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Would be a shame to wast this, Clover's quest to be an Animagi.
There are many trials and steps necessary to become a full fledged animagi. What gave you the idea to try to become one? It's a long and arduous process. Describe the steps you take. Not to mention, becoming an animagi is a gamble. You're never sure what animal you will take the form of until you complete the process. What animal do you think you'll be and why?
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Response: Clover heard about Animagi, people who could transform into an animal in one of her classes. Clover became over in throalled. The chance to become an animal? Even if it was one, to learn what it was like to be an animal would be a dream come true. So without any delay she went to the library to do a little reserch.

"So learing to be an Animagi can take up to three years to learn?" She asked to no one as she looked though books and scroll infermation "Really that's all?"

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She closed her eyes and remembered when she was a little girl and on her grandparntes farm in her grandfather's office after having tracked down a sheep that had run off. She was mad at him. "Grand-da why did you let him brake the lamb's leg and why won't you fix it?" she asked as the glass on the window cracked behind the old man.

"I know you don't understand, but it needed to be done. Yes, I could put up a charm to keep things out and the sheep in. But what if, your grand-ma or one of the farm hands came across the charm? They are all Muggles after all." The old man passwed a second to let what he said sink in before he started to speak again, "I know you think it's unfair to the lamb to have it's leg broken, espaily since the right spell could fix it. But what if a wolf or something worse got it before we found it? We wouldn't have the lamb anymore. And when something dies no amount of magic can bring it back."

The young Clover looked bewildered up at the old man, "It can't? I thought magic could do anything..."

He chuckled a little as picked her up and placed her on his lap. "No, Luck-Charm it can't. That's why we need to grow food. Everything has it's own life time. Wether it's Magic or Muggle. The lamb's leg will heal, and in the amount of time it takes to heal, it will become attached to those who need to take care of it."

Little Clover cheared up a little bit "Really? How?" she asked

He simply nodded, "Yes Sweet-Pea. How do you think the lamb will get around? We need to carry it, and in doing so the lamb won't run off ever again. It won't die today but will in when the time is right. Time is something that we can't fight, but if we use it right grate things can come from it, that is if we are willing to wait. Even so we need to take care of all our plants and animals when they are alive, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't eat them eather. It's part of life for an animal to eat another, and acording to some Muggle book your grand-ma had me read even we are animals."

The little Clover seemed to understand and hugged her grandfather as he said "Now then let's fix that window."

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Clover wiped a tear from her eye from the happy memory and looked around the library as if wondering if someone was watching though she really didn't care as she loved her mother's parents. "Time is something that we can't fight, but if we use it right grate things can come from it, that is if we are willing to wait," she repeated his words to herself. "It made me feel better back then, and now it's words of encergement. Thanks Grand-da," she said to herself, "Still I'm not finding out how with what I've seen though."

She put the book she been looking at aside and pulled another to her. "Up to three years.... Most Animagi animal forms.... same as Patrones..... un able to change.... this is the same things over again." she muttered as she went over the information about but not how. She then came acrost a small sample list of Animagi That were regestered, some time from the 1800s. "Wow, there is no real telling is there? I wonder what mine would be. I remember Grand-mum saying something about patrones, what was it... when the patroness takes a form it tends to be a reflection of that person... oh yuck, I just recalled something from that woman.... How Dad ever came from her I'll never know." she said shaking her head.

She glanced over at her art bag and took out her green Hollyhead Harpy's gem box and opened it and let the modle animals free on the table. She did this to distract herself from the thought of her father's mother, however this time it wasn't working as much as she would have liked. Watching the modles went around the table. Resting her chin on her hand she finally go her grand-mum off her mind.

Staring down at the modle animals she pondered the posibilitys that her animal form could be. "I can see myself as a wolf, they'er loyal and strong like I am. But so are their desendices the dog. Pigs are smart... I'm not as smart at all. I don't think I'd make a good cat. Wild or domestic, they are quite pridefull. Rats are deseful, and untrustworty.... I still don't understand why the Bager is on the Hufflepuff crest... Bagers are something that even lions know not to mess with. Maybe a diffrent Hufflepuff was.... Loyalty and compation is the mark of a Hufflepuff student... but I'm also strong, and protective," she chuckled slightly, "Now that I think about it so are elphant cows, and most mo. Something small could be good for studding animals, It's a little disapointing that I would only get see what it's like as one animal"

She heard the librarian say that it was time to close for the night. Slightly disapointed that she hadn't found something that told her how to become an Animagi just what they were. She scooped her modle animals back into the Hollyhead Harpys box and put it back in her art bag. She desided that she would keep looking for the information on how to become an animagi. This was the start of her search. She figured it was most likly to be a better idea to ask a teacher or someone who was an animagi what it was like for them.

The next morning Clover went down to breakfast in the Grate Hall and looked over at the staff table pondering what questions were best to ask what teachers. She didn't know any Animagi yet, at least she didn't know if she had meet one. So she knew she was going to need to go to the teachers.

