Meeting the Past-Becoming an Animagi
Hermione awoke the next morning at 5 o'clock on the couch, with a sleeping Sirius on top of her. She swiftly moved his arm so she could get up, and went back to her own room. When she got there, she had magicked a vanilla mocha cappuccino and got her muggle CD player out of her trunk. She turned on her favorite muggle band, Good Charlotte, and started reading Animagi for Beginners. She planned on becoming an animagus of some form, and registering later in life.
At about 8 o'clock, she had the whole book finished, and nearly memorized. 'I'll go down to breakfast, and practice transforming tonight after hours.' Almost right on cue, Lily stumbled out of bed to use the washroom. "Morning, Lily!" Hermione squealed, and in turn received an incoherent mumble from Lily and a slammed door. 'I see where Harry gets his bad manners...'
After getting ready, the two girls headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Hermione had a mound of bacon and eggs on her plate and the delicious aroma of coffee was steaming for her newly conjured mug. James and Sirius were talking nonstop, and rather excitedly about something, probably quidditch.
"Padfoot, I hope I make seeker, I've been practicing almost endless hours for it! It was time I could've been spending with a girl or something," he said, glancing longingly at Lily, then stuffing a large piece of sausage in his mouth.
"Don't worry Prongs, we got this in the bag. You and me, Gryffindor seeker and beater. You just wait and see," Sirius assured James.
"Ah gush owr ight," he said, accidentally dropping some of the contents from his mouth onto Remus's plate.
"Gee thanks Prongs, I was going to eat that toast. Perfectly good toast, that was," Remus said grumpily to James, who'd finally stopped shoving food in his mouth to talk.
"Sorry Moony. I'm just hungry!"
Remus just sighed and tossed the toast onto James's plate. He continued eating, but only tiny bites at a time. He looked even paler than usual, and he had dark circles under his eyes. 'Full moon must be coming up, maybe I could talk them into letting me transform with them sometime...' Hermione thought. James and Sirius continued chatting, when Lily finally spoke.
"Hey Hermione, do you know what's wrong with Remus? He looks sort of, you know, sort of sick."
Hermione swallowed, then spoke. "I don't know, he must have a stomach ache or something. Hasn't said anything to me about being sick." She said, almost too quickly.
Lily eyed her for a moment, and then went back to staring at the egg on her plate. Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, and then her, Lily, and the Marauders went back to their respective common rooms to get ready for classes. 'Time for another exciting day of classes!' she thought cheerfully, smiling as she walked down the hallway to her first class, which was Herbology. During the class, she accidentally let her mind wander a bit, thinking back to her kiss with Sirius the night before.
'He's really a great kisser.' A very youthful-looking Professor Sprout finished her lesson on mandrakes, and they practiced potting them. Hermione of course had no problem doing this. She heard someone yell her name over the screeches of the disgruntled plants, and turned to look for the source of the voice. Sirius was beaming at her, and mouthed, 'Detention tonight, don't forget, sweets.'
'Oh no, I forgot about detention! How am I going to practice transforming with detention tonight?!' she nervously thought, but then decided that she would practice that instead of doing her essays, which she could finish in the morning.
The rest of the afternoon passed quickly, and too soon it was time for detention. She entered the classroom and saw Remus, Sirius, and James sitting together in a group of desks, with one extra empty one in between Sirius and Remus. She seated herself, and looked at Professor Keith, who was glaring at her the whole time she walked to her seat. She also noticed a piece of paper on James's desk, which he was scribbling on intently. He passed it to Hermione, which she read:
'Hello Hermione, and welcome to Marauder Land!' She giggled silently and wrote back:
'Thank you, ma'am. Marauder Land, eh? Nice one.'
He read what she wrote, and looked slightly hurt, then nodded at the next sentence in agreement. He wrote something else and passes it to her. 'Ha ha very funny.'
'How did the tryouts go, Siri?' she wrote, then passes it to Sirius. He read it, then beamed and wrote:
'James and me made the team! I'm the new beater, and he's the seeker!'
She got the note, and then smiled at him. 'Great! That's so cool! Congratulations.'
He nodded then wrote something else and passed the note to Remus. The note continued being passes around for quite some time, until Professor Keith told them they could leave. "I don't want to see you four any more than you want to see me, but I love taking your house points, so see you soon. You may leave now." He sneered, then magiked the door open for them, then slammed it when they walked out.
When she got back to the common room, she chatted with Lily for a few moments, then lied and said she had to do her Potions essay. She went into her room and locked the door with a spell. She opened up the Animagi book and read carefully: 'Concentrate on what you're transforming to, and you shall transform. You may not get it right the first couple of times, but eventually you shall transform successfully.'
'Oh, I hope this works!' Hermione concentrated hard on what she planned to transform into, even scrunching her face a little. She felt a tingly sensation, and she felt herself getting smaller and smaller, until finally, she was done transforming. She glanced at her tall mirror next to her dresser, and was stunned by the results of the transformation. 'Oh, my....'
I know I don't have Peter in the story. I hate Peter, and I have a few choice words for him. Anyway, this chapter kind of went fast, but I wanted to get to a certain part by the end of the chapter, and I'm being rushed because of my limited time on the Internet tonight. I've got to go school shopping, and now I'm just babbling. Review, please, and thanks for the reviews I've already received! I appreciate it! If something sucks, it won't hurt my feelings if you tell me so!
