AuthorsNote: Here's my rewrite... I would also like to give my thanks to lilyeyes for her ideas and her work. :)

Disclaimer: I own nothing whatsoever, all rights go to J.K. Rowling.

Chapter 3

Animagi Harry

"That was stupid." Harry said out loud rolling his eyes as nothing happened after James finished the enchanted words. That's when all four marauders looked his way.

'They couldn't have heard me could they? That would be impossible!'

Harry got his answer as Peter gasped and pointed his finger at him.

"James! We did it!" Sirius said getting up from his seat and rushing towards Harry.

"Yeah…but why does he look like me so much?" James asked as Harry backed into the wall as Sirius's eagerness was startling him a bit too much.

"You're scaring him Padfoot!" Remus said as Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Sorry mom." Sirius said sarcastically.

'No way! This didn't happen with Tom Riddles diary!' Harry thought as the group kept staring at him impressed at what they've done.

"Can we not focus the attention on me please?" Harry asked uneasy, but the group just smiled at him instead.

"Welcome young lad, I'm Sirius Black as known as Padfoot, this is James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew." Sirius said bowing to him as the others smirked. "You know all about us though, don't you?" James asked him smirking.

"Yeah." Harry whispered. 'You're all dead, except Remus and Peter.' Harry sighed as he leaned against the wall.

The marauders gave him a questioning look at his behavior, but before they could say anything, they heard movements from down stairs. "Dumbledore." Remus whispered as he and the others rushed to cleaned up their mess.

"Here." James threw his invisibility cloak over Harry and pushed him into a different room in a messy closet.

"Stay here until we come back." James said.

"You want me to stay in a closet?" Harry asked him.

"Just until we leave. Dumbledore can't find out about you. We'll be back." And with that James rushed out the room.

Harry could hear some muffled talking through the closet door. "What have you boys been doing? Hiding out I supposes?" Dumbledore asked them.

"We don't know what you're talking about Professor, we were just hanging out here and how did you know we were in the shrieking shack anyway?" Remus asked him as Albus chuckled.

"A anonymous tip." Dumbledore replied.

"More like Snvellius." Sirius muttered.

"Still, why aren't you serving your detentions with Professor Mcgonagall?" Albus asked ignoring Sirius comment.

"We were…just hanging out Professor, we'll do them now." James replied. "And as head boy Remus, I hope you make sure they do so." Albus said. Harry could hear the door closing as footsteps were descending down the stairs.

After they were gone Harry walked around the rooms in the shrieking shack waiting for the marauders to come back. He couldn't believe his luck! I mean he has a chance to meet his dad and see his godfather again! He didn't even know how to react.

A part of him wanted to cry and the other part of him wanted to tell them what a traitor Peter was, but then Hermione's words kept popping into his head. 'You can't change the past, present, or future Harry! It's against the rules!' In the end he decided he would just read since he had nothing else to do.

The book was called 'Animagi: People Who Can Turn Into Animals'

Harry could hear voices in the room, but he pretended that he was still sleeping so he could hear what was going on.

"How long does the spell last again till he goes back Moony?" Sirius asked.

"Two weeks." Remus replied; Harry could feel him staring at him, just like the others.

"He looks sweet like that doesn't he? Sleeping like that?" Remus asked him.

"I guess." Peter whispered.

"What's that book in his hands?" James asked sliding the book out of Harry's hands, "Ah…Animagi." James replied.

"Hey!" Sirius shouted making everybody jump including Harry.

"Sorry about that mate." Sirius said grinning as the others rolled their eyes.

"I was just thinking that you could become a animagous like us! What do you say?" Sirius asked him as the boys nodded their heads in agreement except Remus whom looked skeptical.

"Come on Moony, the full moon is almost nearing!" Sirius said than gasped as if realizing something.

"Padfoot!" Remus said angry. Harry just laughed at them as the group looked shocked.

"Come on, give me some credit here. I do remember telling, well writing to you that Remus lent me his journal, diary, whatever. So that would indicate that I know him wouldn't it?" Harry asked slouching on the chair he was sleeping on as everybody relaxed a bit.

"You know that am a werewolf?" Remus asked him.

"You're a werewolf? I thought you guys were saying he was a vampire!" Harry said pretending to look scared, as the others looked frightened at Harry.

