AUTHOR NOTE
A first chapter of a work in progress of a kitty version of her. I started it before I started the entire changes stories.
n0wa5t3r: Oh okay. Cool. I try not to spend a lot of time on Facebook as it elevates my blood pressure too much. Seems like you can;t even say good morning on there without starting an argument sometimes.
Stevem1: Well my wife was the one that suggested the harem and poly thing. Also the Greek myth of Satyrs being promiscuous was playing into it.
Yuiopdon: I'm not as familiar with the Asiatic myths. More Greek and Celtic. I'd have to study up some on that but you're not the first to say Kitsune. I have a phoenix idea I'm actually working on. Fortunately I can type fast. I tried voice to text but my accent throws the stupid computer into a tizzy every time and I wind up yelling obscenities. They just do not program these things for anything other than standard flat enunciation. And yes Thunderbirds are native to the US as Scamander was bringing the one home in NYC in the first movie.
OfficerdonNZ: yeah I know. I made my wife cry. As penance she commanded I write something to make her laugh. Her wish is my command. :-D
Harry and Ron were sitting in the common room when Professor McGonnegal entered. She called to the two of them to join her and when they did left with them in tow.
"What's going on Professor? Is Hermione okay?"
"Yes she has returned from Saint Mungo's. She is physically well however she will have some permanent alterations due to her experience with the poly-juice."
Harry and Ron glanced at each other remembering their futile effort over the Christmas break to find out who the Heir of Slytherin was. As a result of a slight miscalculation with a cat hair Hermione had spent the last month in Saint Mungo's. Fortunately most of the students took it that she had been injured in some adventure with Harry and Ron but would recover. Magical healing being as powerful as it is.
"Nothing major or harmful is it?" Harry found his voice to ask.
"The severity of the changes are not going to be debilitative, however they are going to be rather obvious."
Ron looked very concerned at that point. He had heard stories of wizards and witches who had modified themselves far too much to ever be able to walk openly and been put down or forced to remain in magical enclaves only. "IS she going to be able to go back to her home and live among muggles?"
"With some accommodations and careful behavior yes."
"Okay ma'am so why are we being taken to her? Why didn't she just come back to the common room?" Ron pressed in confusion. Harry was remaining quiet concerned by the way things were going. He had been having nightmares that his friend would never come back, would have turned into a cat fully among other horrible things.
"As the two of you are her closest friends she wanted to show you first. She is rather concerned that if you reject her appearance that others will be far worse. You must realize her self-esteem is at a rather fragile point."
Harry understood how words hurt so he was thinking of how he could support Hermione no matter what. If she was coming back to school and would be able to go to her home she must not be that bad.
=====xxxxx=====
They arrived at a private room just outside the main hospital. The headmaster and madam Pomfrey were standing outside talking.
"Ahh Harry, Ronald. Miss Granger was becoming concerned. I sincerely hope the two of you will be supportive and understanding of her. She has not changed all that much. And her mind is still as sharp as it ever was. So things should remain pretty much unchanged in that regards."
"Yes sir."
Madam Pomfrey knocked on the door and they heard their friend's voice from the other side saying come in.
Madam Pomfrey opened the door ushering them into the room. Professor McGonnegal followed them. Hermione was standing nervously in the center of a white hospital room. The standard accouterments of a bed, nightstand and chair furnished the room. It was obvious she was nervous as her long furry tail was swishing back and forth. Her head down allowed them to see her furry ears sticking out of her thick mane of wavy brown hair.
"Hey Mione wow. I like the ears. They're cute." Harry said honestly.
She looked up smiling. Her face back to a perfectly human one although Harry noticed that her eyes were no longer a dark brown but a rich honey gold with vertical pupils like a cat's. Her smile revealed she had slightly sharper incisors than normal but otherwise looked like a normal human version of herself.
"Really you think so?"
"Yeah honestly. I was scared the way everyone was talking that you were going to be a lot more different. But you look like you only with ears and a tail."
"Well my eyes are cat like too Harry. And I have a few other changes but you can't see them."
"Oh why not?" Ron asked.
She huffed and said, "Because a couple of them are rather personal and the others are mostly internal."
"Oh." Then he suddenly started sneezing. Huge deep sneezes causing everyone else in the room to back away like he was going to explode.
"Mister Weasley. What is the problem?"
"I don't know. I feel like my head is going to explode." He managed to stammer out in between sneezes.
Madam Pomfrey took him out of the room with an apologetic look at Hermione.
Hermione looked at Harry who smiled at her. "I'm okay with cats. My neighbor Mrs Figg let me help her feed her kittens."
Hermione sighed deeply then smiled. "So you really don't think I'm a freak?"
Harry gave her a annoyed look, "Hermione I would be the last person to ever use that word to describe someone. You look cute. Definitely not a freak."
She dove on him in a tight hug. Harry noticed that instead of the two bumps she had begun to develop he usually felt when she hugged him he felt several more pressed against his chest.
When their hug broke apart Harry was looking curiously at a blushing Hermione. "Uh do you have.."
"Yeah I have six of them now. That's pretty much the only other external physical change aside from my um personal region is a lot hairier."
Harry shrugged. Not figuring that he was going to be seeing that any time soon. Then part of his mind went on the thought that he wanted to see that region. He was having feelings for Hermione that was certain.
"Oh so uh any other changes really you wanna talk about?"
"Well I guess I can trust you." She said looking into his eyes with her golden ones.
"Yeah of course."
"Well I can smell and see a lot better. And in lower light conditions. I can taste better too. And of course my hearing is a lot better. I'm not an obligate carnivore though I do prefer protein a lot more. Uh I can't really think of anything else."
"Uh that's cool then. So no claws or other furry stuff?"
She shook her head, "No no claws, no other furry stuff."
"And uh your internal stuff is all normal?"
She raised her eyebrows at that but Harry was trying to look innocently at her so she giggled, "Uh yeah. I won't go into heat or anything like that." She then stopped and looked worried again, "Although the healers said the ears and tail and stuff might breed true or other stuff might happen. They aren't sure what my kids would look like."
"Oh yeah but that's a long ways away isn't it?"
"Well at least no earlier than I'm 30 if you listen to dad." She said half-heartedly.
Harry shrugged, "Oh okay then. Plenty of time to figure it out."
"Harry these changes are permanent. I'm form locked. I can't even use poly juice to change anymore. Transfiguration doesn't work on me."
"Oh. Well then I guess the bad guys can't do it to you either then."
Hermione smiled at him, "No Harry they can't. Thanks for being so positive. You're wonderful."
Harry this time shuffled his foot shyly.
