A/N: I'm back from my vacation in Luxembourg and it ROCKED. But here's the
new chapter of Things Changed.
Chapter 4 Animal Form Troubleshooting
~*~ Normal POV ~*~
"Welcome to NEWT level Transfiguration class. I have high expectations from all of you." McGonagall said, eying Ron during the last bit.
~ Why is she looking at me like that? ~ Ron asked.
~ I think she remembered your accident with the animal into goblet transformation in our second year ~ Hermione replied.
~ Bugger ~ Ron growled. ~ Yes indeed. Your goblet ended up with fur and a tail ~Harry added.
"Now class, we'll begin with an interesting subject, Animagi. What you have learned about them in third year was only the beginning. In this lesson you will learn a spell which will reveal what your animagi form would be if you try to become one. But if the spell is performed on someone who is already an animagus that spell would force that person to transform into his of her animagi form" McGonagall explained.
~ Umm guys? I think we've got a problem ~ Harry thought.
~ Really Snitch? Whatever gave you that idea ~Ron replied sarcastically.
~ Guys, shut the fuck up and listen to McGonagall! She might give us a way out. ~ Hermione snapped.
~ Mist's right. And if McGonagall doesn't give us a way out we'll just have to fail. ~ Audrey added.
~ Great, fail our first assignment. ~ Harry growled.
~ I don't think that McGonagall would buy the fact that Mist and Nova failed something in transfiguration ~ Ron thought.
~ We'll see. ~ Hermione said.
By know McGonagall had finished her speech about the dangers of becoming an animagus without proper guidance. "The spell to reveal your animagi form is *Videre Forma Animagi Vere*. You'll pair up in groups of four and perform the spell on each other." she finished. Harry and co. paired up.
"So what are we going to do?" Harry asked.
"Give me a second. Nova, quickly! Go thorough your transfig book, chapters one through ten and I'll do the rest of them. We should be able to find an alternative spell." Hermione said.
"Right!" Audrey replied.
The two of them started to go through their books like mad. After a couple of minutes Audrey stopped and grinned.
"I've got it, the spell is *Videre Forma Animagi Imagines*!" she exclaimed.
"All right, good work Nova." Hermione said.
"Okay, let's do this." Harry said.
He pointed his wand at Ron, Who pointed his wand at Hermione while she pointed hers at Audrey who in her turn pointed her wand at Harry. "On the count of three" Harry said. "One" Ron began. "Two" Hermione added. "Three" Harry and Audrey finished. "Videre Forma Animagi Imagines" the four of them said together.
In front of them there appeared a swirling mist and it changed into four animals they knew all too well; a dog, a panther, a wolf and a fox.
McGonagall walked over. "Very good" she said appraisingly. "You're the first group to succeed five pints to each of you" she smiled and walked to another group of students. "Well that went good, she didn't notice that we used a different spell." Harry said. The rest of the class went by without any more trouble.
The bell rang (a/n does Hogwarts have a bell?) to signal end of classes. Harry and co. packed their stuff and were about to leave.
"Potter, Brendall, Weasley, Granger, wait a minute!" they heard McGonagall yell.
"Professor?" Hermione asked. "If you four would please follow me, professor Dumbledore want to speak with you." McGonagall said.
"Of course professor." Audrey replied. They followed her to Dumbledore's office. "Fizzing Whizzbees (sp?)" she said. The gargoyle jumped aside and the moving staircase appeared. The got on it and it took them upstairs. McGonagall opened the door to Dumbledore's office and took them inside. "Wait here. Professor Dumbledore will be with you soon." McGonagall said and left.
~ So, how long do you think we have to wait? ~ Harry asked.
~ Not too long, Dumbledore isn't someone who'll keep you waiting. ~ Hermione replied.
~ I am curious about what he called us for? ~ Audrey wondered.
~ I have no idea. Do you? ~ Ron asked Harry and Hermione.
~ No, not the slightest. ~ they replied.
