Chapter 8 – The Class Gone Wrong

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By Friday Hermione had finally got into the routine of getting up and getting ready for classes on time and it was the first time in a week she had arrived in her classroom before her class did. This set her in a happy mood and she was singing away to herself as her seventh year class filed in and took their seats.

"Good morning class." She beamed across at them all but only got a few grunts for a reply. "Well nice to know you care" she muttered as she turned to the board and started writing.

"Ok so we've covered transfiguring objects and animals almost to boredom right?" she asked and got a few nods back. "Well for this term, and yes it will take a term to do, we are going to try transfiguring ourselves and each other."

A ripple of excitement travelled around the class and Hermione waited until they had settled before continuing.

"Now many of you may be thinking that I'm just going to teach you to become an Anamangi. Well I'm afraid not. If you want that you'll just have to wait until after school and take classes still. Anyhow, we will be using a wand and the spell is extremely complex and will take many, many lessons of studying before we actually get to see anything fun." A groan of disappointment travelled round the class. "Ok then who wants to come up here right now and have someone who hasn't practised at all point a wand at you?" she asked looking around at them all, no one said anything. "I though as much. Now please turn to page 153 and make notes. At the end of the lesson you will be able to practise the spell."

She sat on her desk also quickly flipping through the book to make sure she had it down perfectly as it was a very complex spell and she would hate anything to go wrong. After about twenty minutes she snapped the book shut and looked up at her class.

"Right! That's about enough of that. You all think you've got the idea?" she asked and smiled as most of the class nodded. "Ok then, well I was thinking what the best way to do this was. I want to see how much of the theory you've taken in but obviously I don't want you practising on each other so I would like you all to meet Alex." She smiled as she pointed her wand at the cupboard and a man walked out.

To start with he looked like a normal bald man but when they all looked closer they saw that his eyes had no colour. Instead they were just pure white. Some of the class recoiled away from him where as others merely looked shocked.

"Don't worry guys he won't bite. Well, I hope not. If he does then I've done the spell wrong." She laughed at her joke but quickly stopped as no one else was. "Sorry. Right, this is Alex. He used to be a plastic skeleton I got off one of my muggle friends, who is studying to become a doctor. The skin is just a charm to help you focus on the fact that it is human, unfortunately I've never been able to make the eyes look real yet." The class looked a lot more relaxed now they knew it wasn't some sort of zombie. "Now who's going to be brave enough to come and show of in front of us all?"

Five minutes later all the desks had been cleared and there was a large circle drawn on the floor. Hermione stood in the centre of it with Alex and the class stood around the outside.

"Ok, so I'm going to have to stay in the circle to keep the spell on Alex going but other than that none of you should cross the line unless it's your turn. This is a dangerous spell if it goes wrong so I'm going to cast a spell the block all spells crossing the line. Now after you've cast the spell on Alex keep your wand. It still may let off a few sparks, as it's not used to the spell, so

I don't want any flying off all over the place ok?" The class nodded eagerly and the first person stepped into the ring to try.

The first six or seven people took their go and did it quite well, none of them were able to hold the shape they had made for more than a couple of seconds but

Hermione was feeling very proud. Next up was a girl from Ravenclaw called Anna Halshaw. She pointed her wand at Alex and spoke the spell his outline wobbled out of shape for a few seconds before it remained his normal shape. Anna cried out in disappointment and looked to Hermione for help.

"Don't worry Anna try again but this time use a more commanding voice." Anna tried again and this time was able to change Alex in to a textbook.

"Professor I did it!" she squealed as she spun around ready to receive praise.

Hermione gasped as a few blue sparks flew from the wand and hit her square in the chest. Her outline wobbled for a second before her form shrunk down into a small potted plant.

"Oh my god!" Anna shrieked. "Oh my god what do we do?"

"Well it's not going to stick is it I mean we aren't strong enough yet are we?" one boy asked. But after five minutes more thy decided Hermione definitely wasn't turning back. One student quickly went to get Madame Pomfrey and others tried to comfort Anna who had gone in to a complete state of shock and guilt.

Hermione's new plant shaped form was quickly taken to the hospital wing and the students were given the rest of the double lesson they were supposed to have off to get over the shock.

That evening the spell to reverse the effects was finally found and Hermione was turned back into herself again. Unfortunately, having spent a while as a plant her body was damaged by the spell and she was quite ill. Ron, Draco and Neville went to visit her that evening.

"Hey Hermione." They all whispered as they sat down.

"Hey." She croaked back.

"So Harry's going to be taking over your class while you're off. But don't worry I don't think he'll be trying the spell you did today." Ron grinned and

Hermione managed a weak smile back. They started telling her about how Neville had managed to fall into a large plant pot while teaching the first years that afternoon. But Madame Pomfrey came and shoed them out saying that her patient needed rest. Hermione was alone again until she was given her sleeping potion where she fell into a deep dreamless sleep, for a while at least. In the middle of the night she woke with an uneasy feeling. She looked up to see a pair of eyes starring back at her she opened her mouth to shout but the person had grabbed the goblet on the bedside and force-fed her the last of the sleeping potion before she could. The next morning when Hermione woke she thought it to only be a dream and pushed it to the back of her mind while she was fussed over and tested.

Three days later Hermione was finally fit enough to get up and move about but it was decided she wouldn't teach for the week just in case so she ended up having a lot of free time. On Wednesday afternoon she was sitting in the library absorbed in a book when Ron came and sat with her.

"Hermione I'm bored."

"Do something then."

"But it all bores me."

"Haven't you got lesson plans to do?"

"Got them all of Madame Hooch."

"Homework to mark?"

"Don't give homework in flying."

"Why don't you go flying?"

"The weathers not fine."

"Well I don't care what you do but just stop irritating me." Hermione snapped as she re-read the same line for the fifth time.

"God so-rry." Ron muttered and muttered something that sounded like "PMS" under his breath.

"Ron you should take up a hobby. If you have every Wednesday afternoon off you need something to do apart from interrupting my reading."

"Well I was thinking I would just come and watch a beauty like you work."

"Ron we've been through this I'm just friends with you so stop talking like that."

"Sorry slip of the tongue. But you're right I do need something to do."

"Good I'm always right. Now go and bother Harry or someone."

"Fine. See ya at dinner?" Ron said, getting up and leaving.

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A figure in dark robes quickly crossed the grounds in the shadow of the castle before entering the forest.

"All four of them are there!" they hissed to another figure that had been waiting.

"All four?"

"Yes I was shocked to but this is going to be better than we planned we can get it done in one go. You go and inform Him and I still need to track down Cromwell before it's too late and it all gets screwed up. I've only got a day left she's definitely hiding herself well." The two of them quickly left the Hogwarts grounds before disapperating with two loud 'pops.'