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Professor Aeon Summers
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"The art of the animagi is without a doubt one of the most dangerous branches of Transfiguration." Aeon began the lesson quickly, having a lot to cover for the day. "Of course, all branches come with their hazards, but, in order to be an animagus, it requires a high standard of dedication, skill, intelligence and common sense. It's no easy feat, and few witches and wizards succeed."

Aeon propped himself up on his desk, his eyes looking across the rows of students to ensure they were all paying attention. "It takes years to master the ability, but for some, it could take decades. Everyone is different, and responds to the process in their own way. The training is strict, and requires the utmost concentration. The mind is a complex system that you have to learn to take control of in order to master Transfiguration."

"There have been a great number of people who have wasted away their lives, attempting to learn this art, but never made it. As you are transfiguring yourself, it requires great care. In many cases, some have gone on to transfigure themselves into an animal, with no way to reverse it or no one around to assist them in reverting to their human state, so they remain that way."
There was no telling how many animals in the world right now could have potentially once been people, stuck that way forever. "The anguish of not succeeding is something you have to learn, along with the sweat drops you'll have to cherish until an accomplishment can be reached. You see, the cells of your body will have to learn to listen to your will and transform to those of your animal. The generic patterns will of course be not alike, for you are still human, but they will resemble one another somewhat after the transformation. The control you have over your transformation is granted by the mind, therefore, you are human. Never the animal." He explained, once more ensuring notes were being taken and the focus was on him. If anyone was interested in becoming an animagus, they needed to heed his every word.

"Now, once you master the animagi, you must register with the ministry. It is a process that will take quite a bit of time, for they do test your ability and your responsibility. Being able to shapeshift into an animal makes it more difficult for you to be identified, and way back in the olden days, some animagi used this to their advantage to break the law. To combat this, the Ministry demand that you register with any specific markings or traits of your animal, so they know exactly who you are. These can change over time, and are sometimes dependent on your human traits. Those who wear glasses can find their animal form has ring like patterns around the eyes, for example. Blindness, deafness, missing appendages, are all also things that will cross over into your animagus form."

"As I said, to become an animagus requires a certain amount of ability and dedication. Even with hours upon hours of practice, most people never quite learn the complete transformation. Often, it goes horribly wrong. In my school years, I was told a story of one student who decided to give the transformation a go. While he managed to turn himself into an anteater for a mere few seconds, he found upon changing back the urge to eat bugs that stayed with him for at least a week."
As hilarious as it was, other people weren't so lucky in their side effects.

"Also, if done improperly, you may become disfigured permanently with some of the features of the animal. Additionally, no one has control over which animal they turn into. The process seems to know instinctively which animal is best suited for that particular person, based off of personality traits, or symbolism associated with that animal. The Patronus Charm may give you a hint toward what form you may take, but even that spell itself is quite advanced, and not always reliable as the charm's form is subject to change based off of personal feelings."

"Before you go, I have some fun and easy homework to give out. If you were an animagus, what would you be and why? Class dismissed."



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Pick one or two animals that, if you were an animagus, you might turn into, and tell me why they suit your personality.Transfiguration,3,6
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Noemie Vanity
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[justify]Noemie was eager for the last lessons of this semester, she thought she was fairing well within the classes she was doing and was just eager to get a little studying done before the exam stress that usually followed. The girl took her seat in the potions class and looked at the professor at the front of the room, this semester had been enjoyable for her, it hadn't been too difficult and she was sure that she'd managed to do better than she had in the last few years. The teen had a few classes left in the semester and she had found the fact that it was the last week so much easier, less work gave her a little more time to sit and enjoy other things, or well, in Noemie's case it usually involved going running, or spending time on the pitch, but regardless of that, she was feeling pretty happy about what this week would give to her.

The auburn haired girl arrived at the transfiguration classroom and took her seat within the room. She wondered what they would be covering, and took out her books just ready to listen to what the man was going to say to them. What this lecture would be on. It became pretty apparent the moment that he began speaking, they would be doing, Animagus were an interesting thing, Noemie wished she could do it, but was sure that she would not manage it. The teen had her notes out and was writing down everything that the professor was saying. She could imagine that it took a long time to master and that some would waste their lives with it. She couldn't see herself in that position but she could see how some would. Not succeeding at something wasn't something that Noemie liked, she knew that she wasn't the best at everything but she loved succeeding. She wouldn't let herself do something she wasn't already sure she could manage. The ravenclaw also thought it made a whole lot of sense that she would have to register, that any animagi would have to register, she continued to listen to the lecture, to the points the professor made writing them down on the notes she had in front of her, it was definitely interesting and the homework was something good, something easy. The girl packed up her things and left the room.
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Amber Chou Wilson
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Transfiguration was definitely one of the hardest classes Amber was enrolled in, and she felt anxiety just at the thought of the exam this year. She really hoped she would pass it with a nice grade, but she didn't feel too confident. At least today was a theoretical lesson instead of a spell, she didn't know if she could manage to learn another spell correctly before the exam.

Today's lesson was about animagi and she worked hard on taking her notes. This was going to come back on the exam for sure. She wrote down how it could take decades to learn and how the train as strict. The thought that people spent years trying to become animagi and failing made her sad, especially since they would turn into animals and be unable to change back. What a nightmare. When the lesson was over she packed up her things and left the room, catching up with Noemie to talk to her.

She took notes on the registry at the ministry, feeling like that was only fair. It wasn't something to be taken lightly, in her opinion. Especially since it can be used to break the law. She found it interesting that there were markings on the animal form, that was sort of funny. She took notes until the end of the class, wondering why anyone would risk this if it had so many bad sides.
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November Albertson
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November was pleased with herself this semester, she had been getting good feedback in all her classes and that was impressive compared to her previous years at Hogwarts. This week was her last class of the semester in Transfiguration. While she found it interesting there were other classes she enjoyed more than this. But, she did have to admit there was at least one class she enjoyed less than this class and that had always been the case. This week the Professor was continuing the conversation on Animagus. She had to agree it seemed pretty cool but she didn’t think she’d ever be confident enough in her magic to perform a spell like that on herself. November made sure to take a lot of notes during this last class. Spending two classes on the topic she was sure that it would be present on their end of semester exam.
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