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Originally Posted by Stefan  BREATHE.
Are they going to attempt things today? Will they try to find out their animal form? Jace held his breath for a moment as questions came to mind. The Ravenclaw however, was successful in masking his excitement. Professor Riveroll seems to have zero tolerance with over enthusiastic students.
Calmly raising his hand, Jace waited for his turn to answer. “An Animagus is a witch or wizard who has learned the skill to transform into an animal form unique to them. They do not fully become the animal assigned to them however, but simply morph into it.” He was obviously not being clear with his words, but Jace continued on. “Animagus in their animal form adapt certain marks from their human form…such as a mole on the face…or a missing limb. That separates them from real animals.”
As Jace wrote the date on his parchment, the thirteen year old cannot help but think about his animal form.
And…why was the professor looking at Denaker? Can she transform already? No, they wouldn’t actually be learning how to become animagi. That required special permission, dedication, great skill in transfiguration, and lengthy training. There was also a lot of risk involved in this type of transformation. Becoming an animagus was not for everyone. ”Very good. An animagus can change into an animal at will, while retaining human thoughts and behavior patterns. Usually animagi will have a distinguishing feature that mirrors a physical feature in their human form.”
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Originally Posted by Pucki It was the first time that he had watched a person transfigure themselves from an animal into a person again and it was super, super cool! Jasper couldn't help grinning, imagining being able to do something like that. But... then again he'd probably end up half human half animal if he ever tried...
Jasper cringed at the thought.
Maybe he'd just watch if they were going to try to do that today?
They surely wouldn't though would they???
At the question Jasper hesitantly raised a hand. "Um... an animagus is a wizard that can use transfiguration to turn into an animal..." at that moment he realised that he'd forgotten what distinguished the animagus from a regular animal though.
Flushing in slight embarrassment at having drawn attention to himself now he looked down, hoping someone else would take over and his lack of answer to the second question wouldn't matter too much.
Why was he in Ravenclaw again? ”Good. Animagi are witches and wizards who have the ability to transform into an animal at will.”
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Originally Posted by RachieRu Ooh. Hattie knew a lot about animagus. It helped that her brother was training to be one. So she knew quite a lot about it. But there was always time to learn more. So Hattie was excited. She thought about her answer for a few minutes, wanting to have a nice unique one. Smiling, the second year eventually put her hand up into the air.
"It's a learnt skill, not hereditary, meaning just because your parents are one, you won't necessarily be one." Which was different to other things in the wizarding world. "And an animagus can transform into their chosen animal when they want, and sometimes without a wand, which non-animagus cannot" Was this one the younger sister of head boy Franklin Paton? Her older brother was an animagus, so it was likely that she would know something about animagi. ”Yes, to become an animagus you must go through all the steps to becoming one yourself. Animagi do not choose their animal form and can only transform into one animal. Once the first transformation is done, animagi are able to transform at will without a wand.”
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Originally Posted by Kolyander It honestly wasn't all that hard to tell that the raccoon was their professor. The only ones that shouldn't have been able to guess were maybe those that had no clue with an animagi was. Otherwise it was pretty much a given.
Having all her materials for the lesson laid out before Hadleigh watched the rest of her peers enter the room and find their seats. It was only a few minutes later that Professor Riveroll leaped off her desk changing into her human form. This got a small grin from Hady as she watched. It had been expected. What hadn't been expected was the days topic. Animagi. Well alright then. This was right up her lane. Something she knew backwards and forwards. Therefore she had a strong feeling that she was expected to answer the questions asked today.
Hazel eyes shifted once around the room. Where was Frankie? If he was here they could've each answered part of the question. Each of those that answered before her got a warm smile. Nicely done. Hady nodded towards Hattie knowing the younger girl would know quite a lot seeing as her brother was one. Raising her hand she gave her answer when it was her turn. "Everything Jace, Jasper and Hattie said is true. The process is typically very long and can take many years to achieve. If the transformation doesn't go correctly you can be stuck as both part human and part animal until the time of your passing, there is no magical way to correct it." There was much much more that the seventh year could have went on to say but didn't. There were others that still deserved a chance to answer. Here was an expert in all things animagus related. One for the other students to look up to. Head girl Hadleigh Lynch was addressing the dangers of the transformation, something that those wishing to train as an animagus should take note of. ”It is true that if something goes wrong at any point in the training you may become incurably stuck in half-human half-animal form for the rest of your life.”
