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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay (Post 10912811)

Isabelle grinned at each of the remaining students as they came in and found a seat, speaking to her as they passed. "Good morning all of you! Welcome." Although her smile faltered a little bit when she saw the huge bow on Kurumi's head. What...Hmm. She wouldn't ask. No, on with the lesson. "Alright then, lets get started, shall we?"

Flicking her wand at the board, the chalk rose up and wrote one word: FLORENEO

Walking over to the box, Issy picked one of the metal objects out of it and held it up so they could all see. Or hopefully all see, it was rather small. "The spell we will be doing today is there on the board for you to see. And it requires one of these, and a little later, a bit of fun with the flowers. Now, I'd to hear what you think this is, and what we'll be doing with it today..." Any ideas welcome. She raised her eyebrows slightly and looked around the room.

OOC: One answer each please. I'll be picking up again tomorrow to give everyone a chance to reply. And you can discuss ideas for what we'll be doing with each other if you want, but please don't chat excessively. Thanking youes.

Violet raised up her hand timidly. She had thought that she had seen the small metal object the professor was holding in her hand back at home with her grandma. "Is..that a thimble professor? Are we going to transfigure them into flowers? It would be rather nice to give to a special someone perhaps." She couldn't wait to get started with doing some more transfiguring. It was always a fun class to be in. As more students answered the professor's question, she learned a few things herself, like knowing that "flora" meant flower in Spanish which was very fascinating indeed that other people knew different languages.

Alyssa looked at the metal object and recognized it but as for the word, she was stumped. She repeated the word over and over again, before hazarding a guess. She raised her hand and said. "Professor, the metal object is a thimble. It's used to your fingertip from being pricked by a needle when you are sewing. As for the word Florean has it got something to do with flowers like the word Florists is for a person who arranges flowers?

So could it be that we're going to changing the flowers into thimbles or vice versa?"

Floreneo? What was that? By its name, it obviously looked like something to do with flowers, or rather transfigure flowers into something else..

Then, Ira looked up as Professor Magnus showed them all an object. It was rather small, but Ira could see it fine. But Ira had no idea what it could be. She thought about it, imagining all sorts of weird things, but yet couldn't come to an answer. So she thought better, and sat quietly.

Then she got an idea. She had seen it somewhere. It had been on her mother's finger while sewing! But why? Maybe to avoid getting pricked by the needle? Maybe.. But since many others had already answered, Ira figured to just listen to others and take down notes.

Jezzabelle stared at the object that the professor held and didn't really know what it was. Floreneo. "Well Flor is flower in Spanish," she said raising her hand, "and neo means new so maybe we could be making a new flower?"

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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay (Post 10912811)

Tayla furrowed her eyebrows, wondering what was going on with Kurumi. She'd been acting a little strangely lately and wished she could talk to her. Taking her eyes off the Gryffindor prefect, Tayla focused on the little thing Professor Magnus had in her hand. "That's a thimble, Professor," she replied, knowing what it was since she was half Muggle and had spent her childhood in the Muggle world. "And erm..." Tayla's eyes moved from the thimble to the word on the board to the bucket and the flowers and back. "We'll be turning that thimble into a bucket full of flowers," Tayla said rather unsurely, but it was the first idea that popped into her head.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10912818)

Kurumi noticed the look about the bow on her head from Professor Magunus. She probably should explain things a bit. After all, she did promise the professor full honesty in regards to everything, but seeing as it probably wasn't going to interfere with the lesson ~~hopefully~~ Kurumi decided to jump that hurtle if and when it came.

Writing the usual, name, date, lesson at the top of her parchment, Kurumi copied down the word Floreneo in big letters as well and then just sort of stared at it. Latin again, no doubt. Something Kurumi knew nothing about despite the five years she had been studying spells primarily based on it. Sighing softly, she pushed the parchment a little further away from her. Her best guess was that the FLOR in it had to do with flowers and that maybe NEO had to do with new. So...new flowers? Maybe. Kurumi just did not feel like venturing a guess today though. Her heart wasn't in it.

