Animagus

The animagus transformation is a part of the transfiguration branch and allows one person to transform into their inner animal.

## Occurence

The transformation is done extensively by purebloods or higher ranked halfbloods in every political faction in Magical Britain, though usually done after school. The exceptions are James Potter, Sirius Black and Harry's current harem. In Africa, where wandless magic is more dominant, the animagus transformation is taught even as early as to school students. Additionally there are known and living cases of magical animagi.

## Finding the inner animal

You put a mandrake leaf for a month into your mouth with the help of a sticking charm. With the leaf in your mouth you build a special mindscape for your inner animal and after some weeks you'll learn what your inner animal is when it does appear in the scape. During the month, the potential animagus, is extremely clumsy due to the adapting to the inner animal and shows special traits publicly the inner animal does in the wildlife.

## Changing the inner animal

The Lovegood family knows of a ritual which allows you to change your inner animal. You *maybe* need at least two persons for the ritual and a bone of the animal you want to transform into or of a similar size compared to what you change your inner animal into.

## Transformation

It takes years of work to transform yourself into your inner animal. You transfigure your body parts one by one over the years and you have to learn how to behave like the animal you are transforming into.

## Animagus ritual

*Main article: Animagus ritual*

A faster method to learn to become an animagus is to use a ritual with Phoenix ashes which projects to one's mind how the inner animagus lived his whole life within seconds, thus skipping the slow transfiguration of its own body parts. It also needs seven people to work correctly, who will have to get naked in barrels full of ash. Harry further theorised that the Weasley twins could join in one barrel and could become a fusioned animagus, or die trying.

## References

Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 35 - Bonus - Blood Money & Blood Magic,

the headmistress of Uagadou explains that students know the animagus transformation.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 39 - The Little Trials of Virgo Malfoy,

the girls train to use a wandless sticking charms inside their mouths.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 42 - Daphne's Birthday, Work and Play - 1/2,

Hermione Granger shies away from boys like a unicorn, and rather tends to like to talk to virgin female.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 41 - Ginny's decision,

Luna Lovegood and her father change their inner animal.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 40 - Alexandra Black, Meet Death’s Champion,

Harry Potter explains the slow method.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 40 - Alexandra Black, Meet Death’s Champion,

Ginny summarizes the method Harry explained.
Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 23 - Manor Beginnings & The Winter Fest.,

Pandora Lovegood gets revealed as a Squirrel animagus.
Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 23 - Manor Beginnings & The Winter Fest.,

Sirius Black gets revealed as a grim animagus.
Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 23 - Manor Beginnings & The Winter Fest.,

Rebecca Ogden gets revealed as a grey wolf animagus.
Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 23 - Manor Beginnings & The Winter Fest.,

Samuel Parkinson gets revealed as a wild boar animagus.
Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 23 - Manor Beginnings & The Winter Fest.,

Robert Parkinson gets revealed as a wild boar animagus.
Book 2 - TFoP - Ch. 35 - Bonus - Blood Money & Blood Magic,

Lord Tebola gets revealed as the magical boar animagus tebo.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 41 - Ginny's decision,

Ginny Weasley gets revealed as a cheetah animagus.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 43 - Daphne's Birthday, Work and Play - 2/2,

Daphne Greengrass gets revealed as a golden eagle animagus.
Book 3 - NRiCaD - Ch. 41 - Ginny's decision,

Hermione Granger might be a unicorn animagus.