Chapter 12

Spells, Potions, and Suprises, Oh My

I put the three drops of blood from each Firenze and myself into the boiling cauldren in front of me. I had been sitting in an abandoned class room for a couple of hours now mixing the potion before me. With the addition of the blood, the potion changed from a yellowie mixture to a reddish one. Only one person of those wanting to communicate have to drink the potion, and since I'm the one making it, I'll be the one drinking it. This potion would allow Firenze and me to be able to communicate with our minds in case of trouble. All I have to do is wait another 30 minuets for the potion to finish brewing, I can't wait.

Well, I can wait. Good thing I have something else to do while I wait. I started another potion this morning as well, it's the animagus potion, according to all the books I read, to becoem an animagus it requires a combination complex potion and spell work. The potion should be done tonight around midnight, well at the exact moment of midnight, that's when I had to add the very last ingredient and the potion would be done. I added some Everbright leaves and powered Bicorn horn to the potion, then stired three times to the left, five to the right, and two more to the left, finishing what I could do with the potion till midnight.

I'm glad I found that room on the third floor on the map, the Room of Requirement, it had all the ingredients and extra cauldrens that I needed for my potions. It's not as if I could go asking Professor Snape for the rarer ingrediants, and not have him ask some questions. I guess I could always sneak in to his office, but as he is half of my house, or I am half of his, it wouldn't be wise.

"Meow...Merow!"

"Oh, thanks Shadow!" I had Shadow watching the comunication potion for me, he started to meow when it started to go purple. How he understood me, I have no idea, but whatever. I quickly moved the cauldren of the fire to cool. After it cooled I poured the potion into a glass, vanished what was left in the cauldren, and chugged the potion down. It tasted like the Blood Flovored Lollypops that I tried that one time on a dare, I didn't much care for it then, and I don't really care for it know.

~Testing, testing...Firenze, can you here me?~

~Adonia...I take it you completed your potion?~

~Yes, and it does work...YAY!~

I somehow knew that Firenze winced at the volume of my yay scream. ~Please tone down your volume young one. Now, I must leave you, my herd and I are doing certain things that those who are not centataurs cannot understand.~

~All right, goodbye.~

I wish I could talk to the twins, we need to work on our prank, but I can't leave the ...

~Bloody hell, Kitty Cat...what are you doing in my head?~

~Fred? Uh, how are you hearing me? You shouldn't be hearing me! The potion only worked with the blood...~

~Um, am I supposed to be hearing this too? What potion?~

~Hey George...um well...I guess my potion didn't work right, I'll have to research why...the book said to add the blood of whoever you want to open a mental path with to the potion. So I added Firenze and my blood to the potion, but appearently something went wrong.~

~I have to go guys, we'll work on a new prank later, bye.~ After that, I somehow cut the connection between the twins and I, or at least they didn't respond. I started hitting the books then in the library, locking the classroom of course. According to the books that I could find about the spell, that what I did was impossible. The only way to communicate with the mental paths made by the potion, was to add the blood. I'll have to test to see if I can now communicate with just anyone, or if the twins are somehow special. Maybe I'm just a freak! Or freaker than other Americans.

"Umph!" I really need to pay attention to where I'm going when I'm wlaking through the halls of Hogwarts. I was staring up at the cealing of the hall, when a very white hand made it's way into my view.

"Well, Adonia, we meet again. You keep running in to me, if I didn't know any better, I would think you were trying to get my attention." I grabed Draco's hand and he pulled me up off the ground.

"Thanks for helping me up Draco. So what are you up to on this oh so fine Saturday evening in the library hall?"

"Oh just walking around." ~Hopeing to run into you~ "Thought I might grab a book to pass the hours. What about you?"

Somehow I picked up on his thought while he was talking, I may need to go talk to Professor Snape about this, he is the potion master. I knew he was up to something involving me, but I would rather find out without prying into his mind, it's funner that way.

"I was studying potions and their effects for class. Hope you find a good book. Goodbye Draco." I gave him a quick grin and walked off. I knew, thanks to the mental connection I seem to have, that my being nice to him was throwing him off as I was a Gryffindor at the moment and had no need to be nice to him, even if he is playing nice with me.

I made my way to the Great Hall for dinner, time seems to fly when I'm studying in the library and making potions. Looking around the table, I didn't see anyone that I recognized, so I sat off by myself to eat. I quickly finished my dinner, scopped Shadow up, he had been following me all day today, and went back to the library. Hopefully to discover what went wrong with my potion, I really didn't want to go to Snape, I hate looking stupid. Plus, I needed to waste some time before I completed the animagus spell and potion.

At the right time, I made my way back to the classroom I had been using to finish my potion. I added the Replicnea dust, the last ingrediant, at the exact stroke of midnight, turning the potion from icky brown to a pretty, glowing silvery color. Takeing out my wand and making all the necessary movments, I cast the spell, thinking the whole time of the clouded leopard, then gulped down the potion. The moment the potion hit my stomach, I felt my muscles clinch and fur started spreading across my skin, as my bones crunched. Within seconds, I was a clouded leopard. Thanks to the book, I expected this, it said the first change happened as soon as the spell was completed, and the potion drunk, without a say.

Getting used to my new shape to a while, when I grew accustomed to it, I changed back to the me form. Sighing, I cleaned up my mess and went up to the dorm. I was excited that I got both potions/ spells to work, somewhat, but I had to go to bed because I had stuff to do tomorrow early in the morning. Like talking to Professor Snape, after that though, I think I'll go out to the woods and have some fun in my new shape.