Wary whiskers || Keagan

Keagan was on cloud nine, his only class had been cancelled so he was able to sleep in. Something he was rather god at it, when he finally woke up stopped for a quick bite before heading onto the grounds. He had decided he was going to stretch his legs. All of them. After registration last year, Keagan used his ability to clear his mind, allow him to avoid the hustle and bustle of the castle for a little while, giving him a chance for some alone time. Also as a wolf, he had speed he could only imagine as a human. That was what excited him most, running fast and hard, ducking in and out of trees. As he reached his entrance to the forest, he took one more look insuring that he was alone. Satisfied, he strode into the depths of the forest until he found the tree he had been looking for. The tree was dead but it still stood, how Keagan wasn’t sure but the trunk was false, it had been hollowed out long ago. Placing your hand at just the right spot, opened a sort of storage space. He checked again that he was alone, then pressed the spot and felt the tree give beneath him.

He stuck his head into the tree, filled with carved names of those who had found the spot over the years. All animgi who used this the same way he did, to lighten the load. He placed his bag and heavy cloak on the ground. Also leaving behind his shoes. When he turned his clothes turned with him, which made things easier if he had to transform in front of people. But it also provided him with extra fur, which in turn slowed him down and he hated running slowly. After he had closed the tree off again, he began the change. Feeling his body shrink and twist into his new form. Arctic Wolf. He had been pleasantly surprised when he first transformed, he had no idea what he would become, only that it was magic he wished to pursue. He decided that his trip to Alaska as a child must have inspired his internal choice.

As the change completed, Keagan smiled. His blue eyes glowing due to the white fur that surrounded them. Then he took off, sprinting for what seemed like hours. In reality it was probably just one hour, his stamina was incredible in this form. As he slowed to a stop, he caught his breath and was admiring the forest and all of it’s hidden beauty, when he heard a noise. Someone else was here, running rather quickly. He could hear the shaking of brush, closing in. He thought of running but it was too late, before he could even flinch a Leopard sprung out and skidded to a stop directly in front of him. The animal tried to stop but still made contact with him. He growled softly, hoping the animal wouldn’t attack. That was the only downfall to the ability, random animals trying to fight you or eat you. Luckily he had avoided his natural predators thus far. He tiled his head, as if he could hear the Leopard’s thoughts. He nodded his head slowly and then tilted it to look at the animal. It hadn’t run, or attacked. Something about the eyes seemed familiar, but he hadn’t seen a leopard before today. Then it hit him, maybe he wasn’t the only one stretching his legs today.

Keagan had no intention of attacking another animal but that idea was lessened even further by the idea that this may not be a leopard after all. As the leopard meowed he laughed, which in wolf form came out like a cough with a slight hint of humor. It wasn't easy to smile in wolf form either, he was about ninety percent sure that this was now an animagi. Quite like himself. He stopped the laughter and nodded softly, his voice would be too harsh and may scare them away so he stuck to head nods. He shook his head to the left and started to jog softly back towards his tree. He wanted to be close to his wand, just in case he was wrong and this was an actual leopard who could kill him in human form. When he new the blonde leopard was behind him, he took off with a little more speed. The agile cat behind him was sure to be able to keep up.

It took them a few minutes to get back to his tree but he had been correct in assuming the leopard could keep up, with relative ease actually. He slowed and turned on her slowly, turning from the tree’s hollowed section. When he caught her eyes again, he shot his back leg out and open the storage section. Trying to show the animal his bag and robes, so they would be sure to understand what he was. Communication was not easy while in this form, they would have to transform back. This was all assuming that he was right that she was a fellow animagi. He drew is paw in the dirt, upside so it would read right to her. “ON 3”. He caught her eyes and then nodded out the count.

God he had to hope the leopard in front of him was transforming with him, otherwise he would be jumping into that tree for his wand. He had turned from the animal so they would be back to back in case anyone was indecent and could fix that fact before seeing one another. As he felt his body growing in length to match his normal frame, his fur fading into his clothes, skin and hair. His face reforming with his witty grin. He shook his body and felt everything was right. Now to hope he was looking at a human when he turned back around.