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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
Chapter 2: Meeting with Sirius
Harry was soon awoken by Stan as the Knight Bus arrived at London. It had been an entire day and it was nearly noon.
" 'ey, wake up, we're 'ere," Stan said as he shook Harry awake.
"Alright, I'm awake!" Harry said, a bit agitated at being awoken.
"No need to get all feisty.. Say, you look familiar. 'ave I seen you before?" Stan said questioningly.
"No you haven't - thank you and good bye." Harry said quickly while gathering his bags and hopping off the bus quickly before Stan could ask anymore questions.
Harry then headed over to the Leaky Cauldron and went to the back, however, before he could get there, Tom the innkeeper called him.
"Hey, aren't you Harry Potter?" he said.
"No you're mistaken, I'm not Harry Potter," Harry said, annoyed that his disguise wasn't working too well. He forgot to change the colour of his hair and his glasses before he had left and now the other people in the inn were looking him at suspiciously. He then quickly went to the back of the inn, before anyone else started to suspect, and tapped the stones with his wand. They moved aside and opened into Diagon Alley.
Harry walked into an alley first and changed the colour of his hair to brown and his glasses so they had a square shape to them instead of the round glasses he always wore. This way fewer people would question him. Then he made his way over to Gringotts and handed over his key to the goblin.
"Follow me," said the goblin in a scratchy voice that sounded like he had a cold all year around. They made their way over to the carts and hopped onto one of them. The cart then sped off to his vault at a high speed. Harry recalled the first time he came here in his 1st year. Hagrid had become so sick from riding these carts that it was almost funny. Harry smiled a bit at this and soon enough, they reached his vault.
The goblin then took his key and opened up the vault and stepped aside so that Harry could make his withdrawal. He took out his bag and swept about 50 galleons worth of wizard's gold into it. The mound of money left in his vault then rearranged itself into a perfect pyramid.
After leaving Gringotts, Harry made his way over to Flourish and Blotts where he was supposed to meet Sirius. Checking his watch, he saw that it was about 1:00 and Sirius would meet him here at 2:00, so Harry went into the store to browse around and look for the book that Sirius asked him to buy. It took Harry about ten minutes of looking around on the shelves before he found the book. He took it down, but he noticed another book behind it. It was much older than the other books in the shop and Harry took a look at it.
The Book of Elements. It sounded interesting, so Harry opened it and started reading some of contents. It turned out to be a book of spells, however, these spells weren't the same as the spells taught at Hogwarts. In fact, these looked like a book that dated back to the Dark Ages. All of a sudden, Harry wished Hermione was with him. She was like a walking library and would probably know where and when this book was from.
Harry continued to look through and the spells continued to catch his interest. Warp, Fire Wall, Portal, were listed among them. He then decided he would buy this book in addition to the transfiguration book since some of the spells looked as if they could be helpful to him, but, no one must know he was learning. So he walked over to the shopkeeper and paid for the books. It cost him a good 20 galleons, though the shopkeeper looked as if he wanted to get rid of the Elements book. He put the books in his bag and exited the shop.
By the time Harry exited the shop, it was already 2:00 and he noticed a big black dog sitting outside the shop. He made his way over to it and petted it on the head. The dog licked his hand happily and Harry walked into an alley with the dog following closely behind.
Once they got into the alley, the dog transformed back into a large man with ruffled black hair. He looked as if he hadn't groomed in years, but then Harry remembered that Sirius was in hiding anyway so he probably didn't have time to keep himself well groomed to begin with.
"Hello Harry, how are you doing? The Dursleys treating you well?" asked Sirius, looking Harry over.
"Hello Sirius, you look the same as usual, and I'm doing as well as I can be staying with the Dursleys," Harry responded.
"That's good. Did you get the book I asked you to?"
"Yes, it's right here in my bag."
Harry took out the book from his bag and handed it to Sirius, but he didn't mention the other book he bought. The fewer people that knew about the book, the better.
