That next day, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all went down to breakfast together. Harry just had his normal toast, and Ron ate everything else he could grab, other than Harry's toast. They were happy to be having Defense Against the Dark Arts that day. They had been waiting for that class all week. Ginny had been bragging to them about how much fun it had been. Harry especially wanted to go, since it was his new legal father that was teaching. He needed to talk with Lupin after class.
Harry and the rest all headed off towards the classroom, happy as could be. There weren't a lot of other people taking the class. It was just Harry, Hermione, Ron, Stefanie, Dean, Seamus, Parvati, and Lavender. They were happy that no Slytherins were taking it. Lupin and Tonks came into the room, laughing about something.
"Good morning. It's nice to see you all. My name is Professor Lupin, and this is my assistant, Professor Tonks," Lupin told them all.
"Hello!" Tonks said, obviously happy about the class as well, "Hey Harry!"
"Hey Tonks," Harry responded, not as enthusiastically. He thought Tonks was cool, but he was just too tired to be overly happy at the moment.
"Today we will be starting to learn a new shield spell. Very complex," Lupin told them. Harry could hear groans from people, not wanting to do anything complex. Harry, however, was very excited about this. He could make use of an advanced shield spell. With Voldemort after him and everything, it would probably be useful. "Infragilis Contego. That is the shield. Just shout out Infragilis Contego, make swift wand movement like this," Lupin said, demonstrating how to move the wand just right. "And then the shield will appear. The more you practice, the faster it will begin to appear."
"Infragilis Contego!" Harry shouted out. A yellow-orange string-like substance shot out of the tip of his wand. It gradually turned into a sphere around Harry, closing him in, completely. He kept his wand up, because if he were to let go, the shield would break. Harry could see people chatting and talking, but could not hear anything but his own thoughts. Professor Lupin signaled for him to stop, and he gladly did so.
"Very good, Harry. If you practice more, the shield will begin to form in only a matter of two seconds," Lupin told him.
"Thanks," Harry said.
"Why don't you try it again?" Tonks suggested. Harry did so.
"Infragilis Contego!" Harry shouted out. The same yellow-orange string-like substance shot out of his wand. It gradually turned into a sphere shape around Harry, closing him in. It had grown a little faster this time since Harry knew that he had to concentrate very much on it. He saw people watching him, pointing at him and murmuring things to the people next to them, although the images were kind of blurry. Everything looked a little orange and yellow. Lupin signaled for him to stop. He did so, since the shield seemed to have been draining every ounce of energy out of him.
"Good job Harry," Lupin told him.
"Class is done for today!" Tonks shouted out and everybody left except Harry.
"Hey Harry. What can I help you with?" Lupin asked him.
"Well, I was just wondering if I could get permission to research in the library using the Restricted Section," Harry told him.
"For what?" Lupin asked him.
"Well, you know, stuff," Harry told him.
"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt anything," Lupin said. He pulled out a piece of parchment and scribbled something on it. He handed it to Harry.
"Here, this should do it," Lupin said.
"Thanks Lupin," Harry said. "See ya later Lupin. See ya Tonks!"
"Bye Harry!" both Lupin and Tonks said at the same time.
Harry went right to the common room, not feeling very hungry. Ron and Hermione were already there, talking with Stefanie. It seemed as though Hermione had become pretty good friends with her.
"Hey guys," Harry said, walking into the common room.
"Oh, hey Harry," Hermione replied. Harry sat down in one of the chairs by where they were sitting, and joined in their conversation.
"I'm going to try out for Chaser," Hermione told them.
"I'm going to try out for Beater," Stefanie told them.
"Oh, okay. Are you sure?" Harry asked, not knowing whether or not they would be any good at playing Quidditch for the team.
"Yep, why?" Stefanie asked him.
"I don't know. Just curious I guess," Harry told them.
"Oh," Hermione replied. They hung out in the common room for a while, discussing Quidditch, the Hogsmeade trip, and their classes. Then Hermione brought up a question that Harry wished she hadn't asked.
"Are you starting up the D.A. again Harry? You told me you'd think about it!" Hermione said very loudly so the whole common room heard. Everybody came swarming over to where he was and crowded around him.
