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"You need to continue to use your wands, especially at school… no one can know of this power. Also if I'm not mistaken performing magic without your wand in a non-life threatening situation will be much more difficult that you found it here, you may be able to stop the killing curse with your hand but probably won't be able to transfigure a key into a tea kettle without your wand." Tom flicked his own wand through the air and the box with the boys' wands appeared so that he could hand them back to them.
Harry stood up first, and then held out a hand for Draco, who took it gladly and stood up next to him. He felt completely drained and wanted nothing more than to lay down in Harry's arms and go to sleep.
"Is there any other test you wish to put us through?" Harry asked, sensing his partner's fatigue.
"No… I have seen how powerful you can be in a controlled environment, and it surpasses everything I hoped for. Tomorrow we will test both of your physical combat abilities, but for today you are done… I know how tiring a fight such as that can be."
Harry nodded, "Thank you." And he turned, with his hand still clasped in Draco's and began to walk away.
"Um… ah… Heir, My Lord?" Came Bellatrix's uncertain voice. She had no idea what she was required to call him and didn't want to offend him. She may have been a little off of her rocker but she understood power, and she understood that Harry had every power over her that Lord Voldemort did, if not more.
Harry turned around, and surprised her by giving her a smile, "Harry, Trix… Inside of these walls, to you I am still Harry."
A grin lifted one side of her lips, "I just wanted to let you know that the potion will be done today at three o'clock, and you and Draco will both have to take it so that you can perform the final ritual next week on the first night of the new moon."
"Thanks for reminding me, We'll be there." Harry gave her his usual charming grin and walked out the door.
"Bella, Go move Severus to his bed and revive him." Came an order from Voldemort.
"Yes, My Lord."
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Back in the Boy's shared room in the Manor, Harry tapped Draco lightly with his wand, divesting him of all of his clothing except his pants. "Go lay down Draco."
Harry rid himself of the same amount of clothing before slipping into bed next to his lover. He was not nearly as tired as Draco was, even though his spell had been more powerful, Draco had fought longer than he had, and didn't hold as much power as Harry had inside of him. He propped himself up on his elbow next to Draco and stared down at the toned pale man next to him.
"Where did you get this?" Harry asked a minute later noticing the necklace that Draco was wearing.
Draco put his hand over it and sat up, "Damn it, I completely forgot about it. Give me a sec." He climbed out of bed and began looking in the drawers on the other side of the room that held his clothing. He couldn't for the life of him remember what he had done with the other half of the Celtic knot that lay around his neck. It was supposed to be Harry's gift, the one gift every Destined received from his Cosaint on his 16th birthday, and Draco had gone and forgotten.
A scratching sound came at the door and Draco raised a puzzled eyebrow. He walked over and opened it. Looking down he found Danica, still in her lion form of earlier, in her mouth was the silver chain Draco had been looking for.
Draco smiled, "Up!"
Danica crouched down and then leaped into his arms, rubbing her head against his naked chest and dropping the necklace into his hand.
Closing the door he turned back to the bed and lay down, setting Danica down at the foot of the bed. He slipped the necklace over Harry's head so that it lay against his chest perfectly.
"Every pair wears these necklaces, since the very first set of Cosaint and Destined… or so Fallyn says. They also work like a Portkey, just grab onto it with your non-wand hand and think of me and you'll appear right next to me, and vice-a-versa. Happy Birthday."
Harry leaned forward and kissed Draco slowly and sweetly. "Thank you."
Draco gave him a quick peck back before laying down completely, "I'm assuming my aunt was referring to the Animagus potion that you've been working on since I left. If so, I really need a nap before that, I'm drained."
Harry nodded, "The Potion will prepare our bodies for the first change as well as figure out what our forms are, then we perform the ritual next week on the night of the first new moon."
"Sounds like a plan." Draco mumbled as he turned on his side, his back to Harry and fell into a deep sleep immediately.
Harry grinned and slid an arm around Draco pulling him back against his chest. He pressed his face into the other man's neck before letting sleep claim him as well.
Danica shook her head before jumping off the bed and grabbing an extra blanket from the trunk in the corner, she jumped back up and laid it across the boys before burrowing under it against Harry's back, and falling asleep.
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Sirius held a ceremonial platinum dagger in front of him, "Go ahead and cut your palm with this. You will need ten drops of blood to put into your potion.
Draco took the dagger first, slicing open his left hand, and holding it over the bowl in front of him until ten drops of his crimson blood had left his body and resided in the wooden bowl. He handed the dagger to Harry who did the same, in a separate bowl.
Pulling two vials of thick white powder from his robes he handed it to the boys, "Crushed Dragon teeth, pour the entire vial into the bowl and stir clockwise four times, and counterclockwise seven and a half."
