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Nadia, the only magic you have the ability to do is end the spell. You can't use other incantations until you end the animagus spell. Is that clearer. Most wizards rarely stay in their animagus form long enough to be hungry. Yet we do know Pettigrew nibbled at human food when he could get it and Sirius Black indicated he ate some strange things when he was on the run after he escaped from Azkaban. So I would said the choice of what you ate would be really based on what you could get." |
:: Ganymede nodded and thought, Ok now give me some house points! She shrugged and hoped some points would atleast be given to Nadia. Just out of pure frustration, Ganymede turned her hair a slightly darker brown. It was hardly noticable. She was getting very well at controlling her awesome gift. :: |
Zekk is taking notes as fast as he can. Soon he just listens deciding he will take more notes in a few minutes. |
Martha yawns and politely covers her mouth while doing so. She was starting to get a little hungry, her stomach beginning to growl. She tries to concentrate, and focuses her gaze at the Professor. |
Laurasia took her notes & listened intently to everything that was being said. The topic of Animagi was truly fascinating to her. Hearing Professor McAiken request any further questions, she decided to ease her curiosity & raised her hand. "Professor McAiken, I know that you have mentioned the Animagus incantation is extremely difficult to learn & takes many years of practice. That being said, I was wondering at what age you would suggest that a student begins to practice the incantation? Would you suggest that a first-year, like myself, start practicing now if they hope to master the incantation?" |
* I wonder what form I could take if I were to become an Animagus..* Crystal ponders as she takes her notes for class. She then hears Laurasia's question and looks up, waiting for the professor to answer, as she is rather interested in the answer herself. |
Astoria kept taking notes, only stopping to rest her hand, since it was cramping from writing so fast. |
"The earliest known full transfigurations would be the Marauders. It is said they first transfigured some time in their fifth years here at Hogwarts. Their age at the time would have been at least 16. I've introduced the spell and discussed the spell with third years. As you know in your four and fifth years you begin to perform more complex magic. Your magical talents are growing and it is the fifth year that if I noticed the talent I would try to focus a student. We have one fifth year student who has shown some indicates she might success in becoming an animagus. While I will continue to work with the all OWL and NEWT students, but I'll do private lesson with any student who shows potential. There is also a third year but it is really to soon to know about her. |
Jenna continued writing notes, but in a more distracted way. She gazed at the parchment, her hand seeming to have a mind of its own as it wrote down the information McAiken had told the class. |
Nadia took notes though her mind seemed to distanciate from everything as she heard about. She could very well tell who those two people were, but most importantly, she couldn't guess... She raised her hand again, "What makes these students more apt to become an animagus, if Animagi Magic is not something you are born with?" Like with Metamorphagi Magic. In short, she was asking if there was any needed inborn ability to become one. |
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'Animagus may be born in sense they are able to perform the spell at some given time in their life, but Metamorphagi are able to change from birth. I would really say to become an animagus you would need excellent skills in transfiguration. It boils down to talent and magical ability is that area. Almost every witch or wizard can perform some transfigurations but they can't do all of them. Why not? Who knows. Magical ability varies in each witch or wizard. Each of you sitting here have magical talents but are those the same? No, they are uniquely different. I can brew potions but I am not a Potions Master like say Snape was. I can do some but not all nor with the ease a Potions Master does them. This is no different than in the Muggle world. Many muggles play sports, like baseball or soccer but they do not all perform on the same level. Some are just recreation player, some play in high school, some are good enough to play in college, but only a small percentage are able to play professional or for their country's team in the Soccer World Cup." |
Nadia listened to the answer and took notes, a bit bewildered with this information. Indeed, she had heard that wands sometimes were particularly good in some areas rather than others. Hers? She didn't remember ever been told to be expectacularly good at something. She doubted it would be narrowed down to interests. She loved Charms and yet her weakest spot was in Locking and Unlocking Charms. Potions? Sure, she wasn't that bad but neither was born with an inborn facility. Her inner eyes was as developped as her common eye. Herbology? No rather. Muggle Studies? How so? Could you be good at Astronomy or Ancient Runes? This was giving her a headache. She even wondered if there was a single thing she was somewhat good at, with a sinking feeling in her stomach. If she had mouthed said feeling it would have been expressed with a kind of groan, no doubt. |
