I had studied for weeks on how to become an animagus. The 100th book I
looked through finally had some valuable information. It read:
To become an animagus, you must register into the Ministry of Magic. Although there is another way. An illegal way that is. First you must look deep inside yourself, and discover the animal within yourself. Look through your love, through your past, and through your secrets. You must look in the soul.
Once you've found the animal within, you must think like the animal. You must behave like the animal and imagine yourself the animal to transform into that animal. It is very difficult, and sometimes, some things go wrong, like you becoming only half the animal. Once you're comfortable with transforming, you now have the freedom to do whatever you please to do.
Of course anybody could tell that this book was from the restricted section. I had just said I was interested in Transfiguration to get into the restricted section. So, I had to look "deep inside myself to find the animal within". Okay. Here goes.
I shut my eyes and concentrated. How do you "look in the soul"? My love, do I have a love? Yes, said an unfamiliar voice in my head. You like James Potter. I opened my eyes at this. NO way! I sooo do not. Yes you do, you just can't admit it, the voice said. Impossible. I breathed.
Once again I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate. Okay. So what if I say I do like Potter. James you mean, it said. Whatever I said to the stupid voice. As I was saying, if I said I liked James, now my past. I sighed. This is gonna hurt.
Pictures of my past flew past my eyes. The time Petunia had stole my doll and during the night her hair turned green. The time my dad became drunk and gave me one hell of a beating. The time before Rose died when she had all of a sudden fainted because of her cancer. The sirens and the noise had confused me when I was little.
The sight of my mother. Her blonde hair glistening and her brown eyes magnificent. I saw her corpse on the bed, stiff as ever.
I opened my eyes. I had been crying. The sight of my mother dead was too much for me. I sighed. I took that one valuable book and packed it into my bag and walked to Gryffindor Tower.
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I've been feeling a pair of eyes on me quite often nowadays. I would turn around and find no one there. They always followed me. It was really unnerving. Whenever I'm in class, one of Lily's friends would turn around to look at me, and her gaze always feel familiar. It was scary if you thought about it. Someone watching your every move.
I was in Transfiguration, and the girl did it again. It was really annoying. After class, I walked up to her and said, "Why do you keep looking at me? Stop following me around an-"
Lily walked up to her and said, " Come on Bridgette, let's go." I expected her voice to be full of ice and that she would give me a glare, but no ice and no glare. Instead, she spoke softly to Bridgette and gave me a last glance.
I was really confused. Isn't she supposed to be mad at me?
"Come on Prongs, we'll be late for Charms." Said Remus.
When we got to Charms, I found Lily at the front. I started walking there, but Sirius pulled me back to the back where we usually sit.
"Today class, we will be pairing up to do the Onarous charm. It is rather difficult, but very handy. It let's you hear from beyond doors or walls. The thicker the wall you want to hear through, the more difficult it is. Okay, let's start pairing. Lupin Ashwinder. Garivaldi Pettigrew. Black Boyer. Evans Potter. Chang Diggory. And he kept going.
I hadn't listened to anything else after he said I was paired with Lily. I walked over to her desk and sat down.
"Hello." She said politely.
"Hi. Look, I'm sorry for what happened the other day."
"Don't worry about it. Let's get started. You go first."
"Okay. Onarous." Lily held up a text book and I put my ear against it. I figure she whispered something but I couldn't quite make out what she said. I took my ear away from the book.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"I could only make out a little what you said. The rest was just a blur."
"That means you pronunciated the word wrong. It's O-NAR-us. Not O-nar-US. Got it?"
"Yeah." I tried it again pronunciated the word correctly this time. I put my ear to the book. I heard Phoenix. I didn't hear the rest of what she said.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"I only heard phoenix. I didn't hear the rest."
"Okay class. Switch now." Professor Flitwick said.
Lily handed me the book and she said "Onarous". She put her ear to the book.
I said, " I'm glad you forgave me."
She took her ear off the book that I was holding between us.
"What did I say?"
"You said, 'I'm glad you forgave me.'"
"Wow. On the first try. Let's do something thicker." We went to the wall and I went into the opposite room. I waited for a few minutes and said, "Pure white stag."
I walked into the room and asked her what I had said. "Pure white stag." She replied.
"Alright class. That's all for today." Professor Flitwick said. We walked out of the room, Lily joining her friends and me joining my friends.
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When we got to the dormitory, I immediately went to my bed and tore around the bed hangings. I got out the animagus book. I was anxious to become an animagus so I could join Bridgette in her adventures.
