A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 12 Transfiguration Lessons
When I woke up, the gloomy lake was still outside the window.

Owen pressed his palm against the window glass and pushed it for a long time. After finding that the window was still motionless, he finally woke up from the daze.

Unhurriedly tidying himself up and carefully smoothing the wrinkles on his robe in front of the mirror, Owen came to the auditorium full of energy, chose a place closest to the window, and ate breakfast slowly under the sunshine in the morning .

The stairs and corridors of Hogwarts were still dizzying. Owen wandered around with his companions for a while before finding the Transfiguration classroom.Pansy didn't follow them today, but went to find Malfoy and the others.

When entering the classroom, the stern-faced Professor McGonagall was already standing on the podium, although it was still some time before the course started.

Owen glanced at her, a little regretful that he couldn't see the cat with glasses-like patterns on its face-Professor McGonagall obviously didn't have the idea of ​​becoming a cat.

In fact, cats are Owen's favorite pets, regardless of past and present lives, but he has never chosen to keep them.As a magician, Owen would keep a lot of magic pigeons, also known as white doves, and cats could easily eat them and their young, which is why he didn't have cats.

Um, so after seeing Professor McGonagall, Owen's first thought was to pet the cat.

But this kind of thinking can only stay in fantasy. Owen can never go to Professor McGonagall and say to her: Hello, Professor McGonagall, I heard that you can become a cat, can you show me? ?I really want to give it a shot.

Well, that scene is supposed to be pretty good.

Owen was amused by his own thoughts, he turned out his Transfiguration textbook and notes, and looked at Blaise who was awkwardly practicing hiding a coin in his palm.Owen watched with a smile on the sidelines, remembering how he practiced hard at that time.

"Huh? Who took the chalk box here?" Professor McGonagall, who was inspecting the teaching aids, asked suddenly, and cast a stern glance at the little wizards in front of him.

Looking at the blank eyes of the students, she frowned, and tapped the bottom of the desk with her magic wand, but her brows frowned even tighter.

Then, she walked out of the professor quickly, judging from the sound of her footsteps, she should have entered the classroom next to her.

The little wizards began to talk, and a Ravenclaw boy said loudly: "I know, when we had Defense Against the Dark Arts class yesterday afternoon, all the chalk in the classroom disappeared. Professor Quirrell ran to several classrooms." I couldn't find it, and by the time he came back with a box of chalk in his arms in a panic, half of the class time had passed..."

"Uh..." Both Blaise and Daphne looked at Owen involuntarily.

"Probably possible, it's really Peeves." Owen couldn't help but support his forehead.He lied to Peeves yesterday morning that chalk was the most precious thing at Hogwarts, and sent it away to hide and seek, and it seems that guy stole all the chalk.

Professor McGonagall came back just before class, with a bag of chalk in his hand, and a low air pressure lingered in his body.

When the class started, she looked at everyone with unprecedented stern eyes, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Transfiguration is the most complicated and dangerous magic in the courses you have learned at Hogwarts. If anyone in my class Mischievous in class, I'll ask him out and never come in again. My warning is ahead."

"And, don't let me find out which of you was playing a prank and taking the chalk from every classroom..." Her eyes seemed to flick over everyone's faces.

The classroom was instantly quiet, and even Malfoy, who was so arrogant all day long that he seemed to ignore everything, couldn't help but straighten his sitting posture, posing as a good student.

Before officially starting the lecture, Professor McGonagall gave the students a hand, turning the desk into a big fat pig that squealed and squeaked, which immediately attracted the attention of all the students.

Uh, although Owen knows that this is to cultivate students' interest before class, but combined with Professor McGonagall's rigid face, it always makes people feel threatened...

Owen looked at the pig transformed from the desk thoughtfully. He knew that the learning of transfiguration was from small to large, from complex to simple.To complete the transformation demonstrated by Professor McGonagall, it would take at least the fifth grade.

Transfiguration, as a discipline that analyzes the structure of all things and then changes the structure of all things, can be called the physics of the magic world.It's one of the most amazing parts of magic, and it's also the hardest.

Ever since he came into contact with magic theory, Owen has been very interested in Transfiguration.To be honest, transfiguration can show the magic of magic and the power of idealism better than the spell.

