Transfiguration 2:4

Lesson Four: Introduction to Inanimate to Animate Transfiguration
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As the last few students shuffled into the room, Leif briefly raised his wand to the door, forcing it to swing shut after them. "Good afternoon and welcome back. It's nice to see you all here." He said with a smile, glancing over the present students. No one seemed to be missing. "We've gone over and practiced Animate to Inanimate Transfiguration, so it's time to move on. We are going to get a start on transfiguring inanimate, or non-living object, into an animate, or living one. I've got quite a lot to teach you before you can attempt to cast a spell." The majority of the class seemed somewhat dismayed. They were no doubt all too aware that this meant another theory lesson. Something he could understand, he wasn't a fan of them either. But they needed to get through them anyways.

"Again, an inanimate object refers to any object that is nonliving. To change it into something animate, you will need to give your chosen object life. Sight, breath, limbs, anything that makes an animate object live. These types of transformations are immensely more difficult than inanimate to inanimate or animate to inanimate transformations, so pay close attention." With that, Leif motioned his wand toward the blackboard, animating a piece of chalk.

Inanimate to Animate Transfiguration​

"Just like other transfigurations, when transfiguring something that is not alive into something that is alive, you must first have a very clear mental image of the thing that you are transfiguring. Every little detail, whether it be the different shape of the eyes, the texture of the skin, the color of the object - all of it must be visualized in your mind at the time of casting for a transfiguration spell to take proper effect. Skipping this very important step will often result in a misshapen object, or a completely failed transfiguration altogether."

Leif took a moment to let it sink in, ensuring everyone was paying close attention. "Any person that wishes to become successful at transfiguring inanimate objects must remember an important point: inanimate objects have no minds of their own. Not a single bit. All of it must be given by you, the caster. The first and most often forgotten step is that a button or a chess piece doesn't have a mind to control automatic responses or a thinking process. Therefore, when a wizard or witch casts a spell on an inanimate object and changes it into a living creature, they must create a brain for the object. A few thoughts about eating insects here, a long sticky tongue there, some slimy, bumpy skin, and you have created a frog. But, if this step is not performed correctly, then the object will change into the animal, but - it might very well be brain-dead."

Some faces paled at the thought, others looked bored. It was a very important lesson, and he still had to talk about the wand movement for inanimate to animate transfiguration, but he decided to get them to refocus and get enthused, he'd give them a demonstration.

"I'll show you exactly what this type of transfiguration can do." Leif informed them, gesturing with his wand toward an empty chair to the side of the room. It bloomed into a brightly coloured flamingo, its pink feathers standing out against the darker background, and it strutted around the class with hardly a care in the world.

"That is an example of Inanimate to Animate Transfiguration." He said as some of the students watched, fascinated as it approached them, some reaching out to stroke its feathers, which had only been mere wood moments early. Leif's eyes meanwhile drifted to the clock, noting how late it was. "Unfortunately that's all we have time for today. I promise the next few lessons will be more exciting." He said, reluctantly changing the flamingo back into a boring old chair.

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Roleplay the lesson for full marks.

 

[Kyousuke Kurosawa]

Kyousuke entered the transfiguration classroom, taking a seat near the front. It was important not to be distracted by other students, which could happen if you sat too far back. He got out his parchment, ready to take notes. As the professor started to speak, it seemed like it would be more of a lecture this class than anything practical. Kyousuke didn't mind; he simply took down everything he needed to, finding the subject of creating something animate from inanimate rather fascinating. So much was needed in terms of visualisation. He watched as the professor transformed an empty chair into a flamingo. He wondered when it'd be his turn to learn something like that. It seemed somewhat advanced. He left the class once the lesson ended, finding the lesson productive.

 

[Apolline Fontaine]

Apolline liked that summer was beginning to be felt, the first of the good long days, with the bright sunshine. She loved the summer months. As much as winter had its charm, there was nothing like that nice warmth. Apolline was trying to be outside a little more and do her work out there, which was a little better than being stuck in doors. But it was making her run a little behind in terms of being ready for class, and it was out of the question that Apolline would be late. She grabbed the things she needed and headed out of the dorm room and to class.

Apolline walked into the transfiguration classroom and took her spot excitedly in the room. She glanced at the professor as the man got started and was pretty eager to quite possibly do a spell. She took her quill though and began writing down what the professor was speaking. She was talking notes and watched as the professor spoke. However, she was disappointed as it became clear that they wouldn’t be casting anything. They would just be watching as the professor did so. Apolline did get down everything that was said about it and then headed out of the room when the lesson was wrapped up.

 

[Aroha Blenheim]

Aroha was glad her wand seemed to be working a bit better. It made classes like transfiguration a lot less stressful. Transfiguration was the more technical of the subjects, and the lectures really got to Aroha. Occasionally an interesting tidbit would come out but for the most part she found them boring. Today was no exception, Aroha sitting impatiently through the whole thing, waiting for it to be over. It was pretty cool though when the professor turned a chair into a flamingo; Aroha wouldn't mind learning how to do that. But it looked like they'd have to wait until next lesson for that one. The lesson eventually ended, Aroha not taking many notes at all but feeling like it wasn't that necessary. Doing well on exams wasn't that important after all.