"Well, I don't know if I will or not," Harry told them.
"Come on Harry! Start it up again!" Dean said.
"Yeah! We need to learn that kind of thing!" Seamus yelled.
"Please Harry!" he heard basically everyone else in the common room say.
"FINE! I'll start up the D.A. again if it makes you happy! I'll be in my dormitory if anyone needs me!" he shouted out, getting up and going off to his dormitory, very angry at everyone else for pressuring him into starting up Dumbledore's Army again. He laid down on his bed and closed his eyes. He fell asleep.
He saw Voldemort. He was inside a dark chamber talking to someone who was in a hooded cloak.
"How is the plan going?" Voldemort asked.
"Very well. The boy will come," the other figure said. It was a soft, gentle, womanly voice. Harry did not know who it was though.
"Yes, the boy will come indeed," Voldemort said, followed by his regular icy-cold laugh. Harry woke up with a startle. His body was covered in sweat and he was lying on the ground of the dormitory. Ron was standing over him.
"Mate, are you okay?" Ron said, very worried.
"I...I'm fine," Harry told him, getting up.
"Are you sure? You don't look to well," Ron told him.
"I said I'm fine. I could just do with some food. Let's go on down to dinner," Harry told him.
"Alright," Ron agreed, still looking at him weird, afraid that his friend would collapse on him again. They entered the Great Hall where Hermione was sitting, talking with Ginny.
"Hey Hermione," Ron said once they sat down.
"Harry, sorry about earlier," Hermione said to Harry, totally ignoring Ron.
"It's alright Hermione. Just don't try and make me do something. I was still thinking about starting it up. But next time you want me to do something like that, please don't announce it to the whole common room," Harry told her.
"Alright Harry," Hermione said, "So, do you forgive me?"
"As long as you promise not to interfere while I'm actually teaching at the D.A. meetings," Harry told her.
"So you are starting it up again! You really are!" Hermione said out loud.
"Yep," Harry told her. "Guys, there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"Well, when I went up to the dormitory, I fell asleep. And I had a dream about Voldemort," Harry told them.
"You need to tell Dumbledore," Hermione told him.
"I knew you were going to say that. But, I don't really feel the need right at the moment. What if he's just trying to trick me again," Harry said to them.
"Well, that could be true. What happened in the dream?" Ron asked.
"Well, Voldemort was talking to one of his servants and they kept saying 'The boy will come.' I don't even know if I'm the 'boy' or not," Harry told them.
"Well, it sure seems that you are. I mean, who else would he be going after?" Ron asked.
"I'm not sure," Harry replied, "Well, I better get off to my lesson," Harry told them. He just remembered that he had Animagus training that night.
"Okay, I'll see you later Harry," Hermione told him.
"See ya Hermione. See ya Ron. See ya Ginny," Harry said to them all before walking out the giant doors of the Great Hall.
He entered the classroom to find Lupin and Professor McGonagall already there waiting for him.
"Hello Harry," Lupin said, smiling.
"Hey Lupin!" Harry replied.
"Hello Mr. Potter," Professor McGonagall said in her regularly strict, stern voice.
"Hello Professor McGonagall," Harry returned.
"Today we shall begin to find out what your form shall be, if you have any forms at all," Professor McGonagall told him.
"How do we find out?" Harry asked.
"If you would be so kind as to not interrupt me, Mr. Potter, I will tell you," Professor McGonagall told him.
"Harry, there are objects called Magus Papers. They were created in the Department of Mysteries a long time ago. They are used to find the animagus form that you can take," Lupin exclaimed.
"Okay," Harry said, "I still don't understand." Professor McGonagall went over to the desk and pulled out a sheet of aqua-blue waxy paper.
"What's that?" Harry asked her.
"We are talking about Magus papers. What do you think they are Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall said, looking at him as if he was stupid. "Now, all I need to do is get a few drops of your blood on this paper," Professor McGonagall told him.
"Okay," Harry said. He made a swift jerk with his wand towards his finger, and a cut appeared on his finger, starting to bleed. He held his finger above the paper, and watched as the blood slowly dripped from his finger, and onto the paper. He saw each drop make a splash on the paper, and then sink in. Afterwards, there was no trace of blood on the paper. He thought it was very weird. "So, how long does it take?" Harry asked.
