A Werewolf Romance
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters.
This story contains several of my own characters, if you wish for more detailed profiles please don't hesitate to ask.
A/N- Sorry about the long length of time between these chapters, I've been on holiday and worrying over exam results. They should come a little more frequently now… so long as I don't get writers block in the mean time.
Another A/N- This is the last 'filler' chapter as it were before we get back to main plot. After this the story will start to come to a close.
Three and a half long weeks had past, the revision material that had been placed on them by every teacher was growing in a pile of gigantic proportions. Everywhere you looked either in common rooms or in the library 5th and 7th years were studying like crazy for their big exams.
But Micky was currently elsewhere and inwardly smiling. She was incapable of showing that smile at present but it was there. She was in the Room of Requirement, staring in a mirror that was inside the room, looking back at her was a black dog like that of the description was given to her in Transfiguration about two months ago.
She had done it, and with only days to spare before her OWLs started. It had been hard and at the final point, painful. She transformed back into a human and checked herself over; there was nothing out the ordinary… no tail or fur when there shouldn't be… so she considered it a huge success.
Micky left the Room of Requirement in order to go to see Prof. McGonagall, wanting to get registered as quick as possible so that she could get on with the rest of the year. As she walked down the more or less deserted hallway she heard a voice say her name behind her that made her freeze immediately with a chill of fear running down her spine.
It was Prof. Snape walking down towards her, inwardly, Micky rolled her eyes at this, because no matter what she was doing, she had a feeling that he was probably going to see as something worth punishing.
"What, pray tell, are you doing wandering around the school so close to an important period of exams?"
Micky quickly scanned her location to make an excuse, she didn't want him to know the truth, he would see her recent task as 'time wasting'.
"I was just going from the library to see Prof. McGonagall about something for Transfiguration."
Ok, so it wasn't a total lie, but Snape's glare down upon her made her feel tiny for it all the same. Why did she always get the feeling that he could tell if anyone was lying to him? It certainly seemed that way from how he acted towards all students. This made Micky scared, reminding her of the look he'd given her in the hospital wing, the look that suggested he knew a lot more about her situation than what she'd stated.
"Mmm" He said after a few moments pause, "Very well, then you better run along then shouldn't you… oh and by the way I have that book I requested you to retrieve from me yesterday. I hope your lapse of memory was due to exam pressure and not pure time wasting on your part."
With that, he handed he the book, turned around and walked away. Micky could've have kicked herself for forgetting that book, it was going to help her in her potions OWL, he had said for her to go and get form his office yesterday evening, but she'd too busy in the Room of Requirement all night and it had completely slipped her mind.
She entered Prof. McGonagall's office after being called in, and walked up to her desk.
"What is I can do for you Micky? Are you stuck on the Vanishing theory… everyone else seems to be."
"No, actually I'm fine with that." Why as anyone finding it difficult? "No I came to ask how you could get registered as an animagus."
McGonagall took off her glasses and looked her right in the eye.
"And why would you want to that Michaela?"
Micky took a deep breath, she might as well be forthright with it, she walked back a few paces and after concentrating momentarily transformed into a black dog and back again.
"Very impressive, I would like to say quickly that being able to this wouldn't pass exams."
"I didn't do it instead of revising, it was in conjunction with."
"Mmm" That earned another inward roll of the eyes, why was everyone saying that today? "Very well, I trust you Micky and I believe that you put in sufficient revision and this extra was only an occasional try. However perfecting the transformation in such a short space of time is nearly unheard of."
She pulled out a piece of parchment from her desk and after scribbling down some words she said,
"Transform again, I need to make a note of your unique features so the Ministry of Magic can keep an eye on you."
Micky transformed again and McGonagall came over to look her over.
"Your eyes are still dark blue, that necklace you were wearing has became a collar, and that scar on your nose has kept a white mark on your muzzle."
She settled that to be it and wrote them all down. She then put it in an envelope and said she would send it off to the ministry as soon as she had time, and that Micky should hear word from them within a few weeks.
Just before Micky left the office Prof. McGonagall shouted after her,
"I hope now it will be solid exam preparation, and good luck to you."
Micky smiled at her and then left.
It really was solid exam preparation from then on, with seven exams coming in over the course of nine days; Micky knew she would be mentally exhausted after this.
All throughout the exam period 5th and 7th years were not seen during daylight hours as they were studying and/or catching up on the sleep that they've missed out on due to that studying. Micky was the same, before and during the exam period she would be seen either in the library or in the exam rooms for the OWLs.
On the day of the last one, Charms, Micky heard some news being passed down the Gryffindor table during breakfast, it was about a Hippogriff of Hagrid's called Buckbeak that was about to be executed. She would have been more concerned but she didn't have time, however she did overhear a few of the students (Harry Potter and his friends) saying how Malfoy had framed the creature in the first place and that it needed to be saved.
Micky decided to ponder on this after Charms and maybe she could have a nosy look out to see if anything would happen.
Hopefully this chapter wasn't too bad, it should get back onto some proper story next chapter, I thought I better get the exam part out the way quickly. Review please