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Flygar : I'm sorry if I presented that wrong, but the idea behind it was that the damage is permanent and there is nothing that Dumbledore could do to fix it so Harry say no point in letting him touch his family grimoire. As for it being medieval...well...yeah. It's not like Harry created the book, it's a family grimoire that has been around for hundreds of years in a society that still use robes and has the death penalty.

Mukuro Kaze : Thank for your opinions, unfortunately I will not be using your idea in dark lord Potter but thanks anyway, it's a great idea and would make a great story.

Chapter 23 -

"I still can not believe this!" Sirius grinned happily as he and Harry were downstairs while the Weasley's were upstairs sleeping. "My godson, my proud little boy-who-lived, is going to learn to be an animagus and I am going to teach him how!" Sirius said with joy, if it was not for the charms that they had placed around the room then Harry would have been worried about the Weasley's overhearing.

"I know, I mean I have already done part of it, I just need your help with the rest. What do you think I will be?" Harry asked. He had decided that being an animagus would be a huge advantage for him, he could have something useful for stealth like Rita's form or he could end up getting something useful in combat like Sirius's dog form. Harry was tempted to just go on this alone but he figured that it would be better to have at least one person in the know if he was going to be attempting the animagus transformation, if it went wrong then it would be helpful to have a knowledgeable person to help him.

"Well...you would probably know the answer to that better than me, but either way it is hard to guess. I mean when your dad started learning how to do the transformation he thought that he would probably be a lion, you know...because Gryffindor."

"Really? That was hard to work out." Harry said in a dry tone.

"Pettigrew," Sirius spat the name out like he had just tasted something foul. "he thought that he would get a dog or something, we should have known that he was wrong ever since he turned into a rat. Anyway, as for me, I expected to have a cheetah or a tiger or something like that. But if we are being honest then I am very happy with my current form."

"What decided what form you get?" Harry asked while also wondering what form he would take.

"There are different factors," Sirius said, the way he looked reminded Harry of Remus in Harry's third year when the man used to be called Professor Lupin. "some people have theorised that it is based off personality, others say that it is due to physical attributes or even your magic while some have guessed that it is based off your preferences. As for me, well personally I am under the opinion that it is based off a combination of many factors. For example look at me, I was and am fiercely loyal to James, like a dog, I liked dogs, at the time I was decently strong and pretty fast in terms of physical strength, I also loved the idea of being free.

Your dad, your dad was physically the strongest seeing as we do no count Remus due to his added strength from being a werewolf, he also loved prancing believe it or not, he was also a protector. He cared and looked after us, just like how he cared and looked after you and your mother." Sirius smiled for a moment before he continued talking. "As for you, I am not really sure. My initial guess would be probably some sort of bird based off of how much you love to fly, I mean youngest seeker in a century and all so maybe that would make sense. But on the other hand you have been in pretty dangerous situations so maybe you would end up with something a bit more offensive like a predator, oh maybe you can join me in the canine family."

"We will see I guess." Harry shrugged as he thought about it, personally he would be fine with something offensive like a big cat or a dog, but then again he would also like to fly. As long as his animal for had some use then he would probably be fine with it even if it wasn't something he expected. "Alright, let's hurry this up please, Fleur is waiting for me upstairs." Harry said, he knew Sirius was not an idiot and would probably work out that he and Fleur were sleeping together, he figured it would be better to get the conversation out of the way now.

"I feel like I should ask about that actually. I don't know how comfortable I am with letting a girl stay over the night so she can, I was guessing until you confirmed it, sneak into your room at night."

"Ask no questions and I will tell no lies," Harry replied. "besides if I am not going to do it here then I will just do it and her house."

"Fair enough, I know I can't really stop you but for my sakes at least please be safe, there should not be any little Potters running around for a good few years at least."

"Got it." Harry smiled, he was not really experienced with what most adults would be like with finding out that their godson was having sex with someone so he could not really say if this was a normal reaction or if it was just Sirius being understanding and doing his best to keep him happy, either way he appreciated it.

The next day Fleur had left pretty early so after a morning round and a goodbye, Harry had gone down to the kitchen where he sat and enjoyed a lovely meal from Dobby and Kreatcher while the Weasley's apart from Arthur who was at work ate from Mrs Weasley's food. Apparently Mrs Weasley had decided not to make him food, which was no doubt her way of expressing how she did not agree with what had happened to Hermione, but it did not really bother Harry as he had two loyal house elves to cook for him in half the time.

"Hi Harry." Sirius yawned as he arrived in the kitchen.

"Good morning Sirius, you sleep okay? You are up later than usual." Harry replied.

"I couldn't sleep," Sirius admitted as he sat at the table, a plate of food appeared in front of him via the miracle that was Dobby. "I was so excited about today."

"Me too." Harry grinned.

"Excited about what?" Ginny asked, voicing the question on the minds of each and every Weasley in the room.

"Sirius is going to teach me how to be an animagus." Harry grinned.

"You can not teach him that!" Mrs Weasley objected immediately. "That is advanced magic, there is no way he can learn that."

"Why not? I learnt it when I was fifteen and that was without any adult assistance, so did Pettigrew and he was an idiot," Sirius replied. "besides Harry is a lot stronger and better at magic than I was at his age. He learnt the patronus charm at thirteen. I have every faith that he will be able to do it and I will be around to keep him safe and stop anything from going wrong."

"Becoming an animagus is dangerous and..."

"Nothing that I can't handle," Harry cut her off. "I mean I am not like Granger, I know how to listen to instructions."

"Don't you talk about Hermione!" Ron snapped, glaring at him.

"Fine, fine, I will keep your girlfriends name out of my mouth." Harry said, rolling his eyes.