"Well do you feel sufficiently motivated to rejoin your fellow students Miss Granger?" Professor McGonnegal asked with a slight smile.
Surprised at having forgotten that she was still in the room both Harry and Hermione started at the sound of her voice.
"Oh yes ma'am. Now that I know I have at least one friend on my side."
Harry smiled at her and took her hand. It felt warm and soft and gave him a slight thrill when she squeezed his hand back.
Minerva under her breath said "10 points to Gryffindor."
=====xxxxx=====
Walking into the common room holding hands Hermione braced herself but everyone just looked at her and after a bit of commotion they went back to treating her like they always had. Harry sitting beside her grinning still holding her hand helped her relax.
"See. No one is being insulting or anything."
"Draco will."
"No one who matters will be insulting or anything." Harry amended his comment.
She laughed. "Uh Harry are you okay?" She asked though.
"Uh yeah why?"
She blushed and lowered her voice, "You haven't let go of my hand yet and you keep smiling."
"Oh sorry do you want me to let go?"
"No please don't. I like it. Just why are you grinning so much?"
"Because I'm very relieved you're back."
"So am I." She said purring.
"Did you know you're purring?"
Blushing she nodded, "Yeah that was another change."
"Cool. Can I touch your ears?"
"Oh why Harry?"
He shrugged, "I dunno. They look cute. And I was just curious. See if you'd react the way some of Mrs Figg's cats did when they had their ears scratched."
She sighed, "Harry if it was anyone else I'd say you where just making fun of me."
Harry stopped with a look of sadness on his face "Sorry. I didn't mean to."
"No I know Harry. You're just honestly curious and I can respect that."
"Oh okay." He said making no move to touch her.
She took his hand and leaned forward. He reached out and scratched behind the ears causing Hermione to gasp and jerk back.
"I'm sorry did I hurt you? Mrs Figg's cat's seemed to enjoy that."
"Yeah I can see why." she panted a bit. Harry noticed there were six pointy nubbins poking out in her shirt.
"You okay?"
"I think so. That was just really, pleasurable."
"Oh okay. So I better not do that again."
"Oh I didn't say that. After all a boyfriend should touch his girlfriend." She shyly said.
Harry's eyebrows skyrocketed to his hairline, "You want me to be your boyfriend?"
"Well yeah. I trust you Harry. You're nice and while you can't hear them I can. Some of them are making jokes. Ron is grumping about being allergic to me. He's making all kinds of things up about me. I thought I could trust him. He's acting like I did this just to annoy him."
Harry went to stand up when Hermione grabbed his arm. "Please Harry. Don't. Ron isn't worth it. Just ignore him."
Harry just sat back down confused and unsure. "If you say so Mione. He noticed the obvious poking nipples and blushing asked, "Uh you're kinda poking out."
"Well so are you" She said grinning.
"Yeah but I'm supposed to be how are you going to hide four of yours?"
"Well fortunately the women in my family are not super endowed so it shouldn't be too much of a problem and there are support spells to hold them in place. Its just going to make wearing swimwear interesting. A two piece is definitely going to be out."
Harry got a slightly awkward grin at that thought causing her to giggle. They sat and talked about their future as dating partners until it was time for bed. They hugged and went to their dorms.
=====xxxxx=====
Harry was getting ready for bed when Seamus interrupted him, "So you and Granger are boyfriend girlfriend now?"
"Uh yeah I guess so why?"
"Well we was watching. You think you'll be able to handle it?"
Harry sighed and turned towards the annoying git, "Look Seamus she won't go into heat and aside from a few cosmetic changes she is still the same person she was before."
"Yeah right Harry. If you say so." Ron grumbled.
"Yeah I say so because she says so. That's good enough for me!" He said stepping towards Ron with rage on his face and clenched fists.
Neville saw the imminent death of Ron coming so he stepped between the two boys, "Guys. Look its none of your business if Harry and Hermione get together. I'm happy for them, so just drop it. I'm tired and we have that test in Potions tomorrow. I would rather not be so tired Snape puts me in detention for breathing too hard or something."
Seamus and Dean shrugged turning in for the night in their own beds. Ron glared at Harry a few seconds longer before jumping in his own bed pulling the curtains closed with a thunk. Neville sighed and looked at Harry, "I really am happy for you guys."
Harry grumped, "Thanks Nev. Its good to have at least one friend who understands." He then slammed his own curtains as he got into bed.
Neville stood in the room his shoulders slumping. This was not going to be a fun rest of the year.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione was getting her pajamas on when she heard Lavender and Parvati come out of the showers. Their giggles indicating they were in a very good mood. The scent of the shared body soap coming to Hermione's nostrils made her laugh at how they tried to pretend their showers were not a lot more interactive than average.
"Hey Hermione how did you adjust to sleeping with a tail?"
Hermione was expecting to have a lot of questions so she sighed and turned. Lavender meant well and was not a bad person she was just a bit on the girly side of girly for Hermione's tastes. "Well I've become a side sleeper. The hardest thing is sitting in a chair. Remembering to flick my tail out of the way before I sit down."
"Wow I can bet that feels bad. I know my cousin got his arm tore up really bad when he pulled one of my cat's tails."
"Yeah it hurts bad. My spine runs all the way through it you know?"
"Wow. Yeah I thought so. Dad's a farmer, well a gentleman farmer so I know a little bit. Can I touch it?"
Hermione shook her head, "Why does everyone want to touch me or pet me now?"
"I bet Harry wants to pet you." Parvati giggled sitting on Lavender's bed.
Hermione blushed furiously but thinking about how she felt when he scratched behind her ears made her tail give some lazy swishes.
"Looks like you wouldn't mind him petting you now." Lavender observed sitting beside Parvati. The two of them wearing nothing but towels.
"Okay maybe a little. When he scratched behind my ear earlier it was really nice."
"Oh wow. So sex is going to be the same now?"
Hermione shrugged, "I don't know. I mean everything looks the same and they think it works the same. I haven't explored anything yet though."
"Not even in the shower?"
Hermione blushed even harder.
"Oh wow."
"Okay so I have had a lot of other things on my mind."
Lavender looked at Parvati and they moved over to sit beside Hermione on her bed. One on either side. "Its just us girls here. You wanna experiment a bit?"
Hermione had known the two of them had been experimenting for at least the last year. With only four of them in the dorm, and Fay Dunbar who pretty much kept to herself, it was kinda difficult for them to hide. "You want to experiment with me like that?"
"Uh yeah. If you want to? I mean it might be fun and I'm sorry I am curious." lavender confessed.
