He kept looking at me and it was getting a little uncomfortable so I squirmed a little in his arms.
"It's ok kitten I won't hurt you I'm just trying to help you."
Was all I got in a reply to my struggling. He finally looked into my eyes and his somewhat widened.
"your-,"
He was about to say something but was stopped when he sniffed the air and got a good whiff of the smoke.
"Oh no, Sophie!"
So he knew me too! This is getting crazy. He ran along to the balcony back to my room. Argh I was such a scatter brain. I forgot about the book again! Without much thought I jumped from the man's arms and raced back to the study. He didn't seem to mind but he was yelling my name throw my window and I felt bad. This man that I didn't even know was trying to save me. If only I could tell him I was a cat. Now I had to get the book if not for me but for him. The mystery man.
The study door was still wide open for anyone to enter. I ran in only to jump back out the whole room was on fire. From where I stood I could see the desk and curtens aflame along with the shelves that were along the wall. The book had been on the desk when I had said the spell and it was now in flames along with everything else in the room.
I was in dis spare and had no idea what to do. Here I am now a cat and I'm on the run from people I don't even know. Oh and to top it off my parents are dead.
I would have gotten further into my depression had it not been for the mysterious man still yelling my name from inside the house.
I had to save him! He was looking for me and here I am worried about a book.
Going back to my room and into the house I skidded down the stairs and into the living room fire was every where but I could still see the man in the living room across from the stairs.
Without thinking I jumped onto his back and apperated to the only place I could think of that was safe away from my burning down home.
Diagon Alley
After we had made it to Diagon Alley the man was still to stunned to even think about going back to my house and search for me. He didn't even know that it was me that transported us there. But after that I was so tried and all I could think about was sleeping and so thats what I did. I passed out cold on the hard cabble stone ground.
When I had woken up I was on a cushion in a warm little living room. The walls were a honey yellow with swirls of the lightest brown. The walls were also full of moving pictures of happy faces, people hugging and laughing. There was a fire place in the center of the right side wall and there was a big picture frame right above it. I couldn't see it that well to I got up on the couch and then on the arm rest. Then I jumped from that onto the globe that was sitting next to the fire place. I landed on it flat on my tummy and it spun around a couple of times making a squeaky sound. I tried getting up but decided to wait seeing as I was super dizzy.
When I got un-dizzy I sat back on my hind legs and reached up with my front legs and dug my claws into the side of the, oddly wood, fire place. When I finally got up I took a good look at the picture. It was a group of people standing side by side, some behind others and some hugging each other. I looked for the mystery man and found him standing behind a couple hugging and had his arms around the shoulder of the man and another one next to him. They all seemed happy and they had huge grins on their faces. I look at the picture a little longer and got a shock when I saw my parents standing right next to the group. My father had his arm around the same man the mystery man had his arm around and his other was around my mother's waist, whose stomach was a little large, she must have been pregnant with me.
My whisker twitched when I tried to smile. My head tilted and I lifted a paw up and put it right on her stomach.
Lupin's Point Of View
I was sitting in my study thinking of the events that brought me here. I had gotten a letter from Nathan and Sally telling me that my assistants would be needed at once at their home. Of course I apperated there immediately think there was trouble and sure enough when I got there the house was on fire. I was lucky enough to have apperated to their balcony which the fire hadn't reached yet and right when I was going to head to their room a white cat jumped out of their daughter Sophie's room.
"Woah there kitty"
I snatched it up without difficulty and looked at it. The cat was pure white and it had a little necklace on it's neck but it also had a wand in its mouth which I found odd.
"I never knew Nathan and Sally had a cat"
The cat started to struggle and I told it that it was ok and that I was trying to help it. Then I looked the cat in the eyes. It had the strangest shade of purple and the only person I knew to have that color was.
"your-,"
It was then that I remembered Nathan and Sally's daughter. Sophie. She was a bright witch and could do anything with the flick of the wrist. Or at least Nathan brags. She might still be in the house! I ran to her room instead of Nathan and Sally's knowing that they would be far safer then Sophie. I was so busy looking for Sophie that I hadn't noticed the cat was no longer in my arms and I was now in a burning building. I started calling to Sophie but there was no answer. I had finally made it to living room but there was still no sign of Sophie and I was losing oxygen fast. The next thing I know I'm being shoved in the back and I feel the familiar feeling of apperating.