"One week," Lupin told him.
"One week? I can't wait that long!" Harry exclaimed.
"Patience, Harry. Patience is a virtue," Professor McGonagall told him.
"Whatever," Harry said.
"Now we need to discuss some of the theory behind animagi forms," she went on. Harry sat there at the desk, taking notes. It felt like he was in an actual class. He was just glad he wouldn't be having any tests on this. Although, he wouldn't put it past Professor McGonagall if she did give him a written test on the theory behind animagus forms. It was very boring, and Harry started to think that maybe these classes wouldn't be all that fun.
"Okay Harry, we will meet here again next week on Thursday, where we will discuss the forms you can take," Lupin told him.
"Do you have any questions Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall asked him.
"Yes. Just one. Is it possible to take more than one animagi form?" Harry asked her.
"It is possible, yes, but very unlikely. Only those who are the strongest wizards of all time, like the four founders, are able to have more than one animagi form. So I see it highly unlikely for you to have more than one form," she answered.
"Oh, okay," Harry said to her before leaving.
He decided not to go right back to the common room, but instead to go to the library. He wanted to go into the restricted section and look at some of the books. He entered the library and went over to the restricted section in the very back of the library where it was very dark.
"What do you think you're doing in these parts of the library Mr. Potter?" Madame Pince asked from behind him. Harry pulled out the note and gave it to Madame Pince, who read it out loud. "I, Professor Remus Lupin, do hereby grant Mr. Harry Potter the privileges to use the restricted section of the Hogwarts library for researching purposes," she read it out, "Well, carry on then." She walked away and into a far corner of the library, where he could no longer see her. He went down one of the many rows of books, and started to look at the titles of the books. He could barely see, for there was only one candle around this row that was illuminating it.
"Lumos," he muttered and his wand tip lit up.
He searched through the books, looking for something that interested him. He eventually found a book and took it out to one of the tables. It was entitled "Magic Without the Wand". Harry thought this would definitely help him prepare for any attack by Voldemort. He began the book, and looked at the table of contents.
Animagus Forms.......................Page 1
Elemental Magic........................Page 231
Wandless Magic.........................Page 473
Magic of the Gem....................Page 696
"I could use this," Harry thought as he took it. Madame Pince stopped him at the door.
"Where do you think you're going with that?" she asked. He pulled out the note again and showed her the other side which allowed him to borrow any book for up to four weeks at a time. "Very well. Let me see that book," she said to him. He showed her the book.
"You can't read that, can you?" she asked, looking confused.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be able to? It is written in plain English," he told her.
"No it's not. It's written in a type of runic symbol method," she told him. He left out the door in a hurry, not wanting to talk to her anymore. He took the book to the common room and showed it to Hermione.
"Harry, it is written in runic symbols. I don't even know how to read this," Hermione told him.
"But, I can read it just fine," he told her.
"Well, I don't know how. Unless you're some sort of super genius," she said to him as she snorted. She thought it was very funny that he was some sort of super genius.
"Well, I'll look at it again tomorrow. I'm kind of tired," he told her before going up to his bed. He laid down in his bed and thought about the book. He thought about how he could possibly understand it if it was written in such a complex system of runic symbols. He fell asleep thinking of this, and when he woke up in the morning, it was just the right time for breakfast.
He went down to the Great Hall with Hermione and Ron. Hermione kept shooting awkward glances his way, no doubt because of him being able to read such complex symbols. He ate his breakfast, which was considerably more than he normally ate. He looked at the Daily Prophet, looking for any articles that interested him. He found one that greatly interested him.
Break in at Gringotts!
Yesterday, Thursday, there was a break in at Gringotts, seven men were trying to break open vault 713, and finally succeeded, but when they did, they found that the vault had already been emptied. They ran out of the bank and got away. Nobody saw who they were. This has made the goblins very mad, and they have all promised to secure the area better now. This has been the second break-in in a matter of seven years.
For more information, turn to page 3.
"Wow! Hermione, read this article!" he told her. She read it and gasped as she read the title.