She did look up when Professor Magnus showed them a thimble - something she was very familiar with because of her mother's constant insistence on her learning things that a proper lady should know how to do. Her heart sunk a little bit more and her eyes drifted to the colored roses and then back to the thimble. What did all this have to do with the spell and a possible activity? Well, Kurumi would venture a small guess there she supposed. But then she realized that the spell had an extra e that she had missed before. FLOR and ENEO? Hmm...maybe she would venture a guess with the spell instead. "Are we...turning flowers into metal?" she asked. "Flor means flower and I think eneo means copper or bronze in...Spanish." And then sewing with it?

Jen looked at the meddle things. She raised her hand.
"Perhaps we are going to turn the round thing into a vace for flowers?"

Jory recognised the object instantly, after all his mom used it alot. Raising his hand he said "It's a thimble, Professor and we're going to use it to,uh... turn it into a set of flowers or a single flower?'' The boy honestly had no idea what they were going to do with a thimble.

Hmm. Glenn didn't know what that thing was called. She let her gaze wander to the flowers and looked at them a for a couple of minutes as everyone answered, thinking over what they could be doing with them today.

She supposed they could be turning the... thimble, or whatever the others were calling it into something. Probably flowers. But the others had already said that. Glenn fiddled straightening her skirt while everyone continued answering, smoothing the pleats that the house elves had ironed in.

Zhenya had seen one of those before. She raised her hand and said "Professor, that is a thimble and my grandmother uses it when she sews so that she doesn't prick her finger, it just sits on the top of any finger. Would we be using it to sew something?" she asked.

No - wait... this is transfiguration, surely they wouldn't be using it for that. But she didn't have any other thoughts.

Oh no. Dae sucked at guessing games. She stared at the small object on the professor's hand, knowing she had seen the object before but not really sure where. It was metallic, and looked like a really small cup. Her brows furrowed as she tried to remember what the thing was actually called.

"Well, professor, err," she said, weakly. "It's a..." how she wished she hadn't opened her mouth to begin with. "I..." she stammered again, then went red. Hoping that the voices of her classmates drowned hers, she settled back on her chair. Now planning to go finish the lesson in silence.

Sophie stared at the small object. "It's a... sewing thingy." Whatever that was called. Thimble, it seemed, as the others were saying. It looked like a tiny little bucket in Sophie's opinion! "We'll be turning these small thingies into big buckets of flowers?" That would be cool!

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Originally Posted by iBeJenn (Post 10912885)

F-fa-flor- FLORENOE say what? Selena blinked blankly at the word. Then blankly at the metal thingy they were supposed to use. "I think it's a thingy used to feed pygmy puffs something other than snot." Selena offered. Because it was very much possible. If it was so. Selena needed one. And figure out what the pygmy puff would eat out of the metally thingy. As for the spell? Flowers? Maybe they would be feeding pygmy puff flowers.

Kimalia who sat nearby smirked at Selena's response, she wasn't sure if it was right or not but the idea of it was interesting. Now then.. that still confused her on what to think of when she saw that.. object. Might as well give her input, raising her hand."Well, it looks like a wastebasket, except really really really small." Were they going to have to use an enlargement spell on it later? Hmm. "Will we be transforming the size and shape of it?"

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10912773)

Alyssa looked up when she heard a familiar voice. Her eyes opened wide in surprise. "Aaron!! What are you doing here? I mean I'm glad that you're here. But what are you doing here?,"Alyssa whispered to him. "Now behave yourself while you're here."

What was he doing here? Well... this was Transfiguration, wasn't it? He was like.. sort of supposed to be here. Unless he was in a completely different room somehow.
He frowned in confusion. 'I'm here for class...?' He said and back back in his seat before yawning loudly. 'I always behave myself.'

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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay (Post 10912811)

Aaron stared at the board as the magic chalk wrote some word on the board. Floreneo. Floreneo. Aaron said the word a few times over, but every time he said it it just sounded weird. He shrugged and listened to what she was explaining now, he'd better pay attention, it wasn't as if he was a very good student to begin with.
Ah. It was a spell. Made sense. Magic school and all that..

