Gryffindor Study Tables
 

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As far away as possible from the hustle and bustle of the central part of the common room, you'll find several tables and chairs have been provided to assist you with your homework and studying. Whether you're working on a project, completing some homework or simply want to relax and read, you've come to the right place.

Here you will find all the tools you need in order to conquer your tasks. There are spare rolls of parchment as well as various inks and quills. The shelves along the wall are stocked and up to date will all the material you might need for your classes. All in all, it is the perfect place to sit with friends and tackle any homework that comes your way.

The most important thing to remember is not to stress... help is always given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. So if you need advice, ask a peer or a professor, or even a portrait, who knows where you will find your answers.

Jezz found herself sitting at a study table not with a textbook or class work in front of her but with a copy of the Gryffindor Gazette. She moved it and decided to read one of her Herbology textbook.

Expecting the study tables to be deserted at this time, Ari took her book on former Hogwarts Headmasters and headed there. But her initial assumption proved wrong. The third year passed by the other girl only glancing at her, but then realized she seemed familiar, so she took a better look. 'You are in the gazette!' Ari said out loud, happy that she remembered why she knew the girl. Well, not really knew. But it sounded bad, like pointing out something obvious. 'Of course, you probably know that.' Nothing like a cheesy joke to improve matters.

Anyone?
 

Lilly sat down on a chair at the study tables, pulling out Quiddich Through The Ages and opening the first page. Smartie sat at the second-year's feet, perfectly happy to just sit there, doing nothing. She read the introduction about how the book represents many years of travel and research. Then the first title: What is a Beast? The answer for that seemed a lot more complicated than it actually was. A big hairy thing with eight legs, Lilly thought to herself, smiling. Then there was a long passage about many arguments through the ministry about what could be classified as a beast. It all seemed quite intresting, though. Lilly read more. This was intresting!

Jezzabelle had just gotten to the page on Abyssinian Shrivelfigs when she heard an older girl address her. "Yes, that was me in the Gazette." She couldn't help but smile. "I'm Jezzabelle. You are?" She didn't know what expect when she ahd done the interview for the Gazette but this wasn't bad at all.

'Oh, sorry to bother you while you're reading.' Ari realized that too late as well. 'Anyway, congratulations, I suppose.' What do people say in these situations? Congratulations, right?

'Pleased to meet you, I'm Ariadne Marchbanks. So you're a firstie, huh?' The first Gryffindor firstie Ari had met this year. Wicked.

Tayla walked into the study to read her new Charms book. Then recognizing Lilly, Jezz, and Ari, she decided to say hello.

"Hi girls!" she said and caught a glimpse of the Gyffindor Gazette. She had read it earlier and remembered the interview they were talking about. "Oh! I remember that. Congratulations, Jezz! Must be a nice welcome to Hogwarts.

"So, how are your classes so far?"

"It's fine," Jezz said smiling. "Thanks! I was really excited to do it." She was and she still was excited seeing herself there, in the gazette.

"It's nice to meet you Ariadne." Jezzabelle nodded, "Yeah, I'm a firstie. What year are you in?"

"Thanks! It was a great welcome. I was very honored to be in the Gryffindor Gazette." Jezzabelle smiled. All these congratulations was nice to be getting.

"Classes are good. I'm really enjoying them and getting the chance to somewhat meet the Professor's. Thanks for asking Tay." She smiled and didn't really know where to go from there. "How are your classes?"

"Looking forward to Charms homework to be honest," Tayla laughed. "It's my favourite subject. What's yours?"

'I bet it's amazing to see your own words printed on paper.' she nodded pompously, wondering if other Houses had a newspaper. Probably not. Ha! Even if Gryffindor hadn't won the House Cup in the last years, they were still the coolest House in school.

'Oooh, welcome to Hogwarts then! How do you like it so far?' Yep, Jezz was indeed the first firstie Ariadne had met this year, so the third year was doing her best to be cheerful and pleasant around her, hoping not to scare her away.

'I'm in my third year now. I honestly don't know what happened. I could swear I was a first year just yesterday.' Great. Sounding like her Gran once more.

