Harry Potter Promise NR.9
Date: 1/13/2016,
Categories:
Fiction
Fan fiction,
Author: zimbi
... brewing the potion a little over a week into summer, and Harry and his friends eagerly gathered to find out what animals the others were. Harry knew it was likely that his friends' forms were the same as their Patronuses, but he knew that wasn't always the case. When he had first learned the Patronus Charm, his had taken the shape of a stag, and his animagus form was a panther. Of course, his Patronus had changed to a phoenix, but he thought that had more to do with his and Ginny's soul bond, rather than their shared animagus form. Fred and George went first, wide grins indicating their pleasure at their forms. "Coyote," they said in unison, looking at the group. Harry nodded, remembering what he had read about them in the animal book Sirius had given them for study. "Not native to the British Isles, but they typically represent clowning and humor, intelligence, and pranksters. It fits." Cedric went next; he shifted in his seat, and smiled. "I'm an elk." Sirius was the one to inform him of the traits of this animal, since he remembered when James had looked through the books to find his animal; elks and stags were somewhat similar, or at least, in the same family. "Strength, freedom, power, nobility. From what I know of you, I think it fits." Cedric's smile widened, and Blaise spoke next. "Bobcat." Sirius tilted his head. "Vigilance, the ability to see through masks. It's a good animal." Blaise nodded, pleased with the assessment. Daphne leaned forward. "I'm a fox." Sirius ...
... smiled. "Cunning, intelligence, ability to observe unseen, protection." Daphne returned the smile, though it was slightly more guarded. "Falcon," Luna's voice was just as mysterious as it usually was, but her smile was genuine and pleased. Sirius turned his grin to her. "Falcons have a mythological role of soul healing, and accompanying the soul back to the soul world. They're believed to represent astral traveling and healing. From what I've learned about you, I believe the animal fits you perfectly." Luna nodded, her expression slightly vacant, but it was easy to see she was happy with her animal. Sirius passed out copies of the animal book Harry and the others had learned from the year before. "The first step is to learn about your animal. Once you do that, Harry will take over, since his method proved much more effective than my own." They all took the reading with them and dispersed for the day. XXX As the days passed, the newer additions became familiar with their inner animal, and Harry proceeded to teach them his theories on wandless magic. None of them took to it right away, but they continued to practice, determined to get it to work. Two weeks into summer, Minerva called for those adults she and Sirius had formed into their own circle, so that she and Harry could speak with them about the possibility of bringing Snape into their confidence. Several of them were less than thrilled – mostly Bill and Tonks, as those two had been at Hogwarts and observed Snape's sour ...