Cutting the class a break- Lesson 3
 

The classroom has been returned to normal, so when you enter, the desk are neat and the room is, as is expected, immaculate. There is a difference however as on each desk there is a small snow globe. It is a miniature version of the ice garden all the students had worked on. Also to the back of the classroom is a long table with snacks and warm beverages. Lucky for you, Professor Bellaire was as weary of the cold as you were and she was so put out by the fact that her party was ruined that she's having a 'not a party but you get to eat and talk day'.

Today's lesson would be completely theory.

On the board the professor has an instruction noted.

Leah stepped into the classroom, looking around. Hey, no snow? Or blizzard? No, she did not want one, but it felt weird without the presence of extreme cold. There were snow globes, but of course that was different from real snow. But what was really strange was the table at the back. FOOD. First a beach party, now a.. classroom party? Yay!

"Good morning, Professor," she said smiling as she reached the Professor's desk. That was when Leah noticed the instruction on the board. Merlin. She looked towards Bellaire quickly before turning back. Was she ill, or worse, was she leaving? No she did not want that, even though the professor was a tiny bit scary. She was very scary right now.

The Hufflepuff walked to a place and took a.. seat. She petted the snow globe in front of her, staring into it.

It was the morning. Almost the end of term. Jonas walked in. He noticed there was a table in the back and went to it. He got a snack and a drink and sat on a chair.
"Morning professor." He said before turning to the student on his right.
He set his food and drink on his desk and looked up at the girl again.
"Hey, I'm Jonas" he said hoping she was friendly enough.
Sebse there was only him, the two girls, and the professor in the room, he figured it would be okay to takk now.

Jasmine entered the Transfiguration classroom and stopped short. People were sitting and there were snacks on the table. With eyebrows raised she walked out of the class and back in again. Yep, it was the Transfiguration classroom. Extremely puzzled, Jasmine walked further into the room and saw the note on the board. Come in and take a seat? Okaaay.

"Good morning Professor Bellaire", Jasmine said a bit warily. Walking over to her seat, she sat down. Oh a snow globe on the desk. Cool. Jasmine loved snow globes........and it had an ice garden inside. Jasmine sat anxiously, wondering what other surprises were in store for them.

Lucy walked into the classroom and she smiled at her professor and her classmates..
"Hello everyone!"she said.

Angel walked into the Professor. "Good morning Professor Bellaire!" Angel then went and sat down, she couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen today.

O...kay.

This classroom set-up was different from what Toby had been expecting, that was for sure. He paused at the door for only a split second though, before obeying the instruction on the board and going to find a seat (by the window, as always, though this never seemed to be the smartest move so far this year). "Morning, Professor Bellaire!"

The Hufflepuff got his note-taking stuff out of his bag and set it down on his desk............... and then looked at the food. Food? Food. Hungry.

Ian walked in a greeted the professor. Good day, Professor Bellaire. He noted the classroom was arranged as it normally was, not like it had been when they'd left. He sat at his desk and waved to Angel in greeting. As he sat at his desk, be began to look at the snowglobe. It was the ice gardent they'd been working on when the class was dismissed last time. He wanted to pick it up and shake it, but figured he should probably not. The temptation was very great though. He tried to distract himself by looking around and saw the beverages and snacks waiting for them. (Or at least he thought so).

Was her very first year at Hogwarts already coming to a close? She had grown to love the place, and of course she wasn't that crazy about all of the lessons, and homework, it still had become a second home to her. As she walked into the classroom she hoped that Bellaire would be nice today. She was almost there the last lesson. AJ spotted her right away. "Hello professor." AJ beamed at her. You got more flies with honey. That's what her mum always said anyways.

The brunette had to do a double take. They could have a seat? Already? Maybe Bellaire was going to be in a good mood after all. AJ waved at her sister, and decided to go and sit by Ian. She hadn't seen him in a while. "Hey stranger."

So last lesson, eh? Cassia wasn't quite sure how she was supposed to feel when she entered a classroom knowing that it was the last time she was going to be here. How many times had she been here, anyway? Since her first year. Maybe she should have kept a track or something. But nah, what would that serve. She only knew it was many times. And it was one of the subjects she actually liked.

The snake entered the classroom slowly and immediately noticed how the room was now set like any classroom as opposed to the previous lessons this term. And Cassia appreciated it since her last memory would be of how exactly the classroom had looked for years.

"Good day, Professor Bellaire," She offered the woman a smile before turning on her heels to pick a seat.

The last Transfiguration lesson!

Theo made extra effort with his appearance and had even brought Professor Bellaire a traditional red apple as a present. Course, he would say proper goodbyes closer to graduation date, but he just felt obliged to do something now as well. Theo went straight to the front and placed the apple on her desk, not even thinking about how lame it was. He was Head Boy AKA the number one seventh year out of the bunch sooooooooo he didn't care.

"Hello, Professor Bellaire. I got you something." And boy, was he proud of himself for it. Theo turned and took a seat... (?!) but he wanted to stand. He wouldn't defy the notice, though, so he sat down right at the front. The snow globe on his desk went completely unnoticed.

Ian was about to pick up his snowglobe when he was startled by a greeting. He looked up with a bit of a scared look on his face, like he'd done something wrong and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized it was just AJ.

He smiled back at her. Hey. So I'm strange now? he asked with a bit of a smirk. Of course he was being a bit silly, but the term was going to be ending in a few weeks and he wasn't really looking forward to it. Of course he missed his family, but he had made some good friends and he'd miss them this summer. Of course his father had decided to take a holiday this year and they were going to go to the Mediterranean. He was pretty geeked up about it. The seafood and fruit and vegetables would be different than that he normally got along the North Sea.

At this point, Ethan was already used to the cold…even casting the Hot Air Charm and Insulating Charm on his clothes had become a sacred ritual every minute of every day. The Slytherin won’t be surprised if he started casting those two charms non-verbally, no?