He frowned as he stared at the object they were trying to figure out. How was he supposed to know what it was? 'Is it one of them sewing things?' He asked, it looked like those finger protector whatyacallem. 'Against the ouchie needle and what not, you know..'
He shrugged, probably not. But it was a try, right? So.... if he was right, they'd be sewing? Doubtful.

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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay (Post 10912811)

"Professor," she started after raising her hand. "It's the thing that they use to protect the finger from getting poked by the needle in sewing, right? Umm, it's called the Thimble." She had seen her aunty use it several times over the summer, but she rather not wear it since it's kind of hard and her fingers aren't big enough to fit in the thing.

Nate raised his hand and said "Professor isn't that what the muggles use to stick pins into. And are we going to be turning something metal into flowers." Nate had to think about that one.

Text Cut: Professor

Harvey watched as the professor waved her wand and a word came up onto the board .. he just stared at it.. Flor... Flor.. Flor-e.. Flor-e-neo... Floreneo... Floreneo.. he said to himself a coupls of times and then the professor told them that it was a spell.. so it required that little thing and the flower later on?.. just then the professor asked them a question and two.. Harvey slowly put up his hand "Thats a thimble professor.. a type of finger protection. Could we be turning them into those flowers or something?" he answered the questions as best as he could..

Elise stared at the board for a moment. Flora-WHAT?! Whatever it was, Elise was preeeee~ty sure it had something to do with flowers. Cause flowers were related to Flora... or something like that...

Raising her hand, she grinned. She knew what that was! "It's a tthim... Thim-something..." she grinned. Wait, what was it called? A thim... BLE!

"Right, it's a thimble!" she nodded vigorously. THIMBLE. Remember, Ellie!

Quoting some, but read all, I promise.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10912818)

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Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ (Post 10912840)

Amelia's attention peaked as the Professor started the lesson. She was really interested in knowing what they were going to be turning the flowers into even though it was a real shame to spoil their loveliness.

When they were asked to identify the object and think of what they'd be doing with it she raised her hand. "That's a thimble and I think we will be turning the flowers into those." Because why else would they have so many flowers in the classroom? She was sure there was some Latin root to the spell that explained everything, but she was no expert at Latin even if she was good with languages.

"It is a thimble, correct. But we won't be turning the flowers into anything," Issy grinned at the Hufflepuff.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 10912842)

Minerva put up her hand "Professor that is a thimble my grandma has one she uses when she is knitting. Could we be turning it into a cup." It was round like a cup, so maybe Minerva thought.

"A cup is very close actually. Something similar."

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Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 10912854)

Having been sitting at the same row as a certain lion Kennedy couldn't help but notice the large bow on her head. It was...quite attracting to one's eyes... or at least his. He sent a small wave her way.

Kennedy turned his attention to the front of the room and listened as Professor Magnus began the lesson. He didn't feel the need to volunteer his thought on what the thimble was because a Ravenclaw had already said it. Instead he thought about the spell and what they might be doing today. After a while, he raised his hand. "As Kurumi said, Flor means flower in Spanish," he said. "I think...we'll be transfiguring the thimble into a flower...and the flower into a thimble?" Yes, no? Maybe?

"It certainly does, but the origins of the spell lay in Latin, as is usual. And we won't be using the flowers yet, as I just said." Smiling at the Prefect, Issy moved on to the next answer.

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Originally Posted by iBeJenn (Post 10912885)

Issy's eyed strayed onto one of the Slytherin prefects when she spoke. And then widened when her words sunk in.

Something other than snot?

What on earth was this child feeding her pets? It was --- "Umm, not quite, no. But thank you for the...input, Selena."

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow (Post 10912940)

Ella looked at the object and raised her hand with a smile. "Professor, it looks a lot like a thimble. My mom wears one when she sews. It could also be the top to a mini microphone. I mean they look kind of like that too." She said this with a shrug, wondering if they even had microphones in the magical world.

There certainly were some interesting answers coming forth today. Mini microphone top. Well it was knobbly, so she could see that. "I suppose it does look a bit like that, but a thimble it is."

