The know-it-all in Aliza immediately knew the response to the professor's question. She shot her hand up in the air after she scanned the list for transfiguration spells. "Professor, Transfiguration is known as a marked changed in something or someone's form or appearance. Like a metamorphosis of sorts. From the list, Ristaris, Multicorfors and Glisseo are perfect examples of transfiguration spells"

Looking at the list again, Kurumi felt a little pleased that perhaps she hadn't been over thinking things when she had selected her spell. So, that was a relief that she hadn't caused her brain to go into overdrive for nothing. Raising her hand, Kurumi offered up a short answer...and a question. "The Porsectum Spell is a switching spell, which is a category of Transfiguration spells," Kurumi explained before cocking her head to the side. "Professor, I'm a little confused as to why Piertotum Locomotor is a Transfiguration spell." Not that Kurumi didn't believe the textbook, it just seemed like a sort of grey area that she would like some clarification on. "In the process of animating something using that particular spell, does it also change the inherent nature of the object? Animating something to do something...unexpected just seems to fall under the framework of a charm. If it does...why is this spell different from a Picture Animating Charm?" Not to mention they had learned a different Locomotor spell in her first year in Charms.

Not for the first time, Penelope was left with just staring blankly at the board and half-listening to the other students answer the question. She'd never heard of the majority of the spells listed, so of course she also had no idea which were considered Transfiguration spells and which were...not Transfiguration spells. She didn't even know enough spells to actually have a favorite, so she hadn't written on the board. How did all these students know all of these? And not only these, but they probably knew even more than the ones listed, because surely there were lots and lots and lots and LOTS of spells out there. None of which Penelope really knew.

She was so far behind.

Blinking a few times, she managed to force herself to start fully listening to the rest of the students' answers. So Transfiguration spells changed...stuff? And then there were lots of big words which she assumed were spell names or something...and it was back to the blank staring.

Maybe she really should try reading those textbooks...

Alyssa raised her hand and answered,"Professor like some of the others have said, a Transfiguration spell just transforms the behavior of the object. Like Piertotum Locomotor will make an object move when it normally wouldn't."

"I know that Kurumi is questioning that to be a Transfiguration spell, but I still believe it to be one."

Audrey raised her hand.
"I have to agree with Kurumi. I don't see how Piertotum Locomotor is a transfiguration spell. I thought an actual property of the object needed to change in order for the spell to be considered a transfiguration. The motion of an object does not seem to me to be a property of an object."

Audrey smiled to herself. Maybe I am a little useful.

As far as her knowledge would go, she knew that a Transfiguration Spell was called as such because it transfigures things, mainly focusing on the alteration of its appearance and form through its basic molecular structure. It can transform not only things but also humans, it can make something vanish or conjure something out of thin air too. Hence, why she was frowning slightly at Alyssa's answer, the she-badger said that a Transfiguration Spell changed a thing's behavior..But isn't that what a Charm does? Since Charms focuses on what the object does.

Gaaaaah! She was getting confused.

Feeling a bit more interested on the subject, her hunger had surprisingly dissolved. She decided to just wait until Professor Magnus speaks up to clear the matter between Transfiguration Spells and Charms. As of now, she was just going to concentrate on the question she gave them.

She carefully surveyed the Board and with her quill and parchment, she listed down the spells which, based on her instinct, were Transfiguration Spells.

When she was done, she raised her hand and read the list she came up with in front of the class, "I think the Transfiguration Spells on the Board would be as follows: Ristaris, Orchideous, Multicorfors, Lumos, Aguamenti, Bluebell flames, Glisseo." Shrug." Well, that is..based on my understanding." Then she slumped back on her seat and listened more.

Sarassi said Well I think that Multicorfors because it changes the color of an object.

Looking at the board, Jonathan seems to see a lot of accio as their favorite spell. Who knew really? As for him, he's very much a big fan of that spell. Who wouldn't be in the first place? When you are tired to stand up and come take your things from around the house, you can just simply summon them by using such charms. Although, Jonathan was a bit confused to why they listed charms instead of the transfiguration. This class is not Charms, is it?

Jonathan looked at the professor just to be sure. Yes, it's Professor Magnus. He is in the right class. And as the professor raised another question, there, that's more like it.

which ones ARE considered Transfiguration?

