Disclaimer: As in chapter one.

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"Snape, Analeya," called Professor McGonagall. There were hushed whispers around the hall and Snape's lip distinctly curled. Leya walked over to the stool and sat, waiting. McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on her head and waited, while the hat decided.

A little voice spoke in Leya's ear.

'Hmmm. Not an easy one. Very difficult in deed. Plenty of brains. Plenty of courage I see too. Hmmm. You are a hard one. You are very ambitious aren't you? Perhaps Slytherin"

"No!" screamed a voice in her head- hers. "Not slytherin!"

'Not Slytherin eh? You would do well in Slytherin, very well. Slytherin would help you on your way to greatness, and you have a lot of talent. Oh well, if you're sure, better be-"

"GRYFFINDOR!!!" the Sorting Hat yelled out aloud. Harry grinned, and saw Ron and Hermione do the same. Harry nudged Ron's elbow and pointed to Snape. He had his sour look on, but Harry thought he looked almost happy. Dumbledore was certainly smiling, as he watched Leya walk down the tables and take her seat beside Harry.

"Well done Leya!"

"Thanks! I don't think my father approves of who I'm sitting with though. Look at him." If looks could kill, Harry thought Snapes would. Snape was glaring at them, at him, with a look Harry had never seen before. He almost shivered. His thought changed to laughter however, when Ron pointed out Malfoy and his cronies, bitter looks on their face. They had been hoping she would be in Slytherin.

"I'm glad I wasn't chosen for Slytherin. The hat said I would do well in Slytherin, but I said no."

"Really?" asked Hermione, her eyebrows raised. "So did Harry."

That gave Leya something to think about, as food appeared before her. After dinner, Dumbledore stood up to talk to them, not that she understood anything he said until he said 'and have a great year, off to bed with you'. Judging by the looks on other people's faces, they hadn't understood anything either. Hogwarts was definitely weirder than her old school. And better. As she fell asleep in the dorm talking to Hermione, she realised that she liked it here, and she liked her new- found friends a lot.

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Breakfast the next morning brought many surprises. Harry saw that Leya had never seen the owl post, or at least not with so many owls. She looked stunned and he laughed.

After breakfast they were handed out their timetables. Harry smiled when he looked at his.

"Look at this Ron! DADA, Advanced DADA, Transfiguration and Charms. Not a bad day at all," he said.

"Yeah me too," he agreed. Hermione agreed without looking up from her timetable, but a smile crept over her face. Harry wondered what she could be so happy about.

"Hey Leya, what subjects are you doing?" Ron asked.

"Umm… Care of Magical Creatures, Defence Against The Dark Arts, Advanced Defence Against The Dark Arts, Arithmancy, Potions, Ancient Runes, Charms and Herbology."

"Whoa! Not many people are doing Advanced Defence Against The Dark Arts," said Ron. "Harry's the only one of us doing it."

The four of them stood and left the hall, heading for the common room to get their books. They stopped to read the message board.

"Hey look!" said Harry, pointing to a message. "Duelling lessons is starting again. Lupin's teaching it."

"They have duelling lessons here," asked Leya.

"Yeah. They must be starting again because of Voldemort. Dumnledore's taking a lot of precautions isn't he," said Hermione.

"He should," said Ron. "But isn't it great! I love duelling. Hey Harry! I just remembered. You've already been getting lessons off Lupin haven't you?"

"Yeah. I've got another one tonight." He had become quite good at duelling, and could beat Lupin hands- down. Lupin said he had a natural talent for it- he was a quick thinker and even quicker on his feet. They got their books and headed their separate ways to their lessons. To his surprise, Leya was doing all the same subjects as him except one- where he did astronomy, she did arithmancy.

They waited outside the door as students lined up behind them, waiting until Lupin got there. He turned up, unusually late, and let them inside. He smiled at Harry and Leya on the way in.

"Coming tonight Harry?"

"Ye sir. I'm coming to the duelling lessons with everyone else as well." Lupin nodded approvingly.

"You can never have enough practice Harry," he said.

