Qaz raised her hand and asked, 'Which is more difficult, transfiguring an animate object into an inanimate one, or vice versa?'

Waterballoons? Becca thought I like the sound of that! Eagerly she raised her hand. "Professor, what are the possible side effects when transfiguring a human into an animal of some sort? And do they have similar ones or do they vary depending on the species the animal is?

"Sure, why not. Have a balloon." Alex answered, tossing the boy another green balloon.
"Ummm... conjuring! Cause then you have to bring all the little pieces together, when you vanish, poof, they go away." she answered ith a sage like nod. "Aaaand a balloon for you!" She tossed over a navy blue balloon.
"Rowena Ravenclaw." Came the firm response. "Here ya go." And here came the blue balloon.
"Portanis. Do you think there is any girl who hasnt memorized that spell?" she giggled as she tossed him a green balloon.
"You cannot create... certain things, only multiply the ones you already have." Alex said slowly, her brain fogging for a moment. "Here ya are." she tossed over a yellow balloon.
"I'm sure you could." Alex sat upright and extracted a red balloon from her bag, she pulled one end back while holding the other end with her other fingers and let go. The balloon sailed through the air and landed on Anna's desk.
"The tea cup? I dont think so, why dont you ask one!" Alex giggled again and threw Cale a red balloon.
Leaning forward with a serious expression on her face, Alex replied, "Never, ever, under any circumstances transfigure yourself into an animal or object without someone else around to change you back." She snapped a red balloon in his direction.
"From nothing, which is to say, everything." Alex replied, quoting her idol, Minerva McGonagall. She threw another blue balloon.
"They take on the qualities of the animal." Another green balloon went sailing through the air.
"A Mega... Metan... Meatamorphmageous." she said stuttering and getting the word wrong. "Catch!" In coming green balloon!
"You wouldnt. Have a balloon." She threw another red one.
"With another spell of course!" She tossed the boy a yellow balloon and laid down on her desk once again, legs swinging.
"Transfiguration all the way baby!" Alex cried sitting up and pumping her fist in the air. She giggled and threw the boy a green balloon then laying back down.
"A transfiguration spell silly." Alex rolled her eyes. A green balloon smacked the girl in the head.
"Most can... I think." Alex said unsure of herself. Blue balloon coming through!
"Vice versa definitely, it even has the word vice in it!" Alex giggled again and tossed another blue balloon.

She giggled and caught the balloon this was so much fun. She was ready to get with the balloon throwing.

Sean sat there trying to think of an awsome question to stump the professor..
"What does a Switing Spell do?" He asked. He knew it was too easy, but he wanted a balloon..

William sat listening to the questions. He had one of his own, "Professor, what's the most difficult Transfiguration to learn?" He asked, his eye curious as he glanced nervously at the balloons around him.

"You think?" Cela responded with her hand half raised, clearly perplexed by this. She lifted her hand to catch the balloon and stared at the professor. How was she supposed to add that to her notes? Professor Pierce thinks that most transfigurations can be changed back? How was that factual? It was a tiny bit possible that Cela was panicking over this, to distract herself she wrote down the five exceptions covered by Gamp's law, even though it appeared in her notes numerous times already.

She raised her hand again, somewhat hesitantly this time, "Professor Pierce? If you are changing something that is made up of more than one thing, like this water balloon being a rubber balloon and water, does it make it more difficult? Would the spell change only one of the components of your target? Or both? Or does it depend on the spell? Do things with more parts automatically involve more advanced transfiguration? Like how it's harder to make a living creature?"

Evangeline just about caught the green water balloon Professor Pierce had thrown her away and considered her words. She hadn't memorised the Clothes Changing spell! Which was why she had asked, of course. Setting the balloon on the desk so she wouldn't accidentally ruin it, Evangeline raised her hand once more. "Which Transfiguration spell do you find most useful, Professor?"

Melina was nothing but surprised at the professor's reply. Rowena Ravenclaw? Since when had she -? Hell. What books was the professor reading? In every single one she had, it had been Circe who had done that! Not Rowena Ravenclaw. Heck, she doubted the founder of her house even though of doing that. It really was nothing but lucky that her hands managed to catch the balloon instead of her face.

She did not trust that woman's answers. Nuh uh. And there was no way she'd write any of that down. Hmph.