And then Tayla walked in. Wicked! Ari had wanted to talk to her ever since the feast. 'Hey, so you've read it too? Looks like Jezz is going to be a very popular firstie.' But she, Ariadne, had been the first to congratulate her. Muahhh. She treated this like some sort of achievement, judging by the pride she felt inside.

'How are you, anyway? We didn't get the time to catch up at the feast. Except that we've both been to Hawaii this summer. Who'd you go with?' Ari wondered if her friend hadn't told that before and she had just forgotten. Awkward.

Jezzabelle smiled, "I love Herbology." She had always been good with plants, however, ever since coming to Hogwarts she'd actually been struggling just a little. It was amazing how different the school made her act. She mentally shrugged it off. "I even have two plants down in the greenhouses."

"It's was a little weird at first but now it's pretty awesome," Jezzabelle said smiling. "A lot of people are stopping and staring at me now. Like they do a double take and I can hear the words come out of their mouths right before they say it." Jezz blushed a little. It was weird at first but now she had come to accept it and take what was given to her.

"I love it here. It already feels like home," she said a little glad to moving away from the topic of the gazette. "I find it funny because Kurumi said that being in Gryffindor is like coming home to the smell of fresh baked cookies," or at least she said something a long those lines. "And she was right."

"Time flies when you go to school I guess," Jezz said laughing. "I hope every year here takes it's time. I want to enjoy it."

"Yeah, Jezz is a pretty popular firstie." Tayla smiled and nodded.

"I'm good, thanks. You?" she replied to Ari. "I went with family. My grandparents, Mom, Dad, and my little sister April. You were in Hawaii, too? Oh! Too bad we didn't see each other! Would have been great fun."

She didn't want to talk about the locket just yet, not with other people in the room.

Tayla turned to Jezz. "I'm not very good at Herbology to be honest," Tayla blushed a little. She nodded at what Jezz said about the Gryffindor common room smelling like fresh baked cookies. "Sometimes I come in from a feast and still get hungry for cookies! And don't worry. I'm sure you'll enjoy every year at Hogwarts. There's always something great to do, especially when the professors come up with something cool in class." She thought of the Muggle Studies films, the lake visit during History of Magic/Care of Magical Creatures, and the activities they had in classes during her first two years. Yup! Lots of awesome things.

Really lame post...I blame exams
 

How cute! The girl was actually blushing! It seemed like her popularity didn't make her vain or anything like that, she was still a regular firstie. 'Looking on the bright side, you get to meet lots of new people with the minimum of effort.' That would've been a blessing for the socially awkward first year Ariadne two years ago.

'Who do you share your dorm with? I haven't met any other Gryffindor firsties yet, I'm wondering where they're hiding.' Ari chuckled at that, but also at Jezz's reply regarding cookies. 'We Gryffindors sure are lucky to have Kurumi around, I don't know what we'll do when she graduates, cookies are like our emblem now.' The most delicious one ever.

'Doing pretty good myself, only I'm worried about how many things are changing around me. Hogwarts seems to be the only constant at times.' She was going to expand on that, if Tayla had the patience to listen, but later.

'Yeah, I went there too. Small world. If only we'd have known we'd be going in the same place...Oh well, there's plenty of stuff to do together here, am I right?' Ariadne smiled broadly.

"Yeah the classes seem pretty cool so far," Jezz said. "I mean I'm not really good in them but they're fun." She closed her book. "I love Kurumi's cookies. They are amazing...almost as amazing as her."The older girl was almost like the older sister Jezz wanted but didn't have because she was an only child. She stood up and looked at Ari. "I'm not really sure where they're hiding at either. I've only met three first years like myself and only one was in Gryffindor." It all seemed just a little depressing. "As much as I would love to sit and talk. I have plants I must tend to. I'll catch you guys around the common room later?"

Tayla wondered what Ari meant about things changing. She hoped her friend was okay. "Definitely," Tayla nodded. "Erm...want to grab something to eat? I'm getting hungry." She thought maybe they could talk at the Great Hall.


