Transfiguring Stuff
 

Nika skipped into the transfiguration room happily. She couldn't help but feel that there was something different about it. Where is her old professor? Nika shrugged and made her way to the new one. "Hi Sir. I'm Nika Adler!" She smiled at him. Ooh music?

How was Anakin to know there was loud blaring music? All he knew was, it was time for Transfiguration class. So to transfiguration class he would go. Stepping into the room, and eying the mysterious teacher person at the front, Ani gave a small smile with a head bob in recognition, before he shouldered his book bag and headed straight for a seat up front.

Normally, he wasn't the type to be shy and not speak. But the looks of the Prof. were kind of intimadating.

OH YES. :whaa:

Minnie was ready to learn, like seriously...she was PUMPED for it. The little blonde skipped through into the room, a faint grin placed on her face.She couldn't help but be excited, she was gonna LEARN stuff. fixing the perfectly placed princess crown on her head, she looked around the nearly empty room.

HMMMPH.

She looked at the dude now, the tall and scary dude and smiled.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAI."

*BEAM*

Tayla entered the Transfiguration classroom excitedly. As a sign of polite greeting, Tayla smiled at the teacher sitting in a desk at the back of room. The music was so loud, she didn't bother speaking, so she mouthed the words "Good morning Professor," and went to look for a seat.

"Awesome..." she thought to herself, a smile still on her face. She couldn't wait to begin! She sat up front, near the chalkboard, and tried to recall what she read in the first chapters of her textbook.

Music. That was new. And MEGA boring. Ellie disliked it. She SUPPOSED she could suffer through it, though. Purely out of curiosity, of course. Curiosity as to just WHO this professor was. Magnus was, unfortunately, gone, soooo..... After her and Kingsley, this new guy had GIANT sized shoes to fill.

"Hello," was Ellie's greeting, in a most suspicious tone. Did he have what it takes? Did he? Huuuuh?

We shall see.

The girl walked over to a desk juuuuuust offcenter. Middle row, next to middle column. She also pulled her wand out, and tapped it on the desk. They'd better not be taking notes. Ellie never did so anyway. Notes were just SO boring. Rivaling that music.

Jacob had heard the loud music all the way from the common room. He'd followed it down here, when he saw it was coming from the Transfiguration class. WAS HE LATE?! DANG!

Jacob rushed into the class, but saw that people were just settling in. Oh... well. Alright.

Jacob decided to just take a seat and listen to the music that the man seemed to be intently focused on. But is was rather calming... it made Jacob sleepy... so very Sleepy.

Maybe just putting his head down for a second wouldn't be TOO bad. right? Jacob just closed his eyes and put his head on the desk, listening to the calming music.

Orabelle entered the class and looked around. Oooh... there was pretty music, for some reason, she felt like that was a good sign that this class would be somewhat decent and relaxing, which meant she would be able to sleep in this class. "Hello professor," Orabelle greeted quietly with a slight nod of her head, she didn't want to disrupt the professor and the music was pretty. She didn't want to disrupt it.

Orabelle then took a seat faaaaaar away from the front and all the way in the back. She could even use her textbook as a pillow - brilliant. She placed it on her desk and rested her head on it. Ehhh. She wanted a real pillow. Perhaps he'd teach them how to do that today so the whole class could take a nap.

WHAT was the purpose of that music?! WHY WHY WHY was it blaring in his ears right now and giving Alex an enormous headache?!

Stepping into the Transfiguration room, he eyed the professor before taking a seat next to that Minnie girl he'd met briefly at the feast. He was in an awful mood and decided his best bet was to sit next to the girl who seemed like she was perpetually happy. As he settled down in his seat and pulled out his things, he wasn't sure if he should be scared or amused by this professor.

Cause seriously. Who thought they'd be taken seriously in ALLIGATOR robes?

The eleven year old skipped her way to the Transfiguration classroom, but stopped at the entrance. Her daddy said that to make a proper impression she needed to act civilized? Oh well, she forgot. The girl patted her uniform skirt for any invisible lent and walked into the classroom.

The music reached her ears. It was loud, but it was nice. Why was there music, eh? Her brain began to work and she looked around the classroom. What if the professor was trying to get them all to sleep and then brainwash them?

HMM?

Giving the man a polite nod, Peyton went to sit in the front row. She wanted to see what this man was up to. AND, he wasn't smiling. What was it with the professors at this school. Didn't they like smile or something?

She was going to teach them how to smile, hehe?

SMILE.

Well this was new. Not the music coming from the classroom, no the nameplate on the door. Who was this Shaw?

Mia really should pay more attention at the feasts. She had taken absolutely no notice of the Headmaster's speech and who was teaching what. But then she did like suprises so why find these things out beforehand?

She slipped inside the classroom and gave the man sitting up the front an enthusiastic wave as she passed his desk. No point in saying anything, he probably wouldn't hear her over the music anyway. Finding a seat somewhere in the middle, Mia placed her bag under the desk and sat down.

