First Years, Lesson Six

First Years, Lesson Six: Learning Gemelitiar (book into a jewellery box)​

"Good morning everyone, this is our last practical lesson before exams." Edward told them as his students took their seat, surprising himself at how quickly the semester had passed. "To start, I’d like you all to take out your textbook and place it on your desk." he instructed, gesturing to his own as an example. "Today, we’ll be turning these books into jewellery boxes, or trinket boxes if you prefer to think of them that way." Edward noticed an audible reaction when some students oohed and others groaned. Edward waited until everyone was ready with a textbook in front of them. "We will, of course, be using the three tap method. The incantation is 'Gemelitiar.' Like this." Professor Pirrip tapped his book three times and incanted the spell, "Gemelitiar" and the book immediately changed into a beautiful jewellery box made of mahogany wood, inscribed with sentences from the books pages in reference to its previous form. Garnets and opals adorned the lid which he opened to show the inside of the wooden box.

"When you try, I want you to visualise a box that feels personal to you. Think about what suits your style or draw on familiar memories like a jewellery box you’ve seen before. The clearer your image, the better your results. I would like all of you to begin, I will be walking around as always. After you are done, use the rest of your time to study." Edward let the students get on with the spell and at the end, he spoke before dismissing them. "You've all worked very well this term and I'm very proud. Good luck in your exam. Class dismissed!"

Note: "Finite" is a counter-spell, not Untransfiguration, and shouldn't be used to reverse any transfigurations.

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Homework: RP trying to turn your book into a jewellery box for full marks. Tag @Professor Edward Pirrip if you would like me to interact with your character!

 

[Freddie Lagowski]

Freddie looked at his book - A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration - and leaned back in his chair. This seemed, like, way harder than turning a matchstick into a needle. Even that was hard, and needles were easy to picture in your head. Now he had to think of a jewellery box? Well, he did have a box he kept his rings in. That was kind of a jewellery box. It was at home, though - he hadn't seen it for months. He closed his eyes, trying to imagine it: black, shiny, kinda book-shaped, with one of those flip lock things. How many rows were there inside? Did that even matter? Did the inside have to be good too?

He stared at his book for at least five minutes before he took his wand out. The image was pretty clear in his head now. Aiming, he tapped the cover three times. "Gemelitiar," he said. Did the cover go a bit darker? Was he just imagining that? He sat up straighter. "Gemelitiar." Something definitely changed then. Maybe he just had to do it a bunch of times. On the third try, the book went totally black, the pages melting together into the sides of his box. He tried the lid. There wasn't a lid. It was just a solid black rectangle. Uuuuughhh. Why was it so hard?

Should he... pretend his leg hurt? No! He never did that! Yeah, but last time it hurt, Professor Pirrip gave him an O. Nonononono. Dumb dumb dumb dumb DUMB idea. Freddie didn't care about getting an O. Maybe a little - but not that much. Before he could change his mind, he stood up and handed his block in. ​

 

[Marina Vortalis]

Marina looked at her textbook, avoiding Freddie again as she ran her fingers over the passage she was looking for that talked about what the professor was saying. Turning a book into a jewellry box was not an easy spell, and the more intricate the harder it was, so she would think about a very simple jewellery box, she thought, to give herself a couple of more chances. She carefully tapped the book and pracitced the spell a couple of times before she finally said “gemelitiar!” and watched as the book became the jewellery box in her head - more or less. Soon the lesson ended and she quickly packed up and left.​

 

[Juniper Veritas]

Juniper was beyond relieved that it was already the last week before exams, in one hand it meant she was about to need to do a lot of studying but in the other it meant she was a step closer to going back home. Settling into the Transfiguration classroom Juni looked around before focusing on her Professor. Listening and watching the demonstration the Hufflepuff hoped she'd not do too badly. Performing actual magic was still a tad nerve wracking for her. As they were told to go ahead Juniper stared at her book for longer than necessary, five minutes or so. After her stare-off she raised her wand at it and pursed her lips into a tight line before imagining the book turning into a jewellery box, giving it three taps she said the incantation. "Gemelitiar." And watched as nothing happened. Sighing she tried it again, with a bit more imagination this time. "Gemelitiar." Nope still nothing. One last time, she told herself before closing her eyes and truly focusing on it. "Gemelitiar." Opening her eyes Juniper watched as the book stayed as a book. Ok, once more shouldn't hurt. "Gemelitiar." She said firmly and held her breath as nothing happened at first but then slowly the book turned into a box and Juniper felt a sense of pride.

 

[Rose Glass]

Rose wasn't sure how she felt about Transfiguration yet. In some ways it was the most nerve-wracking, because she was never quite sure what they'd be doing for their next lesson. Today it would be a chance for them to turn books into jewellery boxes, which made Rose wonder if the jewellery box business was suffering because no one needed to buy them anymore. "Gemelitiar." She said clearly, pointing her wand at her own book and watching as slowly it transformed into a box. It seemed to be a very specific spell, "Sir, why would we ever want to use do this in the future?" Unless of course the spell could also turn things that were similar to a book into something similar to a box, it didn't make much sense to the Ravenclaw.

@Professor Edward Pirrip