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Professor Aeon Summers
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"So far we have covered every aspect of Animate to Animate Transfiguration that I feel you may need in your upcoming years here at Hogwarts, so I will cover something new today in preparation for your next year," Professor Summers explained to his students as he began the class. They had a long lecture ahead of them and they needed to dive straight in.

"Transfiguration is best known as the branch of magic that allows you to transform one object into another object. However, even this branch of magic has its limitations - much of which we covered during our lesson on Gamp's Law and its Principal Exceptions. What I've yet to cover is another limitation to our magic, a term referred to as "clashing magic". We as wizards have our own brand of magic that is specific to us. It's something we're born with - you can't create it, you can't take it away, you can't give it to someone else. It's ever present. Hags, trolls, house elves, they too all have their own particular brands of magic, though in the former two cases, its quite rudimentary. But, magic doesn't just stop at beings. Beasts too have magical capabilities, as I'm sure you're all aware by now. A phoenix can heal with its tears and is reborn when it dies. A Demiguise can render itself invisible and briefly glimpse the future. These are abilities only these creatures have. Wizards can imitate some of these attributes, but no wizard will ever be able to reach the full extent of their capabilities. Now, here's where transfiguration comes in. Have you ever heard of a unicorn animagus? What about something transforming a lampshade into an occamy? Or changing a dragon into a kitten?"

Of course, no one had heard of any of these scenarios happening. "We can't transfigure a muggle into a wizard. We can't transfigure a chicken into a phoenix - at best, you'd end up with a red bird that does nothing particularly special. We can't give something magic, ours or otherwise. On the other hand, we can't take magic away that doesn't belong to us. Magical creatures are resistant to transfigurations by wizards because their personal magic works as a shield against ours, the two counteract each other and the spell fails. The reason wizards can transfigure each other into objects or animals is that our magic is the same, it recognizes it as alike and allows it in. Then, in the case of non-magical creatures, they have no defenses against magic at all, and so our spells continue to work."

The professor stopped for a moment to ensure people understood, looking around to see if there were any questions, though he was sure he'd explained it well enough. "This doesn't mean magical creatures are immune to our spells. Many charms, curses and the like will still work. Some creatures however, have defense mechanisms against all brands of magic. A dragon's hide is resistant to most hexes and jinxes, and it takes a large group of skilled wizards to subdue one. Great, well, I think that's all we have time for today. Homework is on the board if you feel up to it. I'll see you guys next week." He waved his wand at the blackboard as he spoke, revealing the chalk writing he'd scrawled up before the lesson.
1) Essay: Transfiguration on a magical creature is impossible, but if you could do it, what sorts of things might you need to visualize and concentrate on to make it work?
2) Draw a picture of any magical creature of your choice.
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Gabriella Tillington
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Not a Twin | Perfectionist | Well-Organized | Swimmer | Controlled | Socially Awkward

The shock of her mother's letter had worn off a little by now, though Gabriella still found herself reading it over and over more often than she would admit even to Frankie. Something about it had been freeing. Knowing that her mother cared and wanted to meet her made her feel powerful, and she hoped it would really be possible soon. She had been daydreaming about going to America with her sister, seeing what it was like and meeting her mother. It felt less like a betrayal of her father the longer she thought about it. It had been partly his choices that had caused her to be separated from that part of her family in the first place.

