Three weeks later they were working on listening to other people talking while focusing on each other.
"How is Harry doing with his occlumency?" Sirius asked.
"He's doing really well. I'm in the middle right now. At this rate he's going to have it down by school." Remus answered.
"That's great! I think all he needed was the right teacher for something like that." Sirius said smiling.
When they were done they went and hung out with their parents and friends.
"I think we're almost ready to go to different places, what about you Harry?"
He nodded in agreement.
"Hey pup, Prongslet. What's going on?" Sirius said.
Harry is his pup and Matt is his Prongslet. With Remus Harry's his cub and Matt's his cubling. Remus is the alpha of the pack, the Potters and Sirius are his pack. Matt and Harry are the cubs which means it's his responsibility to protect. Until the war is over, Harry is the most protected cub.
Even though Harry was good enough to protect himself now he's still more protected. They were trying to talk Lilly into letting them become an animagus to try and help each other.
She had been thinking about what James had said about it. She talked to some of her friends and they finally got her to agree.
"I was talking to Anna earlier and she talked me into agreeing with your idea about these two being animagus." she said after dinner.
The three Marauders smiled.
"Alright, wanna start tonight?" James asked.
The twins looked at each nodded.
"We're up!" they said together.
"Let's go then." Sirius said.
They smiled and went to the library.
When they got there Remus found the book. "Alright, here we go. 'How to become an animagus'. Step one, get the ingredients for the potion."
So James went and got the ingredients and Sirius got a cauldron and set it up. While they made the potion Sirius, Remus and their dad told them about the beginning. Remus said that at one point Sirius was still in half his dog form. They burst out laughing.
"Hey, give me a break, it was only our fifth try!"
About half an hour later it was all set.
"Part two, when you drink it you will lose sight for three minutes and feel it, hear it's sound, find out how big it will be when you feel it's strength and get a picture of it."
They nodded and drank it. While they were seeing what they'll be the other three watched.
"I think since they have a patronus already that's going to be their animagus." Sirius said.
Remus looked at the book to see if he would find out.
"Yeah, the book says if you already have a patronus then like you become an animagus first you're patronus will be that."
Three minutes later they snapped out of it.
"So, what do we have?" James asked.
Harry was a stag and Matt was a fox.
"My animagus is a stag like my patronus." Harry said.
"And I'm a fox like my patronus." Matt said.
"Alright, let's see it."
"Part three, focus on the picture you saw in your mind."
So they focused on their shape and got them. Harry was a shorter version of James and Matt was a red fox with white at the end of his tail. When they switched back to their human form they smiled.
"So, what do you think?" Harry asked.
"You, Harry look exactly like your dad in both sides of you." Sirius said.
He smiled. "What about me?" Matt said.
"Very red with a white tail end." James said.