Animagus Transformation
Tuesday morning is Dumbledore's Transfiguration.
Dumbledore didn't look like he'd slept well; he had dark circles under his eyes. But his gaze was still sharp enough to keep the young wizard who wanted to slack off from making any rash moves.
"Today we're going to talk about something different," he said with a smile as he walked up to the podium.
The young wizards present all sat up straight, looking up at Dumbledore, wondering what new and interesting things he was going to say.
"You've all been second-year wizards for over a year Transformation," Dumbledore said gently. "Today, I'll give you a rundown of Transformation from low to high levels, so you can have a clearer understanding of the Transformation system."
"First, let's start with the most basic and simplest Transformation — the Transformation of inanimate objects, which I'm sure you're all familiar with." Dumbledore held up a match and smiled at the students. "In that case, I'll just randomly select a student to demonstrate for everyone; consider it a quiz."
Upon hearing the words "in-class quiz," the young wizards tensed up immediately. Some lowered their heads, thinking that this would prevent the professor from calling on them; the smarter ones quickly raised their hands, thinking that answering the easy questions in advance would prevent them from being called on for the difficult ones later.
"Mr. Moody, why don't you demonstrate for everyone?" Dumbledore waved his hand, and the match floated lightly to Moody's side.
Moody, a round-faced little wizard with a fierce look, took out his wand and chanted a spell over the matches on the table—
"Facti Acus".
The match instantly transformed into a delicate silver needle.
"Well done, Mr. Moody." Dumbledore smiled and nodded in satisfaction. "Gryffindor gets three points!"
"In fact, this most basic Transformation of inanimate objects is not only used in Transfiguration; such Transformation are commonplace in our lives," Dumbledore continued.
As he spoke, he pointed his wand at his clothes and chanted a spell—
"Multicorfors"
As Dumbledore uttered the incantation, his dark gray trench coat instantly transformed into a purple wizard's robe studded with gold stars.
Seeing this amazing scene, the young wizards in the audience gaped and exclaimed in amazement.
"Actually, this is the same kind of Transformation as a match turning into a needle; both are transformations of inanimate objects. It's just that you usually don't connect them."
"Next, let's review the Transformation from living things into inanimate objects. You've been studying this for quite some time now," Dumbledore said with a smile, showing no intention of changing his purple wizard robes back.
Then, he waved his hand, causing a cage hanging next to the classroom to fly onto the teacher's desk, and then took out an adorable little white rabbit from the cage.
The little rabbit, with a blade of grass still in its mouth, was carried out by Dumbledore bewildered. It was so startled that it forgot to chew the grass.
"Mr. Malfoy, could you demonstrate how to turn a rabbit into a slipper?" Dumbledore on Abraxas.
Abu looked at the bewildered little white rabbit that floated in front of him, confidently raised his wand, and chanted a spell to turn the little white rabbit into a fluffy rabbit slipper.
Xiwen glanced silently at the slipper that Abu Transformation into and noticed that it still had two long rabbit ears, which was quite cute.
"I didn't expect you to like this type of slipper," Xiwen couldn't help but tease in a low voice.
Abu seemed surprised that he had left such obvious rabbit features on the slippers, and could only stubbornly insist, "What do you know? This is called decoration!"
Dumbledore glanced at the two with amusement and said to Abu, "Mr. Malfoy, while it can't be said that there's anything wrong with your Transformation, your scores in the exam are calculated based on the difference in form between the Transformation object and the original object, assuming the Transformation was successful."
"So, you'd better try to hide your rabbit ears when you Transformation," Dumbledore a smile.
Abu's face turned a little red, but he still insisted that there was nothing wrong with his Transformation. He said that if he were to sell them, keeping the rabbit ears would definitely make the rabbit slippers sell better!
"Mr. Rozier, could you help your friend refine his Transformation?" Dumbledore chuckled at the stubborn Abu, then looked at Xiwen and asked.
Xiwen nodded helplessly and casually tapped Abu's bunny slippers with his wand.
He inadvertently caught a glimpse of Dumbledore's wizard robes out of the corner of his eye, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face. Then, the slippers that were almost finished taking shape suddenly changed color, eventually becoming a purple cotton slipper adorned with gold stars, exactly like Dumbledore's wizard robes!
Dumbledore stared at the purple slipper for a moment, then chuckled and clapped, saying, "A brilliant Transformation! Slytherin, three points!"
He picked up the purple slippers with great interest, a strong gleam in his eyes, which made Xiwen afraid that he would put them on in front of the whole class.
"Now that we've come this far, let's review the Untransfiguration." Dumbledore, still without putting on his slippers, continued the lesson. "The Untransfiguration is a spell that can reverse Transformation state, but it only works if the difference in ability between you and the wizard casting the Transformation isn't too great."
"Transformation /Unfiguration."
After Dumbledore used the Untransfiguration, the slipper returned to its original form as a little white rabbit, even down to the blade of grass it was carrying in its mouth.
The little white rabbit still looked adorably bewildered, and unconsciously chewed on a few blades of grass.
"Alright, what follows is what we'll be learning later, and it will be a bit more difficult than the two Transformation we just demonstrated." Dumbledore clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention back to the little white rabbit.
"I need to make one thing clear beforehand: the following Transfiguration Spell are strictly prohibited from being practiced privately before we begin our systematic learning!"
After repeatedly reminding the young wizards of the precautions, Dumbledore recited the spell—
"Lapifors."
Then, the pen holder on the teacher's desk transformed into a lively, hopping gray rabbit. As soon as it appeared, the rabbit started circling around the bewildered white rabbit, making the white rabbit, who was diligently eating, even more confused.
"Transformation, which transforms inanimate objects into living beings, is more difficult because living beings have behaviors and habits," Dumbledore explained to the young wizards. "To learn this kind of Transformation, you must have a sufficient understanding of the creature you Transformation, so that you can imbue it with the corresponding activities when you recite the spell."
"The more diverse the activities, the more realistic the creature you Transformation into. True Transformation masters can create creatures that are virtually indistinguishable from the real thing!"
In the following Transfiguration, Dumbledore explained to the young wizards the various branches of Transformation, such as the Conjuration, Vanishing Spell, Trans-Species Transformation Switching Spell, and various other Transformation systems.
The young wizards from Gryffindor and Slytherin were dazzled by the spectacle, yet completely captivated by the audio.
Before they knew it, two class periods had passed in the blink of an eye, and Dumbledore's voice had quietly stopped.
"So, wasn't Transformation interesting?" Dumbledore picked up the cup on the lectern, took a sip of honey water to moisten his throat, and then smiled at the young wizards below.
The young wizards below the stage couldn't possibly digest so much advanced knowledge in such a short time, and could only stare blankly at Dumbledore, who was drinking water on the stage, with confused looks in their eyes.
"Alright, before class ends, let's go over one last piece of Transformation knowledge." Dumbledore put down his water glass, his expression gradually becoming serious. "That's the main branch of Human Transformation — Animagus Transformation!"
Xiwen, sitting in the audience, perked up and immediately focused his attention.
'So, the whole lesson was just a prelude to explaining Human Transformation, right?'