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Bertram's POV

Bertram had enjoyed the Easter holidays and was actually quite disappointed when classes started again. Like his dad Bertram was incredibly adept at Defence Against the Dark Arts. Unfortunately Bertram had also inherited his dad's lack of skills when it came to Potions. Unluckily for him his first lesson when term started again was Potions.

Filled with dread Bertram made his way to the dungeons along with Dunstan, Sean and Jonathan. He lined up with his classmates outside the door. The Gryffindors had Potions with the Hufflepuffs and he could see Annette chatting to Christabel and Hortensia.

Soon the Professor arrived and the class entered the room and took their seats. Bertram, Dunstan, Sean and Jonathan all took seats at the back of the room. The professor told them that they would be making one of the simpler antidotes for poison this lesson. Bertram nearly snorted. To him there was never anything simple about Potions class.

This lesson proved to be no different. Because he wasn't paying attention Bertram added something to the potion that he shouldn't have. There was a puff of purple smoke and when it dissipated Bertram was nowhere to be seen. 'Bertram!' cried his siblings and friends in a panic. There was a tiny mew from somewhere on the floor. Everyone looked down. Where Bertram had been there was a fluffy black kitten with green eyes. 'Bertram?' asked Sean hesitantly picking the kitten up. The kitten mewed again. All at once there were exclamations about how cute Bertram was as kitten. Disliking the noise kitten-Bertram buried himself in Sean's chest. Seeing that he was obviously afraid everyone quietened down. 'What can we do?' a worried Annette asked the professor. He sighed. 'There's nothing we can do except wait for the effect to wear off I'm afraid,' he told her. 'When will that be?' Dunstan wanted to know. 'It should wear off at about dinner time,' he said. Bertram's siblings and friends were relieved. 'You hear that Bertram?' Sean said lifting kitten-Bertram to eye level, 'you're going to be back to normal in time for dinner.' Kitten-Bertram meowed happily and licked Sean's nose. Sean laughed.

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Bertram's professors had been told of what happened and he'd been excused from classes for the day. Instead he spent the day on Sean's shoulder. Of course his brothers and sisters had been told of what happened. When they saw him in class they immediately started worrying over him until Dunstan assured them that Bertram was alright and would be back to normal by dinner time. This helped easy their siblings worry and when they had got over it they began to have a bit of a laugh about it.

At lunch time Sean put Bertram down on the table so he could eat. He poured some juice into a dish so that Bertram could drink it and Bertram got food by simply wandering around the table and taking what he wanted from the plates. Sean watched Bertram as he picked food of the plates. He is cute as a kitten, he thought. Bertram came trotting back and Sean put him back on his shoulder. From his vantage point Bertram surveyed the world through kitten's eyes. He had to admit it was interesting. Everything was so much bigger and his senses were a bit sharper, though not as sharp as they would have been if he was cat. He was also quite pleased about not having to do classes. In classes he either slept on Sean's shoulder or amused himself. He usually amused himself by playing with someone's shoelaces.

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When it came to dinnertime Dunstan, Sean and Jonathan took Bertram up to their dormitory and set him down on the floor. For a while nothing happened and then in a puff of purple smoke the kitten disappeared. When the smoke cleared Bertram was standing there back in his human form. 'Glad to be human again?' Dunstan asked his brother. 'Yup,' Bertram replied, 'although it was rather interesting being kitten and it was nice not to have to do classes.' Sean snickered. 'Of course you would see that side of it,' he teased. Bertram grinned and shrugged. 'Come on,' he said, 'or we'll miss dinner.'

The four boys headed down to the great hall and pushed the doors open. Bertram siblings all rushed over when they saw him. They were relieved to see that their brother was indeed human again. Eventually they all moved off to their house tables and Bertram, Dunstan, Sean and Jonathan went and sat down at the Gryffindor table.

As Bertram ate his dinner he found himself thinking back over spending most of the day as a kitten. It was rather interesting and he wondered if he should learn how to become an animagus. His dad and papa were animagi. His dad became a stage like his father before him and been. His papa became a panther. Bertram wondered what sort of animal he'd become. He resolved to ask his dad and papa about it over the Christmas holidays.

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That night Bertram dreamed many times about being an animal. In every dream he was always a lion. Maybe it was an indication that if he learned to become an animagus his form would be a lion. Bertram rather liked that thought.