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Author's Notes: I will always dedicate the story to the people who reviewed the first chapter before I post the next one. This chapter is dedicated to Hannah Abby, soccer1721, Dark Golo, The man with a plan, merfyman, viperb7907, and Sirius Potter, especially soccer1721 and Sirius Potter, who reviewed both chapters.
Harry Potter and the Penta-Heir
Chapter Three - Animagi
As soon as he grabbed the stone, four figures jumped out of it. Each were eatch held the same appearance as Harry. It took them a moment to decide who would go first, they were as they were as shy as Harry. Finally, they seemed to decide.
The first figure timidly walked to the entrance of the door and stood there for a minute, facing Harry and Sirius. Then, the figure shifted and changed until it was a snowy owl with a gray lightning bolt on its forehead and light brown markings on its eyes that looked like Harry's glasses. Then, it disappeared.
The second figure walked to the door like the first. Then, it changed to look like a griffin with the same colored markings as the owl. It spread its wings before disappearing.
The third figure did a repeat performance of walking to the door. Its body shifted until it was a basilisk with white colored markings. It hissed sharply before disappearing.
Harry and Sirius expected the fourth figure to walk to the door like the rest. Instead, it ran to the window and jumped out it. Harry and Sirius both ran to the window to see a Hungarian Horntail dragon flying there with the same colored markings as the basilisk. It disappeared like the rest.
Both people in the room were shocked. Harry had four different animagus forms, all of which were magical "Well, I'm going to have to inform Albus of this," said Sirius awkwardly.
Harry groaned. 'Why me? Why am I always the one to be different from everyone else? Why am I the one who does amazing feats without wanting to?' he thought.
Sirius dug out a piece of parchment. He found a blank one and started writing a letter to Dumbledore.
Harry dug out his book on snakes and searched the book for basilisks. He read up on them because he knew from the animagus book, he would have to know a lot about the animal you could change into for the change to work.
By the time Harry finished reading up on them, he had read over two hundred pages and it was close midnight. He closed the book and looked around the room for Sirius. He was pouring over the map as he was when Harry had been reading the animagi book. Harry had only read the first fifty pages of the animagi book, but that explained the basics and first step. The rest of it was the actual process. He also knew that it could take up to six months to become an animagi. He didn't know if there were any other people who had more than one form. "Well, Sirius, I'm going to bed. Tomorrow, do you think you could help me become an animagi?"
"Sure, Harry. See you tomorrow."
"Also, which of my forms do you think will be easiest to learn?"
"Well, from my 'experiences', I've learned that the closer your animagus form is to your real form, the faster it goes. For example, a person with the animagus form of a monkey learns faster than a person with the form of an elephant, because humans are more closely related to monkeys. For you, the griffin would probably be the easiest, followed by the owl, then the basilisk, then the dragon."
"OK, thanks Sirius," said Harry before changing into his pajamas. As soon as he finished, he got into bed and was out like a light, luckily without Voldemort haunting his dreams.
When Harry woke up, his room looked the same. A little bit of light was coming in through the window.
"Good morning, Harry," said Sirius, who was still pouring over the map.
"Sirius, did you get any sleep last night?"
"Dogs don't need as much sleep as humans do, Harry."
"Oh. I never knew that. Anyway, when can we start my training?"
"Whenever you'd like to. I'd have to stay near the map, but it might take you a while. Which form do you think you'd like to start with?"
"Um, I think I'll start with my snowy owl form."
"Really? I would have assumed you'd start with the griffin form since it's easiest."
"The main reason is so I'll be able to fly around and get away from the Dursleys without being pointed out by muggles like I would be in any of my other forms. I'd just have to do that at night. Oh, Sirius, I meant to ask you last night, is it possible to communicate with other animals when you're in your animagus form?"
"Only with other animals of the same species and other animagi."
"Wow, so, in my owl form, I'll be able to talk to other owls? Even Hedwig?"
"Yes and yes. That's how I was able to figure out where the Dursleys lived and where you were that summer before your third year."
"Really? I thought you knew how to get to the Dursleys."
"Oh, yes, I knew how to get there from Godric's Hollow, but not from the North Sea!"