Honestly, he didn’t know what to expect from this class, given that the Beach Party that Professor Bellaire hosted, was a disaster. It wasn’t completely a disaster, because they got to enjoy the sun for at least…what, five minutes(?) when the snow came to banish them away from the island paradise. That really was a bummer.

Ethan pushed open the door after checking that he was neat from head to toe, and immediately saw the professor. “Good morning, Professor.” A grin and a nod was given to at least help her feel better? Everyone was getting crankier by the minute, thanks to the cabin fever that was subconsciously taking its toll. Anyway…was that…food? Another class with food?

Ugh. Hogwarts is totally awesome.

Ethan eyed the food on the table, but decided against approaching it. Besides, it didn’t say on the board to eat right away, yeah? It says there to come in…and take a seat. Take…a seat? For realz?! Okay. An instruction is an instruction, therefore Ethan got a seat next to Cassia and Theo.

Hello, Head Girl. Hello Head Boy.

Bad things seemed to happen whenever Bellaire was present. Like seriously. Granted the blizzard that first class was her fault but it was under the guidance of Bellaire. Then the party that turned into a snow storm. Lex had half a mind to not show up today but skipping class was...eh. This term wasn't the term for skipping classes otherwise you'd find yourself bored and with little else to do on your hands. If she didn't show up she wasn't prepared to wander around the cold castle on her own...though she could have Felix tag along but still, he was too far back in the dorm.

Alexa walked in and noted first the food and drinks in the back. Oh no, not another party attempt. Spare them the impending disaster. Her heart wasn't strong enough to see any more snow. She just wanted out of this bloody castle with May winding down...or was it June...the days were blending now despite the structure brought by class schedules.

"Good morning Professor." Lex greeted as politely as she could convince herself to before turning to the board and what?? A seat? As in SIT?? Wha....without being told...well they were told by the board but.....

...Okay....

Lex plopped into the see by Cassia and gave her a nudge. If anything happened she was grabbing the bestie and bolting.

Austin walked in, hoping this lesson was better than the last few. The cold air was dying down, and that was really something to look forward too. Soon there would be no snow, no snotty noses, and no sneezing every two minutes. Hopefully next winter was so warm and snow-less, that he would have no need for his winter robes.

"Hello Professor," he said with a nod. He wasn't exactly in the mood for chatter, so he took a seat near the back of the class. Reading the board, he was confused for a moment. Take a seat? Not literally... I hope. Although he wouldn't be surprised if the professor meant take a seat and hold onto it. This year was the craziest year he's ever had, and it was his first year. If this is what each year was like, he was very unsure if he wanted to come back.

Suddenly his nose took over his thoughts, and directed his attention towards the other end of the room. The long table had treats and drinks that look like they could warm his cold feet. It took everything in him not to run up to the table, especially since he hadn't eaten breakfast today...

Stepping into the classroom, the first thing Adi noticed was the food. Another party? This one wouldn't be a disaster would it? Too bad they couldn't have had a longer party in the Irie room. Anyway...

The Hufflepuff glanced at the board...and then a double take. Take a seat? O_o The world had gone mad. Adi edged more into the room. "Hello, Professor.'' She got a smile before he headed off to find a seat. Oh look. Jasmine. She got a smile too.

Noticing Ian and AJ, he decided to go sit with them. "Hi, guys.''

Simon walked into the classroom and saw how clean it was compared to the majority of other classrooms. Ah, this was a nice sight. However, his eyes slowly stopped when he saw the snow globes. He wondered what those were for. He made his way further into the room and greeted the Professor, "Hello Professor Bellaire!" The Simon went off to find an empty seat. He nodded towards the Prefects, Heads, and some familiar faces. He grinned when he saw an empty seat near Ethan. "Hello Holmes! How's it going?" he asked, flashing his mate a happy grin.

Hii, Leah!
 

Was her uniform alright? Had her hair cooperated since she'd left her dorm this morning? Did she have all of her appropriate books necessary for today's lesson? From the looks of it, it looked as if everything was alright. Suppose that meant she was prepared to walk into the classroom without being yelled at today? Right?

....Only one way to find out....

Taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she walked into the classroom & immediately had taken notice of Professor Bellaire in the front of the classroom. Just looking at her sent chills down the second year's spine. She was intimidating, but Josie knew she couldn't let that show. She couldn't. Approaching Professor Bellaire she bowed her head politely & opened her mouth to speak but had unfortunately squeaked instead. Her eyes widened in fear & she quickly cleared her throat before correcting herself, "U-Um..I mean..Good morning...Professor Bellaire..." She put on her best calm smile before turning to go & take seat by Ethan & Simon.

AND she knew it was alright to take a seat..because the board had said so. So please don't deduct any points from the second year today, she was doing as she was told right?

Ethan looked at the snow globe on his desk, lost in thought. His mind brought him to theories such as...Hogwarts being inside a HUGE snow globe...and that some giant or creature's watching them with curiosity. Funny how the cold weather affects the brain, yeah? The blond boy blinked a few times before it registered to him that someone was calling him. He need not look to see who it was, because Simon's voice is too familiar now. "Thinking of ways to escape the snow globe." he said without looking at him. "I'm sick of the snow, Watson." Really, who isn't?

By the time he looked up, he saw Agatha come inside the classroom. He was on cue to see her do a freaking hair flip.

Did Simon see that? Still, no reaction from this kid.

THEN. Josie happened. She even took a seat near him and Simon and...

ASJKAJDKFJ;SADLFJDLS;FJF!!!

Ethan felt his ears go pink, but then managed to stay cool and calm...and maybe not so collected? "Hey Jo."

MERLIN. She's extra pretty today. "Look away, Mordaunt. LOOK AWAY. SNOW. GLOBE. EYES. ON. THAT. THING. NOW."

Last Bellaire class ever for Nigel. So of course he would be here. And he kind of wanted to take the Transfig NEWT, so here he was. And talk about luck. They would just be chilling this class. If that was a subject, Nigel would ace it.

Just Chillin and talking theory

Nigel walked in and saw food and snowglobes. Interesting. "Hello, Professor Bellaire"

Now time to get to relaxing and listening.