"Yup, I love Kurumi!" Tayla agreed. "Catch you around the common room then. And I hope you meet more Gryffindor first years." Hogwarts was fun and even more so with great friends.

'Aww, I'm sure you'll do just fine, classes seemed daunting for me too at first. In fact, I find myself clueless in some of them even now as a third year.' Ari winked, hoping to put the girl at ease. 'I think I'll be hungry for cookies if we keep talking about them.' the third year chuckled, but felt her stomach rumble already. 'Sure, see you around. I'm glad we met!' Ariadne told Jezz as the younger Gryffindor was preparing to leave.

Thankfully, Tayla took the hint. 'I'm kind of hungry too, let's make our way downstairs, shall we?' Ariadne asked, wondering how to start, while at the same time not wanting to burden her friend with her life drama. She decided to just be quick about it, straight to the point.

#1 : transfiguration homework
 

Holding a few design books she had checked out of the library, Kurumi made her way to the study tables, bowing her head and offering each lion that she saw there a small smile. Finding a relatively empty table, Kurumi set her things down and took out a piece of parchment and quill. She set the quill to her paper, but found that she was at a complete loss for what to draw. A frame. It was something typically with four 90 degree corners that went around a photograph or piece of art. It wasn't like she had to draw a masterpiece that was expected to go to some art museum.

Sighing, Kurumi tickled her lips with her quill and drew a square about a half inch away from the edge of her parchment. Okay...so she had a start. Now what should she do?

She supposed that she should figure out WHO she was giving this frame to. Jonathan was already getting the one from class, so there really was only one other person she could think of that should get a framed photograph from her: Selina.

Okay, Selina...which meant that this frame should have something Quidditch related on it, but Kurumi couldn't bring herself to draw anything that remotely looked like a broom or snitch. Instead, Kurumi eyed the center of the paper and drew a heart that took up about two thirds of the parchment within the square that she had drawn earlier. For a bit of an added feature, Kurumi drew a simple doily design around the heart and then a small heart in the bottom left corner, adding a knitted feel around each heart with a dashed outline.

Hmm...what to do next? And was this turning out to be too girly for Selina? Quite possibly, but she would have to forgive Kurumi. They were best friends.

Kurumi ^_^
 

Grayson wanted to get a head start on reading up for Potions. He liked potions. It was his strongest area of study. As he made his way to the study tables with his book, he saw the girl who handed him the delicious cookie. Walking over to her, he let a smirk slide unto his face.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" he asked politely and quietly.

#2: transfiguration homework & Grayson
 

Kurumi held up her parchment and tried to think of what else to do. After a bit, Kurumi drew a polka dotted flower in the upper right corner and added the knitting detail around its edges too. Since she had a knitting theme going on for whatever reason - Kurumi wasn't much of a sewer - she drew four circular buttons. It still needed something else, but Kurumi found herself a little puzzled as to what. There was going to be an awful lot of blank space on this frame...and it needed something to make it pop. Kurumi idly set her quill against the parchment when a small drop of ink fell on it. NO! Now her drawing was ruined! Unless...

Kurumi tapped her quill against the ink well, making sure there was no extra ink it and attempted to smear the dot into a straight line. Might as well draw more now. Kurumi dipped it back into the well and began to draw vertical lines around the rest of her design.

Just as she was almost done, she heard some one ask if they could join her and she looked up. "Of course," she smiled, scooting over a bit. She looked at the book in his hands and tried not to wrinkle her nose too much. "Getting a head start on Potions I see."

Grayson nodded a bit with a smile as he sat down. Setting the book down on the table and opening it to the page he was reading on Boomslang skin properties and usage. He said,"Thanks much. Kurumi right? I'm not so great with names but positively brilliant with faces; especially with cute faces like yours."

Resting his weight on his forearms as he leaned forward, he said,"I like potions. Sometimes I read it for fun. My parents allow me to keep my own ingredients storage at home. Only the difficult stuff like scales of a sea serpent I don't have." as he took a moment to look at her work,"I see you are almost finish your Transfigurations. How proactive of you." he remarked.