"Relax, I was joking!" Harry said laughing as the marauders looked ready to kill him.

"Well…what's your name?" Remus asked him.

"Harry." He replied.

"Harry what?" Sirius asked eager.

"Just Harry." Harry smirked when Sirius rolled his eyes.

"That's all it would say on the map to, the last part of his name had a question mark." Peter said as Remus read through the Animagi book.

"I guess that's what's expected. I mean he's not even born yet." Remus replied.

"Can I become a animagi to?" Harry asked them eagerly.

"Course!" Sirius said grinning generally.

"What do I have to do?" Harry asked them.

The next day was spent with the Marauders trying to teach Harry how to become an animagi. Half an hour later into it, Harry and Remus sat over piles and piles of books on animagi that Remus had got from the library on the restricted area. They were in the Shrieking shack now.

"If you want to be an animagi you must ask yourself the following questions: What animal do I want to change into? Why do I want to become an Animagi? Do I need to do this? What would I do once changed into my animal? Have you already answered these questions?" Remus asked Harry.

"Course I have, I think it's important that I become an animagi for battle purpose. It would be a big gain for me if I have the upper hand in things." Harry replied while James looked puzzled at Harry. James was sitting on the floor next to the two reading over things.

"Battle? Have you already been in a battle? Are you in one right now?" James asked him.

"Not necessarily, I'm not at home now am I? It's of no concern to you anyway." Harry replied shrugging.

"What! You can't just—"

"James." Remus said giving him a look and shaking his head while James huffed in annoyance.

"What kind of animagi do you want to be?" Remus asked Harry.

"I was thinking of something very fast like, a jaguar, or a lion, or even a centaur." Harry replied grinning.

"An Animagus can change into the form of an animal of your willingly choosing. The magic for this transformation is complicated and very advanced, and very few Wizards even attempt it. The Ministry of Magic keeps a registry of known Animagi because of the potential for misuse of this skill. When a Wizard transforms into their animal form, some visual clue typically connects that form to the human." Remus continued reading from the book on his lap.

"But you guys aren't registered." Harry replied while Remus smirked along with James.

"No they're not, but nobody is going to find out about that." Remus replied.

"Okay, what is your trigger? What makes you change into your animal? What do you have to do to change into your animal? Some close their eyes and think of their animal, others tell themselves to change, its whatever works for you! You have been going through all the lessons; I think it is time to see if you can do it!

I want you to try and change into an animal, find your trigger. Once you do it, change back into your human self. If you cannot do it on the first try, that is fine, keep trying until you can change (even if its just for a few seconds)." James told Harry.

Harry did as he was told and closed his eyes. 'This is stupid… I don't know what I was thinking, I probably don't have all the right things to become an animagi like dad.'

"I can't do it." Harry replied sighing as he opened his eyes.

"You didn't even try!" James exclaimed taken aback.

"Harry… what's the problem?" Remus asked him.

"I don't know, I guess I'm just not feeling it anymore." Harry replied.

"It's probably just that you're not entirely sure what animal you want to be." James replied in deep thought.

'What animal do I really want to be?' Harry thought to himself than stared at James than back to Remus as he looked paler than usual.

"You can do if you try Harry… that is if you want to be one, nobody is pressuring you." Remus replied smirking as Harry then closed his eyes.

'I guess I want to be—'

"Bloody brilliant!" Sirius said coming into the room along with Peter caring bags of snacks.

"Is that Harry?" Peter asked walking timidly towards…

"Wow! Harry is a wolf!" James exclaimed scratching the back of the wolf's ears as it closed its eyes and wagging his tail.

Harry's wolf form had pure white fur and dazzling emerald eyes, though he still had the lightning marking in the middle of his forehead. He was rather big, too. Strong enough to break the marauders arm, he decided. Not that he wanted to, well maybe Peter.

"Think of yourself as a human," Peter explained noticing Harry was wining about something.

"It took me two weeks to transform, and that was good time! But like twenty and a
half hours for you?!" Sirius exclaimed.

Harry just shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm special, what can I say?" Harry replied smirking.

"Special! Special! You must the first person in—"

"A century." Remus finished.

All Harry could do was smile.