Curiosity Killed the Cat
Disclaimer: I am not an author… yet.
A/N: I think I'm back on-line, for now. I still have a couple more weeks left in school but I think things will tone down now.
"thought", "Spoken", "Cat language", "Parseltongue"
Chapter Three: The Hogwarts Express
After that Hermioneand Harry walked back to the bookshop whispering feverously to each other. "Hermione are you sure that he couldn't have done that?"
"Yes Harry, the only things that can physically over power a submissive Cattersine, like you, are full blown out angry male vela's, male vampires at a new moon, and Dominant Cattersine Males." Hermione looked about worried.
"Tonight is a new moon." Harry looked at Hermione, "The only thing we can eliminate is the Vela thing."
Hermione sighed, "Well I'm praying he is a vampire, because if not that means he is a dominant Cattersine, and things could get gory if your mate finds out he has been touching you."
"That would be if he isn't my mate, Herms we don't know who my mate is." Harry reminded her as they grabbed the books they needed off the shelves.
"That, too. If he is your mate then Ron will throw a screaming ass fit." Hermione glanced behind them to see Ron looking longingly at her.
"I can't believe you liked him." Harry giggled.
"Me neither, but you know… I like someone else now" Hermione shuffled her feet awkwardly.
"Yeah, to bad he's a Slytherin, Ron is going to murder if he finds out that not only do you not like him, but that you like a Snake." Harry grabbed her and dragged her over to the counter to purchase their books.
"Shut up. He's going to hear you." Hermione glanced back again.
Harry glanced back at Ron who was now moping about. "No he's not. He is too busy moping to care."
"Oh, you shush." Hermione hit him on the back of the head.
"HEY!" Harry jumped. "That hurt. And it wasn't very nice."
"I never said I was nice Harry James Potter." Hermione smirked and walked out of the store, "come on let's get back to Grimmauld Place."
Harry followed her as they walked over to Mr. Weasly. "Smirking doesn't suit you." He commented drily.
"Let's go you three, the rest already left." Mr. Weasly ushered them into the fireplace.
LOVE!
That next morning Grimmauld Place was in chaos.
"Ginny grab your brush, Ron don't forget your wand, FRED, GOREGE PUT THAT DOWN THIS INSTANT!" Harry laughed lightly as the Weaslys bustled around as usual before getting on the train.
"They are fun to watch aren't they?" Hermione asked from behind him.
"Amusing as ever." Harry laughed again.
"Are you going to say good-bye to your godfather?" Hermione asked.
"I probably should." Harry sighed.
"Why don't you?" Hermione sat down next to Harry.
"He keeps calling me James and it's getting annoying." Harry pulled on one of his cat ears.
"Oh" Hermione glanced up and so did Harry to see Sirius standing in the door way.
Sirius nodded lightly to Harry before disappearing upstairs. Harry sighed, "He knows I'm upset about it."
"Maybe going back to school will help?" Hermione looked at Harry worriedly.
"And deal with Dumbledore? I think not." Harry snickered when Fred sneaked some of the strange candies he had into Ron's snack bag.
"Okay I think we are all ready, lets flue" Mrs. Weasly pushed her children through the fireplace with their trunks, "Harry you next." Harry gracefully walked into the fireplace to flue to the train station.
Harry came out and immediately ran into someone that had come out of the fire place next to him. "Uff," The parson Harry ran into caught him before he fell.
"I thought Cattersines were supposed to be graceful." The person whispered.
Harry groaned it was Malfoy, "You ran into me too."
Malfoy hummed, "Here let me help you." He pulled up the hood to Harry's cloak. "Hide your face from everyone else."
"My mate is going to tare you apart if he ever finds out you were holding me against you." Harry pushed against Malfoy's chest to try and get away, but try as he might he could seem to get Malfoy to let go.
"So you know who your mate is?" Malfoy made a face.
"Well… no, no I don't, not yet anyways." Harry sagged against the taller boy giving up in trying to get away.
"Well I'll give you a hint on something." Malfoy looked off into the distance.
"What?" Harry tried to turn and see what he was looking at.
"There is one other Cattersine at Hogwarts, and he doesn't have a mate yet." Harry was too caught up be his words that he didn't notice Malfoy run a hand through his hair and over his ears, pushing to hood off.
