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Second Years: Lesson Two; *Archived* Gryffindor and Slytherin
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Ava King
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Most of the students sat down in their desks upon entering the classroom, not bothering with the plastic jar on the Professor's desk. There was nothing special about the jar, but there were many colorful things inside it. A few of them kept standing and staring at the jar, while most just ignored it. Professor Davershire smiled at the students who were staring.

"Sit down everyone," said Professor Davershire, grinning. "Today we are going to work on our first transfiguration spell of this year." She said, walking in front of the class. She could see excitement on students' faces. She herself was excited, as she didn't like theory work; and by the looks of the faces in front of her, neither did the students.

"In the last lesson we learned about Animate to Inanimate Transfiguration, and that's what we are going to do today." She said and held up the colourful jar from the table.

"Beetles," She announced happily, raising the jar just above her chest, so everyone could see the small beetles inside the jar. "We are going to transfigure them into coat buttons. Small objects especially insects are easiest to transfigure, because you don't have as much detail to worry about," she said, handing the jar to a girl in the front row. "Keep one beetle with you, and pass out the others among the rest."

The students took a long time to choose a beetle of their choice. Finally, after the last student had selected a beetle, Professor Davershire continued the lesson. "Hold onto your beetles, don't let them escape; be gentle though, we don't want them dead. Please try not to kill them. Now, you will find that in transfiguration that it is easier to change items that are closer in size to each other. Matchsticks and needles are of the same size, shape, and weight. All you had to transfigure was the material and color. The same with beetles. They are small and similar in size to buttons, so all you need to do is to change the shape. Remember, that doesn't mean that it's easy. You still need the proper wand movement and concentration. Now," Professor Davershire flourished her wand, "as I told you in the last lesson, Animate to Inanimate Transfiguration uses the 'three tap' method of wand waving. Make sure you use that or the spell will not work properly.

The incantation for this transfiguration is 'Praepilatus'. Practice saying this quickly.
" Ava said, and waited until they were finished. "Moving on. First, picture a button in your mind. I want all of you to picture a button with the same coloring as your beetle. That will make it easier for you. After that raise your wand, visualize the beetle turning into the button. When you are ready, tap the beetle three times with your wand, and swish the wand through the air, saying the incantation. Praepilatus!"

With a poof, Professor Davershire's beetle turned into a yellow button.

"Now perform the transfiguration on your beetle. I want to see good looking buttons on my desk at the end of the class," she added with a smile. "If you have any problems, feel free to ask."




Homework:
RP transfiguring beetles into buttons. Feel free to rp Professor Davershire helping you.
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Aliyah Wright
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Aliyah entered the Transfiguration classroom and was distracted by something on the Headmistress' desk. The girl slowly walked by the jar and admired all the pretty colors inside of it before she circled back to her desk in the first row. Her mind immediately flashbacked to the jar of matches that Professor Davershire had last year. For that class, they were instructed to transfigure the matches into needles. If she had to venture a guess, the Slytherin would bet a month's allowance that they would be transfiguring those colorful baubles into something. Aliyah smiled with excitement when her suspicion was confirmed. However, her excitement faltered when she learned that they would be working with bugs. Before she could process her own thoughts, the professor handed her the jar to pass out beetles to her classmates. Aliyah walked around to each of her classmates and held the jar out for them to take a beetle. If they thought she was going to reach in and grab one for them, they had another thing coming. Once everyone has their bug, the young witch kept the remaining beetle for herself.

Aliyah was grateful that she still had the jar and that she didn't have to worry about herding her beetle while listening to Professor Davershire continue the lesson. She made note of the spell and the wand movements. Transfiguration incantations were the worst to pronunciation. The second year stared down at her beetle scurrying around in the jar. She tried to picture it flattening out into a round scarlet red button. When it was time for the class to perform the spell. She emptied the jar with her right hand and tapped the beetle three times with her left. "Praepilatus!" she said as the swished her wand. The button was dome shaped instead of flat, but it did have four holes in the middle for thread. Aliyah picked up her work and flipped it over in her hand. The bottom was smooth and it didn't have any legs. When she was satisfied and class was dismissed, she returned the jar and her button to the Headmistress' desk and left the room.
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