Hearing music blaring as she came down the hall, she entered into the classroom her eyes widening even more. That man! He was the one...Merlin... She just stood there stunned. She was not an it...no way nuh uh. Should she glare again? Yep, glaring at the man, she found a seat way in the back dropping her bag loudly on the floor.

Her and Ivan had tried following the man, but well that hadn't come of anything. She'd figured he'd gone and gotten lost. Now they were to be taught by him. OI!

Oakey followed Shaw all the way to his classroom running from nothing, this guy was weird. he looked scarey but he was actually hilarious. He turned a corner and Oakey had lost him but figured he must be the Transfiguration Professor. It was the only open position left that Oakey knew of. When he made it to the class room the door was closed but he heard loud music. The door opened and Oakey popped right in.Mister Shaw, you still haven't told me what you were running from? He didn't answer back right away, so oakey just took a seat at the front of the class and waited .

Ivan walked into Transfiguration really not wanting to do anything at all but was caught off guard when he heard music from the room. Looking around he spotted the crazy dude that was on the pitch and inwardly moaned. Crazy dude was teaching Transfig...this should be interesting. Pushing the strap of his satchel higher up on his shoulder he found a seat in the far back away from everyone. They could sit around him. Yup.

Jai, wearing his school sweater today,came into class and sat at an empty desk. His first Transfigurations class at Hogwarts. He didn't know what to expect but just to expect the unexpected.

He didn't know what to expect with the setting of the room. What the professor was going for? What mood they wanted to set? It only made him even more curious about the lesson.

but WHY are there FISH?!
 

Borr picked out the most.... interesting people to be professors Arya decided as she walking into the classroom, wand twirling idly between the fingers of her right hand. Not that the one's Tate picked out were any more 'normal', just that Borr's seemed to be a bit more off to the young girl.

The song this one was playing was nice though.

"Hello, Professor." Could he even hear her? Meh. She nodded her head at the man before taking a seat in the center of the classroom and ready-ed herself for some learning. Hopefully they'd be learning.

Soo it was Transfiguration time.

The very class Josh had forgotten to bring his wand to the last one he participated though this subject always had stuff to do with wands and nothing else. Bahahahaha. Apparently the lion boy was too interested in the stuff that it even made him forget to bring his wand. Yeaa, seriously. Meh.

However this time it was going to be different. Yep, pretty much different. He was sure of it. Because this time he had his wand safely with him. Because this time there was going to be a new mysterious professor. Because this time he was hearing music while approaching the class. And because this time he was gladly carrying his girlfriend on his back to the place and nooo he was not tired at all. He could carry her during the whole day anyway, that wouldn't be a problem.

Glancing at the man yet not paying much attention to him once the Gryffindor was inside the class with the she-snake, he walked to the perfect desk for them at the back of the class and slowly turned his back to it so he could gently place Evelyn on. ''I hope you liked this spot. Is it good enough?''

She groaned, actually groaned that she was going to a lesson. And transfigurations was not her strongest subject, but on to class Maddox went.

She turned into the classroom and a pinpoint of light coming from the back of the classroom caught her in the eyes and she fell back into the door frame, "Oh my god I'm blind," she exclaimed rubbing her watering eyes.

Through tear filled eyes she stumbled around and sat down in the first available seat she could find.

Hehe, well, she certainly wasn't expecting to see Josh down in the dungeons, mostly because their next class wasn't potions and he didn't have a detention from what she knew, however, it certainly was a very nice surprise. Because...she found that she didn't have to walk all the way up to the sixth floor to get to the transfiguration classroom. Wasn't he just the greatest boyfriend!?! Yes, Evelyn thought so.

Even if she didn't like transfiguration all that much, she still wanted to know who the Professor was. One of those ministry people, wasn't he? Or...she? Her curiosity only became a million times worse though once she heard that music echoing down the halls, growing louder as they drew nearer to the classroom. Definitely a girl Professor. Right? She didn't know any guy who would listen to that kind of music.

Apparently...she now knew one. Hearing Josh's voice faintly, Evelyn blinked and glanced at the back of his head, realizing that they were at a desk. Oh! "Yea, this is fine. You're the best, you know?" It was in the back, so it was fine. Far away from the creepy totally not normal guy that would be teaching in the FRONT of the class, correct? Letting go of the Gryffindor's shoulders, she sat on the desk for a moment, and went back to staring at the...Professor. What was he wearing?

Caroline was excited Transfiguration was one of her favorite classes, most of that went to the fact the she really liked the previous professor. She walked into the class room. Her ears! Eww. She loved playing the piano but this music is crap. She looked around the room. Why was the professor's desk in the back of the room, and what in the heck was he wearing. "Hello Professor." or not she decided that that wasn't the best idea.. He looked creepy. She looked around for a seat when she seen Carter. She walked over and sat beside him. She didn't say a word. She was honestly afaid to speak in this class, but nugded him.

