Power of the Mage: Blast to the Past
Lessons and 'Teaching' a Prank
The next class they had was Transfiguration. They entered to see professor McGonagall already waiting.
"Take a seat."
The group sat in the front row while everyone else spread out around the classroom.
"Now. As I informed you all last year, we will be learning the animagus transformation. You've all had Defence with Professor Black? Good. He is an example of and animagus. As am I."
She transformed into a cat and back. "What is an animagus?" She asked.
Sakura raised her hand.
"Yes Miss. Taisho?"
"An animagus is a witch or wizard who is able to transform into their inner animal at will."
"Correct. 5 points to Hufflepuff. I like how you said 'inner animal' and not 'an animal at will'. An animagus can only turn int their inner animal, the animal that most represents them."
"In your next potions class, Professor Snape has informed me that he will be teaching the animagus potion. Once you have completed a perfect potion, I will not let you use anything less, we will take the potion to find out your inner animals. You will be in a stupefied state for about a half hour. As our class is only 2 hours long, and we have 28 students, we have to go 7 students at a time."
"Now, I would like you all to notice that I have placed a small book in front of you. This book is to help you get an idea of what animal you may become. Look for your characteristics and habits, attitude, etc. Once you have found those in the book, match the combination to a class of animal."
The class was buzzing with people talking about their attributes and what animal they hoped they would be.
"So what family do you thin your animal will be in according to the book?" Irrisa asked the group.
"Well, it looks like I might be a member of the mammal slash weasel family." Sakura stated.
"I might be a member of the feline family." Haru said next.
"Reptile family." Was all Harry said.
"Bird family." Syaoran followed.
"Bird family for me as well." Irrisa finished, commenting.
"Isn't it kind of funny though that the founders symbols are part of each of our class of animal? Rowena's raven, mine is in the bird class. Godric's lion, Haru's feline. Salazar's Snake, Harry's reptile. Helga's Badger, Sakura's mammal slash weasel." Syaoran pointed out.
"That is a big coincidence." Haru agreed.
"Don't I feel left out." Irrisa said, jokingly.
"Not our fault Merlin doesn't have a symbol that your animal could be connected to."
Irrisa rolled her eyes. "Actually he does. He had an animagus form…well…forms."
"When were you supposed to tell us this?" Sakura asked accusingly.
Irrisa held up her hands. "Not my fault. He told me I couldn't tell until we got to the animagus lesson."
The group laughed.
Sakura shook her head. "I was teasing. So, what was Merlin's animagus form in the bird family?"
"A phoenix."
Haru whistled. "Nice."
The group jumped when professor McGonagall dismissed the class. They hadn't realized that they had talked through the whole class. They all packed up their stuff and headed to Charms. They had just sat down when the Professor appeared, standing on a pile of books.
"Welcome to Charms. Today we are going to learn the theory behind the patronus charm. We will not go into the practical part as that is part of Defence Against the Dark Arts. Who can tell me what a patronus charm does?"
A girl from Griffindor, Hermione Granger, threw up her hand.
"Yes Miss. Granger?"
"A patronus charm can drive away some dark creatures such as dementors or lethifolds." She said diplomatically.
"Correct. 5 points to Griffindor. Can anyone tell me what is needed for the charm to work?"
Irrisa put up her hand.
"Yes Miss. Potter?"
"The charm needs a positive memory; a happy thought that drives you."
"Correct. 5 points to Griffindor."
The class followed the same outline as the others. The Professor asking questions and the class answering them as best as they can.
Supper was eventful. The group had overheard James complaining and making rude comments about his students. The group had grinned. They had been looking forward to pranking James since they first met him at the opening feast.
Halfway through supper James spontaneously turned into a donkey. Everyone was hiding snickers, even Albus, Lily, Remus, and Sirius, at the reference to James attitude.
The banner fell from the ceiling as the voice spoke, "Even the teachers are not exempt."
Once he turned back into a human, James, enraged, ranted his way out of the great hall to the smirks of everyone there.
A/N: Another one done. It's short, I know but that's all I had at the time. I plan for the next chapter to be longer so it might take a little while. Hope you like it! Review!