"Hold on, vault 713? That's the vault that Lupin and Tonks took something out of when we went to Diagon Alley!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Hold on, that means that these seven men weren't just men. They were probably Death Eaters!" Harry said, a little loudly.
"But what could they want so much that they would want to take?" Ron asked.
"I don't know. The Sorcerer's Stone was already destroyed, so I don't know," Hermione told him.
"The Sorcerer's Stone...Wait! Vault 713 was where the Sorcerer's Stone was being kept in my first year! I remember it! But, that couldn't have been the Sorcerer's Stone. One, it was destroyed, and two, the object Lupin and Tonks took out was nowhere near the size and shape of the Sorcerer's Stone," Harry told them.
"Yeah," Hermione agreed.
"Well, we better get off to Care of Magical Creatures!" Ron exclaimed and they got up to leave.
They left through the giant oak doors of the school and set off through the schoolyard towards Hagrid's hut for Care of Magical Creatures. It was very foggy out, and they could barely see where they were going. But they did manage to make their way to class, without getting lost in the thick fog. They were the only three students in the class.
"Well then guys, it's just us, so, let's err...get started," Hagrid told them when they arrived. They were astonished by the fact that they were the only ones in the class. "Well then, we will be starting today," he continued, rather nervously. He fidgeted through his notes, trying to find something. He began to talk about a mystical creature called a porgybess. "They do speak English rather well, and are very smart. They are very easily persuaded and will do most anything you tell them. They have very sharp claws, razor sharp teeth, and are much stronger than the average human. Of course, I'm not an average human," he said, laughing at the last part. Harry could tell Hagrid was trying to make his class as fun as possible. "Now guys, I will not give you any homework ALL year, as I know you have a lot to do, and Harry, could you please enter my hut once I'm done talking," he told them. He dismissed them and Harry went inside Hagrid's hut, waiting for him to walk in.
Hagrid entered and then got them both a cup of tea, before sitting opposite Harry.
"Yes, Hagrid?" Harry said, wanting to know what Hagrid needed to tell him.
"Well Harry, there's a meeting tomorrow night in Dumbledore's office and he wanted me to let you know that you are welcome to come in. Also, he has asked me to administer the test on you, so I am willing to do that err...now, if you'd like," Hagrid told him.
"Sure, what is the test?" Harry asked him.
"Well, it's this thing, I have to make a mark on your skin. If the mark stays, then you are considered trustworthy to the Order. If not, then we cannot let you in. It is how we know when a meeting is being called. It's sort of like the Dark Mark," Hagrid told him, pulling out a big metal object.
"Sure, I guess we could do that now," Harry told him.
"Alright, here goes," Hagrid said, he took the metal object and put it against the shoulder of Harry. Harry winced in pain, for it felt like his flesh was melting off. "I know it hurts Harry, just calm down. It'll be over soon," Hagrid told him. Harry sat there, trying to deal with the pain. In fifteen minutes, the pain had gone away, and the mark had stayed. "Well Harry, this proves it, you're an official member of the Order of the Phoenix! Well, I'll see ya tonight," Hagrid said.
"Just one thing, Hagrid, what did happen to Grawp?" Harry asked.
"Well, you see, err...how can I put this? Let's see...well, when a male giant isn't around any female giants for a while, it sort of goes wild. Grawp ran off and is on his way back to his homeland, in search of a nice female giant friend," Hagrid told him.
"Oh, I see," Harry said, "Well, I'll see ya later Hagrid!" Harry said and he went out the doors, heading for the common room.
He entered the common room and went up to his dormitory to read some of his book. He was going to start at the beginning. Animagus forms. He laid there in his bed, reading the book, still pondering the question of how he knew how to read these ancient symbols. They did not look like symbols to him. He looked at the page and saw words, he hadn't even noticed that they were runic symbols. He began reading that first section, wanting to know all he could about animagi forms. He read all about them, getting fifty pages into the book, before sitting it down and going to the Great Hall for dinner with Ron and Hermione. Except Ron and Hermione weren't there. So he decided to go sit with Ginny.
"Hey Ginny," Harry said, sitting next to her.
"Hey Harry!" she said excitedly. "Ready for tryouts tomorrow?" she asked him.