Rain walked into the mysterious classroom. Ahh. Music at last. But the hauntedness was a little too cliche. The whole "Enter if you dare" pulled her in even more. Giving a quick nod to the professor, she danced across the room, setting first impressions aside. Glancing up she from her high-tops she saw one of her only friends.

"Hey Nika!!!" She pratically yelled. She glanced nervously at the teacher and realised that yelling was a no-no. Oopsies! Oh well. She had spunk and a streak of rebellion. What was there to do about it?

What the?

Patroclus could hear the music from down the hall, and thought he didn't mind a little classical music now and then, this stuff was horrid!

It was just sounded wimpy, it didn't have the power that alot of classical music had, even the soft songs seemed to fill you with awe, this song however reminded him of elevator music, or music that you waiting too......aka borring stuff!

However he plastered on a smile, and entered the Room, "Good Morning Professor," Patroclus nodded as he waltzed past the bald man's desk, taking in a good look at the man, who seemed to have an a like of animal skins...


Patroclus was going to take particular attention to this man, he had usurped Magnus' position and also he was one of Borr's cornies!

ANYONE, yo!
 

Theodore walked along the hall to Transfiguration, a class that sounded rather... fun, yet terrifying all at once? The music in the room beckoned to him as if it were misleading him, like fanciful music that played in muggle films right before everything went wrong and the armed killer appeared out of nowhere. As he suppressed his anxiety, he clutched his transfiguration textbook tighter to his chest as he stepped through the threshold and into the classroom.

Turning to look for the professor, he gave a squeak of fear before managing to greet the only authority present in the room: "Good day, sir." He nodded, giving a nervous half-smile before taking a random seat in the room.

As her hand grasped the doorknob to the Transfiguration classroom, Sierra Greingoth rolled her eyes and released a frustrated sigh. This class was yet another taught by one of those ridiculous substitute teachers, and so she stepped into the room with only one expectation--to learn nothing.

With her book bag slung over her shoulder, she immediately clamped her hands over her ears to block out the loud, blaring music. What in the name of Hades was this anyway?! It was far too happy and bright for her, causing her to narrow her eyes as she maneuvered through the rows of desks and toward an empty seat. She left her hands clamped over her ears as she slid into the seat, hoping the misery known as this song would be over and done with soon.

Ballet
 

As the girl was getting into the moment, letting her SOUL take over the music, her embracing-of-the-Black-Swan moment died. Shattered by the professor who simply didn't see the beauty of her act.

THE SHEER BEAUTY!

Maybe if she continued, his eyes would be opened... and he would be shown the GRACE AND ELEGANCE OF THE BLACK SWAN.

But no. Lola was displeased.

"SHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW," she robotically spoke, letting the name just flow through her tongue. And once again, she did it in her mind. SHAAAAAAAAAAAW. SHAW SHAW SHAW...RK? Whatever, the name just... flowed ever so beautifully.

Lola raised her hand.

"Hello, Mi--" No no no. "Hi, Shaw."

Shaw. The name would be forever wired into her mind.

Yeah, see? SEE? Now he was at the front of the class. Ten smartie-pants points to Hateya for not sitting up there with the chainsaw.

"Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw." She repeated. She noticed Sierra sitting nearby and looking grumpy (she was starting to realize Sierra did that a lot), and made a mental note to dive behind the year-older girl if anything went horribly wrong. Sierra would know some spells to save them, right?

She peered at the man as she tried to wipe the tears from her eyes, "I'm sitting already," she pointed out to him. What a strange little man he was turning out to be.


Maddox blinked away her tears. This professor was out of his mind. She liked him already. The chainsaw was a nice touch though. It helped to clear away her tears and it made her sit up and pay attention. This might be a fun lesson after all. "Just Shaw," she repeated.

Anakin wearily kept glancing over his shoulder at the teacher in the back, angling himself slightly so he could see the man's face, even though from the distance he had to squint to see what he was saying, though at the moment that appeared to be nothing. Spinning around in his seat when he felt a tap on his shoulder, Anakin glanced up to the face belonging to the hand, and grinned with his own wave as Vashti slid into the seat next to him. "Hey." He said it quietly, not wanting to draw attention to himself...

Before his own attention span was shot and he noticed the teacher walking towards the front of the classroom, snapping at students left and right as he went so it appeared, though Anakin had no way of knowing what they might have said to him. And then he was giving out the first instructions. That he was SHAW. Nothing else. Just SHAW. And asking them to say it along?

Meh. Anakin would take the bait. "SHHAAAAAWWW." Happy Mr. Scary!Crazed!Professor person?

Selina sat back in her seat and looked at her Professor with a very judgmental eye. Was he on Dragon's blood or something, because he was acting very peculiar, even for Hogwarts. Then when class began she finally figured out why he was so odd- he was crazy. He turned his desk into a chainsaw and had them all repeat him name, without a proper title mind you, out loud in unison, "Shaw." But then Selina looked closer at the crazy Shaw's title... he was Ministry. What was with all of these Ministry officials and what were they doing in Hogwarts? Perhaps it was time for some snooping. Besides people did not call her a mischievous ginger for no reason.

