Transfiguration - Lesson Two
 

Kerry enters the classroom and smiles at the professor who looks extremely comfortable sitting upon the desk. "This should be a nice, laid back class," she thought and hoped as she found a seat toward the front and waited for class to begin.

Alicia saw Alexis walk in and gave her a small wave.

Cassandra slowly entered the Transfiguration classroom. "Hello Professor." She said before she took a seat in the middle. She saw a few other students already here. She put her bag down on the floor and took out her parachment, ink, a quill, and her wand, just in case. She looked around the classroom, waiting for the class to start.

Torie bounced into the Transfiguration classroom. She was happy to be here since she always learned really neat things in this class. After scanning the classroom, she decided to take a seat near the front of the room. "Hello Professor." she said. "What are we learning today?"

Shauna recognized this girl as the student that was ..er... involved in the "incident" in the Arithmancy classroom. She smirked to herself and gave a small wave. She proceeded to take out out the necessary supplies.

Aurora got herslef back together, and sat with Kennedy. "Thanks, KK," she said. She looker up at the Professor, "Good day, Professor. Hope you are well. Did you get a chance to grade the homework from last time?" Aurora liked to keep track of her grades so she could let her Mum know.

Bucky waved at the girl and chuckled. This was the one who had supplied fuel to the fire...sort of. And totally by accident she was sure. Did Professor Onyx ever manage to save what was left of that Arithmancy textbook or what?

Dinara walked into the classroom. She looked for anyone she knew and spotted little Kerry. She walked over to her and sat down next to her. As she was unpacking her bag, she looked up at Professor Pride and waved a hello.

Rachel walked in and sat down. She took out her supplies and smiled at the professor. "How are you? What are we going to be learning today?"

Shauna paused, then reached into her bag and pulled out a charred cover to some book... All that remained of the text was a very burnt "..ancy". She smirked.

She looked up from rummaging through her book bag to see Leo standing before. Celestina smiled in surprise. It had been a very long time since she had last seen him. Okay, perhaps not that long but still long.

"Nope," she said without thinking then instinctively glanced to the door. Oh well, there were still an empty seat on her other side. "Feel free to sit."



Bucky laughed and pulled out of her pocket a tiny burnt piece of paper. It was all she had left of the doodle and if you looked closely, you could still see Mr. Cinco's curly beard. She waved it at the girl and considering doodling some more during class unless she managed to pay attention long enough.

Leo beamed, At least this time she was nice to him. He nodded and muttered a thank you, he then took a seat next to Bucky. Leo took out his books and looked straight at the Professor, he was more quiet than he usually was.

Cassandra walked in and greeted the professor. She sat alone. She pulled out her wand and twirled it within her fingers waiting for instructions.

AShley waited for class to begin. She sat there and looked around.

Torie jumped in surprise as a random frog came bounding her way. Not being a squeemish sort, she jumped up and attempted to catch it as it neared her. She grabbed at it unsuccessfully, missing it by a hair. Giggling madly, she attempted to track it down again, finally succeeding. Holding it in her hand, she looked around the classroom. Raising it up she asked, "Did anybody lose a frog?"

Just then, the frog hopped out of her hand and continued toward the front of the classroom.

Torie smiled at the strange boy now standing beside her. "Well, he's pretty cute. Do you mind if I keep him?" She looked over at him, giving him a quick once over. She noticed his Ravenclaw patch and grinned. "Ravenclaw, eh? You miust be pretty smart." Extending her free hand, she offered it to him to shake. "I'm Torie, by the way. You are?"

Melony walked in and waited for class to begin.

She gratefully accepted the frog from her new friend before smiling broadly. "That I did." she said as she made her way back to her seat. "It's nice to meet you and thanks for the frog. As I said, I'm Torie. This is my second year here at Hogwarts. So, do you like Transfiguration? Obviously you're pretty good at charms, judging from the control you had on your Accio spell."

Danni hoped off her desk and shut the door, "Alright everyone quiet down, anymore talking will earn you 5 points off your house. Today we will be discussing, Animagi."

OOC: Sorry everyone but I have to get off the computer for the night, check back later and I will have posted more.

Amelia was sitting next to Dinara, and just as the professor announced the lesson for the day she looked over and gave Dinara a knowingly wink. For she had read up on animagi just this past summer, and she investigated the possibilities of her learning how to become one. She opened up her notebook, and wrote the date and title at the top of the page. She then folded her hands neatly in front of her, waiting for the Professor to begin the lesson.

Rebecca looked at the professor and took out some parchment and a quill, she wanted to take notes on this lesson

Cora's mouth dropped open when Professor Pride said that they would be learning about animagi. She was already a metamorphagus, but hoped to one day become an animagi.