Hmmmm. Jonathan looked at the board again. Well, there's not a lot of them. He raised his hand to answer this one "Uhmmm..." eyeing the board some more as his eyes scanned it from top to bottom "Ristaris" changes hair. Jonathan can still remember their lecture on this. Professor Magnus was having fun that day. "Orchideous" conjuring a flower. "Multicorfors?" it does change color too. "Piertotum Locomotor" he wasn't sure about that one though, but he has heard of it to be a transfiguration spell.

And that was it. Jonathan was not sure about Lumos or the other spells. Some are definitely Charms.

Nerida looked at the board and yawned, she wasnt bored but tired. She read over them and noticed a lot of them were charms, and a lot of people loved Accio like her! She said Um, woulldnt, Ristaris, Orchideous and Multicorfors be some? And Glisseo? She didnt know about any of the others but she thought those were transfiguration spells.

Eying the list again, Dylan had to pick out the appropriate ones. Something he knew about that particular genre of magic, it contained spells that were meant to alter something's appearance, right? That's ultimately what it meant, or so Dylan thought.

*hand-raising and head banging* "Professor, given what I kinda remembered, Transfiguration spells are those that simply change one thing to another..." Skimming the list again, he tapped his chin. "I'm going to say Ristaris, Aparecium, Orchideous, Piertotum Locomotor, Multicorfors, and Porsectum and Glisseo, maybe?" Doing a double-check, he moved to clarify. "Each of the spells I mentioned change something, physically, in some way."

Aliza listened as a couple students made comments about the Piertotum Locomotor spell. She gave it a quick thought. "No matter how we look at it, in the end it's still a transfiguration spell. As i mentioned before, transfiguration is a change in someone or something's form or appearance. For example, if i cast that spell on a suit of armor, when it moves, that is a change in its form. It has gone from being inanimate to being animate."

She looks around the room hoping that her explanation was clear enough.

Jory raised his hand. "Er... I think Aparecium Orchideous and Glisseo are Transfiguration spell. I'm not sure of the others,'' he said wishing he would remember more of what he read in text books.

Zack gave a bit of thought when professor mentioned that these weren't transfiguration spells. Hmm....Why was she telling that? What if they weren't transfiguration spells? OH! it then clicked his mind that professor wanted them to tell about transfiguration spell. Oh, how silly! he thought and looked at the broad to recognize which of the spell were transfiguration ones.

He looked carefully on the board and then raised his hand to answer "Professor, the ones that are transfiguration might be Ristaris, Aparecium, Orchideous, Piertotum Locomotor, Multicorfors, and Porsectum and Glisseo" he said bring his hand down. He wasn't quite sure if the ones he mentioned were correct he thought he would give it a try. Transfiguration was about changing one thing to another so maybe a few were wrong but he read it somewhere in the his text book about Piertotum Locomotor and it said that it was a transfiguration spell. He waited for the professor to clear it out as many students were having second thoughts about that. He too wasn't quite sure.

West had gotten distracted. See it wasn't his fault that he didn't know enough spells yet to have a favourite transfiguration spell. And it wasn't his fault that some people had answers that he thought were dumb. It was easier to just think about other things entirely. Like if he was gonna invent a Transfiguration spell, what would he want it to do?

He was currently torn between inventing a switching spell in his imagination, or a conjuration. Whichever he chose (in his imagination) it would be AWESOME.

His textbook? Was closed.

Right, Janice thought. This is a transfiguration class. She thought debated with her self for a while, comparing each spell, then answered.

"Professor, I think out of the--" Janice did a quick count of the list, "--about forty spells listed there, only Ristaris, Piertotum Locomotor, and Porsectum Spell are the ones that are considered as Transfiguration spells. The rest of it only change small amounts of the physical properties of the object, not the functions or the physical properties as a whole."

Harvey looked at that long list and he only knew of one spell in there cause it had been used in fun on him all the time since then and he didnt mind even though he sometimes made it out that he did.. cause it was fun for everyone if he did.. well thats what he hoped. Anyways it was time to answer the question "Professor I know that Ristaris is one Transfiguration spell" he answered.. and then looked at Minnie.. he knew that was her favourite spell.. she enjoyed using it since it was taught.. it was fun to see her use it as well.

Violet wasn't sure about what the spells were called so she remained silent for a few minutes as the other students in her class started to answer. Then she reluctantly raised her hand as well. "Um..professor. I know a spell that can change the appearance of a object like changing a rat into a glass goblet."