"Is he a dominant?" Harry's voice sounded dazed.
"Yes." Malfoy nodded lightly and let go of Harry. "I'm going to go meet up with my friends."
Harry watched him walk off still in a slight stupor. After a couple of seconds Harry looked around to find that only lingering students were still on the platform. He grabbed his trunk and carried it onto the train to find an empty compartment, remembering that Ron and Hermione were now prefects and would be at the meeting. Harry sighed, he had walked the length of the train and no compartments were open, how bothersome.
Harry was about to start walking back up the train to see if he could find Fred and Gorge when he got pushed into the open compartment next to him. "Hey, watch it, Theo. He is small." Harry regretted hearing that voice.
"Malfoy, are you really going to annoy me again?" Harry grimaced as Draco picked up his trunk and put it up high where he couldn't reach. "Wait a minute… his thoughts back tracked, "Since when has he been Draco?"
"Well, Potter, you are in our compartment." Harry looked around to find that Crabb, Goyle, and Theodore Nott were also sitting in the compartment.
"Oh…" Was all Harry said from his position on the floor, "Could I have my trunk back?" He asked suddenly.
"I don't think so." Malfoy scooped Harry up and placed him onto the seat next to him.
"Please?" Harry gave him his best I'm-a-cute-cat-thing-so-you-will-give-me-what-I-want look.
"Not going to work." Malfoy smirked and slung his arm around Harry, who found that he was in no position to argue with the annoying Slytherin.
"Fine." Right after Harry said fine the compartment door opened and in stepped Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson.
"Oh, looky Darcy-poo has got himself a boyfriend. And it is Harry Potter himself." Pansy cooed. A long time ago before getting on the train Harry had pushed his ears flat against his head to try and get them to blend in, but if they weren't already pushed flat Harry was sure they would be now.
"Does he know Draco?" Blaise asked.
Harry glanced down and made sure to hide his tail behind Draco. "If only I could glamour my whiskers and fur tufts on my face… and my eyes also."
"No, and he doesn't need to." Draco glared at the other two.
"What is he doing here anyways?" Pansy asked and plopped herself down on Draco's other side.
"Where am I supposed to sit?" Blaise asked looking around.
"Right here." Draco pulled Harry into his lap.
Harry yelped and tried to struggle out of his grip, but yet again try as he might he couldn't get out of Draco's grip. "Why the hell can't I get away from him?"
"Stop that," Draco growled, "I'm being nice and letting you sit on my lap and all you can do is struggle?"
Harry glared daggers at the ceiling. Why had he let himself get caught in this mess?
Blaise leaned over to whack Pansy from some comment that Harry had missed. That's when he noticed Harry looked completely different, "You're a Cattersine?" He asked hesitantly.
Everyone looked at Harry and he could hear and feel Draco laughing behind him, "Yeah, and your point is?"
"The great Harry Potter is a DARK creature!" Pansy started laughing.
"Yep, I'm so Dark and scary." Harry replied sarcastically.
"And he's sarcastic." Blaise looked shocked.
Harry rolled his eyes, "Yeah," He said slowly, "And look there is the castle."
Pansy peered out the window and got up, "I'm going to get dressed, away from all of you, no Draco I don't care that you are gay." She grabbed her trunk and walked out.
Theodore got up and walked out. "His stuff is in another compartment," Draco explained.
Crabb and Goyle grunted and followed Theodore, "Thiers too."
"Well… I'd best be going, my trunk is with the prefects." Blaise left before Draco could catch him.
"My friends are quite strange." Draco ran a hand over his hair and Harry yet again saw something different in the air above his head.
"You think?" Harry rolled his eyes and watched as Draco pulled down his trunk, "It would be nice if I could get my trunk." Harry said glancing at Draco.
Draco nodded and pulled Harry's trunk down, "Why are you so short?"
"I'm a submissive, I have to be short. Don't ask me why it's getting annoying being too short to do certain things."
"But it makes you a good seeker, being so small." Draco pulled on his cloak and Harry started to rummage for his.
"Yeah, are you seeker this year?" Harry found his cloak and slid into it.
"No, I had a major growth spurt last year and they had to put me on as chaser." He mock pouted.
"What was with you and Crabb and Goyle yesterday?" Harry closed his trunk and felt the train start to slow.