"Is that where Azkaban is? I guess these days are full of surprises. Anyway, are you ready to start teaching me?"
"Yea, hold on just one minute. You might also want to get dressed first."
"Oh, yea, all right," Harry said, blushing. He got dressed while Sirius waited for him. "All right, I'm ready."
"OK, then, Harry, you're going to need to get out your animagi book."
Sirius waited patiently while Harry dug out the book. He gave it to Sirius. "Now then, the first step is to know a lot about the animal. How much do you know about owls, Harry?" asked Sirius.
"Not much. The only snowy owl I've ever seen is Hedwig."
"Well, in that case, we're going to have to go to Diagon Alley somehow."
"We could take the knight bus," suggested Harry.
"How would I get on?"
"I think they let dogs on. If they don't, we'll figure something else out. When should we try to go?"
"I think as soon as possible."
"All right. Ready to go? I've got my wand with me. All we need to do is call it without being seen."
"Well.OK. But how are we supposed to call it without getting attention from the muggles?"
"We could use the map to make sure no one is nearby when we call it."
"Good idea, Harry."
Harry grabbed some wizard money and his key to his Gringotts vault out of his trunk and put it in a sack. Then, they checked the map before going out to the street, Sirius in his dog form and the map in Harry's pocket. He pulled out the map and checked it once before sticking out his wand.
BOOM!
"Well, that certainly won't call attention," said Harry sarcastically.
They hopped on the bus before muggles could see them and turned to Stan.
"How much is it for me and my dog to get to Diagon Alley, Stan?"
"'Firteen sickles, two fer yer pup 'n 'leven fer yeh, but fer-"
Harry cut him off by shoving a galleon into his hand.
"Ah' righ', 'ere's yer change 'n foller me to yer bed," he said, turning. Harry and 'Snuffles' followed. Harry sat down on the edge of the bed and waited until they got to Diagon Alley. When they finally got there, they got off the bus heading into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Ah, hello, Harry. Will you be staying here long?" asked Tom, the bartender.
"No, sorry Tom. Just here to do some shopping, but I'll have some breakfast," Harry answered. After eating breakfast and slipping Sirius some food, they paid and headed towards the back door. Once they finally got into Diagon Alley, they headed up to Gringotts. Sirius had to stay upstairs while Harry went down to his vault because dogs weren't allowed on the carts. When Harry returned, they walked down the street until they got to Flourish and Blotts. They entered the store, which only had one cashier, who was checking out the only person in the store. Harry and Sirius went to a secluded isle so that Sirius could talk to Harry.
"Harry, after we finish here, we need to go over to Eyelops. They might have some good information there. But for now, lets find books on owls, griffins, and dragons," said Sirius before changing back to his dog form. He went to talk to the cashier, who had finish with the other customer and was now reading.
"Excuse me, but do you know where I could find information on snowy owls, griffins, and Hungarian Horntails?"
"Yea, they're all in isle seven," he said, not looking up from his book.
"Thank you," said Harry, going to isle seven. He searched the book spines until he found some good books. He found 'Snowy Owls: Mail Deliverers and Great Friends', 'Hungarian Horntail: One of the Strongest and Deadliest Dragon Species Alive', and 'Griffins: Enemies of All Snakes'.
"That should be good, don't you think?" Harry quietly asked Sirius. Sirius nodded his head up and down. They paid for the books and headed back to the Dursleys. On the knight bus, Harry was immersed in his book on snowy owls. Once they got off the bus, Harry and Sirius bounded back up to his room. Harry pulled out the Dursley Drive and tossed it to Sirius.
He sat down on his bed and kept reading. When he had finished the book, Hedwig was pecking at the window. He quickly let her in and took the letter off her leg.
Dear Harry,
My address is 125 Van Buren Avenue, Tooele, Surrey. I've all ready heard about Ron and our permission. My parents and I will arrive by car next Saturday around noon. How is Snuffles doing? I hope you are both OK. I can't wait to see you again, Harry! Lately, I've been wondering if I was an animagus. It's kind of strange, but oh well. I'll see you next Saturday, then, Harry.
Love,
Hermione
Harry finished reading the letter. Sirius was looking over Dursley Drive. Harry checked the time. It was three o'clock.
