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Third Years: Lesson Six; *Archived* All Houses
Topic Started: Jul 2 2013, 12:59 AM (195 Views)
Ava King
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With a smile on her face, Professor Davershire started the lesson. "The art of the animagi is perhaps one of the most dangerous branches of Transfiguration. In order to be an animagus, it requires common sense, dedication, mental ability, and to be blunt, intelligence. Not everyone qualifies to be one to their wish; in fact, only seven were registered legally with the ministry within the last century."

Ava walked down the aisles, looking to see if anyone was taking notes. "This dedication of which I speak of is years, possibly decades. The reason for this is simple. Concentration and strict mind work. The mind is a complex system that you have to learn to take control of in order to master Transfiguration.

There have been many who wasted away their lives, attempting to learn this art, but never made it. Some continually tired themselves out until there was no life to strain. Others slowly drove themselves insane.
" Her voice trailed on. "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." She said, strolling behind the teacher's desk.

"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. Your talent must be used for the welfare of others, never to commit a heinous crime. To avoid trouble with animagus, the Ministry also demand that you register with any specific markings of your animal, so they know exactly who you are. Mine are the bright blue eyes." Ava said with a smile.

"First, to become an animgus 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, one student 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." She grinned.

"Also, if done improperly, you may become disfigured permanently with some of the features of the animal. Also, the person has no control over which animal they turn into. The process seems to know instinctively which animal is best suited for that particular person. The animal is based entirely on the caster's personality as well the meaning behind the animal itself."

"I shall allow you to go early today, but I want you to figure out, if you were an animagus, what would you be and why? Class dismissed!" She said smiling.

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RP Lesson

For extra Credit:
Pick one or two animals that, if you were an animagus, you might turn into, and tell me why they suit your personality. Due this time next week.
You might want to try the quizzes below for inspiration.
Link 1: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=what-is-your-animagus
Link 2: http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=21707
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Sergei Zhefarovich
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Sarcastic - Cold - Perceptive Manipulative - Animagus

[justify]Sergei Zhefarovich was relieved when he did not have any other lessons to attend to for the remainder of the semester. He took his seat and he pulled out a book to read while he waited for the other students to walk in for the class to begin. Other third years arrived soon enough, and they were going to study, more than likely. Everyone in here right now was not his type to associate with. Except Alaska. Though Valentina was interesting to him now. How wrong he was about what they were going to be doing today. But the Slytherin kept reading since he did not want to do anything else right now. He put his book away since they were more than likely not going to study. Sighing, he sucked it up. The Slytherin looked up and saw the professor before he felt like he was going to be wasting his time like he always was in classes. Though he was earning his house some points, so he should not be complaining.

Sergei did not expect to be learning more about the art of the Animagi, but alas they were. It required a lot apparently. Sergei rolled his eyes and knew that if he wanted to be, he could become one. Apparently they also had to register with the ministry. Sergei could not believe that someone would do that just so they could turn into an animal. The hours upon hours of practice had to take a lot of classes if someone was ti train while in school. Sergei wrinkled his nose at the thought of becoming disfigured because of trying to transfigure himself into an animal, and not even have the choice to choose what animal to turn into. They were allowed to leave, and so he did.
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Nikandros Matthias
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[justify]Last week of lessons finally arrived, hopefully a study lesson for the happier Gryffindor. Nikandros Matthias doubted it because this was Transfiguration, and Transfiguration rarely had study lessons. He did not know why, because most other classes had the study lessons. He could not remember when the last one was actually. Nikandros sighed as he entered the classroom and he found his seat toward the back but not in the main back either. Nikandros sighed and he looked ahead at the professor before he wondered what they were going to be doing today. It would be something, that was all he knew though. The Gryffindor looked up at the front of the classroom, and wondered if they were going to be continuing with the subject previously. Animagi was a broad topic overall. Whatever the case was, he knew that they were going to be doing something.

The lesson was soon started by the hot professor that Nikandros was growing out of now that he had his eyes on someone else. The fact that they were going over Animagi again, it amazed him. But he was going to take some notes, and that was what he was going to have to do. The act that it was taking a lot, Nikandros knew that not anyone could go into the Animagi business, and he was definitely not one of them. Sighing, he continued to take some notes over the subject. He was surprised that people drove each other nuts over the ordeal. Becoming disfigured would be his worst nightmare so he was not even going to attempt it. Nikandros was relieved when they were told that they were dismissed, so he packed his things and left the classroom.
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Damon Kyle
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[justify]Damon Kyle walked into the Transfiguration classroom for the last time this year. Damon did not really mind what they were going to be doing. Studying or not. It was hard to tell with this class since it was not very predictable. Damon smiled to himself as he entered the classroom and found his seat near the front of the classroom. He looked to his sides and did not see Sofii there and he frowned. Well, she might show up here soon. He did not look for Alaska since she did not like him much either way. Brother or just peer, he was not liked. Damon did not know why because he thought that he was lovable. Damon smiled all of the time, and even now while the third years piled in, he was still smiling. But the subject today would probably be something entertaining for Damon. He found almost everything entertaining nowadays.

Damon liked the fact that Professor Davershire had been smiled as she started up the lesson and it was over the subject of Animagi once more, and they were not doing any spells today, which Damon did not mind. As long as he was learning something! The type of dedication and determination for the ability to become an Animagus was vigorous, and he hoped that anyone that wanted to, would really be committed to it or face the horrible consequences, such as wasting their lives or going insane. Some even messed themselves up so much, they were disfigured forever! Now that was scary enough for Damon to not want to see! Registering with the ministry did not even seem as bad. The professor was feeling nice today, and let them out early. Damon smiled as he left the classroom.
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Professor Bryce Chamberlin
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[justify]It was the last week of lessons at last, and even the Ravenclaw third year was relieved. Bryce Chamberlin could not wait until the exams were done and over with. He just wanted to have some time to himself, and to hang around friends. Plus he was somewhat homesick, missing his sisters more than anything else. He took his seat where he would wait to study, right next to Roo, since other classes were doing this around this week. However he remembered what class he was in right now. It was Transfiguration, and everyone knew that there were not many study lessons around Transfiguration. So that blew that out of the water. When it came down to classes, Bryce did not really have a least favorite anymore, but the less spells, the better for him. And they were not learning many spells nowadays, so Bryce was very happy about that.

Bryce made sure that he was looking up when Professor Davershire started up the lesson, and her lips started to move which indicated that the lesson was beginning. Once more, they were going over the topic of Animagi, and he guessed that they were going to be going in depth with it. It was one of the more dangerous fields, which he guessed it was because if one did not try correctly, then they could screw themselves up permanently with trying to transfigure themselves which he thought would be too much for him to try. He would love to be an Animagus, but he knew that he did not love it that much. Registering to the Ministry seemed a little harsh, like it was regulated for some reason. Bryce shrugged and he continued to take notes while reading her lips so he got everything, even the story over the man and the anteater. Bryce grinned slightly when he read that they were dismissed. He gathered everything and left.
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