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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.

'If the Boy-Who-Lived came after me for revenge then this would become quite cliche.' Rigel thought as he looked at Minerva. Her green dress was cut in a deep v-neck displaying a good amount of cleavage with a black bra. Whoever was responsible for the revolution in wizarding clothing needed to be given a raise or two.

While the older girls wore a more translucent shirt under their robes his year hadn't caught onto the fashion trends yet. He was looking forward to that as much as he was looking forward to Prof. McGonagall's animagus transfiguration. What he was hoping for didn't happen though he received a slight nod from the Professor.

'Don't tell me because of Harry we don't get to see the animagus transformation,' Rigel thought. The story was already changing a little as the ramifications of the age difference pulled the story away from canon. In canon, Ron and Harry overslept because frankly they were 11 and their sense of responsibility was next to nothing. 

'Here though not only did they wake up on time, they went to breakfast where Harry saw the misfortune of his family plastered on the front page.' Rigel thought. The system or whatever was in control of the story before had pulled canon events together with forceful interventions but now that he was in the world, the carefully crafted web was starting to unravel.

'Now not only Harry knows about Sirius Black 2 years early, but I have to deal with his questions as well. And wasn't Harry's first class potions, why are our timetables different than canon.' Many questions and changes 

~Chime~ ~Thud~

The clock struck 9:00 and with a wave of her wand, Prof. McGonagall closed the doors. Her back as straight as ever she gave everyone a stern look and the little murmurs that were going around stopped. She looked at the quiet classroom in satisfaction before she began, "Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts..."

"...Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned." Her starting speech was the same as canon much to Rigel's relief but the detail was a lot more in-depth as she began her demonstration. She took a step back until she was right beside her desk and with almost a playful wave the desk... transformed. 

Rigel didn't have a correct way to describe the process as it looked like reality was shifting. The desk collapsed into itself, its texture vanished, its color changed and a moment later a pig stood in its place. The process was... magical, it looked like a desk one second and a pig the next. The whole change wasn't instantaneous but there was too much to see that he couldn't describe.

At the same time, his mana sense gave him an entirely different answer, the desk before had been plain, devoid of any mana with but the most basic runes etched onto it. After the spell changed, molded its shape and structure into a pig, its whole surface, and even from the inside, it was brimming with mana.

'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...'

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

P.S- 30+ Extra chapters on P.atreon!


Chapter 39: Transfiguration Class! Part-2

{Transfiguration Classroom, Hogwarts}

{2nd Sep 1991} 

{3rd Person POV}

While the rest of the class began focusing on copying down the symbols on the board, Rigel raised his hand catching Minerva's attention. The boy looked surprisingly focused as he had a thoughtful look, so Minerva decided to see what he wanted. She needed him by her side in the end, so if he was willing to ignore the social rules that most houses followed, she was more than happy to indulge him.

"Yes, Mr. Black?" Minerva asked, the attention of the whole class once again shifted from the blackboard to the black-haired boy as he stood up.

"Umm, Professor? What you demonstrated was an Inanimate-to-animate transfiguration right?" Rigel asked. Minerva nodded at him, "Yes that's correct Mr. Black..."

"So the reason the pig looked alive was because of animation charms you used on it to make the construct behave like a pig?" Rigel asked, he did not for a second believe that she was able to create life out of thin air without soul-crippling consequences.

"That's a good observation, Mr. Black," Minerva responded a little surprised, normally wizards and witches didn't think much about these minor details. They were more focused on how to perform magic itself.

"The answer to your question involves many different high-level theories but let's see if I can satisfy your curiosity," Minerva spoke as she gestured toward the desk again. "This is a normal desk, it does not have a brain or nervous system to control its movements and yet when I used magic to transform it into a pig it was able to move on its own. What Mr. Black guessed was the use of a high-level charm that could make an inanimate object move, and while it could be a way to go, this is a Transfiguration class and any spells not related to the subject would normally not be used in the class." 

