Breaking Free (Black Cousins)

Patronus

Andromeda on her way to meet with Ted, Sturgis and Diana, when she felt someone touch her back and turned to see Sirius behind her

"what do you want Siri, trying to pull one of your pranks on me, again" she asked

"no, not this time at least, I want your help with something but it is a little private" he said

they walked to a side where no one could hear them

" so what is it?" Andromeda asked

" you're pretty good at transfiguration right?" Sirius said

" why the question? as far as I am concerned you are doing pretty good on that class" Andi said

" I am, but I need help with some advanced stuff"

" advanced stuff? what are you up to Sirius, if it is something related to your prank business with your friends I am not interested"

" it has nothing to to with pranks, I swear, Andi"

" sorry cos but I know you and it isn't easy for me to believe you"

" fine, I'm going to tell you something but you have to swear not to tell anybody, not a single soul you get it, or we will get you pranked for eternity"

" lips sealed Siri, now spit"

"you know my friend Remus don't you?"

" yes, I've heard of him"

" he is a werewolf, he was attacked as a kid"

"ok, he does seem a little sick at times and he has those scars"

" every month on the full moon he goes to the shrieking shack to transform with out hurting anybody, its really painful for him, we don't want him to go through it alone"

"if you are trying to turn yourselves into werewolves, I can't help you"

"we don't want to turn into werewolves, we want to turn into animagi, so we can be with him, you know about the process, don't you?"

"I do, but it is really long and complicated, not to say dangerous, are you sure you want to do it?"

" yes, for our friend, and we're some of the brightest wizards on our class, we can do it if you help us"

"I'll help you, just because you're doing this for your friend"

"so what do we need to do?"

"first you need to be able to cast a corporeal patronus charm, have a clear view of which animal you'll transform into"

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"Ok, so let's begin practicing the patronus charm, we'll need to think of happy memories, really happy memories" James said

and so the four 13 year olds began casting the spell, Remus had managed a big silver cloud, James had also made a silver cloud, Sirius, had some faint silvery vapor coming out of his wand while Peter just had a couple of sparkles.

Weeks passed by as the four of them reunited to practice the spell Sirius tried all sorts of memories from his time with his friends, he even tried memories of playing with Diana, but then he thought of another memory, one that he didn't find particularly happy but that did mean a lot to him, when he got sorted into Griffindor and Diana got sorted into Ravenclaw, the first time in his life he felt he was truly free, from the claws that his family kept on him, with this memory in his mind he casted the spell

"Specto Patronum" he yelled

a silver pointy eared dog, came out of his wand and started to run around the room