AN: Thanks for the reviews people and keep giving me suggestions. I need them. If you see something you might like added review. Here are the responses to the reviews.
Reviews- Vegitunks1- I like the first one but am not so hot on the second one. I really like her with Remus.
Vellouette- I like all three pairings and will probably go with the third one or a surprise person that is in Harry's year.
Alex- I have also thought that pairing was interesting and might try it. I also have a hard time writing with people not mentioned much in canon. Damn Mary/Sue traps.
Peruser- the first one is interesting and I might go with it. I also like the second pairing as well, I might be more inclined to write the second one because I have had several request for that pairing
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter, if I did I would make the Twins weasel animaguses and have them be prank masters and declare a prank war against Sirius in Grimmuald Place over a bowl of spilt porridge. And Sirius would be a lazy cloud watching prankster with a fetish for apples.
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Chapter 2-
Animaguses and Occlumency
Harry left Gringots and made his way around Diagon Alley. He wandered around for a bit then decided to visit Ollivander's to see about wand care. He wandered towards the store and went in. He was immediately hit with that old book-store like smell. The smell that's like polished wood mixed with parched paper and leather. He looked around at all the boxes sitting on the shelves. To him it looked like a muggle shoe store selling really thin shoes. Not seeing Ollivander nearby he rang the bell sitting on the counter and waited.
"Ah, Mr. Potter I wondered when I would be seeing you again. Well what can I help you with today?"
"I was wondering about proper wand care if you wouldn't mind giving me some tips."
Harry was soon overloaded with information about proper wand care and why it was important. Ollivander also had that damn twinkle in his eye that Dumbledore was famous, or infamous, for. After about a half hour Ollivander deemed him fit to take care of a wand and handed him a bottle of fine finish auto-repair polish. It soaked into the wand and fixed little imperfections and healed wear and tear from the wood of the wand. It also helped refresh the magical core to keep it in fine working order. It smelled like shoe polish for military boots, but it worked really well when he tried a bit so he went for it.
Harry also asked about a wand holster just in case. He remembered how he always had to dig his wand out of his robes and wanted to be able to access it quicker. Ollivander was only too happy to oblige and gave Harry a holster to put on his forearm that when you flicked your wrist it came down into your hand. It also had enchantments that made it invisible and kept it from being summoned away. Harry liked it so he paid Ollivander for the holster and the polish before leaving.
After Ollivander's Harry went to the apothecaries to restock on potion supplies. Then he went for ice cream. After that he went to Quality Quidditch Supplies to buy a Broom Care Servicing Kit. He then wondered around for a bit and visited some other shops.
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When he arrived back at the Leaky Cauldron, he slouched up to his room and flopped down on the bed. Deciding he needed something to do, he took the Marauders chest out and un-shrunk it. He grabbed the book about animaguses and opened it. He looked at the cover and read the authors names. Messers Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs proudly present the Marauders Guide to Becoming an Animagus. He stared at the authors names for a while then looked at the dog in the corner. He then went back to the book and read a few chapters. It detailed how to get into the meditative trance to find your form and what it felt like to the Marauders in their own trances. He looked up Padfoot's and saw that his animagus form was a big bearlike dog. He looked back at the Padfoot in the corner. Could they be the same? Brushing it off for now he decided to try and get into his own meditative stance. The book said to cast silencing charms around the area and try to find your magical core. Once you find your core you must enter into a meditative state to contact it. Once there it will show you your form.
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After doing what the book said Harry found himself in a clearing in the middle of a forest. The clearing was full of green grass that tickled your ankles as you walked through it. There were a few scattered patches of flowers and clovers. The trees looked relatively new and had thick full branches up at the top. He looked around and realized he was being watched. Peering into the trees he saw intense green eyes much like his own staring at him. The eyes blinked at him then a figure walked into the clearing. It was a sleek black cat. The muscles in its legs and body rippling as it moved. It had a natural grace about it. On its head was untamed looking hair. It had a white patch on its head that looked roughly like a lightning bolt. Its eyes were an intense piercing green, just like his. He was a panther animagus. The panther stalked towards him then sniffed. It seemed to like him because it then sat down and rubbed its head against his leg. Harry reached down and patted its head. The panther than stood up and put its paws on Harry's chest. There was a blinding white light then nothing.