"Alright, great, now let's get started," said Sirius, while reading the book. "First, we need to figure out what your animagus form is. To do that, you'll need to hold out your wand and say 'fateor formalis.' "
"Fateor formalis," said Harry as he held his wand out in front of him. Smoke then appeared at the end of his wand and slowly formed into a bird that Harry recognized as a Phoenix.
"Amazing, I have never seen anyone have that form before," said Sirius as he looked with awe at the misty figure in front of Harry.
Harry then started to lower his wand, but before he could do so, another form appeared and it took the shape of a basilisk. It looked like the basilisk that Harry slew in his 2nd year, only this one had bigger fangs and a dark purple, fan-like extension that went around the neck of the basilisk.
"Well, it looks like you are special indeed, no one has ever had 2 animagus forms before," Sirius remarked, once again surprised at the 2nd form that appeared in front of Harry. Harry winced at the remark since he hated being reminded about being special.
"So, which do you want to learn first? The Phoenix or the basilisk?" asked Sirius.
"I'll learn the phoenix form first, I loathe to be reminded of anything that slithers," Harry replied.
"Alright, now here's what you do. The book says you need to focus on what your form looks like and say the words 'mutatio phoenix', since that's your form. For the basilisk, just replace phoenix with basilisk."
"You'll only need to say the words for the first couple times. Once you can actually transform fully, you will only need to think of your form before you transform. Sound simple enough? Ok, let's give it a try."
Harry concentrated on the form of the phoenix, just as he saw it in the mist earlier and mumbled the words. He could feel his arms transform into wings, however, that was as far as he could go. It was rather painful, but hopefully it would become painless as he got used to it.
"Not bad for the first try. Now concentrate harder and think of the phoenix in your mind, as you want it to be, before saying the words," said Sirius.
Once again, Harry tried to imagine the phoenix as he saw it in the mist, but he added colours to the feathers and he said the words needed for him to transform. He felt the pain again as his arms transformed into the wings, only this time his legs transformed into claws as well. This was followed by his hair changing into red feathers and a red feather appeared on his nose before the pain became unbearable.
Sirius started laughing at the feather protruding from Harry's nose and once Harry transformed back into himself, he grinned widely at Sirius.
"Not bad Harry, not bad. Sooner or later you'll be able to transform completely, though I think that's enough for today. You can go back to the Dursleys for now, but careful not to transform while people are watching, otherwise you could get into a lot of trouble, and the muggles may start to become suspicious. If the Dursleys give you any trouble or if you need anymore help with transforming, owl me and I'll come."
Sirius then handed Harry his transfiguration book back and gave Harry a hug before changing back into the black dog and running out into the street. Harry watched him until he was out of sight and then was about to make his way back to the Leaky Cauldron before he remembered the other book he bought. He took it out and started going through it.
*Maybe there's a better way of getting home instead of taking the Knight Bus and risking more questions, * he thought as he flipped through the book. It wasn't long before he found a spell that suited his need, or rather two of them. He looked at the first one and its description. It was under Chapter 1: School of Air Magic.
[Level4] Warp: Basically the apparate spell. Think of where you want to go before and think of yourself there. Wand must be in hand, pointed at yourself.
[Level 5] Dimension Door: Same thing as Warp, but allows you to transport yourself to different places, regardless of if there are protections which won't allow you to apparate. (pario foris)
Harry then took out his wand and tried the second spell since he remembered that the Dursleys' home had protections set up by Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, which wouldn't allow him to apparate there. He closed his eyes and imagined himself in his room, and said the words "Pario Foris." A tingling sensation went through his body and when Harry opened his eyes, he found himself back in his room at the Dursleys'. Since it was already late into the evening, he was feeling a bit hungry, but couldn't go down until later, so after changing himself back to the way he was before, he went through his new Elements book, looking for more spells that he could try.
It wasn't long before another spell caught his eye. This one was under Chapter 2, School of Earth Magic. It sounded rather ridiculous, but since Harry was still a bit hungry, he decided to try it anyway.
