A/N: Lelouch is a Gryffindor because that is where his sister went. He loves his sister. End of argument.
Chapter 6 Transfiguration
Afternoon arrived at Hogwarts. Everyone talked about what happened to Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris. Transfiguration class had just ended with a discussion on the Banishing Charm. Lelouch had been reading in class when he came along to the Homorphous Charm, the spell to turn an Animagus or a transfigured back into its original shape. Lelouch committed the charm to memory in case anything bad happened today. Unfortunately (not for him since he didn't care) Gryffindor lost 5 House Points due to his reading in class.
He found Nunally and escorted her to the Whomping Willow. He found C2 and Suzaku waiting.
"We're all here, no one's around, let's go." Lelouch explained. "Okay, I'll go first. Suzaku, take Nunally with you next. C2, stun the Whomping Willow so they can get through. Then you can go through."
Lelouch ran by the Whomping Willow and dived into a hidden away crevasse to the Shrieking Shack. C2 stunned the tree with Stupefy and went in. They made their way down the hall to a very unstable building. Well, it couldn't really be called a building, and shack makes it sound too small. Lelouch knew this would be the perfect place since everyone thought it was the most haunted building ever.
"Okay, let me explain how this is going to work." Lelouch began,"First, concentrate upon the animal you wish to take the form of; visualize all of its organs, fur, looks, everything. Next, imagine yourself transfiguring into the animal. Finally, will yourself to become the animal, but for today, we will do only the first step."
The others nodded. Everyone sat Indian style and began concentrating on their animal, getting to know it. Lelouch concentrated on his pure, agile, black cat. Suzaku got impatient fast, shaking parts of his body which annoyed Lelouch. Not five minutes later, "Would you stop that Suzaku?" Lelouch asked.
"I can't help it." Suzaku replied.
"Go to a different room then and concentrate harder on your Spitz." Lelouch told him back.
Suzaku got up and went to a different room. They kept concentrating for an hour. Way too much time according to Suzaku. They left the same way them came in the same order except this time, Lelouch stunned the tree. The rest got out and went to dinner.
Break
Lelouch had not time to worry about Mrs. Norris, but he was interested in this Chamber of Secrets. The four had homework, studying, and Animagus training, but Lelouch did have enough time to read a bit of Hogwarts, A History. It told about Slytherin's fight with Gryffindor and about a supposed chamber with a monster inside, only controllable by Slytherin's true heir.
Lelouch, Suzaku, and C2 were walking along the corridor when they saw the Trio surrounding the Message on the wall. They had noticed the spiders on the floor, going to the window, and how the water puddle on the floor had been cleaned up. Lelouch and his group began walking past when Malfoy and his posse walked by. Malfoy clearly ran into Lelouch.
"Watch where you're going, newbie." Draco snootily said. "I should teach you a lesson." Draco said as he pulled out his wand.
Lelouch already has his out.
"Confundo!" Lelouch yelled.
Draco was immediately affected. He was confused and stumbling around. Lelouch passed by him, C2 and Suzaku followed.
Later in the common room, while Suzaku was doing his homework and Lelouch was reading, they overheard Harry, Ron and Hermione's conversation.
"Polyjuice Potion transforms you into someone else. We can use it to get inside the Slytherin common room without being too suspicious. We'll ask Malfoy if he's Slytherin's heir." Hermione explained.
Lelouch looked up with a calculating look on his face. He could use Geass to ask him, but he'd need to get the right command. He could make Veritaserum and make him tell. They were a number of possibilities, but he had to work on the Animagi Transformations. They were making progress towards step 2, imagining one's self as the animal. It was hard to detect progress of step 1, but he decided a couple weeks of steps 1 and 2 would suffice.
Break
The Quikkidech match was beginning, but Lelouch stayed in to read. C2, Nunally, and Suzaku left to go. After some time, the Gryffindors came back. We had been victorious, yet Harry was gone.
"Where's Harry?" Lelouch asked Suzaku.
"He broke his arm, and then Lockhart removed his bones, so he has to regrow them all, all thirty two bones in the arm and hand." Suzaku replied.
Animagus training resumed for the foursome. Lelouch had found out about Colin Creepy's Petrification. He didn't care, but was wary if the Heir would think he was a Muggle-born. They had almost begun actual Tranfiguration when December hit.
McGonagall came up to Lelouch's foursome.
"I assume you four would like to stay here for the break." McGonagall asked.
She heard a bunch of yes ma'ams from them. McGonagall wrote their names down. Lelouch saw her go to the Golden Trio, who had all decided to stay.
In Potions class, Lelouch and Suzaku were making a Swelling Solution. They had almost finished when a firework flew into one of Malfoy's goonie's cauldrons, Goiter was it? Anyway, the brew flew everywhere. Lelouch and Suzaku managed to avoid getting hit. Lelouch noticed Hermione sneaking into Snape's extra ingredients. Lelouch decided this was an opportune moment to get some ingredients. He grabbed his bag and went in. He saw Hermione grab some stuff and head out. Lelouch headed in and grabbed a little bit of everything. He left in the nick of time.
That evening, at the Shrieking Shack, Lelouch began, "Okay guys, it is time for actual Transfiguration. First I must tell you a spell to get someone out of their Animagus state. The incantation is Homorphous. Each one of us will get a permanent physical attribute from our animal. It'll be okay. Now, for transfiguring, imagine the animal, next yourself becoming the animal, then will your self to become the animal. To get out, do the opposite of all of it. It may take a few tries. I'll take the first turn to stay out of the first few rounds. Then Suzaku, C2, and Nunally will take your turns in that order. We'll go around until we have run out of time. Ready? Now begin."
Suzaku tried first. He took a few seconds, but he only got a tail to transfigure. He transfigured back out without much of a problem. C2 and Nunally tried next at the same time. C2 got halfway there, and Nunally got some patches of fur. Both could get out, so no problems there. The three kept trying, not getting much further than they had started. Suzaku began his turn staying out, and Lelouch began his transfiguration. He transfigured slowly and with confidence, yet Lelouch only got the eyes and tail of a cat. He got back easily enough. He looked around at the others. Suzaku had furrier hair. C2 was a little bit more energetic. Nunally didn't seem to change, but had a little bit browner hair.
"Eh, Lelouch?" Suzaku asked.
"Yes, Suzaku." Lelouch replied.
"Your eyes."
"My eyes, what?"
"They're like a cat's."
"How so?"
"They're narrow."
"Okay?"
"It'll be easy for people to notice them."
"Well, no one ever gets close enough, so I'll risk it."
They finished their training there.
Supper came around and they went to eat. Lelouch overheard people, including the Golden Trio, talking about a Dueling Club. Lelouch ignored them as much as possible, considering the progress they had made today, when Suzaku whispered to him.
"Hey, Lelouch."
"Yeah?"
"Wanna go to the Dueling Club?"
"Not really."
"Too bad, you're coming."
"What? No!"
Suffice to say, Lelouch was forced there anyway.