"I think I've found it!" Karina shouted one day, running into the common room, waving a book around. "I've finally found it!" James and Sirius looked up from their Transfiguration homework and Remus looked up from where he was tutoring Peter in Charms.
"What did you find, Rina?" She set a book down on the desk.
"Animaguses! Prongs, you, me, Wormtail, and Padfoot can turn into Animaguses!" James looked around his textbook.
"What in the name of Merlin is an Animagus?" He asked her. She groaned and ran her hands through her hair. She'd done that since she was little and was always trying to copy him. Now it was habit whenever he drove her crazy.
"An Animagus is a person who can form into an animal at will. We can turn into animals so that when Remus goes wolf, we can be there for him!" Remus looked up from his book.
"Rina, for one thing, its dangerous. I could go wolf and not be able to control myself. Another thing, I've heard that changing into an Animagus takes years and years of practice. Lastly, we can't do it today." Karina tilted her head.
"Why can't we do it?" James threw his homework down and stood to his feet, grinning.
"First Quidditch game of the season! And Padfoot and I are playing!" He looked to the clock over the mantle. "We actually have to get going! Come on, Sirius!" Sirius jumped up and they ran to get ready. Remus stood up as well.
"I have to go, too. I'm commentating." As he passed Karina, he ruffled her hair, making it go in her face. "Hang in there, Foxtrot. I'll be fine." Karina fixed her hair and crossed her arms, Peter coming up behind her.
"Wanna head down to the field and get good seats? We can see if we can get seats by the commentating booth."
"You go on ahead." Karina told him. "Save me a seat. I have to go the library first."
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"I wouldn't know why a student such as yourself needs this, but here you are, Miss Potter." Said the librarian as she handed Karina a slip of paper. "One permission slip for the Restricted Section. Be sure to get it signed." Karina nodded.
"I will, thank you." Then she hurried off to McGonagall's classroom, where she found the professor buttoning up her coat.
"Professor? I was wondering if you knew anything about Animaguses. Like, how to become one and how long exactly." McGonagall shrugged.
"I'm sorry, Miss Potter, but I am unable to tell you." Karina crumbled a little inside. "Though, I am also unable to tell you that there is a book on how to become one in the Restricted Section." Karina grinned and lay her permission slip on the desk. "I am also unable to tell you that the third floor corridor will be empty every Saturday evening, on account of Mr. Filch going into town." Karina nodded, looking at the title of the book, and seeing that McGonagall had recommended a book.
"Of course, Professor." Then she hurried to the library to find the book, Animagus Amazement. She ran up and down the sections until she found the book, and hurried up to the third floor corridor, where she began to read it, finding out that it could take years and years of practice before becoming an Animagus. She also learned that you couldn't choose what animal you got to turn into. Big bummer, but it wouldn't matter, as long as it helped Remus!
That was when she heard yelling downstairs, and hurried down, hugging the book closely. She had to get to the Quidditch game!
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She reached the field and scooted along in the stands until she found Peter sitting next to the commentators box where Remus sat.
"Hello, Quidditch fans!" Remus called to the crowd. "And welcome to the first Quidditch game of the season! This round: Ravenclaw versus Gryffindor!" The crowd gave a loud cheer, but Karina was distracted.
"And a good start off already as Beater Black shoots a bludger right at Chaser Ethers, who drops the Quaffle..." Karina looked up at that, just in time to see the bludger that Sirius had shot hit a Ravenclaw Chaser good and hard.
"Yeah! Get em, Padfoot!" Karina shouted, as the Gryffindor Chaser snatched up the Quaffle and scored. Sirius gave her a salute before returning to the game. Then Karina went back to Animagus Amazement.
"To turn into an Animagus, you must say this word. Animaho Selfine." The book said.
"Animaho Selfine." Karina whispered, then nearly jumped out of her seat as her hand turned into a paw! It changed back, thankfully, but it made her smile. She already had the hang of this.
"And there goes Potter and Weevil, chasing after the Snitch!" Remus called, and Karina looked up again to see James in pursuit of the Snitch! She stood up.
"Come on, James!" She shouted. Peter stood and began to shout as well.
"Weevil's nearly got it - Potter's catching up - Ethers, get out of the way! - Ravenclaw Chaser Rets makes a shot - come on James - And the Gryffindor seeker has caught the snitch! Gryffindor wins!" Cheers erupted from the Gryffindors.
"Good job, James!" Karina shouted as her brother hung in the air, holding the Snitch.
"Great job, Sirius!" She heard someone else call, and she recognized the voice. She looked down the stands, and saw Sirius's brother, Regulus. He was cheering for his brother, the Gryffindor Black, and he was a Slytherin, Sirius's parents' star kid. And yet here he was, cheering for Sirius, the kid that the Blacks hated.
After the game, Karina ran up to Regulus.
"Hey, Regulus. I saw you at the game." Regulus shrugged fixing his green tie.
"What about it?" He asked. "I got bored." Karina knew he was lying. She smiled at him.
"I'm going to tell Sirius, because he should know that his brother does love him." Regulus grunted, but he didn't say anything as Karina ran back to find Sirius.
