Potions was not the only course I excelled at beyond anyone else in Hogwarts. Transfiguration was the other class that I went far beyond what was taught. Turning a matchstick to a needle on my first try should have been the first clue. Yet, year after year, I was always the first one to understand and transfigure our assignment. During third year, I became interested in becoming an Animagus. Professor McGonagall told me that I was possibly the most qualified to become one, but I would have to wait till the second term of fifth year or sixth year. Considering the Ministry is interfering this year, it was probably going to happen next year.