet off the ground before wobbling. Now she has the agility and balance of a cat. She always knows which direction she's going and where's the ground. She could be a first class Quidditch player if she got into it."
"How is she taking it?" Filius Flitwick asked sympathetically.
"Once she got over the horror of clawing Miss Parkinson she was intrigued. She was more than willing to suggest ways of testing the limits of the changes induced in her."
Albus Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully.
"But Hermione is Human."
"By Ministry standards yes." Poppy nodded vigorously. "Some may look down on her but there are families with non-human blood. Like veelas, giants, nagas, and fae." Poppy shrugged. "In a sense her magic is more potent. Her spirit animal is active with a lot of influence on her psyche and physiology. She may need some training from a Native American shaman on how to use that new aspect of her powers." Poppy smiled wryly. "She was already making plans on spending the summer in Arizona in a Navajo wizarding community."
Everyone laughed when they heard of Hermione Granger's plans.
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Ronald Weasley stared at his friend awed.
"Are you serious Herm? Can you really land on your feet like a cat?!"
Harry Potter slapped his hand over his red-headed friend's mouth.
"Ignore him. He just wants to know what else you can do?"
Hermione glared at her two friends before softening.
"I'm not sure what else I can do." She admitted. "Nurse Pomfrey and Madame Hooch tested my reflexes and sense of balance. I have a pretty good sense of balance and spacial-depth perception." She glared seeing the glazed look in their eyes. "It means I can play really good Quidditch." She summed up in terms they would understand. "But I'm not going to!" She added hastily. "Professor Snape will scream foul about unfair advantage and I don't like Quidditch that much! You guys will just have to win without me."
Ron frowned at that. Harry just smiled. He didn't want to win using an unfair advantage. That would be Slytherin.
"Is there anything else Hermione? Anything bad?" He asked warily. He'd learned to be careful if something seemed too good to be true.
Hermione sighed. "If I get angry my claws come out. If I feel afraid my instincts get the better of me. I could seriously hurt someone." She spoke soberly. That was enough to quell their delight. She spoke in a lighter tone. "I'll have to get some extra training under a Native American shaman to learn how to work with my spirit animal." She spoke enthusiastically. "There are some Navajo wizarding communities that are very particular about exchange students. I'm thinking of spending the coming summer in Arizona or Nevada." She added with a grin before launching into an enthusiastic spiel about the qualities and capabilities of shamans and spirit animals.
Her friends settled down groaning but listened to her excited ramblings.
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TBC...
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AN: Made up the magic/science behind spirit animals affecting the body. Think Hyena-Xander
AN: Will be a while before I update. *shrugs* Lots of ISPs and presentations to prep for.
Please read and review.
Raves and constructive criticism please.
Flames will be ignored.
Cheers!
Sarhea
AN: Still PG. Sorry everyone looking for smut.
AN: What is it that made Hermione go crazy?
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~*~ The Bare Facts ~*~
A few days later Poppy Pomfrey made a presentation of her findings to the Hogwarts staff at an emergency staff meeting.
"Miss Granger's current condition is an unforseen side effect of the ill-brewed polyjuice potion ingested during her second year." She announced.
Severus snorted. "Ill-brewed? It was perfect apart from one teensy-weensy mistake." He chuckled deeply. Eyeballs rolled at his taking pleasure in a Gryffindor's mishaps. "She added a cat hair instead of a human hair of her target!"
Xiomara Hooch had to snort at that thought. She had never seen a twelve-year-old Hermione covered with cat fur but she could imagine the sight.
Minerva huffed angrily but had to smile at the memory as well. Hermione had been utterly pathetic and terrified of her potion brewing mishap. Not that it ever stifled her Gryffindor courage in her later adventures with Harry.
Poppy nodded. "I never expected there to be any side effects." She sighed. "All documented cases I looked at have been with adult witches and wizards accidentally adding animal tissue at the end. None involved a pre-pubescent witch." She hesitated before expanding. "Miss Granger had not begun her menses at the time of the incident. In fact they started a lunar cycle later."
Minerva frowned. "Then why now?" She asked.
"An unexpected interaction?" Severus offered.
Poppy nodded. "I believe so. She mentioned volunteering for a divination exercise in her sixth year. Her roommate Lavender Brown attempted to perform a charm that was designed to reveal the target's spirit animal. It revealed Miss Granger's spirit animal is a small wild cat the size of a house cat with distinct markings."