[Level 1] Create Food: self-explanatory. Just say Cibus followed by what you want to eat. Plate required. Point wand at plate before saying words.
Harry first made sure his door was locked before trying the spell. He decided he wanted a bit of roast chicken, so he took out his wand and looked through some of the junk in his room for something to transfigure into a plate. It was still full of some of the old toys that Dudley had broken. He found a wheel, which was on Dudley's mini-go-cart that Dudley had broken when he was two years old.
*Uncle Vernon and Dudley are so beefy, it's a wonder they just doesn't fall through the floor because of their weight* thought Harry before transforming the wheel into a plate.
"Cibus Roast Chicken," Harry said, pointing his wand at the plate. A sparkle emitted from the end of his wand and some roast chicken appeared on his plate. He immediately started eating it, however, it was a bit salty and he became rather thirsty, so he took out the Elements book again and looked for a create drink spell, since he figured there must be one if there is a create food spell. He found what he was looking for in the School of Water Magic section.
[Level 1]Create Drink: self-explanatory. Cup or glass required. Point your wand at the cup/glass and say Calix, followed by what you want to drink.
Harry rummaged through the junk pile once again and found a box, which he transfigured, into a cup. He pointed his wand at the cup and said, "Calix Pumpkin Juice." Sure enough, pumpkin juice appeared in his cup.
*This is wonderful, this book is a really good investment, sooner or later, I'll be able to master the entire book. Maybe then I can protect those I care about and no one will get killed because of me* thought Harry, with thoughts of everything he could possibly do with the spells in the book.
However, doing magic isn't without a price, and soon, Harry was feeling exhausted from casting all the spells he did that day, especially since the dimension door spell was a level 5, it was the most taxing on him. So he made his way over to his bed and lied down. It wasn't long before he drifted off to sleep, dreaming of all the possibilities this summer.
A/N: Well, I dunno, what'd you think? R&R.
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
Chapter 2: Meeting with Sirius
Harry was soon awoken by Stan as the Knight Bus arrived at London. It had been an entire day and it was nearly noon.
" 'ey, wake up, we're 'ere," Stan said as he shook Harry awake.
"Alright, I'm awake!" Harry said, a bit agitated at being awoken.
"No need to get all feisty.. Say, you look familiar. 'ave I seen you before?" Stan said questioningly.
"No you haven't - thank you and good bye." Harry said quickly while gathering his bags and hopping off the bus quickly before Stan could ask anymore questions.
Harry then headed over to the Leaky Cauldron and went to the back, however, before he could get there, Tom the innkeeper called him.
"Hey, aren't you Harry Potter?" he said.
"No you're mistaken, I'm not Harry Potter," Harry said, annoyed that his disguise wasn't working too well. He forgot to change the colour of his hair and his glasses before he had left and now the other people in the inn were looking him at suspiciously. He then quickly went to the back of the inn, before anyone else started to suspect, and tapped the stones with his wand. They moved aside and opened into Diagon Alley.
Harry walked into an alley first and changed the colour of his hair to brown and his glasses so they had a square shape to them instead of the round glasses he always wore. This way fewer people would question him. Then he made his way over to Gringotts and handed over his key to the goblin.
"Follow me," said the goblin in a scratchy voice that sounded like he had a cold all year around. They made their way over to the carts and hopped onto one of them. The cart then sped off to his vault at a high speed. Harry recalled the first time he came here in his 1st year. Hagrid had become so sick from riding these carts that it was almost funny. Harry smiled a bit at this and soon enough, they reached his vault.
The goblin then took his key and opened up the vault and stepped aside so that Harry could make his withdrawal. He took out his bag and swept about 50 galleons worth of wizard's gold into it. The mound of money left in his vault then rearranged itself into a perfect pyramid.
