A/N: Ok so I was reading a book called The Golden Compass yesterday, and I kinda got an idea from it. Sorry if I confuse anybody, this will only be a tiny part in my lovely random story...

Kyra: Yeah right loser.

Me: Hey! Be nice. I brought you to the world of fanfics and i can take you out!

Kyra: brandishes wand try it, i dare you.

Me: Maybe later...

I own nothing. Except the plot and my character Kyra Silver.

Lily and I went along to Hogsmeade alone. We knew it was to good to be true. Half expecting one of the marauders to jump out at us we walked along, chatting mindlessly.

We opted for Honeydukes first; I was taking in as much of Hogsmeade as I could. I had never beenhere before, and I wanted my first trip to be perfect, not knowing if I'd ever come back again. Knowing my mother, she'd find something wrong with Hogwarts and decide to teach me herself for crying out loud.

We sifted through the crowds and went to look at all the chocolaty goodness. I hadn't noticed how much I longed for chocolate until it was in front of me.

My mind spinning as I got as many different kinds of chocolate as I could put my greedy fingers on.

When we finished almost emptying our bank accounts on chocolate, we went to Zonko's. We didn't intend on buying anything, we were looking to see what new things the marauders would have, so we could put up our best defense.

As I gazed at the shelves laden with dungbombs, fanged Frisbees and the likes, my eyes fell upon something. It was a potion, labeled, "Bring out the animal within", and of course the phrase "Curiosity killed the cat" came to mind, thankfully I'm a very intelligent person, with a response for almost anything.

"But tenacity brought it back.." I whispered as I picked up the potion.

The back read:

'Drink this and your soul with come out as animal form. It may become anything. Find out what kind of person you truly are. It cannot leave your side, but will go back to your body in 24 hours time. One Use. Note: Although it will be in animal form, you really don't want it touched. Nothing will happen, but it's like letting somebody touch your soul. Plus there is a sort of parlay on it, nobody will be able to touch it anyways, Na na na na boo boo.'

'Ok, creepy note, but still..'

"Hm, I want to try this.." I went up to the counter and bought the tiny potion, showing it to Lily as we walked out the store.

As we came out of the store, we were attacked by James and Sirius.

'I knew it was to good to be true..'

I looked over and saw Remus standing further away, arms crossed and shaking his head.

In an instant, Sirius had grabbed the potion out of my hand.

"Hey!" I shouted.

"What! I'm just looking."

I grabbed the potion back. "Looking is for your eyes, not your hands."

'Damn it, I shouldn't have said that.' I thought as Sirius eyed me, that evil grin on his face.

"So what does this do?"

"It's supposed to show you what kind of person you are, by bringing out your soul in animal form for 24 hours.

"Sounds cool. But we already know what kind of people we are." Sirius replied.

"Mindless sex drones?" I retorted sarcastically.

"No, not exactly.. But we really want to see what kind of animal you are." Sirius winked as he and James pushed us towards the Three Broomsticks.

We went inside and sat at a table in the corner.

"Drink it Kyra!" James urged.

I already have sort of an idea of what kind of animal it would turn out to be, but I opened up the potion and drank it just the same.

"I bought one too, when you were looking at everything." Lily said, as she too, drank a potion similar to mine.

Suddenly, everything went dark...

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When I woke up I was in the hospital wing. I could feel something laying on my chest. A little voice inside my head told me to be calm, everything was ok.

I opened my eyes slowly and saw, a chameleon with a black mark exactly like the tattoo on my neck on its back. A faint smile spread on my lips. I had been right, I knew that's what I was.

"Hello little creature, what are you, what can I call you?"

My little chameleon looked at me and smiled and stretched.

"My name is Homes, I am your daemon. In other words, I am you, a part of your soul."

"Cool."

I looked over at Lily, she was still sleeping, and I couldn't tell what her daemon was, because it was asleep on the opposite side of Lily.

I got up, carrying Homes, to take a look at what Lily's daemon was.

After close inspection, I noticed it was a Lynx. But a rather small one, it was fully-grown, but it was still the size of a kitten. I assumed this was because it wouldn't be possible to have a full sized animal with you everywhere.

I sat down, absently stroking my own daemon. I want to touch Lily's but a feeling deep down told me it's majorly wrong.

A little while later, James, Sirius and Remus came bursting into the hospital wing, making Lily wake with a start.

"Cool! Is that part of your soul Kyra." Sirius asked in awe.

"Yeppers, his name is Homes." I looked at Lily, "and good morning sleepy head."

"What is your name little one?" Lily asked her lynx.

"My name is Ruben. I am your daemon, in animal form for the next little while..."

'This is going to be an interesting day…'