Transfiguration ((OWLs))

[Hermione Granger]

It was Hermione's first class of the day. She descended the stairs from the Professor's Staff Room towards her classroom. The corridors were empty. Most students were still in the Great Hall breakfasting. Some were probably finishing homework for the next lesson at the very last minute. Hermione sat at her desk and flipped through her notes for her OWLs class' lesson plan. Today's class would consist of fourth and fifth years of all houses, and it would be the first time Hermione had ever taught them. She was slightly nervous. Introductary lessons were always the most difficult, trying to grow comfortable with strangers. You didn't know how the children would react to you, what was the best method for teaching them. Vice versa, they didn't trust you because they didn't know you, and they are always cynical before they learn your teaching methods. Worse still, since Hermione was such a well-known (and unwilling) celebrity, most, if not all, the students, knew her history, the stories of her past. After all, these kids weren't in first year any more; they'd lived some of the Dark Years, heard the stories, were old enough to understand. They had a mind of their own, and it frightened Hermione to think how much would - could - be let loose in this class.

But no fear. Hermione never succumbed to fear. She saw this new OWLs class as a challenge she would overcome with time. She smiled a little as students began filing into the classroom and shut her notebook. Today's lesson would be centred around the transfiguration of animate objects, but she would also be mentioning snippets of information from their previous years to test how much Professors McGonagall and Thorne had left in their memories. Hermione waited until the minute hand of her watch was one minute past the designated start of the lesson and stood up from her seat. She looked upon the chatting students and quickly the room fell silent. Hermione noted the fresh faces and spoke, her voice level and steady. "Good morning, class. My name is Professor Granger, and I will be your new Transfiguration teacher as of today. First of all, I'm going to do the register, so please say yes when your name is called. If any student misses one of my lessons for whatever reason, I will not be best pleased. Come to see me before the lesson with a proper reason and I will be understanding. Come to me after the lesson and I will not." Hermione looked prim and proper, standing at the front of a large class of fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds, clutching her notebook and staring sternly at them. She didn't know it, but she was almost like a younger version of Minerva McGonagall. At least, both their voices contained the same posh British accent.

After completing the register, Hermione stood up again and paced round her front desk to perch against it whilst looking at her class. "Today we will be focusing on the transfiguration of animate objects. Animate means alive, so for example, I will be teaching you how to transfigure a rat into a goblet. Whereas in the beginner classes in the lower years you transfigured inanimate objects such as a feather into a quill, this year will be much more difficult and intense. I know the fifth years will have already attempted some of this material last year, so every lesson, depending on your year group, you will be attempting different transfigurations suitable for your skill level. Obviously, fourth years will have easier spells than fifth years." Hermione paused for breath to see if she still had the children's attention. She wondered a little if they were thinking about her as Hermione Granger who haunted The Prophet's columns, or Hermione Granger, Professor of Transfiguration. "First of all, however, we will begin with questions relating to your previous years' work. This is for all of you to answer. If you know, put up your hand, and if I choose you, please give your name, house and year, and then your answer. Since I don't know any of you, I will do my best to remember your names and faces." Hermione recalled the relevant questions mentally and spoke them aloud to the class: "Okay, so. Describe the similarity and complexity range in Transfiguration, and the three options for a full classification of a transfiguration. One person per answer, please, so everyone gets a chance to answer." Hermione tried a smile and looked round expectantly.

((Answers can be found here. I am looking for three people to answer (describing similarity, describing complexity, and the three options for full classification). Once this has been answered, the lesson will continue.))

[Josephine Bowman S7]

Josephine Bowman walked more than a little slow through the corridors. She was worried. Her sister wasn’t doing well and had left Hogwarts. All she could now think about was her sister lying alone in that hospital bed at St. Mungos. It was a horrifying thought, but after her sister had forgotten where she was and who everyone was for a good hour she found that it would be safer and better for her to be some place else, instead of trying to hex everyone that came within a few feet of her like she had been doing yesterday. It made for Josephine’s normal schedule to become tedious and pointless. Classes didn’t seem to matter anymore, but she still went, had to really, but it was getting obvious that she could no longer really do much. Sure she still spoke up, giving her opinion and answering questions, but that was done only in an attempt to quiet the dull ache in her heart and the empty, painful place in her mind that wanted to scream out it’s existence to the world.

In all sense of the word Josephine’s world was falling apart and there was nothing she could do to stop it, no spell could save Brianna now and there was no cure. Josephine sighed as she found her feet moving to the door of the Transfiguration class. A new teacher, a new year, and a new outlook on life… there was a soft scoff that escaped her lips at the thought as she pushed through the door and moved to her normal seat. Again she was the first student, but it didn’t take long for others to slide into the room, getting sat down and ready for another day at Hogwarts. Professor Mudblood Granger was already ready to get started and Josephine was fine with that, even the fact that their professor was the famed Hermione Granger didn’t really bother her today…it would later she was sure, but at that very moment she was more concerned with getting the class going than talking semantics about a teacher that was more than likely inadequate for the job, but again…that was her Slytherin perspective seeping out.

Josephine paused…then listened to the entire spill that every teacher gave to them in the beginning. No there won’t be a problem…yes we’ll behave….no we won’t call you a mudblood… Jo thought as Granger’s voice finally died out. This was definitely not going to be as good a class as it used to be with the mudblood running it, but Josephine’s thoughts had become more and more tainted than they were thanks to her friends. Kailyn wasn’t much of a muggleborn lover and as much as Jo never used to care, now it was becoming almost intolerable for her to be in the same presence as one. She deserved to be in the presence of purebloods like her, but of course that wasn’t always possible in this school.

Really that didn’t matter though as Josephine raised her hand to answer one of the questions, her mind quickly raking through all they’d been taught previously by the other professors, her mind lingering on the similarity between the Exordium and the Eventium. “Josephine Bowman, Slytherin, 5th,” Jo stated immediately after being called on. She had every intention of answering every question, but noticed a few others raise their hands from Slytherin. That was a good start so she kept her mind focused on just similarity. “The similarity range is used to classify how similar or dissimilar the transfiguration of the object is. For instance a similar transfiguration is in which the Exordium and Eventium share at least one main characteristic, like a brown rat, being transfigured into a brown goblet. A dissimilar transfiguration is in which the Exordium and Eventium share no main characteristics, like the brown rat turning into a green goblet.” Josephine nodded her head at her words, completely satisfied with her answer and her examples.