"What does that have to do with what happened?" Minerva asked impatiently.
Poppy's expression sobered. "The charm awakened Miss Granger's spirit animal. Her body had already changed once to possess feline qualities. It has been working on her essense, her soul, her magic all summer; it is changing her mind and body."
"You mean Miss Granger is going to change into a cat?!" Minerva was horrified at the thought of her star pupil being trapped as a cat.
Severus frowned but said nothing.
Poppy shook her head.
"Nothing as drastic as that. Her body has been under going the changes since the end of sixth year but they are coming to the peak, the most dramatic changes now. That's why she has been so moody and irritable since she returned."
"Is she infectious?" Severus asked the question on everyone's mind but no one wanted to ask. Was she a new breed of lycanthrope?
Poppy smiled. "No. The changes are genetic, part of her cells and not transferable by exchange of bodily fluids." She frowned. "However any children she bears will more than likely carry the traits."
Severus winced. "Great. How are we going to explain this to her parents?"
Minerva sighed. "Let me deal with that. Anything else we have to watch out for Poppy?"
Poppy nodded. "Miss Granger's body has been subtly altered. It exhibits more feline tendencies. As demonstrated her nails sharpen into claws when provoked or terrified. Miss Granger has also exhibited phenomenal agility and an acute sense of balance."
Xiomara nodded enthusiastically. "Hermione was one my worst flying students. She could barely reach five feet off the ground before wobbling. Now she has the agility and balance of a cat. She always knows which direction she's going and where's the ground. She could be a first class Quidditch player if she got into it."
"How is she taking it?" Filius Flitwick asked sympathetically.
"Once she got over the horror of clawing Miss Parkinson she was intrigued. She was more than willing to suggest ways of testing the limits of the changes induced in her."
Albus Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully.
"But Hermione is Human."
"By Ministry standards yes." Poppy nodded vigorously. "Some may look down on her but there are families with non-human blood. Like veelas, giants, nagas, and fae." Poppy shrugged. "In a sense her magic is more potent. Her spirit animal is active with a lot of influence on her psyche and physiology. She may need some training from a Native American shaman on how to use that new aspect of her powers." Poppy smiled wryly. "She was already making plans on spending the summer in Arizona in a Navajo wizarding community."
Everyone laughed when they heard of Hermione Granger's plans.
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Ronald Weasley stared at his friend awed.
"Are you serious Herm? Can you really land on your feet like a cat?!"
Harry Potter slapped his hand over his red-headed friend's mouth.
"Ignore him. He just wants to know what else you can do?"
Hermione glared at her two friends before softening.
"I'm not sure what else I can do." She admitted. "Nurse Pomfrey and Madame Hooch tested my reflexes and sense of balance. I have a pretty good sense of balance and spacial-depth perception." She glared seeing the glazed look in their eyes. "It means I can play really good Quidditch." She summed up in terms they would understand. "But I'm not going to!" She added hastily. "Professor Snape will scream foul about unfair advantage and I don't like Quidditch that much! You guys will just have to win without me."
Ron frowned at that. Harry just smiled. He didn't want to win using an unfair advantage. That would be Slytherin.
"Is there anything else Hermione? Anything bad?" He asked warily. He'd learned to be careful if something seemed too good to be true.
Hermione sighed. "If I get angry my claws come out. If I feel afraid my instincts get the better of me. I could seriously hurt someone." She spoke soberly. That was enough to quell their delight. She spoke in a lighter tone. "I'll have to get some extra training under a Native American shaman to learn how to work with my spirit animal." She spoke enthusiastically. "There are some Navajo wizarding communities that are very particular about exchange students. I'm thinking of spending the coming summer in Arizona or Nevada." She added with a grin before launching into an enthusiastic spiel about the qualities and capabilities of shamans and spirit animals.
Her friends settled down groaning but listened to her excited ramblings.
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *
TBC...
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AN: Made up the magic/science behind spirit animals affecting the body. Think Hyena-Xander
AN: Will be a while before I update. *shrugs* Lots of ISPs and presentations to prep for.
Please read and review.
Raves and constructive criticism please.
Flames will be ignored.
Cheers!
Sarhea