Grayson, was not a bad guy but just can't resist flirting with pretty girls. Though since he got to Hogwarts, he's been a bit low key and kept more to himself with the exception of Selina of course. Her fiesty retorts kept him going back for more. It would be nice if they ended up being friends or a bonus if they became more than friends. He grinned a bit as he thought of the highly unlikely prospect, even though it was a prospect nonetheless. Yup, leave it to Grayson to see the silver lining on any grey cloud first and foremost.

#3 transfiguration homework...and that boy who is making everything awkward
 

"It's no problem at a---" Huh?! Kurumi found herself blinking faster than a humming bird could beat its wings. What...did he just say? She had a cute face? Jonathan said that the other day, but Kurumi had a hard time believing it. Wasn't he obligated to say that as her boyfriend? "Um..right...that's my name," she confirmed, still blinking at him. Maybe she could pass it off as something getting in her eye? "You're...Grayson, right?" Since they were both sort of confirming each other's names at the moment.

In a feeble attempt to push the awkwardness of that greeting aside, Kurumi took her quill to her parchment again and continued to draw a bit. She added a slightly diagonal line across it, starting about a fifth of the way up from the bottom and running her quill across the parchment to the opposite side. She began to add little details to make it look more like a ribbon running across it.

Kurumi continued to draw a bit as he spoke. Potions. This guy would get along with Jonathan. "I wish I could say I share your appreciation of Potions," she replied, adding a few dashes to her ribbon interpretation. One of her least favorite subjects to be completely honest, but he didn't need to know that bit. "Transfiguration is one of my favorite subjects. I was told that my wand is the type that takes particularly well to it, so I suppose that is fitting." Among other things.

Hmm...her frame needed one more detail. The ribbon was looking lonely all by itself. Kurumi quickly drew a thin robe scaling across the drawing underneath the bit of ribbom. That should do it. Now for the spell casting and actually giving it to Selina.

"That's pretty awesome. When I went to get my wand, the shop owner said my wand was made for aggression and accuracy but I'm not like that really." he said,"I'm a lover not a fighter without reason of course."

He looked down and finished reading the paragraph before he looked up and asked,"So what other than Tranfigurations do you like?"

#4 transfiguration post & YOU *squishes*
 

"They may not have meant aggression in the way you think it does," she smiled. Wands and magic were tricky business, just like how the Sorting Hat handled things. "It may mean that your wand does better with attacking sort of spells instead of defensive ones, like Protego." Kurumi's wand seemed to hone in more on her ability than anything else, even though Transfiguration was one of her favorite subjects.

Kurumi picked up her wand and traced a square around her drawing, "Statua Habitum!" She winced a bit as she hoped that the paper didn't melt or something. Which, thankfully, didn't happen, but Kurumi quickly learned that she hadn't connected all the lines as her frame fell to pieces on the table. Oops. "Reverto," she laughed, returning the bits and pieces back to paper. She pocketed her wand again and picked up her quill, retracing over all her lines and making sure they were thick and connected so she could try again.

Kurumi looked up again. "Well, I would have to say that Care of Magical Creatures has always been my personal favorite," she nodded. "Really though, I like everything put...Potions and Flying...Divination is sort of so-so."

Grayson nodded and said,"I like Flying since I'm good at quidditch and I like Herbology. But you sound like a nurturing kind of individual as well as a patient."

"So, what do you like to do other than school?" he asked her as she was interesting him even more. For once he just wanted to get to know a girl. She was pretty but there was something inviting about her spirit that he looked passed her physical appearance.

Post 6
 

Ira trudged up to go to her dormitory, when she figured it would be kind of better to sit at the study table to do her transfiguration homework. So she came to the Transfiguration table, yawning slightly and looked around. Nope, there weren't many others there. She kept her bag aside and took out her materials. She was going to use parchments now.

Now that she had practiced enough in the transfiguration practice room, it was time to make the actual gifts. She decided to make three frames, out of which she could choose any two later on. And no, now, she didn't want to make any flowery frames.