[Harmony Chan H6]

"Norah, come on!" Harmony pulled at Norah's arm. The Ravenclaw was still chewing away contentedly at her breakfast. "We'll be late and we don't want that for our first lesson with Professor Granger!" Harmony was impatient to be on time for her first Transfiguration lesson of the year for several reasons. Firstly, they had a new teacher: the legendary Hermione Granger herself. Admittedly, Harmony didn't feel quite as star-struck as some pupils had when the young woman had first arrived at Hogwarts because she wasn't born and bred in the wizard world and knew little about her, nor did she despise the new Transfiguration teacher like some particular Slytherins seemed to. To Harmony, she was just another teacher, another stranger, with a few known facts about her thrown in. What really intrigued Harmony the most about Professor Granger was the fact that she was reputed to be one of the best, most intelligent students Hogwarts had ever seen, having achieved outstanding results until she left school to help Harry Potter fight Lord Voldemort. Harmony was excited to see what her new teacher could do; what she would teach her. Secondly, Harmony was extremely enthusiastic about Transfiguration. Although Charms was her best subject, she wasn't bad at Transfiguration either - it seemed to run in the family, as Ariane, Aurora and Leo were all extremely competent at both subjects. Finally, Harmony was eager not to be late, was all. She wanted to impress Professor Granger, celebrity status or not.

Finally, Norah finished her meal, and the two of them rushed out of the Great Hall towards the Transfiguration classrooms. It would be interesting this year without Professor McGonagall. Even though the students had adjusted to having a different Transfiguration teacher as Professor Thorne had had a short stint the year previous, Harmony still felt like Professor McGonagall was the reigning busybody of Transfiguration - she could transfigure into a cat! The fact she was being replaced by such a young but intelligent woman seemed odd to comprehend. Harmony was curious to see what results today's lesson would produce. Aurora and Ariane hadn't had a class with Professor Granger yet, so Harmony would be the first one. No doubt the two older girls would want her to report back about the new professor's capabilities, and whether or not she lived up to her reputation. Harmony felt sorry for Professor Granger, really, though. After all, all that expectation on her shoulders and she hadn't even graduated Hogwarts for more than two years. Already she was back, facing the school again, but this time she had more responsibility, and of course, Harry Potter had died... Harmony felt sad for her indeed. She was sure Professor Granger was very upset at his loss. Harmony knew how it felt to lose a loved one... and she wished everyone else didn't have to feel that pain.

Harmony and Norah sat down as the last few students filtered into the classroom. Harmony set her bag on the floor after pulling out her materials, and taking a breath, her eyes set for the second time on the recognisable figure of Hermione Granger. She looked just like she did in the papers, only even more solemn, and much older than twenty years old, even though her beauty, which wasn't obvious at first because she didn't smile, made her look like she was still a young teenager. Harmony observed her new teacher for the few minutes it took to settle the rest of the class, and at last Professor Granger was speaking. Harmony listened to her avidly, completely concentrated on her slender figure that had been through Hell and back again. This was a strong woman, Harmony thought in awe. She reminded her of Ariane - just like Ariane, but with more control, more strength, and more sadness; Harmony could sense it in her eyes. But she refused to let her preoccupations consume her, and tried to divert her attention to the contents of Professor Granger's words rather than their sound. Harmony's first impression whilst she waited for her to complete the register was that Professor Granger was a very reserved and private person (no surprise there), and that she would control her classes very well; she certainly wasn't a professor to be messed with.

When Professor Granger began asking questions about their previous years' work, Harmony immediately raised her hand and waited for the teacher's eyes to gaze upon her. Over the last few months, Harmony's confidence had grown enough for her not to be shy in lessons any more, and although she was still afraid of teachers such as Professor Snape, and was therefore quiet (even silent) in those classes, she was much more willing and enthusiastic to speak in her other lessons. It was a surprise to herself she would so quickly and unhesitantly volunteer an answer with a new teacher she barely new, but somehow Harmony knew she'd like Professor Granger, and that she needn't be afraid of her despite her intimidating presence. After Josephine Bowman of Slytherin had answered one of the questions for Professor Granger, Harmony felt those staring eyes land on her, and taking a small breath, answered confidently, "The three classifications are Simple-Similar, Complex-Similar, and Complex-Dissimilar. But, not all transfiguration spells can be divided into these categories. It'll work for most spells, though." After answering, a nudge from Norah allowed her to remember what she'd forgot to say. "Oh, I'm Harmony Chan. Hufflepuff, Fifth Year."

[Edward Summers R6]

Edward was never an imposing figure physically. He was tall for his age, but he didn’t fill that height quite well, therefore he was quite skinny and lanky and looked about as un-threatening as an un-potty trained labrodoodle. Yet even most of the largest Seventh years in the school dove out of the way when they saw the large pillar of books flying at them down the halls. If anyone had cared to look carefully as impending doom was coming towards them, they would have noticed a pair of human legs underneath the large stack of books, and if anyone stared after the stack they would see a tall, lanky, brown haired boy struggling to keep up with the momentum he had accidently set into motion.

If there was one thing Edward hated most in life, it was being unprepared for class. The only way to truly be prepared for class was to read, and one couldn’t read without books. Books was something that Ed had no shortage off, he liked to bring all the books he was able to bring to each of his classes, just in case the professor asked something that wasn’t in one of the general text books. Ed also didn’t like to run back and forth between the classes and the Ravenclaw common room, so he carried all the books he needed for the day with him. At the top of the pile was six to seven Transfiguration books, after that came a handful of Herbology books, some Potions books, and finally to finish of the day Charms. Ed was excited, his first lesson of the day would be Transfiguration, and he was about to meet a legend.

Hermione Granger was famous to Ed, but not because of her exploits next to Harry Potter. No, Ed looked up to Hermione because she had been one of the smartest student’s ever to attend Hogwarts. Ed had wanted to meet her for a long time, but she had graduated before he had had the chance. She not being in Ravenclaw and a few years older than him it had been impossible to get a hold of her. He had run into her in the library once during her last year at Hogwarts, but Ed had been so excited at seeing the legend face to face that nothing but a tiny squeak had escaped his throat. Ed wanted to proof himself to the new Professor, and possible question her about her third year and how she had been able to attend so many classes, with a lot of them overlapping on her schedule, a story some of the older Ravenclaws still talked about.

