o___O Thank gawsh Jamie had sat at the back of the class today. After calming down, he stifled a chuckle at the students at the front of the class, being attacked by a cloak. What kind of transfiguration was that? Bringing things to life... or something? Eh, he knew, but had forgotten the actual term.

"Uhh... you separated the good team names from the rubbish ones." GREENIES? Jamie liked Team Cow best. Although maybe 'team awesome' would be more fitting for the Slytherin group. As for the next question, the third year did have a slight idea. He didn't know all of the branches of transfiguration, only a couple.

"There's Animagus Transfiguration.... and Human Transfiguration." Those were the ones he knew, because they were the coolest. Then again, anything magical was pretty cool.

But Jamie had once wanted to be an Animagus, so obviously he said that first. It sparked a bit of interest in the whole subject. "And the one where you can turn people into frogs." That was right, RIGHT? The actual name had slipped his mind, so he waited for Shaw to say. As the discussion was going, the third year remembered to write it all down. Homework was likely to be mentioned soon.

Nika felt like jumping up and down. TEAM SHAW!!! Go team shaw!!! YAY! She looked at her Team-shaw-mates and beamed. "Good job Zara!" She said as she raised her hand to give the girl a high five. YAY for team SHAW!!! YAY! Better to get on the good side of this professor, if he even has one that is.

She turned her attention back to the professor JUST SHAW. Oh he's trying out a spell! Nika watched as he hit the cloak with a spell. Isn't that one team poodles spell? OR whatever he called them... "EEEP!" She wasn't scared. It just caught her by surprise. Nika just stared at the thing with her eyes wide open. There is something seriously wrong with that guy. " Just SHAW! Aren't you going to do something!?!" THose poor kids sitting in the front row.

Occupied with coming up with incantations and wand movements, Aiden pauses a moment to respond to Shaw's question. "There's Animagus, Conjuration, Human transfiguration, Cross-species transfiguration, Untransfiguration..." she pauses. "Then there is inanimate to animate transfiguration and vice-versa," she explains coldly with a low voice. She has read too many books back at the mansion before entering Hogwarts which causes the slightly advanced knowledge of magic than most of her classmates. However, she has no experience with any of those.

Wait. Whaaaa?!

It was time to turn in their assignments now?! ...but Sierra had barely even copied her list onto the parchment and then scribbled a message for help. She looked down at her efforts:

Mighty Hammer:
Weapon:
First Aid Kit:

S.O.S.

...well, no use turning that in to Shaw. Or, Shaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww. Whatever he was calling himself. She started to frown at her less than half-finished work, when a loud barking sound drew her attention to the front of the room. Eyes widened in shock, she stared at the alligator cloak as it jumped around the room. She peered at Evelyn out of the corner of her eye. Did the older Slytherin have even the slightest clue what was going on right now?! In other words, did she have notes Sierra could copy later on in the common room?

Transfiguration had suddenly got confusing. Or maybe it was all because Sierra had only halfway paid attention to most of the lesson. Hmm...

Rosemary ducked before the cloak got to her as she whipped her wand towards the cloak, "FINITE INCANTATEM!" She shouted, hoping that the spell would work.

OMGosh! This dude was a madman! Rose actually was scared of him which was difficult as she was a Gryffindor! What if he tried to kill them with his chainsaw!

"Oh hi Rachel," Charlie said, realising that the girl that she knew from her house was there. "Sorry, I didn't see you there." she apologised.

"Hmm," Charlie mumbled aloud as she racked her brain. After a few seconds she thought she might have an idea.
"Maybe if you combine two words it could work like..." hmm.. earmuffs, earmuffs, ear.. gloves?" she concluded, feeling rather stupid. "Is gloves in the dictionary?" Charlie asked, hoping that it was to avoid humiliation.

