Chapter 11 – Another Lesson day
Two weekends after Rose and Scorpius' date it was another lesson day, and the four were making large amounts of progress. As all of them had found what they could turn into, they had begun to learn how to turn into their animagus. This took massive amounts of concentration, much more so than finding the animal, and they had to sit in total silence and relaxation to be able to even get part of their animal. But, McGonagall had them, when they found out their animagus forms, research all about them to better understand to make for easier transformation.
Rose, of course, read everything she could find about cheetahs, as well as asking her mother to send her some books about them. She read through them as only a Ravenclaw could, spending most of her time in her dorms before sleep and after her homework was through reading through as much as she could. Alaine was much the same about information on red wolves. Scorpius was also reading a ton about his form of a clouded leopard, not to the intensity of the Ravenclaw girls, of course, and only Albus wasn't searching high and low for information on golden retrievers, instead taking his time and digesting his research in smaller, bite sized portions. He still knew more about the animal that a person who owned them as a pet might, though.
Today they were going to practice turning, though McGonagall made it clear that no one would likely actually fully turn today. It was similar to the process of finding their animal in the first place, meditation, but this time focusing on the aspects of the animal, and nothing else breaking their concentration. Because of the higher level of concentration needed for this first turn, she had them set up with small bubbles of Muffliato so to block out the noise of the others.
An hour later cheetah ears appeared on Rose's head and her eyes snapped open at the feeling, her hand going to touch the soft cat ears. She looked at the headmistress, a content, successful smile on her face and was shocked to see a smile of approval on the stern woman's face. She was motioned to go out of the room to be spoken with on her success.
But, just as she stood, out of the corner of her eye she noticed a clouded leopard's tail appearing out of her boyfriend's back. His eyes, like her's had, popped open, he smiled in joy in this partial transformation, and his tail began to lash in his joy. Her heart constricted, her mind flashing back to that dream she had what felt like a life time ago, her animagus and his curled up together and she felt a rush of affection towards him, so much that it surprised her, and she blushes faintly.
McGonagall motioned for him to come too, and they entered the next room, which was more cozy than the office, filled with personal furnishings and a warm fire. The two cat animagus gazed around the room curiously, Scorpius' tail still lashing and Rose's ears twitching. Their attention was brought back to the stern ex-professor as she cleared her throat, "You two have made partial transformations, a incredible achievement so early into this, it does get easier the more partials, and more, well, parts, you can get. You now know how it feels to have those now, so you can concentrate on them while trying to form everything else."
They nodded in understanding, going back out to the room to continue trying to change. The tail and ears faded off the two as they returned to their private bubbles of silence. A few minutes later, unknown to them, Alaine was lead out with the eyes of a red wolf, given the same speech they had gotten. A minute after she returned, Albus had gained a golden retriever's snout and was also told the same thing. By the end of the last two hours of the lesson, Rose had gained, in addition to her ears, the eyes of the cheetah, tail, and a single paw replacing her right hand. Scorpius had figured out how to change his ears, a back paw, and the fur of a clouded leopard, as well as the tail he had gathered earlier. Albus had gotten a hold on all the paws, in addition to the snout of the retriever and Alaine had found out she could produce the teeth of the red wolf, and the claws to add to the eyes.
When they were dismissed, the boys walked their girlfriends back to their dorm as always, Ablus kissing Alaine goodnight, while Scorpius and Rose hugged, Rose kissing him on the cheek before returning to their own common rooms, falling asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow. Another dream about Rose and Scorpius is their aniamgus forms danced in her head as she slept, enhanced by the partial transformations of that day. She slept with a small smile, sometimes making the purring sound that cheetahs make when content (A/N:They do indeed purr, I looked it up) as the dream continued. Her love for Scorpius filled even her dreams.
A/N: I'm so sorry it took me so long to update this again! School's been busy, as has life. I promise to try to update more often! Hope you liked the chapter though, and that it was worth the wait!