I do not own Harry Potter. I only own Tiffani.
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When I woke up, my whole body felt sore and my headache was even worse. "Great," I whined in my head before slowly opening my eyes since even they felt sore. I opened my eyes and frowned at the sight before me. A stone hut was in front of me and I seemed to be moving even though I wasn't walking. I lifted my head and saw really green valleys and a lake nearby. Overall, wherever I was it was gorgeous, but I still didn't know where I was. "Maybe it's a dream," I thought and tried to move but something held me tighter. I turned my head and my eyes widened when I saw the woman from earlier holding me in her arms. I looked around at my own body and screamed, well more like yowled, since I was now a cat.
"Wait, please, calm down, I'm sorry, I just wanted to get rid of your headache, but my wand is still broken and I turned you into a cat. I'll fix this, I promise, wait," the woman started fretting while I struggled and literally clawed to get free of her arms. She yelped when my claws hit her arm pretty good and her arms released me.
Internally I was screaming, but like a cat is expected, I landed on my feet and I took off running away from her. It felt so strange to run on all fours and be so close to the ground. Everything was so much bigger than me, and I was definitely having a panic attack. I think I just ran on instinct because everything became tunnel vision and then the next thing I know is I'm hiding under some kind of stone bench at a castle. "A castle, what in the world is going on and where am I?" I thought and put my paws over my head.
I didn't realize it but I was meowing pretty pitifully while I was having my mental breakdown. "A cat," a male voice said and my meowing stopped as I watched a man with pale skin, chin length dark hair, and dark eyes crouch down so he could see under the stone bench. "Who do you belong to?" he questioned as he reached a hand toward me. He stopped when I shied away from him. "It's alright, cat, come here," he said and his voice softened.
"Please don't hurt me," I thought and slowly moved towards his hand. I kept telling myself to relax as I reached his hand, which scratched behind my ears. "That feels really nice," I thought and closed my eyes. I quickly opened my eyes again when I felt his hand go under my belly, and he picked me up into his arms. I couldn't stop the little meow from leaving me when I looked up at him nervously. I was trusting this stranger to not drop me or hurt me while I was stuck as a cat. Of course, he just thinks I'm a random stray cat.
"I don't want to be a cat," I thought and enjoyed the little scratch he gave me under my chin.
"Nervous one, aren't you?" he said to me before I noticed him feeling around my neck. "No collar. All the students are supposed to put collars on their pets, no exceptions. I guess you'll be with me until lunch, and then we'll find out who you belong to," the man spoke more to himself now before focusing back on me. "Time for the first class to start," he sighed and next thing I know he's walking into the castle with me in his arms.
I should have been freaking out and trying to get free like last time, but honestly I had no clue how to return back to human form. So at least a nice person keeping me wouldn't be so bad. "I still hate being a cat," I thought as I just observed the old castle around me. "That picture moved," I thought and meowed in surprise, which made the man holding me pet my head to try and soothe me, I guess. So many paintings lined the walls as the man holding me walked past children trying to get to classes. I was surprised that all of the children were wearing long black robes. "Weirdest school uniforms ever," I thought and then noticed how all of the students moved out of the way of the man. I looked up at his face to see him scowling. "Oh he's one of the intimidating teachers," I thought and snickered. Those kind of teachers were always my favorite in school.
We ended up going down a couple flights of stairs until we were in dark hallways with no windows. I guess if this really is a castle then we would probably be at the dungeon level considering how dark it is. It was actually a little colder down here too so I snuggled more in the man's arms. I hate being cold. I am not ashamed to snuggle when the opportunity presents itself. "Anyways I'm a cat right now, he doesn't know that he's snuggling with a random woman," I thought and happily enjoyed the warmth his sleeves were giving me.
He entered through a wooden door and walked down some stairs into a unique classroom. Vials lined the shelves along with different cauldrons, straight up cauldrons. "I really am in a magical place," I thought as I looked at everything in wonder. The man walked towards a desk at the front of the lower part of the room. The raised levels were full of tables with two chairs at each table. "Is this potions?" I thought and would have been giggling if I had been human. It was all so hard to believe.
The man set me on top of the desk. "Stay here during class," he said and stood off to the side. I watched in amazement as he pulled a wand out of his sleeve and swished it while saying some spell. Instructions started appearing on the chalkboard, and I had no idea what the ingredients listed with the instructions were. I walked across the desk to get closer to him and the wand. I wanted a better look at the magical device, but he put it back in his robe sleeve before I could really see it.