TweedleToodles
"Guys! I found the- Bailey?" He frowned, taken aback. "What the bloody hell are you doing in the forest at this time?"
"I'm uh-"
He rolled off me and stood up, offering me a hand, which I took. "We just saw a wolf here a while ago, you shouldn't-" He paused, took a moment to look at the state I was in, and his eyes narrowed as his brain put the pieces together.
I was about to run off, but his grip on my hand was firm. A stone of dread filled my stomach. My life is over, I thought. I can see the headlines already, "Hogwarts accepts werewolf student?" I'll never be accepted to another school, I won't be able to get a proper education, I'll become homeless and-
"You're a werewolf, aren't you?" he asked, but it sounded more like a statement than a question. Usually I'd have something to say, but for the first time in a while, I kept quiet. His grip on my hand loosened, and I took the chance to pull my hand out of his.
"And you're an illegal animangus," I said calmly, even though my heart was beating frantically.
The corner of his mouth turned up into a smile. "Touché."
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Bailey Cooper's a werewolf, and has been one ever sine she was young. She joins Hogwarts when she's sixteen, because she had been on the run from Death Eaters with her mom in the other years. Her mom thought that Hogwarts would be safe for her, and sent Bailey to the school as she went into hiding. However, Hogwarts isn't as safe as everyone had originally thought it was, and soon Bailey and her friends will all be in danger.