Tayla's eyes grew wide when she saw the boy with long dark hair enter the room. She also saw her friend Zara and waved excitedly.

Tayla leaned back in her seat in surprise. "A chainsaw?!" She nodded frantically as the professor...as Shaw introduced himself. "Shaw it is." Tayla replied nervously.

Chainsaw....dangerous. And Jacob was here. Not a good combination, Shaw. Not good at all.

And no. Ellie was not going to say it with him, thank you very mush. She was quite capable of saying it in her head or by herself or something. Independent.

She didn't like the name 'Shaw' either, though. What if she liked the guy, huh? What kind of nickname can you make out of 'Shaw'? Sha-? Aw? No. Those all sucked.

Ewwwwh... the professor had just... ewwwh... spit on the floor. Wasn't he going to like... clean it or something? Orabelle understood if he was just going to leave it to the house elves to do but seriously? That was just disgusting. She wrinkled her nose in distaste at the spit on the ground before her eyes widened.

A... crazy... weird... shard... devicey thingy that looked muggle. Were they in muggle studies? No. So why was the professor making them look at such a horrible thing? No clue. It was official, she had gotten herself stuck in a terrible class and Orabelle wanted outties.

Orabelle refused to repeat after him. Because she was no longer in Charms School, she had passed that stage ages ago and she was perfectly capable of saying a single syllable name. SHAAAW. Just saying it in her mind sounded ridiculous. "Yup, got it," Orabelle muttered with another roll of her eyes. However Orabelle could not believe she had caught this earlier when she walked into class...

...

his robe!! It was all alligator-ish and stuff!

"Hey Shaw, nice robe," Orabelle called out randomly and excitedly. Because, really, it was a beautiful robe. She had a nice pair of heels with the exact same pattern and material. Which just proved that this professor, no matter how insane he was, had good taste.

Did he just spit on the floor? A revolted look took over her face. Shaking her head, as he put the two fingers up to his eyes and pointed them at her, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. Now seriously? Who was this man? Was he honestly supposed to teach them to transfigure something?

So Shaw it was. She could handle that, but she wouldn't call him a professor, because so far, she couldn't tell he was able to teach them to do anything, but fancy stuff like a large desk into a chainsaw. How about something moving, or difficult... Lifting her eyebrow, she tilted her head slightly at him, wondering what magical thing he'd show them next.

Carter smiled briefly as Caroline sat next to him. At least he didn't have to suffer through this alone.

Carter then smiled ever so slightly after the mr Professor Just Shaw Shaw spoke. This guy was crazy right? Absolutely crazy.

And yes, he found it slightly humorous this his crazy professor knew how to transfigure desks into chainsaws.

Which, was probably bad judgment... if he ever got on his bad side... (again)... crazy guy had an arsenal of weapons to use.

"Shaaaaaaw." he repeated after the Professor Shaw. That whole just Shaw thing would take some getting used to.

Shaw. Shaw. Shaw. Shaaaaaaaw.

Why did it sound like less of a name the more he said it?

"Sure, Shaw, got it." Jai said in a very dry tone. It didn't look like being sweet and nice to this guy would get you anywhere. He sat waiting for Shaw to continue with the lesson. Maybe the topic would explain all the mellodrama, with the chainsaw and the brief lesson on his name.

Well, it seemed like another of Kurumi's favorite classes was turning out to be nothing like she had expected. Taking her book out and setting it on her desk, she foled her hands and sat very quietly and still in her front row center seat.

All these Ministry officials were nothing like Mr. Ikenna, and she frowned a bit as she wondered where that man had gone.

Then, the man shouted at them and honestly looked as though he were going to explode.

"Yes....Shaw," she said timidly wanting very much to just burry her face in her book. Instead, she bowed her head and waited.

Oakey was confused hadn't he followed him practically all the way to the castle before he lost him.

He was going to ask him how he could forget the boy who kept up with him, as he sprint to the castle, but before the question could come out of his mouth a piece of cup hit him square in the forehead.

At that, Oakey picked his things up and moved one row behind the front.

She was at least right on one thing: PROFESSOR Shaw, was crazy. What in Merlin's beard did he just transfigure that desk into? It had pointy things on it. Actually, it looked like a giant butter knife.

Scooting off the desk and sitting in the seat, the Slytherin girl glanced over at Josh as the Professor said something about..something. Saw? Shaw. Shaaaaawww...she was going to yawn if she said it like that. "Shaw..." Well now, he was a first to not want to be called Professor.

That was kinda awesome she supposed. A professor not wanting to be called a Professor. It was too bad he was crazy though.

Vashti had listened curiously as the professor - er, man? person? - responded strangely to the other students calling him "professor". What was his problem? Why didn't he seem to like-

Merlin's beard!

He'd just turned a desk in the front - and therefore near her since she was sitting up front - into a chainsaw.

