A/N: To my wonderful super fantastic awesome reviewers: Hazel Maraa, RoxyLo, pakiphai, SleepyHead22 (you're right about the rated T thing, I guess it's mostly just in case I want to put some rated T stuff in later chapters) , FroBoy and MeTaMoRpHoSiS gUrL THANK YOU! Please keep reviewing!
Sorry for the long wait, I had no idea where to go with this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or "Let Me Love You" by Mario. Duh.
After the adults had left for the meeting Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione met in the library.
"The spots are almost gone now," said Ginny.
"What was that potion for, anyway?" asked Ron.
"It prepares your body for your form," said Hermione. "The potion makes you be able to change without damaging any of your body parts."
"What do we have to do next?" asked Harry.
"We have to start the transformation," answered Hermione. "Not our whole body, we just start with our arms and legs."
"How?" asked Ron.
"It's sort of like throwing off the imperius curse," replied Hermione. "You have to use your mind. Just picture yourself turning into you form."
"Who wants to go first?" asked Ginny.
"I will," said Hermione.
She shut her eyes and bit her lip in concentration. About ten seconds later her arms were replaced by graceful white wings. They didn't look like they belonged to a small bird, but they didn't look like owl wings either.
A few seconds later her arms were back to normal.
"That was exhausting," said Hermione.
"What kind of bird are you?" asked Ginny.
"You'll have to wait and see," replied Hermione. "Who's next?"
"I'll go," said Ron.
After nearly a minute he still hadn't transformed.
"Why isn't it working?" he asked angrily.
"You have to believe you can do it, Ron," said Hermione. "We all know you can do it, you just have to believe in yourself. Try again."
Ron screwed up his face in concentration and after a few seconds he had small sleek black legs. They looked quite comical on his human body. He was standing on all fours to keep from falling over.
"You're a black cat!" said Ginny.
Ron returned to his normal self and grinned.
"That was great, Ron," said Harry.
"I didn't know you liked cats!" said Hermione. "You've never liked Crookshanks."
"I like black cats," said Ron. "They're just kind of…cool."
"Do you want to go next, Harry?" asked Ginny.
"Alright," he said, closing his eyes.
Almost immediately his arms were replaced by white legs with black stripes. They felt normal and he had complete control of them. After a few seconds he changed them back into his usual arms.
"Wow, you're a tiger!" said Ron. "A white one!"
"That's so cool," said Ginny. "My turn!"
Ginny's arms were replaced by short red and black legs. She kept them like that for a few seconds then changed back.
"Are you a cat too?" asked Hermione.
"No, couldn't you tell what I was?" she asked.
They all shook their heads and Ginny grinned.
"Guess you'll have to wait and see then," she said.
A week later it was time for the ball. They had sent out the invitations and their guests were arriving in two hours. Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione were in the kitchen preparing the food. They had spent the last week working on their transformations and would be finished in a day or two. Still, no one had figured out what Ginny and Hermione were.
"So we have chips, pigs in blankets, punch, hummus and pita bread, pizza and chocolate fondue with strawberries," said Ginny. "Do you think it will be enough?"
"I'm sure it will be," said Hermione. "Does this punch taste alright?"
Harry took a sip of punch. "It needs more sugar."
"Ron stop eating the fondue!" said Ginny. "We need to save some for the guests!"
Ron popped one last strawberry in his mouth and continued slicing up the pizza.
"Is the punch better now?" asked Hermione.
Harry tried it again and smiled. "Perfect."
"Okay, I think all the food is done, I'm going upstairs to get ready," announced Hermione.
"Me too," said Ginny.
The girls went upstairs to get ready and the boys decided to do the same.
"I wish I had a second set of dress robes, Harry has already seen me in these," said Ginny.
"I wish I did too," said Hermione. "But where are we going to find new dress robes in less than two hours?"
Both sets of eyes fell on the antique wardrobe with the name Lily carved onto it.
Ron and Harry were ready in about ten minutes and didn't know what to do with their remaining time. Bill and Charlie had put all the food in the ball room and there wasn't any last-minute work left to be done.
