Gryffindor's Tigress

Chapter Fifteen: NEW FRIEND!!!

As I laid on the rock slab, basking in the heat the sun is pounding into my fur, I look over at my slaves as they bring forth a fully roasted buffalo.  I take my time as I get up and stroll up to the delightful piece of meat.  I go forward as my tongue inches closer to the roasted beast and run it along the beasts tender, juicy meat as........

I suddenly hear a screaming sound and lazily open my eyes.  My eyes shoot open when I taste shampoo and feel hair on my tongue.  I hastily lean back and look at the squirming little girl that I had my great paws wrapped around.

She looked to be about my age with insanely intelligent eyes and a mess of curly brown hair.  I hear a scream again and see that it was the girl that I was holding.  Blinking slowly at her I stood up and went to find a better corner that I could curl up in.  Suddenly I bumped into a couple of bellies.

Looking up I tiredly gazed into an identical pair of scolding faces that are looking down at me.

"Why are we not surprised to see that you have already started to cause trouble with the other little firsties," George said.

"You go back there and apologize to that muggle girl right now, we don't want to traumatize them until we are certain that they can handle it," Fred say's.

Rolling my eyes at them I turn around and stroll back over to where the girl was.  Seeing as she was nowhere to be found I sniffed and caught her sent going into one of the compartments farther down the train.

Going to where her sent went I realized that I was at the entrance to the girls washroom and I can hear crying from the inside of it.

Concerned for whats going on I quickly shifted and knocked on the door asking, "Is everything all right?"

There was a quick gasp as I hear shuffling inside before I heard a quite, "I'm fine."

Irritated I quickly stated, "Clearly you're not if you've been crying and then try to make it sound okay when you realize that somebody heard you.  Now, why don't you open this door so that I can sit you down and try to get you to feel a bit better, okay?"

I waited a minute before I heard the lock on the door click and the girl that I had been licking came out with her hair going wild from the saliva that was hardening in it.

"Come with me," I told her when I saw her puffy red eyes.

I brought her back to my compartment when she freezes and starts to shake, "What's wrong?"

She quickly shakes her said saying, "You can't go in there, there's a tiger in there it tried to eat me!"

I opened the door to show her that it was empty before she walked in looking around nervously.

"Well I think that we got off on the wrong foot!  My name is Ruby Storm," I say holding my hand out for her to shake.

"Hermione Granger," she replies becoming bolder as she begins to feel safer.

"So do you mind telling me why you were crying in the restroom like a broken hearted lover?"

"Well, I was helping this boy named Neville find his toad, which apparently ran away.  Anyway, I opened this compartment door and the next thing I know I'm underneath this great big lion and it laid on me for a moment before it started licking my hair.  I was so scared that it was going to eat me when it froze, looked down at me and walked away.  When it left I was frozen in fear, then this..this...this pale git walked up to me and started laughing at me asking if I woke up and did my hair like this or if I wanted to look like a little monster," at this point she begins crying while I am shaking in anger at what that kid said to her.

"Hermione," she looked up at me, "I am so sorry."

She looks at me confused, "For what?"

"I was the tiger that laid on you and licked you.  I was asleep and having a dream.  By the time I woke up I was on top of you and licking your hair.  I was still really groggy so I just stood up and walked away without thinking.  I would never hurt you or anybody else for that matter.  Except maybe that prick that insulted you and..."

She cuts me off, "You turned into that great big tiger!!!"

Confused I look at her, "Yes."

"That's incredible!" suddenly it's like she had never cried to begin with and she is staring at me with complete fascination.

Smiling at her I thank her and we sit atalking about our life and becoming fast friends.

I remember the deal with her hair and take out my wand, "Would it be okay if I fixed your hair for you?"

"Please," she begs me.

Laughing I point my wand at her hair and say, "Fige capillus."

Instantly her hair goes back to its naturally curly state as the train starts to slow down and rumble to a stop.

Hermione and I grin anxiously at each other thinking the same thing.

We're Here!!!