Harry then found himself in a tall tower. The tower also looked relatively new with great brickwork. Its roof was flat with a stone staircase leading into the tower. The roof looked like one you would see on top of old medieval castles. Harry wandered to the edge and peered downward. There was a forest at the bottom that suspiciously looked like the one he was just in. He looked around for a bit and spotted the clearing he was in. It was empty. Wondering what he was doing here he tried to spot any living thing. Hearing a hoot he spun around. There in the middle of the roof was an owl. This owl was pitch black. Its feathers gleamed in the sunshine. The feathers on its head looked a little ruffled, like Harry's hair. It opened its eyes and Harry was suddenly staring back at his own eyes. Harry realized he had two animagus forms, but that was supposed to be impossible. McGonogal had said so last year in a particularly difficult lesson. Harry started when the bird flew onto his shoulder. It gave a playful nip on his ear, much like Hedwig does. There was another flash of light then Harry and the owl were gone.
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Harry woke up in his room and realized that a few hours had passed. Looking around he found the book sitting on the bed open to the page he had it on. He also saw Padfoot in the corner asleep. Grabbing the book he flipped through it looking for any hint as to why he has more than one form. After a half hour of searching he couldn't find anything so he flipped to what it said to do after your meditation. The book said:
Now that you have seen your form it is time for you to work on becoming an animagus. First what you need to do is grab the book in the chest about Occlumency. Occlumency is a key part in being an animagus. It helps you sort through your thoughts and makes sure that too many of the traits of your form do not transfer into your human form. For example if you are a lion you will gain some characteristics of the lion. But if you don't have Occlumency you will also gain the aggressiveness of the lion. Also it will greatly speed up the time in which you gain your form.
Harry sat the book down and went to the trunk. He opened it and worked through the books till he got to the one on Occlumency. He opened it and saw that the author of this one was Prongs. He opened to the first page and got to reading:
The secret to Occlumency is to picture your mind as a place you think is safe. Once you have your place you build walls around it to protect your mind. A good thing to do is to place memories and thoughts in categories. Once they are in categories you can then place them into a lock box or trunks or anything that locks. Then you reinforce these locked things with enchantments in your mind. A good way to protect your mind from attack is to split your consciousness into two and have half always in your head guarding it from attack. It will take up to a week to get your mind set up with the proper enchantment and protections. A list of enchantments that are helpful are below.
Harry sat for a while trying to decide what to envision his mind as. After coming to a decision about where he got to work. Sitting there he envisioned his mind as the tower and forest where he saw his animagus forms. On the inside of the tower he made it the Gryffindor colors with the furniture like the Gryffindor common room. He made the forest shaped like a labyrinth. He then started sorting through his memories. The only draw back to this is that you have to relive every last one of them. After going through part of his childhood he stopped for a rest. He realized why this takes so long. Reliving your memories was a tiring experience.
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Walking down the stairs to get some lunch he wondered how his friends were doing. Arriving at the bar he ordered some food and a butterbeer. Grabbing the newspaper he found himself a table and settled down for lunch, he then opened the newspaper and saw the Weasley family. Sputtering a little bit he read the article. He was happy. If anyone deserved a money prize it was the Weasley's. Cleaning up after himself he decided to see if he got any mail. Going over to Tom he asked if he had any. Tom handed him a letter from Hogwarts. Grabbing it Harry thanked Tom and went into the Alley. Opening the letter he saw that it was a sheet asking him what elective he wanted to take for the next few years and a full book list for all subjects. Writing a letter to McGonogal saying he would be taking Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures. He sent it off and went book shopping. Walking to Flourish and Blotts to pick up his books Harry was hardly paying attention to where he was going. He ran into somebody and toppled over. Apologizing profusely Harry helped the person he ran over up. He realized it was not one but two somebody's. He helped them up and saw it was Susan Bones and Hannah Abbott. Susan smiled at him and waved off the apology. Hannah was flirting with him because that's just what she does. "Hey Harry how are you? And Why are you here, it's only two weeks into vacation?"