Hermione stood up her tail swishing vigorously. Making a decision she pulled her pajamas back off. Standing bare in front of the girls she tried not to be shy. Lavender and Parvati looked at her.
"Wow I thought six breasts would look weirder than that. They look normal. Like that's right for you." Parvati said.
"I thought Ron said you had eight?"
"Ron is a prat." Hermione frowned
"Well you still look good. You look natural."
Hermione smiled running her hands down her sides, "Really? I don't look like a freak?"
"No way. I bet Harry wouldn't be able to handle his wand if he was here right now." Parvati joked.
Lavender giggled "I'd like to handle his wand."
Hermione giggled, "Yeah I know. I'd like to as well."
"That's the spirit girl."
Hermione leaped onto the bed and experimented satisfactorily. Her changes causing her to be more vocal about it but fortunately the walls were quite sound proof. Fay Dunbar just put her pillow over her head and ignored things as always.
=====xxxxx=====
The next morning Harry was standing by the base of the girl's stairs waiting for Hermione to come down so he could escort her to breakfast.
Ginny slid by him with a nervous smile followed by Lavender Hermione and Parvati who kept picking at her teeth and coughing every so often.
"You okay Parvati?"
"Yeah just having to keep picking cat hairs out of my teeth."
Harry looked at her confused causing Lavender to laugh and Hermione to blush. "Sorry. I didn't think about that." She said.
Parvati shrugged, "eh it was worth it. Besides Harry'll need to know these things." She said coyly walking off.
Harry just stood there still looking confused as Lavender patted him on the cheek, "You'll see soon enough."
Hermione came up blushing. "We uh. We conducted some experiments last night and this morning. I should warn you I'm a bit vocal."
"Uh ok. Experiments?"
"Yeah Experiments." she said with a blushing wiggle of her eyebrows like she'd seen her mom do to her dad when they were trying to be naughty but not let her know.
Harry seemed to figure out the nature of those experiments as she got a look of sudden recognition, "OH Experiments. So yeah. Uh Vocal? How vocal?"
She gave an awkward smile, "Well you know how cats yowl when they uh mate."
Harry raised his eyebrow. "You do that?"
Blushingly she quietly said, "Well maybe not quite yowl but I'll have to practice being a lot quieter. Fortunately Lavender and Parvati agreed to help me experiment."
Harry got a weird little grin as they headed for breakfast.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione flicked her tail over the bench as she sat eating breakfast. Her uniforms and some of her personal clothes had been modified with a small button up fly for her tail to poke through. Things like her pajamas she just let them ride low enough or did without.
Ron had to move several seats away from her when he started sneezing. Grumping about her dirty dandruff and didn't she lick herself clean that morning. When Harry said no he hadn't got around to that yet Ron blushed furiously as everyone started laughing or making woo hooing noises. Hermione blushed but felt a tingle go through her that Harry would openly stand up for her like that.
Malfoy came over as they were leaving breakfast, "Well mudblood as if you weren't ugly enough before this. Now you've gone full on feral."
Harry put his arm around Hermione's waist as he ignored the blonde git. Hermione stiffened up and her tail puffed out sticking straight up.
"What no witty come back Potter? Cat got your tongue?"
"Oh that was so droll Malfoy. Can't come up with anything better? Or has all that hair gel finally eaten into your brains?"
"Figures the scarhead would go for the freak show. Can't find a proper pure-blood girl to touch him. Or are you just into beasts?"
Lavender looked at Hermione who was trying to hide the sting of being called a freak show and an animal. She was shaking in anger but trying to maintain self control. She sighed and walked over to Harry who had stopped and was facing Draco. Putting her arm around Harry's shoulder she leaned against him, "Oh Draaco Harry has plenty of girls who want to touch him. After all he is the chosen one who defeated the dark lord. Now what have you done again?"
Parvati came up on Harry's other side with her arm around his waist, "Oh definitely Malfoy. Harry would have to set up a ticket system if Hermione wasn't his prime in the harem."
Draco's face turned several colors that made Harry think of his uncle Vernon. The fact that Lavender's arm over his shoulder and the way she was leaning put something soft and round against his upper arm while Parvati's lithe figure was pressed against his other side gave him a lot more confidence than usual as well as a very strange tingle all over. Harry's smirk at the consternation Draco was having made him feel even better though.
"So yeah Draco. Its good to be me, I have beautiful exotic girls. And you've got... Pansy. So I don't need to fight you Draco I've already won." He said as he put his arms around the girls leaning against him.
"You better watch yourself Potter. MY father is a powerful man and can make sure things do not go well for little miss kitty there."
Harry shrugged himself free of the girls and got up in Draco's face, "DO NOT ever threaten Hermione you little worm." Harry hissed in as low and threatening a tone as he could. Crabbe and Goyle started to step up, even as they were shocked that Potter was being so aggressive.
Professor McGonnegal and Flitwick came up at this point. "What is all this?" She said in a cold authoritarian tone that was more a demand for an explanation that a request.
Lavender spoke up first, "Draco was just insulting Hermione and threatened her."
"Miss Granger is this true?" Flitwick asked.
Her ears and tail drooping Hermione nodded.
"Mister Malfoy. You should be ashamed of yourself. 40 points from Slytherin. And a detention with me." Flitwick said.
"You're punishing me? She's a freak. A walking threat to the entire Statue of Secrecy when she goes back among the muggles."
"She has already been vetted by the head of the ICW as well as several key members of the ICW Security Council as no risk to our society." The headmaster declared as he came walking up.
"Sir? Just because she's Potter's pet doesn't mean that she's no risk."
"Hermione's not Harry's pet. She's his girlfriend." Neville declared stepping up beside hermione.
Dumbledore raised his eyebrow and with a sad shake of his head waved his wand at Hermione. She was coated in glittery sparkles. When they faded she looked like her normal brown eyed tailless self. "There as you can see a simple glamour lets her look like her good old normal self. She just chose not to bother with it among her friends. Thinking they at least had the maturity and capacity to be more accepting. IT seems that for the most part she was correct."
"Its bad enough we allow mudbloods here in the first place."
"Attendance at Hogwarts is completely voluntary Mister Malfoy." Professor McGonnegal reminded him sternly.
"MY apologies for Draco's impertinence. If you'll allow me to escort him to our common room I will attempt to explain his errors in such a way even his retinue can understand."
"I believe that will be sufficient Severus. Although the point loss and detention will remain." The headmaster pointed out.
"That is perfectly acceptable sir."
Draco was staring in confused anger at everyone. Especially his head of house. As they stalked off the headmaster turned to Hermione, "Miss Granger the glamour will last out the rest of the day if you wish or I can cancel it now. Your choice."