Ok, I thought. I closed my eyes. My love, James Potter. Pictures of James flashed in my mind. My past. Pictures of Christmases my family spent before my mom and sister's death. And then, a picture of a strange woman. She had the same hair as me and eyes. She looked like an older replica of me. A bird flew across my picture quickly.
"Hey Lils, whatcha doin'?" Bridgette asked. This made me snap open my eyes.
"You really want to know?" I asked with the a secretive smile on my face.
"Yeah! Yeah!" She said excitedly. Bridgette loved secrets.
"Come here then." She walked over to my bed and opened the bed hangings way open. "I'm becoming an animagus."
She squealed with delight at this. "Seriously? What animal are you becoming?"
"Well, I dunno yet, I was trying to find the "animal within" when you so rudely interrupted me." I said jokingly. "But it's some kind of bird."
"Ooooo. Cool! I'm a raven so we can fly with each other! Awesome."
"So off with you! I must concentrate! Off with you! Be gone!" I said playfully.
"Okie dokie Lily!" She practically skipped off to bed.
I closed my eyes. The woman came back in my mind. She looked so much like me. Maybe she is me? There was something different about her though. She looked just like me except her eyes. Her eyes had something different about them. They were.joyful and warm.
The bird came through my mind again and sat on the woman's shoulders. Phoenix.
"I GOT IT! I KNOW WHAT I AM!" I yelled excitedly. Bridgette ran over to me.
"What? What are you?" She asked me earnestly.
"I. I'm a-a phoenix!" I said disbelievingly.
"Whoa! Cool! That so fits you!" she said. " Try changing!"
"Okay." I closed my eyes. I imagined me soaring through the sky, being free. Where do phoenixes usually live? They were really rare and they're usually captured and prisoned. Prisoned. Prisoned to evil. To darkness. To the truth.
"Whoa Lily! You did it! Awesome!" I heard Bridgette say. I opened my eyes. Wow, I thought. So this is what its like being a phoenix. I took flight. A sensation came over me. A warm free sensation, and I liked it. I watched Bridgette transform. She made a perfect raven.
We flew out of the window. Out to the open sky. I finally knew how it felt to be free without a care in the world.
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I am sooo sorry for the long wait! I know you guys hate me but please keep with me! I know this chapter wasn't really that good. What should I do with James? I dunno what to do with him. Please help me by pressing the button on the bottom left hand corner and giving me your ideas. REVIEW PLEASE! Thank you.
To become an animagus, you must register into the Ministry of Magic. Although there is another way. An illegal way that is. First you must look deep inside yourself, and discover the animal within yourself. Look through your love, through your past, and through your secrets. You must look in the soul.
Once you've found the animal within, you must think like the animal. You must behave like the animal and imagine yourself the animal to transform into that animal. It is very difficult, and sometimes, some things go wrong, like you becoming only half the animal. Once you're comfortable with transforming, you now have the freedom to do whatever you please to do.
Of course anybody could tell that this book was from the restricted section. I had just said I was interested in Transfiguration to get into the restricted section. So, I had to look "deep inside myself to find the animal within". Okay. Here goes.
I shut my eyes and concentrated. How do you "look in the soul"? My love, do I have a love? Yes, said an unfamiliar voice in my head. You like James Potter. I opened my eyes at this. NO way! I sooo do not. Yes you do, you just can't admit it, the voice said. Impossible. I breathed.
Once again I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate. Okay. So what if I say I do like Potter. James you mean, it said. Whatever I said to the stupid voice. As I was saying, if I said I liked James, now my past. I sighed. This is gonna hurt.
Pictures of my past flew past my eyes. The time Petunia had stole my doll and during the night her hair turned green. The time my dad became drunk and gave me one hell of a beating. The time before Rose died when she had all of a sudden fainted because of her cancer. The sirens and the noise had confused me when I was little.
The sight of my mother. Her blonde hair glistening and her brown eyes magnificent. I saw her corpse on the bed, stiff as ever.
I opened my eyes. I had been crying. The sight of my mother dead was too much for me. I sighed. I took that one valuable book and packed it into my bag and walked to Gryffindor Tower.
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I've been feeling a pair of eyes on me quite often nowadays. I would turn around and find no one there. They always followed me. It was really unnerving. Whenever I'm in class, one of Lily's friends would turn around to look at me, and her gaze always feel familiar. It was scary if you thought about it. Someone watching your every move.
I was in Transfiguration, and the girl did it again. It was really annoying. After class, I walked up to her and said, "Why do you keep looking at me? Stop following me around an-"
Lily walked up to her and said, " Come on Bridgette, let's go." I expected her voice to be full of ice and that she would give me a glare, but no ice and no glare. Instead, she spoke softly to Bridgette and gave me a last glance.
