Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Three flying brooms flew out with a whoosh, like petrels fighting against the storm.

Sirius led the way, Wade was in the middle, and Lupin followed closely behind. The three of them lined up in a line and walked through the rain. After entering the forest, they all slowed down at the same time.

With the help of the lightning, Sirius could see the entrance and exit he had left before. The three of them passed through like flying arrows and landed on the wet grass.

Wade jumped off the broom, glanced at the other two, and without hesitation, pointed his wand at his heart and chanted the spell again -

"Amador, Animo, Animado, Animagus."

Then he pulled the cork and drank the potion with his head tilted back.

Intense pain suddenly swept through the whole body. The muscles seemed to be melting, and every bone seemed to be broken and reshaped. The skin all over the body felt dense and painful, as if thousands or tens of thousands of steel needles were about to pierce out of the flesh.

His hands and feet began to twist and deform, his head shrank rapidly, and his body also underwent strange changes, as if it was merging with his clothes...

At the same time, the image of a certain creature emerged in his mind. Wade jumped forward without hesitation, letting the magic power naturally respond to the call.

The black-haired boy seemed to melt in an instant.

A bird of prey with a blue sheen flapped its wings and disappeared from the spot in an instant!

Chapter 241 Remus, have you seen him?

Sirius felt his eyes blur and he lost sight of Vader. He looked around and shouted, "Vader!"

The sound was drowned out by the thunder, and the light of lightning made people's faces pale.

Sirius suddenly turned his head and looked at Lupin not far behind him.

"Remus, have you seen him?"

Lupin shook his head and shouted, "We've got it all blocked off! He can't get far!"

Sirius turned around and saw that the entrance they came from had been blocked tightly by Lupin, which made him feel relieved.

But this does not guarantee foolproofness, because there are always gaps between branches and vines, and ordinary birds may be able to get through if they fold their wings.

"He turned into a bird!" Sirius shouted, "very fast, probably a swift or an owl or something!"

Lupin nodded, thankful that they had brought their broomsticks.

The two of them each mounted their brooms and rushed into the rain with a whoosh.

The rain pouring through the gaps between the leaves was like a faucet being turned on, slanting down to hit their heads and pouring into their clothes along their necks. Both of them were soaked, but they had no time to use magic to block the rain.

It's not all that surprising that Vader's animal form is a bird; a flying raptor is more useful than most creatures.

This is actually a good thing worth celebrating.

But the bad thing is that during the first transformation, human consciousness is often impacted by animal consciousness, and sometimes the shapeshifter forgets that he is a human being.

The simple brains of animals will make them run away or run into a wall, or even do something worse. If they can't change back, they will be completely assimilated into animal thinking in a short time.

If Vader ran to the outside world in this state, the two were worried that they would never be able to find him again.

In just a few minutes, Lupin felt like he was about to freeze to death. His palms holding the broom turned blue, and his lips also lost their color. Rain flowed into his eyes, and in the dense rain curtain, he could only see a small area in front of him.

He saw Sirius yelling something, but he couldn't hear it clearly. Finally, Sirius gestured with his hands and feet, indicating that the two of them should search separately in a spiral.

Lupin nodded and flew out.

He tried his best to appear calm and composed, but in fact he was extremely panicked.

In just a few minutes, Lupin had regretted countless times -

He regretted teaching Vader how to practice Animagus, regretted encouraging him to learn this course which was too advanced for him, and even more regretted waking Vader up tonight.

—If anything happens to that kid, it's your fault!

Lupin said to himself in his heart, regretting it over and over again.

He knew that Wade was much younger than James and the others were back then.

Even though his knowledge reserves and talent potential are very strong, his magic power is not strong enough, and his willpower is definitely inferior to that of an adult.

He did not spend a long time gradually mastering the skills and methods of Transfiguration, nor did he go through a long period of meditation and magic control training. Lupin and Sirius both felt vaguely uneasy about this, so they spent a lot of time preparing.

At this moment, all the anxiety and worry seemed to burst out together, making Lupin feel as if his body was becoming numb.

The two searched carefully from bottom to top, but found nothing. When they fell back to the ground, their faces were paler than those of a dead person.

At this time, the rainstorm became a little lighter.

"Perhaps we should inform Dumbledore... Sirius." Lupin said with trembling lips: "At least call Professor McGonagall, she has more experience."

Sirius frowned and said, "Maybe it was because the rain was too heavy just now and we couldn't see clearly... Look again!"

He flew out like an arrow. Lupin's mind was a little confused, but he still subconsciously raised the broom and flew up.

They held a wand in one hand, and bright light was released from the tip of the wand, illuminating a large area.

However, after circling a few more times, there was still no result.

By this time, even the optimistic Sirius had to admit that they seemed to have accidentally lost Vader.

