Chapter 6
"Will you not talk to me at all" Regulus asked looming over you while you sat underneath a tree.
You quickly scribbled in your parchment, "But I am"
Regulus groaned, "No, speak, why are you not speaking, is your throat sore"
"No" You shoved the paper in his face
"Tell me then"
"whyy"
"What do you mean why, you're not speaking, to anyone?" Regulus huffed.
You shrugged, you quill scratching the paper as you scrawled "What if you tell someone?"
"Tell someone what, that your speech language has turned that of a basilisk" Regulus sassed leaning back on the tree which you sat against. You scoffed, "Fine"
You opened your mouth, he stilled, "Is that a mandrake leaf"
You nodded, he seemed to be in thought "Are you trying to be an animagus?". You nodded again.
"So, that's why you were not speaking and here I thought you were intelligent" he retorted smirking.
You tilted your head offensively, he pulled out his wand and mumbled a charm. The mandrake leaf stuck to the roof of your mouth, leaving you to speak as you wish.
"I was gonna think of that soon" you huffed.
He slid down to sit next to you. "So why are you trying to perform such a dangerous and illegal activity..that too without me?"
You groaned resting your face between your knees, "Because James is doing so", you said, beleiving that to be enough of an explanation.
Really you had to pester James for much longer to tell you, at one point you were running after him as he was running away from you,
"James stop" you yelled your breath running short.
James had turned to look back at your horrified gaze, as he slipped on the marble and plummeted to the ground, he gazed up, "Oh, hey gorgeous, did I tell you that you are beautiful from this angle too".
Lily let out an annoyed sound, "Seems like you need to change your glasses Potter". She walked away and this time you ran, James following suit, yelling behind you "Because of you I swallowed it"
Then here you were, following in his prime example. Regulus nodded getting up, brushing his pants, puberty really had hit him this summer. His hair fell slightly down his ears, he had grown taller, voice more mature. He had started to attract quite a bit of attention, which would have been more if he didn't have a resting bitch face in public.
You stared incredously, "Where are you going?"
"To get a leaf for myself" he shrugged as if it was obvious. You shook your head, "It is really dangerous and illegal", you repeated his own words to him.
He snorted, "Says the girl who's doing so herself". You hummed then grinned, glad to have a partner, "Then let's go, shall we"
Surely enough you both had a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month, you had even managed to avoid getting caught by Amelia who had asked the reason you were eating a leaf.
You had sheepishly smiled, pretending to be embarassed, "I am on this specific leaf diet"
She had nodded and even told you about the different kinds you could incorporate into your diet. You had smiled and thanked her, adapting into your leaf diet, you had felt more like a bowtrukle less a zouwu. However you decided it was best to not tell James, not to mention he will yell at you for doing something so reckless. You instead pestered professor mcgonagoll to tell you hypothetically about it, not suspicious at all.
However your misery was coming to an end when the full moon approached, you both were at the astronomy tower, storing way the phial which contained mixture, now all you had to wait for was an electrical storm, which took longer than the actual process of making the concotion.
"Regulus" you shook the boy, long asleep on the library chair beside you. He opened his eyes groggily, "What?"
You pointed at the window, even though it was middle of the afternoon, the sky had darkened, little grumblings of the clouds could be heard as they clashed onto each other, "An electrical storm" you whispered.
You had decided to go to a secluded place near the magical creature reserve. You had your phial which contained a blood red potion, you looked up once again as the cloud cackled. You knew the consequences of it going wrong but you had taken all precautions to eliminate any chances of happeing so. You looked at Regulus and nodded, placing the wand over your hearts, you both chanted, "Amato Animo Animato Animagus"
You drank the potion and instantly wanted to throw up, your throat felt itchy, you gripped your throat taking deep breaths, you saw Regulus on his knees through your blurry vision, your ears ringed, you stumbled to the ground, feeling your bones shift, it was certainly painful. Your eyes blanked, and you make out a figure of an ainimal with red fur .
You opened your eyes to be met with green eyes of a black feline who mewed loudly. You glanced down at your red paws, moving and getting used to walking on all fours, you were a red fox.
You pushed the cat with your snout and it let out a loud hiss, so you decided for fun to pick it up carefully while it began to hiss and claw. You were quite enjoying this.
You thought of your human form, feeling your bones contract painfully but this time less so. The cat Reggie tilted his head, "Aww, you're cute", the cat hissed as if taking offence, his face contorted as he tried to shift back, his nose scrunched, he turned back into Regulus letting out a small, tiny wheeze.
You bursted into laughter which Regulus crossed his arms, his face turned into a pout. "I thought I was gonna be a big scary animal"
"You are" you replied, gazing at his eyes, they really were so green that the trees paled in comparison to its shine. Regulus scoffed, "Well, you are a sly fox"
"A sly fox" you questioned. He nodded, "Yes, you are"
You grinned, "Then you're fuzzy ball". Then he made a face that would have been hissing in his animagus form. "Stop calling me those, I'm scary". The pout resting on his face was adorable too.
Your smiled just grew wider as a drop of rain fell into your cheek, "Very scary reggie, very, I'm sure the 1st years will run seeing you"
It took you both a while to get used to your animagus form but once you did, it felt as easy as breathing. Now that you noticed it, you both did have some of the characteristics of your animal counterparts.
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You groaned as a book was thwacked into your head, you glaced at the culprit, Amelia who stood fuming, "Where the hell were you, we were supposed to meet for lunch?". She sat down beside you at the grand table.
"Sorry, I was studying with Reggie in the library and I lost track of time." Amelia hummed, you knew she wanted to ask something.
"What is it, tell me?" you inquired. Amelia nodded, "Nothing much, just wondering"
You really were confused, "Wondering what?". Amelia seemed to be conflicted, "Alright, but don't take it too seriously, it's just an observation." You nodded.
"Look, I'm not implying it but like are you two together". You tilted your head confused, "Together as in"
Amelia groaned, "Are you two dating?".
"What, no, jeez, No, there's nothing like that, why did you think so?" Your heart raced, you couldn't think how can someone assume so, I mean you two just hanged out like normal people do.
Amelia shrugged, "I mean you two are mostly together-". You cut her off, "Yeah as friends are"
She continued- "Then there's the thing where you look at each other, it's like no one else exists, not to forget, you two always disappear or run off together"
You were flabbergasted, bamboozled even, "No, I mean, no, he doesn't like me like that"
Amelia raised her perfectly shaped eyebrows, "Do you?"
You shook your head, glancing at Regulus who sat a bit away from you, his lips turned upwards as his gaze met yours. You definitely didn't like him like that. He was your bestfriend if you may, thought he was smart, and nice and preety like the stars. But merlin, you didn't like him like that, right?.