A/N: Again sorry for not updating soon enough. I hope you like this
chapter. For all of you who have not read Order of the Phoenix yet skip
this next part now! I would just like to comment to all the Sirius lovers,
such as myself that I think it is horrible that J.K Rowling killed him. I
feel like crying. :*( Well enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 5: Surprises for everyone!
At one in the morning, when all the lights were out and a light snoring could be heard from Sirius' bedroom, Harry snuck out to the library. He doubted the Headmaster ever slept so it wasn't a surprise to find him there before him reading a book on Merlin. Harry walked to him casually but only when he was a few feet away did the older man bother to glance up.
'Hello Harry. What brings you here at this hour? Not going to pull another prank on your poor godfather are you?'
'No. Actually I wanted to ask you about animagi.'
Dumbledore looked up, clearly not expecting that answer but there was a twinkle in his eyes that suggested that he agreed with Harry on becoming one. 'Really? It takes months even years to become one.'
'Oh, I wanted to ask you about multi-animagus. Hermione read this book about Merlin that said he possessed a great deal of wandless magic; he could become a multi-animagus, and could do elemental magic. Is that all true? Could someone do that?' Harry kept his mask of innocence up hoping the headmaster didn't suspect something of him.
He stroked him beard thoughtfully. 'Yes I have heard about Merlin and his great powers. A magus. Quite extraordinary. Now, multi-animagus usually have the ability to transform at will. It wouldn't take them long to do it because they are considered naturals. Naturals' meaning it is in their blood to transform so it should only take them a few days. The rest of their training would be to research other animal anatomy, basically.'
'So they could change into any animal? Or would they only have a few animals they could change into?'
'Well, Harry, Merlin himself could change into all animals except for magical ones. Others were only known to change into a few animals. However, there hasn't been many magi's in history. The last one was a man named Tyrian Greenlaw. And that was over a century ago. It is said that all the magi in history, after they die, join Merlin as guardians to train other magi when they come upon their fifteenth year. But it is not said how they are trained or what they are trained. Of course it is legend.'
'The Chamber of Secrets was legend as well.'
Dumbledore beamed at Harry. 'Yes, it was. Well you better be off to bed.'
Harry nodded. 'I'll go in a minute. I just wanted to get a book.' With that Harry went into the many selves and picked a book at random and slipped another into his shirt. On the way out Dumbledore stopped him again.
'Harry, what is it you want to know about women?' His eyes were twinkling madly. Harry glanced down at the book in his hands and blushed scarlet. It read 'Women: Everything you need to know about them and more.' On the cover there was a women with a sheet barely covering her body. He rushed out of the library with the animagus book in his shirt and the book about women in his hands with one thought crossing his mind. He was going to get Sirius.
The next morning Harry approached Sirius with a smirk. He held the book up in front of his eyes and cleared his throat. When Sirius saw the book his jaw dropped and he lunged for it. Harry held it behind his back.
'What, may I ask, are you doing with this kind of book?'
'N-nothing.'
Harry laughed evilly and skipped out of the room after throwing the book to a stunned Sirius. After that, Harry decided to try and become an animagus to really see if he was a magus. He spent the three hours that was necessary brewing the potion with powdered unicorn horn and basilisk venom. He had to start over twice because he didn't have the right cauldron and the venom burnt a hole in the bottom. But finally when he was done, Harry snuck out of the house to the woods that surrounded it. He walked for twenty minutes until he was sure he would be concealed by the thick shrubbery. He then took out the bottle with the greenish brown liquid and drowned it immediately. As soon as the liquid dropped burned down his throat he began to cough furiously as if he were choking. He fell to his knees and watched as his hands started to change before him. First there were paws, like that of a feline and Harry was pleased to say he had a coal black mane. Then, instead of changing back, his paws turned to wings and the beautiful song of the phoenix flew from his mouth. After that, countless other animals came, each one pitch black. Finally, after over an hour of the painful transformations Harry, now as himself, slumped down on the floor in a dead faint, the potions bottle now crushed besides him.
Sirius paced around the living room nervously, every once in a while checking the front door. Dumbledore too was worried for he couldn't sense Harry anywhere. But he showed none of his worry, not wanted Sirius to fret anymore that he should. Twenty minutes later, though, Sirius did not notice any of his surroundings. He was too worried to sit there and stare at the front door waiting for Harry to return. Finally he stood.
'I'm going out there now! I'll be able to smell where he is.' Sirius looked at Dumbledore as if daring him to contradict him.
