Chapter 38 – Transfiguration Class! Part-1

    {Transfiguration Classroom, Hogwarts}

    {2nd Sep 1991}

    {3rd Person POV}

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    "Are you okay?" Daphne asked as she looked at Rigel. The boy had been surprisingly calm as he read through the detailed reports where his name was being dragged through the mud.

    "Yeah, a little excited, did you know what the transfiguration spell is, I couldn''t find it in our books," Rigel replied. He looked entirely unconcerned about the reports.

    ''He''s not that much of an idiot to take things like public opinion lightly. Does he have a plan?'' She thought.

    "Yeah, unlike charms or Potions, the spells used in Transfiguration can be a little more dangerous so other than the theory you would not find anything useful in the textbooks. Everything would be taught to us in the class." Daphne replied. Rigel nodded as he looked back as Prof. McGonagall walked out of the room with Harry Potter in tow.

    The savior of the wizarding world looked a little better than he did in the morning, his outburst in the Great Hall did shock Rigel but he would not blame him considering the photo of his Godfather was printed on the front page of the newspaper.

    ''At least the story remained the same, with Sirius in Azkaban the tragic ending to the golden friendship between the Marauders would have remained canon. I don''t need to touch any of that for a little while though so everything is okay for now.'' Rigel though. He noticed that Harry was staring at him for a little bit before he stopped.

    ''The change is a lot more thorough than a surface-level illusion, the desk is really a pig right now, but is it alive? Surely not?'' Rigel thought.

    "What I did was an Inanimate-to-Animate transfiguration. There are 5 kinds of Transfiguration that you would study in my classroom during your 7 years of schooling. At the start of your first year, we will begin with small things and Inanimate-to-Inanimate transformation. But as you get more familiar with the whole process your understanding of Transfiguration would increase and we would attempt your first at both Animate-to-Inanimate and Inanimate-to-animate Transfiguration." Prof. McGonagall spoke and she waved her wand again.

    The Class looked at the changing pig/desk in awe and after a moment''s silence, she continued. "To achieve any form of Transfiguration there are some things you need to keep in mind. Firstly, Intent. Most of the Transfiguration spells, except for the first few ones in each genre are done using generalized spells. There are several reasons for this but I''ll explain them when we begin learning generalized spells. But for the most part, Intent is the key ingredient that would allow you to force something to change its very nature..." Prof. McGonagall kept on going with her lecture.

    "Secondly, Wand Movements and Incantation. While the Intent shapes your target, these two are important to form the spell in the first place. A mistake in wand movement would make it so that even if you are focused on the current thing, your results would differ from what you want."

    "And Lastly, Practice. No matter how good your transfiguration would turn out to be, without sufficient practice you would not be able to master the spell, and in tense situations like during the practical portion of an exam you might fail to get a desired result." Professor McGonagall finished her continuous lecture. She waved her wand and different alphabets appeared behind her on the board.

    "Note down these symbols for now until we begin." Prof. McGonagall started as the class erupted in motion. Rigel was a little late as he was staring at the desk that still had a lot of lingering mana that remained and was slowly diffusing into thin air.

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    ''I have so many questions...''

    AN - I''m focusing on more realistic classes, tell me what you guys think!

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