She pulled out a piece of parchment and her new quill and began to fill the page with her swirly writing.

C-B. Latiffa Animagi.

Ashley wrote down Animagi and started to read about it. She was going to win some points for her team no matter what it took. So she sat there and studied

Myra just sat there with her quill in her hand.she had written "Animagi" and she was rotating her quill lazily in her hand while reading about animagi.

Kassie pulled out her quill and parchment. Her face lit up when the teacher said animagi. She wanted to be an animagi terribly. This was a good way to learn all she could about it. Chewing on the end of her quill she waited until the teacher said more.

Rachel immediately broke off her conversation with Talons, making a mental note to talk to her after class. She had her quill in her left hand and it was hovering above the parchment.

Suzy wrote down at the top of her paper "Animagi." She had always hoped she could have an animagus. She loved white tigers and would love to experience being one.

"so how do you become an Animagi?" Molly asked not knowing much about it.

Kerry raised her hand, "I have a question. Forgive me but I'm just not sure...I mean know what an animagus is, but how does one become an animagus? I've heard it's very difficult."

Suzy raised her hand, "professor do you have an animagus?"

Seeing as her classmate had just asked the same question as her virtually at the same time, Kerry decided to ask one other question that was on her mind, "Professor I know once you do have an animagus... you have to register it. How do you do this? Is it a test? Or do you just go and speak to someone, sign something and it's you're all registered?"

"Many years of studying. Its much like apparating, you need to need to become that animal, or at least fool yourself into thinking that, and to feel your body taking the animals shape one small bit at a time. Oh and you are not able to do this without understanding the theory, so if you try, you'll only exhaust youself." she added with a wink.
"No, your animagus form comes from your personality and mannerisms."
Danni smiled, "Yes I do, I'll show it to you all later."
"You go to the ministry and head to the Improper Use of Magic Office and ask to be registered. You prove you can transform, then they take down what animal you are, and what destinctive markings you have."

Suzy wrote all of the teachers answers down. Suzy wondered if her animagus could be a tiger, because, she sorta has the temperment of a tiger. Oh how she wished.

Kerry thought about trying to imagine each bit of the animal as your transforming and the horrors that happen when the transformation goes wrong and shudders, as she thinks about what personality, and mannerisms she has that most closely related what animal - wondering what she'd be if she transformed into an animal.

"Professor, what kinds of things have you seen gone wrong when trying to become an animagus? And were any of them permanent?"

"Professor, are you going to show us how to study to become one?" Molly asked not sure if she wanted to try to become an animagi.

"Since I worked one on one with my teacher, I didnt see anything go wrong myself, but I've heard of them. It is very dangerous to attempt a transformation without the proper knowledge."
"No, I am not." Danni replied matter-o-factly, "You are much to young."

OOC: Time for bed! I'll be back later.

Jasmine smiled happily at the topic of today's lesson. Animagi. She always wondered what her animagus form would be and wondered if her gift of beaing able to communicate with animals would be a help or a hinderence. Professor Maline was helping her deal with everything but they hadn't yet had a chance to further investigate the limits of what she might be able to do. Hearing the professor tell them to ask any questions, Jasmine decided to do just that. "Excuse me professor. I have an ability that allows me to communicate with animals, do you think that will be an advantage for me to become an animagus or a disadvantage?"

Myra raised up her hand. Proffessor, when did you become an animagus?"

Molly’s face dropped. It wasn’t that she wanted to learn how to become one, she just hated when people told her she wasn’t big enough to do things. She figured the professor felt she wasn’t good enough to even take the time to teach her.

Amelia listened to the questions asked, and one popped into her mind from Molly and Kerry's questions and the responses they got about being too young. Also, about how she learned from one-on-one with her teacher.
"Excuse me Professor, but I was curious if there was anyway where if we showed acceleration in the subject of transfiguration, if you could perhaps work with us one-on-one to learn to become an animagi?"

