Tobi sat down in time to hear the professor's announcement... "Um.. kay?"

He wasn't entirely sure how this related to Transfiguration, but he also didn't care. Like at all. he was up to his ears in homework and if the class was that easy, more power to the professor.

Water balloons?

At the words, Evangeline couldn't help but to look down at her neat robes. There was no way she was getting water anywhere near her perfect robes and perfect hair. No way. Not today. Evangeline was turning 17, after all, and in the past few days she had made a great effort to be a lady.

And getting a soaked hair and clothes was not lady-like.

Still, the sixth year made her way to her desk and dropped her bag onto the wooden desk. "What kind of questions are we talking about here, Ma'am?" There was no way she was asking the woman personal questions. She was scary!

Freya walked in and as she did the Professor was speaking. 'Water balloon fight? I don't think so.' She took a seat and didn't even bother taking out her quill and notepad.

'Yeah, right. You can make up any answer you want and say that it is right because YOU are in charge.' Freya continued to think.

'Does it sound like fun?' "Yes, Ma'am." 'No.' Freya just sat in her seat with an almost sour look on her face. One of her favorite subjects and it's Professor had to lose their marbles as well? Spiffing...just spiffing.

. . . What?

Water ballons? Water ballons fight? What was wrong with Professor Pierce?

Most importantly, though - was she going to have to get wet?

No. Absolutely not. There was no chance that was happening.

"Sure, Professor Pierce. That would be great" Not. This was definitely not the kind of Transfiguration class the fifth year had been expecting. Water ballons had nothing to do with Transfiguration, for crying out loud!

Right?

"Transfiguration questions, duh." Alex giggled as she tucked her legs underneath her. "I guess we can start now so go for it!"

Paris was eying people already she wanted to hit with a water balloon and Willow and Tobi were the two she was gunning for. She giggled at the thought and raised her hand. "Professor Pierce what is the difference between charming something and transfiguring something?" She asked.

If they asked Trasfiguration questions, they could go have a water fight? The water fight sounded like FUN! The questions? Not so much. And Professor Pierce? Well, she was clearly bonkers.

"Okay, Professor," the Prefect started, hand in the air. "Can you transfgure things into food?" He was hungry. As usual.

Melly couldn't help but stare at the professor. She knew that wasn't a polite or nice thing to do but... water ballons? That sounded extremely... dangerous. And yet, she couldn't help but think that that sounded quite fun, anyway. After all, if it ended up in a fight, it would be, in a way, an adventure, would it not? The fourteen-year-old would welcome it with open arms, that was for sure. It had been long since she had had real fun.

"That sounds great, professor," Melina said honestly, a beam on her not-as-freckly-as-it-used-to-be face. She couldn't wait for the lesson to start. Oh no, she couldn't.

"When you transfigure something it changes shape or is conjured, charming something makes it do something else. Everyone knows that, come on give me a hard one." Alex responded flippantly as she lay down on her desk and hung one leg over the side, swinging it back and forth. "Oh, and heres your balloon!" she reached under her desk and pulled out a green water balloon and tossed it to the Slytherin girl.

Willow had already decided, that when the Water Ballon fight time came, she would just go straight to the Ravenclaw Common room instead of the firing room.

Because there was absolutely no way she was going to let anyone throwing a ballon full of water at her. Granted, there were quite a few people that the girl would love to see getting wet, but it just wasn't worth getting wet.

"I have a question, ma'am," said the girl from her seat, raising her hand, "Which spell is more complex? A conjuring one, or a vanishing one?"

And then she saw him. Clifford Carden was there. Uh oh, big uh oh. If he saw her, she was definitely going to get a balloon thrown at her face and she didn't want that, well, unless she could throw two at him and hit him. Melly had to think of a question and she had to do it faaaast!

"Professor, what was the witch that was famous for transfigurating lost sailors into pigs?," She asked, hand raised in the air. Hopefully, the professor would know that one. Then she could have a baloon. Hehe.

Ah. Transfiguration questions. That was better. Much, much better. Riiiight. Now all she needed was a question. Oh .. and what was that spell she had tried to do the other day but failed? Oh right! "Ma'am! I have a question.." Evangeline said, waving her arm around. "What's the incantation for the Clothes Changing spell?" That would be useful in the future. Yup.