Ed scrambled into the classroom, almost losing his stack of books in the process. Ed managed to reach his chair and dropped the pile next to his desk; even though it was sitting on the ground it still went several inches over his head as he sat down. Transfiguration was one of the classes he was good at, even though it was filled with many practical examinations. Ed sat patiently for class to start and once it did he listened to every word that Professor Granger said. Anything that the Hogwarts legend said was stored into Ed’s brain for later. Ed’s hand shot up and he waited desperately to be called on, he had to suppress a cry of joy as the professor called on him. So excited was he that he forgot the question.

“Wait….What?” Ed paused for a second and thankfully everything snapped back into its right place. “Oh! Right. Edward Summers, Ravenclaw, 5th year.” He stated to get the introduction out of the way. “The complexity range determines if the Transfiguration was either simple, or complex. This is measured by how many of the main characteristics of the Exordium are changed in the Eventium. There are five main characteristics used in Transfiguration. Size, Shape, Color, Texture or Material, and Function. A simple Transfiguration is if two or less Main characteristics have been altered, anything more is considered complex.”

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione's eyes travelled across to the first student with raised hand. She nodded at the girl, who then introduced herself as Josephine Bowman. A Fifth Year student in Slytherin, Hermione processed into her memory. Josephine seemed keen to learn, adept too, but Hermione could already detect that familiar look behind her eyes - the look of hatred. She ignored the creeping feeling of nostalgia and upset and shut out her demons of her past for the time being to focus on the class. Josephine's answer was spot on and Hermione nodded without reluctance. "Correct, Miss Bowman. Five points to Slytherin." Hermione didn't like phrases like 'well done'. She couldn't ever envisage something so cliched coming out of her mouth. Hermione began scanning the room again, and her eyes fell on an innocent-looking Chinese girl near the front. She answered correctly but didn't provide a name herself with a name or house and year, until her friend subtly nudged her. "Yes, Miss Chan, that is correct. Five points to Hufflepuff." Hermione could see she would have no trouble teaching that child - she seemed diligent and unassuming of her background. Hermione looked round the classroom for one more person to answer the last question, and chose a boy this time, wearing glasses and looking very bookish, which Hermione wasn't afraid to admit she herself was (though she didn't look it, apparently). "Also correct, Mr Summers. Five points to Ravenclaw."

((FOURTH YEARS))

Hermione nodded her head satisfactorily. This was obviously a well-informed class, but only the Fifth Years had answered so far. She wanted to see the Fourth Years interact with her more. Hermione reached for her wand and looked at her class again. "Okay, now. Those in Fourth Year, please raise your hands." Hermione inspected the wave of fingers before indicating for them to lower their arms. "Today, I will teach you how to transfigure a flower into an umbrella. Once you have learnt that, I will teach you how to change its colour. You will have covered changing an object's colour before, but with an animate object it is more difficult." Hermione glanced at the Fifth Years quickly. "Fifth Years, I will be with you in five minutes. However, please continue to pay attention to what I am teaching the Fourth Years, because these spells do still apply to you, and it is best you revise them thoroughly for your OWL this year." Hermione looked back at her Fourth Years, her wand casually pointed at the vase of roses on her table; her spell cut them from their stalks and distributed them to each Fourth Year student.

"You have a flower in front of you," Hermione dictated and turned to the blackboard on the wall. "With your wands, please point at the flower and say these words." Hermione wrote with her wand on the board 'Corovolvo’. "Corovolvo," Hermione declared and looked at the students again, "is the spell to change a flower into an umbrella. At first, the size of your umbrellas will be small, but after some practice you will be able to produce a proper, perfect one. I will now demonstrate to you the wand technique and the pronunciation of the spell." Hermione had a cut rose on her own desk, and turning to it, she pointed her wand at its limp body and said the spell loud and clear. The rose transfigured into a large umbrella that balanced just about on her desk. It was the same red colour as the rose. "Once you have achieved this, you will learn how to change the colour, like so," Hermione continued, making the umbrella bright orange, sunny yellow, then royal blue. "Okay, Fourth Years," Hermione smiled. "It is your turn. If you have any problems, please save them until after I have finished explaining to the Fifth Years their task. I will be inspecting your progress in ten minutes."

((FIFTH YEARS))

Hermione's wand pointed at a cage on the floor by her desk and levitated it to her desk. It was covered by a velvet sheet, and she looked back at her waiting Fifth Years for their full attention. "Today, Fifth Years, I will be teaching you how to transfigure a snake..." Hermione pulled away the covering of the cage to reveal several small but long green snakes. "...into a rope, and then you will have to change its size," she explained calmly as she watched some of the students gasp at the sight of the snakes. She knew it would make some of them perk up a bit. Hermione wasn't afraid of dangerous topics in lessons - it always made them more interesting. She supposed she got the habit off Harry and Ron... Hermione used her wand to bring out more smaller cages, and she opened the big cage with the snakes and began putting one snake in each small cage. "The snakes will remain inside these cages throughout the lesson," Hermione dictated as she carefully extracted the creatures. "The cages are magically locked, so don't try and open them. These reptiles may not be dangerous or poisonous, but they do bite, so please refrain from foolishly sticking your finger inside. These snakes are for transfiguration purposes only. You need not be afraid of injuring them - I will revert them back to their normal form at the end of the lesson."

Hermione left the small cages on her table as she approached the blackboard again. "So, to transfigure a snake into a rope, we need to use 'Alafunis' - like so." She scrawled the spelling onto the board. "I will now demonstrate this spell for you." She turned to the only snake that remained in the main cage and repeated 'Alafunis'. The snake gradually became a coil of rope. "Then, you will alter its size," she added as she made the rope smaller, then bigger, then longer, then shorter. "Do not expect to get it right the first time," Hermione concluded sternly as she reverted the rope back into snake form. "This is more difficult than last year's work, because although a flower is an animate object, it does not feel like a human does. Animate transfiguration with animals and humans are the most dangerous and complex." Hermione began levitating the cages to the Fifth Years, afraid that if they came to retrieve a snake of their own, they'd get their fingers bitten. "Please remember not to touch them. If you have a problem, please raise your hand. I will assess you also in ten minutes to see how successful you are." The cages landed on the desks and Hermione smiled. "Please begin."

((I know I have replied very quickly, but I'd like to get the lesson moving so those who post will have something to do in the lesson. I will award points to you depending on your transfiguration result. Pupils have a week to post here before I move the lesson to its next stage.))