"Nothing, shouldn't you find your friends they are going to be worried." Draco said abruptly.
"Nah, Hermione is fine with me talking to you," "Mainly because she wants to know what you are." His thoughts trailed off.
"And weasel?"
"Uhhh yeah, that doesn't really matter…" Harry shuffled his feet, "I'll just see him at the feast."
"Oaky," the train stopped abruptly and Harry fell forward, right onto Draco.
"Eip," Harry squeaked in surprise and tried to regain his balance, too late though, Draco had already caught him up around the waist.
"I didn't know you wanted to be close to me." Draco whispered.
"Oh shut it, Malfoy," Harry pushed against his chest trying to get away again, "and let me go."
"Oh not until you say the magic word."
Harry rolled his eyes and noticed people had started to walk off the train. This wouldn't look good, "which one there are lots?" Harry said sarcastically.
"But none of them work with your magic." Draco smirked.
"You know an awful lot about Cattersines." Harry tried again to get away, but try as he might somehow Draco kept managing to overpower him.
"Yeah, I'm a pure blood, I would know."
Harry sighed, "We are going to miss the carriages."
"Just say it."
"Fine," Harry glared up at him, "Please, let me go."
"Oh, you don't mean it." Draco looked away humming.
Harry growled, "Stupid, Malfoy, I know he wants me to beg." Harry wanted to hit his head on something hard, so he hit his head on the only thing he could. Draco's chest.
"That doesn't hurt me, Potter, and you are too short to head butt me." Draco raised an eyebrow and watched as Harry banged his head on his chest.
Harry sighed again and stopped hitting his head and just let it rest there for a second. That was stupid because now he smelt something wonderful rolling off in waves from Draco. He sniffed a couple times and then looked up, "What cologne are you wearing?" Harry asked.
"I'm not." Draco gave him a strange look.
"Oh, well could you please let me go." Harry push against him again.
"Fine." Draco let go of him and lifted up his and Harry's trunk, "Come on Gryffindork let's go."
"Hey!" Harry cried indignantly following Draco out of the compartment and out of the train.
By the time the two got to where the carriages usually waited, they were all gone. "See if you had let me go sooner we wouldn't have missed the carriages."
"Well if you had said please sooner…" Draco trailed off when he saw Harry's eyes flashing, "I'll just put our trunks with the rest of the trunks." He set them down and started off toward the school. "Look if you don't want to talk to me I understand."
Harry was slightly taken aback and was having trouble keeping his head strait. The smells coming from Draco were just addicting. "I- it's not that I don't want to talk to you- it's just that you annoy my sometimes." Harry caught up with him, trying not to give into his temptation to bury his face into Draco's neck and just breathe deeply.
"Right back at you." Draco said slowing down slightly.
Harry was defiantly addicted to the smell of Draco now. "SO we could try to be friends?"
"My friends won't care; they think it is wicked that you are a dark creature. What will your friends think though?" Draco stopped suddenly and turned to face Harry with his arms crossed.
"Ron will throw a fit, but doesn't matter. Hermione will be happy for me. I seriously think the only reason she hasn't requested a house change to Ravenclaw is because I haven't requested a house change to where I'm supposed to be." Harry ran a hand over his cat ears before twitching his tail in amusement.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Draco took a step forward.
Harry slid away from him, "Oh, nothing." He started to run to the castle, "I'll race you there!" He called back over his shoulder. "And I'll win!"
"Oh, no you won't!" Draco ran after him.
When they got to the entrance hall students were filing out. "Great we missed the feast." Draco said sarcastically.
"Mr. Malfoy if you would come with me, Mr. Potter The Headmaster wishes to see you about your request earlier this summer." The two boys turned around to find Professor Snape standing there watching them.
"You're going to get off easy, he is your godfather." Harry whispered and scampered off before Snape could change his mind.
Harry got to the Gargoyle and noticed he didn't know the password, "Damn it… let's see… Kit Kat, Snickers, Milky Way." The gargoyle moved out of the way. "Finally." Harry walked up the stairs taking them two at a time.
Harry knocked at the door when he finally got there, "Come in Harry." Dumbledore's voice came from through the door.
Harry walked in, "You asked to see me sir?"
"Yes, Harry, have a seat." Dumbledore gestured to the chair across from him. "You requested a house change?"
