Later that afternoon, Devon, Hugo, Stephanie, Samantha, and Lily had their first Transfiguration lesson of the year and got a huge surprise.

Devon, Hugo, Stephanie, Samantha, and Lily all walked into their Transfiguration classroom and briefly saw what looked like a tabby cat setting on the teacher's chair.

The nanosecond that Devon, Hugo, Stephanie, Samantha, and Lily entered the classroom, the tabby cat jumped off the chair and transformed into:

'MCGONAGALL!" yelled Devon, Hugo, Stephanie, Samantha, and Lily, all looking and sounding surprised.

"That's only the second time my transformation has failed to receive applause from a class, " grinned McGonagall, "Then again, I know you are surprised to see me."\

"We are," chorused Devon, Hugo, Stephanie, Samantha, and Lily.

"I'm acting as a guest teacher for this one day, " explained McGonagall matter of factly, "You see, there is a spell to reveal what a person's animagus form would be if he or she would choose to become one. However, very few people know how to perform this spell and I'm one of the who do. Bear in mind that students are not allowed to attempt to become animagi prior to sixth year and you will not be taught the process before then. Choosing whether or not to become an animagus when the time comes is a personal decision for every individual. It's a slow, difficult. and dangerous process and has dire consequences await those who botch it. That said, I'm just going to perform the Animagus Form Reveal Spell on you five today so you know what your forms will be if you do choose to become animagus. This information might help you to decide whether or not to become an animagus when the time comes so I think you should get this information a few years of time so you can think about whether or not your animagus form is something you'd be interested in becoming."

Devon, Hugo, Stephanie, Samantha, and Lily all looked McGonagall eye to eye and had expressions of utmost attentiveness on their faces.

"I see you're all locked in, " said McGonagall approvingly.

""How does it work?" asked Samantha eagerly.

"I will make a few wand movements finishing by pointing my wand at your heart, " answered McGonagall, "ALL of the wand movements MUST be 100% precise for this spell to work. That's why it's such a complex nonverbal spell. A few seconds and a few nanoseconds after my wand has been pointed at your heart, a virtual image will temporarily appear in front of you showing exactly what you would look like in animagus form."

"100% exact?" asked Stephanie.

"100% exact!" confirmed McGonagall.

"This should be interesting, " piped up Lily.

"It should, " said McGonagall eagerly, "I'll start with Mr. Dursley."

McGonagall retrieved her wand from her right hand pocket and make a few movements before pointing the wand at Devon's heart.

Almost instantly, a virtual vivid sapphire blue billywig appeared in front of Devon.

"I'm not becoming an animagus when the time comes, " said Devon decisively.

"No, " agreed McGonagall, "I wouldn't want to turn into an insect either."

"I'm not fond of animals anyway, " admitted Devon, "The Dursleys have always been a family that doesn't have pets and to be honest, Grandma Petunia passed her dislike of animals on to my dad, who passed his dislike of animals on to me. I don't HATE animals like Grandma Petunia did and neither does dad, but we are happy to be a pet free family. The idea of presenting myself as an animal wouldn't appeal to me anyway."

One down, four to go, " smiled McGonagall, "Mr. Weasley next."

McGonagall now performed the spell to reveal animagus forms on Hugo and not too long after McGonagall's wand had been pointed at Hugo's heart, a virtual image of a phoenix with vivid red plumage presented itself in front of Hugo."

"Hmm," said Hugo thoughtfully, "I know I've never died and been reborn again like a phoenix. For that matter, no person has. One thing we know about humans, even witches and wizards, is, once they're dead, they're dead. Nevertheless, I like to think of the phoenix as a creature that represents being given a second chance at life. I was given this second chance when Devon's yew wand saved me from Sapavetius."

"That's a very interesting way of looking at it, " piped up Devon, "But do you think you'll ever become an animagus?"

"I doubt it, " admitted Hugo, "Especially if what McGonagall has told us about how dangerous it is is true."

"Oh, it is, " said McGonagall in a no nonsense voice.

"My mom has been through more than enough with the early death of her husband before I even started Hogwarts, " said Hugo sadly, "She doesn't need anything bad to happen to me."

"This is true, " said McGonagall quietly, "Let's check on Miss Saver next."

"Which one?" asked Stephanie and Samantha together.

Without answering, McGonagall executed the procedure on Stephanie.

Almost immediately after McGonagall's wand was pointed at Stephanie's heart, a virtual big brown horse was present in front of Stephanie.

"You know," said Samantha observantly, "Horses are temperamental animals whose moods and behaviors are unpredictable. Stephanie is a person who you never know what you're going to get out of from a day to day or even hour to hour perspective. You just never know when she'll be happy, sad, proud, guilty, calm, angry, selfish, altruistic, or whatever."

"I know this sounds like a cop out, " said Stephanie, sounding a little embarrassed, "But I have no clue if I'll choose to take on my horse form down the road."

"It's not a cop out," said McGonagall clearly, "It's realistic to not know you, especially since you don't even know the process for becoming an animagus. But let's get Miss Saver's form figured out."

The result of McGonagall's wand being pointed at Samantha's heart was a virtual albino cat appearing in front of Samantha.

'I'M GOING TO BE AN ALBINO CATT WHEN I BECOME AN ANIMAGUS!" shouted Samantha for the whole room to hear, "YOU LIKE THAT! YOU LIKE THAT!"

"Don't commit to it this early, " said McGonagall warningly.

"So, what if it's dangerous?" said Samantha fiercely, "I'm not a scaredy cat you know."

"I can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when I switch between being an albino girl and an albino cat!" said Samantha eagerly.

McGonagall finally moved on to testing Lily and saw a form she'd never seen before.

A virtual pure white unicorn was showing itself in front of Lily.

"Merlin's beard!" said McGonagall, "There's NEVER been a unicorn animagus before.

"Unicorns are the purest creatures in the world, " said Hugo warmly, "And Lily Luna Potter is the purest hearted person to have ever walked the face of the earth. "

"It represents who she is beautifully," agreed Devon brightly, "What a beautiful tribute to a wonderful person."

"It's super cool to see Lily get a unique animagus form, " said Samantha cheerfully.

"She almost HAS to become an animagus, doesn't she?" wondered Stephanie.

"I will become an animagus when the time comes. Being the first ever unicorn animagus is too good an opportunity to pass up, " said Lily excitedly, "I'm not worried about the danger part because I'm patient and attentive. I may not know the process, but from I've heard, I've deciphered that most animagus failures are due to inactiveness and/or impatience."

"Right you are, Miss Potter," smiled McGonagall.

After that, they spent the rest of the lesson discussing their animagus forms.

The thought of Lily becoming a unicorn animagus was a wonder to behold.