บท 26: Class, ROR, and a Map
After having lunch at the Great Hall, we go to the Transfiguration class on the fifth floor. Professor McGonagall was already here as a cat. She sits stiffly on the table, her tail swing side by side.
At exactly 1 PM, she changes back to her original form. I gasp, the others gasp, everyone gasps. Damn if that's not the coolest thing I've seen so far here. It's very fascinating seeing it on person. The transformation was so smooth. I think everyone thinks so too.
We share the class with the slytherin house this afternoon. I sit with Padma, Sue sits with Terry. We Ravenclawas sit on right side of the room, near the door. While the Slytherines sit on the other side.
In our first class, Professor McGonagall explains about the art of transfiguration. It is a vey dangerous discipline when not done right.
During the lesson, she explains about several theories behind transfiguration.
The most important thing, in her opinion, is understanding the objects we want to change. We must know about the structure, the texture, the color, the shape, the size, and all the detail about them. Transfiguration changes the most fundemental things of an object, which are matters and energy. Therefore, undertanding how matters work and laws of energy will greatly help to master transfiguration.
As we already know, energy can not be created nor erased. It could only be changed. And by using this ultimate law, transfiguration utilizes our will (magic) to change one object into another. Importantly, it is not erasing something to creat another thing. She can't stress this enough.
To put it simply, transfiguration is an art of changing one matters into another by will of magic. However, the end results are greatly influenced by :
- understanding of matters
- the magical prowess
- the will or intent of the casting
- incantation
It is a fact that some wizards and witches have higher affinity towards Transfiguration. Those who have huge magical prowess are also known to forgo incantation altogether while doing transfiguration.
These people are sometimes recognized as prodigies or naturals in this line of field. They can transfigure anything easily amd smoothly.
Some people without the affinity could always practice and master transfiguration in a way, but the end results will not be as stable or longer as the one casted by the naturals.
There is also the matter of permanent transfiguration to which we will learn in our 6th year.
In the first year, we will only learn to change inanimate object to another inanimate object. Professor McGonagall promise that we'll learn the practical spells on our second lesson this week.
At the end of the class, I have filled 7 pages of notes inside my notebook. My respect for the older woman has increased significantly.
She is both a Master Transfiguration and a capable teacher.
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After the class, I decided to part ways with the other to go to the Room of Requirement. I need to secure some items.
After going to a nearby abandoned class, I call for Jelly.
"Jelly!"
"Yes Missus Lana, Jelly be here", Jelly came after 1 second.
"Could you take me to my room in the dorm please"
"Yes missus". And 1 second later we are inside my room. I proceed to place my school bag on the desk, and pull two mokeskin bags out of my trunk. The bag is charmed by an undetectable expansion-charm. The space is massive and the bag's opening is very flexible, it could open until 3 meters in diameter. I bought 3 of them from a bag shop to help me loot the ROR.
After that, I asked Jelly to take me to ROR. I don't see why I need to wait any longer to go there.
"Jelly, take me to the Come and Go Room, please. If you could make us invisible in the meantime that'd be wonderful too", I asked him.
House-elves are severly underestimated. I could practically do anything with their help.
"Sure Missus Lana, Jelly be doing it". With a flick of his finger, we are now invisible. With another flick, we suddenly appear in front of a wall facing a painting of Barnabas the Barmy.
After arriving, I started to walk back and forth 3 times in front of the wall while thinking that I need a place to hide my book.
After I finish my walk, a door appear on the wall. Without any second longer, I enter the room with Jelly in tow. After we enter, the door dissapears.
The room is huge. It is filled to the brink with all kinds of things. There are many books that are just waiting to be taken away. *sigh*
My main mission this afternoon is to search for few functioning wands for me to use. I need other wands to cast for my activities later so that others won't recognize my magical signature too much.
Other things are to search for a functioning invisible cloak, loot the books, take the gems and rare artifacts, and take the vanishing cabinet. I will leave the diadem here for now.
Voldemort is in the castle after all. I don't want to alarm him.
Let's try the accio spell for now.
"accio wands"
A few secomds later, there is a shower of wands going our way. Thankfully, Jelly casts a protective barrier before they hit us. There are at least 50 wands here. After casting a diagnostic spell for curses on the wands and found none, I try the wand one by one. After 20 minutes, I get myself 2 new wands to which I feel some connections to. One is a black wand, and the other is dark brown. I put both of them inside my wand holster.
Aftet that, I collect the other wands and put it inside an open trunk nearby. I don't take them all as I want to help others later when they ever need one. I already have 3 wands at the moment.