O_o

"Shaaaaaaww," she repeated with the rest of the class, though eyeing the chainsaw-desk a little ways away. Merlin, why did she sit up front?! Oh right. Anakin. It was ALL his fault.

"HIYA RAIN!" Nika shouted back at her. Hmpm. This professor wasn't very nice so she was going to shout just to tick him off. How do you like her now!?
"But I only said hello?" What was so "WRONG" about that. Hmpm. Don't like very much "Shaw".

What the.... Had he been in any danger? This professor really was a nutter. Sinking down into his chair he wanted to hide as the professor spoke to him and then pulled out his wand.

Then he was walking around acting weird...as per normal. "Shaw," he muttered. Yup this guy was certifiably insane. His eyes widened at the chainsaw and then went back to the professor. Maybe...he should have stayed in his dorm today.

OHMYMERLIN!

The professor was BONKERS and there was a chainsaw! Peyton regreted sitting at the front of the classroom. What if he...he cut her in....The girl furrowed her eyebrows and simply stared at the chainsaw.

SHE WAS TELLING!

She was going to tell her daddy, the Headmaster, her grandparents and even her MOM! She really wanted to be at an ice cream shop instead of in the presence of a lunatic.

Without thinking, Peyton just did what he said. It was better to keep the man happy rather than angry. "SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW," she repeated, her brown orbs staring at him innocently. Could he just transfigure the table back to how it was?

Arya just STARED a bit wide-eyed at the man and his.... response. IF it could be called that. Did he mean an actual raven, or a RAVENclaw?

She decided it best not to answer and went back to twirling her wand. Knowing or not knowing the man, he wouldn't respond well to her.


He could respond by turning her into a chainsaw like he just did his desk. For fear of her own desk, she pushed back from it a bit and kept her bag against her chair. Shaw. She got it, and would never be calling crazy professor again.

But WHY would he teach student but not want to be called what he was, professor? "Shaw."

Wow.....this guy was different!

Patroclus had called professor's by their first names in the past, but never to their faces, and then with the last names he had always been taught it rude to adress someone with out a title, this was something he was going to struggle to get use too.

"Sure, Shaw" Hold up, they were the same word....just different spellings, did that mean that Shaw though people were talking to him, when they said sure?

Patroclus could see this was going to be a very unusual lesson.

"Sh... SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW."

Theodore drew out the odd name in unison with the rest of the students, his blue-eyed gaze glued on the menacing chainsaw. He scooted back in his chair a wee bit, not wanting to get too close to that dangerous piece of muggle invention. He wanted to keep all of his fingers and toes, thank you very much.

"Erm!" He piped up. "Chainsaws are good for cutting things, making noise, erm... and people use them to hurt other people." He had a short bout of courage to speak to the teacher but his insides writhed with terror. Theodore nearly regretted speaking up in the first place.

Hateya resisted the urge to clap her hands over her ears as Shaw started up and used the chainsaw. Then she blinked. Shaw? Chainsaw? ChainShaw?

Yup. It was stuck in her head.

Hateya put her hand up, "You made it a chainsaw to defend yourself against gravity cows!"

Anakin's eyes widened as the SHAAAAW person literally picked up the chain saw and ETCHED HIS NAME, into the black board. The boy would be lying if he were to say he wasn't a little scared for his safety right now, Vashti's too. Couldn't she have sat like, BEHIND him?

Anakin had even MORE reason than just understanding the lesson to keep his eye on SHAAW CAREFULLY. Because this guy was off his rocker. And who KNEW what he'd do to them. GAH.

Raising his hand up slightly, Anakin blinked a few times at Shaw before proceding to answer the questions. "A chainsaw is usually good for hacking up wood." And in horror movies, people. "I suspect you turned the desk into one because you are teaching us transfiguration, and through what you just did it was an example?" And it was sort of ironic to turn a WOODEN DESK, into a CHAINSAW. "We are here to learn transfiguration, which is using magic to turn one object into another. Such as an cup to a rat." Or a desk to a chainsaw.

O_________________________________________________ ________o

This man was a lunatic.

Jimbo wasn't sure whether he should be afraid of Mr. Shaw or respect him.

And what did he mean, we might be attacked?

But he knew the answer to this question. "A chainsaw is good for cutting things up, like you just did to the chalkboard." Jimbo said, not bothering to raise his hand. He figured he should try and answer the other questions too. "You changed that desk into a chainsaw...to demonstrate transfiguration? Transfiguration is turning objects or animals or anything in between into something else entirely. We are here to learn transfiguration."

Oakey just sat there mouth wide open, Shaw had just chainsawed his own name onto the chalkboard. He now regretted his curiosity he had earlier and wished he had stayed at the Practice Pitch. Just his luck that the guy was a maniac.

They were going to be ATTACKED?!?!

Peyton tightened her lips to stop them from wibbling. She was NOT going to demonstrate fear in front of this fool. He was insane.