This is so strange. Miranda was baffled at the way the professor was acting. She knew and expected adults to be boring and all... superior like. But Professor Pierce was going to give them waterballoons and then have a fight? Awesome! she grinned.

Now for a question... Miranda had a peek in her textbook.
"Professor," she raised her hand "Which is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration?"

Hehehe.

"Prrooofesssor!" Anna exclaimed, her hand in the air. "I have a question. Okay, so...let's just say I wanted to transfigure my hair a pretty pink polka-dotted color. Is there a spell for that? Oh, and what if I wanted to transfigure my dinnertime meal into a huge pile of candy? Can I do that, too?" she asked. "Oh, and professor, do you know how to spell the word Transfiguration? Anna was H-Y-P-E-R, and she really didn't feel much like sitting in class and being serious. What was the fun in all that?

Cale looked around the classroom in a mild state of shock. What was going onnnnnn? He had almost had enough of all these loony professors. Sigh. He figured he'd better ask a question since a number of them were flying all over the place. He raised his hand. "Professor, when you transfigure an animal into something else like...a teacup, do they feel anything?" he asked.

Chris waved excitedly to his favorte teacher and hoped she was excited to see him too. "Hey Professor Pierce, um... are there any rules that are especially important when doing Transfiguration?"

Mariel simply stared at Professor Pierce, as she sat on her desk and made her announcement about today's lesson, like she was completely mental because... well, she clearly was. But that seemed to be the trend at Hogwarts so she didn't spend much time dwelling on it.

Questions about Transfiguration? The second year didn't really have any, she usually just took it for granted that things worked the way they did some Ravenclaw she was, but she figured if that's what was happening today then she'd better participate lest she get in trouble.

Raising her hand, Mariel asked, "So when you conjure something, where does it come from?" And along that same line of questioning... "And when you Evanesco stuff, where does it go?"

Rian's eyes bugged open when she heard the instructions for today's lesson. Are these robes suppose to get wet? With a mental shrug, she smiled. Ah well. She could always buy new ones.

"Proffesor?" she asked, her hands shooting up into the air. "If a person is transfigured into an animal, do they take on the qualities of said animal? Or do they stay human-like?" that was a random question...but it was the first one she thought of. And she was pretty sure she knew the answer...but hey! Maybe she'd get a water balloon.

Paris giggled and caught her balloon. She took the tiny end of it and stuck it to her desk for safe keeping. This was going to be too much fun she could tell. Her eyes roamed to Anna and Cale, oh yes they were going on the list too, and of course Clifford was on there. "Professor what do you call a witch or wizard that can change their appearance without the aid of potions or transfiguration?" She asked as she bounced in her seat with her hand raised.

Daniel almost clapped his hands when he had heard of the great activity to follow after the question and answer part... He then thinks of something that can be asked to the Professor . He then raised his hands and said, "Professor how would you know if a thing is transfigured or not?"

Cedric raised his hand..this was exciting for him but what do water balloons means..they were in transfiguration..this could be serious..Cedric thought.."Professor..we know that we can transfigured a rat to a box..but how do we transfigured a box to a rat?"

Oh wow! This lesson seemed like fuuuun! Miles loved water balloon fights, and the last one he had was when he was little with Hugo, Terry and Evee. Hmm, he was having withdrawl symptoms from it. HAH!

Miles thought for a minute before raising his hand with, which he thought, was a good question. Hehehehe. He hoped he got a pwetty green balloon. "M'aaam! Which ones more difficult? Charms or Transfiguration? Or .. which one do you think the students you have taught find more difficult?" Oh yeah baby.

A water balloon fight? Sakura raised an eyebrow slightly. Just what was a water balloon and what did one do in a water balloon fight? Well she supposed she would soon find out.

"Professor if I wanted to transfigure a human into an animal, say a fox against his or her will what spell would I have to use? Or is there even a spell for it?" Sakura asked, genuinely interested. If the professor told her the spell or incantation it would save her a whole lot of time trying to look it up in books that were likely kept in the restricted section of the library.

Cela made a face of confusion. How did they know if Professor Pierce got it right or wrong when they were asking the questions in the first place? And why were people answering questions which they should already know the answer to? She stared around at the class, mentally answering some of the questions. So weird. Someone was probably going to ask about the exceptions to Gamp's law next. Still, she figured asking at least one question.

Cela raised her hand slowly, "Professor Pierce, Is it possible to make transfigurations permanent? Or can all transfigurations be reversed?"