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"Animal speak"
At breakfast the next day the whole school was talking about the defense against the dark arts class from yesterday. The news of Snape wearing Neville's grandmother's clothes and the odd fear of the unusual student Link spread throughout the school like wildfire. For the next few days Link didn't appear in any classes or at any meals and a few students took notice to this.
"Hey guys have either of you seen Link since that Defense against the dark arts class?" Harry asked Ron and Hermione one morning during breakfast. Ron and Hermione exchanged nervous looks with each other for a minute before finally deciding on something "Right" Ron began as he put his fork down "Mate there's something you should know about him."" What would that be?" Harry inquired with a curious expression.
"Well you remember the dementor on the train?" Ron asked. "Yeah Lupin got rid of it didn't he?" Harry asked looking to Hermione for confirmation, yet when he looked at her she merely shook her head. "Link got rid of the dementor that remember how the boggart him looked? Thats what he looked like that night and he used the same sword the boggart had and sliced the dementor to pieces." Hermione whispered to him so no one overheard them.
"No way." Harry said in shock "Yeah Lupin himself was shocked and let me tell you mate it was kinda scary to see him that way. Yeah now he's not so bad, kinda a nice guy actually now that we kinda know him." Ron said.
"I'm more curious as to how he killed the dementor myself" Hermione continued "According to Professor Lupin dementors can't be harmed by anything and i haven't found any mention of a blade that can harm them in any books". After breakfast it was back to the same old school day but now with the added burden of the mystery of Link added.
During care of magical creature they were taking care of flabber worms but most student weren't really paying any attention to the worms anymore. Instead students were examining the trees almost every class as deep gashes were in the trunks of almost every tree on the edge of the forbidden forest and as the classes went by the gashes in the trees progressed further into the forest. The students each class examined the marks and debated what caused them. A wild animal? A monster? Sirius Black? Some of the trees were so cut up that they had fallen.
It wasn't till the start of october that Link made his reappearance to the school wearing his green tunic and chainmail once again. He first reappeared in the common room right when crookshanks tore open Rons bag. Before anyone noticed he was there Link caught both scabbers and crookshanks and held them in his arms. While in Links arms crookshanks began meowing almost like he wanted to tell Link something. Once he stopped meowing Link took out a bottle filled with a red liquid and dumped it out right in the middle of the common room. Once it was empty he put scabbers in, sealed the bottle and handed it to Ron.
"Thanks" said Ron taking the bottle out of Links hand. After Ron had the bottle Link left with crookshanks still under his arm.
"Finally someone who understands my problem with that cat" exclaimed Ron while taking scabbers out of the glass bottled Link placed him in. "Oooo. where do you think he's taking crookshanks?" Hermione asked it was clear she was worried about him.
"Well if were lucky he'll drown it in the lake and scabbers won't be bothered anymore" Ron said.
"RON!" Hermione shouted "How could you say that about crookshanks!" she then proceeded to storm up the stairs to the girls dorms. Harry let out sigh as his friends were once again fighting about a cat and mouse situation. Literally too.
Harry gave another sigh and looked out the window and was shocked at what he saw. At the edge of the forest was crookshanks and a black dog or wolf (you never know with the forest) with markings on its fur. For a moment He thought he was seeing the grim again and nudged Ron "Ron look out this window and tell me what you see."
Ron looked out the window for a full minute before he said anything "Harry all that's there is Link coming out of the woods with that dam cat." Ron said "You don't think all those cuts in the trees were him do you? I mean when he walked in before it did look like he came from the forest with those green clothes and all."
"You didn't see a black dog or anything?" Harry asked "No... All I saw was Link coming out of the woods like i said. He looked to be putting something in his pocket but that's about it" Ron said looking worried at the mention of the black dog. "Harry you're not seeing the grim again are you?"
Harry thought for a moment before responding. "No, I just saw this black animal with white markings on it fur and thought it looked interesting is all" After Harry said this Ron relaxed and went back to doing the homework they were working on.
Link's P.O.V
When i picked up that cat and stopped it from catching Rons rat in the common and it started looking at me and meowing i knew something was up. Animals can tell i'm part animal and try to speak to me sometimes, but i can't understand them when i'm human only that they want to tell me something. Its almost like a feeling.