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Harry realised that the Quidditch season was coming up, and captains were being chosen tomorrow. They were being voted by current teams, and Harry thought as he drifted off to sleep, that it wouldn't be bad if he were captain.

'It is nearly ready my lord. Everything is set for the plan," said Wormtail.

"Excellent," the snakelike voice filled the room. "Harry Potter will soon be mine, and the way to the top will soon be clear for me. Everything is much easier now that the boy is now friends with one of my most faithful death eater's daughter. So much easier."

"It is a brilliant plan my lord," muttered Wormtail. The red eyes flashed.

"You are too hopeful Wormtail. The boy has found ways to foil my plans before, but no longer. I am back and more powerful than ever before. That fool Albus Dumbledore will have a hard time protecting him now."

Harry woke, startled. There was a searing pain in his forehead, but that was becoming commonplace now days. The light came on and Ron and Seamus appeared.

"What's the matter Harry? You were making a huge noise." Seamus's eyes widened.

"Harry! Your scar's bleeding!"

"What?" Harry put his hand to his forehead and it came away sticky and red. Ron looked scared.

"Ah, that's never happened before Harry. Did you have another dream?" he asked.

Harry nodded dumbly, climbing out from under the sheets.

"Harry, where are you going?" Ron asked, concerned.

"Have to see Dumbledore," he said, slipping on a dressing gown.

He hurried down the staircase from the boy's dormitory and out the portrait hole.

"Don't bother saying thankyou for waking me up!" grumbled the Fat Lady irritably.

Harry hurried down the corridor. He had been to Dumbledore's office before, but in the dark he couldn't remember where he was going. He held a tissue to his scar, but it kept bleeding. It 

Was still burning, and he wasn't being very careful of where he was going. He rounded a corner and bumped into someone.

"Potter! What are you doing out of bed?" Harry groaned. Just the person he needed to run into.

"Professor Snape, I need to see Dumbledore now. It's urgent."

What could possibly be urgent at this hour Potter? And what's wrong with your head?" he had noticed Harry holding his hand to his scar. Harry tried to keep his temper under control. He drew his hand away and heard Snape's sharp intake of breath.

"Has this happened before Potter?" asked Snape sharply.

"No sir. That's why I need to see Professor Dumbledore."

"Very well. Follow me Potter." Snape turned on his heel and strode quickly down the passageway. He stopped at the base of a statue and muttered, "Cockroach Cluster." The stone guardian swung around, revealing a staircase, which was rotating slowly upwards.

They stopped outside a door and Snape knocked. A voice rumbled from within.

"Enter." Harry followed the Potions master into the room.

"Professor Snape. Harry," Dumbledore looked pleasantly surprised, but his face darkened when he saw Harry's hand on his head. "Please sit," he said, motioning to two chairs that appeared before him when he waved his wand.

Harry sat in one of the plush chairs and it shaped around him comfortably. He removed his hand from his head to let Dumbledore see.

"I had a dream about Voldemort, and Wormtail. They were talking about a plan to get rid of me, saying that it would be easier now that I was…" he glanced at Snape. "Now that I was friends with Leya." Snape's face paled.  Dumbledore nodded gravely.

"I fear he may try to use this to his advantage.  Is that all you remember?"

Harry nodded.

"Wormtail said that everything was ready."

Harry wiped more blood away, but it immediately swelled around his scar again.

"It won't stop bleeding," he said. "This hasn't happened before. What does it mean sir?"

"I don't know Harry. It could mean many things, none of which are good. I suggest you practice your Legilimency skills. Go and see Madam Pomfrey about your scar. She will know what to do."

"Thankyou sir," said Harry, standing up. He was frustrated that Dumbledore was being so vague. He hardly even seemed worried. He turned and walked out the door, followed by Snape. As they walked away Snape talked to him.

"Potter, I swear if you let anything happen to my daughter you will be very sorry." He turned and walked away. Harry felt anger build up inside him and his scar seared with pain again, more blood pouring out. He went to see Madam Pomfrey and she put an ointment on his scar. It stopped bleeding immediately, but the stinging sensation was still there.

