The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"You can't say you know how to transform without mastering the skills of batch transformation. In my opinion, transformation is divided into four stages. The first stage is the transformation of a single item, and the second stage is the same transformation of multiple items - —For example, the sleeping bags I just transformed, the third stage is different transformations of multiple items, and the fourth stage is permanent transformation."

Having said this, Professor McGonagall pointed at the sleeping bags again with her wand, turning them into a chicken, a pot of flowers, a teapot and an eagle.

"This is to turn an object into something different, which is a step up from the previous transformation."

At this time, the eagle pounced on the chicken and pecked its head off. The chicken turned back into a sleeping bag with a bang, but with a big hole, and a large puff of down floated out from it. The eagle soared into the sky, but hit the ceiling again and knocked himself unconscious.

Professor McGonagall shrugged helplessly and muttered something to clean up the mess.

"Next time I will turn them all into dead things." After cleaning up, she couldn't help complaining.

Transfiguration involves wrapping objects with a layer of magic to change their appearance. But if it is hit by an external force that exceeds the range of the magic power, it will show its original shape or even be destroyed.

Whether the transformed object has the original and current instincts is the criterion for judging the level of transformation. After some bad wizards turn hedgehogs into pincushions, when someone brings a needle close to the cushion, the cushion will shrink in fear - this is unqualified transformation.

And the new object that is transformed has the instinct of the new object, which is the most first-class transformation. For example, the eagle that Professor McGonagall just transformed has the instinct to hunt and escape, which is not something ordinary wizards can do.

When Professor McGonagall first came to teach at Hogwarts, she made a joke because her level of transformation was too high. When she gave the first class to the first-year students, she first showed off her transformation into a cat lady, and then turned her podium into a big fat pig.

According to the young Professor McGonagall's script, this opening was already stunning enough to arouse the students' interest. Now it's time to get down to business. But Professor McGonagall's level of transformation was so high that the pig she transformed was too lifelike. The pig pooped a big, smelly shit in full view of everyone.

The whole classroom exploded on the spot, and the noise frightened the pig. It rushed out of the classroom, leaving Professor McGonagall stunned on the empty podium.

After Professor McGonagall spent a lot of effort to transform the pig back into a desk, she became more thoughtful. From then on, when she transformed again, she always reserved some strength and became less lifelike. That's why the pig that Professor McGonagall showed to Tom and his friends when they were taught Transfiguration on the first day of school would obediently stand still.

The eagle's prey and the flying feathers in the sky today undoubtedly brought back Professor McGonagall's memories. She remembered what happened to her when she was young, so she immediately restored the sleeping bags to their original state.

"Ahem, you see, this is not permanent transformation. Permanent transformation is a state that every transformation master is diligently pursuing. I hope that one of you can complete permanent transformation in the future."

"So Professor McGonagall, are any of your former students able to achieve permanent deformation?" Hermione raised her hand, she was a little curious about this question.

"Not yet. In fact, even I may not be able to achieve permanent deformation." A trace of memory flashed in Professor McGonagall's eyes, "I remember there was a child who achieved semi-permanent deformation - she gave it to her at that time Her Potions professor gave her a little goldfish she had conjured, and the goldfish stayed with the professor until one day..."

"What's wrong?" Hermione looked at Professor McGonagall curiously, she wanted to know the ending of this story.

A sad look flashed across Professor McGonagall's face, but she quickly hid it, "It's nothing. The goldfish's transformation lasted for several years. She is really a smart girl."

Looking at Hermione, Professor McGonagall showed a hint of affection in her eyes, "She is somewhat similar to you, Miss Granger. She is also a Muggle-born. You are as outstanding as her... I believe in your future level of transformation. I won’t be inferior to her.”

This story was a bit confusing to Hermione, but she was still very happy to be praised by Professor McGonagall.

"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Batch transformation requires us to focus on all the items that need to be transformed, imagine them as a whole, and then transform this whole. This is easy to say, but it also requires a lot of practice "Of course, I believe you will gradually find the trick after practicing a few more times..." Professor McGonagall explained to the students the method of batch deformation and the details that need to be paid attention to during deformation. From time to time, she would write a few lines on the blackboard and talk about some tips she had learned.

The students wrote furiously in the audience, desperately writing down the knowledge dictated by Professor McGonagall and the tips written on the blackboard in their notebooks. I don’t know if they missed Professor Snape’s PPT at this time.

What I'm most afraid of in class is that I'll meet a professor who doesn't write on the blackboard or do PPT, and just talks with his mouth. If you meet this kind of person, you can only ask the top student to copy the notes. Fortunately, the professors at Hogwarts do not have such bad habits - maybe Professor Sprout, who often teaches in the greenhouse, is one of them, but what she talks about is available in books, so it is not difficult to review.

A good pen is also very important. Tom is lucky. His quill has a very strong passive function: it does not need to be dipped in ink, which saves him a lot of trouble. The pen in Hermione's hand that was sitting next to her ran out of water. In a hurry, she quickly put the pen tip into the ink bottle. In the end, the notes were covered with ink dots.

Professor McGonagall finally finished speaking. The students in the audience also let out a long breath and could finally relax their wrists that were swollen from writing.

Hermione glanced at her deskmate with a hint of jealousy, "What a great quill!"

"I'll modify your pen later to make its ink sac have a larger capacity..."

Hearing this, Hermione thought thoughtfully: It seems that I can cast a small spell on the ink sac... I'll go back and study it.

At this time, Professor McGonagall took out several small boxes. Tom looked carefully and found that they were several boxes of matches. Match, an old acquaintance from Transfiguration class. Professor McGonagall placed five matches on each student's desk.