Gabriella noticed to her dismay that these thoughts were keeping her from her school work more and more. She needed to focus. She might be a little less happy with her father than usual, but she still wanted to win his approval by getting good grades. This semester of Transfiguarion hadn't been the girl's favorite, but she still felt hopeful as she entered the classroom. Today's lesson was different than the ones so far, and she liked it. As Professor Summers started on his lecture, the young Hufflepuff started quickly taking notes. The subject was fascinating, and something she hadn't known much about before. The professor told them how magical creatures were not something wizards couldn't transfigure. It made perfect sense once she thought about it. She noted down in particular that wizards could transfigure each other because the magic was the same. That seemed like an important detail. She also made sure to note down that this didn't mean magical creatures were immune to spells in general. When the lesson was over, she packed up her things and left the classroom. She had enjoyed the lecture a lot, and wanted to read more about the subject.
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Mervyn Strangewayes
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When Mervyn had been a first year, he'd expected Transfiguration to be a mostly practical class, unaware of the number of laws and restrictions there were to this branch of magic. He didn't really mind. The information was not only useful, it was necessary if one didn't want to end up having a nasty accident, or embarrassing oneself by, for instance, attempting to turn a chicken into a phoenix. When Professor Summers said it, it seemed so obvious - almost common sense - and yet Mervyn had never considered these limitations before. He took notes as the lecture went on, adding a few sketches when writing became tedious and his hand hurt from gripping his quill too hard. He also needed to buy some more ink; all this note-taking was quickly depleting his supply. When he was finished, he packed up and headed off with Leda, hoping that would be the last lecture of the day.
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Lenore Harvelle
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It was already the fourth lesson and that meant that they had already done half of the period. Len was excited, it was going well and she was keeping up with homework. The homework this year hadn't been hard and because Len had dropped a few subjects she had it quiet easy. She loved Care of the Magical creatures and muggle studies and hoped the electives were fun next period as well. Not that she was taking all she had already picked out a few that sounded like they were fun and doable. Len walked into the classroom and sat down.

Len walked into the classroom and sat sown. Transfiguration was hard, but Len managed to do the homework and get some good grades for the subject. Today's lesson was about the limitations in the subject. Things you couldn't do even if you wanted to do them. Len made notes on everything and hoped the lesson would be over soon. Her hands didn't like the long lessons. It made sense that you couldn't do these things, but they still sounded awesome. The fact that some creatures were immune was funny to know she didn't know that. When the class over she left the classroom she was done with the lesson for today.
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Simon Vanity
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[justify]Increasingly Simon found that he liked all the little parts of the extra classes he did. He had been pleased with everything knowing he’d picked well, but it hadn’t been too apparent to him how well he had picked. The classes, just blended with his personality so well, the allowed him to be good at it, and prove that he was good at it. The teen had also found that they weren’t particularly more difficult to study either. They were different, and he was on the basics for a lot since they’d just started the classes, but overall, he didn’t find it any more complicated. A fact he was rather pleased about. He was working as hard as he ever did, and it was only a little extra work at the end that he needed to do. Nothing too drastic. He knew it had been smart to not take on more than he could do. He could maybe add another class in the next semester, but he liked how it was now. He liked how he his time managed now, and there was no telling what the next semester would be like, though he assumed that it would be much like this one. With that thought, he packed up his things and left the room.

Simon walked into transfiguration, hopeful and keen to just get started on whatever spell they would hopefully be covering in the lesson itself. The boy looked up at the professor as the man did get started and tried to figure out what they'd be doing before the professor really said it. However, it became clear very quickly that they wouldn't be doing anything other than just listening to a lecture. Which Simon minded far less than he might let on. The teen liked lectures really, he just didn't want to always be doing them when they could be doing other things. However, he knew that the theory elements of transfiguration were important and so instead of complaining any further in his mind he focused himself and actually began writing down what the professor was saying about it. It was actually pretty interesting, clashing magic was something he had been curious about, so it was pretty interesting to actually get to learn about it, and he assumed there would also be an essay where he could do more work. The teen just kept his gaze and attention on the man, writing every little piece of information that seemed important. Eventually the lecture was brought to an end and he was able to take a note of the homework before heading to the library to do it.
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Patrick Vernier
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It was already halfway through the semester and Patrick was proud of how he had managed to keep up with all of his classes so far. It was difficult, but he was managing through it, and even took the opportunity to put some extra studying in whilst everyone was at the Halloween party. He enjoyed his classes and thought that he was learning so much which was always a good thing, especially considering he took interest in everything he did. He knew his father would be proud too and made a mental note to write him a letter soon as he packed everything he needed for the day into his backpack and headed out of his dormitory.

When Patrick entered the Transfiguration classroom he took his usual seat in the room away from everyone else and patiently waited for the lesson to begin. As the professor began his lecture, Patrick took out all of his writing equipment and made sure to write down as much as he could about clashing magic. The lecture did not seem as difficult as what the first one did and Patrick was thankful for this. By the end of the lesson he managed to get a decent amount of information and left the classroom at the end of the lesson with a smile on his face.

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