"Oh I blew up my aunt and ran for it. I've been here for about a half a week," Harry said sheepishly.
"You What" Susan screamed.
"I blew up my aunt like a balloon."
"….. Harry what are we going to do with you?"
"Oh I have a few ideas of what I would like to do with him," said Hannah with a devilish smirk.
"And what might they be? I have some things I'd like to do to you to Hannah, and I just so happen to have a room in the Leaky Cauldron where I'm staying. Want to join me?"
After watching them gape in shock for a moment he burst out laughing. Padfoot, who had been following them also let out a barking laugh. He asked, "What didn't think that I could flirt?" which brought them out of there stupor.
"No just didn't realize you could do it so openly" said Hannah with a grin.
"Yeah," agreed Susan. "Who's the dog?"
"This is Padfoot I found him when I ran away from my relative's house."
"Oh he's so cute," cooed Susan.
"I agree, so you ladies want to join me for some shopping. I need new clothes and was thinking of getting contacts. I have no sense of fashion and would really appreciate it, might even give you both an award. Besides, traveling around with two beautiful ladies such as you both will make me the envy of all the boys in the alley."
They blushed and squealed then started dragging him around the alley to various clothes shops and making him try on many different outfits. He tried on many different t-shirts, dress shirts, and casual shirts. He tried on so many jeans, dress pants, and shorts that his legs were chafing. He was even talked into trying on a pair of skinny jeans. All the while he flirted with the two girls. Padfoot sat snickering slightly the whole time. After buying more than a few outfits and a new pair of trainers they went to the magical contact place. There he talked to the guy about having enchantments put on the contacts. He had enchantments put on so that he could zoom in on certain things, see magical aura's, and see through stuff by thought. He tried out the enchantments to see if he could see the girls in the front. He looked through the wall and spotted them. He also saw through their clothes and got a nice view of some knickers. He blushed and tried to see if he could only see through the wall and not the clothes. He found out he could control the distance and amount it saw through. He went out and followed the girls to get some ice cream. There they flirted some more where Harry complemented Hannah and Susan on the matching knickers. They blushed and sputtered. He even described them to them. When they asked him how he knew he replied, 'Because I'm Harry Potter'. He paid for the ice cream then bid them farewell and got his school books from Flourish and Blotts about 3 hours later than when he planned on getting them.
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Arriving back at his room he dumped his books by his trunk and decided to sift through some more memories before bed. About two hours later he had went through all his childhood before his Hogwarts letter. He also went through all his memories at Diagon Alley. He had several trunks hidden throughout his forest labyrinth. He had them labeled and warded. He had one labeled Dursley's and one labeled Friends which was separated into compartments inside based upon what Hogwarts house they were in. Those compartments were then filled with a folder on each person. There was also a compartment in there for friends not in a Hogwarts house. The next Trunk was labeled Enemies. It was separated into compartments based upon level of threat, from almost none to RUN AWAY. The next few trunks were labeled based upon what subject it was at Hogwarts. He had one for each subject he took. He also placed a trunk for Ancient Runes even though he hadn't had a lesson yet. He had placed a trunk for the Marauders stuff he had in a room in the tower that was heavily guarded and was a prank room, because it seemed that the Marauders were first and foremost pranksters. One was labeled Adventures, which was separated on level of excitement. He had put all his adventures from Hogwarts in here. He had another labeled Hogwarts that has every other thing he has ever done or knows about Hogwarts. He kept his lessons near the front along with friends. He also had wondered around his labyrinth and placed pitfalls, faux walls, booby traps, ad several other surprises in there. He had learned from the book that you could place animals in there but they had to grow as your defenses got stronger. The book said you had to place an egg for the animal you want, where you want, and let it grow on its own. He already had the panther and owl from his animagus forms full grown in there. So he grabbed The Monster Book of Monsters that Hagrid had sent him the day before saying it would help. Hagrid had no idea how helpful it was. He placed an egg or two for each a few salamander, which were near a place in the forest labyrinth which had controlled fire; a couple of Hungarian Horntail dragons, which were completely tame to whom Harry wanted it to be toward; a Griffin, for his Hogwarts house; a few browtruckles, which had plenty of wood lice nearby; and a three headed dog, in remembrance of Fluffy.
