"Squeak squeak!"
"Roar?"
"Squeak…"
"Roar!"
Infuriated by Kabuda's attitude that seemed to say it couldn't make sense with such an imbecile, Norbert instinctively howled, but the next moment, a louder cry suddenly rang out. He looked around cautiously, remembering William's advice, and finally pinpointed the direction the sound came from.
Was it William?
Norbert tilted his head, puzzlingly looking at William, but his confusion didn't last long. Soon, William's body began to transform; his body started to expand rapidly, but the clothes on him did not tear, instead they fused directly into his skin—
"Caw—"
Another cry sounded, and bright yellow feathers began to appear on William's surface. In an instant, they thickened until covering him entirely, his feet turned into sharp talons, and his arms transformed into wings... No, from William's back, two smaller pairs of wings suddenly grew.
"Gawk?"
Watching William transformed into an Animagus, Norbert's neck turned in bewilderment; he felt this appearance seemed somewhat familiar.
"Caw—"
Finally, the Animagus transformation was complete, with William's consciousness returning. He uncontrollably began to flap his arms... no, they should now be wings, totaling six, three pairs starting to beat, lifting him into the sky—
"Boom—"
Lightning after lightning sliced through the sky, followed by a series of dull thunderclaps.
Looking at his wings in his line of sight and the increasingly thick clouds in the sky, William started to have a guess about his transformation, but a guess was still a guess, requiring simple confirmation—
Like an instinct, William easily seized this new body, he flapped his wings down to the ground, looking at Norbert who was now just a head taller than him; he was slightly dazed—was his Animagus form really this tall?
Truly a big guy.
"Caw."
But William didn't dwell on this and instead turned his gaze to the Niffler standing on Norbert's head; at his gesture, Kabuda took out a large mirror from his pocket, wedged it into the scale crevice on Norbert's head, aimed at William.
Hmm...
Looking at the golden bird head in the mirror, William took two steps back silently, followed by a Thunderbird resembling his home's Pokemon appearing in the mirror, the golden feathers reflecting a faint glow in the lightning. On William's chest, a circle of gray-white feathers wrapped around his neck like a scarf, underneath it, a pattern of one white and one black feather formed, which for some reason, seemed like an Hourglass to William...
Did that broken Time Turner become his mark?
William was not panicked; he had long guessed this outcome, as it was quite normal, like Professor Meow's tabby cat form having dark circles as markings. The only abnormality was the "decoration" that William possessed—
That thing was nothing like jewelry or accessory.
... Whatever, research will follow later.
William shook his head, his form quickly reduced, soon returning to his original appearance, and Norbert watching this almost with bulging eyes—What did it see? Master turned into a bird?
Could this world get any crazier?
After tidying up his somewhat messy Wizard Robe, seeing himself return to human form, William breathed a sigh of relief. Good, things progressed smoothly, except his Animagus form turned into a Magical Creature, everything else was fine—
What the heck... Now the biggest issue is this, who has ever heard of an Animagus being a Magical Creature?
Even the Poacher's Forbidden Technique wouldn't target Magical Creatures; historically documented Animagus forms have no precedent of Magical Creatures. Does this mean he has pioneered another path?
However... Putting aside the pioneering part, since he can conventionally transform into a Magical Creature as an Animagus, does that mean his Poacher form needn't follow the ordinary animal rules?
Does it mean...
William looked up, staring at Norbert who was dazed.
"?"
Faced with William's gaze, Norbert couldn't help but snort—it suddenly had a bad premonition.