"We're not..." Whatever. Isobel trailed off and became interested in the spell he was doing, because it was their spell. Well...it failed. But it was pretty funny! Isobel couldn't help it, she started laughing. Oakey had already asked why it hadn't work, so she didn't feel the need to. She stiffled her laughs by putting her hand over her mouth. But it looked so funny! She was in the front row, so it was fairly close to her. She reached out and patted where it's head should be. It felt like a coat, but it had BARKED! It was hilarious.

William called out " Protego" against the cloak. William is now shielded from the cloak.

"Thanks, Nika!" she grinned and gave her a high five too. Then was still trying to hold back laughter as she stared at those people in the front row being attacked by some crazed-out-dog-cloak.

Hmm...they were still doing the same thing...talking about wand movements. Looking at his girlfriend when she spoke, Josh seemed to be confused for a moment for he couldn't really figure out what she was talking about. That was not an answer to his question about people trying to find...ah! Aha! Of course, she had replied to his other question about her well being, of course. ''Glad to hear that'' he said smiling some and after this she had actually answered his previous question.

''Perhaps.'' the lion boy seemed a little bit lost in thought as he sated back at the other students in general. ''It's certain that they lack something but i am not sure what'' Hehehehehe. Oooh! Slytherins were away? Well...as they should have been. Mwaha. Yet, there! One was approaching. The Poisonous Princess. Just who he wanted here now. But surprisinly the younger she-snake did not bother to threw some sarcasm at him and instead nodded as a silent greeting. Well...fine. So, Josh nodded back at her adding a warm smile. Why smile? He didn't know.



Now that was a slight disappointment because Josh had actually aimed at the blond boy's head, instead he got his arm but whatever at least it did its job and now Legend was looking towards him. Mwahahaha. Yeah, the box was empty. Josh had been feeling too hungry to keep it unopened when he had bought it.

Eh? He didn't know Latin either. And see? Latin was a dead language. Hmm...now he was curious; who had killed it? Pffft. Who cared? ''I don't think its Latin's fault though. It is those wizards and witches who couldn't choose a normal language while making up spells.'' Yeaa, they all had to yell out Latin, did not they? Meeeeeeeh. ''I don't know a word either.'' Then just...

Meeeeeh...

Smirking he threw another box at his housemate.



Haaa!

This was was definitely weird buuuuuuuuut COOL. Hehehehehe. It was no wonder that Josh had found another favourite professor. Transfiguration had never taken his attention much so far yet now this was different. And it totally made sense. ''Yeah, intent.'' Josh said putting an arm around Evelyn's shoulders.

Then, it was the time to try and see if the newly made up latin spell words were working. So, sitting straight, the lion boy's dark eyes were fixed on the alligator cloak and the moment it started to act like that Josh...

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!

Awesome! As his girlfriend scooted closer to him, he wrapped her in his arms. Aaaaaaaand why? Jusy why people seemed to be scared of it. It was not scary. It was FUNNY! ''Hey, Shaw! Can i pet it?'' He liked dogs.

Hehehhe.

Salander sat agape just as he had before, but instead of being transfixed by any raw mechanical power it was out of sheer bewilderment. The most he understood was that the Slytherin group got renamed into some kind of vegetable dish most kids hate and that there is a dog!cloak barking in front of the class.

There was a question somewhere there innit?

He glanced at his fellow Slythie when the boy began to talk. Well he made sense. Sorta. Not really.

"What he said." the Slytherin 18yr old replied, jerking his thumb at his companion. At least one of them seems to be following whatever it was they were discussing. He has got to get this boy's name, apparently transfiguring worms into crooked nails aint gonna be enough to pass this class.

Fee sat there in shock as the cloak started barking at the students in the fron row.Wooooow this was crazy,what was wrong with this new,mysterious teacher?!Poor front row peeps.Nooot cool professor,nooot coool.Was he even a professor?!The slytherin had no idea actually.Shaking her head slightly the girl sighed and was glad she hadnt chosen a seat in the front row.

''I AM WHAT I AM'', - expression with my hot Childhood, the same phrase ''WANT TO BE HAPPY - BE WITH IT'' .