Ian saw his buddy Adi and gave him a nice greeting as he joined he and AJ. S'up? Ian asked Adi while he lifted up his chin and head mimicking a greeting he'd seen in movies.

It was good to know that despite the snow the students hadn't forgotten the way she worked. It didn't take long before the first students began trickling into the class, some looking more weary than others.



Professor Bellaire watched the girl approach her desk. If she had something to say, surely it could wait until the lesson began. "Good morning Miss Abbott." Ah she'd noticed the sign on the board. The Professor gave a short, polite nod as the girl went to take her seat in a hurry.



Sophia noted the well groomed hair on the next student. It was good to see Students taking an interest in the way they presented themselves and the Professor gave a nod of approval as she greeted her. "Good Day Miss McAlistor. The groomed look suits you. Keep it up and encourage your friends to do the same." They could all use a bit of grooming when it got down to it.



The first student to take the initiative with the food. "Good Morning Mister Emery." She would have thought it would have been a Gryffindor, or a Hufflepuff. "It's poor manners to begin a meal without others." She stated as an after thought. He could encourage the others to get their food or simply wait for her to give the official command. This lesson wouldn't be as strict in that sense as the others.



For the love of Circe. Sophia fought hard to not roll her eyes at this Gryffindor that was clearly trying to be dramatic. A storm interrupts your invent and suddenly the students expect an ice age apocalypse. "Good Day Mister Adair. Glad to see you keeping warm under all those layers." And looking quite ridiculous while he was at it but to each their own and she moved on to the next student.



Not the sharpest eagle in the nest this one. The Professor could see the confusion as the girl entered the room but chalked it up to her having not seen the notice when it was giving. "Good morning Miss Guidry. Try not to look so anxious. This lesson is more a treat than a trick." Ravenclaws. Forever overthinking the simplest things. A hard habit to kick probably.



What was this? The Professor's eyes narrowed some at this one. "Miss Petersfield, it will do you well to remember the greeting for the Professor next time." Sophia stood a bit taller. "I am no 'everyone' nor do I wish to be. Are we clear?" She would like to hope so. The Cup was in anyone's hand, the Professor would hate to tip it because of a First Year's ignorance.




Miss Petersfield could learn a thing or two from this one here and the Professor gave her an approving nod before glancing back at the other lion. "Good morning Miss Valentine."



Yet another one taken aback by the classroom's arrangement. You would think they would be happy to return to some degree of normalcy but she supposed not. "Good morning Mister Tempus." She eyed the window. "Do feel free to switch desks if the conditions over there take a turn for the worse." No one would be freezing to death on her watch.



"Good morning Mister Tinker." Yes, it was a nice snow globe, wasn't it?



The second of the triplets had arrived. She thought it odd the third never made it to her class but the girl's education was in the hands of her Head of House. There was only so much the Professors could be expected to do. "Good day Miss Valentine." A polite nod was given in return for her beaming. What the students had to be happy about these days was beyond her.



The Head Girl. Sophia had taught her since her first year and now she was on her way out. It was always good to see how they matured over the years and she had all confidence that this one would do just fine outside the castle when that time came. "Good Day Miss Somerlad." Merlin, they grew quickly.



Speaking of students that grew up too quickly, were the Professor a different person she might have shed a tear for Kinsley. Always such a promising student. If there was anyone she would miss having in her lessons it would be him. "Thank you Mister Kinsley, how very thoughtful of you." The first and only smile of the morning was given to the Slytherin. All her hopes were in this one. It didn't seem right he was leaving.



"Good morning Mister Mordaunt." Professor Bellaire noted the look the boy cast at the food as well but again there was no move toward it. Would there only be one student with the thought to take the food? Perhaps she should have been impressed. They were acting well-bred at the moment, even if the food was there for the taking. She would make an announcement when the class started.



"Good morning Miss Cambridge." Sophia replied, giving the Prefect a polite nod.



And here another student ogling the food. Evidently the announcement would have to be made. They were only torturing themselves and she had to watch. "Good morning Mister Moore."



"Good morning Mister Rehman." What was it with hufflepuffs and their smiles? They were always so full of optimism and the last she checked, they were all still locked inside a castle. To each their own.



"Good morning Mister Holden." Prompt this one was. He wasted no time in finding a seat. No unnecessary gaping at the board as if they words were in gibberish or latin. He got a nod of approval for this.



Correction, there was a second smile to be seen on Bellaire's face and it was won by the third year. "Good morning Miss Hapgood." This one, she liked. "Thank you. It is important to look good even in the darkest of times." Life could be so unpredictable. You never wanted to be caught unawares.



Sophia raised an eyebrow at the Ravenclaw fumbling over her words. You would think the woman had just sprouted horns and she gave a light shake of her head. Young students were something else. "Good morning Edayson. Don't be so anxious, this will be a light lesson." So long as the snow didn't impose on them again.



Professor Bellaire never quite knew what to make of this one but here he was, about ready to graduate with the others. Fancy that happening. "Good Day Mister Barrington."




"Good morning Mister Whitlock, nice to see you looking sharp." And ogling the food along with the rest of his house. She would need to have something done.



Professor Bellaire regarded the First Year as he entered. He had the right, the vision she saw for the rest of the class and he received a firm nod of approval with his greeting. "Good Day Mister Scabior. You should be an inspiration for all your friends." Were the others taking notes?


Professor Bellaire glanced once more to the watch on her wrist then with a flick of her wand, slammed the door shut. The lesson had officially began. "Welcome everyone. As most of you should know this class will be theoretical. I would like you all to re-holster your wands if you have them out then grab some food before we begin."

Nothing too hard to follow.

Ian's head popped up when the professor greeted the class after the door slammed. It was always such a challenge. Wasn't there a better way to close the door? He shrugged and when she mentioned food, it didn't take long for the Huffie to head over to the table. As he did, he made sure to voice his appreciation. Thank you Professor Bellaire.

He took a cup of warm cider and a saucer to which he'd added some biscuits and headed to his desk for the class to resume.

