Fourth Years, Lesson Two

Fourth Years, Lesson Two: Transfiguration & Food
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Edward stood at the door with an open tin of custard creams in hand which some would recognise as canary creams. He offered one to each fourth year student as they arrived, "Here, take one but don't eat it. I'll know if you do." He repeated to each student until the last one arrived. He closed the lid then limped back to his desk to start the lesson. On his way there, a sudden commotion in class drew his attention. He spun round to see a giant canary sat amongst the fourth years and knew immediately what had happened. "Ah fantastic, we have our first subject for today's lesson on Transfiguration and food." He chuckled, "The biscuits I offered you were Canary Creams. Now they look good, sure, but not many people eat them on a regular basis and I think it's pretty obvious why," Edward motioned towards the giant canary who suddenly poofed back into a very flustered student, a few stray feathers fluttering down around their desk. "Welcome back. Have some house points for your troubles." He nodded, the student was getting off lightly considering they had ignored a direct instruction. Edward moved to stand in front of the class. "Transfiguration spells can be placed into objects so that when they are touched, or in this case, ingested, a Transfiguration spell is triggered."

"These little treats look tasty and small, but the spells that go into them to turn the eater into a canary are some of the more difficult to cast. You have to weave the spell into an object, much like the creation of a portkey, or charms that affect items. It also requires a delayed Untransfiguration spell to kick in after a certain period of time, to avoid permanent transformations." Edward explained, looking around to check that students were taking notes.

"You might think that such a complicated spell would draw the most intelligent and powerful wizards to think of creative and useful ways to use it but so far we have mostly joke items. You can find canary creams such as these in a few shops, I'm sure I don't need to tell you which ones," He told them with a wink, "So who else wants to try their canary cream before the lesson ends?"

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Homework: RP attendance! First student to try the canary cream gets extra credit. Tag @Professor Edward Pirrip if you would like me to interact with your character!