[Dakota Fox S6]

Transfiguration: the first lesson on a Monday morning. Dakota would almost groan if she wasn't beyond making pointless, pathetic noises to accentuate her frustration and give away how she truly felt. Her smile was stuck neatly on her face and she wasn't about to pull it off. She gathered her books and whisked out of her dorm and the Common Room with some other Fifth Year Slytherins heading in the same direction. When she arrived, Dakota noted Josephine's familiar head already there; that girl was always on time, always ridiculously early. Dakota disliked Josephine's hypocritical nature. One moment she was slating the teachers for their awful teaching methods and their boring homework, and the next she was sucking up to them by being more than on time and answering all the questions in class. Well, maybe that had something to do with house pride, which Dakota herself also had. However, she didn't go out of her way to earn points for Slytherin, and surprisingly, she never went out of her way to answer in class or get the teacher's attention. She supposed it was because she wanted to keep a low profile due to her outside of class activities, when she walked around with a supreme smile with hundreds of minions in her trail. If Dakota was silent in class, then hopefully the professors would suspect nothing. She completed homework, did as she was told with a pretty smile, and overall they rated her a very clever bimbo. Dakota liked giving people the wrong impression about herself. It meant she could blast their assumptions right out of their brain's hemispheres. Oh, the fun.

Today, one of the things Dakota was looking forward to was being taught by the newest addition to the professors line-up: Hermione Granger. Oooo, Dakota had heard so much about this woman. She'd attended Hogwarts with her for about a year, so it wasn't the first time Dakota had seen her, but it was the first time she'd clapped eyes on her since the fall of Lord Voldemort. According to her daddy and the newspapers, Hermione Granger hadn't been heard of for about a year since Harry Potter died, and the same of his best friend, Ron Weasley. The moment Dakota had learnt Hermione Granger would be the new Transfiguration professor, she had been interested rather than disgusted, like some of her fellow Slytherins, and had written a long, amused letter to daddy about it. Dakota wasn't big on this blood thing - she'd seduce anyone, though she pretended otherwise that she was just like her family and despised mudbloods. She knew Hermione Granger was meant to be a total nerd, so if she could help Dakota get the O she was aiming for in her OWL, she wasn't going to complain. Dakota sat down behind Josephine, wondering when Kailyn was going to arrive. Most likely she would sit with the other Slytherin girl. Dakota was happy to be by herself in class, which made a change.

The lesson began. Dakota partially listened to the professor's introduction and questions, letting the other students answer them. Then the attention was on what the Fourth Years were learning, and Dakota zoned out for a moment. Finally it came to her turn, and she was less than delighted to see snakes emerge as the cloth was pulled away. Dakota didn't like animals, not even snakes, even though she was a Slytherin. She heaved an inward sigh and told herself it would improve her transfiguration skills tenfold if she could master this. Turning a snake into a rope wouldn't be too hard... not as hard as turning a rope into a snake. Dakota could do the flower-to-umbrella transfiguration perfectly now, and she hadn't taken long to master that; she doubted she'd take too long to master this spell. Watching the snake carefully as its cage landed in front of her, Dakota pointed her wand at it and said clearly, "Alafunis." The snake began to transform slowly, until it was an interesting cross between a coil of rope and the original snake - it was the shape of rope, but with the texture and appearance of the snake's skin. Dakota bit her lip, feeling slightly frustrated, and tried to see how Josephine and Kailyn were doing in front of her. She quickly abandoned the idea of copying them because they sat too far away for her to see. Furrowing her beautiful face, Dakota jabbed her wand at the object and tried again. This time, it was much more obviously rope, but the colour was still green. At least it looked less slimy. Dakota frowned. She had done colours last year - with the umbrella, of course. Why wasn't she getting it right this time? Because the snake was alive? How frustrating. At least she'd gotten the general shape... She must earn credit for that, right? Then she began shifting its shape, toying with it boredly.

[Edward Summers R6]

Edward couldn’t help but let a large grin streak across his face. He wasn’t vain, but he knew that his answer had been correct, still, there was a strong feeling of pride at hearing the Professor confirm his answer, especially this legend in front of him. After all the answers were given and confirmed the lesson continued. At this point the lesson started to divide as Professor Granger’s focus point became the fourth year’s lesson. Although Ed had already heard this lesson before and had mastered that particular Transfiguration in his first lesson he listened intently. Although he didn’t have to listen to this part he was still eager to hear how Professor Granger went about the lesson and anything new that Ed could pick up from the lesson was a gift to him.

After the Professor had managed to get the 4th years rolling on their assignment she turned her attention to the 5th. Once again Ed’s rapt attention was on her words as she spoke. Ed was one of the few students in this school that could and would not phase out during a lesson. Even Professor Binn’s class, History of Magic, didn’t have its usual numbing effect on Ed. Probably why during exam time everyone wanted to borrow his notes. It was with this same attention that Ed listened to Professor Granger’s words. Ed squeaked slightly as the snakes were uncovered. His fear was quickly overcome by his curiousness. Ed wasn’t great at Care of Magical Creatures, but he always liked to learn something new about any animal. He had nearly lost more than one finger because his curious hand’s had strayed too close to a dangerous animal.

Soon the snake cages floated across the room and one landed on Ed’s table. He took a minute and studied the animal inside it. Its slimy looking skin, though it only appeared that way, its wide mouth, its beady little eyes, and the forked tongue that would lazily flick out of its mouth every now and again to taste the air. Ed didn’t notice it but he spent five whole minutes staring at the creature when all the other students around him had already begun their lesson. Recovering quickly Ed pulled out his wand and pointed it at the snake. “Alafunis.” He watched as the snake began to change into a rope. The Transfiguration was incomplete. The entire body had turned into a rope, but the head of the snake remained. Ed frowned, concentrated harder and redid the spell and smiled in satisfaction as the head finally shifted into a complete rope. Most people would consider the next part the hardest part of the spell, but for some reason as soon as Ed achieved a full Transfiguration, the rest came easily to him. With simple wave’s of his wand Ed began to change the size of the rope, it grew and shrank, lengthened and shortened with hardly any thought or effort from Ed.

[Kailyn Valak S6]

Transfiguration wasn't at the top of Kailyn's list of favoured classes, but she did well enough in it at least. Her work was average at best, but she understood the concepts at least. If anything, it was her spell-casting that lacked skill. It was very similar to Charms, but for some reason the Transfiguration spells added a degree of difficulty. Charms came naturally to Kailyn, while Transfiguration did not. Then again, she wasn't really a stand out in any class. She got the work done that needed done, usually well enough to earn her an 'Acceptable' mark, and she moved on. Today would be no different.