Adi grinned at Ian's greeting. His fellow Hufflepuff was a tad weird but weird was good. Set you apart from the others. Adi didn't get to reply to his friend because Professor Bellaire had begun addressing the class.

Theoretical? Cool! Practical was preferred but in his eyes, the food and drinks made up for that. He followed Ian, grabbed a cup of hot chocolate and some cookies. His addictions for the term. Hehe. Oh yes, must remember to thank the Transfiguration lady. "Thanks, Professor,'' Adi echoed Ian.

AW YES, the apple went down a storm just as Theo had expected. "You're welcome, Professor." He matched her smile, in fact he doubled the size of her smile. This felt like old teacher's pet times.

And result! Food before actually starting the lesson. Theo's wand was away anyway and he got up confidently to fetch some grub. He grabbed a drink and a few snacks. Not too many since he had a pretty big breakfast. Once he was sat back down, Theodore tucked right in before thanking Bellaire like everyone else was doing. Oh, snap. "Thanks, miss." He said with a mouth full. Gah. Not cute.

Apparently, she ignored Jonas. He shtugged and saw that he got an apple and a passy and a drink. He payed attention now to the professor's next instructions.

Oh so the food was for NOW? What was all this talk about a theory class? No the better question was, did Alexa care? Not particular. The term and all this snow had worn her down. She could do without spending the next hour stretching her concentration enough to simply produce more snow. No thanks, she'd pass on that one so the Gryffindor followed the others to get some food as well.

This was all real good, as you'd expect from house elves. No way would she think the Professor helped with preparations, pffft no.

Her wand was usually holstered unless there was reason for it not to be so she simply focused on piling her plate high, grabbing a drink then flopping back into her seat. Ready for the notes ma'am. Yup.

The entire time Sophie had been in class today, she'd been eyeing the professor. She seemed...different somehow. Sophie couldn't put her finger on it, but she liked this version of the professor better.

Anyway...

Sophie re-holstered her wand then made her way to the food and drinks. WARM drinks, specifically. She got herself a few snacks then made her way back to her seat.

"Thanks, Professor," she said, passing by the woman.

Lucy said:" Oh....I'm sorry, professor!..and...Good Morning."
Then Lucy followed the instructions of her professor and she took a cup of hot chocolate..

Formalities done, now it was time to get to the food and daydream/listen to the lecture. You have to keep you expectations low and than you can actually impress people. It has worked out for Nigel so far in his short life. The soon to be graduating Prefect got up and walked to get a deserved drink. So deserved after that cold wind thing in the Irie Room.

That room hated Nigel and yet he still loved it.

The real question is what are they doing with the snow globes if they were to put away their wands?

Oh hey Josie was here! "Hey Josie!" he said as she came over towards them. And then Josie sat down next to Ethan. :eyebrows:

Simon shot his friend a smirk and before he could say anything else, Professor Bellaire had given them instructions. Right. After holstering his wand, he stood up, whispering, "Best of luck," to Ethan and then made his way over to the food. Mmmmm... It all looked really good. He picked up a cup of hot chocolate and some food. Ah, that all looked really good. His tummy grumbled a little. "Thanks Professor," he said giving her a grin as he headed back to his seat so that he could be ready for when class started.

As instructed, Jasmine put her wand away. When the Professor had given them permission, she went over to the snack table and grabbed some cookies and tea. That would definitely hit the spot for this early lesson. Walking back to her seat, Jasmine made sure to say, "Thank you Professor Bellaire."

Sitting down again, Jasmine took several sips of tea and nibbled on her cookies. Looking around at her classmates, she waited for the Professor to continue the lesson.

Angel totally couldn't believe that they were allowed food in a lesson, though she wished that the Professor could do something about all the snow outside, after all she was the Transfiguration Professor and surely she could change it into water or something cool.

Angel went and got some food and then she went and sat back down after thanking the Professor because this Professor was awesome, she wondered where her sister Abby was because she hadn't seen her for ages but well there was nothing she could do about that, so she just sat and waited to see what they were writing about today.

It seemed like Ian was in a playful mood. "Yup, totally strange," she said teasing her hufflepuff friend. She was just about to ask him what he had been up to when Adi joined them. "Hey Adi." AJ was still on cloud nine about them being back on good terms. It wasn't long before the professor started to speak so their conversation was cut short.


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FOOD! AJ hoped that the professors would continue to keep them supplied with food. Her old muggle school definitely didn't have lessons where food was always involved. The lion would have never thought that Bellaire would be down with it, but she wasn't complaining. "Thanks professor." AJ made her way over to see what they had to choose from.

The students were on a roll today. Most remembered their polite greeting coming in and had themselves presentable enough and now they were remembering their manners. There was a round of you're welcomes that went around until they slowly stopped coming. Sophia waited for the last of them to retake their chair then walked around to the board and had the first few words appear.

"Alright everyone, do not let yourselves be too distracted by the food or the privilege will be lost. Parchments and quills out." Don't let her regret feeding the masses. She tapped at the board to get everyone's attention. "During our first lesson we spoke about weather modifying charms and their uses. Who can remind us of the incantation for this charm?"

She would like to think they all could but the Professor was not naive enough to think they all paid attention. "And uses, let's discuss uses. Practical uses outside of classwork in the castle." Note the word practical and eyes for a few of them in the room just in case.

She would not let the food distract her. That was the type of thing that would get food banned from this class forevermore. Waiting until her mouth was completely empty, she raised her hand. "Could you use it if you forgot your umbrella and it's raining?" AJ didn't mind getting wet, but she knew that there were plenty of people who did.

She didn't mention the spell that they used because she couldn't remember what it was called. She totally paid attention though. AJ had her quill and parchment ready for when somebody did give the right answer.

Jasmine had finished her snacks and they were delicious. So now it was time for a question in the practical Transgiguration class. Jasmine raised her hand to answer the question. "Stricidium Nubila", is a weather changing spell. It changes a cloud into a snow cloud.