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Originally Posted by Saz Hale Kimi thought and said "Well all animagus need to get registered with the ministry but there are a lot of people who don't bother, an animagus takes a long time to learn and perfect the changing process" Kimi knew a lot about this subject seeing as his aunt on his dad's side of the family was an animagus Another good point. ”Yes, all animagi are required to register with the ministry. The training process is complicated and can take a long time, and many don’t have the skill, time, and dedication required to become an animagus.”
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Originally Posted by Callie Hadley spun when she heard her name. Oh, that girl...what was her name again...Tyler? No. Skylar! Nodding appreciatively, Hadley took her seat next to the girl. "Hey, Skylar. Did you have a nice summer?"
Before they could really get into the discussion, the class started with the raccoon shifting into Professor Riveroll. Knew it! Not only was she right, she was actually going to be trained by someone who was an animagus. This was so exciting! And, and the lesson was on animagi!
Hadley grinned at Skylar and raised her hand. Jace had already covered most of it. The jerk. "Animagi can transform at will, without the need of wands or spells to do so, once the initial transformation takes place. It's an extremely difficult and time consuming process to become one. Unlike with human transfiguration into animals, the animagi retains full awareness and control even in their animal forms. And...it's a really cool trick to wow people at party...or in a classroom." She gave Professor Riverroll a wink. The last part, she was kidding though, mostly. Felicity was paying attention to Hadley Denaker to see what she had to say about animagi. ”Very good.” Felicity raised an eyebrow at that last part. While that statement did have some truth to it, it should never be the primary reason that someone chose to become an animagus.
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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog "Hello Professor," said Kitty with a smile as the raccoon transformed into Professor Felicity. She hadn't greeted her before because she wasn't 100 percent certain it was her. "Cool animal pick." And she also liked her stylish white shoes and dress. Professor Felicity sure had style.
She began scribbling the answers other students were writing out of habit. Then she raised her hand. "An Animagus doesn't need to utter a spell word to transform or wave her wand or anything like that, she can transform at will. If you're an Animagus you also have to register with the Ministry. And..." She paused before saying the next thing because she wasn't 100 percent certain. "An Animagus can't transform into more than one thing. When your form is set you can't change it." Felicity smiled at Kitty, the Ravenclaw prefect. ”Yes, animagi must register with the ministry and can transform without use of a wand after the first transformation. An animagus can only transform into one animal and does not get to choose this animal.”
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Smiling at the older girl, Skylar nodded appreciatively about her summer. Yes, her summer was lovely but she was kind of glad to be back and continuing her learning. But no time to elaborate on that, as the raccoon very obviously transformed into their professor. Sure Sky knew of the transformation process, but seeing it take place before her very eyes was just awe-inspiring that it took the second year a good minute or two to recollect her thoughts. And yes, she knew Hady had trained to become one, because she recalled last year when the older girl couldn't talk during one of their lessons and well she had to give her instructions without any verbal feedback from the older snake.
"Aren't there maybe some sort of distinct feature that humans are present with, that might show up on your animal form? And like vice versa. For instance, if you wear glasses, having that reflective spectacle look around your eyes when in animal form might be common?" It seemed to make sense to her. But wait, what? Party trick? Sky raised an eyebrow skeptically at the Ravenclaw. Well then, she supposed that was true.... technically. ”Yes, animagi have distinctive features that are present in their human form.”
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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart Miranda's hand shot straight into the air.. She had just finished reading the chapter on Anamagi a few nights prior to this lesson.
" Professor, and animagus is a person who chooses the form of an animal and can at will change themselves into that animal. Many witches and wizards have been known to use this tachnique to avoid being found or in some super messed up cases... Caught by the authorities... The second reason being the purpose for all persons able to change themselves have to be registered with the Ministry..."