"What do you want to do?" asked Harry.
"Wizard's chess?" suggested Ron.
Harry nodded and they set up the game.
"Do you think Harry would let us use Lily's clothes?" asked Hermione.
"He told me I could use anything in here, I guess that includes clothes," said Ginny, opening the doors of the wardrobe.
Both girls' jaws dropped. There were at least fifty beautiful dress robes stuffed into the mahogany wardrobe.
"Oh my gosh, where do we start?" said Hermione.
"I guess we start at the beginning," said Ginny, taking a few sets of robes out. "Start looking through them."
They found robes of every color, even a set of tie-dye robes. Finally, after an hour of searching, both girls had selected a set of dress robes.
Hermione had chosen lovely pale pink robes with gold detail around the neckline. They were long and flowy and made of chiffon. She had gold high heels to match and had a crown of fresh white flowers.
Ginny favoured a set of coral robes that were off the shoulder and made of fine silk. She wore delicate white sandals with a two inch heel. With her diamond necklace that had been her grandmother's around her neck she felt very fancy. Her hair was in loose curls that framed her face perfectly.
"We still have half an hour," said Ginny. "What should we do?"
"We could go see Harry's parents, since the boys are in Ron's room," said Hermione.
"How do you know that?" asked Ginny.
"Because Harry's room is right next to us, we would hear them if they were in there," answered Hermione logically.
The girls went through the door connecting Harry's room to Ginny's and stood in front of the portrait.
"Oh my goodness, are those my old robes?" asked Lily.
"Yes, do you mind if we wear them?" asked Hermione.
"Not at all, you girls look lovely," she replied. "Is everything ready for the ball?"
"I think so," said Ginny. "We've got the food and decorations done."
"What about music?" inquired James.
"Charlie is the DJ, but we should probably go tell him what music to play," said Hermione. "Come on, Ginny."
"See you later!" called Ginny, as Hermione dragged her out the door.
"Alright, so we want songs from these CD's," Ginny told Charlie, dumping Hermione's entire CD collection onto a table. "And make sure there are a few slow songs."
"How long is the ball?" asked Charlie.
"It'll probably last a few hours," answered Hermione.
The doorbell rang and the girls raced to answer it.
"Hi Ginny, hi Hermione," said Neville, Luna clutching his arm.
"Hi, come on in," said Ginny, ushering them inside.
"You look lovely, Luna," said Hermione.
"Thank you," smiled Luna. "So do you two."
Harry and Ron came downstairs to see who had arrived. When they caught sight of Ginny and Hermione their jaws dropped.
"Ginny, you look beautiful," said Harry, taking her hands in his. "So do you, Hermione."
"Hermione, you look great!" exclaimed Ron as Hermione blushed.
"Harry, these are your mother's robes," said Ginny. "Do you mind if we wear them?"
"Not at all, they look lovely on you," he replied.
Pretty soon all their guests had arrived, including Dean, Parvati, Seamus, Lavender, Colin and Dennis Creevey, Katie Bell, Oliver Wood, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Johnson. Remus and Tonks also came, and Tonks turned her hair platinum blonde for the occasion.
Bill brought Fleur as his date, and she looked as though she'd spent hours on her hair, which was curled and twisted into a fancy updo. Fred came with Angelina and George came with Katie. Both Fred and George arrived in robes of shocking violet.
The first song was "Let Me Love You" by Mario. Ginny smiled. This was her and Harry's song. It was also Ron and Hermione's.
Both couples started dancing, earning sniggers from the other Weasley boys.
"This is going pretty good, don't you think?" said Ginny.
"Yeah, it's good," said Harry.
"Your birthday is next week," Ginny reminded him.
"I know," replied Harry.
"What do you want for your birthday?" she asked.
"Oh, you don't have to-"
"Harry James Potter don't you dare tell me not to get you anything. I'm getting something and that's final," she told him sternly. "I may not be rich, but I get birthday presents for the people I love. So what do you want?"
"Anything you pick out will fine, Gin," answered Harry. "You have better taste than I do anyway."
