Oh, my Gilderoy!

Poor boy. Treyen listened at everything the Prefect had to say, and nodded in some parts, and his eyes were widened in the other parts. Yeah, no matter the freedom, he wouldn't want to go through it.

And now, the little Lockhart DID NOT want to look at the process. NO! But, for educational purposes, he had to. Ooooh, that was a pretty little dog. "Professor, if you don't turn him into himself again...how long will he stay that way?" he asked, after raising his hand.

Dylan's eyes lit up. A Puppy!Raiden. He wanted to snuggle it. But instead it went to Lexi. He ran his hands over his pants pockets. He had to have a treat somewhere. Artie's treats wound up in all sorts of places. Ah ha! A biscuit. A little bone shaped biscuit. That might tempt the puppy.

The story wasn't as good as the first time she had heard it, there was no funny voices or talking like he was from the old times, and he left out a lot of other details, but it was still good to hear again.

She watched with interest as her friend was turned into a little dog again. She was right, he was a CUTE little dog. Grinning she watched as dog!Raiden ran towards a girl he hadn't seen in a while. Cute dog!Raiden. CUTE.

YAY!!! Doggy!Raiden has come to her. She could squealed with delight. Instead she reached down and began to scratch behind Raiden's puppy dog ears and under his chin. EEP! She loved doggies!

"Oh Raiden, youa re the cutest doggy EVER!" she whispered to him as she scratched his little ears once more. WIN! No Kneazle ear scratching, but this was way cooler.

Mina leaned forward slightly and watched with slight wonder. Raiden was a shiba inu! He did make a cute one thought. Memories of seeing him with his kneazle ears came to mind and she smiled. Looking back to Kingsley, she waited to see what would happen next.

Cela's hand went up.

"If he gets fleas as a dog, would he keep them when he changes back? Or would it be more like how clothes disappear." Yus because Raiden's clothes were currently somewhere in non-being.

Eyes almost always on the prefect-turned-puppy, Preston also took questions.

"Well, Miss Kennedy, it depends. Some describe the sensation as unpleasant and others find it quite tickling. Whether it is merely different descriptions of the same sensation, or actually different sensations, we can't know. I can't feel what you feel, or vice versa. I have not heard accounts of it being painful, however."

Preston watched as the puppy scurried over to the girl who had asked the question. Friendly little puppy.

While still watching the prefect puppy, Preston acknowledged the Lockhart boy. "Weeks if not months. This is why people should not play around with human transfiguration. I could certainly cast it for longer, but if you want it shorter, you have to reverse it."

His eyes strayed to the rustling in the pocket. "If that is a plain dog biscuit, I'll allow it, but please, everyone else, do not feed random things to Mister Kururugi. Thank you."

Preston smiled as he heard the Head Girl's question. "Perceptive question. It depends on the focus and skill of the caster, and perhaps on the persistence of the flea. Sometimes, those who are just learning won't be able to send clothes into non-being and the person simply slips out them, leaving them in a pile. "

Ahhhh this girl was scratching his ears and under his chin and puppy!Raiden made that face that Shibas were known for making when they were happy. He probably would've just stayed there, front paws perched on the girl's knee, had he not sniffed the air and...

O_O!!! FOOD!

He could smell it. Someone had something distinctly food-smelling. His head turned inquisitively in the direction of the smell and he stood still for a moment longer, looking at all the people sitting there.

Whoooooo had it?

Jumping backwards a bit and putting his front paws back on the ground, he padded across the front of the group, sniffing both the air and the ground before something distinctly familiar overpowered his need to find the food.

It was a little girl (Arya). Raiden paused in front of her and sniff sniff sniiiiiiiiiiiffed, big puppy eyes blinking before the Shiba smiiiiiiile broke across his face. THIS ONE. Something told him this one was important. He very nearly recognised her.

He barked at Arya and kinda pranced around on the spot excitedly. Pay attention to us, little girl!

Awww! He was sooo cute! But that was horrible. Completely unethical. But he was soo cute! Ellie sqealed at the puppy in delight. Mannn why'd he have to be human?

Bahahaha!

Raiden was a dog.

Snickering slightly, Evelyn watched him go over and bug someone. Teehee. Wait, wasn't he the one that always got transformed into stuff? She swore that every time she saw him, he had some random animal part on him.

Hmmm...

Going back to staring at the puppy, Evelyn frowned for a moment when the Professor said they could feed him random stuff. Darn.

