A New Age
Chapter 3: Transfiguration
Al walked in to transfiguration with Teddy and Rosie. He sat down nervously. His father told him that Transfiguration was a extremely difficult subject. The rest of the class arrived, but they were still waiting for Professor Patil to arrive. When she finally did, Al saw that her hair was tousled and she was out of breath with beads of sweat forming at her hairline. He nudged Teddy, who shushed him. Apparently he wanted to hear what she had to say.
"Transfiguration is one of the most difficult subjects to master" Al nodded, he'd heard that much already.
"Some of you may be more gifted at it than others. Those who are not. Well, everyone has their talents" She said this in a way that left Al hoping that Transfiguration was one of his talents. By the muttering and shifting of his classmates he deduced that he wasn't the only one who felt that. The class watched with eagerness as Prefessor Patil gave a demonstration of Transfiguration.
"Transfiguration is no only changing things, but also bringing them to life" she said as she made several empty desks gallop around the classroom. She then gave the class the challenge of changing a match into a needle. Al muttered Mutatio under his breath and watched in wonder as the match turned into a silver needle. All on his first try! Excited he showed it to Professor Patil, who looked at it in wonder.
"Never in my life have I encountered such talent. My, my. You must have inherited your fathers talent" she said. At this Al grew irritated. This was his own talent, his father wasn't even good at transfiguration. With a sigh, Al trudged back to his seat. He remembered the lunch incident, the boys had seemed friendly, but Al couldn't help but wonder wether the boys were actually friendly or just sucking up to Al because of who his father was. At the end of class, Professor Patil proudly exhibited Al's and Rosie's needles to the class and Al heard mutters of fathers talent rolling through the room. The class file out of the room and Al followed, but remembering how exhausted Professor Patil had arrived at the lesson he listened at the door. She was talking to someone. That was funny. He hadn't seen someone in the classroom. He listened carefully,
"Really? I can't imagine what they're doing. I thought he was going to bite me" that was a flustered Professor Patil.
"He is of no harm to any one and I am sure that you were just imagining things" it was Headmistress McGonagall!
"Maybe I was, but I don't know how I'll be able to sleep at night with him around"
"Really Parvarti, I thought you had more sense than that" with that the voices quieted down. Al made his way down to the Great Hall for lunch, wondering what it was running around the school that was such a danger that it scared a skilled professor.
This one was a short one. There wasn't much more to write about. Remember, reviews are always welcome. I promise the next chapter will be longer.