The two looked at each other, and their hearts seemed to fall into the bottom of a cold well.

Just then, Lupin suddenly heard a faint "Wooah" sound.

He was stunned for a moment, thinking he had heard it wrong.

Then, he saw Sirius looking behind him in astonishment, with an angry and amused expression on his face. It took him a while to utter a word:

"You kid... you're hiding in this place..."

Lupin turned his head sharply and saw a dark blue bird hiding behind him.

It is much larger than a pigeon, but relatively small among birds of prey. It has black stripes on its head and cheeks, a dark blue neck, and white markings on its belly.

At this moment, it was holding the horizontal branch of the broom with its yellow paws, hiding behind Lupin to avoid the wind and rain. When he turned around, it tilted its head and looked at him curiously and innocently.

Lu Ping: "..."

He felt like his heart was almost stopping because of being scared by this kid.

He opened his mouth, and opened it again, but still no words came out.

"Let him change back first." Sirius took out his wand and walked over, saying, "If it takes too long, it will take longer for him to regain consciousness."

Seeing him approach, the dark blue bird moved uneasily, as if trying to escape. But as soon as it spread its wings, it was frozen by magic.

The bird's grey eyes moved uneasily as Lupin took out his wand as well.

"Get ready, Vader," said Lupin. "I'll count to three. One... two... three!"

Two blue-white rays of light shone on his body. He began to struggle, and then his limbs underwent miraculous changes. The bird, which was not as long as a human forearm from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, turned into a twelve-year-old boy in a few seconds.

He fell to the ground with a thud, splashing water all over. He looked ahead in a daze, his wet hair sticking pitifully to his forehead.

"Pfft-"

Sirius couldn't help laughing, and then it grew louder, and then Lupin also smiled a bitter, relaxed smile.

"You almost scared me to death, Vader..."

"……what?"

Vader didn't understand.

The first time he transformed, his mind was foggy and he couldn't remember anything about what happened before.

"Okay, go back and change your clothes."

Lupin pulled him up from the ground and said, "Now that you succeeded the first time, it will be much easier to transform next time. Remember to keep a clear mind and self-awareness, this is very important."

He had said these words more than once. Vader nodded, then asked curiously, "So? What is my animal form?"

Before he transformed, an image of what he would look like after the transformation appeared in his mind, but he only remembered that it was a kind of bird and for a moment he forgot what it was called.

"Peregrine falcon." Sirius smiled and said, "The fastest bird - you don't have to take the Hogwarts Express to go to school anymore."

The next chapter will be later

Chapter 242 The real challenge is yet to come!

Over the next few days, Vader mastered the Animagus transformation under Sirius's guidance.

The initial deformation is like constipation, which takes a long time to develop each time, and it is not easy to change back either.

But after repeated practice, Vader was finally able to transform within a few seconds, but he still couldn't transform as naturally and quickly as Sirius could, like breathing.

"This is what kept me sane in Azkaban."

Sirius said, "At that time, I had to transform into animal form for most of the day, so my proficiency was naturally different from that of a novice like you."

The time that Wade could maintain his consciousness was getting longer and longer, but after testing, two adult wizards suggested that he should not transform for more than half an hour at a time, and he could try to extend this time by three minutes every month.

"Your animal form isn't very different from other peregrine falcons. I'm afraid we'll accidentally lose you again."

Lupin said this as if he was joking, but his attitude was extremely serious.

Wade naturally agreed. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life as a confused bird, living on eating birds and rabbits.

The Easter holidays were over, and Wade said goodbye to Lupin and Sirius and returned to school.

After successfully completing the Animagus, the course of Transfiguration suddenly became much easier. Vader abandoned the spell and still allowed objects to transform according to his wishes.

He also began to experiment with human body deformation. At first, he only changed the color of parts such as nails, hair, and eyebrows, and then controlled their length. After becoming proficient, he could try to deform other parts of the body until he could change into the appearance he wanted without the need for polyjuice potion.

Of course, the last thing can only be achieved with extremely advanced Transfiguration skills. Besides the natural Metamorphmagus, Vader only knows of two people who can do it.

One is Grindelwald, who has been imprisoned for many years.

The other was Dumbledore, who had never shown any such ability, and no one would doubt that he was incapable of it.

The maze challenge also came to an end during the holidays, but after Wade returned to school, he found that most of the students did not have the same enthusiasm as before. Most of them were unhappy or even angry. Only the Slytherin students were very excited.

"Slytherin wins."

Michael said gloomily, "But they used despicable means! Those people from Bletchley all brought powerful magical items, and Professor Snape even provided them with a lot of potions!"

"But..." Theo hesitated and said, "The rules don't say you can't bring magic items and potions, right? So they didn't break the rules, they just took advantage of a loophole in the rules."