Dylan nodded, "It is Sir. I feed them to my crup." Random things? Did people really eat bone shaped biscuits? "I always happen to have some on me. In case Artie gets hungry. Which is a lot when he is running round."

Alex tried not to laugh, she really did, but as the Professor finished what he was saying she giggled, yes let's not feed things to the prefect, she thought giggling madly. She tried to stop but it seemed her mind was having fun with the thought of someone feeding the prefect turned dog, dog food or the dog eating grass. At the final thought Alex's giggling doubled in amusement. She was trying at least. "Professor, if a person who has been transfigured into a dog happens to eat chocolate what would happen? Would that person be harmed by the chocolate?" Alex asked after raising her hand still giggling randomly.

Gold nodded, more to herself than anyone else as, having dipped her quill in pink ink, she took down a few notes. There was a theory that she really, really liked, in particular. Gold noted it down, and decided she would bring it up, later on. Maybe in the Transfiguration Club.

AND that question was pretty easy. Basic theory. Lots of people were quick to answer it, of course. Gold stayed silent, listening even though she wasn't saying anything out loud.

Whoa, lots of answers to that. Gold didn't take notes, right then, because she already knew all that theory, pretty well. She had studied it for a long, long while, after all. But there was a topic, that she hadn't approached. Because she hadn't wanted to. She raised a hand, then decided against asking the question, and lowered it.

She could ask Professor Kingsley later, couldn't she? Because she had a feeling the question might disturb the younger students.

It certainly disturbed her.

GOSH!

Puppy!Raiden was sooooo cute. But then, Gold had expected that. Because, you know, Rai was cute; so it only made sense that Rai-in-pup-form would be cute, too. It was like Rai and the kitty!ears. He had looked all adorable in them, as well. That's why Gold had always wanted to tickle his kitty!ears. AND managed to do it, a couple of times.

She gave the puppy cute, little looks, wondering if he would come up to her. She wanted to pet him. CUUTE.

SOOO cute!

Alexa nodded as Professor Kingsley explained the difference that other would feel while going through the transformation. That made sense. Indeed. Awwww Raiden was padding away from her *pout*. "Thank you Professor, I completely understand," she said as she scribbled down some of the information on the parchment she had on her lap.

Eek! WEEKS?! Really?

Er, yeah, Treyen won't be playing with human transfiguration, don't worry about it.

"And how about werewolves, Professor? While technically it is the same thing, isn't that supposed to hurt?" he asked, after his hand was raised. He was certain he'd heard that somewhere, or read about it, more likely.

Aha! But the puppy was cute. Oh, the puppy! He had a Niffler to take care of! Bad Lockhart, bad Lockhart.

"Dark transformations can be painful." Celandine volunteered, again with that cheerfulness in her tone. She listened to the professor's answer and contemplated fleas. She could conjure them. Surely.

"Can I try giving Rai-Rai fleas, professor? I'll scratch him, I promise." hand up, waving around.

Arya heard someone mention feeding dog!Raiden treats and wished that she had treats for him, cause she was positive he would have loved her dog treats. Watching as he walked around the group, her grin grew when he stoped in front of her. Giggling at that cute doggy smile of his, she bent down to pet her friend. "Hey Raiden!" She said in her puppy talk voice. "Your CUTE. Hehe..." She continued to coo at the prefect while giving him belly rubs. Cause all dogs love a good tummy rub.

All seemed good with Mister Kururugi padding around nuzzling students, though Preston kept eyes on him at all times.

Preston nodded, appreciatively.

His eyebrow shot up into his hairline at the question, trying to remind himself that it wasn't necessarily malicious.

"Mister Kururugi has the physiology of a dog at the moment and so chocolate would effect him same as any other dog." He paused. "If anyone in this classroom has candy, please put it in your bags and close them. Thank you."

Preston considered a moment, eyes scanning the room for illicit candy.

"Well, it's not quite the same thing, but yes, that transformation is painful. Exceedingly so. But it isn't analogous to being transfigured with a spell."

And, once more with the cheerful mentions of dark magic. Smart as she was, the Head Girl gave Preston a serious case of the heebie jeebies.

"Yes, dark transformations can be quite painful. This is not one of those, however." He quirked an eyebrow. "I would rather you didn't, Miss Toussaint. They may interfere with the rest of the lesson."

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"I remind you, while this looks like a tremendous amount of fun, that there are significant dangers to human transfiguration. Accidents can have permanent effects. If you cast on yourself, you might not have anyone around capable of putting you right."

He scanned the room, always aware of the prefect's whereabouts.