She sat back all proud she actually knew something about the subject...Too often she was drawing a blank in class this term... Perhaps an upswing in smarts was due for delivery... Who knew.. ”An animagus can not choose the animal she transforms into, but it is true that an animagus can transform into an animal at will. Some choose to become an animagus as a means of disguise, which is one of the reasons that the ministry requires animagi to be registered.”
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Admittedly, Junia wasn't the best at Transfiguration. It was extremely interesting and all but when it came to actually performing the spells, well, she wasn't exactly skilled. Lucky she'd inherited those need to succeed genes, yeah? It meant she'd be working particularly hard to keep up with her classmates, especially if it meant doing something as awesome as learning to be an animagus some day.
The fact that the Ravenclaw boy seated next to her seemed knowledgeable on the subject was promising. The second year nodded seriously while he gave his answer, agreeing with everything he said, obviously. Yes, exactly, she definitely knew all those things, too.
...Well most of them, anyway.
"Your animagus isn't necessarily an animal you'd pick for yourself, but one that represents aspects of who you are as a person." Yes, that. "Like, maybe I'd want to be a hummingbird, but am more likely to be a cat because of my personality.” ”Yes, animagi do not choose their animal form. The animal form is determined by inner personality traits and is often the same as the form of a witch or wizard’s patronus.”
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Originally Posted by Suziella Juno thought for a few moments before raising her hand and waiting to be called on. "Well, Animagi learn through years of practice how to morph into...basically their spirit animal, which of course you can't chose what animal...or insect, even, that could be. Unlike Metamorphmagus, which are born with their morphing skills and can change their appearance into basically anything." She paused for a moment of thought, "Don't people learning to become Animagi have to keep a mandrake leaf in their mouths for an entire month?" She thought she had read that somewhere but couldn't quite remember where.
This was an exciting topic to talk about. Juno wondered if she learned to become an Animagi what animal she would be. Felicity nodded at what the Hufflepuff prefect had said. ”Yes, part of the training process involves holding a mandrake leaf in your mouth for an entire month.” They would be discussing this more later.
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Originally Posted by Sonea An animagus?! Wow! That Leesha didn’t knew and it was cool that her professor was one. Why didn’t she knew it? This wasn’t her first lesson! With her eyes big she looked at the professor and remembered the animal she had seen in the classroom while entering. Ha! It had been the professor all along. She wasn’t a expert on the subject but she had read something about it so she raised her hand slowly. “A animagus is a witch or wizard who can transform into a animal but... That is all i know” She wasn’t sure about the last one so she didn't answered the last question but she had tried to give at last one answer because she wanted to learn more about this subject simply because it was cool! ”This is a good basic definition, and it’s alright that you don’t know everything about animagi already.”
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Originally Posted by Govoni
OH, Hai, Divination buddy!
Beaming at Cassie, who OF COURSE she remembered from one of the previous lessons, Liv reached out to give the girl a one-armed hug. "Hey, friend... How are you doing?"
She could only focus on the Ravenclaw for a moment because... her attention was being violently torn away...
A C K!
RACCOON PROFESSOR!
For just a moment, Olivia could've wept. How....FREAKING....COOL....had THAT been? DID EVERYONE ELSE SEE? Merlin, halp. How could she go from 'Pathetic transfiguration student' to 'I'm a human AND an animal!'?!?! Because that was LEVELING UP 2.0.
"Professor, transfiguration is a branch of magic I have so much trouble with. I suppose having said that, it's a safe bet becoming an animagus would be extremely difficult." She paused, shifting her gaze around the room. Why didn't more people look impressed?! "How many years did it take for you to learn to do that?”
”Transfiguration requires a great deal of concentration, visualization, and precise wand work. There are also many things that can go wrong if you mess up, and all of these factors make transfiguration a difficult subject to master. If you would like help with your transfiguration spells, I am available to work with you after classes.”A good question from Miss Phelps. ”The amount of time it takes for an individual to become an animagus can vary. The first part of training with the mandrake leaf in your mouth takes one month, but you may have to restart the training from the beginning is something goes wrong. The training can take months, or even years. My training took a little over a year.”