When Professor Granger revealed that they'd be transfiguring snakes, Kailyn found it a bit ironic. The bold ex-Gryffindor had chosen the mascot of the Slytherin house as the animate object in which they'd be transfiguring. Surely it was known how Professor Granger was one of the most brilliant muggleborn witches of her era. Still, Kailyn found that she only respected her as her professor and nothing more. The woman was completely arrogant and cold. Then again, much of that might have been the result of everything she had went through when she was friends with Potter. Still, Kailyn didn't much like her despite at least respecting her.

As the cage levitated to Kailyn's desk, she flashed Jo a look of annoyance. Snakes were just so... so slimy and awkward. Sure, they could be potentially deadly and dangerous, but this one was just a dirty little garden snake which didn't please Kailyn to have to work with. She pulled out her wand, happy that she wouldn't have to touch the snake, and gave the spell a try. "Alafunis," she said, her voice a bit muffled by her disgust of having to mess with the wriggling green snake. She watched as it's slithering movements stopped though, her spell successful enough to make it no longer animate. She looked at the snake, which was now a brown colour, one thing that indicated her spell was at least somewhat successful. It hardly looked like a rope though, more so resembling a short piece of string. Perhaps when she resized it, it would look more like a rope.

For a few minutes, Kailyn tried resizing the snake like they were supposed to. It shrunk and grew, but still didn't make her think much of a rope. If she were to pull it from both ends, it looked like it might easily fray or break under pressure. Perhaps the strength of their rope wouldn't be assessed though. Finally, at one point of shrinking, Kailyn realized she had shrunk the brown stringy mass so small that it practically disappeared within the cage. "Great, how I am supposed to get credit for this," she huffed, glancing over to see how well Jo had been doing. "Look, my snake's escaped," she said jokingly, laughing as she pointed to her empty cage when Jo turned her attention toward Kailyn.

[Harmony Chan H6]

Harmony smiled wide when Professor Granger nodded at her correct answer and awarded ten points to Hufflepuff. She was pleased about the praise, but she was also happy that she'd earned points for Hufflepuff. She had been the only Hufflepuff to answer a question and she was glad she'd been daring enough to do so. She really hoped Hufflepuff would win the House Cup this year, because Harmony had a lot more house pride in her than people imagined - she was very protective of Hufflepuff. Professor Granger continued the lesson, but then paused to switch focus to the Fourth Years, leaving the Fifth Years to wait for the five minutes it took to explain the task the year below had to attempt. Even though Harmony had successfully learnt the Corovolvo transfiguration last year, and had found it very fun to do, she still took an interest in what Professor Granger was saying. Harmony watched in awe as Professor Granger performed the transfigurastion expertly on the front desk, before requesting the Fourth Years to attempt the spell too. Harmony noticed some of the apprehensive, doubtful expressions on their faces and smiled in understanding. Jumping from inanimate to animate transfiguration was a big leap, but most of them would adjust to it soon. Harmony herself hadn't found it too difficult, but she'd had Ariane and Aurora to help her. Harmony thought animate transfiguration was more fun, though, so she had been eager to learn.

Harmony listened intently to Professor Granger, patient but very enthusiastic about what they'd attempt to transfigure today. The snakes were unveiled on the desk and Harmony almost recoiled away from reflex and fear - she didn't like snakes. Harmony was very good with most creatures except the emblem that signified Slytherin's banners - maybe that was the reason. With a small frown on her face, Harmony continued to take in Professor Granger's instructions, and felt calmer as she watched the snakes put into magically-locked cages. As long as she did not have to touch or interact with the snakes, Harmony would be appeased. She looked forward to attempting the spell after Professor Granger had demonstrated it, again impressed with her technical skill and confidence, but Harmony was a little apprehensive too. What if she hurt the snake? But then Professor Granger said they would come to no harm, and most of Harmony's fears faded away. This was a safe transfiguration by all means, and she should be excited about the new prospect of transfiguring a real live object. Snakes landed in front of both Harmony and Norah, and casting her friend a dubious look, Harmony levelled her wand at the snake inside the cage and shakily uttered, "Alafunis." The snake began to change, but it stopped halfway through, still scaly and moving, but caught in the colour and widening size of the rope. Panicking, Harmony put her wand down and looked at her transfiguration helplessly.

Then she remembered what Ariane and Aurora had always taught her: deft flicking of the wand, confident and clear uttering of the spell, and calm mind at peace always produced the best Transfigurations. Nodding to herself, Harmony attempted the spell again, and this time the transfiguration completed very well - the snake became a thin coil of rope in the cage. It looked so harmless. Harmony smiled happily and began to change it's size, making it longer until there was a lot of rope bursting to come out of the cage.

[Billy Brady H6]

Being one of the few students remaining in the Great Hall for Breakfast, Billy didn't feel guilty when he stabbed and ate yet another sausage from the huge bowl that was just about within his reach. He was well aware that he would be relatively late, if now officially late, for his first lesson of the day, but as usual (apart from when it happened to be Potions with Snape), it didn't bother him too much. Well, what was the point in getting to a lesson early, only to be sitting in the cold for ages, when you could be eating some of the world's best food? The professors seemed to have reached the beyond caring stage when it came to Billy's lateness. It wasn't as if he was consistently 10 minutes late, usually arriving just after the lesson started, so he didn't exactly miss much.

Today, however, he nearly choked on his food as someone reminded him that not only would he be late for one of his favourite lessons - Transfiguration - but it would be with a new professor too. Miss Granger, apparently...he'd heard she'd left Hogwarts herself just a few years ago, but he didn't really remember her. He decided not to risk taking anything else to eat, as it would make him even later than he would be anyway. He didn't want to give the new professor a bad first impression now, did he? Luckily he already had his stuff ready for the lesson, so made his way as quickly as possible to the classroom, partly hoping that the professor hadn't arrived yet, but it really was a long shot.

Unsurprisingly, Miss Granger was already there, as were most of the other students in the class. But no Rex...where was he? Ah well, Billy thought, as he sat down next to one of his other friends that he didn't spend as much time with. At least he wasn't officially late, though the register was taken soon after his arrival, along with the usual introductions. He listened as Edward, Harmony and Josephine answered the original questions, resulting in points for all 3 houses. The lesson moved on as they were given the next task, which for the 5th years was transforming a snake into a rope, which sounded fun. And soon enough, a caged snake landed infront of him, right on cue.

