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Chapter 8

Animagus Revelations

I woke up the next morning to a voice near my head.

'Get up lazy bones. I'd like to eat sometime today.' It was saying.

"A few more minutes, Mum." I said rolling over.

'If I'm your mum then pigs are flying outside your window.' It said laughing.

This woke me up. Looking around the room I noticed Pixie on my pillow with what had to be a cat's version of a grin.

'Oh, it's you.' I said to her. 'What do you eat?;

'The guy at the pet store always fed me Meow Mix. That stuff is pretty good.' Said Pixie.

'Whatever.' I said making a face at this. 'Let's go get your food, then.' I rolled over and got out of bed.

'You're going out of your room in that?' said Pixie as I started towards the door.

'Yeah, why not? It's six o'clock. No ones going to be up.' I said glancing at the clock.

'Whatever.' Said Pixie before jumping off my pillow and trotting out the door. Pixie practically ran down the stairs while I slowly walked down almost tripping several times. I finally managed to get down the stairs and into the kitchen without tripping or falling and hurting Pixie or myself. I got out three small bowls one I filled with water from the sink. The second one I filled with Meow Mix and the third I set on the table.

'What's the other bowl for?' asked Pixie.

'What? I'm not allowed to eat? What is this world coming to?' I said in mock offense.

'Just thought you'd want to go back to bed, not stay up.'

'Well, I'm up and down stairs already. I might as well.' I said pouring some cereal into the bowl.

'What is that stuff anyway?"

' Cereal.' I said.

'And that would be…'

'Well, this one is Cocoa Puffs which is chocolate crunchy things.'

'Right. Forget I asked. It doesn't sound very appetizing.'

'Hey! You're eating Meow Mix!' I said pouring milk into my cereal and sitting down to eat.

'Yes and it's very tasty.'

'Really?'

'Yes. Tuna and Chicken, I think.'

'At 6 o'clock in the morning? Now that is disgusting.'

'No, it isn't. It's good.'

'Whatever. If that's good to you, you can't say my Cocoa Puffs are disgusting.'

'Fine, just no dissing the Meow Mix.'

With that matter settled, Pixie and I ate in silence. Of course Pixie finished hers before I was half done with mine, so she went over to the windowsill and curled up in the sunlight.

The door quietly creaked open and someone walked in. I didn't bother turning around assuming it was Remus or maybe mum or dad. I didn't even bother checking to see if my assumption was right until Pixie said, 'Ooo look who's here, Ginny.'

'Oh joy!' I said sarcastically. 'It's mum, dad, or Remus. One of the three doesn't matter which.'

'Look up from your food for a second. You might regret wearing your pajamas down here.'

'Fine.' I said with a sigh. I finally looked up from my cereal and sawHarry rummaging around in the cupboard.

'Don't even say it.' I said back to Pixie.

'Say what? I told you so?' I just shook my head and sighed again as I went back to my cereal.

"This is going to take some getting used to." SaidHarry voice from my right. I almost jumped at suddenly hearing his voice.

"What?" I asked as soon as I got over the initial shock of hearing him speak. I don't really know why I was shocked but I was.

"You talking to cats."

"Oh, that." I said going back to my cereal.

Silence reigned again as I finished my cereal andHarry poured milk into his bowl.

'Why aren't you talking to him?' Pixie asked suddenly jumping into the chair next to me.

'Because I don't know what to talk about.' I said trying and failing, I'm sure, to hide my surprise.

'Ask him about his summer or something.' Said Pixie sounding a bit annoyed.

' I already know that his summer was crappy. I'll ask just for you though.'

"Pixie wold like to know how your summer was." I said in English turning to Harry.

Harryrolled his eyes and replied, "Crappy."

'See! I told you so.' I said grinning at Pixie who scrowled (if cat's can, that's what it looked like).

'Fine, but I'd like to know details since you dragged me into this.' Said Pixie looking smug as I groaned.

'I'll ask, but you'll be lucky if he says anything. Ron and Helen can't even get him to tell them what happens at his uncle's house over the summer.'

"Pixie would like to know details." I said (In English) rolling my eyes.

"Okay… I had to stay with the Dursley's all summer till about a week ago. I did the chores for them, cooked for them and stayed out of their way as much as possible, but that's about my whole summer." SaidHarry watching Pixie with mild amusement as she flicked her tail back and forth while liking her paw. "Is she even listening?"

"Of course, she is." I said shooting a glare at Pixie who looked up from her paw and said, 'What?' in an attempt at an innocent voice.

' I said of course you're listening, because you wouldn't ever not be listening to how Harry's summer went.' I paused for a second as Pixie just looked at me. 'You know you could be a little less obvious about trying to match us up, Pix.'

'Ah! But then you'd be too slow to see what I'm hinting at.'

'Whatever. What do you want to say to Harry?'

'Make something up for me.'

'Right. How about something along the lines of 'I'm sure that's not all that happened over the summer.''

'Sounds good to me. Are we going to see what type of animagi you are?'

' As soon as you let me stop talking.'

'Okay, okay. I just thought that you'd be really nervous that you wouldn't become an animagi at all.'

'I am nervous. I guess I'm just hiding it.'

'Oh, okay.'

I rolled my eyes and turned again to Harry. "She said she's sure that's not all that happened over the summer."

At this, he looked a bit apprehensive and I worried that I might have hit a sensitive subject, like Sirius' death or something. However, he did reply with, "That was a long conversation for just that answer."

I blushed. "Well, we talked about other things too."Harry raised an eyebrow, but nodded and I got up to put my utensils in the sink.

'Come on Pix. We'll go now.' I said. "See you later, Harry."