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Colt was in Transfigurartion and thought he might as well give it a try. As he made his way to his seat, he didn't see the teacher but he saw a Racoon? He tilted his head and thought, "Huhh..this is weeiirddd." I guess the professor was playing a prank on them. He doodled in his notebook and waited for the class to start. When he heard a sudden gasp from his neighbor, he looked up and expected the Professor to walk in but he noticed the professor changed into human form. Woah....so she was an animagus. That was pretty wicked. He was still getting over the fact she changed right before his eyes when she asked the question. He shook his head and got back to the present.
He knew about these types of animals. He thought he might as well contribute a little bit, "Well Professor I know some famous animagus were Sirius Black, Minvera McGonagall, Rita Skeeter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. I know some of them did it illegally without a license and some are recorded in the ministry." He knew you needed a license for this sort of magic. ”Yes, Minerva McGonagall, Sirius Black, Rita Skeeter, and Peter Pettigrew were all animagi. However, Remus Lupin was a werewolf, which differs from being an animagus in that werewolves do not have control over their transformations and do not retain their human minds during transformation. Animagi are required to be registered with the ministry.”
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Originally Posted by Bazinga Glancing at his name tag before looking back up front Nat nodded, "I guess, but really who would want the fleas of animals and all the smelling of butts and whatever else they weirdly do? I think I'm best staying a human." She really didn't see why people wanted to do this, but to each their own.
Speaking of their own the professor just jumped off the table and changed into her own form. They were going to talk about Animagi. Hmmm that was a bit advanced for some, but Nat wasn't going to complain. She really had no interest in changing to an animal, but figured some in here might think it was cool. Not really wanting to answer she just pulled out her quill to take any notes that seemed worth while.
How could you tell the difference, "An actual animal wouldn't be so interested in sitting at the headmasters seat every feast nor a classroom desk like you just did." Everyone seemed to be animals here even then head couple could scratch behind their furry ears. ”Yes, animagi do not exhibit the same behaviors as real animals.”
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Originally Posted by SilverTiger The only positive note to the whole assigned seating situation was that it seemed as if more people were surprised or even annoyed with it than anything else. Even Brooklyn could see that. Could see that people wanted to sit with friends or, at least, people they were comfortable with. She doubted that Paige felt comfortable being in the class at all, if she read the fellow seventh year correctly. She might’ve heard things, or seen them even given the past six terms. She wasn’t about to worry about it, seeing as the Hufflepuff wasn’t near her. Except, as someone made their way over to the seat next to her, she fought back a sigh. Another Hufflepuff. Her track record with Hufflepuffs was hit and miss at the best. She’d still given the younger boy a nod, before she noticed the professor transform back and start the lesson. Thankfully.
Animagi. It wasn’t something she’d been particularly interested in, but given her dormmate had gone through the training and she knew of at least one other who had, a bit had filtered over to her. People had quickly offered their answers, Hady of course being one, but there was a little more that she hadn’t heard mentioned so she had raised her hand. “While commonly a witch’s Animagus form is the same as their Patronus, an Animagus form doesn’t change like a Patronus can. And also, a lot of Animagi can’t actually conjure a corporeal Patronus anyhow.” It didn’t particularly answer the questions, but it was still something she thought important enough to mention. ”Yes, one’s patronus and animagus form are often, but not always, the same.”
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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Animagi being the subject of this lesson made sense considering the professor had just demonstrated her ability at it. Rula thought it was a pretty interesting subject, and something she kind of wanted to learn...but also kind of not, because of the whole being-half-human-half-animal-forever-if-you-failed-at-it thing. That thought wasn't too appealing.
Instead of thinking about that right now though, she focused on listening and taking notes. Most of her classmates seemed to have it covered.
Until one answer caught her attention.
"Remus Lupin wasn't an animagus," she said, raising her hand. "I think you're thinking of James Potter. Lupin was a werewolf." Which wasn't exactly the same thing as an animagus. Though...that did make her think of something to add/ask.