He went back to bed, feeling worse than before he had woken up. He removed his dressing gown and climbed into bed, drifting of into a fitful sleep.

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"What was that about last night Harry?"

"Nothing Ron. Just drop it, I don't want to talk about,' Harry said. Leya and Hermione looked at them strangely.

"What happened Harry?" asked Hermione.

"Nothing. I had another dream, that's all."

"He had a vision again," said Ron.

"A vision?" asked Leya.

"Harry gets visions sometimes, but they're more like dreams. He sees Voldemort."

"But this one was different," said Ron. "His scar started bleeding."

"Your scar started bleeding Harry? That's bad. Did you go and see Professor Dumbledore?"

"Yeah. He couldn't tell me anything."

"What was it about?" asked Leya. Harry looked down. He had been hoping to avoid that particular question. He tried to keep his reply vague. He kept his voice low as he told them.

"Voldemort and Wormtail were there, talking about some plan they had to… to get rid of me. They said it would be easier now that I was friends with the daughter of a death eater." He didn't say her name, but they all knew who he was talking about and Leya paled.

"But… he isn't a death eater anymore. He's a spy. He doesn't work for Voldemort any more."

"Yeah. That might give us an advantage."

"Why would me being friends with you help him?"

"I don't know. I'm going to go get my stuff okay."

He stood up and grabbed a piece of toast off the rack. He was sick of this whole thing. He didn't want to hurt any of his friends. He entered the Gryffindor common room and grabbed his bag.  He made his way silently down the front steps and the cold morning air blasted against his face. He walked across the grass to Hagrid's for his first Care Of Magical Creatures class of the year.

"Hey Harry, how ya doin'?" Harry's face broke into a big grin at the sound of his giant friend's face.

"Hi Hagrid. What are we doing today?"

"Oh I got summat special for ya t'day. You'll hafta wait till ev'ryone else gets 'ere, but you're gonna love it," he assured Harry.

Slowly the class filed up to the cabin, and Ron, Hermione and Leya soon joined him. Harry heard an unwelcome voice above the din.

"You can't tell me that big oaf's still here. My father is not going to be happy."

Harry turned around, anger clouding his thoughts.

"Shut it Malfoy, I mean it. If you keep this up for another year I'm gonna lose it."

"Oooh, Potter's going to get Mad!" he sneered. "I'm sooo scared. So Leya, have you decided you'd rather be friends with the boy- who- lived- to – piss- me- off than me? Bad idea."

"Shut up Malfoy. She can be friends with who ever she wants."

"Hey, looks like Potter's got himself a girlfriend!" Malfoy said, and everyone laughed. Harry lost his temper. He pulled out his wand and cursed Malfoy before he knew what was happening.

"Silencio!" he yelled, and everyone went quiet as Malfoy yelled at Harry. However, no sound came out of his mouth, and his eyes went wide. Harry turned back to his friends, who were looking at him in awe.

"Cool!" said Ron.

"Thanks Harry," said Leya. "I don't think I could stand him any longer."

Hermione was busy studying Malfoy.

"You know, he kind of looks like a goldfish if you do this," she said, squinting and turning her head to the side. She was right. His mouth was opening and closing soundlessly and his eyes were big and wide. The Gryffindors cheered and the Slytherins glared at Harry.

"Now what's goin' on 'ere?" asked Hagrid, coming from the back of his cabin. He looked at Malfoy.

"Wha' happened Malfoy? Cat got your tongue?" he chuckled. "Now who cursed 'im?"

Harry raised his hand apologetically.

"Sorry Hagrid. Couldn't help it. He was getting on my nerves."

"Well I can't blame ya for that. Take the curse of him for me and we'll get this lesson started."

Harry grudgingly muttered the counter- curse and Malfoy started yelling at Harry.

"Now now Malfoy, calm down or I'll have 'im put it back on ya," said Hagrid.

"You can't do that!" said Malfoy, but kept his mouth shut after that. Harry knew he would pay for this later.
"Okay, I got summat real good t' show ya today, if you'll jus' follow me," he beckoned them around the back of his cabin. They followed him around the side of the Forbidden Forest, to where they knew he kept a paddock for whatever mythical creature they were studying.