Then Professor Bellaire wanted to know how they could use the spell outside of the classroom. Jasmine would need to take a moment to think about that one.

Simon nodded a couple of times. Right, don't be distracted by food or Professor will take them away. Very, very good to know. He pulled out his parchment and quill and readied himself to take notes. He was about to reply to the question for the incantation when Jasmine beat him to it. Stricidium Nubila. Ooh yes, that sounded familiar. He scribbled down the name legibly in his notebook.

As for uses...? Practical uses outside the classroom?

Hmm... Good question Professor Bellaire.

He couldn't really think as snow was all that was on his mind. He pursed his lips. His blue eyes widened. SNOW. That was it! Simon raised his hand. "Professor, could the weather modifying charms be used to make it warmer so that it could melt snow away?" he asked because if that was so then he'd have to start using that in the Great Hall during breakfast time.

Back at his desk, Adi took a sip of his hot chocolate then set his cup aside. Quill and parchment out. And a hand in the air, too. "Stiricidium Nubila is the incantation, Professor.''

How could they use the spell out of class? Well, he was still thinking of something in reply to that question. In the meanwhile, why not have a quick sip of the cocoa? It motivated him to think, ya know.

Well, it looked like things were getting started now. Sophie took one more sip of her hot chocolate then turned her attention to the professor. She thought back to the first class and what they learned. They'd talked about weather all school year, and she believed the first spell they learned was...

"Stiricidium Nubila?" she suggested, raising her hand. "I think a good way to use it outside the castle is if you needed to cause a distraction. Like...maybe some Muggles are about to come across something magical, like a dragon, and you need them to get away really quickly but don't know how. You could cast the charm to cause the weather to change, and then they'd have no choice but to go back."

Nothing could drive a bunch of Muggles inside like a good storm, especially a snow storm. Come to think of it, a snow storm could drive anybody inside if what was happening at Hogwarts was any indication.

The badger was tapping her snow globes a couple more times when she sensed someone sitting down right next to her. Looking up, she noticed it was Agatha, the er, moving-staircase-hyper-bird-owner. She smiled at the older girl, but was not sure whether she saw it or not.

Leah nodded. She was not going to let herself distracted by food, she was trying to control her eating habits nowadays anyway, so she set her snacks aside and listened. She pulled out her parchment and quill, silently seeing the wand sitting in its holster sadly. Leah had never realized that she actually prefered practical work in transfiguration.

The incantation. Leah frowned and rummaged through her brain for it.. when Jasmine and Adi said it out loud. Right. Stricidium Nubila. At least she knew it was something long and difficult. She wrote that down on her journal under the heading Weather-Modifying Charms.

As for other uses, there were probably tons of them, so the second year thought some more about this. A Slytherin boy nearby said something about making the weather warmer, and AJ mentioned stopping rain. She raised her hand and said, "If it's too sunny, you could make it rain." Though that would not be the case in the castle right now.

Truthfully, Lex had become distracted by the food. Like when did the Professor get back to the board and what were they doing with weather modifying charms? The Gryffindor took a swig of her drink to wash down some of the food but caught the tail end of the Professor's warning about losing privileges and nearly choked.

Right. No longer distracted. She'd be keeping this food thank you very much. Lex eyed the board again as she fished a piece of parchment from her and a quill as well. Oh...she was almost out of ink....well this was going to be problematic....see why the snow needed to end? Supplies wouldn't last forever contrary to its ludicrous belief.

People were already calling out the name of the incantation but she supposed she could offer up something for the possible use.

"You can use it when you've got plans the weather doesn't agree with. Like if you were trying to throw a pool party then it started to pour, you could make everything sunny again." Provided you didn't invite muggles to the party as well. That could prove problematic.

Jonas put his wand away and took out a quill and piece of parchment. He forgot though what the charm was...and others were already answerinf anyways so he kept hid mouth shut

Lucy followed the instructions of the professor..
She took the parchment and her quill and she started to take some notes.
Then she raised her hand and she said:"the incantantion is Stiricidium Nubila; it can change any type of cloud into a cumulonimbus.."

Theo briskly pulled out his quill and tapped it onto his parchment. Uhhhhhh... the incantation from the last lesson must have slipped his mind, and he wasn't going to make up some random guess and risk humiliation. Theo finally scribbled down the incantation name when he heard a few people mention it. Phew, knew it all along, see?

He opened his mouth slightly, about to contribute a pretty immature answer about the uses of weather charms, but again stopped himself.

Just keep scribbling.

Ethan didn't need to be told twice when it comes to food. His wand was holstered in his arm all along, and stood up from his seat to get food. Once he was satisfied, he went back to his seat and offered the plate to Josie. It was just right to share your food with your crushfriend, right? Ethan also shot Simon a glare, as if to tell him to shut up and mind his own business. Not now, Watson. He's making subtle moves!

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ANYWAY.

Discussion time.

Hand up. "'Stiricidium Nubila', professor." Ethan grinned and shot a glance at Grayson, remembering that he worked with the older Snake that time. They make a good team, yeah? As for the uses. Hmm. He'd give out a general statement, but thought he needs to be specific with this one. "We can use the Weather-Modifying Charm in taking care of animals or magical creatures. Some of them can't stand too much heat or cold, so using such charm will aid their survival." Ethan then briefly looked out of the window and wondered about the creatures inside the Forbidden Forest. He was thinking of the worst of course. Diverting his attention back to the class, he got himself a cookie, then fished his parchment and quill out of his bag.

Angel looked at the Professor as she raised her hand. "Stiricidium Nubila, was the incantation, I think Professor." Angel wondered if it would work on the weather outside, and if it could why didn't the Professor use it to make the snow go away, she was really fed up with being locked inside this castle, at first it was fun but now it wasn't as much fun.

Well thank merlin for other students answers, so he did not have to answer. It was perfect. So the spell was Stiricidium Nubila. He knew that...of course. Not like he would forget something like that. Yeah, right.

He was not going to say anything in this class because when he does it is either a unintentionally sarcastic comment or just a smart aleck answer.

