Chapter twenty one. New Animagi

After a couple of days, having seized the gap between classes, the children went to the Quidditch teacher. At the insistence of Vasilisa Petrovna, he had to teach them to fly without a broom.
Victor, as usual, was dressed to the nines in all black and very summery, although it had already snowed and given the piercing wind that blew from the mountains, it would have been wiser to dress for the weather.
He examined with a captious glance the children who had come and said:
- I think I can teach you, although my flight technique may be different from what you can, but I think that the laws of movement in space should be similar.
Are you not cold at all?” Irina inquired.
- No, my child, I'm a vampire for us, cold and darkness are resort conditions. And now let's start training.
They went behind the wall so that no one could see them, and began to study.
-To begin with, imagine the point where you want to fly, the point should not be on the ground, but in the air, and when you find yourself in it, imagine the point in the air again, but at a distance, so you move where you need to.
-And if I want to hang in the air?
-Then you need to imagine many points of movement located in centimeters from each other.
- If it's so easy to fly, then why don't everyone fly without brooms? - Ira was surprised.
“Because you have to react very quickly to movement, most wizards are simply not capable of this ... you need to have a very large magical concentration and decades of practice, or possess these artifacts,” and he pointed to the locket with the ring.
- That is, I can not fly? - Ira asked.
-From what! If you have innate talents, or with a dozen years of experience, you are quite capable of it, you should always try, if anything I catch you.
Kolya was the first to try, he did a pirouette, he tumbled a couple of times upside down, and he flew head over heels into a pile of windbreaks.
-Not bad, not bad, - said the teacher, - I would even say that for the first time it's excellent ...
The next tried Arina. At first she made some funny little jumps, and then went into a steep dive, and making a dead loop, managed to land on her feet.
“I see that you have amazing abilities,” the vampire noted, “but we will have to work very hard on the quality of movement.
Ira also tried to take off, but her flight was not so cloudless, she rushed sharply upward and, emitting a cry of horror, began to fall down and was caught by the teacher near the ground itself.
- He said superbly, of course, to work and work with you, ... but nevertheless, you have a huge talent! If you develop it, then perhaps you will be a wonderful sorceress ... But I ask you to refrain from moving in height for now! Try to move along the ground, at a height of half a meter, it doesn't hurt to fall so low...
That's what they decided on.
After training for about a couple of hours, and already arranging the time for the next lesson, they noticed the director who was watching their flights.
He also noticed that they saw him and said:
- What talented children in my school, I could not take my eyes off ...
"It's an extra Quidditch class for the most talented of my students," Victor said.
- Oh, that's interesting! You must be using a secret technique of flying on invisible broomsticks to intimidate the opposing team! I read about this...
“Yes, you are extremely observant,” the teacher replied.
The director stood a little longer and went about his business.
- The director is not aware of what is happening?
- No, Eleanor asked him not to speak, since he is not part of the order ...
After talking a little more, the children went to the dining room, where a treat was waiting for them, which, after a walk in the fresh air, seemed to them exceptionally tasty.
Days flew by, two or three times a week the children had a variety of additional classes in various disciplines in addition to the main school subjects.
About a month later, Zinaida Tikhonovna reported that the potion for the rite of transformation into animagus was ready and poured it into bottles and ordered to carefully take it to Eleonora Petrovna.
- And what are we going to do with him? - asked Ira.
-You will become animagi - the rite itself will be performed by the teacher of transformations.
- Wow! - said Ira, - and who will I turn into!?
"We'll find out soon," said the professor of potions and smiled her enigmatic smile.
The friends quickly went to the transfiguration class, they were met at the door by Eleanor, who launched them inside and closed the door.
-I think you understand that it is not necessary for someone to know that you are an Animagus.
“Yes, yes, of course,” the friends nodded.
-Then let's get started:
“Now everyone will undress and wrap themselves in a sheet, then drink the potion and cast a spell, pointing the wand at their chest, everyone understand?
“Yes!” the children responded.
- Is it necessary to undress? - Ira asked, blushing.
-Yes, if you don't want to throw away your clothes, they can be torn during your reincarnation...
The children turned their backs to each other and began to take off their uniforms.
They simultaneously drank the contents of the flasks and uttered the written spell.
A second later, feeling a sharp change in the body, each of them began to feel himself.
Kolya felt that he had become about four meters tall and was all covered with brown hair ...
He examined himself, then got up on all fours and looked into the mirror on the opposite wall -
a huge brown bear stared at him in reflection.
He looked around and saw friends: next to him stood a tigress examining herself and a great snowy owl.
A medallion hung around the tigress's neck, and Kolya guessed that it was Arina, while the owl galloping merrily across the table surprisingly resembled Irka's behavior.
 Suddenly there was some rustling and clinking of bottles, and they saw Barsik licking the remnants of the potion from the last bottle.
What am I, I'm nothing! I could not resist, it smelled of valerian, and at these words he began to roll on the floor and squirm. Eleanor ran up to him and, pointing her wand, cast a spell...
At the same moment, the leopard took the form of a young man...
“Those times...,” said Eleonora Petrovna, “what an interesting side effect of the potion, Zinoida Tikhonovna will have to be told...
Barsik stood and examined his pumped-up body, consisting of only muscles, which any athlete would envy ...
“Look how scary I am!” he began to say, “my mother should see me!... Oh my God, I'm bald!... do something!”
-Take it easy! Now you can't change anything! You also became an animagus, but vice versa, that is, you can turn into a human... at will...
-Can I go back to the leopard?!
-Try.
The guy whispered the words of the spell and immediately turned into his usual form ...
-Fuh!!!... -he said, - my mother told me not to drink valerian, she will not bring to good!
Everyone present burst into loud laughter.
After training to turn into animals and back impressed by the new skill, the children went to dinner.
That evening they had something to discuss and the four of them, including Barsik, sat down in the library...