As Ruriko, Cole, Selena, Jason and Hanameel and their fellow Ravenclaw and Slytherin students arrived and entered the transfiguration classroom, Ruriko noticed that there's a cat sitting in a still and quiet manner on the desk as she and her fellow Ravenclaw and Slytherin students sat down on their seats.
"Mistress, there's something weird and wrong about that cat sitting on the desk." said Sonya suspiciously to Ruriko about the cat sitting on the desk.
"I know. I noticed it too, Sonya. Could it be that the cat is…" said Ruriko in mental agreement with Sonya.
Right after all Ravenclaw and Slytherin sat down on their seats, the cat that's sitting on the desk jumped off the desk and transformed into Professor Mcgonagall, which caused awed and impressed looks to appear on the students faces except for Ruriko, who look amused.
"Ah, I get it now. It seems that Professor Mcgonagall is an Animagus which is understandable and obvious since the transfiguration subject that she teaches is to make us learn to change one thing to another and it's not out of the realms of possibility for a witch or wizard to be able turn into any animal that fits them." thought Ruriko to herself.
"Good morning and welcome to your first class of Transfiguration, new students." said Professor Mcgonagall politely to the first year Ravenclaw and Slytherin students before she begin her lesson by explaining to them the pros and cons of Transfiguration magic, raising and using her wand to turn her desk into a pig then turned the pig back to her desk before she take out a box of matches, put each of the matches on the desks in front of the first year Ravenclaw and Slytherin students and told them to change the matches into needles before Professor Mcgonagall walked around the room to inspect and help the students out with their works until she reached the table where Ruriko and Selena are sitting with the intention to inspect and help them too only to see that they'd already do their assignments of changing the matches into needles.
"Well done and 5 points each to Ravenclaw house, Miss Sakura and Miss White." said Professor Mcgonagall approvingly to both Ruriko and Selena.
"Thank you, Professor Mcgonagall." said Selena politely to Professor Mcgonagall while Ruriko stay silent.
"You're welcome, Miss White." said Professor Mcgonagall as she nodded at Selena and giving a slightly disappointed look at Ruriko for being silent before she turned and walked away from their desk to check up on the progress of other students.
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Several hours later, inside another classroom in the dungeons…
"Alright, so far the most interesting lessons are Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology and Defense Against the Dark Arts, DADA for shorts while the four professors that teaches the lessons are quite strict and fair. The most disappointing and worse lesson is History of Magic because it's taught by a ghostly professor who only talk about Goblins rebellion war instead of other magical wars and who managed to make the students fall asleep faster than sleeping pills could make people asleep." said Sedna's voice mentally to Ruriko.
"Yeah, I know and agree with you about the professors and the subjects they teaches up but now will you be quiet because I and these other students are having our last lesson today which is Potions now, Sedna." said Ruriko mentally back to Sedna as she sat down at the front of the desk with Selena and Hanameel.
"Ruriko's right. Stop disrupting her from learning in this castle, Sedna." said Sonya's voice in disapproval at Sedna.
"Alright, I understand." said Sedna as she nodded at Sonya.
Soon after the Ravenclaw and Slytherin students sat down on their seats, the door to the class behind them was slammed open by Professor Snape before he walked into the class past the students toward his desk at the front of the room (with his black robes billowing behind him) and began taking the role call of the students until he stopped at Ruriko's name on it.
"Ah, Miss Lucerne Potter, our new celebrity." said Professor Snape as he glance mockingly at Ruriko (which caused her to scowled at him while the Ravenclaw and Slytherin students gasp and began whispering to each other about Ruriko's true identity once they heard Professor Snape say her former name).
"Excuse me but I've to correct you there, sir. My name is Ruriko Sakura, not Lucerne Potter." said Ruriko as she raised her right hand.
"Silence and five points from Ravenclaw for your cheek, Potter!" snapped Professor Snape rudely at Ruriko.
"Who the hell does this grubyy ublyudok think he is for talking to you like that!?" snapped Anastasia voice in anger at the way Professor Snape talk and act to Ruriko.
"Calm down and pay him no mind, Anastasia." said Archimedes voice calmly to Anastasia.
"You're all here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion making. As there is little wand waving here, many of you will find it hard to believe that it is magic. I can teach you to bottle fame, brew glory and even put a stopper on death. If you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach. Potter!" snapped Professor Snape again at Ruriko after he's done in taking role call and telling some words to the students.
"Yes, professor?" said Ruriko in a neutral tone of voice to Professor Snape.
"Tell me, Potter, what would I get, if I added powdered root of Asphodel to an infusion of Wormwood?" asked Professor Snape.
"The draught of living death, professor." replied Ruriko.
"Lucky guess. Potter, where would you look if I asked you to find a bezoar?" said Professor Snape.
"Either inside your Potions store or inside the stomach of a goat, professor." replied Ruriko.
"Humph. Potter, what is the difference between Monkshood and Wolfsbane?" said Professor Snape.
"There's no difference because they're the same plant and called Aconite, professor." replied Ruriko.
"Last question, Potter! What happens to wizards and witches who drank Unicorn blood?" said Professor Snape.
"It keeps drinkers alive at the cost of them having cursed lives, professor." replied Ruriko.
"Aren't you quite the cheating wench because there's no way that you'd know all the answers to my questions, Potter." said Professor Snape as he glared at Ruriko.
"No, she didn't cheat because I saw her reading her Potion book…" said Selena.
"Quiet! I didn't ask you to talk, White! Now get to work, all of you!" snapped Professor Snape rudely at Selena before he turned, raised and waved his wand and make instructions appear on the blackboard behind him.
"I don't like him. He's the most terrible and rude professor I've ever met!" said Anastasia's voice in anger at Professor Snape.
"I agree with you, Anastasia. I don't like him either." said Sedna's voice in agreement with Anastasia while Ruriko, Selena, Hanameel and the other Ravenclaw and Slytherin students began doing their first potion lesson.
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AN: "Grubyy Ublyudok" meaning rude bastard in Russian.