I realize halfway into my wand testing task that while I'm doing my things, I need to ask Jelly to start collecting the books. So, that's what he was doing for the past 15 minutes. I asked him to check for curses before putting the books inside the mokeskin bag though. So, all books should be free of curses. Due to the amount of books here, that'd take him a while.
My next task is to search for invisible cloak. I'll need it to exchange it with Potter's cloak.
"accio invisible cloak"
Around 10 cloaks are flying my way. This time, I was ready. I cast a low level protego in front of me, and the cloaks fall before me. Yes, I could perform the protego charm. Although very small and for a very short duration.
After sorting them, I find only 2 functional cloaks. The others are either ripped, or already lost their invisibility partially or completely. The 2 good cloaks look allright. But after a scourgify, they look presentable. That'd do for now. I put the cloaks inside the bag.
After that, I started to walk to search for any gems and the vanishing cabinet. My walk is very fruitful. Not more than 10 meters from my initial place, I found 3 chests full of rubies, diamonds, and other rare gem stones. After quick scans for curses and none found, I put the 3 chests inside my bag. Thankfully, the chests are not too big. They're about 50x40x30 cm each.
After that, I leave the treasure hunt and search for the vanishing cabinet. I think 3 chests of treaures are enough for me. I will leave other treasures for others who would need them later.
The vanishing cabinet is trickier to find. But with a 'point-me' charm, I am able to find it. I need to walk deeper to the left side.
After I find it, I put it inside my bag. Thankfully, it is not too heavy. So I could lift it and put it on the bag's opening.
After that, I try to find any time turners for fun. I'm not sure if there is any time turner here, but I'm willing to try.
'point-me time turners'
At first, nothing happen. But few seconds later, my wand flicks and point to my right side. So I follow it.
After 10 minutes of walking, I actually find 3 time turners on a desk next to some books. Looking at them, I cast a curse-scan on the time turners and the books. After they come clean, I put the books directly inside my bag.
Two of the 3 time turners are broken. The glass were shattered and there are no time sands any more inside it.
The other one looks to be ok, but I'm weary of it. So, I just put it inside my bag and worry about it later.
A quick tempus show me it's near 6 PM and dinner will be served soon. So, I cast a point-me-charm to find Jelly. After finding him, we go back to the entrance of the room with, again, a point-me-charm. After making ourselves invisible, we go out of the room and apparate to my room.
I ask Jelly to drop the books to the House so Gelly could arrange them there, and ask him to be back among the Hogwarts' elves after.
With a pop, Jelly is gone to do the tasks.
I decided to take a shower and go to the Great Hall to eat dinner.
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Dinner went quite uneventful, but the Gryffindor table looks subdued. They are rambunctious bunch usually. I wonder why?
After dinner, me and my friends talk and read in the common room. Because we don't have any works to do, we just chill and read random books from the mini-library.
At 10 PM, we go back to our room to sleep. But I hold up sleeping until 11.30 PM as I still have a plan to carry out.
At 11.30 PM, I call Jelly to me.
"Jelly"
"Yes missus, Jelly be here".
Standing in my pajama with a pair of bunny slippers, I take my fake wand and ask Jelly to take me inside the 3rd year boy Gryffindor room. I need to take the map from the Weasley twins.
"Jelly, take me inside of the 3rd year Gryffindor boys room please. And do make us invisible and silent."
"yes missus, Jelly be doing it."
With a flick of his finger, we are inside of a boy dorm room. There are 5 boys inside. All of them are thanfully already asleep. Looking at the room, 2 of them have identical red-heads.
Yes, this is the right room. Well then, here goes nothing!
'accio marauder's map'
Instantly, a yellow parchment fly away from one of the redhead's bag on the desk. Catching it, I look around the room again to see if anyone has awoken. Thankfully, they're still asleep.
Then I point my wand to the parchment and said "I solemnly swear thay I'm up to no good". Lines and pictures suddenly appear on the parchment. There are also dots with names on it.
Yes, this is the right one.
'Mischief managed'. And the parchment goes blank again.
After that, we go back to my room.
Afer Jelly is gone to be with other elves, I am lying down on my bed and looking at the map curiously.
I see a lot of names.
Padma is in her room, Sue, Terry and others too.
Professor Dumbledore is still in his office, Professor McGonaggal too is still in her office. They are some very busy people after all.
Then I look at the Gryffindor dorm out of curiousity.
There, Peter Pettigrew on Ronald Weasley's bed.
And then Potter beside... huh ?
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huh?
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There's no Potter beside Weasley.
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In fact, there is no Potter in the Gryffindor dorm.
Where could he possibly be?
Wait, *looking frantically at the map*
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Potter is in the infirmary???
Why?
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