So just taking notes sounded awesome right now.

Josie could literally feel her knees shaking as Professor Bellaire had addressed, her but all the same she couldn't help but feel relieved when she wasn't upset with the second year this time. Also according to Professor Bellaire, today was going to be a light lesson, which she supposed did make her feel a little better, but still this wasn't her best class, so she was still a bit nervous nonetheless.

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Josie fixed her hair a little bit before she'd heard Ethan say his nickname for her & turned to look at him. Being afraid she might get yelled at she gave a very quick wave with a soft whisper, "H-Hi..Ethan.." Not long after that Simon had also said hello to her & she'd repeated her same greeting for him as well.

Her attention was directly on Professor Bellaire once more as she'd given the students permission to grab some food from the table before they'd actually start. Only Josette didn't get up like everyone else, because she was a bit paranoid that she might do something to upset the Professor. As she waited for everyone to grab their snacks, Ethan had offered his plate of his own snacks to her as he sat beside her once again. She smiled and whispered a thank you before picking off his plate a bit, until Professor Bellaire was tapping the board to get everyone's attention & begin the lesson.

The Ravenclaw listened as Professor Bellaire addressed the class & asked what the name of the Charm was that they had learned back in the first lesson & what were practical uses outside of the classroom. Well, the charm had unfortunately escaped her mind so she didn't raise her hand, or for uses outside of the classroom either. She was still a bit fearful of saying something silly, so she just decided to jot down her notes with her quill & listen around her. Like Ethan & Simon's thoughts, she thought those were very clever. Right?

"Stiricidium Nubila, correct." The Professor had expected more of the students to remember the incantation. With little to do it was not too much to expect they would pick up their notes and revise. It was better than wandering the corridors and freezing as most seemed to take joy in doing these days but thank Merlin for the faithful few who could wrack their brains for the incantation. "And as Miss Petersfield rightly said , this particular charm changes clouds to cumulonimbus ones. Whether you would like snow falling from them or rain, even hail, is up to you however we were focusing on snow during that lesson."

Were they noting this? There hadn't been much time for notes in the first lesson with all the practical work they got in. To be sure the Professor tapped the board and that set of notes appeared as well.



Sophia noted the responses of this set. Far more centred on themselves than anything else and this was not a bad way of thinking. Magic was there to improve lives. "Using the charm for your own benefit. Yes. This is one way of putting it to good use. You may not like the current weather as Mister Scabior and Miss Abbott put it, or you may be as forgetful as Miss Valentine. This charm would come in handy then." She paused to be sure they were all still paying attention. Some had stopped eating and she couldn't help but feel it was for the best with the attention spans some of them sported. "It could also be a case of getting the weather to work with your plan." As Miss Cooper and Miss Cambridge had both elaborated on. Very good.



Mister Holden had offered a more practical approach, taking from their current situation. "It would take some time but yes, modifying the weather to one of more sunshine would allow for one to melt the snow." As to Miss Newell's suggestion..."The weather can be distracting however I wouldn't suggest it in the case of a dragon. Rain or shine, Miss Newell, the moment Muggles detect something is off they tend to want to know what and they aren't particularly bothered by the weather." Unless the girl were to create a storm of sorts putting everyone's lives in danger and potentially killing a few of the less coordinated but the Slytherin did not strike her as the type to want a spot reserved in Azkaban.



Sophia eyed those who had opted to keep quiet during the discussion. Merlin help them if it were the food that had them so ensnared they couldn't offer even the incantation but she was pleased to see them looking so attentive, a few scribbling notes.

The fact they gave no response bothered her far less after noting they were being neither disruptive nor a distraction to themselves or others so for now she would let them be.



What did she have here, talks of care and benefitting others coming from a group of young Slytherin. To say she was surprized would have been half accurate and the Professor nodded. "Plants and Animals tend to be one of the most affected by harsh weather conditions. Many of them require consistency but that is not always the case. When this happens consistency needs to be created or the owners stand to lose." Needless to say, muggles were amongst the ones to suffer the most loss. "And as Mister Whitlock stated, it could be used to make the work of others easier, such as rescue teams in places with extreme conditions."

The Professor was pleased with all she was hearing and with another tap, updated the board further.

"Very good everyone. In the second lesson we went through conjuration, one of the more difficult branches of transfiguration. What are the limitations to conjuration? Does anyone know? And why do you think it is classified as one of the more difficult branches of transfiguration to accomplish?"

Hmm...okay. So no using the spell as a distraction. Got it.

Sophie nodded along to the professor's words then listened to the rest of the discussion. This seemed to be a review lesson which was more than welcome seeing as this was the end of the school year. Sophie was exhausted and was just so ready for summer break to get here. Well...providing they could even make it OUT the castle in this weather.

So limits to conjuring... Sophie raised her hand. "I know you can't conjure food," she said. Then...why was conjuration so difficult? "I think conjuring is so difficult to do, because you can easily mess up. For example, if you're trying to create something really simple and safe, you could accidentally create something really dangerous, and then you're faced with trying to save yourself from it."

Yes. Conjuring an ice flower during the winter season. How can he forget that one, yeah? And limitations? Yes, there are limitations to conjuration, and Sophie was the first to mention one of th exceptions. Yeah, WHY can't they conjure food? That's simply illogical because you know, the convenience it'll give them yeah?

Anyway, hand up. "You can't conjure money, as well." Because if they can then they'd be FILTHY rich by now. "...and conjuration is hard because you're actually producing something out of nothing."

Hard. Very hard.

The next question was a tough one. She took a bite of food while she thought about an answer. Food was helpful in lessons, Bellaire would see. As she chewed she listened to the answers the others were giving. It pretty much sounded like you couldn't conjure anything cool. If you couldn't do food and money, then what was the point? Why were things off limits?

She swallowed and then raised her hand. "I think it's so difficult because you have nothing to work with, and if you mess up and say the wrong word then you end up with a car on top of you instead of a card." IF you could even conjure those things. Rules, there were too many of them.