Still, she could use a few more balloons... She had to hit Clifford, after all, and she didn't know just how well he could dodge the ones he sent her. Throwing her hand into the air, Melina asked the first thing that came to her mind. "Is it possible to transfigurate something into a castle?"

"Its switches stuff." Alex said, rolling her eyes as she tossd a ballooon his way.
"Animagusness." she responded, making up her own words. She snapped a blue balloon at him.
Alex blinked at the Ravenclaw girl, it made her brain hurt to think of all that so instead she said, "I dont know. No balloon."
She considered her answer for a moment before answering. "Conjuring spells." She tossed a balloon.
"Sure, it'd just be really hard!" Another balloon flew through the air.

Cela pouted, not because of the lack of balloon (though really, why she wasn't getting a balloon because the Professor couldn't answer her questions was completely beyond her). No Cela was pouting because Professor Pierce had always been able to answer all her questions before. It wasn't at all satisfying not knowing the answers.

She stubbornly put her hand up again, "Excuse me, Professor Pierce? If you don't know the answers, who does? Where can I find out? Who should I ask and what books might have the answers in them?"

Professor Pierce was definitely not acting like herself right now, but then again - which teachers were? Very few, that was for sure. Catching her second balloon, the Prefect tried not to chuckle at the Professor's answers. In the end, she'd just give Clifford her balloons. She still refused to get one inch of her hair wet. "Professor?" She raised her hand one more time. "Can we transfigurate one object into two different ones? Say an apple into two oranges?"

Melina honestly felt like cackling right then. As she caught the second balloon in her hands, she couldn't help but wonder what might possibly happen if she threw it at Clifford while he wasn't looking. Hehehehe. That woud be oh so awesome. If she didn't get to lose points of course. Darn. Or get scolded. Meh, no fun. Sigh. It looked like she'd have to wait a bit longer. While she waited, though, why not make another question and get another balloon?

"Professor, and can you turn something into a person?" She really wouldn't mind turning that desk into her very own prince charming.

Alex sighed and rolled her eyes, typical Ravenclaw, "Try asking the librarian to find you books about it."
"Nope, one object, to one object, I think." she nodded firmly as if to reasure herself she was correct. Another balloon learned to fly.
"Sure, but it would still have the mind of a desk, so it wouldnt do much." Alex shrugged as she threw another balloon at the girl. "A couple more questions then we'll move over to the Firing room for your homework!"

Cela sulked a little and put up her hand again, she needed balloons apparently. "Why did you want to teach Transfiguration?"

"Professsooooorrrrr!" Anna called out, raising her hand into the air again. "May I have fifteen house points? I mean...oops...had that come out?...I was just wondering, have you ever experienced any major Transfiguration accidents or known of someone who has? I mean, what sorts of accidents most commonly happen, and what can we do to prevent them?" Wheee! Anna was having fun in this class! The professor was still out of her mind, but Anna planned to help her fix that little problem as soon as class was over.

Tobi raised a hand, "Ma'am how do you transfigure things like Professor McGonnagals Wizard Chess set from like 80 years ago - like do you transfigure people into chess pieces or is there some kind of spell to animate Ginormous chess pieces?"

Okay so it wasn't 80 years ago exactly but it was a really darn long time ago. And Tobi had never understood that one.

"Cause I was good at it, I liked it and I did it alot in my old job." Alex answered, tossing the girl a blue balloon.

"Saw someone get splinched on my Apparition test. It was nasty." Alex said wrinkling up her nose at the memory. "And no you cant have points, you get those later." she added as she threw another balloon.
"Its a seperate spell to make them move." Alex tossed him a balloon.

3 balloons now! Wooo! It was definitely better than nothing and it was TOO good if you didnt even plan on fighting. Though she actually will. "Oh, Professor?" The Prefect said, raising her hand once more. "Is there like ... any object that's completely impossible to turn into other object?"

Clifford wanted ANUVA balloon too! "Professor?" He asked, thrusting his hand in the air. "Can you transfigure liquidy stuff too? Or does it have to be a solid object?" Oh yeah!

"Nope, I dont think so." Alex responded tossing the girl another balloon. "OK everyone, now for homework! Over to the Firing room!"

Only one balloon.. Hmm. Tobi had a vague hopeful moment where he considered trying the Geminio Charm on it. but with his luck he would get it wrong and start burning people.

Cedric only got one balloon...he was quite thinking if he can use engorgio to make it large then he left the room and went to the firing room