'So will I. Lead the way Padfoot.' There was the distinct twinkle in his eyes as he said this and Sirius transformed right away and leapt out of the house. When on the porch, he sniffed twice before allowing his tongue to roll out. Then, without warning he ran forward straight into the woods. It took about half an hour to find Harry for it quickly grew dark and the shadows swallowed everything. But when they did, Sirius began to wine at the sight of Harry lying on the floor. Dumbledore was the first to notice the bottle next to him and his smile widened. He too knelt by Harry, checking his arms for any sign of what he was. He saw the raw knuckles and smirked.
'Something with claws.' He muttered it but Sirius' head snapped over to the aging man.
'Something with claws?! Something attacked Harry, didn't it! Dumbledore tell me!!!!!'
Dumbledore laughed, which irritated him. 'Oh, Sirius, no nothing attacked Harry.' He pointed at the bottle and the few drops of liquid that was next to Harry. 'What does that remind you of, Sirius? I know you had to make it at some point.'
Sirius grinned. 'It's the animagus potion! What is Harry doing. He wants to become an animagus?! And he's something with claws, right? Wow!'
Dumbledore laughed again and levitated Harry. 'Come Sirius, we will discuss this with Harry later.'
Harry awoke a few hours later to the noise of Sirius snoring. When he lifted his head, he saw his godfathers head lying next him on the side of his bed. He was snoring lightly and a line of drool feel from his mouth. Harry smiled gently before climbing out of the covers without waking him. When he went down stairs yawning, Harry met with Dumbledore had a twinkle in his eyes.
"So Harry, what animal are you?"
Harry's mouth hung open before shaking his head and smiling at Dumbledore. Of course he would know. "I will be a lion."
"That's it?" Harry wore an expression of puzzlement although in the inside he was laughing at the headmaster.
"Ya. Is there supposed to be something else." And Dumbledore was fooled. Harry was oddly pleased. Dumbledore shook his head looking confused and staring at Harry in a strange way. Harry cocked an eyebrow. "Is there something else?"
Dumbledore shook his head and smiled. "No. I think you want to have breakfast? There are some eggs and bacon in the kitchen."
Harry smiled and hurriedly ate his breakfast. Then he walked into the room where Dumbledore was reading a book on Magi's. Harry smirked and cleared his throat. Dumbledore looked up.
"Yes, Harry?"
"Professor.I was wondering if you could teach me to aparate."
Dumbledore beamed. "Of course. It is fairly easy. Come touch this portkey. You cannot aparate or disaparate off this property."
As Harry touched the portkey, he wondered how Dumbledore had transportation ready. It was as if he knew what Harry was thinking. Once the two were off the property, Dumbledore explained everything to Harry. "You need to picture the place clearly in your head. As many details as possible. Now," he looked around, "Aparate over there." He pointed to a lot a few blocks away.
Harry closed his eyes and pictured the place clearly. In a pop he was gone from Dumbledore's side and to the place he had imagined. A silly grin spread across his face as he aparated back. But he had a few questions.
"Professor, what if you don't know what the place looks like?"
"Very good question. Most times, just the name itself is sufficient enough to get you to the place. For instance, think of the name the Burrow. I'll meet you there." With a pop, Dumbledore was gone. Harry shut his eyes.
'The Burrow.the Burrow.the Burrow.the Burr-'
"Good job, Harry!"
Harry opened his eyes and smiled at the Weasley's house. The rest of the day was spent apparating to several places, including Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade. When they arrived back at the house Sirius was glaring at Dumbledore and Harry.
"And where have you been?! No note! I was worried!"
Harry bit his bottom lip trying not to laugh at the similarities between Sirius and Mrs. Weasley. Then, thankfully, Sirius changed the subject.
"I heard you are something with claws." He smirked and plopped down in a couch next to Harry. Harry beamed.
"I'm a lion. Or at least I will be."
"There is something I'm curious about, Harry. Why is it that you fainted after you drank the potion? I didn't."
Harry disguised his shock before it appeared on his face. He looked down as if guilty, but inside he was cursing himself for having to make them worry. But Harry wanted being a magus to be kept secret. "I didn't faint because of the potion. My scar started to hurt."
"Did you have a vision?" Dumbledore's urgent voice almost made Harry wince.
"No, it wasn't a vision."
"Then what was it?" Sirius' was worried, Harry could tell.
"I.it was a repeat of the third task." Harry began to squirm as if he was uncomfortable. Then, he shrugged. Sirius scooted over to him and wrapped an arm around him. Harry made sure not to look at him incase his eyes gave him away.
"Harry, that wasn't your fault. You know that, right?"
Harry nodded. "Ya, but seeing someone die.it can give you nightmare's- literally. I haven't dreamed of the third task for a while."
