Fourth Years, Lesson One

Fourth Years, Lesson One: Introduction to Switching Spells
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Edward was looking forward to seeing his oldest students and getting stuck into the more advanced magic comparability to the younger ones. He smiled, greeting the students as they took their seats. "Welcome back to another year of Transfiguration. For those of you who are new or simply forgotten, my name is Professor Edward Pirrip and I'll be your teacher this year." He introduced himself when everyone had taken a seat. "Let's dive right in, yeah?" He waved his wand at the board, making a piece of chalk spring to life and start writing.

Imbuing Objects with Magic: Switching Spells​

"This year we'll be focussing primarily on switching spells. Now the name is pretty self explanatory, but in case anyone is struggling: who can tell me what switching spells are?" He asked, not too surprised when multiple students raised their hands. Edward signaled one of them with a small nod, smiling at their answer. "Correct! Switching spells are spells that switch two objects with each other. They may seem useless at first, but I promise you switching spells have potential. Their main use is trickery. Many objects at prank shops are imbued with switching spells." He told them with a small grin, observing his students' faces to see if any of them seemed like pranksters to him.

Edward stood up a little straighter when one of his students raised their hand, motioning for them to speak.

"What does imbue mean, professor?"

He took a second to think about how he could phrase his response in the simplest of forms before speaking up again. "It means to put one item, idea, or in the case a spell into a second one." He explained, waiting for some sort of confirmation that the student understood. With that, he flicked at the blackboard again to make the chalk continue writing again. "Unfortunately, that's all the time we have today. We'll get to a more in depth explanation of switching spells in a later class. For now, please make sure to read the pages on the board before next lesson. Class dismissed!"

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Homework: RP attendance! For extra credit, one student may answer the question and another ask the question. Tag @Professor Edward Pirrip if you would like me to interact with your character!

 

[Alana Cosgrove]

Alana was curious to see what Transfiguration would be like in a new year, where they would be focusing on more advanced forms of magic. Some of her classes had been disappointing in that regard, and she hoped Professor Pirrip wouldn’t do the same. She made her way into the classroom and took her seat, taking out a blank roll of parchment to take notes as Professor Pirrip discussed switching spells and what it meant to imbue something with magic. Alana wasn’t sure what it all meant, but she would the next time she walked through that door. Once the lesson was over, Alana packed up the notes she had made and left the classroom.