Introductory Lesson

[R. Lupin]

The young professor, Larelyn Egeila, turned and surveyed her assembling class. "Alright. Can anyone here tell me the rudimentary skills one may possess in Transfiguration?" She looked around with her strange lilac colored eyes and answered herself. "A match"--she held up a wooden match--"and transfigure it into a pin"--here she held up a pin in her other hand.

Larelyn turned on her heel as grabbed a piece of chalk, writing in neat capital letters;

Turning a matchstick into a pin is a simple process.

First: Place match in front of your wand tip.

-Point wand at match and say, "Transfigurion!" (MAKE SURE YOU PRONONCIATE IT PERFECTLY OR SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT CHANGE!)

-The match should soon wobble and take on a silvery glint. And if you get that far, you are doing fine.

-If the match should suddenly start to thin out and taper out into a point, you are doing above average.

-But, if the transforming match should get a ball-shape at the top, you are an exceptional.

Larelyn turned once more to face the class after setting the chalk down. She flicked her long rosewood wand and the match in her palm glinted and turned instantly into a pin.

She waved her wand again and and was matchbox opened and matches landed in front of each student.

"Now... Start."


**I do NOT want EVERY SINGLE student to get exceptional, it is just not fair. Please don't.**

[Harry & Kameron]

Hermione was already in her seat, listening carefully and reading the board slowly. She raised her wand to the match. "Transfigurion!" she said, wuite loudly and very cleary. The match glinted silver, then it seemed to stop. Hermione looked worried for a moment, but then it thinned out and was a pin. She smiled, looking to see if a ball appeared at the end. Slowly, it did! She had done exceptional, and was very proud! ((Well of course, Hermione had to get exceptional... lol))

Then, Just as Hermione was grinning, Harry burst into the room. "Sorry professor," he said, taking a seat next to Hermione. Quickly he skimmed through the writing on the board, whipped out his wand, tapped a match, and said "Transfigurion," he mumbled, trying to hold back a sneeze. The match glinted silver, to Harry's delight, but then, slowly rinkled up into a shining silver ball of tin foil. Harry's excited expression faded. "Whoops," he muttered.

[♥Layla~Ryan♥]

Layla was already in her seat, listening to Professor Egeila and reading the board slowly. She raised her wand to the match. "Transfigurion!" she said very clear. The match glinted silver, then it thinned out and was a pin. Then it got a ball-shape at the top. She smiled because she was exceptional.

Ryan read the board, then tried it. "Transfigurion," he mumbled, trying to hold back a yawn. The match glinted silver, but then, slowly rinkled up into a shining rock. "Oh dang it," he muttered.

Chris was already in his seat, listening to Professor Larelyn Egeila and reading the board slowly. He raised his wand to the match. "Transfigurion!" he said clearly. The match glinted silver, then it thinned out and was a pin. Chris smiled, looking to see if it got a ball-shape at the top, but it didn't. Insted, it turned into a mouse. "Umm, Professor. Mine turned into a mouse.." he sai worried.

(Ok, so two of my people didn't do it right. Is that ok?)

[♥Kira Landon♥]

Kira listened carefully and grabbed her match. "Tranfisgurion" she said very clarly and the pin turned to a silver glint. Then it thinned out and a ball appeared on the end. She had done it right.

Cho then said it but accidently coughed in the middle. IT turned black and a worried expression came on her face. "Proffessor, mine turned black" she told the proffessor.

[R. Lupin]

Larelyn was watching everyone's progress. She stopped at Hermione's. "You are exceptional," she remarked, and gave a small smile, rare in her classroom. "You completed the task quickest, 10 points to Gryffindor."

She looked at Harry's pin and picked it up. The tiny ball crumpled up, and the professor raised an eyebrow. "Strange... I don't remember when pins were made of tinfoil. But you did make a fine needle." Setting it down she heard her name being called from another student.

Professor Egeila saw something dusky brown started to scuttle down a table, and heard one student burst out in laughter. She whirled around and glared at the student, which was none other than Raein Lupin, who instantly shut her mouth and turned to her match. The professor picked up the mouse and held it gingerly. "Chris, I am surprised. Not many students can transfigure something inanimate into an animate object (even by accident). 15 points to Hufflepuff." She set don the mouse and tapped it on the head with her wand. It shrank into a pin.

She nodded to Layla and murmured, "Exceptional. Great work." Larelyn lifted the finished work and pricked her index finger with it. A bead of blood bloomed and she nodded again. "10 more points to Gryffindor." She looked at Layla's brother, Ryan, and stated, "I don't remember saying 'rock' instead of 'pin'. But good effort."

Larelyn said to Kira, "10 points to Ravenclaw. You are exceptional as well." And on hearing Cho call her, she touched the pin.

The professor recoiled and held her burnt finger. "Don't touch it, Ms. Chang. You successful burnt your pin."

[R. Lupin]

Raein glowered at her pin, and stifled a giggle when the professor burnt her finger. The thirteen year old jabbed at her match and clearly commanded, "Transfigurion!" But the match only wobbled and rolled to the floor.

Cursing, Lupin ducked under her desk and grabbed for it, but it was still rolling. "Professor!" she called and tried to get from under the table, but banged her head against the edge. She yelped in pain and crouched closer to the floor, holding her head between her hands.

[♥Layla~Ryan♥]

"It least I made something good," Chris muttered to Ryan. Then match rolled by Chris and he picked it up. "Here Lupin, and are you okay?" He said. handing it out to her.
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Layla smiled with her teacher's complement.
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Ryan laughed and looked down rock, cursing silently.

[R. Lupin]

"I'm fine!" she snapped, her patience running dry. She snatched the match out of his hand and rouchly shoved the bench out of her way. Then she stood up and sat down on her seat.

All playfulness gone, she glared at the match in her palm and held her wand at eye-level, and said softly, "Transfigurion." The match thinned and bent fluidly.

Lupin stared with astonishment at the mutilated wire. Suddenly a hand was on her shoulder, and she was pulled around to be face to face with her professor.

"You should have controlled your anger," Larelyn's voice was biting and icy. "5 points from Huflepuff for your rash actions!"

[♥Kira Landon♥]

Kira then smiled as she continued to work.

Cho slumped. "Great I burned it" she said as she kept trying but the next time it turned pink! "Proffessor it turned Pink!" she excalimed as she walked away from the needle which ws now moving and trying to poke out chos eye.

[Kros]

"Uh, professor?" Kros said, needing tog et the teacher's attention. "I keep on saying the spell, but I always get the same result!" he pointed his wand at the match, said "Transfigurion", and the match started to get sharp, but got wider at the top, and in the end, looked more like a mini stalagtic(sp?)