When I had landed at the destination I was surprised to see I was in Diagon Alley.
"How"
I looked around me and was in shock to see that pure white cat. It still had the wand in it's mouth and it started to lay down on the ground. The cat looked dead. I rushed over to the poor thing and picked it up genteelly. I could feel it's little lungs still moving so I relaxed a little and felt no need to stay at Diagon Alley.
Home was my next destination.
My home was a little cottage in the middle of the woods. It was one level, enough room for one room, living room, kitchen, bath room, and a study. I left the cat in the living room and retired to my study and now we are back where we started. None of this made any since. Nathan, Sally, and Sophie were nowhere to be found in their home so where were they. For all I know they could be somewhere in Australia! I was disturbed from my thoughts when I hared the distanced squeaking noise of the globe in my living room. I slowly walked to the living room only to see the cat sitting on the ledge of the fire place with it's tiny paw on my picture of the Order.
It's paw was placed right on Sally's pregnant belly I didn't know what to think. This cat is so...so, there isn't a word to describe it. There is only the feeling I get when around it. Like it needs my help. And by damn was I going try to.
It's been about a week that I've been living with the mystery man. He was quite a loner. He was also starting to look super pale and sickly. He was kinda like my guardian now so I was sad to see him in the stat that hes in and whenever he noticed me looking at him for long periods of time he would tell me that everything was fine and that I needn't worry. It was what I believed to be a Sunday. The mysterious man and I were sitting in the living room. He was reading a book and I was curled up on the cushion behind his head. I had tried to read along with him but he was to fast and would turn the page before I had a chance to even finish reading the first page. So I just laid behind him and finally decided to take a cat nap (pun intended!). Before I could fall asleep that wonderful popping noise invaded the quite air around us causing both me and the mystery man to jump.
There in front of us was an old wizard. He had a super long beard and was wearing dark blue robes. He looked at the mystery man before turning his stare to me. He had a certain twinkle in his eye that told me he knew who I was.
"Why Professor Dumbledore, what is it that you need?" Mystery man had asked him.
"Now now, Remus can't an old friend visit"
They laughed at each other and the man, Dumbledore sat down. I was also please because I now know the mystery mans name! Remus. It was a nice name. Also one that I remembered. My father would talk to me for hours on end telling me stories of his times at Hogwarts. Remus was the friend he had helped while becoming an animagus. It all fit. I turned to them coming out of my thoughts to realize that they weren't paying any attention to me at all and that would just not do. I got up and jumped onto Remus's lap and re-curled up and started to purr loudly.
"Ah, I was meaning to ask when you got a cat Remus." Remus started petting my head and scratching behind my ears. I was able to say I was a very happy kitten.
"Well she was at.. at Nathan and Sally's. Did you hear what happened"
Happy kitten was gone.
"I did indeed, sad sad news I'm afraid. All three missing"
Missing? More like my parents where dead and I am now an animagus for life. I guess they will never know.
"Yes, but I would like to now the true reason you have come Dumbledore"
"Ah, yes I have come with a very urgent request"
"Which is"
"Oh yes, excuse me, I would like to properly ask of your abilities to become the new professor for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. That is if you would like to" Dumbldore's eyes sparked.
"Like to? Oh course Dumbledore, I would love to"
"Ah yes, I knew you would. I will send an owl tomorrow with all the information so you can prepare"
"Yes professor but what about my problem"
Yes what about his problem, you know that one where hes a dangerous threat to everyone in a 100 mile radius. Yes my father had told me the stories of his adventures with his friends during the night of the full moon.
"Not to worry, not to worry at all there is a new potion you see that will help you. I will have that information in the letter as well so I shall now leave you. As you know school starts the first of September"
I jumped off Remus's lap and trotted into the kitchen. I hopped onto the counter and looked at the calender hanging next to the little window. Today was the 31 of August we only had a day left until the first.
I meowed loudly to get Remus to come and see our situation. He walked in the kitchen and saw what I was looking at. When he saw the date his eyes widened and he rushed back to Dumbledore but when he turned into the living room Dumbledore was gone.