"Oh, of course!" he lied, he had forgotten all about the tryouts. He hurriedly ate all his dinner and headed back to the common room for some sleep. He had a long day ahead of him.
Harry and the rest all headed off towards the classroom, happy as could be. There weren't a lot of other people taking the class. It was just Harry, Hermione, Ron, Stefanie, Dean, Seamus, Parvati, and Lavender. They were happy that no Slytherins were taking it. Lupin and Tonks came into the room, laughing about something.
"Good morning. It's nice to see you all. My name is Professor Lupin, and this is my assistant, Professor Tonks," Lupin told them all.
"Hello!" Tonks said, obviously happy about the class as well, "Hey Harry!"
"Hey Tonks," Harry responded, not as enthusiastically. He thought Tonks was cool, but he was just too tired to be overly happy at the moment.
"Today we will be starting to learn a new shield spell. Very complex," Lupin told them. Harry could hear groans from people, not wanting to do anything complex. Harry, however, was very excited about this. He could make use of an advanced shield spell. With Voldemort after him and everything, it would probably be useful. "Infragilis Contego. That is the shield. Just shout out Infragilis Contego, make swift wand movement like this," Lupin said, demonstrating how to move the wand just right. "And then the shield will appear. The more you practice, the faster it will begin to appear."
"Infragilis Contego!" Harry shouted out. A yellow-orange string-like substance shot out of the tip of his wand. It gradually turned into a sphere around Harry, closing him in, completely. He kept his wand up, because if he were to let go, the shield would break. Harry could see people chatting and talking, but could not hear anything but his own thoughts. Professor Lupin signaled for him to stop, and he gladly did so.
"Very good, Harry. If you practice more, the shield will begin to form in only a matter of two seconds," Lupin told him.
"Thanks," Harry said.
"Why don't you try it again?" Tonks suggested. Harry did so.
"Infragilis Contego!" Harry shouted out. The same yellow-orange string-like substance shot out of his wand. It gradually turned into a sphere shape around Harry, closing him in. It had grown a little faster this time since Harry knew that he had to concentrate very much on it. He saw people watching him, pointing at him and murmuring things to the people next to them, although the images were kind of blurry. Everything looked a little orange and yellow. Lupin signaled for him to stop. He did so, since the shield seemed to have been draining every ounce of energy out of him.
"Good job Harry," Lupin told him.
"Class is done for today!" Tonks shouted out and everybody left except Harry.
"Hey Harry. What can I help you with?" Lupin asked him.
"Well, I was just wondering if I could get permission to research in the library using the Restricted Section," Harry told him.
"For what?" Lupin asked him.
"Well, you know, stuff," Harry told him.
"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt anything," Lupin said. He pulled out a piece of parchment and scribbled something on it. He handed it to Harry.
"Here, this should do it," Lupin said.
"Thanks Lupin," Harry said. "See ya later Lupin. See ya Tonks!"
"Bye Harry!" both Lupin and Tonks said at the same time.
Harry went right to the common room, not feeling very hungry. Ron and Hermione were already there, talking with Stefanie. It seemed as though Hermione had become pretty good friends with her.
"Hey guys," Harry said, walking into the common room.
"Oh, hey Harry," Hermione replied. Harry sat down in one of the chairs by where they were sitting, and joined in their conversation.
"I'm going to try out for Chaser," Hermione told them.
"I'm going to try out for Beater," Stefanie told them.
"Oh, okay. Are you sure?" Harry asked, not knowing whether or not they would be any good at playing Quidditch for the team.
"Yep, why?" Stefanie asked him.
"I don't know. Just curious I guess," Harry told them.
"Oh," Hermione replied. They hung out in the common room for a while, discussing Quidditch, the Hogsmeade trip, and their classes. Then Hermione brought up a question that Harry wished she hadn't asked.
"Are you starting up the D.A. again Harry? You told me you'd think about it!" Hermione said very loudly so the whole common room heard. Everybody came swarming over to where he was and crowded around him.
"Well, I don't know if I will or not," Harry told them.
"Come on Harry! Start it up again!" Dean said.
"Yeah! We need to learn that kind of thing!" Seamus yelled.
