Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I forgot to say in the beginning that I own none of
the characters except Auria, although I wish I did.
They reached the transfiguration room and took their seats, Ron and Harry together and Auria with Hermione. After about 5 minutes Professor McGonagall came striding in, the last hints of a tale disappearing just as she reached her desk. Auria stared in disbelief. She would have to ask Hermione about that later. McGonagall organized some books on her desk and then looked shrewdly up at the class.
"Welcome back 5th years. I am warning you now that this year we will be doing much more difficult magic and you will have a lot of homework." The class groaned loudly. "That's enough," she continued. "Now, we are going to start off with a review spell. I'm sure you have not all forgotten how to turn frogs into plates." A few nervous nods could be seen. "Alright, take out your wands."
Auria pulled out her wand. "That's the most beautiful wand I've ever seen!" exclaimed Hermione loudly. Everyone began crowding around Auria's desk to look at it. The wand was made from the wood of a mallorn tree and it was pale white and laced with thin silver writing. The handle was made of shimmering green glass that was made to look like a pattern of leaves. "What does it say?" asked Neville.
"This wand belongs to Auria and was made in Lothlorien the enchanted realm of light." She answered nervously, shrinking back from all the staring faces.
"Alright" said McGonagall sternly. "That's enough gawking, back to your seats." She came around and placed a frog on everyone's desk. "Remember to think of what you want the plate to look like. The words are alternitus amphibiamus."
Everyone managed to change their frog after about half an hour. Some were shiny and silver, others wooden, some metal and dull and Neville's was broken in two. Hermione thought that she had made the nicest plate, being white and have a small blue border on the edge, but then she looked at Auria's. It was pale silver with a gold rim. The plate outside rim had knotted pattern and the inside depicted a large home set inside a valley all in color. Hermione glared at her for a moment and then sat back and crossed her arms. Professor McGonagall came around to inspect their plates.
"Very good Hermione" she said in her usual tone. "Oh Auria, its beautiful, look at all that coloring and detail. May I keep it?" The room went silent and everyone stared at McGonagall in disbelief. She had never wanted to keep anything from anyone before and she sounded genuinely excited about this. Once again everyone got up and crowded around Auria's desk. They all agreed that it was beautiful, except for Hermione who sat looking away into the corner. Ron had seen her turn away and wipe her eyes with her sleeve. A few minutes later the bell rang and all the Gryffindors headed off to their next class.
They reached the transfiguration room and took their seats, Ron and Harry together and Auria with Hermione. After about 5 minutes Professor McGonagall came striding in, the last hints of a tale disappearing just as she reached her desk. Auria stared in disbelief. She would have to ask Hermione about that later. McGonagall organized some books on her desk and then looked shrewdly up at the class.
"Welcome back 5th years. I am warning you now that this year we will be doing much more difficult magic and you will have a lot of homework." The class groaned loudly. "That's enough," she continued. "Now, we are going to start off with a review spell. I'm sure you have not all forgotten how to turn frogs into plates." A few nervous nods could be seen. "Alright, take out your wands."
Auria pulled out her wand. "That's the most beautiful wand I've ever seen!" exclaimed Hermione loudly. Everyone began crowding around Auria's desk to look at it. The wand was made from the wood of a mallorn tree and it was pale white and laced with thin silver writing. The handle was made of shimmering green glass that was made to look like a pattern of leaves. "What does it say?" asked Neville.
"This wand belongs to Auria and was made in Lothlorien the enchanted realm of light." She answered nervously, shrinking back from all the staring faces.
"Alright" said McGonagall sternly. "That's enough gawking, back to your seats." She came around and placed a frog on everyone's desk. "Remember to think of what you want the plate to look like. The words are alternitus amphibiamus."
Everyone managed to change their frog after about half an hour. Some were shiny and silver, others wooden, some metal and dull and Neville's was broken in two. Hermione thought that she had made the nicest plate, being white and have a small blue border on the edge, but then she looked at Auria's. It was pale silver with a gold rim. The plate outside rim had knotted pattern and the inside depicted a large home set inside a valley all in color. Hermione glared at her for a moment and then sat back and crossed her arms. Professor McGonagall came around to inspect their plates.
"Very good Hermione" she said in her usual tone. "Oh Auria, its beautiful, look at all that coloring and detail. May I keep it?" The room went silent and everyone stared at McGonagall in disbelief. She had never wanted to keep anything from anyone before and she sounded genuinely excited about this. Once again everyone got up and crowded around Auria's desk. They all agreed that it was beautiful, except for Hermione who sat looking away into the corner. Ron had seen her turn away and wipe her eyes with her sleeve. A few minutes later the bell rang and all the Gryffindors headed off to their next class.