(A/N Thanks for all the reviews! I've had a lot of people making guesses about how Lily and Kaleb are going to join Remus on the full moon…and so many of you think they are Raccoons! How did you guess? Hehe, just kidding. I guess you'll just have to read and find out!)
"Well, Kaleb and I have been working on this theory for a long time. You've heard of the Animagus Transformation, right?" Lily asked, her voice low.
Sirius smirked. "Vaguely. Don't tell me that you two are Animagi."
"Not quite. See, I've been looking at the whole process. And what occurs to me is that the end potion itself is the ending factor in whether or not a person can change to another form at will. The spells to determine an animal and to be able to change initially are really only a test of power. And so, instead of going through the rather tortuous rituals, we're going to do the spells, and between the two of us, we should be able to generate enough magical power to shift forms." Lily said, excitedly.
"Why not just go through with the whole process?" Remus asked, interested. "I mean, you can't know that this would work, and you could end up severely deformed or even splinched, in a manner of speaking."
"Now there is the ingenious part. I've altered the spells so that our animal forms would grow in our souls, as a sort of new being. It will take a rather long while, but the animal form should grow within us naturally, so it will seem more like being both an animal and a human at once, when in animal form." Lily seemed pleased with herself, and rightly so. She had just laid out her theory on Animagi, that would become the standard thesis and process for the transformation three decades after her death.
"Sounds really impressive." James said, nodding appreciatively. "And if this doesn't work?"
"Oh it'll work. Too many things can go wrong for it not to work." Kaleb said, reasonably.
"Your logic…is your own." Sirius said, rather bemused.
Lily waved her hand in dismissal, and then asked suddenly, "What day is it, today?"
"It's Thursday. Two days until Saturday." Remus said, staring at the nearly full moon visible through the window.
"Why do you ask?" James asked, concerned.
"N-nothing. I just…got a little…disoriented. I'm fine. No worries." Lily said and grinned wickedly. "Is Jamesie worried about little old me? Oh no! Someone might find out and try and kill me!" She laughed.
"God, don't joke about that Lily." James said, eyes dark and guarded.
Lily shrugged. "Sorry, mate. I forget that not everyone shares in my twisted sense of humor." She leaned her head back, and stared at the ceiling.
"I thought it was amusing." Kaleb shrugged.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "You would."
"You three failed to kill the mudblood." A slow, rasping voice is intimidating in the eerie glow of the green fire burning in the center of the room.
"We were…interrupted, sir."
"That is no excuse." A towering figure, swathed in black, steps forward.
"It will not happen again, sir."
"She was by herself, she had no wand, she was under a binding spell, how in Salazar's name did you manage to bollocks this up?" The figure seems a trifle less regal, a trifle less commanding when using Brit-slang.
"A Professor, McGonagall, came and stopped us. We could not complete the spell."
"I don't want to hear excuses. Not while that mudblood is still strutting around the school." Red, enchanted eyes leer out from a black hood. "Am I making myself clear?"
"Yes, sir."
"Now tell me again…why can't you use your dorm for this?" Sirius asked, petulantly.
"Oh, come off it, Black. There are too many girls running around our dorm for any of this to have the slightest bit of concentration associated with it. Why, does it bother you having a couple of girls up here? It's not like we're going to rape you, for heaven's sake." Lily said, exasperated.
"Alright, alright." Sirius sighed and flopped onto his bed.
"Thank you." Kaleb said.
"Remus is in the Shack now." James said, peering out the window.
"Of course he is, it's…7:30, moonrise is in an hour, he's always in there an hour and a half before moonrise." Kaleb said, waving the observation off.
"How did you know that? The Headmaster and Madam Pomfrey have been running around like this is the best kept secret in Hogwarts. Just how did you two figure everything out?" Peter asked.
"It's not difficult. You could set your watch by Remus' little monthly routine." Kaleb said. "Now do you mind if we try and do this now? Our dorm might have been quieter."
"Come on Kaleb, sit down." Lily said, as she followed her own direction.
The two sat facing each other, silver goblets holding the potion for the transformation sitting in front of them. Symbols were drawn on the floor in chalk and herbs, each symbol standing for a different part of existence and life.
"Magus, audio vos placitum." Lily and Kaleb's voices are ethereal, and rather unnerving in the light cast by the now glowing symbols on the floor.
The Marauders watch, silent, as the two girls perform the ritual so different from the one they themselves performed…it was Lily's magic that changed it.
"Gero bestia penitus animus! Gero bestia penitus animus!"
The girls chanted for many minutes, until the goblets in front of them glowed red.
The girls perfunctorily drank the potion, and the room was dark.
When Lily brought light back to the room, the goblets and markings were gone, and all that was left to prove the ritual occurred was the rapidly fading runes on each girl's forehead.
"We've done it. Now to see if it works." Lily mumbled. She closed her eyes, as if to meditate, and her form melted into that of a lioness, a reflection of her soul.
Kaleb turned to her friend and smiled, and promptly melted into a panther.
Sirius smiled at this display. "Kindred spirits."
(A/N I know you were all expecting a doe, but that was just too over-used. Besides, lions kick.)