O_O

And his actions showed that. He needed to be locked up at St. Mungos in a high security vault surrounded by charms that would keep him there FOREVER! He was dangerous. Look at him go with that chainsaw. They should be illegal to use at a school!

"It's a chainsaw and it's used to cut wood." she answered part of the question and the decided to stay quiet. She was not going to risk loosing a finger or hand. She liked her body parts and prefered to keep them intact.

HMPH!

Ivan's eyes turned as wide as saucers as he saw the nutty professor pick up the chainsaw and start to carve his name into the chalk board. Sitting straight up alertly he looked around. Maybe he should go get the headmaster.... This guy needed St. Mungo's not to be teaching here.

"A chainsaw...is good for cutting things. Usually wood." Not chalk boards. You changed it because you're crazy, though he didn't deem it appropriate to say that. "We're here to learn to change objects and things into something else. Like you did with the desk." Could he leave now? Yup he really wanted to go.

Mia couldn't decide if this guy was extremely crazy or just extremely cool. The way he used that chainsaw was awesome though. She wanted to be able to do that. So that she could carve her name into a chalkboard. Raising her hand when he fired off about half a dozen questions, Mia attemtped her answers. "A chainsaw is a mechanical saw that can be carried around and it used mostly for cutting down trees and wood. I am guessing you changed the desk so you could show us how awesome transfiguration is and transfiguration is turning an object into something else."

He was laughing evilly, in from how she heard it. Why else would he be laughing about such a machine and raising it above his head. Merlin it was a good thing she'd sat as far back as she could from him. Her eyes drifting to the students who'd chose similar seats, she found Ivan not far away.

What were they doing here? Because for some reason, Transfiguration was a required class? Was this transfiguration? Not from classes she'd been in so far. Muttering to herself, she shook her head, fingering her wand with her finger tips.

Funny how his teacher decided to cut tongues if ever they address him formally.

"Shaw" Jonathan started to answer his question "A chain saw is a motor device that can cut down wood or trees." and looking to him up front, he change his desk into a chainsaw "Well, this class is called Transfiguration, the art of changing a particular object into another particular object such as what you just did." he answered.

You KNEW things were bad when Ellie felt safer with Jacob than with someone else. Chainsaws were DANGEROUS. And through all the things she imagined her Captain doing with one, it was SCARIER when a TEACHER actually executed them.

Though, in her head, Jacob carved his OWN name and it was in the Pitch. He was promptly escorted to St. Mungos by Vindictus. And never came back.

Happy days.

But as long as he kept the chainsaw THERE, and Ellie stayed HERE, all was well.

As Shaw continued...that was too many questions. Too many all at once. "Chainsaws cut trees. And chalkboards." Apparently.

"And transfiguration is," Okay really. They had gone over the definition year after year and yet...Ellie always felt like she was missing something, "when you change the physical appearance of an object. Change it to something else." Right? Close?

And since Ellie only heard, or remembered, the first and last question asked, she fell silent. Minus the tapping of her wand.

Oh.

My.

Merlin.

Who in the name of Hades was teaching them now!? Tate must have hired this one while blindfolded and with ears full of cotton balls. Sierra groaned and then slid down in her seat. She, unlike most of the others, just wasn't amused by this man's outrageous behavior. She just wanted to leave class and return to the no-nonsense atmosphere of the common room.

Shaw had a long way to go before he impressed her, and so Sierra found herself drawing out his name almost like it was one, looooong yawn. She even patted her mouth as she said it just as she would while yawning. "Shaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww," she yawned.



...attacked?

Sierra's eyebrows lifted in surprise, and then she eyed this man as if he was suddenly a puzzle to be figured out. Just who was he working for, hmm? When the large object, whatever it was, roared to life, Sierra instinctively drew her wand just a little. She glanced down and saw it was poking out her holster, so she shoved it back in and then stared at the roaring object.

"Transfiguration is changing the way something looks," she said, her hand raised. Although, could he even hear her? Could she even hear herself!? "...and you just pretty much marred a perfectly good chalk board." ...and why was she here?! Now that was a question she'd love to have answered, as well...

Ok nevermind he was a scary sort of crazy. Maddox got up and switched seats. She raised her hand, "Shaw if we are attacked wouldn't they know you were the chief in charge because um...you're the adult and we are little fidgets." she pointed out to him.

If we got attacked!?! WHAT? Nika stared at the teacher with her mouth agape. "Well pro- I mean just Shaw that is a chainsaw and I don't think it's legal to use it in a classroom." Or at least she hoped it wasn't legal. What's this guys problem anyways? *cough* Anger management issues *cough*

"Well, just shaw, I don't think chainsaws are good for anything. People use them to cut down trees, but that's not good because we should love our planet!" Nika said proudly. "We should love it, not destroy it." Mr. Chainsaw "just shaw" was very different from normal teachers.

"Because you felt like being violent?" Or that he wanted them to remember his name either one should work. "We're here because it's a required course at this school!" Exactly. "It's a subject we have to take." Very literal meanings.