"Sirius, I've finished reading. Can we start on the next step now?"
"Sure, Harry." He picked up Harry's book on animagi and found the next step. "OK, step two. I want you to focus on your hands while they're raised up in front of you, with your palms facing away from you."
Harry followed Sirius' instructions, and studied them for about twenty minutes before Sirius said something.
"OK, now, close your eyes. Do you still see your hands?"
"Yes."
"All right, good. Now I want you to imagine your fingernails growing longer."
Harry felt a weird tingling in his fingertips while he imagined that. He stopped when he thought the image was about a foot long.
"Now, open your eyes," instructed Sirius. When Harry opened his eyes, he saw exactly what he had imagined. His fingernails were now a foot long! He nearly screamed.
"Now, close your eyes again and imagine them the way they were.
"Harry did that, and when he opened his eyes again, his hands looked like they did when they started. He breathed a relieved sigh.
"Great job, Harry! It takes most people at least five tries to do it that well!"
"Really? Wow! How long did that whole thing take?"
"Half an hour! When I was able to do it that fast, it was my sixth time of practicing! Anyway, according to the book, you need to practice that until you can grow them to two feet and back in twenty seconds."
"OK." He started imagining his fingernails growing to twice the size they were, and the same tingling feeling returned. After they were that, he opened his eyes to see if it worked. It did. He imagined them being normal again, and, again, they were back to normal.
"Harry! That took you two minutes! It took me thirty tries to get it in two minutes!"
"Oh. I guess I must be a fast learner," he said abashed. For the rest of the evening Harry practiced and Sirius watched the map. Harry had just about got it. Then, Sirius looked up and started to time the Harry's next try. Harry finished, and Sirius was amazed.
"Harry, you did it in fifteen seconds!"
"Really? Wow! That was easy! So, what's the next step?"
Author's Notes: The cliffie isn't as big as the last chap's, but I've finally got a beta, Sirius Potter. Anyway, no one has guessed the where I got the idea for the ingredients from! Next chapter's A/Ns I might tell you if no one guesses. So, any guesses on the next step? Answer in your reviews!
Author's Notes: I will always dedicate the story to the people who reviewed the first chapter before I post the next one. This chapter is dedicated to Hannah Abby, soccer1721, Dark Golo, The man with a plan, merfyman, viperb7907, and Sirius Potter, especially soccer1721 and Sirius Potter, who reviewed both chapters.
Harry Potter and the Penta-Heir
Chapter Three - Animagi
As soon as he grabbed the stone, four figures jumped out of it. Each were eatch held the same appearance as Harry. It took them a moment to decide who would go first, they were as they were as shy as Harry. Finally, they seemed to decide.
The first figure timidly walked to the entrance of the door and stood there for a minute, facing Harry and Sirius. Then, the figure shifted and changed until it was a snowy owl with a gray lightning bolt on its forehead and light brown markings on its eyes that looked like Harry's glasses. Then, it disappeared.
The second figure walked to the door like the first. Then, it changed to look like a griffin with the same colored markings as the owl. It spread its wings before disappearing.
The third figure did a repeat performance of walking to the door. Its body shifted until it was a basilisk with white colored markings. It hissed sharply before disappearing.
Harry and Sirius expected the fourth figure to walk to the door like the rest. Instead, it ran to the window and jumped out it. Harry and Sirius both ran to the window to see a Hungarian Horntail dragon flying there with the same colored markings as the basilisk. It disappeared like the rest.
Both people in the room were shocked. Harry had four different animagus forms, all of which were magical "Well, I'm going to have to inform Albus of this," said Sirius awkwardly.
Harry groaned. 'Why me? Why am I always the one to be different from everyone else? Why am I the one who does amazing feats without wanting to?' he thought.
Sirius dug out a piece of parchment. He found a blank one and started writing a letter to Dumbledore.
Harry dug out his book on snakes and searched the book for basilisks. He read up on them because he knew from the animagus book, he would have to know a lot about the animal you could change into for the change to work.
