The Emerald at Hogwarts

The sorting ceremony ended with Ginny Weasley being sorted into Gryffindor. The little girl did not go to Ada or her brothers, but sat with the friends she had just met. .

Professor McGonagall left with the Sorting Hat and footstool, but she never returned to the teacher's chair.

Dumbledore stood up to begin his speech for the new school year, and also introduced the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Gilderoy Lockhart.Lockhart thought he was elegantly greeting the students. He probably never knew how greasy he was.

There was sparse applause in the Great Hall, but Lockhart sat down contentedly.Lockhart never thought that this applause was not a welcome to him, but full of sympathy for him from the students. This was also the warmest applause in his teaching career at Hogwarts.

After the New Year's dinner started, Dumbledore also left the auditorium. About 10 minutes later, Dumbledore returned to the auditorium with Snape, but Professor McGonagall did not return until the end of the banquet.

The Gryffindor lounge was very lively. Harry and Ron were warmly welcomed. Their Gryffindor behavior did not bring any loss to the college. The students were only envious of them. Who wouldn't want to be there? Racing in the sky!

However, Harry and Ron were not happy for long, because Percy and Hermione were watching them eagerly.And the howling letter the next morning caused poor Ron to die directly from society.

At that time, everyone was enjoying breakfast in the auditorium. Errol swooped into the auditorium like a bomber, and the roaring letter was the bomb carried by the owl.

Although "the plane crashed", Errol still dutifully delivered the roaring letter to Ron.

Fred and George, who were sitting next to Ada, quickly lowered their heads. Even though the red letter was not sent to them, the two brothers were still full of fear of the letter.

The two brothers were silent as they stared at each other, with Percy lowering his head and pretending he didn't exist, and even Ginny pretended not to recognize Ron.When Ron opened the shouting letter tremblingly, Mrs. Weasley's thunderous roar echoed through the Great Hall, causing dust to fall from the ceiling.

The sound was a hundred times louder than usual, making the plates and spoons on the table rattle, and the echoes from the surrounding stone walls were deafening.

Ada felt as if the Great Hall had really been bombed. Her ears were ringing. Even though the shouting letter had ended, Mrs. Weasley's roar still lingered in her ears.

The auditorium is like being washed by the tide. Everyone will unconsciously raise their voice when speaking. If you don't do this, the other party will not be able to hear what you are saying.

It wasn't until she left the auditorium that Ada felt her hearing returned to normal. She and the twins hurried to the Transfiguration classroom. Their first lesson in the new school year was Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration.

When the three people rushed to the classroom, the Gryffindor students and Hufflepuff students were almost there.Professor McGonagall stood on the podium wearing a black robe and looked at every student who entered the classroom.

The class bell rang, and Professor McGonagall said: "I'm glad to see you sitting in the classroom again. I hope this hot summer vacation has not made you forget what you have learned."

Professor McGonagall slowly walked off the podium. She walked among the students and said, "This school year, we will continue to learn more advanced transfiguration techniques, which will also involve more complex changes in properties, and we will also have to study in depth. Animagus content.”

Animagus refers to a wizard who can transform into an animal while retaining his magical abilities.But Animagus cannot transform into any animal at will, and the animal he changes is related to the wizard's personality.

This is an extremely advanced form of transformation that is also dangerous. Therefore, the Ministry of Magic strictly controls this form of transformation and requires all Animagus transformed animals and characteristics to be registered with the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Magic Office. .

Professor McGonagall is one of the seven Animagus registrants, and she also let her students experience this exquisite magic in the first grade.

Although Ada has always been very good at transfiguration, Professor McGonagall has never allowed her to learn this kind of magic privately, and she herself is not very interested in this kind of magic.

If Animagus could turn into a magical creature, Ada would be very interested in studying this kind of magic, but unfortunately it can't.This magical transformation is limited to nonmagical creatures.

After Professor McGonagall briefly introduced the teaching content of this semester, she just walked back to the podium.She took out a teapot and placed it on the desk.

"Today we are going to learn how to turn a teapot into a turtle." Professor McGonagall said, "You have already learned how to change the shape of objects, but today you have to give them 'life' while changing the shape of objects."

Professor McGonagall pointed her wand at the teapot, and she slowly recited the transformation spell. Under the influence of magic, the teapot changed its shape, from a lifeless teapot to a living turtle.

The pattern of this turtle is very beautiful. It crawls slowly on the desk, exploring this new world for it.

Professor McGonagall finished the demonstration, emphasized the points that needed attention, and then let the students try it on their own.

There was an exquisite teapot on everyone's desk, and the classroom was filled with the sounds of incantations and wand waving.

Compared to Professor McGonagall who suddenly turned into a turtle, the performance of the students was a bit disastrous.Someone knocked the teapot away. The teapot jumped high into the air and drew a graceful arc before falling to the other end of the classroom. Others turned the teapot directly into a pile of rags.

Not many people can change the shape of a teapot and turn it into the shape of a turtle, let alone make the turtle "walk like flying".

George kept poking the living turtle in front of him with his wand, but his efforts were in vain. The turtle was just alive, not a real turtle, and it was impossible to move.

He sighed helplessly and said to Ada beside him: "Come on, show it to me and let me know that this kind of magic can also be done by students."

"Don't be discouraged. You're doing well. At least it's in the shape of a turtle." Ada said, and then cast a spell on the motionless turtle.The turtle, which had been motionless just now, became alive in an instant and began to take steps and crawl on the desk.

Until the end of get out of class, only two people had successfully turned the teapot into a turtle, one was Ada and the other was Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff.

This is a sad result, but it is the norm in transfiguration classes. There are very few people who can master transfiguration in a short time, and more people rely on a lot of practice.

Transfiguration is a very difficult course that requires at least one of talent and perseverance.