[I was certain that before "Fire Dragon," no one's soul had ever taken the form of a Fantastic Beast through Transfiguration. Not even an Animagus master could do it. But he had. The subconscious training had worked!]
[How beautiful. "Fire Dragon" had begun to grow dragon scales. His body had completed its transformation. He looked more like a Fire Dragon than some dragon species did. He was becoming more and more like a dragon. I was about to succeed...]
Had this man actually succeeded? Will read on.
["Fire Dragon" died.]
[Damn it, how could it have failed? His soul had clearly begun to change. Why did it fail now?]
Will studied the manuscript on the parchment page. It showed a twisted mass of flesh. Its upper half bore faint traces of a dragon, and scales of every size covered its body.
["Phoenix" died too. She came so close to succeeding... Damn it, after becoming a Phoenix, she even showed signs of "rebirth." I was able to observe something far more important...]
[Her soul truly became that of a Fantastic Beast. But after it initially stabilized, she could not turn back into a human. When she tried to change again, something went terribly wrong with her soul. Before she died, she even underwent "rebirth." This was the only recorded instance of a human being reborn from fire.]
[Her soul could no longer change back—even though a Phoenix could not die, once her soul became twisted, she lost the ability to be reborn from fire. She died too.
But she had come extraordinarily close to success. Her corpse was practically that of a Phoenix...]
The Dark Wizard had almost succeeded. The girl's corpse looked almost exactly like a Phoenix—if one ignored the twisted human face on its chest.
[Well, I have killed