"AlAfunis" he commanded, pointing at the snake, and soon enough he saw it slowly turning into a rope....very slowly. Eventually there was no sign of the snake left, so he assumed the spell to have worked, and confidently aimed his wand at the snake, shouting (looking up at the board for reference), using the command to change it's size. The first time nothing happened, and on his second attempt the rope rapidly increased in length, but he soon corrected this. Like a true case of third time lucky, the rope increased and decreased in length on his third attempt, and so Billy was happy with how the lesson was going, and wondered what they would be told to do next.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione assessed the Fouth Years' progress with interest. As she had predicted, some were extremely adept and had transfigured the flower into an umbrella very quickly. Others struggled to cross the gap between inanimate and animate transfiguration, so she tried to aid them as much as possible with pieces of advice about their wand-flicking and word-pronunciation, which for most people was the problem. After ten minutes of surveying the Fourth Years and giving out points to those who had done well in the task, Hermione began to assess the Fifth Years.

She came first to a blonde girl whose face bore such heavy make-up that a younger Hermione would've snickered in disgust. However, looking past the student's visage and into her cage, Hermione asked for the girl's name and house. When she introduced herself as Dakota Fox, Hermione recognised her to be of the Fox family, the head of whom was an influential figure in the Ministry; he was a man Hermione had never been partial too. Shaking away her pre-conceptions, she addressed Dakota's transfiguration result: "It is a fair attempt, Miss Fox. You have managed to change the general shape of the snake. The problem with the colour of the texture stems from your flicking of the wand. Try this." Hermione demonstrated with her hand. "Make a clear arc with your wrist. Remember, do not cast transfiguration incantations half-heartedly. Your ability to alter the size of the rope is good though, so five points to Slytherin." Hermione pointed her wand at the rope/snake and muttered "Reverto Maximus" under her breath, changing it back into the snake it originally was.

Hermione moved onto the boy who had previous answered one of her questions: Edward Summers. Smiling a little at the eager Ravenclaw as she approached, she assessed his transfiguration with admiration. Hermione had been able to do exactly the same high standard of spells at Edward's age, and perhaps even younger, so she wasn't exactly blown away by the near-perfect result, but she was still content to see that some of her students were more than capable to cope with her rigorous lessons. "Very good, Mr Summers. Ten points to Ravenclaw," Hermione awarded Edward with a smile. After reverting the rope back to its snake form she moved onto the next student, who was sitting in front of Dakota with Josephine.

Hermione glanced into her cage and frowned a little, her eyes searching for the seemingly missing snake. For a moment she thought the creature had escaped, which would not be good, though it wouldn't be too difficult to recapture. Only, Hermione was sure the spell she had used to lock the cages was unbreakable by students of this age. However, after a few seconds of close observation Hermione realised the girl had merely transfigured the object so small it was difficult to see. Cracking a humoured smirk, Hermione asked her for her name, which she replied was Kailyn Valak, and then house. "Miss Valak, will you enlarge your rope for me please?" she asked so she could assess her result. "Although you've grasped the general shape and colour of the rope, you need to pronounce the spell more clearly for it to successfully transfigure," Hermione explained to Kailyn. "A-la-fu-nis. Repeat after me." After making sure Kailyn could speak the spell correctly, she changed the rope back. "Five points to Slytherin for a competent effort."

Hermione walked across to assess an oriental asian girl who appeared to be having fun changing the shape of her rope that contained no traces of the snake it once was. Impressed again with the standard of her class today, Hermione discovered the girl's name was Harmony Chan, of the house of Hufflepuff. "Ten points to Hufflepuff," Harmony smiled, reverting the rope back. Finally, Hermione assessed the transfiguration of a brunette boy, and like Edward and Harmony, he had completed the task well. He was also in Hufflepuff, and his name was Billy Brady. "Another ten points to Hufflepuff," Hermione awarded, and changed the poor snake back.


Taking a final sweep around the classroom, Hermione stood at the front again and used her wand to clear away the cut roses and snakes. She deposited the slimy creatures into the large cage and covered it up with the velvet cloth. Then she swept away 'Corovolvo' and 'Alafunis' on the blackboard, replacing them with the two words 'Evanesco' and 'Reverto'. She looked around the class expectantly. "These two are not your regular transfiguration incantations. They have different uses in Transfiguration. Who can tell me what these two spells do?"

((Two students to answer the two questions please. Again, answers can be found here in Chapter 5. When the questions have been answered I will move onto the next and final stage of the class.))

[Harmony Chan H6]

Harmony grinned happily when Professor Granger awarded Hufflepuff ten points for her work, proud to have played a part in edging her house up the points system. She was also delighted that her skill was acknowledged by the new teacher; although Harmony was no teacher's pet, she loved to be praised by them, because they gave her confidence in her lessons. Harmony was even more joyous when Billy earnt ten more points for Hufflepuff, and when Professor Granger moved away she whispered loudly to him, "Well done, Billy!" Grinning with a thumbs up, Harmony turned around again to watch Professor Granger conclude the first exercise. The flowers and snakes were taken away, Harmony's and the other Fifth Years' having been reverted expertly from their rope appearances back to slimy green snakes. Harmony checked her watch for the time, noting that half the lesson had passed already; how fast time flew when you were concentrating and having fun! Harmony eagerly looked forward to what came next.

She listened intently to Professor Granger after she had finished storing away the snakes. The young teacher asked the class easy questions that the Fifth Years had previously been told the year before. Harmony looked at the two words on the blackboard, recognising 'Evanesco' as a vanishing spell that they had attempted the year before. 'Reverto', on the other hand, they had never attempted, but Harmony knew it was the reversing spell for transfigurations. She put her hand up confidently, and when picked on said, " 'Reverto' is the spell that untransfigures most simple transfigurations." Harmony waited for Professor Granger to acknowledge her answer, hoping she would win a few more points for Hufflepuff.