Hermione awoke the next morning at 5 o'clock on the couch, with a sleeping Sirius on top of her. She swiftly moved his arm so she could get up, and went back to her own room. When she got there, she had magicked a vanilla mocha cappuccino and got her muggle CD player out of her trunk. She turned on her favorite muggle band, Good Charlotte, and started reading Animagi for Beginners. She planned on becoming an animagus of some form, and registering later in life.
At about 8 o'clock, she had the whole book finished, and nearly memorized. 'I'll go down to breakfast, and practice transforming tonight after hours.' Almost right on cue, Lily stumbled out of bed to use the washroom. "Morning, Lily!" Hermione squealed, and in turn received an incoherent mumble from Lily and a slammed door. 'I see where Harry gets his bad manners...'
After getting ready, the two girls headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Hermione had a mound of bacon and eggs on her plate and the delicious aroma of coffee was steaming for her newly conjured mug. James and Sirius were talking nonstop, and rather excitedly about something, probably quidditch.
"Padfoot, I hope I make seeker, I've been practicing almost endless hours for it! It was time I could've been spending with a girl or something," he said, glancing longingly at Lily, then stuffing a large piece of sausage in his mouth.
"Don't worry Prongs, we got this in the bag. You and me, Gryffindor seeker and beater. You just wait and see," Sirius assured James.
"Ah gush owr ight," he said, accidentally dropping some of the contents from his mouth onto Remus's plate.
"Gee thanks Prongs, I was going to eat that toast. Perfectly good toast, that was," Remus said grumpily to James, who'd finally stopped shoving food in his mouth to talk.
"Sorry Moony. I'm just hungry!"
Remus just sighed and tossed the toast onto James's plate. He continued eating, but only tiny bites at a time. He looked even paler than usual, and he had dark circles under his eyes. 'Full moon must be coming up, maybe I could talk them into letting me transform with them sometime...' Hermione thought. James and Sirius continued chatting, when Lily finally spoke.
"Hey Hermione, do you know what's wrong with Remus? He looks sort of, you know, sort of sick."
Hermione swallowed, then spoke. "I don't know, he must have a stomach ache or something. Hasn't said anything to me about being sick." She said, almost too quickly.
Lily eyed her for a moment, and then went back to staring at the egg on her plate. Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, and then her, Lily, and the Marauders went back to their respective common rooms to get ready for classes. 'Time for another exciting day of classes!' she thought cheerfully, smiling as she walked down the hallway to her first class, which was Herbology. During the class, she accidentally let her mind wander a bit, thinking back to her kiss with Sirius the night before.
'He's really a great kisser.' A very youthful-looking Professor Sprout finished her lesson on mandrakes, and they practiced potting them. Hermione of course had no problem doing this. She heard someone yell her name over the screeches of the disgruntled plants, and turned to look for the source of the voice. Sirius was beaming at her, and mouthed, 'Detention tonight, don't forget, sweets.'
'Oh no, I forgot about detention! How am I going to practice transforming with detention tonight?!' she nervously thought, but then decided that she would practice that instead of doing her essays, which she could finish in the morning.
The rest of the afternoon passed quickly, and too soon it was time for detention. She entered the classroom and saw Remus, Sirius, and James sitting together in a group of desks, with one extra empty one in between Sirius and Remus. She seated herself, and looked at Professor Keith, who was glaring at her the whole time she walked to her seat. She also noticed a piece of paper on James's desk, which he was scribbling on intently. He passed it to Hermione, which she read:
'Hello Hermione, and welcome to Marauder Land!' She giggled silently and wrote back:
'Thank you, ma'am. Marauder Land, eh? Nice one.'
He read what she wrote, and looked slightly hurt, then nodded at the next sentence in agreement. He wrote something else and passes it to her. 'Ha ha very funny.'
'How did the tryouts go, Siri?' she wrote, then passes it to Sirius. He read it, then beamed and wrote:
'James and me made the team! I'm the new beater, and he's the seeker!'
She got the note, and then smiled at him. 'Great! That's so cool! Congratulations.'
He nodded then wrote something else and passed the note to Remus. The note continued being passes around for quite some time, until Professor Keith told them they could leave. "I don't want to see you four any more than you want to see me, but I love taking your house points, so see you soon. You may leave now." He sneered, then magiked the door open for them, then slammed it when they walked out.
When she got back to the common room, she chatted with Lily for a few moments, then lied and said she had to do her Potions essay. She went into her room and locked the door with a spell. She opened up the Animagi book and read carefully: 'Concentrate on what you're transforming to, and you shall transform. You may not get it right the first couple of times, but eventually you shall transform successfully.'
'Oh, I hope this works!' Hermione concentrated hard on what she planned to transform into, even scrunching her face a little. She felt a tingly sensation, and she felt herself getting smaller and smaller, until finally, she was done transforming. She glanced at her tall mirror next to her dresser, and was stunned by the results of the transformation. 'Oh, my....'
I know I don't have Peter in the story. I hate Peter, and I have a few choice words for him. Anyway, this chapter kind of went fast, but I wanted to get to a certain part by the end of the chapter, and I'm being rushed because of my limited time on the Internet tonight. I've got to go school shopping, and now I'm just babbling. Review, please, and thanks for the reviews I've already received! I appreciate it! If something sucks, it won't hurt my feelings if you tell me so!