With that, I walked out of the kitchen with Pixie trotting on my heels. On the way up the stairs, I passed Remus who stopped me to ask if I'd started the 'project.' When I nodded he grinned and asked me if it'd be all right if he came up in about fifteen minutes. I nodded again and grinned before dashing up the last flight of stairs and into my room.

'What took you so long?' asked Pixie jumping onto my bed.

'I stopped to talk to Remus for a bit while you dashed off.' I said walking over to the bed.

'Fine. Just hurry up and open the passageway.' Said Pixie

'This is somewhat backwards. I'm the one who is supposed to be excited not you.' I said. I said the password and opened the door, which happened to still be 'Harry' as I hadn't had time to change it yet. Pixie jumped through the opening, ran across the room and jumped onto the desk.

I was finally beginning to get nervous.

'Pixie, could you look at the parchment and tell me what it says?' I asked.

'NO! Be a true Gryffindor and read it yourself."

'Fine, no need to be so rude.'

I could have sworn Pixie rolled her eyes but I ignored her and crossed the room to the desk. I took a deep breath and glanced at the parchment.

I gasped.

'What's wrong? Tell me what it says.' Demanded Pixie.

'Hold your horses.'

I quickly scanned the parchment, which was covered with writing. It looked to be a list of animals from a to z. at least the first animal started with an a and the last one I could see was a zebra. The list included lots of magical creatures and some that I'd never heard of before such as Black unicorns, Shadow foxes, Fire Wolves and Thunderbirds. On a hunch I glanced at the certain sections, that Charlie would have been proud of and gasped. I had been right on the list were Ice Dragons, Chinese Fireballs and Hungarian Horntails just to name a few.

'Are you going to tell me what it says or not?' asked Pixie.

'Oh! Yea… It says just about every animal from a-z..' I said sitting down in an armchair

Fifteen minutes later, there was a knock at my door.

"Come in!" I yelled. Remus entered and automatically walked into the secret room.

"Did it work?"

"See for yourself." I said motioning towards the desk where the piece of parchment lay.

Remus walked over and grabbed the parchment off the desk. His back was toward me, I frowned. I couldn't see his reaction if he didn't face me.

"Holy Crap!" Ah, well I guess I didn't have to wait that long for a reaction.

"Is that a good holy crap or a bad one?" I asked still sitting in my chair.

"Good." Said Remus still looking at the parchment. "You're an animorphagus and a natural one at that."

"I understand the animorphagus part, but what do you mean natural?"

"A natural animagus doesn't need to spend years working on theory to become an animagus. They can change as soon as they fiure out what their form is."

The room went silent for a bit as I thought this over.

"so what you're saying is that I could change into any on of these animals right now?" I asked pointing to the parchment that Remus had just set down on the desk.

Remus nodded.

"How do I transform?"

"I believe you just have to concentrate on a certain animal, but only one at a time." Remus paused. "Why don't you try the cat first?"

I nodded and shut my eyes. After a few seconds, I felt my body transform. It didn't hurt and it didn't feel normal. It was like icewater was rushing through my body.

Once this sensation was over, I opened my eyes to an enlarged world. Remus looked to be about twelve feet tall. I ran clumsily on all fours over to the mirror.

'It worked!' I said to no one in particular. I had transformed into a beautiful ginger cat with brown eyes.

'No shit, Sherlock.' Said Pixie.

I shut my eyes and concentrated again; this time on my human form. This time the transformation was faster and the feeling wasn't so odd. Although, it still felt like ice water rushing through my body. I opened my eyes again and looked into the mirror. I saw the same face that had stared back at me everyday for years.

"Can I try another form Remus?" I asked turning around to face him. Remus glanced at his watch.

"Sure, just don't loose track of time and be careful. I can't stay. Molly wanted me to help her with something or another."

I nodded and Remus walked out through the entry. I crossed the room again and grabbed the parchment.

'Which one next, Pix?' I asked.

'Something neat, but not too big.' Said Pixie.

'Duh!'

'How about the mouse?'

'No! You'd eat me!'

'No, I wouldn't but you could leave here without anyone suspecting too much.'

'True, but I could do the same with a bird.'

'Fine, do the bird then.'

I shut my eyes and concentrated on the sparrow form. Again, the ice water feeling came back, but last for about a second before going away. I tested my wings with a few flaps and small hops.

'Here goes.' I said not really thinking if anyone could hear me.

'Whoa… I can still here you.' Said Pixie just as I was about to take off causing me to stop mid-jump and fall on my face.

'Thanks oh so much for that Pix.' I said getting up. Suddenly another thought hit me like a humongous hammer to the head. Crookshanks. Oh well, I'll deal with that if need be and Pixie would help. Wouldn't she? Still hesitating slightly, I took off. Flying came pretty easy, but I got the feeling my arms would be very sore in the morning.

'Where are we going?' asked Pixie not long after I had taken off.

'I don't know yet. Just follow me.' I circled around her head once letting the tip of my wing brush her ear gently. 'Let's go.'

With that I flew out the passageway and into my room. Pixie raced after me. For a while it scared me. But then, I figured what the heck, I'm a bird. I'll just fly a bit higher. So I did. And almost ran into a doorframe. Scratch that, I almost flew into it not ran.

After that near collision, I flew out into the hall and spied a partially open door. Harry's door to be exact. This was my chance but yet I hesitated a bit. Then I steeled myself and continued flying quickly towards the door, relaying my spur-of-the-moment plan to Pixie as I flew. After all I am Gred and Forge's sister. Right?

'Fine, just no dissing the Meow Mix.' I love that part!

I do love cliffies... I think they encourage people to review more.. (HINT HINT!)

Sorry about that REALLY REALLY long delay by the way, but i was considering stopping this fic. lucky for you i decided that i couldn't do that, even if one person was reading it and that was out of pity...