After leaving Gringotts, Harry made his way over to Flourish and Blotts where he was supposed to meet Sirius. Checking his watch, he saw that it was about 1:00 and Sirius would meet him here at 2:00, so Harry went into the store to browse around and look for the book that Sirius asked him to buy. It took Harry about ten minutes of looking around on the shelves before he found the book. He took it down, but he noticed another book behind it. It was much older than the other books in the shop and Harry took a look at it.
The Book of Elements. It sounded interesting, so Harry opened it and started reading some of contents. It turned out to be a book of spells, however, these spells weren't the same as the spells taught at Hogwarts. In fact, these looked like a book that dated back to the Dark Ages. All of a sudden, Harry wished Hermione was with him. She was like a walking library and would probably know where and when this book was from.
Harry continued to look through and the spells continued to catch his interest. Warp, Fire Wall, Portal, were listed among them. He then decided he would buy this book in addition to the transfiguration book since some of the spells looked as if they could be helpful to him, but, no one must know he was learning. So he walked over to the shopkeeper and paid for the books. It cost him a good 20 galleons, though the shopkeeper looked as if he wanted to get rid of the Elements book. He put the books in his bag and exited the shop.
By the time Harry exited the shop, it was already 2:00 and he noticed a big black dog sitting outside the shop. He made his way over to it and petted it on the head. The dog licked his hand happily and Harry walked into an alley with the dog following closely behind.
Once they got into the alley, the dog transformed back into a large man with ruffled black hair. He looked as if he hadn't groomed in years, but then Harry remembered that Sirius was in hiding anyway so he probably didn't have time to keep himself well groomed to begin with.
"Hello Harry, how are you doing? The Dursleys treating you well?" asked Sirius, looking Harry over.
"Hello Sirius, you look the same as usual, and I'm doing as well as I can be staying with the Dursleys," Harry responded.
"That's good. Did you get the book I asked you to?"
"Yes, it's right here in my bag."
Harry took out the book from his bag and handed it to Sirius, but he didn't mention the other book he bought. The fewer people that knew about the book, the better.
"Alright, great, now let's get started," said Sirius, while reading the book. "First, we need to figure out what your animagus form is. To do that, you'll need to hold out your wand and say 'fateor formalis.' "
"Fateor formalis," said Harry as he held his wand out in front of him. Smoke then appeared at the end of his wand and slowly formed into a bird that Harry recognized as a Phoenix.
"Amazing, I have never seen anyone have that form before," said Sirius as he looked with awe at the misty figure in front of Harry.
Harry then started to lower his wand, but before he could do so, another form appeared and it took the shape of a basilisk. It looked like the basilisk that Harry slew in his 2nd year, only this one had bigger fangs and a dark purple, fan-like extension that went around the neck of the basilisk.
"Well, it looks like you are special indeed, no one has ever had 2 animagus forms before," Sirius remarked, once again surprised at the 2nd form that appeared in front of Harry. Harry winced at the remark since he hated being reminded about being special.
"So, which do you want to learn first? The Phoenix or the basilisk?" asked Sirius.
"I'll learn the phoenix form first, I loathe to be reminded of anything that slithers," Harry replied.
"Alright, now here's what you do. The book says you need to focus on what your form looks like and say the words 'mutatio phoenix', since that's your form. For the basilisk, just replace phoenix with basilisk."
"You'll only need to say the words for the first couple times. Once you can actually transform fully, you will only need to think of your form before you transform. Sound simple enough? Ok, let's give it a try."
Harry concentrated on the form of the phoenix, just as he saw it in the mist earlier and mumbled the words. He could feel his arms transform into wings, however, that was as far as he could go. It was rather painful, but hopefully it would become painless as he got used to it.
"Not bad for the first try. Now concentrate harder and think of the phoenix in your mind, as you want it to be, before saying the words," said Sirius.
Once again, Harry tried to imagine the phoenix as he saw it in the mist, but he added colours to the feathers and he said the words needed for him to transform. He felt the pain again as his arms transformed into the wings, only this time his legs transformed into claws as well. This was followed by his hair changing into red feathers and a red feather appeared on his nose before the pain became unbearable.
