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"In order to control emotions, you need to focus and take a deep breath. That's the only way your ability will not get out of hand,' giving me a concerned look.

'But that doesn't mean emotions are bad. It is also one of the greatest things it can do, Luminhood. Now I want you to transform only your hand into any animal,' only my hand? But I can only fully transform. How can I only do one part of my body?

'Give it a try, y/n." Before I can take a deep breath, I can't even hear my own voice with all this noise of the animals in class. "She can only grow a tail, of course she can do that to her arm,' a tiny bird says.

'Obviously she isn't aware of herself and her abilities,' said the other bird. 'She hisses so she can't do it. It's hilarious,' a snake made fun of me.

'I am positively sure she can do it,' yells another. '

'But how can I focus when all the animals in this room are constantly talking in my head' I exclaimed, feeling overwhelmed by the constant chatter of the creatures around me. 'I barely made it to your class, if it wasn't for Hermione,' I clenched my jaw in disappointment.

Professor McGonagall nodded sympathetically,

'I understand Imagine it like a group of students passing by you in the hallways, chattering and talking. All you need to do is simply listen to yourself before anyone else.

'I understand it can be challenging, but you must learn to tune out their voices. Focus on your own thoughts and feelings'

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to block out the sounds of the animals. But no matter how hard I tried, their voices were still there, taunting me.
It starts to get easy, it gets quieter.

I focus on one animal... a bird maybe... no, a lion. I feel a slight transformation going on in me. I peeked to see, but there wasn't anything. I noticed it only gave me, once again, a tail.

'Why does it always have to do with tails?" I frown angrily.

'It's alright dear, try to picture it and only focus on one part of your body. Try not to stress about it, it is only me after all,' I once more take a deep breath, focus on one part of my body, and picture it. 'Here it goes,'.

Try to call my lion spirit... I start to feel the sensation of transforming passing throughout my body to my hand, the claws, paw, fur, everything to succeed just 'picture it'. I open my eyes and to my surprise I see my whole hand into lion Paws.

'Very good, Miss Luminhood.' 'I did it,' I smile brightly, seeing the full transformation on only my hand.

'If I may ask, can you shapeshift into all types of animals?' I press my lips together and think.

'I've never thought about it, professor. Whenever I want to- , I just do it? But I know from the family tree , to what my aunt told me, there were others in the family history who couldn't, Like my grandpa's brother, he could only transform into reptiles, while my grandmother can only transform into a wolf which makes her an Animagus. Not all Luminhoods had similar abilities. Ever she took me in , as grew up she noticed that I was capable to form most of them,'

I explain clearly. She stood silent for a second and said, 'You did great today, Miss Luminhood. You can go now until our next practice'.

'Thank you, professor. I will try my best,' I thank her and leave to meet up, at least a little bit, with the others before heading to class. I rush to the hallways to reach the Great Hall with the others.

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A few minutes had passed since I had frantically run out of the transfiguration class, desperately wanting to catch up with my friends. I entered the great hall and their packages ripped open and scattered on the side of the table.

'Sorry, I couldn't come sooner,' Ron said, looking apologetic.

'We couldn't quite catch up with you, and you were already running out of the potion class,' Hermione added, trying to catch her breath.

'What did the professor say?' Ron asked curiously.

'She's teaching me to practice more on my shapeshifting abilities and my emotions at the same time. Dumbledore assigned her for it,' I explained, feeling a sense of relief wash over me.

'It sounds better than the potion class we had with Professor Snape,' Harry confessed, a small smile forming on his face.

'I agree,' Ron confirmed, nodding in agreement.

'Maybe our next class will be fun, who knows,' I smiled, feeling a sense of hope for the upcoming lessons. But then I remembered something and my smile faltered. 'Oh right, any letters or packages from my aunt?'

The minute I said so, an owl came flying directly to me, landing on the table. 'There we go... oh, and thank you uh-,' the owl hooted back, understanding my words.

'My bad, thank you, Alfred,' I said, reaching into my pocket and pulling out some seeds. The owl happily took them and flew away.

I opened the letter, reading it with a smile on my face. Inside was a small photo of me and my aunt Lee when I was just 5 years old. It brought back a flood of memories and I couldn't help but read the letter out loud.

'Dear y/n,

I miss you already, my little creature. That's why I had to send this letter to you, along with one of my favorite photos of us when you were just five years old. Say hi to Harry for me

Love from Lee

'Your aunt knows I'm in Hogwarts?' Harry asked, looking surprised.

'No, she didn't even see you at the train station. She doesn't even know you're a wizard,' I informed him, sharing what I knew 'not that I've written her a letter'.

'Weird,' he said squinting his eyes in confusion.

'It is time for us to go before we're late, and I'm looking at you two,' Hermione warned, standing up and gathering her books.

'What about Y/n?' Ron protested, feeling it was unfair that I had missed once and was now being punished.

'That's because she only missed once, and not more,' Hermione explained, standing her ground. 'Come on now, we don't want to be late.'

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