"Professor," she continued, raising her hand again, "could someone who was a werewolf also be an animagus?” ”It is true that Remus Lupin was a werewolf and not an animagus. I do not know of any werewolves that were also animagi, and I think a werewolf would be unable to become an animagus, as a werewolf would not be able to put a mandrake leaf in his mouth on the full moon and take it out on the next full moon while he was in his wolf form.” So a werewolf could not also be an animagus.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin Animagi were interesting, right? Merlin knew it was a LOT LOT LOT of work to master the spell, but being an animal was a perfect disguise. In spite of people knowing that it was technically possible that the dog they were conversing in front of was actually the wizard down the street, they forgot all the time and weren't cautious. The best investigators and reporters and corporate spies would work like mad to become an animagi... which made it an interesting skill to consider.
For now, though, Katy was interested just in the theoreticals. For example... "Professor, I heard that to master the Transfiguration spell to become an animagi, you have to hold a leaf under your tongue for a MONTH." Big eyes. No talking for a MONTH? ”Yes, this is true.”
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Originally Posted by Tegz Okay but it had been totally obvious that the raccoon was the professor but the thing was, Char wasn't very impressed OR excited by animagi. Whyyy would you want to be an animal? It didn't make sense to her as a thing to actually desire enough to work toward. Other transfiguration things were more exciting, ESPECIALLY if you could use it in duels.
So she knew a bit about animagus stuff, but only what had been said already. Ohhhh she hoped they were going to do some fun spells though. Had to be something, right? Cos it wasn't like a bunch of kids could suddenly learn to be animagi? Especially if anyone else was like her with zero desire to do so.
.... it would be cool to learn to give yourself feathers or something though. Immediately distracted by this idea, Char began looking through her textbook to see if she could find something. Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora
Silas didn't mind anyone sitting by him today because ...really he only knew a few students in school and most of them were girls. So it was a nice change to see Henry again! Silas waved back at the boy but only to be dismayed again when their seats weren't assigned next to each other. Aww sad. Oh well, maybe next lesson perhaps?
But he didn't have to wait long for a new partner. A pretty girl by the name 'Natalia' came and sat next to him. She seemed...so dark in comparison to the other girls he met so far. Silas chuckled at her comment, "I believed so. It be interesting though." Imagine a talking animal teaching them in their cute animal voices. What if Obiwan could talk?! He beamed.
Okay question time.
Of course he knew what an animagus was, he just preferred not to answer this time and simply listened to his classmates answers with mild interest. He must rather glanced over at this 'Natalia' girl and wondered if she knew the answer too.
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Originally Posted by FwooperOnYourLeft Az was happy to see Tenacius and Henry and Hady and there was Jace as well.. but none of them were sitting next to her.. apparently her seat mate had decided to not show up..
All alone party of one!
But then..was that.. Jasper? Az's purple eyes nearly fell out of their sockets! He was here? The urge to run over and tackle him was real.. but instead she just sat there and waved at him..
Her eyes turned to the Professor as she spoke and she bit her lip a little..she didn't know much, and what she did know had already been said.. so..
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Originally Posted by littledhampir Oh, the raccoon was their professor. Or rather, their professor could turn into a raccoon. That was pretty cool. Olly was sure some people had known that already but he was not the best at paying attention so this was the first he had known about this. But he knew what an animagus was so he was not all that surprised by the information. He remembered that they once had a professor who was a cat. And he knew that Hady was an animagus. He glanced at her as the professor asked them questions. She should know all about it then.
Olly didn't bother answering because everyone else had gotten there first and pretty much covered it. He was a little bit confused on whether or not the animal form could be chosen. Some people seemed to think so, even though he thought not. He was about to ask when several other people said the animal form could not be chosen. That sounded pretty good to him. They were probably right. Quote:
Originally Posted by emjay As much as Henry liked animals, he certainly didn't want to be one. He was perfectly fine as a person. So when the class topic of discussion turned to animagi, the fourth year tuned out a little. He had no desire to learn how to be an animagus and he figured this would be primarily a theory based lesson since what he knew of it was a long and difficult process.