"She is not my girlfriend." Ron mumbled.

"I am still not happy with what had happened to Hermione," Mrs Weasley said to Harry. "that book of yours should..."

"Oh please," Harry cut her off as he stood up. "if she drowned herself because she didn't listen to a lifeguard who said stay out of the pool and jumped in it the second he was unable to stop her then it would not be the lifeguards fault. I told her not to touch my book, as I am sure Mr Weasley told you, she committed a crime that I could have her killed for. I think I am being rather generous, matter of fact if I did not reduce the damage myself then it could have been a lot worse." Harry replied.

"Yes but..."

"Mrs Weasley, could we perhaps have at least one breakfast without some form of drama?" Harry asked, rolling his eyes. Mrs Weasley huffed but stayed quiet.

Tonks grinned as she walked down the hallway, she had just played a rather hilarious prank along with Ginny where she disguised herself as the girl and the two scared Ron Weasley by the real Ginny distracting him so that Tonks, disguised as Ginny, would sneak up behind him and scare the crap out of him. Okay, admittedly the joke itself was not really funny but Ron's reaction was, Tonks still laughed at how he had nearly wet himself.

Tonks was suddenly brought out of her thoughts when she felt herself get dragged into a room, she only just heard the door shut behind her when she looked up to see Harry staring at her.

"Hey Gin," Harry grinned, Tonks was a bit confused about why he was calling her Ginny when she suddenly realised that she was still dressed and disguised like Ginny, she was about to correct Harry when he pulled her close and leaned down before planting a kiss on her lips. "sorry about this," Harry said as he pulled away, Tonks felt a bit too stunned and surprised to reply. "but Sirius says that tomorrow he is going to stick a mandrake leaf in my mouth, part of the animagus transformation and I have to keep it in my mouth for a good amount of time. So I figured that we will probably not be snogging for a while, might as well have some fun now before that happens."

Tonks found it hard to understand what she had had just heard, was Harry and Ginny snogging everyday? Where they boyfriend and girlfriend? Was Harry unintentionally cheating on Ginny with her Tonks was about to say something and change back into her original form when Harry pushed her against the door and pulled her into a hot kiss, it took about five seconds before Tonk's brain rebooted and she pushed him off.

"What? Are you alright Ginny?" Harry asked.

"I am not Ginny," Tonks said before she pulled out her wand, she waved it around her clothes and her clothes went form Ginny clothes to Tonks clothes just as she shifted back into her Tonk's face with pink hair. "I was disguised as Ginny to prank Ron and I forgot to change back."

"Oh." Harry said as his eyes lighted up with understanding.

"Yeah, I am sorry, I didn't mean to make you cheat on your girlfriend or..." Tonks once again found her cut off by Harry kissing her on the lips.

"Ginny is not my girlfriend Tonks," Harry said. "we have a sort of 'friends with benefits' thing going on."

"What?" Tonks asked while also struggling to process the fact that Harry had just kissed her again.

"Not my girlfriend," Harry repeated. "Ginny and I have not really done anything beyond snogging."

"So...you and Ginny are not boyfriend and girlfriend?" Tonks asked, finally being able to catch up with what was going on.

"Yes, don't tell her mum though, poor Ginny would likely go deaf from all the shouting that would happen if you did."

"Oh...okay, I won't." Tonks said, thinking that that was more of an understatement than anything, Mrs Weasley could shout with the best of them.

"Good." Harry said before he kissed her again.

"Whoa, what are you doing?" Tonks blurted out as she pushed him away.

"Oh I am sorry, do you not like it?"

"That's not the point," Tonks said, effectively not answering the question. "it's just...you can't just kiss me like that."

"How would you like me to kiss you then?" Harry asked.

"What?" Tonks blinked, wondering if she had heard him right.

"How...would you like me to kiss you?" Harry whispered as he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her in close. "Slow? Fast? Lovingly? Passionately? How would you like me to kiss you?" Harry asked as he leaned his head down and stopped just short of having his lips touch hers. "Hmm?" He said, waiting for her to answer, he pretended not to notice her hair turning red, he briefly wondered if he had made her angry but the expression on her face said otherwise.

"Um...H...Harry," Tonks gulped slightly as she stared into his green emerald eyes. "I...I don't..."

"If you don't want me to kiss you right now, then just say so." Harry whispered.

"H...Harry, it's not that I don't like you but..."

"Fine." Harry interrupted. "I won't kiss you, actually..." Harry planted a small kiss on her lips before he pulled back. "just one to remember." He grinned. "I hope that this doesn't make things awkward for us, I would like to at least stay friends."

"Fine, we can stay friends." Tonks said as she gave him a small smile as her hair changed back to pink. "You can take your hands off my hips now." She added.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't even notice." Harry said in an innocent voice as he slowly removed his hands.

"Ha, sure you didn't." Tonks snorted with disbelief as she rolled her eyes.

"By the way, you have any idea what you think I will be once I transform?"

"I don't know...a hamster!" Tonks said suddenly.

"A hamster?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"You would be so cute!" Tonks grinned.

"Yeah, yeah, very funny." Harry said as he rolled his eyes. "Alright come on," Harry said as he pulled her out of his room and walked out as well. "I am going to go see Ginny for a quick snog, sure you don't want to snog?"

"I'm sure Harry."

"Shame, see ya tomorrow Tonks." Harry smiled at her before walking away.

"See ya Harry." Tonks called as she watched him go, she stood still for several seconds but ended up jumping when she felt something on her lips but quickly calmed down when she realised it was just her hand.

A.N: Hi guys, sorry for the short chapter, next one will be longer and involve Harry's animagus form and his return to Hogwarts. Thanks for reading.