Danni thought for a moment, "Well, seeing as Animagi can already comunicate with animals, I dont think so, I think it would just put you on an even platform with everyone else."
Danni smiled, "I did the transformation the first time about... three years ago? I only recently became comfortable enough to do it without someone else there, in case something went wrong."
"I dont think so, it may be that your animal may look sad or depressed if you are, same applies if you are sick, but I dont think that it affects the way your animal will look. Unless of course you have an accident."
"I myself started studying my final year at Hogwarts and I studied all the way up till now, I still do a bit of research on occasion. As I said, I studied Transfiguration for seven years before I started to seriously study to be an Animagus, but I also had an aptitude for it. Eight is the answer I'll go with, but there always are exceptions." Danni paused to take a breath, "Some people attempt it on their own, but this is very dangerous. I had my... an old friend help me along."
"There are different advantages depending on what animal you turn into. If your a cat, you have claws, your are fast, small and are likely to always land on your feet." Danni said with a grin. "Other times, you can..." Danni paused again, "Fly." With that she shrank and grew wings, her body slowly turning into that of a boat-billed heron.
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She took off and flew around the room, zooming in between desks and students heads.
Danni landed on the girls shoulder and gave a sort of squawk before landing on her desk and transforming back to herself, "If you showed a special talent for Transfiguration and were a 6th or 7th years, maybe."

Danni smiled, she could give some information away, but not all. "Well, for one, the boat billed heron is mostly nocturnel, you dont see it much here but I much prefer the night time, I always got the night watch on my sh... merchant boat. It is also a water bird, as most of you know, I am quite fond of the ocean. When the heron is distressed it rattles its beak, while I dont have a beak to rattle do tend to make alot of unnessisary noise." she said with a cheeky grin, "But thats all I'm willing to say for now." she added with a wink.

Molly sat, eyes wide with amazement, as the professor flew around the room. She was an absolutely beautiful bird. It just seem to fit her. Molly took out her parchment and tried to sketch a picture of the bird/professor as accurately as she could. Then she took down some notes below the picture on why the professor becomes that type of bird.

Amelia watched in amazement as her Professor transformed into this small heron. Wow! I wish I could fly..., she thought until she felt something light land on her shoulder. The professor was on her shoulder!! -- how strange. She laughed and smiled at the bird, before it took off and landed back in the front of the classroom to answer her question.

Amelia nodded in agreement, and made a mental note that she would strive for great success for the next 4 years in Transfiguration. "Thank you Professor; I will do my best not to let you down." She winked.

Rachel had already spoken to the professor on this topic. She knew that the professor wouldn't teach her until she was older, but learning the everything about it beforehand would be helpful anyway. Her old AP classes had made her a quick writer and she wrote everything that was said by the professor and students on the topic. She looked up as the professor turned into her animangus form, and smiled. She was a pretty bird and Rachel hoped that if she was a bird, she'd look as good. Then a thought came into her head, 'Nah, you're probably something like a horse or something that's fast and deadly.' Rachel raised her right hand, while her left hand kept writing. "Professor, so how exactly does being an animangus work? Do you know ahead of time what you'll be, or do you just turn into that animal, then go to a mirror and say, "Oh, I'm a bird. Lovely." or something? I never understood how that worked.

"If you know your personality well enough, you may be able to guess what animal you are, other then that, you find out when you transfigure."

"Ok, I have a couple questions for you, then I will assign homework. First, give me one difference between a transfigured human and an Animagus." Danni said smiling.

Rachel's hand shot up into the air. "With a transfiguration, you do it by a wand and it's advanced, but not as advanced as being an animagus is. But with an animagus, you don't need a wand, you can just do it at will and you have a set animal, whereas with transfiguration, you can take on any form. An animagus is advanced, to the where only few that tempt it actually successed. Also, transfiguration, isn't as personalized as an animagus is. Animagus form is based off of who you are, but transfiguration isn't."

Molly raised her hand to take a guess "Professor, isn't transfiguration a spell and an animagus is a skill you develop to change youself into the same animal over and over? Like you couldn't have a bunch of different animagi, but you could use transfiguration for a bunch of different things."

"Isn't a transfigured human incapable of remembering their own identity and having similar thinking, whereas an animagus retains all sense of self and thought processes?" Kennedy couldn't spit this out the way she wanted.

Danni smiled, "Well, you just told me I'm doing my job well. You are all correct, 2 points to each of you! Now for homework, I want a paragraph (At least four sentences) on Animagi. Pick any angle you want and go for it. Class dismissed."

Rachel smiled. She had finally done something right. She thanked the professor for the great lesson and walked out intent on giving a great homework assignment to the professor. It was almost as though the professor had made a lesson just for her. Oh yeah, this was her favorite class. She waited outside the classroom for Talons to finish packing. This was a good class and she wanted to discuss it with her.

OCC: She's at the lake. Just sit down and start talking to her if you want, if you have any other location in mind PM me.

"Well bye proffessor! This class was awsome!!" said Myra and she left the class.

beck scurried up to the teacher and grabbed her homework. no time to dilly dally, she was already late for her next class. "oh curse it all" she muttered as some of her papers slid to the floor.

Suzy wrote down the homework and packed her things. She hoped one day she could learn to become an animagus.