Once i was out of the common room i dropped the cat and it ran down the stairs. Heading out to the forest probably so i followed it. Through the castle we went down the ever changing marble staircases and out the castle doors. I was correct in assuming it was going to the forest as it ran out of the castle and towards the thick woods i have grown accustomed to over the past month.
The defense against the arts class with that boggart showed me what would happen if i lost control over my dark side, which i have become more aware of since the incident on the train only here it would be more than just the the kids back in ordan and some others, it would be everyone in this castle. In the forest i trained for what didn't seem like long but time seems to move more quickly here so it was about a month in this worlds time.
Once me and the cat were deep enough in the forest that no would see us i reached into my pouch for the cloth covered shard of magic that would turn me into a wolf. I plunged the master sword in the ground so that I would have a way to turn back without minda and slowly began to unwrap the shard. Once unwrapped I grasped it in my hand and so began the process of turning into a wolf.
When I finished becoming a wolf I turned to the cat whom i followed out here and it began to speak at once.
"I knew it. I knew you were different then most other humans, i could smell it on you." the cat spoke. "Anyway you know that rat? The one that i was chasing and that you stopped me from catching?" I nodded in response to the cat's question before it continued.
"Well its not really a rat it doesn't smell right. If you were to see the rat as you are now you would know what im talking about. Yet that's impossible because the humans would react badly if a wolf were to walk through the school." The cat was right if I was to walk through the school as a wolf it was draw to much attention and cause panic.
"Anyway" the cat began once again "i would be careful around that rat if i was you. Its upto no good i can feel it, a sense of unease." I thought about this cat's words for a short bit before heading back up to the castle.
"Wait" the cat once again spoke when we were at the edge of the forest "You're still a wolf you might want to change back before heading any further." Realizing he was right i quickly ran back to where the master sword was and walked up to the blade as it worked it magic to turn me human again. Once human again I picked up the shadow crystal and began once again heading up to the castle with the cat around my ankles, following.
Later in the evening once everyone was asleep I once again snuck out to the foreset to sit on one of the high branches and think about all that has happened in the past month alone and the words the cat spoke. In the past month I've trained everyday to get stronger and more skilled with my blade and other equipment so that I will never lose control and can be more proficient if a threat were to appear.
I knew that when I returned to the dull classes tomorrow morning it would mean trouble with the teachers as I haven't attended a class in over a month. Releasing a sigh at the head ache that tomorrow will be i turned my thoughts to the rat that wasn't really a rat. A person who could turn into an animal almost like me but it has to a wizard. As i thought about how he could be a rat and a wizard at the same time something crossed my mind of the first transfiguration class, of Mcgonagall saying something about animagi who were wizards who could turn into animals.
Dwelling on the animagi possibility a bit longer I once again returned to looking at the mask the skull kid gave me, it was a mystery i returned to every night the resemblance to my face and the power it practically oozed, just what is the mask supposed to represent anyway? It didn't look happy nor scared or any other emotion you expect instead it looked like someone about to go into a battle with a fierce look decorating it face. Once again in almost no time the sun rose and I had to head back up to the castle before anyone noticed I was missing.
As expected in each and every class I got in trouble for not attending but the class where it was the worse was Mcgonagall's class where as soon as she spotted me she told me to see her after class with a stern look on her face that told me this was not going to be good. So as soon as class ended I walked up to her with Harry trailing behind to ask her a question most likely.
"Do you have any idea of the amount of class time you missed?" She started off "And not just in my class but in every class on your schedule! As head of the gryffindor house I have received complaints about your absence from all of the teachers!"
While she continued on with her lecture I merely stood there with my head down doing my best to look ashamed, almost exactly what I do when illa lectures me about epona. I smile at the memory which turns out to be a mistake.
"So think that it funny to ditch classes for a month? One hundred points from gryffindor. And you are not to leave the castle until you finish all the work you missed." My face which had a neutral expression changed to one of shock when she said I couldn't leave the castle till A MONTH's worth of work was done! With the stern look on her face I knew they was fighting it so with an angry look on my face I turned around and left the room with my hat trailing behind me.
