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| Fourth Years: Lesson Three; *Archived* All Houses | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 20 2013, 02:31 AM (53 Views) | |
| Ava King | Aug 20 2013, 02:31 AM Post #1 |
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"Today we are going to start our first switching spell." Professor Davershire started, a smile on her face as her students sat in their seats. She was super excited to be doing a practical lesson again this week, and hoped her students were just as excited. "Switching Spells are some of the most common types of transfiguration spells, and simultaneously some of the most complex to explain or understand. The initial concept seems simple enough; you take one item and simply switch it out for something else..." She shook her head, indicating that this was not the case. "But no. Once we dive deeper into the mystery of these spells, you will certainly find that they are awfully complex in their simplicity." Ava took two perfectly new quills from her pocket, one black and one white. She placed them both upon her desk, moving things around to make some space. She placed the white one on the left and the black one on the far right. For once the class fell silent, and most of them stared up at her somewhat eagerly. "Behold!" She exclaimed dramatically; grinning. Her wand swished downward toward the desk, though it aimed more at the middle than at any one particular quill. Not a sound escaped her lips. Silently, slowly, both quills began to change. The black one brightened, turning the color of coffee with milk, to gray, and then finally to white. The white quill gained dark brown tips for but a moment until the new color seeped slowly toward the center, effectively making a black quill. The two quills had completely switched places. Professor Davershire picked up the black one with a smile. The same black quill that had previously resided on the right side of her desk, now sat on the left. Her small class still stared at her. She felt absolutely certain that at least a few of them were contemplating whether she had transfigured both quills to change to a different color, or if they had really switched. The difference between switches and transfiguration spells was most always subtle. "Fact One," she started. "You will find that in most cases that when you cast a switching spell, there is no incantation." She fell silent for a moment to let the implications of that statement sink in. "So when you cast a switching spell, you can no longer rely on correct wording. Your success will come solely from your ability to concentrate and focus not only on the objects being switched but also from your knowledge of the second object's whereabouts and location, which brings us to Fact Two." Professor Davershire opened the first drawer of her desk, and placed the black quill into the drawer and left the white one sitting on her desk. "The two objects that I switched were close together and in plain sight; this does not always have to be the case. For a small example..." She swished her wand once more through the air impressively and the white quill turned back to black. From her drawer she removed the white one. "Any questions? Clear as mud? Fantastic." she said with a laugh. "I think I shall have you all try a simple switching spell yourselves in the remainder of the class. We will start with an inanimate object like the quill and work our way up from there." She reached under her desk and pulled from it one pile of white quills, and another of black. "Okay guys! I want each of you to come up here and collect two quills each. Remember, visualization and wand movements only. By the end of class, I want to see each of your quills swapped colors. I will be watching for pranksters and cheaters." She smirked at them with a wink, knowing exactly what she was like at their age. "You have about 40 minutes, so get started!" Homework: Role-play attempting your very first switching spell. Keep in mind that you are attempting a type of magic that is far different than anything you've learned before. I imagine such an easy spell can be cast without too many problems, but the 'no incantation' thing might be a little strange if you've never tried it before. |
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