Sirius started laughing at the feather protruding from Harry's nose and once Harry transformed back into himself, he grinned widely at Sirius.
"Not bad Harry, not bad. Sooner or later you'll be able to transform completely, though I think that's enough for today. You can go back to the Dursleys for now, but careful not to transform while people are watching, otherwise you could get into a lot of trouble, and the muggles may start to become suspicious. If the Dursleys give you any trouble or if you need anymore help with transforming, owl me and I'll come."
Sirius then handed Harry his transfiguration book back and gave Harry a hug before changing back into the black dog and running out into the street. Harry watched him until he was out of sight and then was about to make his way back to the Leaky Cauldron before he remembered the other book he bought. He took it out and started going through it.
*Maybe there's a better way of getting home instead of taking the Knight Bus and risking more questions, * he thought as he flipped through the book. It wasn't long before he found a spell that suited his need, or rather two of them. He looked at the first one and its description. It was under Chapter 1: School of Air Magic.
[Level4] Warp: Basically the apparate spell. Think of where you want to go before and think of yourself there. Wand must be in hand, pointed at yourself.
[Level 5] Dimension Door: Same thing as Warp, but allows you to transport yourself to different places, regardless of if there are protections which won't allow you to apparate. (pario foris)
Harry then took out his wand and tried the second spell since he remembered that the Dursleys' home had protections set up by Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, which wouldn't allow him to apparate there. He closed his eyes and imagined himself in his room, and said the words "Pario Foris." A tingling sensation went through his body and when Harry opened his eyes, he found himself back in his room at the Dursleys'. Since it was already late into the evening, he was feeling a bit hungry, but couldn't go down until later, so after changing himself back to the way he was before, he went through his new Elements book, looking for more spells that he could try.
It wasn't long before another spell caught his eye. This one was under Chapter 2, School of Earth Magic. It sounded rather ridiculous, but since Harry was still a bit hungry, he decided to try it anyway.
[Level 1] Create Food: self-explanatory. Just say Cibus followed by what you want to eat. Plate required. Point wand at plate before saying words.
Harry first made sure his door was locked before trying the spell. He decided he wanted a bit of roast chicken, so he took out his wand and looked through some of the junk in his room for something to transfigure into a plate. It was still full of some of the old toys that Dudley had broken. He found a wheel, which was on Dudley's mini-go-cart that Dudley had broken when he was two years old.
*Uncle Vernon and Dudley are so beefy, it's a wonder they just doesn't fall through the floor because of their weight* thought Harry before transforming the wheel into a plate.
"Cibus Roast Chicken," Harry said, pointing his wand at the plate. A sparkle emitted from the end of his wand and some roast chicken appeared on his plate. He immediately started eating it, however, it was a bit salty and he became rather thirsty, so he took out the Elements book again and looked for a create drink spell, since he figured there must be one if there is a create food spell. He found what he was looking for in the School of Water Magic section.
[Level 1]Create Drink: self-explanatory. Cup or glass required. Point your wand at the cup/glass and say Calix, followed by what you want to drink.
Harry rummaged through the junk pile once again and found a box, which he transfigured, into a cup. He pointed his wand at the cup and said, "Calix Pumpkin Juice." Sure enough, pumpkin juice appeared in his cup.
*This is wonderful, this book is a really good investment, sooner or later, I'll be able to master the entire book. Maybe then I can protect those I care about and no one will get killed because of me* thought Harry, with thoughts of everything he could possibly do with the spells in the book.
However, doing magic isn't without a price, and soon, Harry was feeling exhausted from casting all the spells he did that day, especially since the dimension door spell was a level 5, it was the most taxing on him. So he made his way over to his bed and lied down. It wasn't long before he drifted off to sleep, dreaming of all the possibilities this summer.
A/N: Well, I dunno, what'd you think? R&R.