Friends, not Foes

by The-Hufflepuff-Cbgkitten

Ron warned Rose about the Malfoy family, but Hermione always cut him off and told her to judge the Malfoy's off her own experiences with them, not by her dad's. So when Rose seems to find a good friend in Scorpius Malfoy, she makes her own decision. Now, it's their 7th year and feelings besides their normal friendship are brewing between them. What drama will unfold this year?

4. Lesson Number One

Chapter 4 - Lesson number 1

Rose was excited. She was standing with her friends in front of the gargoyle leading up to the Headmistress's, Professor McGonagall's rooms, and about to start their first lesson on how to become animagus. Scorpius had the password and told it to the gargoyle, "Voldemort's dead", and it moved to reveal the stairs upwards into her office.

The four made their way up the spiral staircase and found the door at the top open, and walked in to see the Headmistress, who had aged in the two decades since their parents were in school, standing in front of her deck with her hair in its normal severe bun looking at them with a very out-of-place, almost frightening, smile on her face. "Well", McGonagall stated, still smiling, "You four would like to become Animagus.

Rose, Scorpius, Albus, and Alaine nodded eagerly and Albus said, "I want to feel closer to my grandpa, Teddy's dad, and dad's godfather. This is as close as I can get, I think, 4 friends studying to be animagus.

McGonagall nodded her understanding, "Well, I think we can reach that. You are all very talented students, with powerful magic. I'm sure you have what it takes to transform into your animal form." Grins broke out among them, but were dimmed as she continued, "But, it will take hard work and add to your already difficult N.E.W.T year work load. Do you think you can manage this?"

Yes's were muttered all around and McGonagall smiled again, "Then," she stated, "We have work to do."

They were all given several books on the topic of animagus, before McGonagall started out on telling them on how they could look within themselves and find their inner animals with practice. Only after they could find this with ease would they begin practicing the spell. They would meet in the room every other week, on Saturdays that didn't have Hogsmeade weekends, unless on a particular weekend the friends all chose not to go. On those weeks, the lesson would be the weekend after.

The friends left the Headmistress's office tired and sagging under of the burden of their new books, but with happy grins and bright eyes as they chatted about the lesson joyfully. They headed to Ravenclaw Tower first, to drop off the girls. Ablus gave Alaine a kiss goodnight, with Scorpius and Rose teasing them to get a room, and Rose hugged her best friend goodbye and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

The boys went their separate ways after leaving Ravenclaw Tower and each of the four fell asleep with smiles and thoughts about the lesson buzzing around their minds long after they fell asleep.