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 cheerfully as they settled. "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, while 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: 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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Homework: RP attendance! Tag @Professor Edward Pirrip if you would like me to interact with your character! Extra credit for including a link to another post where your character reflects on this lesson in some way (for example, an internal monologue or a discussion with another character about the topic).

 

[Leena Ilves]

Perhaps it was because there was something in the Ilves blood line that made Leena drawn to this subject in a way that she wasn't others, but she was once again sat in her Transfiguration lesson, transfixed by the professor as he spoke about how in depth the topic could get. She had many questions, and perhaps a chat with her sister would be one of the best ways she could answers to those questions, from someone who was experiencing this first hand. Looking through the notes, Leena was also interested to see Time Travel written down, given that the Hufflepuff thought that was an entirely fictional ability. Could wizards really time travel, too?