Familiars Love

Chapter 15

Draco groaned and rolled over, running a hand over his face before slowly opening his pale blue eyes. His room was still pitch black, the only light creeping through the dark came from under the door and between the cracks of the curtains covering the magic window. The window was more of a picture, following the steady patterns of the moon and sun as they rose and set. However, it lacked something that a real window showed, life, a picture could never really show a growling thunderstorm or the snow whispering along with the glass. It was one of the few reasons Draco hated living in the dungeons, but like all good Slytherins, he learned to adjust.

Today was Friday, his new favorite day of the week. All of the sixth years had been given the morning off for free study or practice, normal classes resuming after lunch. Two hours of Defense Against the Dark Arts followed by Transfiguration and he got to sleep in until lunch: heaven. Softly whispering tempus he looked at the numbers floating above him before they vanished in a puff of red smoke. It was only nine twenty-six, which meant he could get ready for lunch and finish his other schoolwork before he had to attend his afternoon classes. Then he was free to spend the whole weekend lazing about and playing with Athena and Damian aka. Meda and Harry. Draco smiled happily at the thought and sat up in bed, carefully wiggling out from under the covers and crawling down the bed to where Meda lay. The tiger was sleeping sprawled across the foot of the bed, front paws and ears twitching as she dreamed tiger dreams. Extending his hand slowly, Draco grabbed several long black whiskers and tugged gently before whispering 'Meda' overly loud.

'What?' Meda mumbled obviously still half asleep.

"Be a dear and do my homework while I'm in the bath," Draco murmured softly, running a finger along the side of the cat's face before scratching behind one ear, smiling at the low throbbing purr that immediately filled the air.

'Which work would that be?' Meda sighed, absorbing the feelings of playfulness and laughter floating around, setting her mind and body afire with a content feeling she had never felt before.

"Never mind, chances are you'd muck it up anyway." Dodging a soft swatting paw, Draco climbed off the bed, giving the tiger's tail a pull before slowly stating, "Heaven knows how you and Harry have made it this far." Gliding towards the door and heading off to the bathroom, softly closing the door behind him.

Meda watched as Draco exited the room in that slow graceful walk that made it appear as if he were floating above the floor. Closing her eyes, she internally murmured a spell she knew by heart and groaned at the feelings sweeping along her spine. Her bones crushed and remolded, reverting to their former shape. Her teeth and nails shrunk, returning to the dullness that they had previously been. She lay still upon the bed, allowing her body and mind to adjust to being back in their natural form. The pain of the transformation was a distant memory but she could still imagine the feeling as it overtook her body. Stretching her arms above her head, she sat up slowly, her body relearning how to balance after spending so much time running around on four legs rather than two. Standing carefully she grinned at the feeling of being back in her first body, it was like being home after spending weeks in a hotel that lacked certain amenities one was used to.

Walking to the curtains, she drew them back to allow small fingers of light to shine into the room. Turning, she moved slowly to Draco's wardrobe, reaching in and pulling out a pair of black slack and colored shirt, tugging them on, and shook her head as they swallowed her slim lethal form that came with being a Mage. Her eye's caught a flicker of movement and she turned to catch the dull outline of herself in a full-length mirror. Her hair was hanging loosely down to her waist and the scar over her nose glowed a nasty red. The silver collar glittered in the faint light, amazingly tight against her throat even though the tiger had a wider neck than her. She contemplated going into her true form, but then thought better of it. Combing her fingers through her hair; she moved to sit down at Draco's desk. Settling a piece of parchment before her, she glanced at the crystal clock sitting on the desk, figuring she had at least another thirty-five minutes before Draco came back. Then there was the shriek of a falcon than the sound of something heavy landing on the ground. Turning around she saw Harry in his human form looking through Draco's wardrobe, looking for a pair of slacks to put on. He then walked over to join me, "Hey big sis whatcha up to?" "Draco asked me to do his homework, but since I already passed this class I think you should do it." She said with a smirk. "Fine." Harry took up the seat at the desk that Meda had just occupied and began to finish the work on the desk. The sound of approaching boots had them both frowning, Draco always took at least forty-five minutes to get ready which meant that someone other than Draco was approaching the room.