Both Draco and Harry followed his instructions.
Remus sat in the corner of the room watching. He hadn't been there when Sirius, James, and Peter had done this for themselves and had always been intrigued at how it had been done.
When they finished the stirring, Harry looked up, "Now what?"
Sirius looked down at James' notes, the ones he had made while they were back at school. "Add it to the other potion, with three quarter turns to the left, and let it simmer until it starts to smoke, remove from heat, and drink."
"Sounds easy enough," Draco stated, doing as Padfoot said.
Once the potions were done, Harry and Draco ladled them out into glass vials. "Ok, Now move at least five feet from anything that you could hit when you transform. Remember as soon as your done transforming, you need to move over to the mirror an get a good look at yourself, you need to memorize what you look like, it will make the final transformation easier next week.
Harry and Draco nodded, raise their vials in mock salute and gulped it down. As soon as the last drop was down both of their bodies began to shake, long hair sprouted all over there bodies, and bones cracked as they reshaped themselves into their respective forms. Remus watched Harry's transformation, and he was stunned when he saw the finished animal. A Black Panther, large and menacing looking. Most of him was covered in the midnight black hair that was normal to a panther, but a dark blood red line a good six inches wide started at the animal's neck and went all the way to the tip of his tail. Harry's paws were also red before fading into black, and his green eyes hadn't changed a bit. Remus watched as the panther rose from its position on the ground and trod over to the mirror to look at itself.
It was a flash of white that pulled Remus' eyes from the slick black and red form of his godson; on the other side of the room stood a very similar looking cat. It looked like it weighed about two and half stones less than the Panther, its legs were slightly shorter, and it was white with small black and blue spots covering it's body. Oddly, Remus noticed, only one of its eye's retained it's mercury silver coloring, while the other had turned into a blue.
After two minutes of staring at themselves in the mirror, Draco turned around and upon seeing Harry, bounded over to him and tackled him to the ground. The two played for a minute before a third set of paws joined in. Danica, who had changed herself into an odd combination of the two others, black fur with electric blue spots, thought she would join in, and attempted to tackle the others to the ground.
"How long will it last?" Remus asked his boyfriend who came to sit next to him.
Sirius watched with a smile on his face, "Potion wears off ten minutes after you take it." He gave a little half laugh, "I remember when James changed, his antlers got caught on the drapes in the room… couldn't get out of them so he had to stand there for ten minutes starring at himself in the mirror until it wore off. I spent the whole time chasing Peter."
Harry seemed to slip out of the pile and run, two snow leopards bounding after him, running laps around the room.
"Snakes, Dogs and a Stag, and we end up with two cats…" Sirius shook his head.
Remus threw an arm around his shoulder; "You're the one that said you would be ok with it as long as he was a big cat."
Sirius gave a sigh and a laugh; "I should probably join them, that way when they change next time I'll be familiar." He paused for a second and looked at Remus, "Would you… if they were ready and ok with it?"
Remus thought for a second, staring into his lover's eyes, "They're big enough… but there might be a problem with them being cats."
"Probably wouldn't help that Harry probably wouldn't recognize you as dominate either."
Remus nodded, "Then again, maybe Moony needs to be put in his place." Remus watched them for a moment more, trying to figure out just how his werewolf side would react to seeing Harry and Draco in their current form. "We can try it, if it gets out of hand they can get out… I heard Bella talk about their power from this morning, I highly doubt I'll be able to hurt them."
Sirius grinned and kissed Remus, "I'll be back in a few then."
Running towards the charging panther, Padfoot jumped into the air and landed as shaggy black dog. The three of them stopped immediately and looked at the newest member. If it had been a regular transformation, Harry and Draco would have been able to keep their regular minds and knowing it was Padfoot, would have been comfortable, but due to the potion, their minds were controlled mostly by animal instincts. Both of them crouched low, their eyes locked on the dog, and growling.
Sirius did what he knew he would have to do, after years of being with Remus; the wolf always demanded submission before they were allowed to go out. Padfoot laid down on the ground and rolled onto his back, showing the cat's his week underside. The two didn't move, they sat and watched the dog for a moment, neither was sure what to do with the dog. Luckily Danica, recognizing Padfoot, jumped over the two crouching cats and her paws slid upon landing, until she was next to the shaggy black dog. She leaned her white and blue spotted head down and nudged Padfoot's stomach with her cold nose.
Upon seeing this, the other two rose, taking cautious steps towards the dog as if expecting it to jump up and attack. When he didn't, Harry nosed his stomach first, followed by Draco. Knowing he had been accepted, Padfoot rolled over slowly and stood up. He wasn't up a moment before Danica tackled him. It didn't take long before the others joined in.
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