After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 28 Book 1

After a War

Hermione woke up, the grass was soft. Was that the grass? It didn't feel like grass. It felt like laying on a fur rug. She tried to stand up and noticed her legs weren't exactly able to balance anymore. She stood on all force. Her arms and legs were the same length. She looked at her hand, well, it wasn't a hand really, it was a paw. She took a few steps. It was much harder to walk with four legs instead of two. She looked around. There was a falcon and a snow lynx. What was she? She couldn't really tell what she was by looking at her paw. She tried to say something but all that came out was a high pitched bark. A fox! She was a fox! She walked over to where the Falcon was on a low tree branch. Hermione wanted to figure out if it was Pansy or Malfoy. It flew down from its branch and picked up Pansy's wand. Hermione trotted over to where her bag was. That meant that Malfoy was a lynx? Did he even know what a Lynx was? Hermione loved Lynx's, they looked like Grumpy cats. Malfoy was unconscious still. She trotted over to him and tried to speak again, another high pitched bark. Hermione looked around. Could Maya and Solomon hear her if she yelped loud enough? Would they recognize it was her? It was worth a try. She howled as loud as she could. Pansy must've figured out what she was doing because she flew out to search for Maya and Solomon. Malfoy growled. Didn't Lynx's hiss? Hermione continued to howl until she was wacked with a very fluffy paw. She growled at the Lynx that was Malfoy. She barked at him. Maya came into view with Pansy on her shoulder, Solomon behind her.

"Ok, who's who? Pansy already showed me her wand." Maya asked. Pansy flew to a tree branch with her wand in her talons. She realized she didn't have another set of talons to grip the tree with and almost fell. She dropped the wand and gripped the tree branch with her now free talons. Hermione trotted over to her bag and sat on it.

"Hermione's a fox?" Solomon asked. Hermione stood back up and nodded.

"Draco's a Lynx?" Maya asked. She started laughing. Malfoy hissed and walked around. He lifted one of his paws and shook it as though he got water on it or stepped in something gross.

"Your going to be stuck in this form for a while." Solomon said. "I was a Wampus for almost two weeks." He added. Hermione had to sit down to keep from losing her balance and falling over again. Two weeks of no school! She was the muggle studies teacher! She had to be there! Maya walked over to her and put a hand on her head. It was oddly soothing.

"You don't understand how good it feels to be pet until your a animal yourself." Maya said. "Alright, we'll try and get you transformed now so we can get back to school. Just relax, be calm, try and think about your human shape." Maya said. She stood away from Hermione. Hermione did her best to think of what she looked like as a human. She tried talking again, no bark, that was good right?

"Did it work?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah." Solomon said. Hermione laid in the grass.

"That's exhausting." She mumbled.

"I know." Maya said. She knelt next to Hermione. "Muggle studies starts in five minutes."

"How fast am I by fox?" Hermione asked as she sat up quickly.

"Could take three or four minutes. You cant run inside the castle as a fox though. Unless you want everyone to know what you are." Solomon said.

"I cant be late to my own class." Hermione said. She focused on fox. Nothing happened. "Why isn't it working!" Hermione asked.

"What are you thinking about?" Maya asked.

"Fox. Duh." Hermione said. She didn't mean to be rude or say 'duh' even but she was worried.

"Think about how it felt to be a fox. The ground, the air, how your heart beat, focus on being the fox, not the fox itself." Solomon said. She nodded and did what was told. She tried to talk again to ask if it worked. A bark!

"One problem." Maya said. Hermione looked up at her, wow she was tall. Foxes were so short! "Draco and Pansy cant turn back into humans." Maya added. Hermione looked at Malfoy. He was still and Lynx. Pansy was still a Falcon. Hermione looked up at Maya and Solomon again.

"Can they go in as pets?" Solomon asked.

"I guess, a Lynx could pass as a cat and I guess a Falcon can be allowed in. Who would be the 'owner'?" Maya asked.

"I can take the Falcon- Pansy, sorry." Solomon said. Pansy landed on his shoulder and pecked at his head. "Hey!" Solomon yelled. The bird looked Gleeful on his shoulder.

"I'm not a cat person." Maya said. She looked down at the fox. "But you are." She added. Hermione looked at Malfoy. He was out of hearing range, his senses should have been increased to a maximum, he could have been getting used to being able to smell a fly from a quarter mile away. His ears flinched.

"Draco!" Solomon yelled. "We have to go!" Malfoy turned to them, growled slightly, and trotted over. He almost tripped over his front right paw but he caught himself.

"Ok, just follow me." Maya said. She turned into a wolf. Solomon looked at the bird on his shoulder and shooed it off. He transformed into a Wampus. Hermione had only heard of Wampus' it was beautiful. Very large and scary for a small fox but beautiful. She followed Maya as she began to run towards the castle. She was going to be so late for Muggle studies.