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"At least you moved." Lillian smiled.
"My first try, the long deer legs got tangled up and I couldn't transform back for a while, so I was stuck." She laughed, remembering the situation. Thank god a hunter or someone hadn't stopped by or she would've been screwed.

"Well, I think that's enough for today. You did really well and I mean that. It might seem like nothing, but it's really good. Don't try it on your own yet though, you don't know the revelio charm well enough, and we don't want you sticking like that since trust me, it's uncomfortable. Anyways, I'll see you again soon."

After everything had happened with Rhi, Lillian remembered how her and Fionna had an animagus lesson scheduled. She got to the classroom a little early and waited. She wasn't sure what to say, really. Transforming at will really just required concentration and practice. Maybe she'd let Fionna come into her office or in this classroom to practice? Fionna needed to be pretty good at this before she even thought of letting her go with Lucas. Practice was needed. Hmmm.

When Fionna walked in, Lillian smiled as best she could. Rhiannon still weighed pretty heavy on her mind. But she wasn't dead, os she should be grateful. And if she was killed...she might deserve it.
"Hi, Fionna!" She said. "I was thinking...after this lesson, we should dicuss possible places for you to practice. So if you seem ready for practicing on your own, after this lesson, we'll talk about it. But for now, let's get started. This first time, let's focus on moving, just taking steps forward, okay?"

"Great. Here goes, 'Revelio" Lillian said. The snow leopard Fionna was before her, luckily she wasn't changing back too quickly.

"Okay, Fionna." She said, crouching down a bit, so she was on Fionna's level. She put out her hand, "This is what you'll need to do with Lucas. Ask him for his paw or something, it might be humiliating, but basically ask him to do tricks, the whole roll over, so you can tell he's tame. Now try and put your paw in my hand."
Lillian was a good 5 steps away. Fionna would need to walk 5 paces, then put her paw in Lillian's hand. If she didn't manage it, they'd just try again. Lillian knew it was a lot to ask, but what she'd be doing was a lot more.

Lillian winced slightly as the huge snowy leopard fell with a great thump.
"Balancing's always tricky." Lillian said as Fionna rubbed her elbow.
At least she'd managed to fall on her side, not her head or anything.
"See though, that little mark as a snow leopard, though it was just a fall, now your elbow really smarts more than someone would think." Lillian said sympathetically.
"Alright, we'll try again, but this time.."
She conjured a pillow and put it where Fionna had fallen before. It was a large pillow so if she toppled again, it would be a safe landing.
"Okay, ready? Revelio!"
"Same thing." She told the snow leopard, putting out her hand. The 5 paces had gone amazing, it was just balancing that was tricky. As a doe, she had long wobbly legs, so she knew how annoying it could be. Every once in a while, she'd still trip.

Lillian smiled when the soft paw was in her hand. When Fionna transformed back, she nodded at the question.
"Yes. You just concentrate on being a human. You might also transform back though, if you aren't concentrating enough on being an animagus. If you're relaxed and high in the spirit of things as an animagus, then it's possible you'll forget that you aren't in the animal form, and you'll just switch back."

It sounded silly, but it happened. When Lillian was in the woods, practicing at changing into a deer, she was in high spirits and happy at the ability to run so much faster than she would've thought. Then she suddenly found herself standing there as a human. She was worried this could happen to Fionna if she enjoyed her time with Lucas, but at least she doubted he'd attack. For now, she just needed to think about getting her in the form in the first place.

"Alright, this time, we're going to try for both paws at once. If you seem sturdy, then I'll stand up, so you'll be on your hind legs. On the count of three. One...Two...Three, Revelio!"

She made the distance between them a bit small and made sure the pillow was in the right spot should Fionna fall. Then she held out both her hands.

Lillian helped her up so she was standing on hind legs. She was heavy, but she was well balanced so it wasn't that tricky until, youch!
A little bit of blood trickled down her hand as an answer to Fionna's question, but Lillian smiled.
"It's okay, don't worry about it."
She whipped out her wand and healed it up in a jiffy. There, good as new.
"The claws'll come out when you're nervous in that form, or for self-defense. You'd only need to stand like that for the purpose of balance, or to scare Lucas back into the shrieking shack if he was about to run off. Still, that was really good. Now, let's try transforming on your own, since if you want to practice, you should be trying it without the Revelio spell as much as possible. So just concentrate on your form as much as possible, think about how you felt as a snow leopard, the new perspective, the vision and hearing differences. You ready to try it?"

"Sort of..." Lillian said smiling.
"You were definitly a snow leopard but..." She was smiling a bit, holding back laughter.
"I'm sorry, it's just comical, you were a snow leopard but it looked like you had a blonde wig on and you were still in Hogwart's robes."
She put her face in her hand and laughed for a few seconds before regaining composure. It was seriously an animal with a blonde wig and in Hogwarts robes that she just saw flicker before her and she had to say, that made her day.
"Alright, let's try again, this time really focus on the snow leopard more than Fionna turning into one. If you have to, you can get on all fours now to see the vision difference, what level you're at, so you already have the position down."