~ Do you think he found out about our new abilities? ~ Harry asked worried.
~ I don't think so, but it's not impossible. ~ Hermione replied.
That was the moment Professor Dumbledore choose to walk in. "Harry, Audrey, Ron and Hermione. Good of you to come." he greeted. "You asked for us sir?" Audrey said. "Indeed I did. I suppose that you're wondering why?" he replied while smiling slightly. They nodded. "Well, it's best if we were to sit down."
They sat down. Dumbledore went behind his desk while Harry, Ron, Hermione and Audrey sat in the four chairs in front of it.
"What I want to talk to you about is no laughing matter, I'm afraid." Dumbledore began.
~ Guys I'm not being paranoid, he knows, I tell you, HE KNOWS!!! ~ Ron mentally screamed. ~ Shut Up Prowl! What'll come will come! ~ Audrey snapped at him.
"Perhaps you have notice some changes already?" Dumbledore continued. Harry and co. kept a blank look and Dumbledore continued. "By now you should have noticed an increase in your magical abilities. I know you have since the four of you performed the *Videre Forma Animagi Vere* spell without problems in one try." he said smiling at them.
"We noticed an increase in your magical abilities, but we thought it was because we were older." Hermione said, not exactly lying as they had no clue to why they were so much stronger anyway. At the same time she said that, Harry sent them all a mental message. ~ Well, at least he doesn't know that we used an alternative spell. ~
"Your powers will continue to grow this year and will reach their maximum in your last year of Hogwarts, next year." Dumbledore continued.
"But sir, why us?" Ron asked.
"That Ron, is the easy part. Have the four of you ever heard of the *Elemental Mages Prophecy*?" Dumbledore asked. Ron and Harry looked puzzled (again). But Audrey and Hermione both gasped in shock.
A/N; Well by the Gods, I think that's the first time I left something resembling a cliffhanger.
But the next chap will be up soon.
R&R.
Luv Ya'll
Nova
Next chap -- Chapter 5 - Destiny's a Bitch
Chapter 4 Animal Form Troubleshooting
~*~ Normal POV ~*~
"Welcome to NEWT level Transfiguration class. I have high expectations from all of you." McGonagall said, eying Ron during the last bit.
~ Why is she looking at me like that? ~ Ron asked.
~ I think she remembered your accident with the animal into goblet transformation in our second year ~ Hermione replied.
~ Bugger ~ Ron growled. ~ Yes indeed. Your goblet ended up with fur and a tail ~Harry added.
"Now class, we'll begin with an interesting subject, Animagi. What you have learned about them in third year was only the beginning. In this lesson you will learn a spell which will reveal what your animagi form would be if you try to become one. But if the spell is performed on someone who is already an animagus that spell would force that person to transform into his of her animagi form" McGonagall explained.
~ Umm guys? I think we've got a problem ~ Harry thought.
~ Really Snitch? Whatever gave you that idea ~Ron replied sarcastically.
~ Guys, shut the fuck up and listen to McGonagall! She might give us a way out. ~ Hermione snapped.
~ Mist's right. And if McGonagall doesn't give us a way out we'll just have to fail. ~ Audrey added.
~ Great, fail our first assignment. ~ Harry growled.
~ I don't think that McGonagall would buy the fact that Mist and Nova failed something in transfiguration ~ Ron thought.
~ We'll see. ~ Hermione said.
By know McGonagall had finished her speech about the dangers of becoming an animagus without proper guidance. "The spell to reveal your animagi form is *Videre Forma Animagi Vere*. You'll pair up in groups of four and perform the spell on each other." she finished. Harry and co. paired up.
"So what are we going to do?" Harry asked.
"Give me a second. Nova, quickly! Go thorough your transfig book, chapters one through ten and I'll do the rest of them. We should be able to find an alternative spell." Hermione said.
"Right!" Audrey replied.
The two of them started to go through their books like mad. After a couple of minutes Audrey stopped and grinned.