Looking at her friends and Harry she smiled, "I think you can cancel it. I'm good with what I look like."
"As you should be." He said waving his wand returning Hermione to her actual appearance.
"As you have several minutes before classes begin I suggest the cloister at the end of the corridor. It is a fine early spring day and taking some air to clear the head is a very good thing." The headmaster said with a twinkle in his eye as he walked off. Professor McGonnegal and Flitwick nodding to them as they left. The students who had gathered to watch the show breaking apart and wandering off.
=====xxxxx=====
"Thanks guys. I just froze when Draco came up. His dad did try to have me declared a threat or an animal."
"I am going to kill him." Harry growled.
"I'll hold him for you." Neville agreed.
"Stand in line." Lavender grumped.
"Guys. Its ok. I'm ok. They said that I'm not going to be a threat. And like you saw a glamour can make me at least look like a normal human."
"Yeah but you won't be able to cast magic once you're at home with your muggle parents Hermione." Neville pointed out.
"You'll get in trouble with the underage magic office." Lavender agreed.
"So that's how they'll get around it." Harry grumped.
"Maybe if you had a magic item or something. A hairband to hide the ears and a pouch or something for the tail." Lavender considered looking at Hermione.
"Yeah but what about my eyes and breasts?"
"Well a baggy top can hide the breasts and sunglasses for the eyes. Maybe some magical lenses. What do they call them?"
"Contacts?"
"Yeah those. Oh girl we can get you where if you were in a bikini on the French riviera no one could tell, and not a single spell would have to be cast by you."
Hermione let out a relieved laugh. Her tail swishing so hard it twapped Neville before he reflexively caught it causing her to make a strange noise. "Hey easy there buddy."
"Yeah Harry should be the only one to play with her tail."
Hermione blushed but grinned at the same time. "About that why did you guys get all flirty with Harry."
"Well he didn't seem to mind and Draco needed taken down a peg. He acts like he's Merlin's gift to witches." Lavender said faking gagging.
"Really he's got Pansy betrothed to him and he still flirts with every thing in a skirt."
Neville gave a wry snort, "We're in Scotland, he should be rather more careful about that."
After they all shared a laugh Neville let go of Hermione's tail only for her to swish it around in Harry's face. Causing him to grab and stroke it from the base outwards to the tip.
"Ohhh okoay Harry lets not do that in public again. Okay?"
"Ohhh looks like someone's discovering she has new erogenous zones." Parvati cooed.
"Uh yeah. Wow."
"We better get to classes." Harry suddenly said. Causing the girls to giggle as he swung his book bag over his groin. Neville did the same.
"Well this is going to be fun." Hermione purred.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione got teased several more times by Malfoy but most of the rest of the school either supported her or ignored her.
Harry wrote to the goblins and for several days sent and received several pieces of post back. Lavender, Neville and Harry spent a lot of time in the library with Hermione looking at runes and arithmancy. Harry and Lavender also talked to Susan Bones quite frequently.
Eventually a goblin courier showed up at the castle. The package was addressed to Harry and as he signed for it with Professor McGonnegal looking over his shoulder he started grinning.
"Mister Potter what sort of materials is this?"
"Its all for Hermione. To help her when she goes back home. So she doesn't get into trouble. Can you help me give them to her?"
"And you cannot do so in the common room?"
Blushing Harry stammered, "Uh a couple of the things are kinda personal."
"And how did you determine if they would fit?"
"Lavender told me what to order."
"So this has been a group effort?"
"Uh yeah. Parvati, Lavender, Neville and I pooled our knowledge and resources to do this. We don't want Hermione to get in trouble or be declared an animal or something like Malfoy has threatened."
"Well I can fully support this endeavor Mister Potter. If you will let me take the package to my quarters you and your friends may bring Miss Granger there after dinner this evening."
"Yes Ma'am." Harry said grinning while he handed the package over.
=====xxxxx=====
That evening Hermione was sighing at them for dragging her along without telling her why. When she saw they were outside their Head of House's quarters she froze. "Guys why are we outside Professor McGonnegal's quarters?"
"Because she is holding a package with some things we bought for you for when you go back with your parents."
They knocked and the professor welcomed them in. "Ahh good. Miss Granger your friends are very caring people. You should definitely appreciate them."
"Oh I do."
"The package on my table was delivered this morning for Mister Potter but he says it has items within for you. So I believe you should open it?" She asked looking at Harry who nodded.
Hermione stepped up and nervously opened the box. She pulled out a light blue brassiere with silver threads that spelled out some runes along the extra wide chest band. She blushed a bit but pulled out a matching pair of knickers and laid the both of them on the side of the table. There was another set in light pink and one in white. There was also a small box that was made out of silver that when she opened held two lenses. The box had runes carved all over it. She closed it and set it aside. The last thing was a small silver headband. It had runes carved up and down the inside of it.
She turned and smiled in confusion at her friends. "Thank you I mean I think I know what some of this is but why? What is all this?"
Lavender stepped up, "Okay well when you go back home you won't be able to cast glamours on you and you won't be able to disguise yourself very well using muggle means. I guess you'd have to pull a hat down and tuck your tail in your pants."
Hermione held her head down with her tail drooping and the tip listlessly twitching. "Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking."
"Well the knickers here have a panel in the back that is an undetectable expansion charmed pouch. All three of them, so that when you wear them will hide the tail, even a bulge of a tail. Someone could run their hand over your backside and not feel it. All you have to do is thread your tail into the pouch when you put them on."
Hermione took the knickers running her fingers along the pouch having her arm vanish into them without causing so much as a ripple.
"Supposedly they'll even let you sit since the tail will be in an extra-dimensional space."
"Well that should be comfortable."
"The bra though is a bit more interesting. Since we can't shrink them or rearrange them or anything we have to hide them. So the extra wide chest band has four pockets like the one in your knickers. Put your other breasts in the pouches and they'll be hidden."
"That's wonderful." Hermione said testing the stretch of the material. "But what about my ears and eyes?"
"Well the contact lenses were difficult but we found a maker in the United States. They will make your eyes look like your normal brown ones. I wanted to give you a little bit warmer shade but Harry was adamant that you look like the way you are supposed to."
Hermione blushed her tail swishing though gave away her feelings. "I may start wearing the knickers just to hide this thing."
They all chuckled. Lavender took the hair band and handed it to her. "Well this came from France. It unfortunately will not actually physically conceal them. It will create an illusion of you having normal ears and hair. We debated a wig or something to actually physically conceal them but didn't know how you would feel about having your hearing muffled. It also has a charm to hold it in place on your head no matter how hard your head gets shaken or moved. Just touch the stud here to turn it on or off."