"Please Harry!" he heard basically everyone else in the common room say.
"FINE! I'll start up the D.A. again if it makes you happy! I'll be in my dormitory if anyone needs me!" he shouted out, getting up and going off to his dormitory, very angry at everyone else for pressuring him into starting up Dumbledore's Army again. He laid down on his bed and closed his eyes. He fell asleep.
He saw Voldemort. He was inside a dark chamber talking to someone who was in a hooded cloak.
"How is the plan going?" Voldemort asked.
"Very well. The boy will come," the other figure said. It was a soft, gentle, womanly voice. Harry did not know who it was though.
"Yes, the boy will come indeed," Voldemort said, followed by his regular icy-cold laugh. Harry woke up with a startle. His body was covered in sweat and he was lying on the ground of the dormitory. Ron was standing over him.
"Mate, are you okay?" Ron said, very worried.
"I...I'm fine," Harry told him, getting up.
"Are you sure? You don't look to well," Ron told him.
"I said I'm fine. I could just do with some food. Let's go on down to dinner," Harry told him.
"Alright," Ron agreed, still looking at him weird, afraid that his friend would collapse on him again. They entered the Great Hall where Hermione was sitting, talking with Ginny.
"Hey Hermione," Ron said once they sat down.
"Harry, sorry about earlier," Hermione said to Harry, totally ignoring Ron.
"It's alright Hermione. Just don't try and make me do something. I was still thinking about starting it up. But next time you want me to do something like that, please don't announce it to the whole common room," Harry told her.
"Alright Harry," Hermione said, "So, do you forgive me?"
"As long as you promise not to interfere while I'm actually teaching at the D.A. meetings," Harry told her.
"So you are starting it up again! You really are!" Hermione said out loud.
"Yep," Harry told her. "Guys, there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"Well, when I went up to the dormitory, I fell asleep. And I had a dream about Voldemort," Harry told them.
"You need to tell Dumbledore," Hermione told him.
"I knew you were going to say that. But, I don't really feel the need right at the moment. What if he's just trying to trick me again," Harry said to them.
"Well, that could be true. What happened in the dream?" Ron asked.
"Well, Voldemort was talking to one of his servants and they kept saying 'The boy will come.' I don't even know if I'm the 'boy' or not," Harry told them.
"Well, it sure seems that you are. I mean, who else would he be going after?" Ron asked.
"I'm not sure," Harry replied, "Well, I better get off to my lesson," Harry told them. He just remembered that he had Animagus training that night.
"Okay, I'll see you later Harry," Hermione told him.
"See ya Hermione. See ya Ron. See ya Ginny," Harry said to them all before walking out the giant doors of the Great Hall.
He entered the classroom to find Lupin and Professor McGonagall already there waiting for him.
"Hello Harry," Lupin said, smiling.
"Hey Lupin!" Harry replied.
"Hello Mr. Potter," Professor McGonagall said in her regularly strict, stern voice.
"Hello Professor McGonagall," Harry returned.
"Today we shall begin to find out what your form shall be, if you have any forms at all," Professor McGonagall told him.
"How do we find out?" Harry asked.
"If you would be so kind as to not interrupt me, Mr. Potter, I will tell you," Professor McGonagall told him.
"Harry, there are objects called Magus Papers. They were created in the Department of Mysteries a long time ago. They are used to find the animagus form that you can take," Lupin exclaimed.
"Okay," Harry said, "I still don't understand." Professor McGonagall went over to the desk and pulled out a sheet of aqua-blue waxy paper.
"What's that?" Harry asked her.
"We are talking about Magus papers. What do you think they are Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall said, looking at him as if he was stupid. "Now, all I need to do is get a few drops of your blood on this paper," Professor McGonagall told him.
"Okay," Harry said. He made a swift jerk with his wand towards his finger, and a cut appeared on his finger, starting to bleed. He held his finger above the paper, and watched as the blood slowly dripped from his finger, and onto the paper. He saw each drop make a splash on the paper, and then sink in. Afterwards, there was no trace of blood on the paper. He thought it was very weird. "So, how long does it take?" Harry asked.
"One week," Lupin told him.
"One week? I can't wait that long!" Harry exclaimed.