(No ones P.O.V)
On october 31 the day of the hogsmeade trip all the third years left in the morning except for Link and Harry. Link whom couldn't go because of all the work he had to and Harry who failed to convince Mcgonagall to let him go. As the day dragged on Link
spent his time working on all the assignments that he missed in the common room while Harry wandered around the castle and did other things till Ron and Hermione came back.
A little bit later after all the students from hogsmeade came back all the students in the castle went down to the great hall for some kind of feast that was happening while Link stayed in the common room to finish up his work. Right when Link finished his work he heard someone outside of the common room, which shouldn't be possible everyone was still at the feast.
Getting up Link walked to the portrait hole and heard voices outside one of which belonged to the fat lady and other voice was a mystery, it didn't belong to any student or teacher in the castle. Link Put his ear to the entrance so he could hear what they were saying.
"I told you I don't know the password but you have to let me in! Hes right here!"
"No password no entry."
The man then gave a growl of annoyance and a ripping sound was heard along with the fat lady screaming. Choosing this moment Link opened the portrait and stepped out of the common room and into the hallway to confront the man who was none other than Sirius Black.
"You boy. Have you seen a rat with a red haired boy?" Link nodded in reply. "Excellent, could you perhaps let me in the common room?" to this Link shook his head. Thinking for a moment Link then motioned for Black to follow him as he walked down the stairs heading out to the forest so they could talk.
Once the duo reached the woods Link stopped and turned around to look at Black while bringing up his gloved left hand in a motion for black to explain. So as the night went on Black explained how he ended up in azkaban because of a Peter Pettigrew who faked his own death after Black confronted him because he sold out the Potters to Voldemort and blamed it all on Sirius.
"So, do you believe me?" Sirius asked. Link let out a sigh and nodded his head while Sirius's face seem to brighten a bit at this. "Well then when shall I head up to the castle to get my revenge, with you helping it shouldn't be too hard to get that rat -" Link stopped him right there and shook his head and motioned for him to stay put. The sun was starting to rise and noticing this Link gave Black one last look then headed back to the castle before he had a chance to argue.
The weather got worse as the weekend approached, rain was constantly falling rather hard and the wind always howling. While Harry was practicing quidditch Link watched him from the forest while checking on Sirius and training till saturday when there was a match.
Early saturday around 4 am Link walked into the common room, with his clothes completely wet and dripping and was about to head up to the dorm when he noticed Harry sitting by the fire just staring into the flames. He also noticed crookshanks attempting to go up to the dorm and when he cat turned to look at him he shook his head and the cat stopped attempting to get up the stairs.
Link walked over to Harry and tapped him on the shoulder. As Harry looked up he was shocked to see Link who looked, and he probably did, like he had just walked in from outside and he was staring at Harry with a confused look on his face.
"Hello Link I wasn't expecting anyone else to be up. I couldn't sleep what with the match today, the wind and rain." Harry said while Link sat down next to him "Did you go for a walk or something?" Link just nodded in response to the question and the two sat there till breakfast.
The quidditch match that afternoon was brutal the rain was so thick it made it difficult to see and the wind was so strong and loud that it was blowing players off course and drowning out all sounds. As the match progressed the weather got worse and gryffindor called a time out.
A little while later the sound of the wind disappeared as at least fifty dementors started to glide onto the field. Link stared at the sheer numbers of them for a few seconds before taking action. So disappearing behind the stands Link pulled out a mask that was to only be used in emergencies and this was one. Upon putting the mask on Link felt horrible pain as his body changed until he was taller, wearing a light bluish almost white tunic with a chest plate that had an upside triangle and a crescent moon on it along with a double helix shaped blade.
Before the headmaster even had time to react to the current situation, which was dementors on the quidditch field and Harry falling a hundred feet, dementors started to fall some cut in half and other decapitated by a strange figure with some kind of tribal markings on their face shooting beams of energy from his swords as he swung it. One by one the dementors fell until their was only about 50 remained which Dumbledore got rid of with a simple flick of his wand and right before Harry hit the ground the strange figure caught him and set him on the ground. With a flash gone was the figure and all that was left were the confused and shocked looks of everyone present.