"As much as some of the loud noises are annoying I'd rather not have my hearing muffled. Its too useful."
"Okay."
"If you would like to go into the bedroom and try things on you may do so."
"Uh. Yeah sure. I'll be right back."
She stepped in collecting the blue set. A few moments later she stepped out. Wearing nothing but the knickers, bra and hair band. She looked exactly the way Harry remembered her from before the changes.
"So how do I look?" she said turning around in a circle. The knickers were high waisted and the bra covered her so that only a thin band of skin was visible between the two of them.
"Well Miss Granger usually I would be cross at you parading in front of male students in your underthings however given the circumstances I will forgive it. And might I say you look astoundingly normal."
She started grinning and seemed to sigh in relief. "Thanks. It'll be wonderful to go to the library at home and church and the store with mom."
"So it all feels comfortable?" Lavender asked in concern.
"Yeah my tail feels kinda constrained. Like its in a long tube with only a little bit of room to move but nothing I can't stand I guess. My breasts feel just like they do in any other bra, only six times over." She said with a slight blush.
"And your hearing and vision?"
"Both seem unchanged. I can hear Harry's heart beating like its going to come out of his chest. And I can read the books on your shelf over there." She said pointing across the room into a slightly shadowed corner.
"Well then there you go. 30 points to Gryffindor for caring for your friend as well as creative research."
"Thank you ma'am."
Hermione hugged Harry then began to go back into the bedroom. When she came back out she was the cat-girl again. She repacked everything carefully in the box. "I'll put these up so nothing bad happens to them until I go home. Thanks guys. I love you."
Harry was smiling the largest out of the group.
=====xxxxx====
Sitting in the dorm with the other girls Hermione was laughing. "Oh my yeah. Having an enhanced nose around Harry is amazing. He almost creamed his pants when I came out in my underwear."
"What about Neville?" Lavender asked with a grin.
"Oh yeah he wasn't that far behind Harry. He just controlled it better."
"ooh. Hot babe alert. Getting all the guys chasing her."
Hermione blushed while her tail swished back and forth rapidly. "I'll be just happy with one thank you. Although who paid for all this? I mean I owe you guys so much. I'll have to pay you back."
Lavender and Parvati looked at each other then shook their head, "Don't worry about it. It's saving you from getting in trouble."
"I know but. All this trouble? I could have just worn a hat."
Lavender looked at her seriously. "You don't really understand what would happen if you violated the secrecy act do you? Or if they actually did get you declared a non-human."
Hermione looked at the other three girls in concern, "Uh no not really. I know I'd be expelled but beyond that they didn't exactly tell me. I take it its that bad?"
Lavender took Hermione's hands and said, "Well if you violate the Secrecy act they'll snap your wand, obliviate your parents, your friends, anyone who knew you so they forget about you and its off to Azkaban for you for life."
"Just for this?" She said rolling her eyes towards her ears.
"Yeah. They've done that for less. If you're declared an animal they might put you in a zoo or freak show, or declared a pet of someone. Or put you down. At best you might get declared a half-breed which could let you stay in the wizarding world but under restrictions. You could never see your parents or the muggle world again."
"All for looking like this? That's wrong. That's way too excessive."
Lavender looked grimly at her. She was crying a little bit as she had heard the warning tales of people who violated the secrecy act. "The secrecy act is the supreme law of our world. If you violate it for anything less than the most extreme of emergencies they treat it harshly. Any revelation of our world is considered a threat. They used to prohibit a husband or wife to be told even."
"That's ridiculous!"
"Have you ever seen anyone that looked like you in the muggle world?" Parvati asked.
Hermione thought for a few minutes then shook her head, "No not really. I've some pretty good costumes but you can tell they're costumes."
Lavender let go of Hermione and picked up the hair band. Putting it on Hermione's head she said, "Practice moving like a human, practice not reacting to hearing everything. I've watched you Hermione. You move like a cat now. Move like a human. You're linked to Harry now. The target on his back has spread to you."
Hermione sighed, "I know. But I wouldn't have it any other way."
Lavender smiled at her new friend.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione practiced over the next several weeks moving like she used to but just couldn't remember how. She was also distracted by the mystery of how students had been petrified and the voices Harry had confessed her heard in the walls to her. Lockhart continued to be useless strutting and preening but cowering when no one was looking. Hermione could smell the fear coming off of him. Her enhanced sense being a blessing and a burden. She also could tell Harry really liked her cat form as she could smell his arousal.
She was curled up on the couch next to him purring while he stroked her head and back. Occasionally scratching her behind the ear.
"You know what that does Harry." She purred stretching into him.
Harry chuckled, "sorry you want me to stop?"
"What I want I can't do here and its past curfew to find a broom closet."
"Oh sorry."
"Yeah I'm gonna go on up and shower."
"Sounds like a good idea." Harry panted as she adjusted her position. Her hand brushing over the tip of his engorged anatomy.
She didn't say anything else but leaned it for a kiss on the lips. A kiss that began softly and tentatively but soon grew more enflamed and impassioned. Her slightly rough tongue slid into his lips awkwardly but soon they gently probed and responded. Her hand slid across his body while his explored hers. Soon they broke apart for air. Her golden eyes narrowed and her breathing fast.
She stared into his eyes then her ears flicked as she moved over to a safer position on the couch. Harry looked up to see the 5th year girls prefect Amanda Blake walking over.
Amanda was chuckling as she came over, "Okay you two. You're the last ones I'd expect to have to admonish to calm it down."
"Sorry Amanda." Hermione said blushing.
"You might wanna go take a cold shower. You're looking a bit flushed there Hermione."
"Yeah good idea. It is a bit warm in here." She said with a laugh.
"You sure you're not going into heat?"
Hermione gave her a hurt look but blushingly grinned when she saw Amanda was teasing her.
"Yes I am sure. It's just Harry is a really good kisser."
"Really? Well I guess you're a lucky girl then, but you better get to bed before you get too lucky."
"Oh yeah I am." She said then realized what Amanda meant and blushed even brighter. Her tail swishing in embarrassment.
"Say goodnight to the wild kisser you love beast you." Amanda chuckled.
Hermione leaned over and gave Harry a quick kiss saying "Good night Harry."
"Good night mione." He sighed as she turned and left.
Seeing his eyes never leave Hermione's figure until she was up the stairs Amanda sat down beside him. "Oh you got it bad."