''Shaw's back is aching''- I don`t see this five minutes before.
Liora reflected not good in the role of a mental mirror.

Penny had walked up to Shaw and handed him her piece of Parchment... desperately hoping he wouldn't laugh at her attempt...

Then as she was returning to her seat, Shaw had transfigures his cloak into a dog.... "very cool" she thought, smiling at the cloak/dog barking...


Penny had no idea what Shaw meant by branches.... completely lost, she decided to stay quiet and maybe learn something from her classmates...

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Originally Posted by Shaw

”Write that down," Shaw encouraged. "You got the eyes for this, blue one. You and those ones," Shaw pointed to the Red Boys that GOT Transfiguration, "could grow up to be professional transfigurationists! Congratulations!"

Ivory beamed.
Positively beamed at the man. Professional transfiguationist. That sounded quite great. It was her fifth year already after all, and she had to start getting ideas with what to do with the rest of her life. It sounded like a legitimate career...but was it? Could it be entirely possible to dedicate her life to it? Mind whirling with the possibilities, she gave an enthusiastic nod and put her quill to parchment as she summed up her work quickly including possible wand movements.

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Originally Posted by Ivory’s Parchment

Auris foveotheca :Conjures earmuffs
Etymology: L. ear-covering-to keep warm
Wand motion: Upside down U

Umbroculus: conjures sunglasses
Etymology: L. Shade, eyes
Wand motion: horizontal figure 8

Osdissimulo: conjures mask
Etymology: L. face/mask, disguise
Wand motion: Counter clockwise swirl

*Previously learned:
Horolos : transfigures item into clock/watch
Wand mortion three tight clockwise circles with a final flick of the wand

Glancing up with a start at his shrill whistle, the Ravenclaw prefect jumped to her feet. With a whistle like that it was miracle her ears weren't ringing. Small steps took her to the front of the classroom where she handed in her parchment with a proud smile. "Here you are, Shaw. On behalf of the blue team." She might not be part of Team Shaw, but hopefully that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

SPOILER!!: Shaw, quesitons, and barking cloak

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Originally Posted by Shaw

"Before I risk my life and wand testing out your spell-creating, anyone know why I drew a line between the two groups? What's the different types of transfiguration? I've demonstrated one type today, but there's a couple other branches. That there is your clue. Anyone know what I'm talking about?" Where was he again...?

Hearing other students' responses on the different types of transfiguration, the Ravenclaw prefect nodded in agreement even as she sat herself down in her seat once again.

Eyes widening as the cloak raced forward, barking energetically and jumping onto her and the other students who had chosen to sit in the front, Ivory felt her shocked expression relax into a smile as the cloak bounced. It didn't seem dangerous but she could imagine how that circumstance could change if the spell had been tried by a younger student.

Understanding lighting her features as her hand reached out to pat the cloak hesitantly, she piped up."I guess that the reason maybe some of our spells won't work outside of the theoretical sense is because the different types of transfiguration dictate in what way spells have to be designed. One can't just translate what they want into Latin and expect it to be a working spell. You have to know what type of transfiguration you are about to do in order for it to work. And," She continued on in a rush. "You have to know in what way to use them. If one uses a conjuring spell on an item rather than a transfiguration spell, I imagine the results would be unpredictable. Or vice versa." Hence the barking cloak, maybe?

" William gave Fee the "Muskeeter" I will save you look.

Fee giggled calmly as she saw the look William gave her and waved at him a little.Even though he was only 11 the blonde was sure he would in fact save her if something happend.

"Hey Shaw," Zara raised her hand, as she was still eying the crazy cloak. "Now what do we do?"

Penny was glad someone had asked Shaw the question out loud...as she herself had been thinking it for a little while now..

