As the time drew nearer Dumbledore was tutoring Harry every day with, Animagus lessons, Apparition lessons, or dueling lessons with help from Ron, Hermione and Ginny. He had so far found out his Animagus form, it had come as only partly a shock for Harry, as he of all of the animals he had expected and hoped to be it wasn't the one that he actually turned out to be.
***Two days after Polyjuice was started***
Harry made his way up to Dumbledores office to finally initiate his Animagus form, he had been doing well from his Wandless self Transfiguration, as he had practice from all of the years re-growing his hair after the Dursleys tried to cut it.
When he reached Dumbledores office, it was dark with only a single candle lit in the centre of his office. He walked towards Dumbledores desk and picked up the piece of parchment with his name on it.
Harry,
Stand in the centre of the room over the candle, take a pinch of this powder and whilst standing directly over the candle, through it into the flame of the candle, and say clearly 'Trans-anima-morhpis'.
Professor Dumbledore
Harry followed the instructions on the piece of parchment, not knowing what to expect. As soon as he said the incantation, he began to feel light-headed, and began to black out. With a last look around the room the see Dumbledore walking into the room all went black.
He woke up an hour or so later with his three best-friends hovering over him and Dumbledore looking at him seemingly somewhat relieved.
"Harry, what you have just done, not only identifies what animal your Animagus form will be, but seeing as we only have a month in which to get you ready for this, you needed to use this because it also speeds up the process. I am glad to see that you woken up"
Stunned, relieved, confused, and afraid Harry looked around the room at everyone present.
"What animal am I then?" He asked
Dumbledore looked at him then at everyone else in turn before announcing what Harry's form was. "Harry is a Snake Animagus." Ron gasped and looked at him as if he were Salazar Slytherin himself. Everyone went quiet for a while not daring to mention it again.
"Why did I pass out?" he asked eventually.
This time Hermione replied. "Well, Harry this spell is very dangerous, if used on some-one who isn't strong or powerful to withstand the temporary drain the spell has on you, you could end up in a coma or worse DEAD."
Harry just stared at her for a second before Ron broke the silence.
"So she finally got her priorities straight then. It only took what…Seven years?" Ron joked trying to lighten the situation. Hermione punched him playfully on the arm, and gazed into his eyes. They both seemed lost on their own little world until Harry threw pillow at them and exclaimed;
"Give it a rest for a second will you?" he sighed and turned to look at Ginny, whose eyes were red and bloodshot where she evidently been crying. "Ginny? What's wrong?"
She turned to look at him, and burst into tears. She put her face in her hands and sobbed. Harry pulled her to him, ignoring the look of bewilderment and rage that filled Rons face and let her cry on his shoulder.
***Present***
Harry grimaced as he thought about that day. Ron still hadn't really spoken to him properly as if it was his fault what his Animagus turned out to be. Harry had managed to calm Ginny down about his nearly being killed and Hermione seemed indifferent about the whole thing.
Harry had also been doing very well with his apparition lessons and was able to successfully apparate from one end of Hogsmead to the other. He had yet to apparate a long way. Dumbledore had taught him some complicated spells like a stunning spell, which varies its strength with the user to stun more than one person at a time. He had also been taught an illusion spell that effectively makes things invisible but is very unreliable. He had also been perfecting the spells that Hermione had helped him research, Dumbledore even used the Imperius on him so that he could with stand a much stronger one in case Voldemort decided to use it on him.
After three and a half weeks, the Polyjuice was nearly ready, Harry had almost perfected his Animagus form much to the disgust of Ron, and Harry felt almost ready for what he had to do, but felt that he would never be truly ready.
***Two days after Polyjuice was started***
Harry made his way up to Dumbledores office to finally initiate his Animagus form, he had been doing well from his Wandless self Transfiguration, as he had practice from all of the years re-growing his hair after the Dursleys tried to cut it.
When he reached Dumbledores office, it was dark with only a single candle lit in the centre of his office. He walked towards Dumbledores desk and picked up the piece of parchment with his name on it.
Harry,
Stand in the centre of the room over the candle, take a pinch of this powder and whilst standing directly over the candle, through it into the flame of the candle, and say clearly 'Trans-anima-morhpis'.
Professor Dumbledore
Harry followed the instructions on the piece of parchment, not knowing what to expect. As soon as he said the incantation, he began to feel light-headed, and began to black out. With a last look around the room the see Dumbledore walking into the room all went black.
He woke up an hour or so later with his three best-friends hovering over him and Dumbledore looking at him seemingly somewhat relieved.
"Harry, what you have just done, not only identifies what animal your Animagus form will be, but seeing as we only have a month in which to get you ready for this, you needed to use this because it also speeds up the process. I am glad to see that you woken up"
Stunned, relieved, confused, and afraid Harry looked around the room at everyone present.
"What animal am I then?" He asked
Dumbledore looked at him then at everyone else in turn before announcing what Harry's form was. "Harry is a Snake Animagus." Ron gasped and looked at him as if he were Salazar Slytherin himself. Everyone went quiet for a while not daring to mention it again.
"Why did I pass out?" he asked eventually.
This time Hermione replied. "Well, Harry this spell is very dangerous, if used on some-one who isn't strong or powerful to withstand the temporary drain the spell has on you, you could end up in a coma or worse DEAD."
Harry just stared at her for a second before Ron broke the silence.
"So she finally got her priorities straight then. It only took what…Seven years?" Ron joked trying to lighten the situation. Hermione punched him playfully on the arm, and gazed into his eyes. They both seemed lost on their own little world until Harry threw pillow at them and exclaimed;
"Give it a rest for a second will you?" he sighed and turned to look at Ginny, whose eyes were red and bloodshot where she evidently been crying. "Ginny? What's wrong?"
She turned to look at him, and burst into tears. She put her face in her hands and sobbed. Harry pulled her to him, ignoring the look of bewilderment and rage that filled Rons face and let her cry on his shoulder.
***Present***
Harry grimaced as he thought about that day. Ron still hadn't really spoken to him properly as if it was his fault what his Animagus turned out to be. Harry had managed to calm Ginny down about his nearly being killed and Hermione seemed indifferent about the whole thing.
Harry had also been doing very well with his apparition lessons and was able to successfully apparate from one end of Hogsmead to the other. He had yet to apparate a long way. Dumbledore had taught him some complicated spells like a stunning spell, which varies its strength with the user to stun more than one person at a time. He had also been taught an illusion spell that effectively makes things invisible but is very unreliable. He had also been perfecting the spells that Hermione had helped him research, Dumbledore even used the Imperius on him so that he could with stand a much stronger one in case Voldemort decided to use it on him.
After three and a half weeks, the Polyjuice was nearly ready, Harry had almost perfected his Animagus form much to the disgust of Ron, and Harry felt almost ready for what he had to do, but felt that he would never be truly ready.