Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

And there did appear to be a few more people to come in. Destiny being one of them - telling her something she already knew. Chuckling, Issy nodded in greeting. "Thank you, Destiny. Good morning to you."


"Hello, hello. Everyone take a seat please." Isabelle greeted each one with a grin and a gesture towards where they needed to go.


"Likewise, Josh." Isabelle stood up from her seat and walked around to the front of her desk, perching her bum on the edge. "I hope you remembered your wand this time?" she joked, giving the Gryffindor a knowing look. He'd better have done.

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But anyway, on with class.

Isabelle flicked her wand at the board and the chalk flew up and scribbled her name. "Good morning to all of you. My name, for those of you that don't know me, is Professor Magnus." Folding her arms as she leant on the desk, Issy eyed them all. They did appear to be ready. So she would begin.

"First question to everyone - can you tell me the name we give to people who are born with the ability to change their appearance? Hair, facial features excetera...."




OOC: Points are awarded for participation in the whole lesson, so don't worry if you aren't the first person to answer questions! Please no editing of your posts either.

Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

The wiper flew across the board and removed her name. Now the chalk was scribbling a different word - 'Metamorphmagus'. They were all so good.

"You are all, of course correct," Issy beamed, clapping her hands together. "A Metamorphmagus...or 'magi' for the plural," she nodded in the direction of the students who had said that one, too. "Now it's a very rare gift, few people have the ability. And, as I'm sure you know, alot of it depends on emotion." She moved from the front of her desk and began walking up and down the aisles. Issy found it better to move as she talked.

"So unfortunately for you all, it's not something I can teach you. HOWEVER there are spells that you can use to change your appearance - and in this lesson you will be doing two of them." Stopping by the board, Issy cleaned it herself and used the chalk to write by hand. Two spells, which were...



"Can anyone tell me what they think these two spells do? They both change the same part of you, just in different ways."

Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay

Oh, Hugo was first!

Hmm. "I'm afraid not, no. They both change it for however long you want, until you use the counterspell. Good try though," Issy grinned.


"You are very close to the right part of the body, just a little further north." Oooh, cryptic. But she was sure Evelyn could work that one out.


"That is a good guess, based on the words..." *pause* She didn't know his name. Ploughing on. "But we're not doing human to animal transformations in today's lesson." Grin.


"Go a little further up and you'll get the right area." Isabelle winked at Josh and walked past to the next person.


"It sounds like it could, but no, I'm afraid it doesn't. And Ristaris is not the counterspell either, we have another for that. Good try though."


Aww, this one seemed nervous. Whether it was about getting the answer right, or that she'd be turned into a cat, Issy wasn't sure. But she reassured her anyway. "Not whiskers, no. Not today anyway."


"Again you are very close to the right area, just a little bit away from it." Isabelle nodded at Destiny as she walked past the girl's desk. Some of them were getting SO CLOSE.






AND BINGO.

Especially bingo to the young Ravenclaw girl with the curly hair. "You three are correct! Especially you my dear," she pointed at Indy and smiled. "They do indeed change your hair. Felintas changes the length and style, and Ristaris changes the colour - it can also be used on eyes, but not today."



Writing all this up on the board, Issy wiped her hands on a cloth she had kept on the table. Chalk dust got everywhere. "Now, I don't know if any of you were aware that a carnival rolled into Diagon Alley over the summer..." she looked around them and smiled. They seemed like the sort that would have gone. "But that has influenced how I want you all to perform these spells."

The grin on her face twitched wider as she pointed her wand at her head. A quick tap and her once long brown hair shrunk and became frizzy, until it looked very much like an afro style. Another tap changed it to a bright red colour. Surely they could now see where she was going with this? "That's right. You're going to become clowns for this lesson." Evil? Probably to those who cared what they looked like. Fun? Heck yes.

"Before we get on with the spells though, I want you all to look the part. So please find a partner for this bit, because it's more fun that way, and come up and collect one of these sets of face paints." Isabelle reached inside one of the boxes on her desk and produced a pile of other boxes, each containing paints for them to use. She then walked over to the trunks and threw back the lids. "AND I have costumes for you to wear! Come and get one, get changed, then please do your partners make up. We'll move on when you've all completed that."



OOC: You don't NEED a partner for this bit, but it is fun to paint all over someone else's face If you want to do it on your own that is fine. Just have your character come and get a costume, change, and then pick up a painting kit. Sit in your pairs (if you're in one) and have fun! We'll move on later. Chatting about the task only please!