"I've got it, the spell is *Videre Forma Animagi Imagines*!" she exclaimed.
"All right, good work Nova." Hermione said.
"Okay, let's do this." Harry said.
He pointed his wand at Ron, Who pointed his wand at Hermione while she pointed hers at Audrey who in her turn pointed her wand at Harry. "On the count of three" Harry said. "One" Ron began. "Two" Hermione added. "Three" Harry and Audrey finished. "Videre Forma Animagi Imagines" the four of them said together.
In front of them there appeared a swirling mist and it changed into four animals they knew all too well; a dog, a panther, a wolf and a fox.
McGonagall walked over. "Very good" she said appraisingly. "You're the first group to succeed five pints to each of you" she smiled and walked to another group of students. "Well that went good, she didn't notice that we used a different spell." Harry said. The rest of the class went by without any more trouble.
The bell rang (a/n does Hogwarts have a bell?) to signal end of classes. Harry and co. packed their stuff and were about to leave.
"Potter, Brendall, Weasley, Granger, wait a minute!" they heard McGonagall yell.
"Professor?" Hermione asked. "If you four would please follow me, professor Dumbledore want to speak with you." McGonagall said.
"Of course professor." Audrey replied. They followed her to Dumbledore's office. "Fizzing Whizzbees (sp?)" she said. The gargoyle jumped aside and the moving staircase appeared. The got on it and it took them upstairs. McGonagall opened the door to Dumbledore's office and took them inside. "Wait here. Professor Dumbledore will be with you soon." McGonagall said and left.
~ So, how long do you think we have to wait? ~ Harry asked.
~ Not too long, Dumbledore isn't someone who'll keep you waiting. ~ Hermione replied.
~ I am curious about what he called us for? ~ Audrey wondered.
~ I have no idea. Do you? ~ Ron asked Harry and Hermione.
~ No, not the slightest. ~ they replied.
~ Do you think he found out about our new abilities? ~ Harry asked worried.
~ I don't think so, but it's not impossible. ~ Hermione replied.
That was the moment Professor Dumbledore choose to walk in. "Harry, Audrey, Ron and Hermione. Good of you to come." he greeted. "You asked for us sir?" Audrey said. "Indeed I did. I suppose that you're wondering why?" he replied while smiling slightly. They nodded. "Well, it's best if we were to sit down."
They sat down. Dumbledore went behind his desk while Harry, Ron, Hermione and Audrey sat in the four chairs in front of it.
"What I want to talk to you about is no laughing matter, I'm afraid." Dumbledore began.
~ Guys I'm not being paranoid, he knows, I tell you, HE KNOWS!!! ~ Ron mentally screamed. ~ Shut Up Prowl! What'll come will come! ~ Audrey snapped at him.
"Perhaps you have notice some changes already?" Dumbledore continued. Harry and co. kept a blank look and Dumbledore continued. "By now you should have noticed an increase in your magical abilities. I know you have since the four of you performed the *Videre Forma Animagi Vere* spell without problems in one try." he said smiling at them.
"We noticed an increase in your magical abilities, but we thought it was because we were older." Hermione said, not exactly lying as they had no clue to why they were so much stronger anyway. At the same time she said that, Harry sent them all a mental message. ~ Well, at least he doesn't know that we used an alternative spell. ~
"Your powers will continue to grow this year and will reach their maximum in your last year of Hogwarts, next year." Dumbledore continued.
"But sir, why us?" Ron asked.
"That Ron, is the easy part. Have the four of you ever heard of the *Elemental Mages Prophecy*?" Dumbledore asked. Ron and Harry looked puzzled (again). But Audrey and Hermione both gasped in shock.
A/N; Well by the Gods, I think that's the first time I left something resembling a cliffhanger.
But the next chap will be up soon.
R&R.
Luv Ya'll
Nova
Next chap -- Chapter 5 - Destiny's a Bitch