"Harry Potter and the Quest of the Dragon's Egg"
BY: "Just Another Author"
NOTES: I wasn't happy with the last chapter, but I needed it in there, for two reasons. You'll see. This chapter won't be too good either, but in CH 6 we will start Hogwarts. Oooh, I have so many plans…..
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QUESTIONS: Bobbin, I will include females later, but for now I will put in some of McGonagall. Also, who thinks Maggie Smith made a good McGonagall in "Harry Potter"?
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CHAPTER 5: "The Marauder's Map, and a Spy!"
__________ CH. 5 __________
Harry walked through the open doorway that led back into the library. He wasn't quite sure why Albus had shown him the "Secret Corridor." Harry led the older wizards back through the library. He then stopped, and asked Lupin where they where going.
"Well, Harry." He began. "I am sure Albus has work to do. And Severus must have potions to prepare for Madame Pomfrey, so I think the rest of us should go to my office. I believe we have work of our own there."
They all went their separate ways, and soon the trio arrived in the Defence Against the Dark Arts office. Lupin already had some ugly green creature in a tank, in the corner of the room.
"The Map, Harry." Sirius prompted, and Harry gave the map to him. Sirius placed the map on Lupin's desk. The dot labelled "Albus Dumbledore" was walking around his office. Severus Snape's dot was deep in the dungeons, probably in his rooms, Harry thought. A new dot was now visible, walking into the castle. Minerva McGonagall had arrived.
"We're going to add that corridor to it, Harry, along with it's rooms, and passages to the Kitchens, and Hogsmeade. It will not be easy. James did most of the work when this was made. Wormtail did nothing, the good-for-nothing midget. It's a pity we don't have James here today, to help us add to it."
"He is here. He's standing next to you, Moony." Harry's Godfather smiled.
"How can we add to it? It is a token of our past, of James. We can't alter it. We'll have to just make a new one. I'll go and get the parchment we wrote down everything on. You can stay here."
Albus entered the room. "Ahh, the famous map. Well, this new one shall indeed be a useful thing to have. Maybe you could add the passage from the Girl's bathrooms to the Chamber of secrets. Anyway, Harry. Now would be a good time to do what I meant to do a long time ago. I wish to, with your consent, release the spells on you, for a short while, and train you to become an animagus. It will take only minutes, with your abilities."
Harry was stunned. It was astonishing. Him, an animagus? WOW! "Now, you should, when undertaking this task, have a natural animal, that you change into. You will be probably be one of two, a serpent, from the power of Slytherin's Egg, or a Stag, after your Father, but with your powers, you could choose any animal, and 'POP' there you go."
"Well, I would prefer something natural." Harry told Dumbledore.
"Well, it is simple. The first time, you need to relax and visualise the word Animagus. The second time, and from then onwards, just picture your new form. This, you understand, is only for you, others go through years of training. It took your Father only three. ANTI- RETARDIFICATION!" Albus roared, and Harry experienced an unfamiliar tingling sensation spreading throughout his body.
'ANIMAGUS' he said to himself. Nothing Happened.
"Visualize!" Dumbledore prompted, and Harry let the word scroll across his mind.
He suddenly heard a 'POP' and he became a long Serpent. "NO!" He shouted. "No, it is all wrong!" Harry heard another 'POP', and he was suddenly Ten feet high, with huge antlers. He was a Stag, shining bright white. He thought quickly of himself, and popped back into the lanky fifteen-year-old he was.
"By Merlin!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "You can do both! Re-Retardification!" He said, with his wand pointing at Harry. "Try it without the Egg!"
Harry could change into both, quicker than Albus could click his fingers.
"Watch out, Remus is coming back! Let's shock him!" Sirius whispered as the door swung open once again, with an empty handed Lupin appeared at it.
"I left them in my briefcase."
Sirius and Lupin discussed the plans, and argued over instructions, but eventually got the map almost complete. "Harry, we need you to tell us about the chamber of secrets." Harry described the cavernous halls to the men, and they added the chamber to the map. Everything was now complete.
"Lets sign it." Sirius suggested, and tapping it with his wand he said "I sign this as Padfoot." His wand glowed red, then issued red sparks, before it subsided. The map now had words appearing on it. 'Padfoot would like to know how to read this map"
'How do you think? The same as before, freak!' came the reply from the map.
"I sign this as Moony." Lupin took his turn.
Harry stepped forward. "I sign this as Prongs the 2nd." 'Prongs wishes to know how to clear the map again.'
'Prongs should know that to change the map back to normal, you need only to tap it with you wand, and say "Mischief Managed".'
"Albus, it's your go!" Remus laughed.
"I believe Harry has another alias he must add instead."
"What?"
Harry popped into the stag, and back again.
"Prongs!" Remus shouted. "Oh!" Harry had transformed in to the Serpent. He popped back. No-one noticed the fifth pop come from the front of the room.
"I sign this as … Serpent Tongue"
The head in the fire tuned its icy glare towards Harry. Severus Snape was not amused. He wished to be a part of the group, not cast off as the evil reject.
__________ END CH 5 __________
NOTES: OK, I lied about McGonagall, but now that is over with we can have some Girls in next chapter. Romance is blossoming as well, so make sure you read!
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