Tayla tried to ignore the ugly sound of the chainsaw as it cut the chalkboard. "Seriously! This teacher is crazy no doubt!" she thought to herself. She slowly raised her hand and answered each question. It's a good thing she grew up in the Muggle world, so what a chainsaw was wasn't difficult to answer.

"A chainsaw is used to cut trees. It is...mechanical and powered by...electricity - at least in the Muggle world."

Tayla continued with the next question. "Erm...S..Sh..Shaw, I think you changed that desk to a chainsaw because...well, you're the transfiguration teacher. And maybe...you like chainsaws?"

Tayla tried to stop the quiver in her voice and answered the final questions a little more bravely. "We-we're here to learn the art of transfiguration, w-which is changing the form of an object and making it appear as something else. It includes v-vanishing of objects as well."

Tayla inhaled deeply, realising she was holding her breath.

Ok, there was one thing for sure. This. Professor. Was. CRAZY.

Samira was seriously starting to worry about her safety. What if he did human demonstrations? Oh Merlin. Samira wanted to leave. Now. But, of course she couldn't. He might use his chainsaw to cut her in half.

....

Wait. Did he just say they may be attacked?!
That did it. Samira was freaked out. And then he ruined a perfectly good blackboard. Funnn....

Samira cleared her throat and raised her hand as confidently as she could. "Well, Sir...chainsaws are good for cutting things..." and people. "And you changed the desk into a chainsaw because you....wanted to show the class a demonstration?" Why did he do that? Ugh. Who knows. "We're here to, well, learn." Duh. "And transfiguration is changing one object to another." There. She answered all the questions. Maybe now he won't eat her.

Orabelle cringed as she heard the metal grind against the chalkboard and she covered her precious ears. Did he not know he could possibly cause ear damage? ehmaMerlin. It was terrible. He had no sense of what looked nice at all. Where did this professor get his teaching license? Was he even capable of teaching a class?

"A chainsaw thingy is obviously for writing your name up on the board as well as harming our ears," Orabelle said after raising her hand. "You changed it to a chainsaw so you could write on the board and kill our ears, and transfiguration is the process of changing an item to something else as long as if it does not break Gamp's laws of transfiguration," Orabelle finished. The part about the ears was just honestly. She didn't even like the sound of nails on a chalkboard, who would like a chainsaw?

Gosh, this professor... really... he was insane.

They'd be attacked?

Marie just stood there, blinking and watching as the desk transformed into a chainsaw. She silently spoke up, after raising her hand..."Well, that's the purpose of this class, to be trained in order that if in case of an emergency we need some specific artifact we don't have around..." Kinda. She was just too shocked to think about an attack or what was the real reason the professor had done such transformation.

And all that could be seen around them was silence, shock if possible.

Caroline sat with her mouth opened. Huh? How were these people quified to teacher. Borr chose alot lunatics to teach them. She glanced over at Carter and rolled her eyes.

Repeating the Professor along with the other students. "Shawwwwwwwwww"

She looked over at Carter again who look just as a annoyed as her. "Seriously?" She whisptered to him.



Whoa, He asked way to many questions at once. but Caroline raised her hand. "The chainsaw is good for cutting down trees. Did you transfigure the saw to help us pronounce your name. We are here to learn transfiguration" Really? What other reason would we be here? To sit count sleep. That wouldn't be such a bad idea. "And transfiguration is the art of changing an object on another different object."She said, with a smirk.

Connor sat there looking at the man. He had absolutely no respect for a teacher who would not let the students call them Professor. Furthermore the use of just the last name only suggested some sort of military background. He did not join the other students in the kindergarten pronunciation of the man's name. Hello, transfuguration that is the name of the class. What in the name of Merlin's sparkly pink underpants did the man think they were there for.

Anasta Lora Riddle enters.
She greets and nods all here with Shaw.
Then girl began to summarize some text.
"M-m-m... To transform one subject into another it is very simple, in case of use and wear process. How to improve subjects gilding... Nevertheless this discipline is m-m-m-mysterious", she sings inside herself kitten melody.
Then she has said loudly: "I love magic music!", and has settled down on comfortable sitting near window.

Helena was... a bit scared. Really.

She didn't repeat the man's name, but she got the idea. No Mr. No Sir. No professor. JUST Shaw. Okay.

As for the next part... Uhh. She raised her hand. "A chainsaw is good for cutting... things." Like... HARD things. Right? "And I suppose that we are here... to learn about Transfiguration," she added shyly. As for the last question... "Transfiguration. Changing something... into something else." Riiiight?

Melina's ears perked up as she neared the classroom. She knew that piece...

Oooooohhhh, it's the Children's Waltz!! She'd danced that piece with the London Ballet Theatre when she was 9. Such a beautiful melody. She knew she should exert some self control in the classroom, but no- not when there was music to dance to.