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Laurasia, highly interested, listened to the professor & took her notes. Being a first-year she was not yet sure in which area she would later excel, however she knew which areas she hoped they would be in. Unfortunately, the current terms courses for most of those subjects were definately not helping her to learn anything about most of those subjects. She sighed deeply as she thought about that fact. She pondered the notion of asking Professor McAiken about some tutoring regarding one of those subjects. However she realized just how busy all of the professors that were actually teaching classes were with simply trying to run their own classes, without needing to tutor students on other subjects as well. Disheartened a bit at this realization, she decided to focus her energy on excelling at the classes that were being taught effectively; even if many of them were not classes that she had been hoping to major in throughout her academic career. |
"Think for moment, even in class the lot of you do not perform the same. Some of you are outstanding students, you work hard and those will fly through their OWLs and they will wipe out the NEWTs. Some of you will simply pass as acceptable. To be top notch in anything whether you are a witch, wizard or muggle takes a combination of things. Things like talent, study, practice, efforts, courage, and a host of qualities. Not every one of you are a Dumbledore or Harry Potter but you may be a McGonagall or Snape. Now let's move on to who an animagus returns to human form. There are two ways. The Animagus can end the spell or you can be forced to reveal yourself as Sirius and Remus forced Peter to do those many years ago in the Shrieking Shack. When an animagus retakes human form it appears as if you see things growing from the animagus form until you see only the human. It is a much easier transfiguration if the animagus end the spell than if you are force to chance. When I end my spell it is of course wandless magic. I used Finite Incantatem to return to my body. Simple and effective. I concentrate and remember who I am, how I look, and focus on those as I end the spell." |
Nadia smirked to herself. It was amusing how this professor related everything to past history, and the story of Harry Potter. Mostly this nervous amusement was to hide the anxiousness of a speech about self expectations. With some luck, Nadia thought, she would receive a couple Exceed Expectations or just scratch. She was terrified of her NEWTs. Sure, the OWLs weren't that bad after all but the NEWTs... Taking notes about what was being said, Nadia considered the professor's words with some edginess. Finite Incantatum? So simple? It was surprising that such simple spell would be able to end such powerful, complicated magic as the Animagi magic. Quite impressing. And with forced changing-back? Nadia could perceive this was the part following, so she waited for the professor to go on and clear her doubts. Sure, you could end another wizard or witch's spell with Finite Incantatum, but was it powerful enough? |
Llewellyn hurriedly took notes down on his parchment. Every now and then he would look up at somewhere and squint, trying to make out some impercievable detail. he then returned to his writing, taking rather lengthy notes in some made-up form of shorthand. |
[QUOTE]...but you may be a McGonagall or Snape.[/QOUTE] The Professor's words echoed around in her head. He can't think that would be a lesser thing can he? Professor Snape is one of my idols after all, she thought to herself. To become a Potions Master of his caliber would be a dream come true for Laurasia. |
Jenna left her gaze and began furious notetaking. They were simple, but worthwhile. "Finite Incanatem--simple & effective Remus and Sirius--->Peter became human.." Curious... She thought is this Remus they speak of. So....different from Sirius Black. She had heard of Black (even these many years later), but of course, who hadn't? But She wasn't so familiar with Remus. Like Romulus and Remus? Drifting upon the myth. Was he a wolf-child? She would venture to the library next time she had a chance and do some research. |
Just to clear my comment up about Professors Snape and McGonagall a bit, I'll explain it. I meant to show that while Albus Dumbledore was the greatest of the age and Harry a hero on all accounts, these two professor were in their own rights the top of their area of study. In her time Aunt Minerva was second in Transfiguration to no witch or wizard except Dumbledore. She trained under him and succeed him as professor in that subject. Snape's potion brewing was the best of his age. He was a wizard who had few counterparts in that area. Each of us excel in something, yet we are still different. I hope that is clearer. Now back to the subject at hand. Some of you might think Finite Incantatem to be so simple it lacks power and that just isn't the case. It is strong magic, which ends most spells. Rarely can wand or wandless magic not be ended with this incantation. Of course in some cases a witch or wizard might not process the strength to override the wizard or witch who cast the spell. Simple does not equal weak. I would prefer to duel a wizard so sure of his self that he tried to use the most complex magic against me. It is the witch or wizard that doesn't forget the so called simple spells that will survive a duel most times. Think about it. You might wonder how Sirius and Remus were able to force Peter to show himself. Yet, remember that Remus was a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor and Sirius was one of the most talent students Hogwart has ever seen. It is doubtful that without their help and James's help Peter would have become a animagus to begin with. Their combined skill and talent could force almost any animagus to show him or her self. Their strength against Peter was overwhelming for him. It time for homework, check the homework board outside my office where you find it posted by tomorrow morning. It will be due 5 days after it is posted. I will go through this lesson and award points for answers, and questions also. You thought I had forgotten but I have not. Have a good day, class dismissed." |
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