Harry Weasley
Chapter Thirty-One: The First Victim
The friends were going through the books quite well, and Harry was meeting with the Headmaster on Friday nights to find out more about what his powers might be. Harry had already found out that he was a natural Ani-Magi of the Phoenix, and that all he needed to do was practice. He also found out that he could not only speak with Snakes, but also with all Magical Beings. He learned that since he was a natural Ani-Magi, he didn't have to register that one as it, but if he decided to become another kind, which he found that he could a lot easier than others, he would have to register it. They had discussed whether he should at least go through the formalities of figuring out what he wanted to be, and that his friends were going to want to do this also, the headmaster said that it should be all right, but he would discuss it with McGonagall first to see if she would supervise them in doing it. He found out that he had an affinity with animals and the Dark Arts. Harry was going to be learning not how to do the Dark Arts, but how to defeat them.
A week later, while the group was in the library studying, Dumbledore called them up to his office. When they got there, they were told to come in and take a seat. There were two other people in the room besides them and Dumbledore. Professor McGonagall was there with her stern look as usual, and there was a representative of the ministry, who introduced himself as Marcus Deschutes, head of Ani-Magi registration. He told them that he was there to get their paperwork filled out, and will be back when they were ready to be tested and licensed to be ani-magi. Harry told him that he was ready, that he had already been certified as a natural Ani-Magi, and that he wanted to be tested for his second form. "Don't worry Professor Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Mr Deschutes, I haven't been practicing anything besides my natural form, but as my friends can attest to, my second form seems to want to come out. They can see it in the background as a shadow when I transform into my Phoenix form." Harry had a smile on his face at the shocked looks on the others face. He knew that they were going to be even more surprised when they found out what his second form is.
"Ok Mr. Weasley, just sign these papers here, and we can go ahead and test you if you think that you're ready." Mr. Deschutes also handed the paperwork to the others to fill out and sign. Then handed them to Professor McGonagall to sign as the Ani-Magi trainer, and then to the headmaster to give his signature. When all the papers were in order, he turned to Harry and said. "Well Mr. Weasley, if you can show me what your other form is, we can get this over with quickly."
Harry stood there with a smile on his face and transformed first into his Phoenix form to show that he can do that, and to show what he was talking about his shadow in the background. He concentrated and brought the second form to the front of his conscience, and transformed into it. To say that the adults were surprised, would be a understatement. He turned into a beautiful golden griffon, that was the perfect size for the office. Harry then turned back to himself and explained that he read that he could change the size to any size that he wanted to fit the circumstances.
The tester congratulated Harry on his transformation, and put his seal of approval on his Ani-Magi license, telling Harry that he was now officially licensed as a registered Ani-Magi, handing him his card saying so. "Now the rest of you, if you can learn that quickly, I suspect that I will be back here within the next couple of weeks." He left with a good by to the adults, and without even looking at the paperwork. He suspected, but didn't want to make sure of it til he was in his office, that where he thought that it would be blank, it would show what each of them would be becoming. He expected great things from Harry Weasley and his friends, and he was glad that they were on the side of the good.
"The rest of you will be meeting with me once a week until we can figure out what you all are going to become, then we will meet three times a week til we get it done." McGonagall looked at her students with pride, and was not only shocked, but had even more pride for them when Hermoine told her that they already went through the process finding out what they were to become, and just needed her help with the transformation.
"Well I suppose that this shouldn't even take a week, if you all want to meet me every night to do this. It is Monday night now, if we start tomorrow with this, we will be able to have you all tested by next Monday night. How does that sound to you all?"
They all gave a cheer over this, and were all talking to themselves when Dumbledore gave a wink to Harry of congratulations. "Now may I ask what each of you have found out to be your forms?"
"Sure headmaster, we would love to tell you all what we are to become." Hermoine handed him a list of the different types of creatures that they are becoming, it also included Harry's so that he could keep a list for future references.
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The List
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Draco Malfoy : Form: Dragon Abilities: Flight and Magical
Dudley Dursley :Form: Pegasus Abilities: Land Flight and Magical
Ginny Weasley: Form: Great Dane: Abilities: Land
Harry Weasley : Form: Phoenix : Abilities: Flight Magical (natural form)
Form: Golden Gryphon Abilities: Flight Magical
Hermoine Granger: Form: Otter Abilities: Swimming and Water
Luna Lovegood: Form: Unicorn: Abilities: Land and Magical
Neville Longbottom Form: Penguin Abilities: Land, Water, Swimming
Pansy Parkinson Form: Dolphin Abilities: Water and Swimming
Ron Weasley Form: Seagull Abilities: Flight
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"Well what do you think? Do you like the wide variety of creatures that you will have at you disposal if needed in an attack? We are all willing to help protect the school if needed sir, we just ask that you give us some leniancy in what we may do in our protecting, and in our training. I know that might be a lot to ask, but we feel that we are the ones that will be the main force in protecting the school in case of an attack." Harry looked at his headmaster and mentor in the eye letting him know that he knew what he was talking about.
"Ok your group will have some lee way in what your training will be like for this. I trust that you won't let it go crazy, and make me regret my decision. Now off to bed for the nine of you, it's getting late, and you have classes tomorrow." The nine students made their way down out of the headmaster's office, and to their dorms. As they passed the girls bathroom that Hermoine had hid in the year before, they noticed that there was water flooding from under the door, and that there was something written on the wall above the pool. It read, "Beware, the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The Heir of Slytherin has returned. Beware, for death will only follow the Heir." Under the note, was Mrs. Norris laying there stiff as a board. Harry bent down to check her out, just as Mr. Filch came around the corner to see what was wrong. When he saw Harry bent over his cat, he went hysterical.
"You killed her, you never liked her, now she's dead. Your going to be expelled for this one Weasley." While he was ranting, McGonagall and Dumbledore came up and looked at the cat.
"Don't worry Argus, she's just petrified. She's not dead. We can bring her back, but we need to make a potion, that will take a while. Now you nine get back to your dorms like you were heading to, and not a word of this to any of the student's, we don't want to cause a panic now do we." They made their way to their dorms quietly, and none of them took notice that Ginny was more pale than the rest of them.