Sirius nodded and patted Harry's shoulder. Dumbledore though was looking at Harry oddly but he didn't speak and Harry was grateful. After dinner, Harry stole off to the library, aware that Dumbledore was invisible in the shadows. He went to the animagus section and took out a book, Anatomy of Animals. He flicked through it until he saw a picture of a lion with its body parts separated with a paragraph about the body of a lion. Harry marked this page, trying hard to conceal a smirk, and walked out of the library with it under his arm. Dumbledore stepped out of the shadows, a frown playing on his face.
Harry spent the rest of the day flicking through the book and changing into different animals. On his door was an alarm that only he could hear when someone was approaching. So far, Harry mastered a phoenix, a lion, an owl, a snake, and a falcon. He especially enjoyed flying around as an owl. He didn't go out in his phoenix forms, one of the most comfortable for him because it would be easy to spot, being a magical creature. Plus, Harry wasn't sure if there was a such thing as a black phoenix. He decided to find out.
Harry cleared his throat. Dumbledore looked up from the book he was ready and quickly masked his confusion.
"What can I do for you Harry?"
"Well, I wanted to know if there is a such thing as a black phoenix."
Dumbledore stood up very quickly. "Have you seen a black phoenix?"
Harry shook his head in alarm and Dumbledore seemed to calm down. "Voldemort used to send black phoenix's to his rivals. It was another symbol of death. A much worse death."
Harry retreated to his room quickly, very pale. On his bed was a letter from Ginny and Harry was surprised to find that he was pleased.
Harry,
Hey. I know I don't usually write you but I was thinking of making it a habit, if you don't mind. Ron has been absolutely terrible. Him and Hermione had a fight the other day and they haven't talked to each other since. Also, I got dragged into it so Hermione isn't talking to me and Ron is complaining to me. I wish you were here. But then again that might not be a good idea seeing as Ron thinks Hermione likes you. It's quite funny actually. Write back soon!
Love,
Ginny
Harry smiled, glad that she had written him. In truth Harry wanted to write her but couldn't find the courage to. He opened his trunk and searched for a piece of parchment. When he found a clean piece he pulled it out, causing something to fall out of his trunk in the process. Harry quickly dropped the parchment and picked up the necklace that the minister had. It was a phoenix made entirely of silver. The eyes were two amethysts the color of deep purple. He slipped it over his head and yelled in shock when he felt the effects of a portkey. Before he completely vanished he was aware of Sirius running into his room and a loud siren in the background.
Chapter 5: Surprises for everyone!
At one in the morning, when all the lights were out and a light snoring could be heard from Sirius' bedroom, Harry snuck out to the library. He doubted the Headmaster ever slept so it wasn't a surprise to find him there before him reading a book on Merlin. Harry walked to him casually but only when he was a few feet away did the older man bother to glance up.
'Hello Harry. What brings you here at this hour? Not going to pull another prank on your poor godfather are you?'
'No. Actually I wanted to ask you about animagi.'
Dumbledore looked up, clearly not expecting that answer but there was a twinkle in his eyes that suggested that he agreed with Harry on becoming one. 'Really? It takes months even years to become one.'
'Oh, I wanted to ask you about multi-animagus. Hermione read this book about Merlin that said he possessed a great deal of wandless magic; he could become a multi-animagus, and could do elemental magic. Is that all true? Could someone do that?' Harry kept his mask of innocence up hoping the headmaster didn't suspect something of him.
He stroked him beard thoughtfully. 'Yes I have heard about Merlin and his great powers. A magus. Quite extraordinary. Now, multi-animagus usually have the ability to transform at will. It wouldn't take them long to do it because they are considered naturals. Naturals' meaning it is in their blood to transform so it should only take them a few days. The rest of their training would be to research other animal anatomy, basically.'
'So they could change into any animal? Or would they only have a few animals they could change into?'
'Well, Harry, Merlin himself could change into all animals except for magical ones. Others were only known to change into a few animals. However, there hasn't been many magi's in history. The last one was a man named Tyrian Greenlaw. And that was over a century ago. It is said that all the magi in history, after they die, join Merlin as guardians to train other magi when they come upon their fifteenth year. But it is not said how they are trained or what they are trained. Of course it is legend.'
'The Chamber of Secrets was legend as well.'
Dumbledore beamed at Harry. 'Yes, it was. Well you better be off to bed.'
Harry nodded. 'I'll go in a minute. I just wanted to get a book.' With that Harry went into the many selves and picked a book at random and slipped another into his shirt. On the way out Dumbledore stopped him again.
