Second Years, Lesson Five

Second Years, Lesson Five: Learning Torte (teapot into a turtle)​

Edward was putting out a display of different teapots of various designs and colours when his second years arrived. "Good morning! How are we all? We have a fun lesson today." He greeted them brightly, picking up a multi-coloured polka dot teapot and holding it in the palm of one hand. "You will each turn one of these decorative teapots into a tortoise. I want you all to be very careful when performing this spell. I will be taking points off of your grade if the tortoise breathes steam or has ceramic tiles on its shell. Patterns are fine, but I don't want to see actual porcelain left over. We're focusing on a complete transformation."

Edward took out his wand and pointed it at the teapot he was holding. "Torte!" He spoke the incantation clearly so his students could hear. With a poof, the teapot changed into a tortoise that fitted nicely in his open palm and now brown and green in colour. "The incantation, as you just heard, is Torte. Please repeat after me." He had his students repeat the incantation once before nodding his head in approval. "Come one by one, choose your favourite teapot and return to your seat with it." Edward placed his transformed tortoise back onto the table, turning it back into a teapot with a quick flick of his wand.

Once each student had selected a teapot and returned to their desks, Edward gave them the go ahead. "You may begin. Take your time, and remember to focus. At the end of class, bring your tortoise to the front for grading. Enjoy the process, but don’t let the fun distract you from getting it right!"

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Roleplay attempting to turn your teapot into a turtle. A successful transformation will earn full marks. Tag @Professor Edward Pirrip if you would like me to interact with your character!

 

[Christa Langley]

Christa was excited for a lesson when she could turn things into other things. It wasn’t as harrowing as the baby plant but it was cool. Still she looked over her choices for colourful teapots and then picked a silver one. She pulled it over to her desk and studied it, looking over what could possibly be any kind of blemish that might form into her tortoise. She went over the spell multiple times in her head making sure she got it right and then practiced the three tap method too, so that she could get that correct. She didn’t want to one or two tap and then the thing turn into something monstrous, would that even work? She had no idea how magic worked honestly. She tapped the teapot and quickly envisioned a tortoise in her mind that looked a bit like the teapot, and then said “Torte!” It took a couple of tries before she got it but once she did she grinned. “Yes!” The class ended not long after.​

 

[Miles Flynn]

Miles was pleased to move onto actually getting to practice some magic, wand already in his hand as he took his seat in the classroom. It was another strange spell they were learning this time around, the Gryffindor having no idea why anyone would want to turn a tortoise into a teapot of all things. Probably not a spell he would be using in his day-to-day life, but that didn't mean he wasn't still excited to learn it. After all, any chance to learn magic was going to be fun. And so, he listened intently to the Professor, watching the demonstration they were given, before going to grab one of the turtles they were to practice on, placing it on his desk once he had returned to it. As usual, he did feel just a little sorry for the creature for what was about to happen, but not enough to refuse to practice. Instead, the second year clear his throat, raised his wand and concentrated as he spoke the incantation. It took him a few attempts, but eventually a smile found its way into his face as he successfully managed to transfigure his turtle. It was a bit of a scaled looking teapot, but it was still a teapot.