"I caution you all against foolhardy behavior when it comes to this branch of magic."

Heh.

Destiny sat back and watched as, once again, Raiden was the subject of these Professor's insane demonstrations. If she remembered correctly, this was the third time he was used.

She still remembered those cookies from last term.

And as the Prefect changed into a DOGGIE, she wished she had a cookie to feed to him! Who cares that Kingsley said not to feed him stuff, what was going to happen? He'd probably just have to use the..bathroom.

BAHAHAHAHA!

Raiden doggie would have to go to the bathroom..

..outside!

Alex nodded at the Professor writting it down, "Thank god I don't bring anytime of sugar or candy to class." she muttered under her breath, she really hoped Selena didn't bring chocolate to this class, just because she hated the prefect didn't mean she wanted him harmed..wait, "If he's a dog..wouldn't he just eat the bag once he smells the food?"" Alex asked raising her hand, generally that was what dogs do after all.

She wanted Rai, the PUPPEH! Gold eyed him once again, wondering how and why Raiden was the one who always landed himself into stuff like this. The kitty!ears; the Runes class, last year; and now, this.

Well, still CUUUTE.

Hehe.

She looked thoughtful for a moment, and then raised a hand. "Professor, is it possible to remain stuck in one's animagus form, when one one wants to change back? I was thinking of Metamorphmagi. We know they can have difficulty switching back, or switching to a different appearance, based on emotions. Could the same apply to an animagus?"

Scary.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the girl was going to pat him. Raiden sat down and puppy!smiled a storm; but he could smell food again. AGAIN. It was here somewhere. Someone had something that smelled nommy.

He sniffed Arya's face. She was not food. He gave her cheek an experimental lick, which... only confirmed that she was not food. She was a friend though! He'd come back, he'd come back. He had to find the FOOD. His tail gave a wag as he stood back up, gave Arya's cheek another lick, and then he bounced off, slipping between students as he tried to find the source of the smell.

He came to a stop between two girls (Gold & Evelyn) and looked back and forth between the two.

Woof.

The one with the shiny hair was more familiar and he nudged her first with his his nose before turning to look at the other again.

You has the treat? You? No? He waited just long enough to give an experimental sniff and lick the girl's knee before trotting off toward someone else. He passed another girl (Ellie!HaroPerson), slowing to sniff her speculatively before trotting off again. Not her, not her... he passed by Mina slowly as well, and gave her knee a nudge with his nose before continuing on.

Destiny got a headbutt in the shin, a rather gentle one, and he paused to sniff her experimentally. Treat on her? She smelled familiar but she didn't have a treat. He licked her knee as well and let out a small bark in her direction though, before continuing on his way.

It was starting to seem like he wasn't destined to reach the person with the treat though, because he paused in front of a girl who smelled even more familiar than the other had.

Raiden!puppy paused and stared very intently at Celandine Toussaint. You has treat for us? You?

He lingered in front of her for quite a bit longer than he had in front of other students before letting out a little yelp and, jumping to put his front paws in her lap, he licked her face, grinned, then bounced off toward another person (Dylan), passing a few students rather slowly on his way (Alex, Treyen, anyone else).

THIS ONE HAD THE TREAT. O_O!

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ooc: If I didn't play him walking past you/pausing, feel free to play that he did so and pet him. I want everyone to get a chance before he's human again. Haha.

Oh, well, he had assumed it being almost the same thing, transfiguration-wise. But they were not. That's what Professor Kingsley just answered.

He liked learning.

Treyen wrote this down, because THAT transformation WAS painful. Shudder.

Mmhmm. He nodded but....what did he say? Tremendous amount of fun?! Er, no. This was not truly fun. Treyen liked himself as a human, thank you very much, that's why this wasn't as fun as many thought.

Transfiguration could be dangerous, yes, people could turn into monsters, like those freaky looking Quintapeds.

So, the Prefect!Dog made his way, rather slowly, next to him and the other girl. Er, go away! I have nothing for you! But, thankfully, the dog made its way to the Slytherin boy. Awesome. Yes, the dog was cute, and very pretty...at a distance, not so near him. Ironically, Treyen would've petted the dog if he had no idea it was actually the Prefect.

Aw! Cute prefect! Ellie petteded him as he passed. So soft! So cute! So cudly! Too bad he'd have to go back... Eh..

A face licking? Celandine laughed. She wondered what Raiden would have to say about that later. She caressed his ears and leaned forward to give him a little nose nuzzle before straightening and watching him move on.

Still thinking about fleas professor. Still thinking.