"Patience, Harry. Patience is a virtue," Professor McGonagall told him.
"Whatever," Harry said.
"Now we need to discuss some of the theory behind animagi forms," she went on. Harry sat there at the desk, taking notes. It felt like he was in an actual class. He was just glad he wouldn't be having any tests on this. Although, he wouldn't put it past Professor McGonagall if she did give him a written test on the theory behind animagus forms. It was very boring, and Harry started to think that maybe these classes wouldn't be all that fun.
"Okay Harry, we will meet here again next week on Thursday, where we will discuss the forms you can take," Lupin told him.
"Do you have any questions Mr. Potter?" Professor McGonagall asked him.
"Yes. Just one. Is it possible to take more than one animagi form?" Harry asked her.
"It is possible, yes, but very unlikely. Only those who are the strongest wizards of all time, like the four founders, are able to have more than one animagi form. So I see it highly unlikely for you to have more than one form," she answered.
"Oh, okay," Harry said to her before leaving.
He decided not to go right back to the common room, but instead to go to the library. He wanted to go into the restricted section and look at some of the books. He entered the library and went over to the restricted section in the very back of the library where it was very dark.
"What do you think you're doing in these parts of the library Mr. Potter?" Madame Pince asked from behind him. Harry pulled out the note and gave it to Madame Pince, who read it out loud. "I, Professor Remus Lupin, do hereby grant Mr. Harry Potter the privileges to use the restricted section of the Hogwarts library for researching purposes," she read it out, "Well, carry on then." She walked away and into a far corner of the library, where he could no longer see her. He went down one of the many rows of books, and started to look at the titles of the books. He could barely see, for there was only one candle around this row that was illuminating it.
"Lumos," he muttered and his wand tip lit up.
He searched through the books, looking for something that interested him. He eventually found a book and took it out to one of the tables. It was entitled "Magic Without the Wand". Harry thought this would definitely help him prepare for any attack by Voldemort. He began the book, and looked at the table of contents.
Animagus Forms.......................Page 1
Elemental Magic........................Page 231
Wandless Magic.........................Page 473
Magic of the Gem....................Page 696
"I could use this," Harry thought as he took it. Madame Pince stopped him at the door.
"Where do you think you're going with that?" she asked. He pulled out the note again and showed her the other side which allowed him to borrow any book for up to four weeks at a time. "Very well. Let me see that book," she said to him. He showed her the book.
"You can't read that, can you?" she asked, looking confused.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be able to? It is written in plain English," he told her.
"No it's not. It's written in a type of runic symbol method," she told him. He left out the door in a hurry, not wanting to talk to her anymore. He took the book to the common room and showed it to Hermione.
"Harry, it is written in runic symbols. I don't even know how to read this," Hermione told him.
"But, I can read it just fine," he told her.
"Well, I don't know how. Unless you're some sort of super genius," she said to him as she snorted. She thought it was very funny that he was some sort of super genius.
"Well, I'll look at it again tomorrow. I'm kind of tired," he told her before going up to his bed. He laid down in his bed and thought about the book. He thought about how he could possibly understand it if it was written in such a complex system of runic symbols. He fell asleep thinking of this, and when he woke up in the morning, it was just the right time for breakfast.
He went down to the Great Hall with Hermione and Ron. Hermione kept shooting awkward glances his way, no doubt because of him being able to read such complex symbols. He ate his breakfast, which was considerably more than he normally ate. He looked at the Daily Prophet, looking for any articles that interested him. He found one that greatly interested him.
Break in at Gringotts!
Yesterday, Thursday, there was a break in at Gringotts, seven men were trying to break open vault 713, and finally succeeded, but when they did, they found that the vault had already been emptied. They ran out of the bank and got away. Nobody saw who they were. This has made the goblins very mad, and they have all promised to secure the area better now. This has been the second break-in in a matter of seven years.
For more information, turn to page 3.
"Wow! Hermione, read this article!" he told her. She read it and gasped as she read the title.
"Hold on, vault 713? That's the vault that Lupin and Tonks took something out of when we went to Diagon Alley!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Hold on, that means that these seven men weren't just men. They were probably Death Eaters!" Harry said, a little loudly.