Over the next couple of days Clover learned that Animagi, unlike werewolfs and people traransfigured into animals, Animagi kepted their being mind when in animal form, but like the others, can only speak with other beings when human. Animagi are the only ones that can change from animal form at will, someone fully transfigured would need someone else to change them back.

The more she learned, the more she wanted to know about, and be an Animagi. She just needed to figure out how to become one. The problem was no one she knew could tell her what it was like learing to be an Animagi. She went back to the library when she had the time to to see if she over looked anything that could teach her the how.

I have noticed that Animagi or at least the ones in the Harry Potter serese the Animagi have an animal that matches their personaliy, they would also tipicly have a marking of something they normaly ware as humans. Exsamples are;
Peter Pettagrue, turns into a rat, both litteraly and figruitivly. Though no real markings to speak of, when Peter cut off his finger, he's "hand" in rat form was also mising it's "finger"
Rita Skeeter, turns into a beetle, which helped her to be a "bug on the wall" so she could get "soops" for her artical. The glasses she wore, on the top of her head became markings on her shell. Yes Beetles have Shells.
James Potter, turned into a stage, though when he wasn't really in the book, he was mentiond nurmasly, And aparnently he was a prankser sort who liked to have fun, dear are reprsented as fun. It is unknown if James had markings when he was in his stag form. Dear are also smart, and learn where safe places are.
Sirius Black, Turned into a dog, Though it was the black dog that seemed to be Grim, Dogs are known for their loyalty. When the Potter's were killed Sirius went after Peter, knowing that it was Peter who betrayed them. He's loyalty was what kept him sane all the years he spent in Askerban acuseed of the Potter's murder which I sapose after Peter, he was somewhat responsible. After all he had told them to have Peter be seacret keeper. Sirius didn't really have markings unless you count his hair being the same color as his fur.
Profeser McGonagle turns into a smooth hair cat. She is callm and colected and not afrade to stand up for what she thinks is right, somewhat like a cat bring out it's claws when threttened. Her Square glasses, became markings on her stripped tabby face. The smooth hair is also her Patrones.

So why would Clover be wanting to be an Animagi? Because She loves aniamals for one thing, and this would be a good way to see what it would be like, without losing her human mind. Though It would only be one animal.
She is Protective, Loyal, Curagus, and strubern about serten things. Those on her bad side are

I think her clover hair pin, as she always wheres it, would become a marking.

Animals that fit Clover are,
Wolf - Despite their bad reputaion wolves are loyal and hunt as a pack. The ansester to Dogs they protect the pups. Some Native Amarican tribes beleave that wolves are the creators of people and when they die they become the wolf.
Lion - The only wildcats to live togeather as a unit. Lions have a better reputaion then they should. A simble of power, strangth, curage and even royalty. Lion prides are considered the best by human standers. The male protects it's pride and lands as the females hunts and watch the young. (tipicly it's the mother of the newst litter of cubs). However if a new male takes over the pride the cubs are often killed, if old enough they might be lucky enough to run away on their own.
Horse - An animal that has worked with humans for centerys from, pulling charets of the Egypt to Tharipy of handycap and engered, and even war veterns. They bond with the person who cares for them and can be trained for diffrent jobs. The horse is the simble of welth and high statis. Only those of welth can aford a horse. (If Clover does become a horse, she will try to see the horse guarden)
Eliphant - Elphant cows are protective of their caffs, elphants are known for their strangth and powerful trunks and beautiful tusks. Asian elphants have small ears and the African Elphant has large ears. In Asia are good luck.
Dog - Same reasons as the horse, The simble of loyalty big dogs are also simbles of protection, and aparintly black, mangy looking dogs mean the grim.


Animals that don't match Clover.
Rat - For one, Clover has a half cat half Kazle. Secondly they are dirty and are a simble, for someone that will tell someone else something to save their own skin.
Snake - Cold-blooded I don't see Clover as a snake because they are solitary creachers, though like the wolf they have a bad reputation. They are asosated with dishonisty however they are also a mark of health. In the Bible, Moses turned his Sheaperd's staff into a sanke, which then devowered the snakes of the Pharoh's Mages, in the book of Exodus.
Badger - I don't know why the House of Hufflepuff, the frendlyest of the four houses has a Badger as it's animal. The Bager is one of the meanest animals of the world. The Honey Badger of Africa can take the bite of the Black Moba, one of the most Poseness of snakes, and sleep off the venm. Lions know better then to mess with the Honey Badger. A Cheeta cub, that is too young to run yet, has the back markings that mimic the Honey Badger so that it stays safe.
Cheeta - The fastest of the wild cats, and the only cat who's claws don't retract. Though not as sosable as lions, a mother Cheeta can camunicat to her cub by cherping. Yes Cherping. They are also some of the pickest of the wild cats

I do undersand that I don't get to pick what animal Clover will become but I will keep working to get her an Anamgi scroll.