After writing down a whole lot if notes, Toby raised his hand into the air for the next question.

"There's Gamp's Five Laws to Elemental Transfiguration, I think that's what it's called," he tried, giving as vague but also as specific answer that he could for that part. "And with it being more difficult, its kind of like muggle construction, isn't it? Usually it's a lot easier to modify something that exists than it is to build something from scratch. Maybe it's like that, but magical."

Simon continued writing notes in his notebook when Bellaire asked the next question. When he was done, he listened to his fellow classmates answers about conjuration and its limitations. You couldn't conjugate food. That's what he knew. Well since Transfiguration was very specific that's probably why it was so hard to do. Conjugation is hard because you're producing it out of nothing- thin air. But also you had to be very precise when it came to the skill, right? This type of magic went against Newton's law of mass and conservation where mass cannot be created or destroyed and that it could only be converted.

Simon raised his hand. "It's easier to transfigure a mass, an object, into another form. Whereas creating something from nothing is much more difficult," he began and then paused. "I think its difficult because you have to be very precise and exact with each movement you make so that the conjugation works. You have to be able to pay attention to details. If you're lazy then bad things will happen," he said.

Hazel shook her wrist out as the professor stopped talking. That was a lot of notes! She quickly added the heading, Limitations to Conjuring, and raised her hand.

"I heard that you can't conjure food do to Gamp's Five Laws of Transfiguration. Conjuring is supposed to be very hard since you have to be very specific and concentrate a lot." She hoped they didn't have to conjure something for the lesson, but it was supposed to be a theoretical lesson. She picked up her cup of hot chocolate and took a sip. Yum!

Angel looked at the Professor and smiled as she raised her hand. "Professor you can't conjure up food because of the Gamp's Five Laws of Transfiguration." Angel thought it would be awesome if you could conjure up food because it would help a lot of people but maybe if you could other people would be out of jobs because everyone would be always fed, so you wouldn't need shops or things like that.

The small break they got to copy down the notes was a relief purely for the fact that while eating the Professor didn't expect them to pay nearly as much attention to what she was saying so FOOD. Didn't even have to pretend like she was paying attention and there would be no consequences.

Alexa munched on her chips, emptying her small bowl just when she got the last word copied onto her parchment....and they were already moving on? Really? She needed more chips first, but the Gryffindor didn't dare get up in the middle of the Professor's discussion so she contended herself with sipping her hot chocolate.

Marigold's question got her curious. "I always thought you couldn't conjure life but...doesn't avis conjure birds? Ones that move on their own and everything?" Did that count as life or.....?

"But I reckon it'd be hard because of what Zander said with the concentration thing. It'd take extra focus to be able to create something from nothing. It's not like when you already have ready material." Like rabbits to hats like they did one year.

Scribble....scribble...scribble...

Adi was making his notes. Yep. No matter he might be writing some of the same things he had written in previous lessons. Repetition can be good. But now he considered the next questions posed to them.

The third year raised his left hand, quill still in his grasp. "It is more difficult because we're producing an object out of no where.'' That was difficult. Very.

Leah nodded, not noticing that she was nodding A LOT today. Oh, taking care of plants and animals, how could she not think of that? She sighed at her lack of deep thinking and took notes. Hopefully they were going to come up with a plan to stop this freakish cold this lesson. At least that was what Leah was thinking everyday.

She knew conjuration was hard, because she had tried that in the second lesson. But why was it so difficult? Silently, she flipped through her textbook to the chapter of conjuration. Finding a good fact, Leah raised her hand. "Lots of things can go wrong when you attempt transfigu - I mean, conjuration. That's why it's.. difficult?" Okayy that was lame but at least she spoke up.

Beverly was jotting everything down, all right. Her quill traveled from left to right on her parchment, her cursive not as neat as it usually is. It was readable, just not...Beverly enough. It was more writing with purpose. Lots of purpose.

As for Conjuring, she raised her hand.

"The art of Conjuration is considered harder because you bring stuff into being. I think intent plays a big role in this. You have to know what you want, how you want and have a very well depict picture of it in order to be successful." Specificity. That's what you needed. "As to limitations...I think it's that something that is conjured doesn't last." Which was sort of a kick in the butt considering it requires a great deal of concentration.

West had been just sitting back and reflecting so far this lesson because he was very aware that things were almost over for him. As in... he was graduating and would soon be leaving Hogwarts for good, y'know? It made it hard to focus when your mind was just going over memories, some good and some bad...

... and a ton of them involved Bellaire, really.

He fixed his attention on her at the next question and put his hand up. "I don't know why exactly but for some reason conjuring has always been one of the easiest areas of magic for me. And I've been thinking about this a lot and I think aside from the three basic ingredients -incantation, intent and wand movement, and aside from the logical applications of Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration and its principle exceptions, it has a bit to do with imagination and creativity too, on account of you're creating something from scratch so it has to tie into that part of the mind where creative process comes from." Which was kind of his thing, with his music and everything. That plus his penchant for logic? It was the most scientific branch of magic for sure. "So I guess in a lot of ways I think people are limited by their imaginations as much as they are limited by the physical and elemental laws of it, the trick is finding that balance between both, that sweet spot where things become possible." Just some musings anyways.

Lucy raised her hand and she said : " Professor I know it's dangerous because if something goes wrong you can do considerable damages especially on animals, mixing two differents species, for example.."

Ooooh, ooh! Theodore knew this one! Somewhat, anyway. He confidently thrust his hand into the air, then answered with a much more dumb downed version of what was in his head. "You can't conjure money, right?" Because that would be ridiculous. Though if it were possible then Theo needed to know how.

"And..." As some others had already said but Theo wasn't listening to them, "Law is a limitation in Transfiguration. Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration." YEAH. He'd studied that and had learned the name off by heart and his face showed NOTHING but pride as he dropped his hand back down into his lap.

She may or may have not got distracted by the food. And she was ashamed to admit it even to herself. But really FOOD was good and she had not had breakfast so this was just what she needed. Did Bellaire know? Either way the woman did the snake a huge favor and probably she didn't know. So far Cassia was very contented by all the last lessons she's been to. They all proved to be fun and would serve as a great memory to look back on.