Whether it's transforming things of different materials, or transforming animate and inanimate objects into each other, or a disappearing spell that makes a thing disappear, it's enough to make scientists faint on the spot.This is precisely where magic is at its most magical.

To be honest, Ouwen has studied the theory of transfiguration for so long, but he still doesn't know much about it.Even if he can barely understand Professor McGonagall's operation now, there are still many doubts.

This reflects the importance of a good teacher.

Owen looked at Professor McGonagall with burning eyes, and listened carefully to her explanation of Transfiguration.As a master of Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall's explanations are profound and simple, and many places are even more subtle. For Owen, who has mastered the theoretical knowledge of senior grades, he often feels a sense of enlightenment.

He listened to the class without missing a word, and opened his thick transfiguration notes, supplementing and making notes on the side. At the same time, he did not forget to write down the doubts in his heart, and prepared to take the time to ask Professor McGonagall.

Owen heard it heartily, and the other little wizards didn't think so.The vast majority of them were in a daze, so they had to copy a lot of complicated and difficult notes in a daze, and their eyes were almost covered with mosquito coils.

After Professor McGonagall explained, he gave everyone a match and asked them to try to turn it into a needle.

This is also the first time Owen has practiced transfiguration. Before that, his training has always been based on spells.At this time, the first time I chanted the mantra, it was not very smooth, but it just turned the matchstick into a shiny silver metal stick.

It can be said that he is only a giant in theory now, with zero practical experience.

But even so, Professor McGonagall was impressed by Owen's performance: "This is the first time I have such an effect, I believe you can complete the goal before the end of this class."

Owen smiled, closed his eyes and carefully recalled the feeling just now, summarizing what he did well and what was not good.

"It would be great if I had a microscope, so I can see what kind of changes happened just now. Well, maybe after the holidays, I can copy one to the space facing the wall..." He thought so, and then concentrated on reciting a transformation spell .

After a few minutes of practice, Owen quickly turned his match into a thin silver needle.For the next time, he tried his best to make the needle he created more complicated.First, a lifelike cat's head was carved at the end of the needle, and exquisite and complicated patterns were added to the body of the needle - in the end, it didn't look like a needle anymore.

Even so, Professor McGonagall gave Slytherin a ten with great satisfaction.

"Professor McGonagall, why don't we use some kind of spell to understand the basic structure of different materials before transforming? I think this should make the transformation much easier." Before Professor McGonagall walked away , Owen asked his own doubts.

Professor McGonagall was surprised that he could ask such a question now, and nodded after a long time: "What you are talking about is actually something outside of the Hogwarts curriculum, and it is knowledge that you will only come into contact with when you study in-depth in the field of transfiguration. , and it is also a prerequisite for Transfiguration to be used in wizard battles..."

"At this stage, what you need is to understand the various states of the Transfiguration Mantra and its final results. This can only be mastered through continuous learning and practice. It is also the basis of Transfiguration. If you are asked to analyze the structure of all things now, you It's also incomprehensible."

Owen nodded clearly. That is to say, what they have learned at this stage is equivalent to basic formulas and algorithms. All they have to do is to apply them proficiently to solve problems and know what combination of formulas will achieve the desired result.And to understand the principles behind them, that is a higher level of knowledge.

Next, Owen threw out his accumulated doubts one by one, and got satisfactory answers to all of them.After the question and answer, Owen was satisfied, and Professor McGonagall also showed relief.

"This is the rhythm of you wanting to be a heartthrob." Blaise whispered after Professor McGonagall walked away.

"I've always been very popular." Owen said with a smile, taking it for granted.As a magician, how can you lack charm?

"Coincidentally, me too." Blaise raised his chin.

He said, prodding the match with his wand, only to barely turn it over.Daphne, on the other hand, flicks her wand patiently, looking graceful and professional—if you ignore her unaltered matches.

By the time the class was over, no one else had succeeded in turning matches into needles.The only one who changed the match was Harry. Although his match was still wooden, one end did become sharper.

I have to say that there is pressure to be motivated.Harry Potter has reached a fork in his life, and the future may end up being very different.

"I don't know what will happen in the future? I'm really looking forward to it." Owen thought.

(End of this chapter)