First Years, Lesson Three

First Years, Lesson Three: Transfiguration Restrictions and Laws
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Edward waited inside the classroom, greeting the first year students as they settled in for the lesson. "Good morning! Great to see you all back," he said with a smile. "No wands today, sorry! We’ve got some theory to cover before the exciting stuff, but I promise it’ll be worth the wait." Ignoring a few groans, he gestured to the board, where the chalk began writing. "Your first year is all about introductions and building a solid foundation. Inanimate to inanimate transfiguration is your starting point, then animate to animate transfiguration forms the backbone for advanced spells like vanishing, conjuring, and eventually human transfiguration."

He paused for those taking notes, then continued. "Human transfiguration, including animagus transformation, is rare and highly regulated by the Ministry. This school, like Uagadou, is known for training animagi, but comes with responsibility. Here’s a list of transfigurative magic, like animagi and apparition, subject to strict laws." The chalk magically moved to write a new list on the board.

Animagi: Human transfiguration that requires a license and is heavily regulated. The Ministry has a list of registered animagi, for safety and identification reasons. Any animagi found to not be on the list faces time in Azkaban prison. Apparition: A license is required to apparate legally. You will learn to apparate in year six, and not a moment before. Invisibility: The Ministry has tried time and again to keep restrictions on the use of invisibility cloaks and spells. Naturally this is the hardest for them to detect, but be aware restrictions do exist and should be researched thoroughly. Muggles: The Department of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office, also known as Creation of Dangerous Objects Department, attempts to minimise the number of harmful objects created from muggle items. Sometimes they are successful, sometimes not. Time Travel: This branch is heavily restricted because of the potentially catastrophic consequences. Very few people ever receive permission to travel back in time.

"That's all the time we have for today. Please make sure you have these lists written down, it'll make things much easier! See you all next week."

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[Christa Langley]

Being a muggleborn, the concept of restrictions on magic specifically was new to her, though the idea that those restrictions exist wasn’t. She frowned as she read what the professor had put up on the board, trying to take as many notes as possible about the magic she was learning and the cautions around it. Most of it was fascinating, transforming oneself into something else, invisibility - which was something she wasn’t quite sure she believed in, or the ability to just disappear from one place and reappear in another. That hardly seemed real either. She’d always wondered if people could invent teleporters so she could show up wherever she needed to when she needed to, so the idea that it existed in some form was kind of crazy for her to believe. This wasn’t Star Trek. Time travel especially seemed like something to be avoided, she couldn’t imagine what that might be like, and the fact it existed in some way was ridiculous. She quickly took notes on all of the restrictions, making sure to make special notes of the things she thought were the most unlikely before heading out of class as the lesson wrapped up. Honestly all of it was a bit silly if she was honest.​