"Actually sir I didn't really mean it." Harry didn't really want Draco to know that he belonged in Slytherin.
"Well, you can't take it back," Harry looked into Dumbledore's twinkling eyes and felt his head begin to pound.
"God, I wish I could know what he was thinking." Suddenly Harry could hear Dumbledore's thoughts.
"We can't have a dark creature in Gryffindor. I need to talk to Neville; Harry can't be the chosen one especially if he is a rare dark creature that holds too much power. An unexpected death after he becomes a Slytherin, yes that will work."
"On, second thought I'll take the house change." Harry was quite happy about his powers right now.
"Good," Dumbledore took the sorting hat down from the shelf and placed it onto Harry's head.
"Mr. Potter changed your mind at last. Oh and you are even more suited for Slytherin. Well, SLYTHERIN" The hat yelled out.
"Did you have to yell? Stupid hat." Dumbledore grumbled and changed Harry's badge.
"Of course I had to yell I always do, and I'm older then you so stuff it." Dumbledore glared at the hat.
"Well, I'm off to my new common room." Harry got up with a twitch of his tail.
"Don't you need to-"
Harry cut him off, "I already know where it is." He walked out and down the stairs. "Annoying bastard," he mumbled.
Harry wondered down to the entrance hall and ran into Ron.
"Harry, I was just… why are you wearing a Slytherin badge?" Ron glared at him.
"I got a house switch, deal with it Ron," Harry said darkly and pushed past him to see his two best girlfriends standing in the grate halls door way. Hermione smiled and Ginny nodded. Both of them new that Harry was doing what was right.
Harry nodded back and then pranced off to his new rooms, and his new friend, more importantly, his addiction. Harry walked right up the Slytherin Wall and remembered he had forgotten one thing, a password. "Damn it, what is with me and not having passwords around here?"
Harry looked closely at the wall, something he hadn't done in second year and noticed a small snake engraved in one of the bricks. "Could it really be that easy?" he wondered to himself, "Open." He hissed and the wall slid open. "Guess it is.
The whole common room looked up at him and Harry smirked, "Hello guys." He said in a silky voice, "May I ask where the Slytherin Ice Prince is?" they all looked to Draco who was lounging in a chair next to the fire reading.
Harry pranced over to him his whiskers trembling as he smelt his new addiction. "Hello there, Draco." Harry purred.
Draco looked up, "What are you doing here?"
Harry motioned to his badge before sliding into a chair next to the source of his addiction.
"You're in Slytherin now?" Draco looked at him with wide eyes.
"Yep." Harry pulled at his whiskers pretending to be deep in thought.
"I'll be right back." Draco slammed his book closed, dropped it on Harry's lap, and ran off.
"Well that was strange." Harry looked at the title of the book and read, How to deal with your submissive or dominant Cattersine mate. Now why would he be reading that?
"Look he is a Slytherin now, a solution to all our problems, Marcus he's our seeker now!" Draco came walking back up with Marcus Flint.
Marcus looked at Harry, "The best seeker Hogwarts has ever seen, and he has lost his clumsiness, Gryffindor will never know what hit them." Marcus nodded to him, "Welcome to the team Potter."
Marcus walked away and Draco started looking around for his book, "Harry, where did I put my book?"
Harry smirked, "This one?" he held it up and then dove out of the way from Draco who and dove to grab his book.
"Give it here!" Harry ran across the common room giggling his large ears flopping out.
"Catch that cat!" He heard Theodore yell out before someone grabbed his tail.
Harry yowled out in pure pain and then started rambling in a mix of Cattersine and Parseltongue, "Mate, Mate, I need my mate."His eyes were wide before he heard a lot of screaming and yelling.
And then Blaise was in front of him, "who is your mate Harry? Who?" Harry shook his head and then very slowly pulled himself together.
"I don't know…" Draco squatted next to Blaise.
"I think you need to tell him Draco." Blaise looked at Draco.
"I don't need to, he is fine." Harry then promptly passed out as he felt a world of comfort surround him.
AN: Hello! Kind of long… I don't know what got into me while writing this chapter, but I think I know where everything is going. Okay don't kill me for making an evil Dumbledore but he annoys me, and so does Ron, with all his winning… so yeah. There you go.
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