I was really confused. Isn't she supposed to be mad at me?
"Come on Prongs, we'll be late for Charms." Said Remus.
When we got to Charms, I found Lily at the front. I started walking there, but Sirius pulled me back to the back where we usually sit.
"Today class, we will be pairing up to do the Onarous charm. It is rather difficult, but very handy. It let's you hear from beyond doors or walls. The thicker the wall you want to hear through, the more difficult it is. Okay, let's start pairing. Lupin Ashwinder. Garivaldi Pettigrew. Black Boyer. Evans Potter. Chang Diggory. And he kept going.
I hadn't listened to anything else after he said I was paired with Lily. I walked over to her desk and sat down.
"Hello." She said politely.
"Hi. Look, I'm sorry for what happened the other day."
"Don't worry about it. Let's get started. You go first."
"Okay. Onarous." Lily held up a text book and I put my ear against it. I figure she whispered something but I couldn't quite make out what she said. I took my ear away from the book.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"I could only make out a little what you said. The rest was just a blur."
"That means you pronunciated the word wrong. It's O-NAR-us. Not O-nar-US. Got it?"
"Yeah." I tried it again pronunciated the word correctly this time. I put my ear to the book. I heard Phoenix. I didn't hear the rest of what she said.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"I only heard phoenix. I didn't hear the rest."
"Okay class. Switch now." Professor Flitwick said.
Lily handed me the book and she said "Onarous". She put her ear to the book.
I said, " I'm glad you forgave me."
She took her ear off the book that I was holding between us.
"What did I say?"
"You said, 'I'm glad you forgave me.'"
"Wow. On the first try. Let's do something thicker." We went to the wall and I went into the opposite room. I waited for a few minutes and said, "Pure white stag."
I walked into the room and asked her what I had said. "Pure white stag." She replied.
"Alright class. That's all for today." Professor Flitwick said. We walked out of the room, Lily joining her friends and me joining my friends.
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When we got to the dormitory, I immediately went to my bed and tore around the bed hangings. I got out the animagus book. I was anxious to become an animagus so I could join Bridgette in her adventures.
Ok, I thought. I closed my eyes. My love, James Potter. Pictures of James flashed in my mind. My past. Pictures of Christmases my family spent before my mom and sister's death. And then, a picture of a strange woman. She had the same hair as me and eyes. She looked like an older replica of me. A bird flew across my picture quickly.
"Hey Lils, whatcha doin'?" Bridgette asked. This made me snap open my eyes.
"You really want to know?" I asked with the a secretive smile on my face.
"Yeah! Yeah!" She said excitedly. Bridgette loved secrets.
"Come here then." She walked over to my bed and opened the bed hangings way open. "I'm becoming an animagus."
She squealed with delight at this. "Seriously? What animal are you becoming?"
"Well, I dunno yet, I was trying to find the "animal within" when you so rudely interrupted me." I said jokingly. "But it's some kind of bird."
"Ooooo. Cool! I'm a raven so we can fly with each other! Awesome."
"So off with you! I must concentrate! Off with you! Be gone!" I said playfully.
"Okie dokie Lily!" She practically skipped off to bed.
I closed my eyes. The woman came back in my mind. She looked so much like me. Maybe she is me? There was something different about her though. She looked just like me except her eyes. Her eyes had something different about them. They were.joyful and warm.
The bird came through my mind again and sat on the woman's shoulders. Phoenix.
"I GOT IT! I KNOW WHAT I AM!" I yelled excitedly. Bridgette ran over to me.
"What? What are you?" She asked me earnestly.
"I. I'm a-a phoenix!" I said disbelievingly.
"Whoa! Cool! That so fits you!" she said. " Try changing!"
"Okay." I closed my eyes. I imagined me soaring through the sky, being free. Where do phoenixes usually live? They were really rare and they're usually captured and prisoned. Prisoned. Prisoned to evil. To darkness. To the truth.
"Whoa Lily! You did it! Awesome!" I heard Bridgette say. I opened my eyes. Wow, I thought. So this is what its like being a phoenix. I took flight. A sensation came over me. A warm free sensation, and I liked it. I watched Bridgette transform. She made a perfect raven.
We flew out of the window. Out to the open sky. I finally knew how it felt to be free without a care in the world.
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I am sooo sorry for the long wait! I know you guys hate me but please keep with me! I know this chapter wasn't really that good. What should I do with James? I dunno what to do with him. Please help me by pressing the button on the bottom left hand corner and giving me your ideas. REVIEW PLEASE! Thank you.