'Harry, what is it you want to know about women?' His eyes were twinkling madly. Harry glanced down at the book in his hands and blushed scarlet. It read 'Women: Everything you need to know about them and more.' On the cover there was a women with a sheet barely covering her body. He rushed out of the library with the animagus book in his shirt and the book about women in his hands with one thought crossing his mind. He was going to get Sirius.
The next morning Harry approached Sirius with a smirk. He held the book up in front of his eyes and cleared his throat. When Sirius saw the book his jaw dropped and he lunged for it. Harry held it behind his back.
'What, may I ask, are you doing with this kind of book?'
'N-nothing.'
Harry laughed evilly and skipped out of the room after throwing the book to a stunned Sirius. After that, Harry decided to try and become an animagus to really see if he was a magus. He spent the three hours that was necessary brewing the potion with powdered unicorn horn and basilisk venom. He had to start over twice because he didn't have the right cauldron and the venom burnt a hole in the bottom. But finally when he was done, Harry snuck out of the house to the woods that surrounded it. He walked for twenty minutes until he was sure he would be concealed by the thick shrubbery. He then took out the bottle with the greenish brown liquid and drowned it immediately. As soon as the liquid dropped burned down his throat he began to cough furiously as if he were choking. He fell to his knees and watched as his hands started to change before him. First there were paws, like that of a feline and Harry was pleased to say he had a coal black mane. Then, instead of changing back, his paws turned to wings and the beautiful song of the phoenix flew from his mouth. After that, countless other animals came, each one pitch black. Finally, after over an hour of the painful transformations Harry, now as himself, slumped down on the floor in a dead faint, the potions bottle now crushed besides him.
Sirius paced around the living room nervously, every once in a while checking the front door. Dumbledore too was worried for he couldn't sense Harry anywhere. But he showed none of his worry, not wanted Sirius to fret anymore that he should. Twenty minutes later, though, Sirius did not notice any of his surroundings. He was too worried to sit there and stare at the front door waiting for Harry to return. Finally he stood.
'I'm going out there now! I'll be able to smell where he is.' Sirius looked at Dumbledore as if daring him to contradict him.
'So will I. Lead the way Padfoot.' There was the distinct twinkle in his eyes as he said this and Sirius transformed right away and leapt out of the house. When on the porch, he sniffed twice before allowing his tongue to roll out. Then, without warning he ran forward straight into the woods. It took about half an hour to find Harry for it quickly grew dark and the shadows swallowed everything. But when they did, Sirius began to wine at the sight of Harry lying on the floor. Dumbledore was the first to notice the bottle next to him and his smile widened. He too knelt by Harry, checking his arms for any sign of what he was. He saw the raw knuckles and smirked.
'Something with claws.' He muttered it but Sirius' head snapped over to the aging man.
'Something with claws?! Something attacked Harry, didn't it! Dumbledore tell me!!!!!'
Dumbledore laughed, which irritated him. 'Oh, Sirius, no nothing attacked Harry.' He pointed at the bottle and the few drops of liquid that was next to Harry. 'What does that remind you of, Sirius? I know you had to make it at some point.'
Sirius grinned. 'It's the animagus potion! What is Harry doing. He wants to become an animagus?! And he's something with claws, right? Wow!'
Dumbledore laughed again and levitated Harry. 'Come Sirius, we will discuss this with Harry later.'
Harry awoke a few hours later to the noise of Sirius snoring. When he lifted his head, he saw his godfathers head lying next him on the side of his bed. He was snoring lightly and a line of drool feel from his mouth. Harry smiled gently before climbing out of the covers without waking him. When he went down stairs yawning, Harry met with Dumbledore had a twinkle in his eyes.
"So Harry, what animal are you?"
Harry's mouth hung open before shaking his head and smiling at Dumbledore. Of course he would know. "I will be a lion."
"That's it?" Harry wore an expression of puzzlement although in the inside he was laughing at the headmaster.
"Ya. Is there supposed to be something else." And Dumbledore was fooled. Harry was oddly pleased. Dumbledore shook his head looking confused and staring at Harry in a strange way. Harry cocked an eyebrow. "Is there something else?"
Dumbledore shook his head and smiled. "No. I think you want to have breakfast? There are some eggs and bacon in the kitchen."
Harry smiled and hurriedly ate his breakfast. Then he walked into the room where Dumbledore was reading a book on Magi's. Harry smirked and cleared his throat. Dumbledore looked up.
"Yes, Harry?"
"Professor.I was wondering if you could teach me to aparate."
Dumbledore beamed. "Of course. It is fairly easy. Come touch this portkey. You cannot aparate or disaparate off this property."