Coming out of his mind Harry collapsed on the bed and fell instantly asleep.
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Harry spent the next two and a half months wondering the alley with Padfoot. He visited the Quidditch shop everyday to stare at the new broom that had come out, the Firebolt. He also visited Griphook a few times to check on his accounts. He also finished his homework at the ice cream parlor with Mr. Floreane himself helping him with his essay on witch burnings. He ran into many of his Hogwarts friends and also flirted with Susan and Hannah when they came back. He also worked endlessly on his animagus transformation after he sufficiently mastered Occlumency. He had started on his panther form because it was the first one he saw. He had been able to transform all his limbs, he just needed to get the torso and head to have the complete transformation. He decided to talk to McGonogal about it. He was only going to show her the owl form though. He wanted to keep the panther form secret and he knew McGonogal would make him register his form. The day before he was to be sent back to Hogwarts he heard an argument on his way down the stairs. There at the bottom were Ron and Hermione. They were bickering over the half kneazel in Hermione's arms. He laughed at the fact that she thought it was just a cat. He ran down and greeted them before they could tear each others throats out. He then told them about his summer. When Hermione was going to scold him he pointed out that her cat, Crookshanks, was actually half kneazel. Hermione didn't believe him so he pulled out his monster book and showed her. After she got out of her shock she berated herself for not realizing it. Harry just laughed and wandered around the alley with them. After an enjoyable dinner where he hung out with the Weasley family he sorted the day's events away in his mind. He then practiced his transformation for a little while before going to sleep.
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The whole gang arrived the next day at the platform in good spirits. After ditching the Weasley family to their farewells Harry climbed aboard and found an empty compartment where he was soon joined by Susan, Hannah, and to his surprise Daphne Greengrass. Daphne was a third year Slytherin who kept mostly to herself. She was disliked in her own house because she didn't follow the pure bloods rule all theme that fits to the house. She was also excluded because of her house so not many people were friends with her. Harry decided this was a good time to get another friend and maybe promote some house unity before Voldemort comes back. Harry wasn't a fool, he realized one way or another Voldie was gonna come back. He waited for the train to leave while finding out about Daphne and flirting with Susan and Hannah. When Ron and Hermione arrived, Ron started yelling at Daphne because she was a Slytherin. Harry really didn't want to put up with it so he yelled at Ron, "Just because she's a Slytherin doesn't mean she's a bad person. If you give her a chance she might surprise you. So calm your ass down and relax. If you are gonna keep yelling then do it somewhere else. I am gonna hang out with these girls because they're my friends. If you don't like it well then go somewhere else even though it would mean losing a friend I will not abandon someone because of their house. Ok?"
Ron just stared at him speechless, then sat down and kept his mouth shut. Harry nodded his thanks at him before going back to flirting with Hannah and Susan.
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AN: ok, hope you liked. Luna will be introduced in the next chapter. You can still give suggestions on pairings. Please review. Also I am looking for a Beta reader. If your interested pm me. THANKS. And remember NEVER TICKLE A SLEEPING DRAGON. ~sorry Draco you can still be tickled~