After making the distinction perfectly clear, Minerva continued, "For the purpose of this spell, I used transfiguration to change this desk into a pig. In doing so not only did I create a simple and crude set of nerves for it to move around, but I also had to create a brain to control those movements. The theories behind these complex techniques will be discussed later, just know that when you create a brain the commands or intent with which you create this brain will remain imprinted on it. For example," Minerva waved her wand and the desk once again transformed.

The pig once again returned but this time its actions were a lot more complex. It shifted its weight on its back legs and entered a guarded posture as it started making familiar sounds. "Oink~, Oink~ Oink~, Oink~, Oink~ Oink~"

"Can anyone guess what the pig is doing?" Minerva asked. She looked around the classroom but nobody responded. "It's not a pig but a dog stuck in the body of a pig. It's trying to bark but the sound that's coming out of its mouth is that of a pig because of its anatomy..."

After Prof. McGonagall explained the rhythm of the pig's barking started to become clear. With another wave of her hand, the pig returned back to being a desk but Rigel once again noticed that the desk was filled with mana, unlike its previous state.

"If I had to use animate charms on my transfiguration construct then it would be an Inanimate-to-Inanimate transfiguration..." Prof. McGonagall finished her explanation as she nodded at Rigel to sit down.

"You don't need to stand to ask your question Mr.Black, and 5 points to Slytherin for your astute observation and knowledge of higher-level magic. It's good to see that you are taking your studies seriously." With that bit of encouragement done, Minerva pointed to the board, and the symbols that were written were erased until just the first symbol was left.

"Now, starting with some history, the first Transfiguration spell was created by a Greek wizard named Roderick Sokrates. The times were old and not much knowledge about his life and struggles was left. Still, he not only created the first few transfiguration spells that you would learn today, but he also created the basics of the Transfiguration Alphabet."

She pointed to the board and a letter 'δ', one they had copied appeared on the board. The letter was translated and its meaning became clear as another few words appeared after it.

'''δ->iron->σί'δ'ερο'''

"The letter δ is a substitute for the Greek word 'sídero' which means Iron in their language. Just like that all these letters either represent a material or a state which links your transfiguration spell and intent together. To use a spell you need to correctly understand the spell and its translation and keep that in mind when you use that spell. Using this same method and terminology, we derived the magical branch of Transfiguration." Professor McGonagall instructed.

"This from this moment on would either be known as the Transfiguration Alphabet or as Roderick's law as it would be mentioned in your textbooks. All the theory of Inanimate-to-Inaimate Transfiguration was derived from these very symbols." Prof. McGonagall explained. She then waved her wand again and two new spells appeared on the board.

'''μεταμοΜέταλλο->metamorfóno Métallo~'''

'''μεταμοαιχμηρός->metamorfóno Aichmirós~'''

"Now these are the two spells that we will be using today, translate them according to your books and write these spells in your books. I'll teach you the wand movements when you are done. You have 10 minutes..." Minerva finished as she walked back to her desk. 

Rigel opened his bag and pulled out his Transfiguration textbook, now the theory was starting to make sense and he quickly wrote the two spells down on a parchment and started to translate the two spells.

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It didn't take him long to figure out how Prof. McGonagall was able to perform a simple transfiguration by simply waving her wand while they needed two spells and wand movements to turn a match into a needle.

'It's all intent, by forcing us to write down the translation and meaning behind the spells. It made it easier for us to focus our intent on the outcome. The spells too are geared toward achieving a successful transfiguration.' Rigel concluded. The incantations were simply a trick to fool his mind and to focus his intent, the main ingredients of the spell are intent and wand movements. 

Rigel kept his discoveries to himself as he waited for the next portion of the class to begin. He was looking forward to defying and morphing the laws of physics that were ironclad in his mind.

'This is going to be interesting!'

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AN - I'm pulling the whole lecture out of my ass so it took a little bit of time. Since it was the first lecture I decided to invest a little more into it, don't worry the story would not convert into a theory crafting session!

P.S.- 30 Chapters ahead on P.atreon!


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