Anasta Liora there is on dream to have a new live book for now herself and several future years with others. Several important bugs that very often allows Anasta Liora as a new transfigurator, first having in contact charm imaginary to be alive. First and foremost is the abundance of limbs. So she decided to remember, as writer her textbook that six feet is awkward. As well as five wings or seven hands. To understand why it's awkward, she mentally has imagine herself another couple of lower limbs and mentally try to make a move. This exercise does not recommend, if smb of healing magic is going to be very unhappy if the stream of patients with extra limbs.
Secondly, there is for her the weight of the subject and length of limbs. She remembers that everything should be commensurate. If the subject is inherently too heavy, its weight must be reduced through the use of spells. If too easy – increase. Thirdly, the material. If you do a bit of the same material as own subject, then there's a good chance that the subject will are not going to walk. And what? Iron, steel, glass and many other materials are not bent or have the ability to move. Accordingly, the material for the limbs Anasta selected carefully. But another problem is volatility. Most often this is because Anasta as a student incorrectly selects the common material to the own limbs. Let's say I choose that perfect rubber bends, but it hardly keeps in a shape. Accordingly, the path of such subject usually is simply short.
The consists of two phases. Firstly: the creation of a limb. Arm, leg. At this point, the limb must be of the same material as your original view. That is, limb will not be lengthened and move. Naturally, that at this point, you cannot stop, because it turns out that we have only a portion of the task.
Secondly: the animation object. Before you attempt to "breathe life" into the subject. How very unpoemic one of my colleagues: in this step, she makes the limbs move, be flexible and work.

*Matilda was listening very carefully what the teacher was saying but meantime she felt a bit tired already. Transfiguration was her second favourite subject and she isn't going to to get bad credit from this*

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Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose

Ah Ummm.. It's not Team...Oakey began to say. But he stopped. There was no use, his group was now Team Cow (how intimidating) Shaw had gotten up and talked a bit more about transfiguring objects and what it meant.

Then came the moment of truth He said Oakey's spell that was written on the desk the piece of parchment. His cloak didn't change but still acted like a dog. It was funny(Oakey was glad he got up and moved to the back) but the spell Oakey wrote hadn't worked the way he thought it would.

He sank into his chair in disappointment.

What went wrong Shaw? Oakey asked Why didn't the coat completely change? was it his spell or the wand movement or was it something entirely different?

"Didn't completely change because you didn't have the spell completely write. Or, as it were, I didn't. I cast it, didn't I?" Shaw didn't appear to be too sure of that fact. "Gotta be right to get it right. Get it? Got it?"

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Originally Posted by mellamaet

Cass slouched on her seat, ugh, she hated not knowing and not getting stuff. Maybe this was one of the things that headmaster mentioned?

Then she suddenly pulled her legs up into the chair when the coat suddenly started barking and jumping up near hear.

Gaah~ This was the last time she was sitting at the front of the class! First the chainsaw,now this?!

"Get it away from me!" She squeaked softly as she edged away from it.

Shaw LAUGHED OUT LOUD. HAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAHHAHHAHAHHA HA

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Originally Posted by steflegan

One minute, Melina was sitting in the front row, sulking that she hadn't yet made it to Team Shaw. And I WILL, she thought with determination.

The next minute, all she saw was darkness, all she heard was barking, and all she felt was... was she being attacked by a cloak?!?!?!?!?!

Cloak...jumping...on...me. Get...it...off!

It smelled of the Florida Everglades, and sweat, and something she was sure was some type of very strong alcohol. Could it bite? Melina wasn't waiting to find out.

"GET! OFF! ME!!!" she screamed, and gripped her wand furiously. She shouted "Oculumbrus!!!" and, to her surprise, she was suddenly sporting a fashionable pair of alligator-hide sunglasses. Wow, talk about INTENT.

She gazed through the darkened lenses at the desk behind which Shaw was hiding. How would he feel about this little development?

In her opinion, she should be promoted to Team Shaw.

"It ain't reals you know? Just a cloak with a little bark and bite. Maybe you should pet it. I reckon poodles like 'at petting stuff."

