Lesson Three - First Years

by **Richard Romain** Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:51 pm

Richard yawned a little as he sat down on the edge of his desk to wait for his class. Each table had a small collection of matches on them. Six matches for each student, no more and no less. With these six matches, Richard was going to teach them the next most important stage of transfiguration.

by **MelodyLovegood** Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:10 am

"Hello professor,"Melody said as she walked in."What are the matches for?"

by **Fia Greene** Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:07 am

Veronica entered the room and sighed. Last lesson, all she remembered was that the professor seemed to be dead, except that he was drumming his fingers on the table. She mumbled a 'good morning' to Professor Romain, who seemed to be very much alive today.

She sat on the seat beside Melody, who had been in some of her classes, and rubbed her eyes. She noticed six matches on each of the tables. Then she heard Melody ask a question.

"Either we turn them into needles, or we turn them into stick insects." Veronica said in her mind.

by **Richard Romain** Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:53 am

Richard looked out over his class a few more times as they all settled into their places. Clapping his hands once, with a wandless amplification charm to make the sound louder, Richard stood in front of his class,

"In the last few lessons you have been working on non-organic transfiguration. Non-organic to non-organic and so on." he paused before gesturing to six matches on his desk, "That ends today. Today you will be learning non-organic to organic. And living."

He pointed his wand at the small pile of wooden matches on his desk,

"Botain." he declared loudly so that all of his students could hear him. The six matches began to merge together, as if liquid, before they arranged themselves into the shape of a slowly twitching stick insect. He picked up the small creature and it scurried around in the palm of his hand, "You shall turn your matches into a stick insect with that incantation."

He closed his hand, as if to squash the bug, but before he had even half closed his fist it had returned to being matches, which dropped onto his desk ready to be used again. Richard turned back to his class,

"The wand movements are simple." he instructed them firmly, "One clockwise turn and then a simple flick downwards. You must speak the incantation clearly and firmly. Why? Because it is very similar to this spell."

He pointed his wand at the matches,

"Butain." he said firmly. The matches glowed white for a second before popping into pieces of confetti, "Incorrect... Boo-Tain. Correct... Boe-Tain. You may begin."

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:14 pm

"Botain!,"Melody said turning her wand a clockwise turn and flicking it downwards. The matches turned into stick insects which ran around her desk creeping her out.

by **James Potter II** Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:50 am

James entered the class and grinned " Sorry Professor that I'm a late just well just getting used to being in Hufflepuff." James took a seat in the front then grinned a bit. James got his book out and started writeing.James wished this year would end.James wished he had friends but he didn't.James got his book out and sighed he been reading it all in his common room.

James looked as he wrote his essay. James knew he had Dark Arts next he started to think he just conitued his essay.James knew one he was not pleased with wha he been hearing prophet. " Boe-Tain !"

by **Fia Greene** Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:25 pm

Veronica nodded at Professor Romain's instructions. She waved her wand, doing a clockwise turn, and a simple flick downwards. "Botain!" Veronica said. The matches turned into stick insects and started running around her desk.