As Harry touched the portkey, he wondered how Dumbledore had transportation ready. It was as if he knew what Harry was thinking. Once the two were off the property, Dumbledore explained everything to Harry. "You need to picture the place clearly in your head. As many details as possible. Now," he looked around, "Aparate over there." He pointed to a lot a few blocks away.
Harry closed his eyes and pictured the place clearly. In a pop he was gone from Dumbledore's side and to the place he had imagined. A silly grin spread across his face as he aparated back. But he had a few questions.
"Professor, what if you don't know what the place looks like?"
"Very good question. Most times, just the name itself is sufficient enough to get you to the place. For instance, think of the name the Burrow. I'll meet you there." With a pop, Dumbledore was gone. Harry shut his eyes.
'The Burrow.the Burrow.the Burrow.the Burr-'
"Good job, Harry!"
Harry opened his eyes and smiled at the Weasley's house. The rest of the day was spent apparating to several places, including Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade. When they arrived back at the house Sirius was glaring at Dumbledore and Harry.
"And where have you been?! No note! I was worried!"
Harry bit his bottom lip trying not to laugh at the similarities between Sirius and Mrs. Weasley. Then, thankfully, Sirius changed the subject.
"I heard you are something with claws." He smirked and plopped down in a couch next to Harry. Harry beamed.
"I'm a lion. Or at least I will be."
"There is something I'm curious about, Harry. Why is it that you fainted after you drank the potion? I didn't."
Harry disguised his shock before it appeared on his face. He looked down as if guilty, but inside he was cursing himself for having to make them worry. But Harry wanted being a magus to be kept secret. "I didn't faint because of the potion. My scar started to hurt."
"Did you have a vision?" Dumbledore's urgent voice almost made Harry wince.
"No, it wasn't a vision."
"Then what was it?" Sirius' was worried, Harry could tell.
"I.it was a repeat of the third task." Harry began to squirm as if he was uncomfortable. Then, he shrugged. Sirius scooted over to him and wrapped an arm around him. Harry made sure not to look at him incase his eyes gave him away.
"Harry, that wasn't your fault. You know that, right?"
Harry nodded. "Ya, but seeing someone die.it can give you nightmare's- literally. I haven't dreamed of the third task for a while."
Sirius nodded and patted Harry's shoulder. Dumbledore though was looking at Harry oddly but he didn't speak and Harry was grateful. After dinner, Harry stole off to the library, aware that Dumbledore was invisible in the shadows. He went to the animagus section and took out a book, Anatomy of Animals. He flicked through it until he saw a picture of a lion with its body parts separated with a paragraph about the body of a lion. Harry marked this page, trying hard to conceal a smirk, and walked out of the library with it under his arm. Dumbledore stepped out of the shadows, a frown playing on his face.
Harry spent the rest of the day flicking through the book and changing into different animals. On his door was an alarm that only he could hear when someone was approaching. So far, Harry mastered a phoenix, a lion, an owl, a snake, and a falcon. He especially enjoyed flying around as an owl. He didn't go out in his phoenix forms, one of the most comfortable for him because it would be easy to spot, being a magical creature. Plus, Harry wasn't sure if there was a such thing as a black phoenix. He decided to find out.
Harry cleared his throat. Dumbledore looked up from the book he was ready and quickly masked his confusion.
"What can I do for you Harry?"
"Well, I wanted to know if there is a such thing as a black phoenix."
Dumbledore stood up very quickly. "Have you seen a black phoenix?"
Harry shook his head in alarm and Dumbledore seemed to calm down. "Voldemort used to send black phoenix's to his rivals. It was another symbol of death. A much worse death."
Harry retreated to his room quickly, very pale. On his bed was a letter from Ginny and Harry was surprised to find that he was pleased.
Harry,
Hey. I know I don't usually write you but I was thinking of making it a habit, if you don't mind. Ron has been absolutely terrible. Him and Hermione had a fight the other day and they haven't talked to each other since. Also, I got dragged into it so Hermione isn't talking to me and Ron is complaining to me. I wish you were here. But then again that might not be a good idea seeing as Ron thinks Hermione likes you. It's quite funny actually. Write back soon!
Love,
Ginny
Harry smiled, glad that she had written him. In truth Harry wanted to write her but couldn't find the courage to. He opened his trunk and searched for a piece of parchment. When he found a clean piece he pulled it out, causing something to fall out of his trunk in the process. Harry quickly dropped the parchment and picked up the necklace that the minister had. It was a phoenix made entirely of silver. The eyes were two amethysts the color of deep purple. He slipped it over his head and yelled in shock when he felt the effects of a portkey. Before he completely vanished he was aware of Sirius running into his room and a loud siren in the background.