By the time Harry finished reading up on them, he had read over two hundred pages and it was close midnight. He closed the book and looked around the room for Sirius. He was pouring over the map as he was when Harry had been reading the animagi book. Harry had only read the first fifty pages of the animagi book, but that explained the basics and first step. The rest of it was the actual process. He also knew that it could take up to six months to become an animagi. He didn't know if there were any other people who had more than one form. "Well, Sirius, I'm going to bed. Tomorrow, do you think you could help me become an animagi?"
"Sure, Harry. See you tomorrow."
"Also, which of my forms do you think will be easiest to learn?"
"Well, from my 'experiences', I've learned that the closer your animagus form is to your real form, the faster it goes. For example, a person with the animagus form of a monkey learns faster than a person with the form of an elephant, because humans are more closely related to monkeys. For you, the griffin would probably be the easiest, followed by the owl, then the basilisk, then the dragon."
"OK, thanks Sirius," said Harry before changing into his pajamas. As soon as he finished, he got into bed and was out like a light, luckily without Voldemort haunting his dreams.
When Harry woke up, his room looked the same. A little bit of light was coming in through the window.
"Good morning, Harry," said Sirius, who was still pouring over the map.
"Sirius, did you get any sleep last night?"
"Dogs don't need as much sleep as humans do, Harry."
"Oh. I never knew that. Anyway, when can we start my training?"
"Whenever you'd like to. I'd have to stay near the map, but it might take you a while. Which form do you think you'd like to start with?"
"Um, I think I'll start with my snowy owl form."
"Really? I would have assumed you'd start with the griffin form since it's easiest."
"The main reason is so I'll be able to fly around and get away from the Dursleys without being pointed out by muggles like I would be in any of my other forms. I'd just have to do that at night. Oh, Sirius, I meant to ask you last night, is it possible to communicate with other animals when you're in your animagus form?"
"Only with other animals of the same species and other animagi."
"Wow, so, in my owl form, I'll be able to talk to other owls? Even Hedwig?"
"Yes and yes. That's how I was able to figure out where the Dursleys lived and where you were that summer before your third year."
"Really? I thought you knew how to get to the Dursleys."
"Oh, yes, I knew how to get there from Godric's Hollow, but not from the North Sea!"
"Is that where Azkaban is? I guess these days are full of surprises. Anyway, are you ready to start teaching me?"
"Yea, hold on just one minute. You might also want to get dressed first."
"Oh, yea, all right," Harry said, blushing. He got dressed while Sirius waited for him. "All right, I'm ready."
"OK, then, Harry, you're going to need to get out your animagi book."
Sirius waited patiently while Harry dug out the book. He gave it to Sirius. "Now then, the first step is to know a lot about the animal. How much do you know about owls, Harry?" asked Sirius.
"Not much. The only snowy owl I've ever seen is Hedwig."
"Well, in that case, we're going to have to go to Diagon Alley somehow."
"We could take the knight bus," suggested Harry.
"How would I get on?"
"I think they let dogs on. If they don't, we'll figure something else out. When should we try to go?"
"I think as soon as possible."
"All right. Ready to go? I've got my wand with me. All we need to do is call it without being seen."
"Well.OK. But how are we supposed to call it without getting attention from the muggles?"
"We could use the map to make sure no one is nearby when we call it."
"Good idea, Harry."
Harry grabbed some wizard money and his key to his Gringotts vault out of his trunk and put it in a sack. Then, they checked the map before going out to the street, Sirius in his dog form and the map in Harry's pocket. He pulled out the map and checked it once before sticking out his wand.
BOOM!
"Well, that certainly won't call attention," said Harry sarcastically.
They hopped on the bus before muggles could see them and turned to Stan.
"How much is it for me and my dog to get to Diagon Alley, Stan?"
"'Firteen sickles, two fer yer pup 'n 'leven fer yeh, but fer-"
Harry cut him off by shoving a galleon into his hand.
"Ah' righ', 'ere's yer change 'n foller me to yer bed," he said, turning. Harry and 'Snuffles' followed. Harry sat down on the edge of the bed and waited until they got to Diagon Alley. When they finally got there, they got off the bus heading into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Ah, hello, Harry. Will you be staying here long?" asked Tom, the bartender.
