Transfiguration. We were studying human transfiguration theoretically.

And then McGonagall turned into a cat. A wave of applause greeted this transformation, even from most of the Slytherin students. She turned back and asked in her brisk manner, "Any questions?"

I raised my hand, "How do you turn someone into a ferret?", I asked innocently and glanced pointedly at Malfoy. McGonagall raised an eyebrow.

"Seventh Year", she replied simply and dismissed us. Just loudly enough, I muttered, "I already know anyway"

Standing on a wobbly stack of books upon his chair, Flitwick tapped his wand on the board and wrote Revision. A groan rose from everywhere and nowhere in class.

"Ask me anything", he beamed. I, ever the studious student, raised my hand. He nodded at me eagerly.

"How do you bounce a furry rodent with your wand?", Cheerfully, he explained the whole process and gave a demonstration.

For no particular reason whatsoever, I raised my hand in Potions class. Snape rolled his eyes but called on me anyway.

"Yes Alice"

"If you transfigure a human, how can you keep them that way for, like, ever?", this, of course, was the last straw.

"ALICE!"

"FERRET!"