"Now I think you did these while I was away, bu' I'm gonna go over 'em again. Good firs' lesson." They rounded the corner and some girls cried out in delight.

"Unicorns!" cried Parvati.

"Yep," Hagrid said happily. "Beau'iful aren't they?" He opened the gate to allow them entry. There were three unicorns grazing only metres away. They seemed quite docile at the moment, and looked up as they entered.

"Now girls can go forward an' pat them, boys stay back 'cause they don' really like males." The girls slowly crept forward, reaching out their hands to pat the sliver- white hair on their noses. They surprised everyone, however, when they nuzzled their way through the girls and trotted over to Harry. He was surprised too, as the came up and nibbled at his clothes. He tentatively stroked one on the nose, and when it didn't object he patted its neck.

"Aah, well I can't say I've ever seen 'em take a liking to anyone like that, bu'-" he was cut off as the class gasped. He frowned. What was wrong?  He dropped his hand from the unicorn's neck as he gazed into its eyes. He suddenly felt a strange sensation running up his spine. He dropped to the ground, trying to stay upright, but it was impossible. There was a very audible gasp from his classmates, as he felt himself standing up once more. He seemed taller than before and looked down to see if he was standing on something. Everyone was looking at him strangely, and he now knew why. He looked like a unicorn.

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Silence ensued as Harry's mind raced. He saw the shocked looks on Ron and Hermione's faces, and the one of delight on Leya's.

'Holy crap!' he thought. 'What happened?'

Hagrid chuckled nervously.

"We can hear ya Harry. Unicorns can mind talk to humans if they want to. Looks like ya picked that up already.

'How do I change back,' he asked.

"Ah, that's a good question Harry. I don' rightly know. You'll have to go see Professor McGonagall."

The class was no longer silent, they were all whispering to each other and looking at him. Malfoy was stunned. Ron, Hermione and Leya walked up to him.

"is it really you Harry? I mean, wow! I can't believe this," said Hermione weakly. "You know tis means you're an animagus or something Harry." The idea excited Harry. He was an animagus, like his dad.

'Yeah I guess. It's kind of a shock, I mean, how did it happen? I didn't know an animagus could become a unicorn, or any magical creatures.'

"Well, d'you wanna go see McGonagall Harry?" asked Ron.

'Uh, yeah, I guess,' he said. He saw Hagrid coming over to him.

"You all righ' there harry?" he asked.

'Fine Hagrid. We'll come see you later okay. We're going to go see Professor McGonagall.'

"Oh, right. See ya later then. I'll come up to the castle when this lesson's over."

 The four over them walked, and trotted up to the castle. Harry had absolutely no idea how to change back into his normal shape. He had no idea he was an animagus.

"This is kind of weird," said Ron.

"Tell me about it," Hermione agreed.

Leya just smiled.

They attracted a few strange looks from people in the corridor but kept walking until they reached Professor McGonagall's classroom.

"So, what d'you wanna do Harry?" asked Hermione. Harry looked into the classroom. Professor McGonagall looked over at him and jumped. It looked like he nearly screamed, her hand was over her heart. Harry laughed, but it came out more as a snicker.

"What?" asked Ron, looking at him curiously.

'McGonagall. She saw me.' Ron grinned.

"Please read that chapter in your books class. I will return shortly," she said, looking over to the door.

"What is going on?" she asked. Harry answered her question before the others could.

'We've got a problem Professor,' he said. He had to use all his self-control not to laugh again when he saw the look on her face.

"Potter?!"

"Yes Professor. We were in Care Of Magical Creatures, and we were looking at Unicorns, and Harry turned into one," said Leya.

"Well, this is a surprise. Did you know anything about this before Potter?"

'No Professor. The thing is, I don't know how to change back, and I was hoping you could help me.'

"Well, I will certainly try Potter.  Wait here for a moment."

She went back in and dismissed her class, who came out, looking curiously at Harry.

"Come in here you four," she said, beckoning to them.