So she first formed an image in her mind as to the frame she wanted and then she traced a shape around her picture, and then muttered "Statua Habitum". She watched as the parchment straightened out a little and became a rectangle and finally there was a photo frame! It looked just like she had wanted it to be. And she would be giving this one to Professor Bentley. yeah, she had decided on giving it to Professor Hadley but then felt that Herbology teacher was better, and Professor Bentley was Head of Gryffindor house too!

Satisfied that the first frame had turned out right, she proceeded to do the next one. She again thought of a different kind of design and traced it with the tip of her wand on the parchment. And this time, she transfigured a frame which was silvery and shiny. Yes it too looked good. But she decided to not choose it. So she reversed the spell back. "Reverto!" And the frame turned back to the parchment it originally had been.

But by now, she decided that it was time to go to the dormitory. She could do her last frame there too. Thinking so, she collected her things and took her frame and went to her room.

"I take it you tried out for the team then?" she asked, turning her violet eyes on him. "I used to play, but not anymore. Quidditch just didn't turn out to be right for me." Sorry Selina, she had tried and had had fun, but she needed to stick to what she was really good at. Kurumi sort of blushed when he called her nurturing. It reminded her that she had to be the Mama Lion from now on. No pressure or anything. "Sometimes, I feel like everyone is nurtures me more than I nurture them, but I do what I can."

Setting her parchment down for now and pocketing her wand for the time being, Kurumi examined everything. All the lines seemed to be closed for now, so she could just transfigure it again up in the dorms. "Well...I bake," she laughed. "I probably smell like sugar most of the time because of it too."

Post 6
 

As she reached back Gryffindor tower. She’s now really tired. She headed directly to the study tables for she was about to start her other home works plus she still have to submit her Transfiguration homework, reporting that she have done it. Sitting there and gazing at her bag which was laid on top of the table, she remembered that she still had to put inside a frame her photo last summer. She wanted this one to be the most perfect of them all. Even though she had already done it twice, this one is her picture and she’s gonna hand it to someone special.

She grabbed her bag, opened it and searched for some of her special parchments she had bought from Diagon alley. It's quite good that she always have these things around, she had a feeling they might come in handy. Hmmm, she scratched her chin with her left hand as her right hand pulled out her wand from her robe's pocket. She laid the parchment and her picture on the table, making sure the photo was on the center.

Then she readied herself, and said "Stat-UA HAB-itum!" As Tenn's wand traced the parchment in a rectangle shape. She had a gold frame in mind but not a plain one. Oooops, it seemed like it didn't work the first time. As she stared at the paper and nothing happened. SHe forgot that her wand should be in contact with the paper. She decided to try again. "Stat-UA HAB-itum," Tenn again said clearly with the tip of her wand in contact with the flat paper and shaped it into a rectangle. She concentrated on the look she wanted and there she watched the paper pop out. It was getting thicker until it reached about 5 centimeters thickness and turned into a gold ornate frame with uneven edges and carvings. Tenn stared at it and thought, "It looks common," she said. "Reverto," she said again at the frame and it went back to its old look, just a plain special parchment.

Since she already got it perfect, She brought out a picture of her last summer and placed it on top of the parchment. She just thought it would be a great keepsake photo for her friend daisy since she's a year older than her and Daisy would have something to remind her of Tenn when she leaves Hogwarts. Making sure that the photo was on the right place she said the incantation once more. "Stat-UA HAB-itum," with her wand in contact with the paper, Tenn traced a rectangle shape from the parchment. She concentrated with the design that she liked as the paper became embossed into a plain rectangle 5 centimetre gold ornate frame. The frame started having flower carvings on the first layer and then three more layers appeared as it curves started to embellish another layer. Tenn wanted hers to more customized so she thought of the colors to be maroon and gold and presto. Her photo was already inside it and covered in glass with the perfect frame that she had envisioned.

She smiled as she stared at it. "Awesome," she murmured as she picked it up. She looked around her and hoped that she can find Daisy around. But she changed her mind, maybe she could give it to Professor Magnus as a gift. She pulled her quill and scribbled something on an empty parchment.

She packed her things and carried the frame carefully as she went out the common room to find Professor Magnus.

Tayla went straight to the study tables after getting her things from the girls' dormitory. Maxwell was no longer in the common room, so he probably went to his room and got his things, too.

