Second Years, Lesson Three

Second Years, Lesson Three: Learning Statua (chipmunk into statue)​

As Edward entered the classroom from his office, he greeted the students already present before taking his own seat, waiting for the latecomers to file inside before pointing his wand at the door to close it. "Good morning everyone. Who remembers covering the lesson in which transfiguration was discussed as a punishment used to turn offending wizards into statues?" It came with no surprise that most of the class raised their hands, which he was glad about. At least it meant his students had been paying attention in previous years too.

"We are going to perform something quite similar to this today." Edward remarked, to some shocked faces of the students. He bent down, pulling up a spacious cage containing a handful of chipmunks running around on a leafy habitat inside. "There is one difference. These animals will not be left as a statue for a length of time, unlike witches and wizards who were punished this way. As soon as I have graded your work, I will transfigure them back. This process will not harm the chipmunks, physically or otherwise. No, I did not raid a forest and capture them myself." He joked. "They've been conjured specifically for this lesson, so they aren't, to put it one way, real. I don't want to hear any objections, please. This branch of Transfiguration is necessary for even attempting later branches, so if you refuse to do the work now, you might as well not do this course at all." Edward explained to them, knowing some students might feel they are harming animals.

Edward began to hand each of his student a chipmunk. He had inherited them from the previous professor, causing them to be quite docile, and used to a magical learning environment. He couldn't have students chasing them around all lesson, possibly harming the animal or themselves. Real chipmunks or not, it wasn't something he wanted to see. "Be careful and treat them with care. We don't want either of you harmed."

"The wand moment is the same as last week," He explained as he wandered around the room. "Visualise your chipmunk turning into a statue of any material, the easiest and most common being wood or stone, then cast the spell. Metals are a little more difficult to do. The incantation is 'Statua'. Have fun and if you have any problems, I will be around to help you out." He wandered back to his desk at the front, tapping the remaining chipmunk with the tip of his wand. It lost its brown colour, instead shifting into a statue of white marble. He left the chipmunk that way for a minute so his students could see before turning it back the way it was before.

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Homework: Roleplay successfully transfiguring a chipmunk into a statue for full marks. Feel free to roleplay myself helping you. If you would like further interaction with your character, tag @Professor Edward Pirrip

 

[Christa Langley]

Christa headed into the transfiguration class room and sat with one of her dormmates. She wasn’t sure yet how she felt about the class for this year, but quite a few of her classes had been worrying her given their penchant for doing things she didn’t agree with. She raised her hand when the professor asked if they remembered the class about transfiguration as a punishment. She definitely remembered that class because she’d considered it quite horrifying. She felt a little better about the whole chipmunks weren’t real real and instead had been conjured, though since she didn’t understand much about how that process worked she didn’t know what that meant really, but she did feel better about the fact they weren’t from a nice foresty area. She practiced the spell and then when the class was finished she quickly scurried out so she could head somewhere and make more scrapbooking about this for her sister Sabrina.​

 

[Miles Flynn]

It was time for another Transfiguration lesson, and Miles had his wand out before he had ever sat down in his seat. He was eager to learn some more magic, and was even more surprised to hear they were moving on from beetles to instead practice on chipmunks. He had to admit, the creatures were pretty cute, but he understood that they weren't real so he had no qualms in practicing on them. It was a bit of a struggle to try and keep them still enough to actually try and aim, and Miles did end up missing the spell quite a few times before he actually managed to get it right. His statue was... still surprisingly life like, but he supposed he had successfully turned his chipmunk into a statue. Feeling pleased with his work, Miles handed his chipmunk in for grading before he gathered his things once they had been dismissed.