[Edward Summers R6]

Edward hummed quietly as he slowly changed the ropes dimensions. Transfigurations came easy to him because there was no pressure, if the spell wasn’t perfect there was no Grindylow ready to drag him into the depths of the lake. It was the same with charms, no pressure made for easy spell casting. Ed noticed that Professor Granger started to make her rounds to check on people’s transfigurations and he paused in his casting to wait for her to reach him. Once she had reached his desk Ed once again began changing the dimensions of the complete rope and couldn’t contain his grin as the Professor awarded him ten points for Ravenclaw. As Professor Granger moved away Ed couldn’t help but do a victory fist pump into the air. Unfortunately his wand was sticking out to the side and it bonked into his glasses, launching the glasses from his face and also sending a small spark across his head to strike a student sitting next to him in the ear.

Ed scrambled for his glasses, “Sorry, sorry, sorry!” He repeated as he quickly stuck the glasses back onto his nose and glance up into the scowling visage next to him. Ed quickly straightened and looked straight ahead; at least the spark hadn’t caused much damage to the kid. Ed listened as Professor Granger cleared the board and replaced it with new words and then asked the class another set of questions. Ed’s hand quickly shot into the air but a Hufflepuff beat him to the first question, he waited to be called on for the second question. “Evanesco is the vanishing spell. It makes things completely vanish, not just turn invisible. Professor Snape uses it all the time to clean out cauldrons with…..sub..par…potions….” As Ed answered this, his speech slowed down in embarrassment, he realized that he was speaking from experience. Although Potions was easy in the sense that all you had to do was follow directions, the constant specter of Snape hovering around you made the class much to stressful for him and many of his potions turned out to be subpar in Snape’s view.

[Hermione Granger]

"Miss Chan." Hermione picked the Fifth Year Hufflepuff first, and she provided the correct answer to the 'Reverto spell. "Correct, five points to Hufflepuff. She then asked Edward to provide her with the second answer. She smiled at his embarrassment, but passed over it as though it had not occured. She knew of Professor Snape's ways all too well... "Also correct. Five points to Ravenclaw." Hermione was pleased with Harmony and Edward's enthusiasm for answering the questions, but it seemed none of the Gryffindors had so far wanted to participate. Apparently they were a very quiet bunch. Hermione was a little disappointed with them, really; although she was generally unbiased, her old house was Gryffindor, and it was something she had shared with Harry and Ron; it was what had helped bring them together and Hermione hoped the current students would do it justice.

((FOURTH YEARS))

"As you may have gathered, the second part of our lesson will be spent learning these two spells." Hermione motioned at the names on the blackboard with her wand. "The Fifth Years may remember learning 'Evanesco' last year. Yes, this year it is the Fourth Years' turn." Hermione focused her attention on the younger age group. "As Mr Summers said, 'Evanesco' is a vanishing spell. You will be attempting it today on..." Hermione glanced around her desk. She had forgotten bring her original materials - marbles. Biting her lip in annoyance at her carelessness, she resumed her speech. "Well, it seems I have forgotten to bring the items I had originally hoped to use," she explained with her usual expression that gave nothing away. When Hermione was teaching she was completely professional; it was as though grief's plague had never touched her. "So instead, let's use the flowers you used before." Hermione's wand distributed the wilting roses to the Fourth Years again with an obvious look of exasperation that was completely aimed at her perfectionist self. Again, she left a single rose on her table. "Fourth Years, please watch carefully. I will now demonstrate the spell." Hermione pointed her wand at the flower and spoke, "Evanesco." The rose disappeared.

((FIFTH YEARS))

Leaving the Fourth Years to their task, Hermione returned to the other age group. "Your turn, Fifth Years," she began, making no apology for making them wait. "I hope you were watching when I demonstrated 'Evanesco' for the Fourth Years, as it will definitely be tested in the OWL this year. However, today will not be a revision lesson and, as you may have already guessed, we are going to be learning 'Reverto', which Miss Chan rightly said is the spell that reverses most simple transfigurations." Hermione stressed the word 'simple' with a meaningful look at her students. "This means that it is not able to work on more complicated transfigurations such as 'Alafunis'. Generally it will work on all inanimate transfigurations, like Calculionis, and some simpler animate transfigurations. This is useful for when you have transfigured something you did not want to transfigure. I often use it so I can utilise an object in more than one way, reverting it between its normal and transfigurated form." Hermione's wand drew out a bag out of her desk drawer and distributed its contents, one per student. "You were all taught 'Plumartus' in Third Year, the incantation to transfigure a feather into a quill. You each have in front of you an owl feather, and right now I want you to do that transfiguration."

Hermione waited for the Fifth Years to complete the transfiguration, having done it herself very quickly on a feather of her own on her desk. Capturing the class' attention again, Hermione made the quill hover in the air so everyone could see. "I will now demonstrate 'Rerverto'," she said, then cast the spell on the quill. Immediately, it returned to its first shape of a feather. Hermione looked at her students and smiled a little. "That is 'Reverto'. Now it's your turn."

((Students have ten days to post with their attempt at their assigned task. Points will be distributed accordingly. This is the last stage in this class so it will be your last chance to post and earn house points.))

[Edward Summers R6]

Ed grinned as his answer was confirmed correct. It wasn’t that he was happy that his answer was correct; it’s that he was happy to be contributing to Professor Granger’s first class. Ed waited as Professor Granger moved over to the 4th years and quickly demonstrated the Evanesco spell to them and then set them away on their task. Ed listened; Evanesco had been a spell that he had difficulty in learning at first. For some reason he just couldn’t get the entire marble to disappear, but after a few months of practice Ed had managed to get the hang of it. If the 4th years were doing Evanesco, that meant that the fifth years would be performing the Reverto spell. Ed took his feather and quickly turned it into a quill. This was an easy spell, he had mastered it on his first lesson during his 3rd year.

Ed looked at his newly created quill and wondered how well he would be able to change it back. Evanesco had been a 4th year lesson and it had taken him some time to do it, could he manage this 5th year spell now? Suddenly the pressure started to weigh upon his shoulders. Ed wanted to do good, he wanted to impress Professor Granger, and he also wanted to be able to do this correctly. He gulped, took a deep breath to calm his nerves and took up his wand. Ed pointed his wand at the quill, “Reverto.” He cast and watched as some changes came over the quill. Tiny little tendrils started to poke out of the sides of the quill, like the spokes in a feather, though there weren’t near enough tendrils to fill in the feather, instead the quill now looked like a breed between a quill and a shredded feather. Ed frowned and pointed his wand at the quill-monster again. “Reverto!” He spoke again and more tendrils poked out, thickening the quill into a full feather, though the point was still clearly that of a quill.

