Prologue

James and Lilly Potter-Snape were sitting in the small sitting room of their home looking at pictures of Harry when he was born till the day he had been taken from them. Many thought that Lilly had carried and given birth to Harry but that is not true. James had been the one to carry and give birth to Harry for you see he was a ware-cat and Amur leopard to be precise, he was also a submissive ware-cat.

Severus Snape was his second mate, he was a shadow cat another type of ware-cat. James and Severus had been born that way but while they were at Hogwarts they both found out that they were drawn to Lilly who was also a submissive but human. James lost control one night, shifted, and turned Lilly. Severus was scared that the third part of their bond would resent them as he held James while he was crying in his arms apologizing for what had happened. Lilly had surprised them both though when she cuddled up to James and Severus saying that she already knew and had wanted to ask them if they would accept her, they had been inseparable ever since.

Harry was conceived while the three of them had been in their cat forms one night. As ware-cats they could shift at any time but at times it was harder not to be in the cat forms than others. It was during James heat that Harry was conceived so since they were in cat form he was born the same. James had the urge to shift three days before Harry had been born and went to a cupboard that he had made into a nest. When Harry was born he was born a kit for three weeks James and Harry stayed in the cupboard with Severus bring food for James that his cat from would be able to digest, until Harry eyes opened and not a day after they were both in human form.

From what they could tell Harry was a perfect mix of a ware-Amur leopard and a ware-shadow cat with all the abilities of both. Harry would not shift again till he was sixteen, they did not know what would happen that would make them almost too late.