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Originally Posted by GinevraWeasley (Post 10912960)

Vlimia had sat down and had been busying herself by writing her name at the top of her journal, and adding unnecessary curliques to each letter in a different colour of ink. The end result looked quite nice, she thought. When Vlim was done, she waited for the proffesor to start speaking. When she did, Vlimia listened intently. She raised her hand to answer "Proffesor, that is a thimble, commonly used for sewing." But what could they use it for? "Are we transfiguring the thimble into... a blue thimble-flower?" She asked. Because they did exist. "Or are we having a competition between the houses to see who can water the flowers - or fill the bucket - with water, using a thimble?" She guessed, noticing that the flowers were all in house colours. But... what did that have to do with Transfiguration? If anything, that activity belonged in Herbology.

Now that was a good idea for a game. Unfortunately, it had nothing to do with spell work, so wasn't what they were going to be doing. Isabelle smiled at the suggestion though. "As fun as that sounds, we won't be doing that I'm afraid. And the thimble is going to be something FOR the flowers."

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon (Post 10912998)

Silvia raised her hand. "Well, the beginning of 'Floreneo' sounds like flora, which I think means flower. So maybe we'll be turning the thimbles into flowers?" Silvia had no clue what the rest of the incantation meant.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18 (Post 10913013)

Annabelle raised her hand. "Professor would we turn the thimble into a specific type of flower?" she asked timidly.

"Good guess, both of you, but no."

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Originally Posted by midnight_thestral (Post 10913029)

They all seemed to be distracted by the idea of the flowers. Maybe she should have hidden them until the time to use them. "Not turning anything into flowers today."

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10913037)

"You're right on the first part of the word, but the flowers are not actually part of the spell. Good guess though."

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Originally Posted by HOPEendures (Post 10913129)

"In Spanish neo might mean new, but not in this case," Issy winked.

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Originally Posted by Kimalia (Post 10913449)

A wastebasket? "Well yes, I guess it does really," Isabelle said. "And you are quite close with that idea..."

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Originally Posted by 2111jen

Jen looked at the meddle things. She raised her hand.
"Perhaps we are going to turn the round thing into a vase for flowers?"

Ohhh, ding! ding! They had a winner.

Isabelle beamed as she looked at the child. "You are exactly right! Well done!"

Flipping the thimble over in her hand, Isabelle turned her grin to the rest of the class. "Those of you who said this is a thimble are quite correct. But we won't be using it for sewing today - we'll be transfiguring vases for these flowers to go in later on," she gestured to coloured blooms in the buckets.

"The spell itself is formed from two Latin words..." Picking up the chalk, Issy decided to write it on the board herself rather than use magic. "Flora, meaning flowers, or plants. And Teneo, meaning 'to hold'."

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Originally Posted by BOARD

FLORENEO:
Flora = Flowers/Teneo = To hold.

"To hold flowers. A vase. Any kind that your imagination can come up with. And the flowers themselves will be for later, so you can all have some fun arranging them. Now, before I show you the wand movements, could you all come up and collect a handful of thimbles - you'll need some more for homework, so feel free to store them in your bags." Isabelle used her foot to shift the box to the front of the room. It was a little heavy, as there were hundreds of the things in there.

Laura did what the Professor asked and then stored a few in her bag since the Professor had said she would need them for homework, why was Professor always giving out homework, it wasn't fair, seriously didn't they do enough at school without having to do extra, well she wasn't going to say anything about it but she did raise her hand and ask the Professor. "What's so important about these things anyway Professor?"

SPOILER!!: Professor

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Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay (Post 10913533)

Spanish? Hmm. Isabelle looked at the board and read the spell to herself. Well yes, she could see how that conclusion could have been come to. "Actually it's an amalgamation of two Latin words, and flowers are not part of the spell. Good guess though."

"It is a thimble, correct. But we won't be turning the flowers into anything," Issy grinned at the Hufflepuff.

"A cup is very close actually. Something similar."

"It certainly does, but the origins of the spell lay in Latin, as is usual. And we won't be using the flowers yet, as I just said." Smiling at the Prefect, Issy moved on to the next answer.

Issy's eyed strayed onto one of the Slytherin prefects when she spoke. And then widened when her words sunk in.

Something other than snot?

What on earth was this child feeding her pets? It was --- "Umm, not quite, no. But thank you for the...input, Selena."