Ed sighed and pointed once again. “Reverto!” This time all the quill aspects disappeared and what sat before him was his original feather. Ed grinned, finally, it had taken him three tried to do it, but he finally managed. Though that wasn’t good enough in his opinion. Ed changed the feather back into a quill and began to revert it once again. It still took him three tries to produce the full feather. Ed growled and tried again, it took him to more loops to finally shave it down to two attempts. He sat back in his seat, exhausted from the effort.

[Harmony Chan H6]

So far Harmony had earned twenty points for Hufflepuff in this lesson alone. Pleased with herself, Harmony aimed to do well in the next and last task Professor Granger was about to set them. After answering the question and receiving five points, Harmony listened to Professor Granger addressing the Fourth Years again with the guess that the Fifth Years would attempt to produce the 'Reverto' spell properly whilst the Fourth Years tried 'Evanesco'. Harmony remembered the latter spell as rather easy, so she hoped she would not struggle with 'Reverto'. She had watched Ari and Aurora complete it many times and they had begun learning the more advances versions anyway. Determined to do as well as her sister and cousin, Harmony watched carefully as Professor Granger turned back to the Fifth Years and demonstrated 'Reverto'. First she transfigured a feather into a quill, then reversed it using the spell. Harmony accepted the feather eagerly as it landed on her desk, and when they were given the go-ahead Harmony drew out her wand and deftly transfigured the feather into a quill, just like Professor Granger had done. It was one of the easiest transfigurations which Harmony had learnt in her Third Year, and it was very useful when she had run out of quills.

Now that the feather had become a quill, Harmony cast her wand upon the object once more and clearly said, "Reverto." She made sure to have her wand flick the same way as she had seen Professor Granger's, as well as Ari's and Aurora's, and lo and behold, her quill instantly changed back to its original feather-shape. Harmony's face blossomed into a triumphant grin. Delighted, she transfigured the feather into a quill again and repeated the process, playing with the spell with keen enthusiasm. Harmony loved learning new fun tricks and she knew she'd have fun with this certain spell. She nudged Norah in excitement, leaning over to see how her Ravenclaw friend was doing. She doubted Norah would find it difficult; 'Reverto' was easier than the usual transfigurations so Harmony expected most people would get it right.

[Dakota Fox S6]

Dakota was rather pleased the professor had acknowledged her attempt at the transfiguration. In time she would perfect it and she took on Hermione Granger's advice intently even if it wasn't obvious she was paying attention. Absorbing the help, Dakota watched her teacher pass from her to the other students, helping them with the tiny details they lacked in making their transfigurations perfect. As usual that Summers boy in Ravenclaw was doing really well - perfect really, Dakota noted sourly as she stared at his transfiguration result and listened to Hermione Granger's thinly disguised praise. "Teacher's pet," Dakota thought to herself, losing interest in her fellow classmates and staring at her nails. She watched the slimy snake writhe in its cage, having been converted back to its original form by Granger, and hated its disgusting form. Wrinkling her button nose in disgust, Dakota was somewhat relieved when the cage was taken away again. Finally the task was over and done with. Still, Dakota continued to inspect her manicured nails as Granger went on about 'Evanesco' and 'Reverto'. They were simple spells that Dakota knew about already, but she felt no need to voice herself as usual. Of course, Summers and that annoying Chinese kid in Hufflepuff, Harmony Chan, were vying for Granger's attention again. "Let them," Dakota thought passively to herself. What did she care? She'd let people like Jo fight for the points for Slytherin. House points didn't mean as much to Dakota as furthering her own ambitions.

Dakota had long since guessed they would be attempting 'Reverto' next, and boredly stared at her feather as it landed on her table. At least it wasn't a slimy snake this time. Watching Hermione Granger with a little more interest, Dakota noted how talented this mudblood really was. It was ironic how Slytherins were so arrogant about their bloodline when so many muggles could trounce them twofold. Dakota would never admit that muggleborn wizards were better than purebloods because the same traditional thinking ran in her own family, but she wasn't as foolish to underestimate mudbloods like her fellow Slytherins were. However, it didn't stop Dakota from being her cunning self; in fact, it only helped to worsen it. Dakota transfigured her feather as she was told to and then muttered 'Reverto' in a monotonous tone, hoping the lesson would end soon. Only her quill refused to change back to a feather. Frowning, Dakota's attention was caught by her failure to complete the spell. She arched her back indignantly and pointed her wand at the quill again, Hermione Granger's words echoing in her head. She said 'Reverto' clearer this time, and to her satisfaction her quill returned to its original feather form. "Now that's how it's done," Dakota mused smugly to herself, deciding not to remember the fact that it was only because of her teacher's advice that she had completed the task so well.

[Hermione Granger]

Hermione looked over the Fourth Years before moving once more to the Fifth Years. She went to assess Edward Summers again and noted his excellent technique with mild admiration. "You have mastered the spell well, Mr Summers," she praised with a smile. "Ten points to Ravenclaw." Hermione then approached Harmony Chan, sitting beside a brunette who had so far not spoken in the lesson. Flashing an encouraging smile, Hermione watched as Harmony performed Evanesco perfectly. "Very good, Miss Chan. You have done well this lesson. Ten points to Hufflepuff." Hermione mentally noted that Edward and Harmony had earned the most house points during her lesson and wondered if they were always so assertive - and if the other students were usually this quiet. Perhaps it was because she was a new teacher. Hermione brushed across to Dakota Fox after glancing at Josephine and Kailyn and nodded encouragingly at her attempts. "You have made sound improvement in a short space of time, Miss Fox. Ten points to Slytherin."

After looking over everyone's attempts, Hermione swept up the aisle of desks back to stand behind her own. The bell rang just as she wiped off the chalk on her blackboard. She turned and smiled. "And that's the end of the lesson, class. You have all done very well today. Before you go, please note down the homework, to be handed in for the next lesson. You are dismissed." Hermione scrawled the homework quickly onto the board and sat down, watching the pupils copy her words and then file out, chatting animatedly. She was glad her first OWL lesson was over; it had been more enjoyable and easier than she had envisaged.

((The homework is:
Fourth Years: Research and list the different incantations for beginners (refer to Chapter 5 in the textbook).
Fifth Years: Research and list the different incantations for OWLs (refer to Chapter 6 in the textbook).
Answers to be found here.

Thank you to all who have participated in this class. Those who wish to do the homework and earn some more house points need to send me it on their student's account before next Sunday, 21st December. Thank you!))