Harry shook his head and looked at the older girl. He noticed several of the others in the common room glancing over chuckling including the Weasley twins.
"Uh got what?"
"The lovesick puppy dog look. Like she could twitch that tail and you'd jump off the astronomy tower for her."
Harry gave a odd chuckle, "I don't think I'd jump off the tower for her."
Amanda nodded, "Okay maybe not jump off the tower but I bet it wouldn't be too far off to say you'd do anything else for her.
"Okay maybe." He confessed.
"So has anyone had the talk with you?"
"The talk?"
"The birds and bees. How to deal with girls. That sort of thing."
"Oh uh. I had the basic stuff in 6th form primary. We had a health class on puberty."
She ran her hand over her face with a groan. Alicia Spinnet came over as did the Weasley twins when she called.
"Okay guys. Lover boy here has had the basic public education on puberty. Given how his little feline friend and he are purring we might want to make sure we don't have kittens running around the tower."
"Oh absolutely,
Young Harry will be
given our patented educational
experience on how to woo women."
"I'd say he's already wooed her. We just need to make sure he understands what to do next."
=====xxxxx=====
By the time Harry got to go up to his bed the older students had told him far more about the concept of relationships and physical love than the class ever had or anything Seamus or Dudley had ever said. A lot of the things Seamus thought was true had not been. It definitely felt weird having so many people take an interest in helping him with his life. As for their suggestions he would keep them in mind but would just go with what felt right with Hermione in the end.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione was walking back from the library with Penelope Clearwater when she heard a soft sliding sound, she smelled a musky aroma and the hair on the back of her neck stood up. Her tail raised and poofed out as she growled low in her throat.
Penelope looked at her for a few seconds before Hermione grabbed her hand and took off dragging Penelope behind her. Her tail raised and sticking behind her like weather vane.
"What was that all about?" Penelope panted when they finally stopped several corridors away.
"I dunno I heard something and smelled a weird smell and it freaked me out."
"Yeah I know. You started growling like you was going to attack whatever it was then next thing I know you were pulling my arm off dragging me down the corridor."
"Sorry about that. Are you ok?"
"I think so. We better tell a professor about that."
"Yeah. I think I saw professor Flitwick in the library.
=====xxxxx=====
Having told Professor Flitwick about their encounter Hermione told him about her belief it was a basilisk. They gathered the teachers together and conferred with her and the reference books as well as Lockhart who hemmed and hawed and eventually agreed that it did sound rather like a basilisk.
Hermione pointed out that Moaning Myrtle had been killed in a bathroom and after talking to the ghost it was determined that the Chamber of Secrets must lie beneath the bathroom somewhere.
Harry was brought to the bathroom and using his parseltongue opened the chamber for the professors. The group went down the slide and into the chamber to release the creature which was destroyed by Professors, McGonnegal, Dumbledore and Flitwick.
Lockhart revealed himself to be an utterly useless pretender during the fiasco and was exposed to the public. He was arrested for fraud and multiple uses of magic against other wizards, including some underage ones. His books wound up being used for fire starters and in small out buildings across the land.
A few weeks later Ginny turned up missing. Some of the girls in her dorm reported it when she was not there for curfew. The Gryffindor tower became very concerned and confused until the twins pulled out a map and showed her walking into Myrtle's bathroom and vanishing into the Chamber. Harry, Hermione and the twins set off after her with Ron being sent to bring the Headmaster and other professors.
Harry opened the Chamber and they gathered to see the ghost of Riddle from the Diary. He taunted Harry and the Twins about Ginny until Hermione pulled a Basilisk fang and carefully handed it to Harry who plunged it into the diary. Over and over causing ink to spew forth and Riddle's ghost to explode into nothingness.
Ginny recovered from her physical injuries but was going to have a long road ahead for her mentally it was determined. Her friends and family acknowledged they owed Harry and Hermione a great deal for their actions.
The headmaster seeing how the diary was affected by the basilisk venom took the sword of Gryffindor and plunged it into the venom sack of the Basilisk, ensuring that the blade absorbed the venom to become more powerful.
=====xxxxx=====
The train ride home Hermione was wearing all of her concealment clothes. Although she had her tail sticking out over the waistband of her skirt.
"You know you're going to have to tuck that in before you go through the barrier." Lavender pointed out.
"I know but it feels so much better out. I want to wait a bit longer." She said as it was swishing back and forth.
"You're nervous." Harry said.
Grabbing her tail she smiled at him, "No not really. How could you tell."
Chuckling Harry stroked her tail a bit and held her hand.
"Okay maybe just a bit. Nervous, excited, I don't know. Mom and dad haven't seen me yet. Since they aren't magicals they haven't been allowed to be part of this entire process. Professor McGonnegal has been keeping them up to date about things but they're a bit upset with the Ministry."
"Well hopefully they don't do anything stupid. The Ministry won't listen to muggles right now. They don't care about them." Neville glumly declared.
"I know. Mom and dad aren't stupid. They understand the balance of power. That doesn't mean they have to like it."
=====xxxxx=====
Minerva McGonnegal was sitting with Pomona Sprout and Poppy Pomfrey in her office. They were sharing a small bit of Ogden's to celebrate the closing of the school year.
"Well another year we managed to not have a complete disaster on our hands."
"I know Pomona ever since Harry came back Albus has been acting odd and letting things get far too out of control for my comfort."
"At least the Granger girl's abilities saved the students. When she figured out it was a basilisk I almost died right there."
"I know. Is something wrong Poppy?" Minerva said noticing the worried look on her healer friend's face.
"I'm not certain. You know I had been observing Miss Granger each month since her poly-juice accident. And well I don;t think its been enough of a change to be troubling but since she started embracing her feline side her pattern shifted a bit."
"How much?"
"Not very much only a .3 percent variance increase that doesn't put her close to 10 percent. But still it is an increase."
Minerva raised her eyebrow in thought.
"You'll have to forgive me. Transfiguration was never my strong suit you know, but what is the problem. I mean she has a tail and such but she's a witch still right?" Pomona asked in confusion.
"Well poly-juice is a very powerful alteration potion. It can change your voice, your body structure, your bones, even to a limited degree your magical pattern shifts. Your internal organs are not shifted too much so pregnant witches shouldn't take it and a witch who uses it to become a wizard can't get a female pregnant and vice versa but otherwise it has very few limits. Drawing mass from the air around you or shedding your mass into the ether. Making you taller or shorter." Minerva explained.
"I know. I was there when Severus went on his rant about Miss Granger's accidental misuse. But isn't it similar to the animagus potion?"