Alright, DaLi is going on something of a hiatus for a while, it'll be back eventually, but my play rehearsals have been picking up and I've got projects and tests coming up soo...this is being put on hold for a while, sorry!
"Well, Kaleb and I have been working on this theory for a long time. You've heard of the Animagus Transformation, right?" Lily asked, her voice low.
Sirius smirked. "Vaguely. Don't tell me that you two are Animagi."
"Not quite. See, I've been looking at the whole process. And what occurs to me is that the end potion itself is the ending factor in whether or not a person can change to another form at will. The spells to determine an animal and to be able to change initially are really only a test of power. And so, instead of going through the rather tortuous rituals, we're going to do the spells, and between the two of us, we should be able to generate enough magical power to shift forms." Lily said, excitedly.
"Why not just go through with the whole process?" Remus asked, interested. "I mean, you can't know that this would work, and you could end up severely deformed or even splinched, in a manner of speaking."
"Now there is the ingenious part. I've altered the spells so that our animal forms would grow in our souls, as a sort of new being. It will take a rather long while, but the animal form should grow within us naturally, so it will seem more like being both an animal and a human at once, when in animal form." Lily seemed pleased with herself, and rightly so. She had just laid out her theory on Animagi, that would become the standard thesis and process for the transformation three decades after her death.
"Sounds really impressive." James said, nodding appreciatively. "And if this doesn't work?"
"Oh it'll work. Too many things can go wrong for it not to work." Kaleb said, reasonably.
"Your logic…is your own." Sirius said, rather bemused.
Lily waved her hand in dismissal, and then asked suddenly, "What day is it, today?"
"It's Thursday. Two days until Saturday." Remus said, staring at the nearly full moon visible through the window.
"Why do you ask?" James asked, concerned.
"N-nothing. I just…got a little…disoriented. I'm fine. No worries." Lily said and grinned wickedly. "Is Jamesie worried about little old me? Oh no! Someone might find out and try and kill me!" She laughed.
"God, don't joke about that Lily." James said, eyes dark and guarded.
Lily shrugged. "Sorry, mate. I forget that not everyone shares in my twisted sense of humor." She leaned her head back, and stared at the ceiling.
"I thought it was amusing." Kaleb shrugged.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "You would."
"You three failed to kill the mudblood." A slow, rasping voice is intimidating in the eerie glow of the green fire burning in the center of the room.
"We were…interrupted, sir."
"That is no excuse." A towering figure, swathed in black, steps forward.
"It will not happen again, sir."
"She was by herself, she had no wand, she was under a binding spell, how in Salazar's name did you manage to bollocks this up?" The figure seems a trifle less regal, a trifle less commanding when using Brit-slang.
"A Professor, McGonagall, came and stopped us. We could not complete the spell."
"I don't want to hear excuses. Not while that mudblood is still strutting around the school." Red, enchanted eyes leer out from a black hood. "Am I making myself clear?"
"Yes, sir."
"Now tell me again…why can't you use your dorm for this?" Sirius asked, petulantly.
"Oh, come off it, Black. There are too many girls running around our dorm for any of this to have the slightest bit of concentration associated with it. Why, does it bother you having a couple of girls up here? It's not like we're going to rape you, for heaven's sake." Lily said, exasperated.
"Alright, alright." Sirius sighed and flopped onto his bed.
"Thank you." Kaleb said.
"Remus is in the Shack now." James said, peering out the window.
"Of course he is, it's…7:30, moonrise is in an hour, he's always in there an hour and a half before moonrise." Kaleb said, waving the observation off.
"How did you know that? The Headmaster and Madam Pomfrey have been running around like this is the best kept secret in Hogwarts. Just how did you two figure everything out?" Peter asked.
"It's not difficult. You could set your watch by Remus' little monthly routine." Kaleb said. "Now do you mind if we try and do this now? Our dorm might have been quieter."
"Come on Kaleb, sit down." Lily said, as she followed her own direction.
The two sat facing each other, silver goblets holding the potion for the transformation sitting in front of them. Symbols were drawn on the floor in chalk and herbs, each symbol standing for a different part of existence and life.
"Magus, audio vos placitum." Lily and Kaleb's voices are ethereal, and rather unnerving in the light cast by the now glowing symbols on the floor.
The Marauders watch, silent, as the two girls perform the ritual so different from the one they themselves performed…it was Lily's magic that changed it.
"Gero bestia penitus animus! Gero bestia penitus animus!"
The girls chanted for many minutes, until the goblets in front of them glowed red.
The girls perfunctorily drank the potion, and the room was dark.
When Lily brought light back to the room, the goblets and markings were gone, and all that was left to prove the ritual occurred was the rapidly fading runes on each girl's forehead.
"We've done it. Now to see if it works." Lily mumbled. She closed her eyes, as if to meditate, and her form melted into that of a lioness, a reflection of her soul.
Kaleb turned to her friend and smiled, and promptly melted into a panther.
Sirius smiled at this display. "Kindred spirits."
(A/N I know you were all expecting a doe, but that was just too over-used. Besides, lions kick.)
Alright, DaLi is going on something of a hiatus for a while, it'll be back eventually, but my play rehearsals have been picking up and I've got projects and tests coming up soo...this is being put on hold for a while, sorry!