Chapter 209: Harassment (Edited)

Compared to the "big cats" such as tigers and lions, the black-footed cat looks almost the same as a normal cat, but no matter how much it changes, Fish only changes the color of its fur and is still at heart a small cat with tiger spots.

The [Shape Change] spell could also shrink his body, but it has its limits as well as when he grows. Currently, Fish can only shrink to two-thirds of his original size. Even if he can increase the success rate of evading the spell, the increase is extremely limited.

"What's wrong nya?"

?ω?

Fish picked up the book Hermione had given him, turned to the page of the black-footed cat and pondered.

After all, his transformation into a clouded leopard had happened by chance, and while he had a slight hunch that something was different at the moment, it was hard for Fish to tell what it was.

Ron, who had returned to the bedroom, leaned over curiously, looked at the book in front of Fish and asked, "Huh? Fish, are you reading that book again?"

"What are you trying to be this time?"

Although Fish had never revealed his clouded leopard form to his roommates, he occasionally skimmed through the various cat encyclopedias that Hermione and the others had given him in his dorm or in the Common Room, so everyone knew that Fish wanted to become a leopard or a tiger or something.

And they had all seen his ability to transform into different breeds of cats.

"Black-footed cat... Is this a wild cat too? It doesn't look much different from a normal cat."

Ron looked at the book about the black-footed cat and looked at Fish with some confusion.

"This change shouldn't be too hard for you, should it?"

"No nya..." (???ˇ?ˇ???).

Fish shook his head with a serious look and said, "Fish has tried several times, but he can't become this kind of cat."

He held up his palm and added, "I can't even put black paws on it."

The only thing Fish could do was change his size and fur, but the black pads that were the trademark of black-footed cats were beyond Fish's capabilities at this point.

"Well..."

Ron often couldn't understand Fish's whims, so after a few moments of contemplation, he decided once again not to pursue Fish's thoughts and changed the subject.

"You know what's going on with George and Fred? They've been very reserved and quiet lately, and they don't talk much, it's weird."

After the chain of events last term, and Harry speaking Parseltongue this term, Ron had learned that there was always something special to be gained by asking the Fish for information or hints.

"Is that so nya?"

Fish cocked his head to the side, remembering how the two had really calmed down since the beginning of the school year, even talking less.

But with all the new stories from Professor McGonagall and all the running around between his two big friends, Fish hadn't been paying much attention to the twins lately.

Then he shook his head, "I don't know nya, Fish has been really busy lately nya!"

(`ω′′≡`ω′)

But after Ron mentioned it, he was piqued with curiosity, "But Fish can help you take a peek."

Anyway, Uroboros and Kanaloa weren't going to fight, and turning into a black-footed cat wasn't going to do any good, so he might as well find himself a new diversion... like stalking the twins or something.

But after a few days of stalking, Fish didn't notice anything strange, except that the twins had become less talkative and quieter than usual.

Until one day, Fish heard Fred whisper in a very low voice to George, "Tonight is a full moon, it's time to take the next step."

So that night, before getting ready to go for a walk, Fish put a [Wild Mark] on each of the twins who were playing cards in the Common Room, before leaving the dormitory and running to Professor McGonagall for a story.

After successfully piquing Fish's interest with Dumbledore's story, Professor McGonagall became enthusiastic about collecting stories about the other professors' experiences when they were young.

In addition, she wrote to her former colleagues at the Ministry of Magic, as well as other members of the Animagus Club, collecting all sorts of interesting stories from them.

In these stories, he tried to find ways to insert magical knowledge into them so that Fish would remember them without realizing it.

Professor McGonagall even tried to incorporate this into some of the younger classes, and it worked well.

If she hadn't been so busy making up stories for Fish, Professor McGonagall would have been writing an article on the subject and submitting it to Transfiguration Today.

"... Young Professor Flitwick used a subtle 'Levitation Spell' to control a myriad of rocks and hurl them at the students who provoked him, hitting them all over the place..."

At that moment, Professor McGonagall was telling Fish the story of how Professor Flitwick had punished those who had discriminated against him when he was a student, and had pulled out his wand and demonstrated the spell.

Fish, who was listening with great interest, suddenly turned his head and looked up at the ceiling behind him.

"What is it, Fish?"

Professor McGonagall followed her gaze upward, but could find nothing.

"Nothing..." Fish's eyes wandered for a moment, then quickly returned, looking up at Professor McGonagall with big, innocent eyes, "Fish just heard Norris's meow."

?ω?

"So that's what happened..."

Professor McGonagall was in disbelief, just as Fish's ability to lie was improving, so was Professor McGonagall's ability to detect Fish's lies.

She had already noticed that the kitten in front of her no longer avoided her gaze when he lied, but now looked at her with the same serious face as before.

But Professor McGonagall didn't press the issue, just nodded softly and continued with Professor Flitwick's story.

"After that, the bad guys were not satisfied and planned another prank on Professor Flitwick..."

As Professor McGonagall unhurriedly recounted the story, Fish withdrew his mind and continued to listen with great interest.

What the kitten didn't know was that while Professor McGonagall was demonstrating the spell, a tracking spell had slipped on him as well.

"... That's the end of the story for now, you can play by yourself."

Shortly after finishing the story, Professor McGonagall came over and rubbed Fish's head, saying as always.

"Minerva, good night nya~." ?●ω●?

After giving Professor McGonagall a hug, Fish transformed into a kitten, then opened a crack in the door and walked out of the office.

According to the scent returned by the [Savage Mark], the twins went up to the Astronomy Tower after leaving the Common Room, then stayed there.

Fish didn't need to avoid the others as on his night out, so he soon reached the tower as well.

Then he saw that the twins were each holding a small glass bottle and pouring something into it.

"What are you doing?"

?(●?ω?●)?

Fish asked with a curious look as he silently appeared behind the two, poking his head through the gap between them.

"What?!"

"Ow!"

This startled the twins so much that they shook so violently that they almost lost their grip on the bottle in their hands.

Luckily, the two had been doing a lot of sneaking around and reacted in time to avoid any tragedy.

"It's Fish... you scared me..."

Fred breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that it was Fish.

Then he didn't answer Fish's question, but checked the bottles with George to make sure they were okay.

"What are those bottles you're holding? is it delicious?"

(●?﹃?●)

Fish asked again, looking at the bottle in his hands.

"No, no, it's not delicious!"

The twins waved their hands and tried to put the bottle in their pockets.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Professor McGonagall, who had followed Fish here, revealed herself.

"Professor McGonagall?!"

The twins' faces instantly turned pale and they unconsciously hid the bottle behind their backs.

"Minerva! Why do you follow Fish around like the mean old man?"

?(●`д′●)?

However, Fish protested to Professor McGonagall in great disgust.

Holding out her hand to silence the jumping kitten in front of her, Professor McGonagall continued with a stern face, "The animagus potion must be protected from prying eyes and disturbance after being exposed to moonlight, and the two vials you have were deactivated when Fish made her noise interrupted them, if you continue to use them, you are likely to become half human and half beast in the end!"

He then tapped Fish on the head, "Good thing I came, or you would have hurt them, you rascal."

"Fish didn't do anything!"

∑(φдφ●)

Fish, who did not understand the situation, said. He didn't want to take the blame, since he only followed the twins to see how they were doing, how could he cause them harm?

Even if the twins had been caught, it was because Minerva had been stalking him and he hadn't known anything about it.

What bad thought could a kitten have in mind?