She put her rolls of parchment, quill, and bottle of ink on the desk, and checked the small to-do notebook. She realized she had already done her Herbology homework. It was Arithmancy she needed to work on. Now that subject, she had to work a little extra hard in.

She waited for Maxwell to arrive. She'd still help him with Herbology if he needed it. It wasn't her best subject either, but she did quite well because of Professor Bentley.

In the meantime, Tayla opened her Arithmancy notebook and reviewed what she had to do.

Maxwell came down from the Dorm room with an arm full of books. He took a seat next to Tayla. "I'm not really sure what i need to work on." He said with a laugh. Maxwell wasn't big on homework he rarely ever did it. "What are you working on?" He asked noticing the lack of Herbology books at the table.

Tayla looked up from her work and realized Maxwell had arrived. She motioned him to sit opposite her. "Arithmancy. The deadline's so near but I'm not finished yet. Are you?"

Tayla massaged her forehead, feeling a little headache coming.

i didn't go to the last arithmancy class.
 

"No, I'm not even sure i remember what we're supposed to do." Maxwell said with a smile as he sat across Tayla. "What should we get started on?"

Tayla closed her Arithmancy book and rubber her temples. "I'm getting a headache from all these numbers..." she said. "What books did you bring with you?" She scanned her small notebook again. "Hmm...we've got two Arithmancy assignments - but I think I want to rest from all the numbers first - and we've got Ancient Runes and Transfiguration. But they're more practical homework than written...have you started any of them yet?"

Tayla looked out the window and saw it was a beautiful day. She suddenly felt like visiting the Duck Pond.

i don't remember what we were supposed to do.
 

"Well, let's do Transfiguration!" Maxwell said excitedly, he loved transfiguration. "I haven't started on that yet either."

Immediately following Care of Magical Creatures, Kurumi had headed back to the Gryffindor common room and collapsed on her bed. Momotaro II had exhausted her from the lesson with all his rolling and all she wanted to do was take a nap. But that never came. Walnut was very VERY displeased with the tiny creature's appearance in what the feline considered HIS world, so Kurumi had had to lure the tiny thing out from under the dresser with one of her tuna fish cookies while Walnut was shut up in her trunk.

Giving up on sleep, Kurumi arrived at the study tables with Momotaro II cooing on her right shoulder.

Hmm...he wasn't sure what to make of this room. It was so red and the noise from the fireplace was sort of scary. He would be staying on this girl's shoulder for a while, that was for sure.

*MEEP MEEP MEEP*

Assuming that the noise meant he wanted down, the Gryffindor gingerly scooped the little creature up off her shoulder and set him down on the table where he began to bounce and roll around like he was in a hurry.

"Woah woah, you need to calm down a little, Momotaro II," she cooed as she used her. "We...we aren't bowling right now we are just talking. You know, getting to know each other."

*MEEP SQUEAK MEEP*

The human person was talking, but it was really just sounding like a lot of jibberish to the little pygmy puff as he rolled left and right in his place on his back. He JUST wanted to be scratched on his tummy...if you could call it his tummy.

Not catching the implications of the little guy's movements, Kurumi reached into her pocket for a brush and picked him up in the palm of her hand. Gently, she began to stroke the pygmy puff's fur over his belly and smiled as he began to squeak!purr. "You like that?" she asked as she moved the brush to a slightly different location and Momotaro shifted his position a bit in her hand to allow her easier access. She always brushed Walnut for a solid five minutes to remove any fur he might be shedding, so she figured that the same should be done for pygmy puffs...and shed did he do.

In the span of those five minutes, Kurumi had a clump of fur on the table that was about the same size as Momotaro II himself.

*MEEEP MEEP MEEP MEEEEEEEEP*

Momotaro II wiggled his pygmy puff eyebrows at the ball of fluff, thinking it was another pygmy puff and bounced closer to it. A friend a friend a friend! He had a friend to play with!

And bounce he did...right onto the pile of fur.