He shifted in his seat, trying to get comfortable, as others answered the question. He really didn't know more than what others already said as his animagus knowledge was limited to what most people knew. He had the vague notion of turning to his book to find something useful or new to contribute. And he almost did that until he heard someone say something about animagus transformations gone horribly wrong, like being stuck as part human and part animal F O R E V E R !
"Wow, that would suck," Henry murmured to himself as he stared out the window, his mind immediately fixating on animagus mutations. It was like something out of a horror movie, really. Imagine being stuck with frog legs for the rest of your life, or something even worse, like a fly's face. No thanks. Sufficiently distracted, he began doodling half-man/half animal creatures on his parchment. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Paige bit down a bit too hard on the inside of her cheek when someone mentioned Rita Skeeter. Yeah...part of the family legacy that didn't get passed down - along with any real transfiguration skill at all. Titling her parchment with the topic of the day, Paige elected to remain quiet. She really did not have anything else to offer up in terms of new information regarding animagi - although she was curious as to what form she would take were she ever to actually accomplish this bit of advanced magic - assuming it was not the same form as her patronus.
But even an optimist like herself knew that that was well beyond her skillset....
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline She had caught the raccoon nod in response to her greeting which made her more certain her guess had been right. Milo and other animals for that matter might react but not quite as human as a nod. Cassie couldn’t dwell on it too much as she was taken mildly by surprise as Olivia returned her greeting with a half-hug. “I’m doing well,” the Ravenclaw answered before it was the Gryffindor’s turn to be surprised, the lesson beginning with a leap…of the raccoon off the desk and into the form of one Professor Riveroll.
Apparently her friend from divination WASN’T aware the professor was an animangus.
Cass did her best not to chuckle at the other girl’s reaction, since it wasn’t her fault she didn’t know, but it was amusing nevertheless. Unfortunately, in her amusement, the question posed by the woman was answered by other students and what she knew about animangus was quickly spoken if. So the Ravenclaw remained quiet instead of repeating answers. That didn’t mean she wasn’t curious as to just where this topic was going to go today. Or maybe across the term.
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Originally Posted by Cedric Not that Sam was a professor or anything, but like, Professor Riveroll was totally failing in his books. After all, she had REPLACED Professor Ichihara! The vastly intelligent, beautiful, graceful Professor Ichihara. His thirteen-year-old heart gave a heavy sigh.
Of course they would be talking about animagi. Probably only because Professor Riveroll was an animagi. How humble. Though he did find it an interesting topic nonetheless.
Sam had read plenty on Animagi, but he wasn't going to volunteer an answer right now. Maybe once his moodiness subsided slightly, that ought to change a bit. Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen whoah wait STOP THE PRESSES!!
That Racoon was the Professor whaaaaat 
Of course, its Transfiguration. Of course this wasnt his first Transfig Professor. Of course he was very aware of Animagi and their abilities-- heck his bestie was pulling all sorts to be one. But it just didnt occur to him that the furball was well-- not quite the cutesy sort you'd find out in the grounds. Note to self Gryffindor: when seeing an animal in a classroom thats not Marie Curie, not a COMC class and not with their handler, be suspicious, be very suspicious.
And right so its all about Animagi today. He looks at Hadley giving an enthusiastically expert response, yep thats his bestie right there. And given how she just owned that question, he be just sittin back, elbows up and just chiiiiilll.... Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 Kaycee honestly didn't see why animagus were such a big deal. Sure, it was cool to change into a raccoon. But... why would you? It didn't seem incredibly useful.
Unless the whole point is to have done something that requires a lot dedication for the sole purpose of impressing children.
As for the questions, all the Gryffindor Prefect could think of was how useless a trick it was, unless you were planning on spying on someone. Even then, most forms didn't seem particularly useful for that.
Of course there were a few quiet students who did not wish to speak. That was alright as long as they were learning something from what their classmates had to say. Perhaps they would participate more another time. Were they all taking notes?
