"There are very few indeed," Remus nodded to Harry. "Professor McGonagall is capable of both, however; and both her Animagus Form and her Patronus take the form of a cat."
"Does that mean I'll turn into a Dragon Animagus if I complete the process?" Harry questioned curiously. Being a Dragon Animagus would be pretty cool!
"We wouldn't know until you transformed for the first time." Remus informed him. "It's debated as to whether or not an Animagus can be a Magical Creature; but most seem to think it should be possible, even though it's never been seen before. Even powerful Witches and Wizards that have become Animagus often have mundane Forms. If history is accurate, even Morgana Le Fay was only a Bird Animagus."
"Huh, that's interesting." Harry mumbled as he wondered if his Patronus would be the same as his Animagus Form. Professor McGonagall might be a good basis to go off of for now. 'It would be cool to be a Dragon!' Harry thought to himself with a grin.
-The Weekend ~ Saturday-
"Alright, I got some experience forming armor over the Yule Break," Harry mused as he looked over his stores of materials and his tools in his hidden workshop. "I got some more experience with Creature Craft too." He remembered making a few more Basilisk Hide Vests for himself, Tonks, Penny, and Fleur. He also vividly remembered the thanks he'd gotten from his girlfriends for the gift. A dopey grin made its way onto his face without restraint. Tonks had been very thankful after all! She now wore her Vest under her Auror Robes as added protection. The bubbly Metamorph had jokingly complained about the dull color though. The Hide was too Magic Resistant for any type of Color-Changing Charm to affect it though, so she was stuck with the dull black-green color.
"There has to be a better way, a more efficient way to craft an Artifact without almost killing myself though." Harry thought aloud as he looked at his materials and tools again. "Creature Craft with 'conquered' materials comes out easier; so maybe that is what I should look into?" Thinking on it some more the teen Artificer paced back and forth as he went over ideas. It wasn't like he had to one up himself with every Artifact he made. In fact, he'd skipped a Grade with Aethereum; so maybe a Median Grade Artifact should be his next goal? That still left the problem of crafting an Artifact without bringing himself to the brink of death like last time.
His materials were fine. He could transmute his base materials into Alchemic Magical Metals with consistent success now days. He was slowly increasing his skill with Alchemy as well. But if he ever wanted to transmute his own Orichalcum or Adamantite then he needed to be at least proficient in that Branch of Magic. Maybe his tools needed an upgrade?
Looking over his blacksmithing tools he examined them. They were made of steel and were sturdy. Nothing was special or Magical about them. They were just good workman's tools. Maybe he could change that though? Could he magically strengthen his current tools? Or, could he create his own tools with magical properties that would enhance his crafting?
"Well, only one way to find out!" Harry grinned to himself as he pulled out a few Rune Books and his Creature Craft Journal.
Over the next few hours Harry used his Rune Etching kit to apply a minor Runic Array to his various hammers and tools. He'd even gone to the trouble of applying a 'Static' Runic Array to his anvil. Now all he had to do was take the next step in his Alchemy attempts.
A Compound Transmutation.
Taking two or more Alchemic Metals and transmuting them together into a new Magical Metal! Harry had never done it before, and he'd have to draw the Transmutation Circle himself. The pre-prepared Transmutation Circle plates that had come with his Alchemy kit weren't complex enough for this type of Transmutation. Looking through the most advanced Alchemy book he had in his workshop, Harry noted the various formulas that he'd need to draw into his Transmutation Circle. Alchemy was quite the strict Branch of Magic. Harry had failed enough times to know that. But he'd keep trying as many times as necessary to get it right. Hard work and practice were the name of the game and Harry had been playing for years now!
-Sunday Morning ~ Hidden Workshop-
"Alright the inner circle is complete… Now the outer circle is a hexagon base…" Harry was muttering to himself as he checked his advanced Alchemy book and his own notes to make sure he was drawing the Transmutation Circle properly.
"So what are you trying to make with this?" Penny asked as she looked over what Harry was drawing onto the stone floor. The Transmutation Circle wasn't overly large, maybe a meter in diameter, the lines on it were perfectly straight and Harry had used a taunt string to make the perfect circle in the center. Now her boyfriend was making a perfect hexagon with a meter stick around the perfect circle.
"Zeclatite…" Harry answered without taking his eyes off his drawing.
"And that is…?" Penny asked leadingly a moment later.
"A Magical Metal that has a high Magic conductivity and transference as well as a very high heat resistance. It's also very durable to blunt force, more so than most Non-Magical metals." Harry smiled at her as he finished the hexagon. "I'm planning to use it as the basis for the Runes I've etched into my tools."
"If it has high heat resistance, then how are you going to melt it to fill in the Runes?" Penny questioned as Harry set up the string and pole he was using to draw perfect circles.
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