auction - centaur!au
264 words, by gdocs
"Oh my God."
Harry only says it as a whisper, but he can hear his voice come out low and deep which scares the hell out of him; his voice is not that low. His blinks and looks down again.
This isn't real, right? You can't become a centaur. But, looking down, Harry can tell that he is one. Those creatures he met in the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid – well, he's one of them.
The horse body feels weird on him; he's supposed to be a human. The hoofs feel heavy and it feels weird to have six limbs. That's not how a human should work.
Then again, Harry reminds himself, he's not a human.
Harry shifts around. It's a difficulty to turn around in his new body, but he now faces the Forbidden Forest again. The centaurs – the other centaurs – live in there. He should join them.
But would they even accept him? He's so different from them…
It has to be worth a try.
He starts his journey, trying to get used to using hooves instead of feet. He doesn't know if he'll ever get used to that feeling. There's something in the forest that makes a sound and, startling him, Harry starts to walk faster. He's almost at a trot now.
Suddenly, he trips over something that sends him falling, falling, falling to the ground…
Harry wakes up in his bed with a gasp. Look down, he can see that he has a human body. With a sigh of relief, he flops down to go back to sleep.