”Please open your textbooks to page 394 where you will find more information about animagi. As some of you mentioned, the process of becoming an animagus involves holding a mandrake leaf in your mouth for an entire month, from full moon to full moon. This is the first step in the process of animagus training. If the leaf ever comes out of your mouth before the time comes to remove it or if there is not enough moon light on the night you remove it, you must start again. The mandrake leaf must be placed in a crystal phial with some of your own hair, dew, and the chrysalis of a death’s-head hawk moth. This must be placed in a dark place and left undisturbed until the next lightning storm. If it receives sunlight or is disturbed you will be at an increased risk of becoming stuck in a mutated half-human half-animal form. Every day and sunrise and sundown while waiting for the lighting storm to occur, you must place the tip of your wand over your heart and say the incantation "Amato Animo Animato Animagus.” When the lightning storm occurs, you must retrieve the crystal phial, which should now contain a red potion. Go to the space where your first transformation will occur, place your wand-tip against your heart, speak the incantation, and then drink the potion. At this time the first transformation should occur.” As Felicity spoke notes appeared on the chalkboard. Were they all taking notes?
”Obviously you will not all be training as animagi, as this is something that you should never for any reason attempt without guidance and you need special permission if you wish to train with me.” Couldn’t have them all going off attempting things that might leave them permanently mutated. ”Today we will be learning a spell that can change the appearance of your skin. The incantation is Mutare Pellem, and the wand movement is a swish over the area that you wish to change. Please take some time to practice this spell.”
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[list][*]Animagi can change into animals at will[*]Retain human mind[*]Do not choose animal form[*]Risk of permanent mutations if training goes wrong
STEPS
1- One month, from full moon to full moon, one must keep the leaf of a mandrake in the mouth constantly, no breaks or you need to start again.
2- Leaf is removed at the full moon and placed, steeped in saliva, in a small crystal phial, recieving the pure rays of the moon - if the night is cloudy you will have to find a new Mandrake leaf and start again. To the moon-struck crystal phial, add one of your own hairs, a silver teaspoon of dew collected from a place that neither sunlight nor human feet have touched for a fill seven days, and the chrysalis of a Death's-head Hawk Moth. Put this mixture in a quiet, dark place and DO NOT LOOK AT IT or otherwise disturb it until the next electrical storm.
3- While waiting for the storm, the following procedure should be followed at sunrise AND sundown. The tip of the wand should be taken over the heart and incantation "Amato Animo Animato Animagus"
4- The storm might take weeks, months or even years. The crystal phial should remain completely undisturbed, and completely untouched by sunlight. Contamination by sunlight may result in increased risk of the worst mutations. Do not look at the potion until LIGHTNING occurs. **If you continue to repeat your incantation at sunrise AND sunset, there will come a time when, with the touch of the wand-tip to the chest, a SECOND HEARTBEAT may be sensed, sometimes more powerful than the first, sometimes less so. Nothing should be changed. Continue to perform the incantation at the correct times, NEVER omit a single occasion.
5- Immediately upon the appearance of lightning in the sky, retrieve your potion. If correct, all procedure performed step by step correct, you will discover a mouthful of blood-red potion inside the crystal phial.
6- Move AT ONCE to a large, secure place where your transformation cannot cause alarm or place you in physical danger. Place your wand-tip against your heart, speak the incantation, and then drink the potion.
7- If correct, you will feel a fiery pain and intense double heartbeat. Your mind will create the shape of the creature into which you will transform into shortly. It is too late to escape the change you have willed
8- The first transformation is usually uncomfortable and frightening. All clothing, accessories (glasses, jewelry, clothing etc) meld into the skin and become one with fur, scales or spikes. DO NOT resist, DO NOT panic - or the animal might gain dominance and you could do something foolish (try to escape from a window, or charge a wall etc.)
9- When transformation is complete, you should find yourself physically comfortable. You are advised to pick up your wand, AT ONCE, and hide it somewhere safe where you can find it after you return to your human form.
10- TO return to a human, visualize your human self as clearly as you can. This should be sufficient, but do NOT panic if it does not occur immediately. Practice to fluidly transform yourself at will, by simply VISUALIZING the creature. Advanced Animagi can transform without wands.
OOC: This is our activity portion of the lesson!
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