"You are so not helpful," groaned Ginny, rolling her eyes at him. "You know, my birthdays coming up too."
"August eleventh, I know," said Harry, grinning. "I haven't forgotten. So what do you want?"
"Oh no, I'm not helping you Mr Potter, you'll have to figure this one out on your own," laughed Ginny.
The song ended and they went over to join Hermione and Ron.
"This place is packed!" exclaimed Ron.
"It's awesome, I haven't seen some of these people in ages," said Ginny.
"Do you guys feel kind of funny?" asked Hermione. "I don't really feel great."
"Well, now that you mention it…" said Ron.
"Yeah, I'm not feeling so hot myself," said Ginny.
"Me either," said Harry. "Do you think it could have something to do with, you know, the animagus thing?"
Hermione opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off when she suddenly turned into a white parrot.
"Hermione!" screamed Ginny, and several people stared at her.
"Keep your voice down!" whispered Ron, allowing Hermione, in parrot form, to sit on his shoulder. "Come on, we'd better get upstairs."
The four of them snuck out of the ballroom and headed to the library. As soon as they got there Ginny grabbed the notes and started flipping through them furiously.
"I can't believe we missed this!" exclaimed Ginny.
"What?" chorused Harry and Ron.
"When our transformation is complete we will turn into our form and be stuck like that for twenty four hours!" she told them.
"But Hermione said we wouldn't be done until tomorrow!" said Harry.
"Well I guess she was wrong then!" said Ginny. "What are we going to do?"
"I'll go get Bill, he'll know what to do," said Ron.
"Hurry, before you transform!" Ginny called as he slipped out of the room.
Hermione began to fly around the room nervously, and then landed on Ginny's shoulder.
"I wonder why she turned into a parrot," said Harry. "I didn't even know she liked birds."
"I don't know either, I think we have more important things to worry about at the moment," said Ginny.
They sat in silence until Bill and Ron entered the room.
"Is he serious? Are you really becoming animagus?" asked Bill.
"Yes, and we're going to be stuck as animals for twenty four hours!" exclaimed Ginny.
"I know, Ron told me," he said. "Is that Hermione?"
Hermione squawked and flapped her wings.
"That is so cool!" he said.
Ron got a funny look on his face, and a moment later a black cat stood in his place.
"Oh no, not you too!" said Ginny, as Ron jumped up on the table.
"What am I supposed to tell all your guests?" asked Bill.
"Just tell them we got sick or something," said Ginny.
"Mum isn't going to leave you alone if she thinks you're sick," said Bill.
"Tell them we got an urgent letter from someone," suggested Harry.
"Who?" asked Ginny. "Dumbledore?"
"No, they might ask him about it," said Bill.
"My aunt and uncle," said Harry.
"What?" shouted Ginny.
"We can say they…I don't know, invited us over so they could apologize or something," said Harry.
"No one would believe it," said Bill. "I'll figure out what to tell them later, let's concentrate on what we're going to do with you for a whole day."
"We can hide in here," said Ginny. "But you'll be in charge of bringing us food, so don't forget us."
They turned to look at Harry and saw a white tiger with bright green eyes staring at them. A few seconds later Ginny transformed into a beautiful red fox.
Harry let out a loud roar of surprise when he heard voices in his head.
"Calm down Harry, it's just us!" Harry heard Hermione say in his brain. (A/N: All of their voices are in their heads now until they become people again.)
"This is so creepy," said Ron. "Wow, look at my tail!"
Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Bill watched Ron as he chased his tail pathetically.
"Ron, cats don't even chase their tails," said Ginny.
Ron stopped and surely would have been blushing if he wasn't a cat.
"What am I going to do with all of you?" said Bill. "Can you guys communicate with each other?"
Harry nodded his large tiger head.
"Any ideas as to what I can tell your guests?" asked Bill.
All four animals shook their heads.
Bill sighed. This was going to be a long night.
A/N: Okay, I wanted to make this longer, but I'm going to post it as it is since I haven't updated in so long. Expect another chapter soon. Really soon, I seriouslypromise this time!