Me and Pyper have been in London for 6 months. It's been a very confusing year to say the least. It took us about 3 months to finish all 7 books about this Harry Potter guy. It was so fascinating to read about the woman we were now living with. We take a trip to Diagon Alley and get our wands. Pyper's wand is larch with dragon heartstring, 12 1/2 inch with a supple flexibility. Mine is laurel wood, dragon heartstring, 9 3/4 inch with surprisingly swishy flexibility. "It almost feels like a fairy tale. I hope I get a prince Charming out of this" I giggle, waving my wand and Pyper rolls her eyes. "A whole world of trolls and magic and you get hung up on some stupid prince Charming pipe dream. Focus, Shayla" she says. I sigh. "It's not my fault you disappear every afternoon. I have to do something, and Minerva has some really sweet love stories in her library. It's not wrong to want happiness" I mumble. She sighs. "Let's just focus on learning about the wizarding world. Minerva said today we could learn about Animagi." she says and I smile excitedly. "I love when I get to learn too. It seems like you're learning more than me" I mumble and she frowns. "I'm a year older. That means I have to be a grade above you. Everything I'm learning this year you will learn next, from different teachers with friends to help you understand it. Tell me more about how it's not fair" she says sarcastically and I stick my tongue out at her. "Girls, stop bickering. We need to get home." Minerva says and we both nod, following her. We get home and she leads us to the library. "This is a very important lesson. If you don't learn it correctly there can be some catastrophic consequences." We nod, paying attention to her. At first it was a little boring but then she mentioned that we could turn into animals! Well, one animal, but still. "I hope I can be something cool like a tiger or a bear" I say and she smiles softly. "Our animagus tends to match our personalities. Brave, strong personalities make for strong animagi so just focus on being true to yourselves and you will be fine." I nod as she turns around. "To start the process I first need you to put these leaves in your mouth. It is essential you not spit them out or take them out for even a second for the next month" she says, handing us each a leaf. I make a face the minute it's in my mouth. "Ew! This tastes like dirt" I grumble and she raises her eyebrow at me. "I was under the impression you wanted to become an animagus. If I was wrong feel free to spit it out" she says and I frown, looking down. "Sorry, Minerva" I mumble. It's a long month of mumbled words and carefully eating to avoid swallowing the leaf. Finally, the next full moon comes and Minerva takes us outside to put the leaves in phials with a strand of hair and a silver teaspoon of virgin dew. "I took a trip to the Forbidden Forest, girls. Don't try to copy the recipe" she says, taking 2 chrysalises of death's-head hawk moths and adding one to each phial. We then put them in a quiet, dark place and Minerva told us the incantation to use every morning and night. It takes almost 2 months for an electrical storm to hit. I grew bored often but stuck with it in the hopes of having an awesome animagus. We go to get the phials and the potion has turned blood red. She leads us to the backyard and we put our wands to our hearts and repeat the incantation one last time before drinking the potion. It feels like I am burning alive and splitting into 2 all at once. I see a long haired ginger cat and I frown but go with it. Then suddenly my clothes are turning into my fur. I am scared but Minerva warned me this would happen. I try to stay calm and soon I am ACTUALLY a kitten. I still have my own thoughts and everything but I am a kitten. I look over and see a dog. I meow at her, knowing immediately this is my sister. She barks back and I take off running, her running after me. "Girls, come here please" Minerva says and we quickly circle back. "I see you both have beautiful animal forms. You seem to be adjusting well but now I need you to try and take human form again. It takes practice and I don't want either of you transforming on your own until you can shift back easily. The other students won't even learn about animagi until their third year but I am trusting you both to keep this secret" We nod and I try to transform back. It's very difficult and it doesn't work the first couple of tries. On the third try I finally get it and I smile. "I did it!" I say and look at Pyper who is shifted back next to me already. "I'm proud of you, girls. This is going to take a lot of practice and you only have a few months until you start school. I suggest waiting until your second year to transform in the school" she tells me and I nod. "I won't need to transform anyways" I say and she smiles sadly. "I have a feeling you will" she says softly and I look confused but nod. "Now, you will both be getting letters from Hogwarts in the next few days. Inside them, there will be lists of supplies for you both. Once you have the lists we will return to Diagon Alley to buy the rest of your school supplies." We nod, heading inside to go to bed. We were exhausted.
A/N: All the information we found on being an Animagus we got from Short Stories from Hogwarts: of Heroism, Hardship, and Dangerous Hobbies by JK Rowling. We couldn't get it through the Pottermore shop, but we found it in the Google Play Store. I'm not sure if you can get it through the App store on Apple products. But feel free to try and get the book if you haven't because it's very useful if you need help with a certain subject that we don't know too much about in the world of Harry Potter. -Haley and Sam :3
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Reality Bites Harry Potter
FanficPyper and Shay turn up in London. How did they get there? No one knows, not even themselves. Follow them as they turn Hogwarts on its head and no body knows what to do with them.