"You have already mastered the transformation technique of matches when you were in first grade. I believe that everyone here should have mastered the key points of transformation of matches." Professor McGonagall used her wand to light a match on the table and spoke. In a second it turned into a shining silver needle.

"Today is nothing different, it's just that you need to turn multiple matches into needles together."

Seeing the little wizards who were eager to try, Professor McGonagall said no more and just let them start.

Tom stared at the matches in front of him, trying to imagine them as a whole. After staring for a while, he picked up his wand and pointed at the matches. All five matches changed: three turned into needles, the fourth only turned into a needle, and the fifth had almost no change. .

Although it wasn't completely successful, it was pretty cool to have this effect for the first time. But Hermione next to him was even more powerful. She turned all five matches into needles in one go.

"Very good." Professor McGonagall was attracted by the progress of the two of them. "You two have made great progress in transfiguration, especially Miss Granger." Looking at the matches transformed by Tom and Hermione , Professor McGonagall was a little surprised.

She thought that by the end of get out of class, the students in the class would only be able to transform three needles at a time, but she didn't expect that Tom would reach this standard the first time he did it. What surprised her even more was that Granger transformed five needles. Totally deformed.

If the two people's performances were reversed, she wouldn't be so surprised. Because in her impression, Yodel is a student who is extremely talented but not so hard-working, while Granger is the kind of person who is slightly less talented than a genius, but can endure hardship very much. As a result, Granger's talent today was actually better than Yodel's.

"Is this your first batch transformation?" Professor McGonagall asked in disbelief. After getting a positive answer, she couldn't help but admire the two people's growth speed: It's too fast! These two people have improved so fast that their level of transformation is no worse than that of fifth-grade students. As for the Patronus Charm that day, it was even more amazing, beyond the scope of a student.

"Ten points to Ravenclaw." Although she was surprised in her heart, no emotion showed on her face. She just lightly added ten points to Ravenclaw and walked away.

Hermione frowned on the side.

She wasn't frowning because she had few extra points or didn't get any praise, she was a little confused. Because she felt as if her "small universe exploded" all of a sudden and she could do things that she couldn't usually do.

Based on her intuition, she felt that her performance should be similar to that of Tom, but the result was beyond her expectation. This smooth feeling of casting spells was really magical to her.

She thought it was a flash of inspiration, but after trying a few more sets of matches, Hermione found that her performance was actually very stable, as if she suddenly became smarter.

After thinking about it, she couldn't figure out the reason, but it didn't stop her from becoming happy. This mood lasted until the end of get out of class.

After the Transfiguration class, they hurried to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Today's class schedule is more comfortable, and Tom and Hermione don't need to go back in time to attend class.

"I hope today's teacher will no longer be Professor Snape," Hermione said with some worry, "Professor Lupine should have recovered from his illness, right?"

During the last class, Snape's venomous tongue made Hermione very angry. He commented that the homework that Hermione had handed in before was "unclear and inaccurate" and said: How can I get eight points for this kind of homework? If he were to grade it, he would give it two points at most, and three points would be too much.

This pissed Hermione off to death: she stayed up late looking up information to write these things, and she actually got such an evaluation. If Tom hadn't stopped her, she might have stood up and argued with Snape.

Hermione didn't have much hope for the two-volume parchment paper he left behind - she would probably find a lot of mistakes again and get a low grade.

"I guess Professor Lupine should be here for class." Tom counted on his fingers and found that several days had passed since the night of the full moon, and Lupine had probably recovered. I just don’t know how effective Wolfsbane potion is on him?

It is said that the wolfsbane potion can ensure that the werewolf is awake after the transformation on a full moon night, but Tom does not know whether the after-effects of transformation have been weakened. But Tom felt that it would not weaken it - instead it might enhance and amplify this weak state.

Fortunately, Professor Lu Ping came in today. His face became pale again, and his mental state became a little depressed. He manipulated a large water tank with some difficulty and let it slowly fall on the podium.

The water tank floated past the little wizard. The water in it was very full, giving people the feeling that it would spill out at any time. Fortunately, there is a lid to prevent this from happening.

There must be something in the water tank, but the water is turbid and it's hard to see clearly. After the box landed on the podium, the students applauded in unison.

Professor Luping smiled helplessly, "Children, no! Do you all need to applaud?"

The little wizards in the audience did not stop, but drummed harder.

The reason they applauded was naturally not that Professor Lupine had used the Levitation Charm, but that he finally recovered and Snape was no longer the substitute teacher! The young wizards sincerely believed that it was enough for Snape to teach Potions and not to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts - in fact, it would be best if he did not even teach Potions.

Professor Luping took a short rest and waited for the students to arrive before starting his lecture. However, he did not waste any time from entering the classroom to starting class. He collected the students' papers on werewolves and read them carefully.

The title of the students' paper is "How to Identify and Kill Werewolves". It is very dark humor for Professor Lu Ping to read such a paper, and it feels a bit like a joke from hell.

However, Professor Lu Ping was very dedicated. Obviously this thesis topic was very unfriendly to him, but he still read every paper carefully.

After seeing the paper handed in by Hermione, he couldn't help but reveal a wry smile: The paper was so well written, maybe the child was already suspicious of him, right? It's probably only a matter of time before his identity is revealed.

He sighed: Just take it one step at a time. This is how he came here for so many years. Looking for a job, having his identity discovered, changing jobs...his life fell into such a vicious cycle. This job at Hogwarts is quite long.

He just hoped that his identity would be exposed later so as not to cause too much trouble to Dumbledore.

The first few minutes of this class were spent reading the paper. After reading the last paper, Professor Lu Ping stood up and smiled at the students.

"Now, let's go to class! Today I'm going to let you get to know Kabbah."

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