"Now, I shall act out my famous battle with the Wagga Wagga Werewolf! Ah, Mr Potter, if you would please assist me again?"
Harry stood up but it was obvious that it was the last thing he wanted to do. Padma could hear Corner snickering behind her as Harry walked up.
" Nice loud howl, Harry- exactly - and then, if you'll believe it, I pounced - like this - slammed him to the floor - thus - with one hand, I managed to hold him down - with my other, I put wand to his throat - I then screwed up my remaining strength and performed the immensely complex Homorphus Charm - he let out a piteous moan - go on, Harry - higher than that - good - the fur vanished the fangs shrunk - the he turned back into a man. Simple, yet effective - and another village will remember me forever as the hero who delivered them from the monthly terror of werewolf attacks." (HP CoS p 162 US hardcover)
Harry stood up from the floor and said, "Excuse me professor, but I don't think the class and I can really understand what a great feat you managed, sir." Padma was instantly wary - Harry was up to something. He was never that polite unless he was up to something. Unfortunately, Lockhart didn't know him that well.
"Whatever, do you mean, Harry?"
"Well, sir. I am just a small boy, not a huge werewolf. It just doesn't do justice to have me fill in for the werewolf as I am."
"I know - I know, young Harry. However we must make do with what we have," the author-professor responded while flashing his smile at the class.
"I had an idea, professor. If Hermione cast a glamour on me to make me look like a werewolf, then the class would get the full impact of what you dealt with."
The professor seemed to consider it. Padma didn't think her friend was capable of casting such a spell. The professor seemed doubtful also but Harry assured him that she was more than capable.
"Very well. Ms Granger, your assistance please?"
Hermione walked up while glaring at the small smile on Harry's face. Now Padma was sure Harry was up to something and most of the rest of the class was coming to the same conclusion. When Hermione reached Harry he whispered something quietly into her ear before stepping away to remove his robes. Padma winced a bit to see the scruffy, oversized Muggle clothes Harry insisted on wearing under his school robes.
"No need to get disrobed for this, Harry," Lockhart assured him with a look of distaste on his face as he took in Harry's clothes.
"Just trying to get into the role, professor. It is method acting."
"Of course, I recognized that my dear boy," Lockhart assured him. Padma didn't know what he meant by 'method acting' and doubted Lockhart knew either. "Do what you must."
Harry returned to his place in front of the classroom. "Okay, professor. I am all set."
"Once Ms Granger completes her glamour, advance on me just as before," Lockhart instructed.
Hermione made the complex wand patterns required for a glamour spell. Padma wanted to watch her cast but her attention quickly focused on Harry.
Harry threw his head back and let out a howl that sent chills down Padma's spine. At the same time, thick black fur was sprouting out all over his body as he grew. His head morphed into a giant representation of a wolf while his hands became massive claws with wicked looking nails the looked incredibly sharp. Padma was terrified and she was sitting twenty feet away.
Harry turned towards the Defence professor and let out a growl that seemed to reverberate through the bones of everyone in the room. The famed professor took one look at that horrible visage and let out a girlish squeal before dropping to the ground in a dead faint.
Harry the Werewolf sat back on his haunches and let out an odd sound. It took Padma a moment but she realized that Harry was laughing. Not just laughing but full out, rib-holding laughter. Now when the werewolf glamour looked out at the classroom, the creature's face seemed amused with his tongue hanging out to one side.
It gave Padma the impression of a giant, very dangerous, puppy.
Hermione must have released her spell because Harry suddenly shrank back into his normal form.
"Wow, mate. You actually made the git faint," Ron congratulated his friend.
Harry replaced his glasses and said, "He'll have to change his robes before lunch too." Just then the bell rang announcing the end of class.
"Guess there's no homework!" Ron cheered.
Padma and Su Li joined their Gryffindor friends as they walked out of the Defence classroom. Something just happened in the class and she didn't understand it. The three Gryffindors shared a secret. How did Hermione manage to cast that glamour? And that looked nothing like any werewolf she had ever seen pictures of. It reminded her more of stories she'd heard from her dada, her grandfather, on their visits to India when she was a child.
She would talk to Harry later to find out what just happened and how he did it. She didn't need to make a scene now.
As the other students left, Lavender and Parvati stayed behind franticly trying to wake their dashing professor while trying to avoid the growing pool coming from under the wizard.
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