"Yes and no. An animagus is altering your magical pattern by adding another layer to it that you can choose to go back and forth from. Poly-juice is temporarily rewriting your pattern to that of someone else. That's what makes using the poly-juice for an animal transformation so dangerous. Each time it has happened has been a different and unique event. We in the healing fields have no set response to deal with this. We have to get creative each time."
"Oh dear and you're not telling me that those spells are becoming unraveled?"
"I don't know. The magical body responds to our will and desires rather well. As she embraces her feline aspect she may unlock more bits and pieces of it. She could find herself sliding down a slope into being transformed into a half beast or worse turning entirely into a cat. Or she may just pick up a fondness for cream and fish. I don;t know. Plus as young as she is her body is changing and growing like any other young witch. She may be gaining more of her human aspect back. She could wake up fully human again. Or with just a bit of felinoid characteristics. With a minor change in her variance score I don;t know. I'll find out when she gets back next fall."
"This variance thing what is that?" Sprout asked still trying to get a grip on things, "Is it bad?"
Poppy took a drink of her whiskey, "I wouldn't say bad. It's a measure of how far from the human normal you are. 1.0 is a human 10.0 is a beast. Hagrid is 2.0 Hes just very tall and rather wide. Filius is a 2.5 he is short and some of his goblin traits such as the pointed ears and nose are obvious. Neither are considered a risk to the Statute of secrecy. They can go among muggles without any precautions. Hermione is a 5.3 anyone over a 5.0 may not go among muggles without taking precautions but they may still do so. Anyone scoring over a 10.0 must remain in magical enclaves at all times and may be considered a beast depending on certain examinations."
"And this variance thing was increasing with her?"
"Yes it may just be some minor adjustments her body is making and it will stabilize like I said. I hope that's the way it is. If there is anything serious she was told to go to Saint Mungo's immediately.
"Wow. I hope this summer goes well for her."
"So do I." Minerva said taking the last bit of her drink grimly.
=====xxxxx====
The train arrived at King's cross on time as usual. Hermione had tucked everything away and had her friends give one last inspection declaring her looking dreadfully normal according to Lavender before hugs were given and taking Harry's hand they slipped through the barrier.
Harry saw his aunt and uncle standing a few paces off to the side when he felt his arm yanked as his course diverted towards a tall reddish brown haired man with a look of amusement on his face and a medium built brown wavy haired woman with a slight tan complexion
"Mom, dad this is Harry. The boy I was writing to you about."
"Ahh Hello Harry. So from the way Hermione has been talking when should we book Winchester Cathedral?"
"DAAD!" Hermione hissed.
"True I suppose Saint Mary's in Crawley will be good enough."
Hermione growled at him then rolled her eyes.
"Sorry for my husband's sense of humor Harry. We're very glad to meet you and very happy that Hermione has found someone so nice."
Harry chuckled, "No its okay. We get a lot of that from our friends at school too."
"Well we better get on the road pumpkin. Nice to meet you Harry. And thank you for everything." Dan said sticking his hand out.
Harry shook his hand, "It was my pleasure sir. I didn't want Hermione to get in trouble."
"Well we appreciate it very much."
Once Dan had shaken Harry's hand Emma moved in to hug him. Harry found out where Hermione learned to hug so enthusiastically. "Sorry Harry a handshake isn;t going to cut it. Thank you."
"You're welcome ma'am."
Hermione hugged him one more time whispering in his ear, "Thank you Harry. I'll see if we can get together this summer but I'll write and mirror you often."
"Good take care Mione."
Once the Grangers had headed for the car park Harry sighed and walked over to the Dursleys Vernon was staring at the retreating figure of the Grangers with an odd expression.
=====xxxxx=====
In the car with the Dursleys they had been quiet, not a single snide or insulting remark had been expressed yet. Harry was relaxing a bit when Vernon cleared his throat.
"That girl she was one of your lot?"
"Yeah her name is Hermione."
"Hmmm. Her parents look rather normal."
"They're Dentists from Crawley. They're muggles too."
"Here now you watch that sort of language you." Vernon began before Petunia placed a hand on his arm.
"That means normal people dear."
"Oh. Oh yes well then. I suppose that's the right sort. She seems rather normal. Rather muggle." He said trying to word out.
Harry chuckled a bit but said, "Uh yeah. She's really smart and kind and nice and absolutely brilliant. She gets the highest scores and I don't think there a uh skill in the books she doesn't know."
Petunia said softly, "Brightest witch of her age."
Vernon and Harry both glanced at her for different reasons and with different expressions. Vernon in surprise hearing his wife mention anything to do with the magic people at all and Harry in surprise at the tone of politeness and longing she had.
The rest of the trip was rather quiet.
=====xxxxx=====
The Grangers though were having a much happier chat on their ride home.
"Well he seemed rather nice."
"He is dad. He's really sweet."
"Well he better be if he's going to buy my daughter magic knickers."
Hermione laughed, "Dad if it wasn't for these magic knickers I would have to find a way to stuff my tail so it would be hidden. Not to mention my ears or eyes."
"Yeah you do look rather normal. That'll be pretty good back home."
"Oh definitely. I don't know how long I can keep my tail confined though. I got so used to letting it twitch at school."
"Well the lady from the ministry came by and reminded us about the Statute of Secrecy and how we can't let you reveal yourself in public"
"I know mom. They talked to me at the school and I had to show them the clothes and stuff Harry bought me. To prove I could pass as a muggle."
"Well I'm sure you will do fine. Although when we get home we'd like to see how you really look. Okay sweetie. And don't worry we won't reject you or be upset. We love you no matter what."
"I know mom." She still had a concerned look and wished she could let her tail swish freely.
=====xxxxx=====
Hermione had all her things put away and cleaned up. She knew she was delaying showing her parents her true form but she was going to have to do it sooner or later. She couldn't keep hiding what she was forever.
She stood naked in front of her normal mirror. Her magical communication mirror was sitting on her desk angled so that if she did talk to Harry he would only see her from the shoulders up.
She had a good relationship with her parents and she knew they would not be judgmental or freak out. She just had to relax and get dressed. Her tail was whipping from side to side in her nervousness. She forced herself to calm down and pulled on a pair of knickers and a t-shirt. The outfit covered her mostly. The knickers were one of the pairs without the tail slit so they rode low exposing the tops of her butt cheeks. Her and her mother had worn some very risky bathing suits on their vacations in France, her mom going so far as to go topless on the one beach. Something Hermione was not going to be able to do for a long time if ever.
She padded down the stairs to the living room. She saw that all the curtains had been pulled closed and her parents were in the dining room that stood towards the back of the house. She walked into the room and her dad looked up.