*FLOP*

"Oh, um, Momotaro II...that was just your own fur." Kurumi said as she tried to control her giggles. She noted the slightly hurt expression on the creatures face, well...in his eyes, and made a mental note to try to set up a play date with someone else and their pygmy puff. For now, she would just keep brushing him.

Transfiguration Homework II | Post 1: Glass Vase
 

Tayla nodded. "Alright then." She looked for the part where she had written down what to do for Transfiguration. "It says here we have to transfigure three thimbles into vases, fill them with water, and arrange flowers in them. Then we can put them somewhere in the castle." Tayla looked up from her notebook and faced Maxwell. "Professor Bentley's allowed us to use flowers from Greenhouse Three and the Student Garden."

Tayla took out one thimble from a pocket inside her robes and put it on the table. "What was the wand movement again..." Tayla thought for a moment as she took out her wand. "Oh yes...directly downwards, vertically, near the thimble...three clockwise circles, moving farther away and upwards." She practiced the wand movement once more, then turned to Maxwell and smiled. "Promise not to laugh if my vase looks funny, okay?"

She then looked back on her thimble and focused on what kind of flower vase she wanted. Performing the wand movements they were taught in class, Tayla said, "Floreneo!" The thimble grew into a simple glass vase. She then pointed her wand inside the vase and said, "Aguamenti." Content with how much water her vase was filled with, she then said, "Finite."

Tayla felt relieved her first vase turned out quite well. She faced Maxwell again. "I think I'll make all my vases first, then get some flowers later. Your turn." She watched Maxwell eagerly, knowing he liked Transfiguration and interested to know how his vase would look like.

Transfiguration Homework II | Post 1: Glass Vase
 

"I promise not to laugh at any of yours if you promise not to laugh at me doing the want movements!" Maxwell said laughing. He grabbed a thimble and placed it in front of him. "All right , wand movements; directly downwards, vertically, near the thimble...three clockwise circles, moving farther away and upwards." He said repeating what Tayla said whilst doing the motions.

"Floreneo!" He nearly shouted once he'd mastered the motions and his thimble grew into a Vase. It was rather tall with a bit of a swirl around it. With red flowers that seemed hand-painted. Maxwell then pointed his wand into the Vase and said "Aguamenti." very calmly, but then the water started coming from his wand much faster than he anticipated. "Finite!" He said laughing, there was a little more water in the vase than he intended but not so much that it would spill so all was well.

"I think doing all the Vases first it a good idea, You're turn." Maxwell said eager to see how Tayla's next vase would come out.

Transfiguration Homework II | Post 2: Blue Vase
 

"That's a pretty vase," Tayla said to Maxwell.

She took another thimble out and wondered what she wanted her next vase to look like. Blue being her favourite colour, she decided she wanted a blue vase.

Focusing on that idea in her head, Tayla performed the wand movements again - directly downwards, vertically, near the thimble, three clockwise circles, moving farther away and upwards - and said "Floreneo!". The thimble was slowly transfigured into a blue vase.

"My thimble changed slowly, but it turned out prettier than I thought...so that's good I think," Tayla said mostly to herself. She filled the vase with water again and then turned to Maxwell. "So far so good. I hope I won't have problems with my third one either. Your turn then."

"Thank you!" Maxwell said to Tayla's compliment about his vase. "Yours is lovely." He said with a smile. And now it was his turn to transform another thimble.

He thought long and hard about what he wanted this time. 'Something different, Something original.' He thought to himself, and started the hand motions and said "Floreneo!" very sternly to the thimble. It started to grow clear and tall and then there was something wrapping itself around it, the Vase was covered in musical notes as if someone had tried to write a song around it.

"That turned out differently than i thought it would?" Maxwell said with a bit of a laugh. "Your turn." He said passing Tayla a thimble.

Transfiguration Homework II | Post 3: Rainbow Vase 1
 

Tayla took the thimble from Maxwell and said, "That's a really cool vase! I hope my third one will have pretty designs, too."

She carefully set her first two vases aside and put her third thimble on the table in front of her. It took Tayla a little while to decide what she wanted this vase to look like. "Brighten up the dark old halls and rooms," she remembered from the assignment.

Performing the wand movement again, she thought of a rainbow and said "Floreneo!" The thimble turned into a colourful vase.