There certainly were some interesting answers coming forth today. Mini microphone top. Well it was knobbly, so she could see that. "I suppose it does look a bit like that, but a thimble it is."

Now that was a good idea for a game. Unfortunately, it had nothing to do with spell work, so wasn't what they were going to be doing. Isabelle smiled at the suggestion though. "As fun as that sounds, we won't be doing that I'm afraid. And the thimble is going to be something FOR the flowers."

"Good guess, both of you, but no."

They all seemed to be distracted by the idea of the flowers. Maybe she should have hidden them until the time to use them. "Not turning anything into flowers today."

"You're right on the first part of the word, but the flowers are not actually part of the spell. Good guess though."

"In Spanish neo might mean new, but not in this case," Issy winked.

A wastebasket? "Well yes, I guess it does really," Isabelle said. "And you are quite close with that idea..."

Ohhh, ding! ding! They had a winner.

Isabelle beamed as she looked at the child. "You are exactly right! Well done!"

Flipping the thimble over in her hand, Isabelle turned her grin to the rest of the class. "Those of you who said this is a thimble are quite correct. But we won't be using it for sewing today - we'll be transfiguring vases for these flowers to go in later on," she gestured to coloured blooms in the buckets.

"The spell itself is formed from two Latin words..." Picking up the chalk, Issy decided to write it on the board herself rather than use magic. "Flora, meaning flowers, or plants. And Teneo, meaning 'to hold'."

"To hold flowers. A vase. Any kind that your imagination can come up with. And the flowers themselves will be for later, so you can all have some fun arranging them. Now, before I show you the wand movements, could you all come up and collect a handful of thimbles - you'll need some more for homework, so feel free to store them in your bags." Isabelle used her foot to shift the box to the front of the room. It was a little heavy, as there were hundreds of the things in there.

Ella listened to the Professor as she spoke, smiling because she had correctly identified the object as a thimble. She began copying the notes off the board, excited to do some flower arranging when all was said and done. Her mother would seriously appreciate the skills she was learning as she was an avid gardener and Ella seemed to be working with plants and flowers quite a lot these days.

When the instructor asked the students to grab a handful of thimbles Ella stood slowly, knowing there would be a rush of students to the front. She waited until there was some room around the box and walked over, grabbing her handful. She returned to her seat wondering how many thimbles she should keep out and how many she should save for homework. She raised her hand to ask. "Professor, how many thimbles should we keep out for this activity?"

Jezzabelle quickly made a note of the actual meaning of the word on a piece of parchment and moved to grab some...thimbles? Odd shaped things thimbles. She grabbed four and moved back to her seat. They did kind of look like cups. She sat back down and waited for further instructions.

Alyssa quickly jotted down what the Professor said and what they would be doing for lesson today before getting up and retrieved a handful of thimbles from the box that contained them. She then returned to her desk, sat down and waited for further instructions.

Quickly scribbling what the Professor said on a piece of parchment, Ari thought it had been best in the end that she hadn't answered the previous question, because, as it turns out, her guess was wrong. The girl had thought they were going to transfigure the thimble into a flower without thorns, because that's what the object did, protected one from prickling their fingers. But it seemed this wasn't a matter of logic. Ariadne left her seat and went to the front of the class to get some thimbles, as instructed.

Oh. So it was called a thimble. Suddenly, Adanna was grateful she hadn't called it what she had thought it was called - a thumble. Surely she'd have some knowledge of this item, being half-blood and all.
Suppressing a laugh, she stood to collect her handful. She dug around in the box a little, then came up with as many as one had could carry. She then walked back to her desk, counting the little metal things as she went.
Six. It didn't seem like a lot, but she could always ask for more if she ran out, right?

Of course. Thimbles. How could she have forgotten? Her father had once used them when she showed him her torn dress as a child. Sighing, she stood up and walked to the box. The small objects really did look like tiny waste baskets. Bending down, she counted three pieces and held them tightly in her hand. She started walking away, bowing her head so to not have eye contact with anyone.

Then she remembered how lousy she could sometimes be with casting spells. Blushing a bit, Dae headed back to the box and picked two more pieces before finally returning to her chair.