She saw his eyes widen as he looked her up and down. Her mom turned and looked at her. She smiled and turned around in place her tail swishing. When she came back into place her mom and dad were looking at her with smiles.
"Well aside from a couple obvious things you still look like you so no big deal. Although should I stop calling you pumpkin and start calling you kitten?"
"Dad. No pumpkin is just fine." She said relaxing. If her dad was making jokes he was in a good mood.
"Well you're definitely going to go through a lot of razors." Her mom observed.
"Uh it grows back as soon as I shave it." Hermione said looking down, "even a depilatory potion doesn't keep it off longer than a few hours and it itches like crazy."
"Well some guys don't mind a bit of fur. I mean you'd have done well in the seventies." Dan said awkwardly joking.
"How about the pits or other areas."
"I can still use a razor or potions for those areas. They think that its to do with the magical effects."
"Well come on over and sit down. Do you want anything?"
"Well a glass of milk would be nice. And no jokes dad."
He held his hands up in front of him, "Hey no problem. You've drunk a glass of milk before bed since you were a baby. That's not different."
"I know."
"So six. That has got to be different."
"yeah. It's interesting. I hope they all don't get big."
"Well you'd have to get some more of those magical bras somehow if they do."
"Fortunately not unless I get humongous as its got a lot of stretch Lavender said." She said holding her hands out in front of her at her full arm extension.
Her dad laughed, "Ok. The discussion of my daughters bra size is not one I had expected for tonight."
"I sincerely doubt you'll get that big dear. Our family doesn't grow that much past C cups."
"Sorry dad. And yeah I know mom. Six of those though might be distracting without support."
"I doubt Harry will mind."
"No he doesn't." She said with a happy grin.
"Oh and exactly how far have you two gone?"
Hermione realized she had said too much but thinking about Harry made her feel very tingly all over and her tail go off doing lazy swishes and curls.
"Uh we haven't gone all the way dad."
"Okay that's good to know. But you have gone places?"
"Uh. I've touched him and he's touched me below the waist." She was blushing so bright now she could stop traffic Dan and Emma thought.
"Well uh. That's good to know was this before or after the magic knickers."
"After. And no he didn't force me to do that to pay him back. If anything I kinda forced myself on him. I mean it started out as a bit of kissing and then he smelled so good and it made me feel all tingly and everything and and uh. I have to take a lot of cold showers around him. He just makes me feel so good. Even better than Lavender." She had begun to purr as well as wriggle in her seat a bit.
Emma chuckled recognizing the signs Hermione was giving. "Lavender? Is that a girl or a bath product?"
Hermione bit her lip with a small ouch. "Uh a girl." She shyly said.
"Well you do live in a girls dorm so not a big surprise. I played around a bit in school myself so."
"Oh okay mom. Thanks. I'm glad you guys are understanding."
"You're not going into heat are you?"
"No dad. I just have a rather higher drive they said. I went to madam Pomfrey the school healer to make sure. All my internal organs are totally human. Two ovaries, one uterus etc..."
"Okay well that's good to know." Emma sighed one worry off her shoulders.
"Yeah okay. I guess that means Harry just knows how to rev your motor the right way."
Hermione blushed but her tail thumping against the chair gave her away. Her dad laughed, and then sighed.
"Well you have always been precocious and I suppose there are ways to prevent any unexpected little events?"
Hermione nodded not trusting her voice.
"So if we arrange for you and Harry to get together this summer you'll be safe?"
Hermione nodded again, "Madam Pomfrey has been giving me the potion for the last two months. And she gave me one for next month, as well as this month."
"Well you and Harry are awful young but we would rather you take precautions than to try and tell you to behave and have something happen."
"Thanks guys. I love you."
"We love you too pumpkin."
Emma chuckled, "Now you better get upstairs and ready for bed."
"Yeah mom. Good night." She gave her parents hugs and off to bed to dream of Harry.
=====xxxxx====
The summer passed well. Dumbledore had spoken with the Dursleys and he would be allowed to leave them when his birthday had passed. So he only had to wait a month until he was with her.
She spent much of her time inside the house wearing a t-shirt and not much else. As her mom liked to sunbathe nude her dad had made sure the back yard could not be looked into from any angles. So she was able on nice days to go outside and get some air. The fact that she was wearing nothing never crossed her mind as it felt so good. She wound up falling asleep curled in the sunlight several times.
Other days she put on all of her disguises and went to the library or the bookstore. Occasionally to the local shopping center to get some ice cream or other treats. She discovered that she had a very strong fondness for cream.
=====xxxxx====
She had just gotten done toweling herself off as she had been napping outside when it began to rain. She was standing in her room when the mirror buzzed and without thinking she touched the rune to see Harry's smiling face.
"Hi Harry."
Seeing her naked he blushed but they had become close enough she had shown him her breasts already. He had even begun to explore them before they left the school.
"I'm not interrupting am I?"
"No I got caught in the rain and needed to towel off."
"Oh okay. I was just calling to see how you are."
"Well looking forward to the day after tomorrow when you get here. Otherwise doing good. Nothing to report since last time mon-capitant."
"No need to get smarty pants there. I'm just worried about you."
"I know if I go out without my disguise or something it could cause a problem but I remember to check. I also hide if anyone comes to the door unless I have my disguise handy. Although I'm beginning to feel like Quasimodo sometimes."
"Well you're a lot prettier than him."
"Thanks that's not saying much you know."
"Sorry I'm still a bit new to the complimenting girls thing."
"I know."
"Looking forward to seeing you soon."
=====xxxxx====
It was August first and Harry would be coming soon. Dumbledore had said he would make arrangements for Harry to be brought safely to her residence and the anonymity of a muggle city should help protect him.
A long black car rolled up in front and she almost rushed out but caught her reflection in the full body mirror her dad had installed by the door and stopped. She had gotten dressed but her tail was still out and her ears were not hidden. She looked down and checked that only two breasts were visible so she hadn't forgotten her special bra. If she stepped out the door with her tail and ears though she might be seen. So she grabbed her headband and sunglasses. She tucked her tail down her knickers around her waist. It put the tip in a very sensitive area that tickled and she hoped she could keep from laughing or gasping too much.
She opened the door as Harry and a tall black man in a suit came up the front walk. "Miss Granger I am Kingsley Shacklebolt." The man said in a deep baritone.
"Hello sir."
"I believe I have a special delivery for you?" He said in amusement.
Hermione's huge smile showed how happy she was Harry was here in the flesh. "Harry!" She said running onto the porch and glomping him.
"Hey Hermione."