Not caring a lick about what anyone thought (though hoping the tough-looking teacher wouldn't be upset with her), Melina gracefully entered the classroom, dancing the steps she still remembered from her performance.

She did a double pirouette at the door, into an arabesque, changement forward, into a pique' turn. She curtsied at her professor, knowing that saying hello was pointless over the volume of the music. But she didn't want to use words anyway- dance was a language in and of itself.

She artfully tossed her textbook on the far seat in the front row, took a chasse' step and leapt in a perfect tour jete' to the front of her desk. One chaines turn landed her elegantly in her seat.

Ohhhhh, that felt goooood.

"Shaw." Mordred tried not to smirk as he pronounced the professor's name. He raised his hand to answer Shaw's question.

"A chainsaw is good for cutting things, just like what you did to the board. You changed the desk to a chainsaw, because this class is called Transfiguration. And Transfiguration is obviously the art of changing the form of an object." he said as he put down his arm. He's not sure though if he made sense, but he thought Shaw would get it since he answered it based on how he asked the question.

The music died down, a peace settled over Melina...only to be shredded by the look of the giant CHAINSAW he just turned his desk into.

Merlin's Polka-Dot Socks. Pleeeeease don't cut off my legs! I need them for my career.

Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-awwwww?"


She was now sitting bolt upright, eyes wide as saucers, heart hammering in her 11 year-old chest. Oh my Godric he's a lunatic! A chainsaw-massacre maniac! Does the Headmaster know he's hired a chainsaw-wielding lunatic?"

Why on earth was she raising her hand? He'd chop her into bits if she said the wrong thing. An owl would send her home to her grieving parents in a matchbox.

"Uhh-hhh-hhh," she stammered. "A ch-ch-ains-s-aw is used for... (don't say cutting off people's legs, sir)... c-c-cutting wood into useful objects. It (oh, she got it!!) changes the wood into something else. Like transfiguration! We're here to learn how to change objects into other useful ones."

She was pretty sure she nailed the question. If not, she'd be shredded soon enough.

Oakey stood straight up! IT'S A CHAINSHAW! I-I MEAN CHAINSAW! Oakey grabbed his things again and moved one more row back, he looked behind himself and saw he had three more rows to go to get to the back. Oakey continued with the Questions still. CHAINSAW'S CUT STUFF, AND SCARE PEOPLE WHEN REVVED UP LIKE THAT DURING A CLASS! WE'RE HERE TO Oakey Paused at this question. Are we here to turn our desks into chainsaws too? he asked Shaw. Oh and Transfiguration is a magic that transforms one object into another.

"Shaw, you were showing us how we can Transfigure anything to anything"" Willaim told him. William does not like this professor. William will still do what he is told.

Did he just sit on the floor? Pfft, she wouldn't do that, she'd get all covered in dirt and dust and ick. What did they need for class but didn't already have? She always carried all her items for each class inside her bag. Wait, that meant she'd have to walk past him with that chainsaw thingy infront of him.

Nope, she didn't need anything. She'd also stay nice and safe right there in her desk.

After writing down 'Gamp didn't crap know crap', Hateya tried to figure out just what the heck ChainShaw was saying. Frim fram what? What?

She looked down at her backpack, sure that she'd brought everything she needed. Quill, inkpot, parchment, textbook, obviously her wand... what didn't she have? She'd even packed her bottomless paper bag of candy, courtesy of Kyle.

And she sure as heck wasn't going to be the first one to go up there, though at least he was already lying down and couldn't, therefore, fall on her again.

Was the professor trying to educate them about the opposite sex as well as transfiguration with that slight comment? Only Merlin knew. Glad that the chainsaw had been set aside, along with the whack job of a teacher, Theodore pursed his lips and thought. A light bulb flicked on over his head after a short moment and taking a courageous, deep breath, he stood up and marched to the board. Grabbing a piece of chalk, he looked over his shoulder to see if anyone else would be brave enough to be one of the firsts to approach the front of the class.

In neat cursive, he scrawled one word on the board: KNOWLEDGE.

It might've been a little cheeky but ingenious, no?

Oakey got up from his seat. He inched his way forward to "Shaw's" Chalkboard he picked up a piece of chalk and wrote My Common Sense He didn't need to be in this class his curiosity lead him here from the Quidditch Pitch.

He didn't bring any of his school supplies with him either, Oakey brought a few things but that was what he had on him at the moment. Nothing for education, so he picked up the chalk again and wrote on the board, My Text Book.

When Oakey went back to his seat he grabbed his things and moved one more row back.

Chloe saw what the first person write and could not help but chuckle. He certainly was not wrong, it was a good. Chloe decided to take this assignment more seriously. She truly had forgotten a quill. She went up and wrote on the board QUILL.

Connor thought about what he needed. He had his wand, , his books, his quill his ink but what he didn't have which seemed apparently necessary for this class was something to calm SHAW. That seemed utterly necessary. He stood, walked over to the blackboard and wrote under the man's name, My guitar.He turned on his heel and returned to his seat.