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Nika felt like jumping up and down. TEAM SHAW!!! Go team shaw!!! YAY! She looked at her Team-shaw-mates and beamed. "Good job Zara!" She said as she raised her hand to give the girl a high five. YAY for team SHAW!!! YAY! Better to get on the good side of this professor, if he even has one that is.

She turned her attention back to the professor JUST SHAW. Oh he's trying out a spell! Nika watched as he hit the cloak with a spell. Isn't that one team poodles spell? OR whatever he called them... "EEEP!" She wasn't scared. It just caught her by surprise. Nika just stared at the thing with her eyes wide open. There is something seriously wrong with that guy. " Just SHAW! Aren't you going to do something!?!" THose poor kids sitting in the front row.

"Ain't I doing something now?" Shaw was perplexed and found himself staring down at his hands.

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Originally Posted by Rosemary McGonagall

Rosemary ducked before the cloak got to her as she whipped her wand towards the cloak, "FINITE INCANTATEM!" She shouted, hoping that the spell would work.

"Awww..... you killed it! You should wait 'til puberty before you start murdering things." Shaw looked around the room, ducked down, and RECAST the half-working spell on the cloak. It immediately jumped back to life and yipping.

Shaw laughed again when it started sniffing a Greenies butt. "They do that! Don't think nothing of it!"

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

Haaa!

This was was definitely weird buuuuuuuuut COOL. Hehehehehe. It was no wonder that Josh had found another favourite professor. Transfiguration had never taken his attention much so far yet now this was different. And it totally made sense. ''Yeah, intent.'' Josh said putting an arm around Evelyn's shoulders.

Then, it was the time to try and see if the newly made up latin spell words were working. So, sitting straight, the lion boy's dark eyes were fixed on the alligator cloak and the moment it started to act like that Josh...

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!

Awesome! As his girlfriend scooted closer to him, he wrapped her in his arms. Aaaaaaaand why? Jusy why people seemed to be scared of it. It was not scary. It was FUNNY! ''Hey, Shaw! Can i pet it?'' He liked dogs.

Hehehhe.

"I don't know, Josh! Can you?"

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Originally Posted by v_a_l_e_r_i_a

''I AM WHAT I AM'', - expression with my hot Childhood, the same phrase ''WANT TO BE HAPPY - BE WITH IT'' .

''Shaw's back is aching''- I don`t see this five minutes before.
Liora reflected not good in the role of a mental mirror.

Shaw reached back and rubbed his back. He hadn't even realized his back was aching. But that Greenie had said, so it must be true.

"Guess I should wrap this whole thing up then, since my back is aching. I gotta get back on my boat." Someone had said he came from a boat earlier. He hadn't remembered a boat, but these kids seemed to know what they knew.

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Originally Posted by TwistedHearts

"Hey Shaw," Zara raised her hand, as she was still eying the crazy cloak. "Now what do we do?"

"I don't know?"

Shaw didn't know what they did now. He knew he what he was going to do now. "I gotta run now, got a nurse to find and a boat to catch. Guess as Shaw, I'm 'pose to give you all some take home work?"

Shaw scratched his head then announced, "Homework I reckons gonna be this: Write a list on some paper or parchment or something of TEN THINGS that should never be transfigured. Put down why you think what you think and why's you think the way it is you think."

"Josh, you can keep my cloak for being a good 'un."

He walked out of the room and wandered away.

Shaw will take homework via PM. Include your house # if you know it. June 10th is the deadline for submission.

Eino blinked several times at the strange man with his head tilted like an owl, then he watched the man leave the room in a hurry. He looked around at his classmates to make sure he wasn't the only one who was often confused by the man's speech. He didn't even have the chance to say good-bye and wish him a good day. He quickly jotted his homework down in a piece of parchment, took another glance at his classmates, then got his belongings together and left the classroom.

Ummm... OK? Rose got up relieved the lesson had ended, and left the room.