"Okay Potter, usually you practice turning into your animal form, not changing out of it, but it should be easy now that you are in it. Strange though, I've have never known anyone to turn into a magical creature before. There are records of course, but they have not been verified. This is some surprise. We'll have to register you straight away of course. We can't have another unregistered animagus running around Hogwarts. Okay Potter, I want you to concentrate on your normal form for me. Now, think of what you do when you transfigure a normal object, just try doing it without the wand."

There was a slight pause and Harry once again felt the strange tingling sensation down his back. There were a few moments of breathlessness and he was back to his normal shape again.

"Well done Potter. I didn't expect you to pick it up that quickly. If you'll come with me I need you to fill out some forms."

Harry looked at his three friends.

"Okay. I'll see you guys later," he said, and followed Professor McGonagall out of the Transfiguration room. The three shrugged and glanced at each other and made their way to their next lesson.

Harry joined them half an hour later in Potions.

"Potter, why are you late?" spat Snape. Harry glanced to his group of friends where his cauldron was waiting.

"I had to fill out some forms for Professor McGonagall sir," said Harry.

"What was so important that you had to miss twenty minutes of your potions lesson?" the whole class was listening now, wondering what Harry would say.

"Professor McGonagall believed it was very important," said Harry, trying to keep his tone even.

"And what is it exactly?"

"The forms sir."

"Potter stop being deliberately obtuse and tell me what the forms were for," he said. Harry was glad when Malfoy answered for him.

"Potter's an unregistered animagus sir," drawled Malfoy, looking pleased with himself. Harry glared at him. Snape raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised and unwilling to show his interest.

"And what form do you take Potter? A stag?" Harry glared at him.

"You have no right to bring that up," he said frostily. "And I can change into a unicorn."

Snape's eyebrows were in danger of disappearing through the roof if he didn't bring them down soon. The Gryffindors and Slytherins that did not yet know of Harry's ability began whispering and asking what had happened.

"Fine. Go to your cauldron. You will have to get the recipe off of Miss Granger or Miss Snape. I have none left." Snape dismissed Harry and he turned and went to his seat. He wished people would stop looking at him. He was sick of it.

He took up his place next to Leya and Ron and asked what they were working on.

"Vision Potion." Ron rolled his eyes. "Supposed to enhance psychic abilities."

He rushed to finish his potion in time for lunch. He knew Snape would make him finish it. It wasn't long before he caught up to everyone else and soon their potions were finished. Snape looked up at the class, an evil glint in his eye. Harry knew that look well, and dread filled his stomach.

"Everyone finish up your potions if you haven't already and pour some into a sealed flask. Write your name on them and pass them up to the front." When there were thirty flasks in front of him, he looked up.

"I think we'll test one." He looked around. "Potter come here." Harry stood and walked slowly to the front of the classroom, dread filling his stomach.

"I think we'll test Longbottom's," he said, his eyes glinting maliciously. He poured a small amount into a vial and handed it to Harry. "Drink this Potter."

Harry took the small vial tentatively and downed the sickly sweet contents in one gulp. Immediately scenes began to flash before his eyes.  His eyes widened in horror as he saw things he hoped he would never see again. He saw Death Eaters walking towards him, hundreds of dementors, giants, and creatures he'd only seen in books. He heard screams and saw flashes of green light. Suddenly there was quiet, and he saw only one scene. Red eyes stared at him and whispered an unknown incantation.

"Harry Potter. I see you." Then it was gone, as soon as it had come. Pain seared in his forehead, blood dripped down his face and he realised his scar was bleeding again. He looked up at Snape, the room seemed to be spinning. He realised he was on his knees and stood up. He pulled a hanky out of his pocket and wiped his forehead, wishing he were anywhere but here, where everyone was staring at him.

"What did you see Potter?" asked Snape.

"You knew that would happen." Harry whispered, loud enough for only Snape to hear. "I need to go and see Professor Dumbledore." With that he turned and walked out.

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A/N: Sorry if this chapter is a bit jumbled. The next one will be better. This one was kind of just a fill in.

Anyways, plz R&R, the next chapter will be up really soon.