"No, sorry Tom. Just here to do some shopping, but I'll have some breakfast," Harry answered. After eating breakfast and slipping Sirius some food, they paid and headed towards the back door. Once they finally got into Diagon Alley, they headed up to Gringotts. Sirius had to stay upstairs while Harry went down to his vault because dogs weren't allowed on the carts. When Harry returned, they walked down the street until they got to Flourish and Blotts. They entered the store, which only had one cashier, who was checking out the only person in the store. Harry and Sirius went to a secluded isle so that Sirius could talk to Harry.
"Harry, after we finish here, we need to go over to Eyelops. They might have some good information there. But for now, lets find books on owls, griffins, and dragons," said Sirius before changing back to his dog form. He went to talk to the cashier, who had finish with the other customer and was now reading.
"Excuse me, but do you know where I could find information on snowy owls, griffins, and Hungarian Horntails?"
"Yea, they're all in isle seven," he said, not looking up from his book.
"Thank you," said Harry, going to isle seven. He searched the book spines until he found some good books. He found 'Snowy Owls: Mail Deliverers and Great Friends', 'Hungarian Horntail: One of the Strongest and Deadliest Dragon Species Alive', and 'Griffins: Enemies of All Snakes'.
"That should be good, don't you think?" Harry quietly asked Sirius. Sirius nodded his head up and down. They paid for the books and headed back to the Dursleys. On the knight bus, Harry was immersed in his book on snowy owls. Once they got off the bus, Harry and Sirius bounded back up to his room. Harry pulled out the Dursley Drive and tossed it to Sirius.
He sat down on his bed and kept reading. When he had finished the book, Hedwig was pecking at the window. He quickly let her in and took the letter off her leg.
Dear Harry,
My address is 125 Van Buren Avenue, Tooele, Surrey. I've all ready heard about Ron and our permission. My parents and I will arrive by car next Saturday around noon. How is Snuffles doing? I hope you are both OK. I can't wait to see you again, Harry! Lately, I've been wondering if I was an animagus. It's kind of strange, but oh well. I'll see you next Saturday, then, Harry.
Love,
Hermione
Harry finished reading the letter. Sirius was looking over Dursley Drive. Harry checked the time. It was three o'clock.
"Sirius, I've finished reading. Can we start on the next step now?"
"Sure, Harry." He picked up Harry's book on animagi and found the next step. "OK, step two. I want you to focus on your hands while they're raised up in front of you, with your palms facing away from you."
Harry followed Sirius' instructions, and studied them for about twenty minutes before Sirius said something.
"OK, now, close your eyes. Do you still see your hands?"
"Yes."
"All right, good. Now I want you to imagine your fingernails growing longer."
Harry felt a weird tingling in his fingertips while he imagined that. He stopped when he thought the image was about a foot long.
"Now, open your eyes," instructed Sirius. When Harry opened his eyes, he saw exactly what he had imagined. His fingernails were now a foot long! He nearly screamed.
"Now, close your eyes again and imagine them the way they were.
"Harry did that, and when he opened his eyes again, his hands looked like they did when they started. He breathed a relieved sigh.
"Great job, Harry! It takes most people at least five tries to do it that well!"
"Really? Wow! How long did that whole thing take?"
"Half an hour! When I was able to do it that fast, it was my sixth time of practicing! Anyway, according to the book, you need to practice that until you can grow them to two feet and back in twenty seconds."
"OK." He started imagining his fingernails growing to twice the size they were, and the same tingling feeling returned. After they were that, he opened his eyes to see if it worked. It did. He imagined them being normal again, and, again, they were back to normal.
"Harry! That took you two minutes! It took me thirty tries to get it in two minutes!"
"Oh. I guess I must be a fast learner," he said abashed. For the rest of the evening Harry practiced and Sirius watched the map. Harry had just about got it. Then, Sirius looked up and started to time the Harry's next try. Harry finished, and Sirius was amazed.
"Harry, you did it in fifteen seconds!"
"Really? Wow! That was easy! So, what's the next step?"
Author's Notes: The cliffie isn't as big as the last chap's, but I've finally got a beta, Sirius Potter. Anyway, no one has guessed the where I got the idea for the ingredients from! Next chapter's A/Ns I might tell you if no one guesses. So, any guesses on the next step? Answer in your reviews!