But now her attention was back on the professor. For real. She wasn't five. So what were they talking about again? Oh, hardest transfiguration branch. She raised her hand, after having swallowed that was in her mouth. "The bigger and complicated the item the harder it would be. Also, if there was textures of some kind. Because that would require more concentration and skill," had anyone said this already? She wouldn't know. She was eating.

Sense Jonas didnt know what, he figured he would answer why.
"Is it because humans aren't meant to change the weather?" Jonas sighed. It was probably wrong. But he didn't say. Comeing from a family who expects exceeds expectations, Jonas wasn't doing a very good job at this. He should know this.

Once again the students were right on the ball, for the most part at least. The Professor noted their response, mentally compiling them to add to the notes already placed on the board. It seemed to her this revision class wasn't needed after all.

"As some of you have mentioned, food is one of five limitations to Transfiguration, another being money." As was stated by a few others. With a tap, this appeared on the board. "And the underlying reasoning behind the difficulty does lie in the level of power and concentration necessary to conjure things essentially out of thin air. Mr. Odessa brought up the point of imagination causing a stumbling block for the majority and this would of course fall under concentration; how well you can imagine the object you wish to conjure. Naturally a distracted or less creative mind would find conjuration a harder task." Something else that would be added to the notes however she did expect they would still be jotting things down on their own from time to time. Taking the initiative with their education.

"Creating something where there was once nothing, for this reason, presents a challenge."

That was the basic reasoning behind it. "Your classmates also brought up the important point that things can go wrong during conjuration, something that is most often found when conjuring animals and explained by the Principle of Artificianimate Quasi-Dominance. Conjuration of animals, when not done right, could lead to anything from stumpy limbs to severed heads but we won't be touching too much on that today this being a revision lesson." Not to mention her unwillingness to deal with the overly sensitive among them. At the moment she was in a good mood. No need to change that.

"Conjuration is not solely linked to weather Mr. Emery." Or was the boy still on the first question. The Professor sighed. It was the food, she knew it.

With another tap the notes on the board extended.

"Finally, why do you think there are limitations in conjuration such as in the cases of money and food?"

Beverly was done eating for now. It was getting a bit distracting having to choose between jotting things down and eating. Brain VS stomach. Never a good match, and not one she wanted to play while in class. Dabbing a napkin to her lips she raised her hand.

"You'd have anything you wish for if it wasn't for limitations." Nearly everything. "To survive we need food, a form to support ourselves which is money and affection. The latter which can not be bought, but with the first two you're more than half way there." Beverly paused, thinking her next words carefully. "Also, if it wasn't for limitations there would me more chaos over power. If we were able to conjure food, we wouldn't worry about it. But, if we were able to conjure money then there would be a lot of hungry-power-seekers fighting for the number one spot." Meaning, a lot of stupid heads fighting to surpass one another.

A lot of things happen because of power, Beverly was all too aware of that. Thinking about the entire magical population fighting for it would have her thinking of inhabiting Mars.

Ohh, Sophie had thoughts on this one! She raised her hand. "I think it'd be kind of like a domino effect. Nobody would need any money, because they'd be able to make however much they wanted whenever they wanted. The problem with that is I doubt anybody would work, because who would work when they didn't need to?" Certainly not her! "So anyway, you'd have nowhere to spend your money, because who would open up shops and try to sell stuff when they didn't need to make money?"

And as for food...

"I think the problem with conjuring food is that we don't know what can go wrong with it," she added. "Then if we put it in our mouths, we could potentially be harming our bodies and not even know it." What if they had accidentally conjured some poison or something in with the food?!

Severed heads and stubbed limbs............yup, she'd just keep hoping animals walked in through her kitchen window like Felix did or head down to the Magical Menagerie. Lex would have to pass on trying her hand at those in case whatever the hell it ended up being was freaky beyond belief. Ew. Just ew. You couldn't have snuggles with deformed things nor could she think of anyone that would WANT to. Her kneazle had all four limbs, his fur was in check and his face was very kneazle like, just the way she liked it. Yikes.

The Gryffindor took a sip of her hot chocolate while the rest of notes appeared on the board. She'd probably have to copy these for Lottie later on so she'd actually have to be taking down the whole thing.

After copying off the last of it to her parchment she raised her hand. "Maybe because of the impracticality Professor? I mean all conjured things disappear after a time right? So if someone conjured money and used it, they'd get what they want and the shopkeeper wouldn't have money once it all vanished....?" Because that made sense right? If someone gave her money that vanished for her services, she'd pop them one and hope it rearranged their face enough.

"And like with food, even if you conjure it and eat it it'd vanish and it'd be like you never ate? I'm guessing conjuration isn't for anything that's meant to last and things like food and money need to be long lasting and sustainable, yeah?"

Mooore notes! Adi scribbled some more as Professor Bellaire spoke. His writing was untidy but he couldn't help it. Bellaire had a lot to say on the topic. As for the next question, Adi had ideas. Or rather, an idea.

"People would get greedy, Professor. If they aren't already. They would just take advantage of it all.'' Yep. That's all he had to say on that.

The Professor nodded slowly, acknowledging one student after the next. For the most part they agreed that it would cause more trouble than it was worth. "Some would argue that with money being redundant it would eliminate greed. If everyone could afford everything then no one would be in need however it would create an imbalance between our world and the muggle world. I am sure many of you are aware of the opportunities to exchange galleons for muggle coins. It could fall onto the same level of what they refer to as money laundering." If they did not know what that was, they would need to have a word with Professor Hadley, she was moving on.

"I was looking for the point that it does not last." Mr. Adair had been spot on in theorizing it would prove worthless. "If the money does not last then it is not truly "

Were they understanding as much? A glance at her watch told her they had to be wrapping up.

"Be sure you have taken down these notes. When you are done you may help yourselves to more of the food. You're dismissed, have a nice summer."