OOC: Not quoting because I'd have to do all of you, and my brain already did that, then Peeves struck to wipe it all out. Lets just say she took notice of all of you, and will acknowledge you. lol




Isabelle was eyeing up the list herself as each of the kids gave their answers to her question. They were all correct with what they gave her, so at least they had a good idea of what a Transfiguration spell was. "You all picked the right spells, well done," she said, moving back over to her desk so they could all see her. "Although, technically, 'Multicorfors' is listed as a charm in textbooks. But it does a very similar job to 'Ristaris' so can also be classed as a transfiguration spell, but leans more to charms."

And that bought her on to what seemed to confuse a few of them about one of the other spells. "Charms and transfiguration are very closely linked in the way they are performed and sometimes in what they do. 'Piertotum Locomotor' for example, as Kurumi mentioned, animates a suit of armour so could be seen as a charm. But it also gives the witch or wizard the ability to control that armour with voice commands, and it changes the whole nature of the armour. It ceases to be a static thing, or statue-like, and takes on almost life-like qualities." She hoped this was making sense to them. If not they could always ask more questions. That is what this lessons was mostly about anyway.

"And any spell that conjures something from the end of your wand - like water, flames, flowers, light excetera - are transfiguration. As Mister Messer pointed out, conjuration is one of the branches of transfiguration."

Rolling her sleeves up, Isabelle sat back down and scanned their faces. There were a few spells there that could be done this lesson, just to give the newer students a chance to see a spell in action. "Right then, now is the chance for a demonstration." Flicking her wand the list on the board disappeared, leaving behind just the ones she felt could be achieved that lesson.

"I would like six volunteers to take one of these spells each - the one they KNOW they can do the best - and show our young first years how it's done. So which of my second years and up would like a go?"





OOC: I only need six people, one for each spell, and PLEASE ONLY HAVE YOUR CHARACTER VOLUNTEER IF THEY ARE SURE THEY CAN PERFORM ONE OF THESE SPELLS. Isabelle isn't looking for anyone that THINKS they can. I'll take the first six older students that volunteer for each spell.

"Professor?" Sierra said, raising her hand. "I can demonstrate Orchideous."

Dylan listened carefully, standing a tad correct in his understanding of Transfiguration. It wasn't a bad thing, really. If he was wrong, it was better to learn what was right. You know, for tests.

...Gah, I'm turning into Vicky...and Honey Bee, at times...

Seeing (and hearing) the Professor talking about volunteering, Dylan stood up. He could possibility demonstrate Lumos better than most people in the room, considering he used it almost every night of his school life. It came in handy for the Slytherin on his midnight escapades to the kitchen...and lake...Dylan had insomnia. Something a lot of people didn't know about him...

He didn't like to spread that sort of information about himself. Then, people started to feel bad for you...and the Slytherin didn't know if he could handle that kind of attention.

"I'll take Lumos..."

She needed volunteers? João's hand shot right up in the air.

"I can perform patronuses."

Lewis had been busying himself with taking notes, not really in the mood to join in on any of the conversations going on around him. No instead his mind continued to drift off to other places and he even started doodling on his piece of parchment. Seriously, what was wrong with him lately!? Well, he knew what was wrong really but he'd never thought that it would affect him so much. So much that he wasn't even paying attention in class anymore.

Bleh.

His attention was once again caught when Professor Magnus started explaining the difference between a charm and a transfiguration spell once again and how blurry the borders between the two were sometimes. Taking the occasional note, Lewis then quickly raised his hand just so he would make sure to pay attention in class again. I VOLUNTEER! "I-I can demonstrate Aguamenti, professor." They'd been doing it in Herbology a lot so he was sure he could do it. Oh and also in Transfiguration last term, right?

So yeah, he was certain he could demonstrate that spell without embarrassing himself.

Theodore was JUST about to flail his arms about into the air and volunteer. Until he realized that the magic required was like... old!people magic. The boy sighed and relaxed back into his seat.

The flower spell was the one he wanted to learn.

Maybe whoever demonstrated that one could teach him it by the end of the lesson. He was WATCHIN' YOOOOOOOU, Prefect Sierra.

Gideon's face fell slightly as Professor Magnus cleared up spells and whether they were charms or transfiguration. And he had mixed up or missed a few. So much for his attempt to do better this term on the subject...he apparently needed to work on it a bit more.

"I can take Ristaris, Professor," he volunteered after raising his hand. That spell he remembered from an earlier lesson on the subject they were currently learning.

Belle raised her hand to volunteer. "Professor i can take Porsectum."