"But what could they want so much that they would want to take?" Ron asked.
"I don't know. The Sorcerer's Stone was already destroyed, so I don't know," Hermione told him.
"The Sorcerer's Stone...Wait! Vault 713 was where the Sorcerer's Stone was being kept in my first year! I remember it! But, that couldn't have been the Sorcerer's Stone. One, it was destroyed, and two, the object Lupin and Tonks took out was nowhere near the size and shape of the Sorcerer's Stone," Harry told them.
"Yeah," Hermione agreed.
"Well, we better get off to Care of Magical Creatures!" Ron exclaimed and they got up to leave.
They left through the giant oak doors of the school and set off through the schoolyard towards Hagrid's hut for Care of Magical Creatures. It was very foggy out, and they could barely see where they were going. But they did manage to make their way to class, without getting lost in the thick fog. They were the only three students in the class.
"Well then guys, it's just us, so, let's err...get started," Hagrid told them when they arrived. They were astonished by the fact that they were the only ones in the class. "Well then, we will be starting today," he continued, rather nervously. He fidgeted through his notes, trying to find something. He began to talk about a mystical creature called a porgybess. "They do speak English rather well, and are very smart. They are very easily persuaded and will do most anything you tell them. They have very sharp claws, razor sharp teeth, and are much stronger than the average human. Of course, I'm not an average human," he said, laughing at the last part. Harry could tell Hagrid was trying to make his class as fun as possible. "Now guys, I will not give you any homework ALL year, as I know you have a lot to do, and Harry, could you please enter my hut once I'm done talking," he told them. He dismissed them and Harry went inside Hagrid's hut, waiting for him to walk in.
Hagrid entered and then got them both a cup of tea, before sitting opposite Harry.
"Yes, Hagrid?" Harry said, wanting to know what Hagrid needed to tell him.
"Well Harry, there's a meeting tomorrow night in Dumbledore's office and he wanted me to let you know that you are welcome to come in. Also, he has asked me to administer the test on you, so I am willing to do that err...now, if you'd like," Hagrid told him.
"Sure, what is the test?" Harry asked him.
"Well, it's this thing, I have to make a mark on your skin. If the mark stays, then you are considered trustworthy to the Order. If not, then we cannot let you in. It is how we know when a meeting is being called. It's sort of like the Dark Mark," Hagrid told him, pulling out a big metal object.
"Sure, I guess we could do that now," Harry told him.
"Alright, here goes," Hagrid said, he took the metal object and put it against the shoulder of Harry. Harry winced in pain, for it felt like his flesh was melting off. "I know it hurts Harry, just calm down. It'll be over soon," Hagrid told him. Harry sat there, trying to deal with the pain. In fifteen minutes, the pain had gone away, and the mark had stayed. "Well Harry, this proves it, you're an official member of the Order of the Phoenix! Well, I'll see ya tonight," Hagrid said.
"Just one thing, Hagrid, what did happen to Grawp?" Harry asked.
"Well, you see, err...how can I put this? Let's see...well, when a male giant isn't around any female giants for a while, it sort of goes wild. Grawp ran off and is on his way back to his homeland, in search of a nice female giant friend," Hagrid told him.
"Oh, I see," Harry said, "Well, I'll see ya later Hagrid!" Harry said and he went out the doors, heading for the common room.
He entered the common room and went up to his dormitory to read some of his book. He was going to start at the beginning. Animagus forms. He laid there in his bed, reading the book, still pondering the question of how he knew how to read these ancient symbols. They did not look like symbols to him. He looked at the page and saw words, he hadn't even noticed that they were runic symbols. He began reading that first section, wanting to know all he could about animagi forms. He read all about them, getting fifty pages into the book, before sitting it down and going to the Great Hall for dinner with Ron and Hermione. Except Ron and Hermione weren't there. So he decided to go sit with Ginny.
"Hey Ginny," Harry said, sitting next to her.
"Hey Harry!" she said excitedly. "Ready for tryouts tomorrow?" she asked him.
"Oh, of course!" he lied, he had forgotten all about the tryouts. He hurriedly ate all his dinner and headed back to the common room for some sleep. He had a long day ahead of him.