Discussion and Discovery 7

Harry saw himself sleeping and Mira walked him to the window. Casting a silencing charm, he opened the window.

Mira jumped out, unfurling her wings and letting them expand and floating mid-air. She called Harry to jump and Harry jumped out after closing the window.

As they came into the cool autumn of October, Harry took in the cool air and felt warm wings around him.

"Tell me, have you ever visited America?" She asked with a wide smile.

"No." Replied a confused Harry and then it struck him.

"You won't dare," he said and it was too late as she flew at high speeds into the night sky, not listening to his pleas.

After a long time flying in the air with Harry on her back, Harry apparated them into the Chamber of Secrets with the help of his Slytherin Lord ring as they have the entire day to themselves.

"What happened, why are you so upset?" Asked Mira finally talking as they settled in the Chamber with Mira in the pool, Harry first saw her and Harry on a couch.

"I don't know what to do now as I know where Pettigrew is,"

"What's the problem? You know where he is hiding, that's it, right?" She asked, not seeing anything wrong with the situation.

"Ya. But I'm disappointed how easily he hid among us this long and no one found out," he explained.

"Your problem is not that he is hiding, but that no one cared." She said understanding the problem.

"I don't know. Leave it," said Harry, not wanting to talk more about it. With the amount of anger he is getting, he wanted to destroy the whole school.

But his Slytherin Lord ring is suppressing it from coming out by diverting his mind to other topics so that he will forget it. It seems the ring is working.

"Ok. Tell me how far you came in your Occlumency and Legilimency training?"

"Occlumency is done. There is just one last test to complete and I'll start with Legilimency," answered Harry.

"Your studies?"

"I'm almost done with 3rd year in practicals like Transfiguration, Charms, Arithmancy and thinking of completing remaining subjects and taking fourth-year exams as well."

"Doesn't that put you a year ahead of your peers?"

"Ya. Who knows what else I should face next year to care for that," said Harry offhandedly.

"Why? Did you get another vision?"

"Nah. I just know it. As long as Voldemort is alive, I won't have a peaceful year. I'm sure,"

"Why the sudden pessimistic approach, Harry?"

"It's nothing like that. Past experience you can say,"

"I'm not there with you then, but I promise I'll be on your side whatever happens," promised Mira as she slithered closer to him. Harry touched her soft scales and she played a soft tune to lift his spirit.

After some time, Harry got his spirits up with the help of Mira and started on the next project he is excited about. Animagus.

After seeing the 4 claws in his dream, he got very curious and searched through all Animagus forms ever recorded, but found none that were close to what he saw.

This only increased his interest more as an unrecorded Animagus means a unique animal which anyone failed to achieve and with that renewed spirit, he searched for a way to become an Animagus.

The first option he saw was the currently followed procedure to become an Animagus and found it tedious.

It is annoyingly long with so many avenues for mistakes and decided to not take it and searched for other books.

That didn't yield any result as books upon books were searched and he also came across some dark methods as well.

But they didn't yield any results till now. But with renewed high spirits, Harry started his search for a book that gives a good picture of how to become an Animagus without all the complications that the current method holds freshly.

"What are you searching for?" Asked Mira.

"A book that can help me change into an Animagus,"

"What, you didn't find it yet?" She asked with an incredulous look.

"When did I say I found it?" He fired back.

"What! You showed me this book last time I came and told me that it was a great book," said Mira, pointing to the advanced Occlumency book Harry was reading.

The book was centuries old and was very good. It helped him to organise and change his mind's defences. He found another book by the same writer on Legilimency as well. He was proud of that achievement as the book held so many uses for Occlumency other than just shielding and remembering things easier.

It is the same book that explained the Magical Core, which is a great concept if Harry has to say himself. It made things easy for him and everything in his mind is well organised including Mira's Jewel and Hogwarts connection with him.

"Yes, but I told it was a great Occlumency book, not Animagus one,"

"Harry, can't you see or are you just ignoring it?" She asked seriously. Harry was taken aback by this and observed the book he was reading carefully.

It was old with its paint faded and its pages about to separate, but he saw a small line across the bottom part of the book which is still visible and pressed it.

As soon as he pressed it, Harry heard lots of hissing sounds like the one similar to the book he first saw on the table of the Chamber when he entered.

The Legilimency book, which was on the 'to be read' shelf flew from its position and stuck to the Occlumency one.

They started to glow brightly and Harry moved a few feet and watched curiously as the sound subsided after a few minutes and the glow stopped after it.

He moved closer to see a large book back to its original form with more pages than he could remember. Its cover read:

'Schpeel's Guide to Mind Arts and Animals Dark Secrets.

By Schpeel Dumb.'

And Cut.

That's it for this Chapter, folks. Hope you have liked it. Tell me, what do you think of the chapter and story in general.

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See y'all in the next chapter.

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Ja Ne.