"Ooh!" Tayla smiled, feeling excited. The objects that appeared when she'd transfigure something were usually simple with only one or two colours. This one had the colours of the rainbow!

Tayla filled her vase with water. "No leaks here either." But observing for leaks made her forget to end the charm and some water started spilling out of the vase. "Woops! Finite!"

Tayla's smile vanished when she observed what happened next. The colours of the vase melted away as the water flew out. "That's not good." She shook her head. "It's a little sad even..." She touched the vase with the tips of her fingers. "It must have been painted with something water-soluble..."

Tayla sighed. "I'll need to try again. I hope I make another pretty one... But you should have your turn first, Max."

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Maxwell realized he'd forgotten to fill up his last vase with water. "Aguamenti!" He said watching the water rush past the music notes. "Finite!" He said once it reached a reasonable amount of water. "Oh, no. I'm sorry." Maxwell said as the paint came off of Tayla's vase.

He grabbed a new thimble and placed it in front of him. He though about what he wanted this time maybe some color? "Floreneo!" He said doing the hand movements, and watched the thimble grow. it turned a wonderful shade of green and changed into a wonderful Vase.

He then pointed his wand inside and said for the second time "Aguamenti!" and it started to fill with water although he said "Finite!" a little late and now his vase was threatening to overflow. "Woops!" Maxwell said and laughed then took a sip from the vase to get rid of some of the water.

Transfiguration Homework II | Post 4: Rainbow Vase 2
 

"For some reason, that reminds me of the genie in Aladdin. It's an old animated Muggle film," Tayla added, realizing Maxwell might not know what Aladdin was.

"Anyway...here it goes!" She took another thimble out and put it on the table. Thinking once more of a rainbow, and hoping this time the colours would stay, Tayla performed the wand movements and said "Floreneo!"

As she moved her wand upwards in three clockwise circles, she watched the thimble transfigure into another rainbow vase, but it looked shinier than her first one and had a pretty odd shape. Tayla pointed her wand inside the vase and said "Aguamenti," to fill it with water. "Finite."

She dipped her fingers into the water then splashed a little on the outside of the vase. The colours didn't go away. "There don't seem to be any leaks either," Tayla said happily. "Well then, here's my third vase!"

Tayla opened her small notepad once more and checked what they next needed to do. "Arrange flowers...and place them in random locations throughout the castle to help brighten up the dark old halls and rooms."

Turning to Maxwell, she said, "We're done here then. Thanks for working with me, Max."

She put her things back in her bag. "I'm going to get flowers from The Student Garden now."

She carried her vases one by one to a safe corner of the study. "You don't have to, but you can come if you like." She smiled and left Maxwell to decide. Tayla left the room and headed to the Student Garden. She'd come back for the vases and put them around the castle a little later.

Transfiguration Homework post four large green vase
 

Maxwell watched as Tayla prepared to leave. "You're welcome! I'll probably catch up with you." He said preparing the next thimble.

Working the motions with his wand he uttered "Floreneo!" and the small thimble grew into a large Green Vase.

Maxwell once again pulled out his wand and pointing the tip into the vase said "Aguamenti!" And the vase filled with water until he decided it was enough then uttering "Finite!" He then proceeded to gather his things and leave to the student gardens.

Transfiguration Homework II | Post 6: Arranging Flowers
 

Tayla hurried back to the Gryffindor study tables, wondering if Maxwell had indeed followed her. She must have missed him somehow, especially since she walked quickly.

She entered the study and found that Maxwell had left. "He probably went to get flowers, too," she thought.

She walked towards her vases and put her bucket of flowers next to them. Then, putting her own gloves, she started arranging the flowers in each.

The white roses she put into the glass vase. She trimmed excess leaves and cut the stem in an angle underwater. "That would keep the flowers living longer," she thought. Then she did the same for the white tiger lilies and the blue vase, and the yellow tulips and the rainbow vase. She added some leaves and small flowers here and there to make the arrangement prettier.

Tayla worked near the windows and wondered how Maxwell was doing with his Transfiguraton homework.