Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

"Ivanov, I have to say that you have extraordinary talent in transfiguration." Professor McGonagall said in a tone full of admiration: "Your spell casting ability is completely comparable to that of senior students. If you are now For fifth grade, I think I will enroll you in my N.E.W.Ts (Ultimate Wizarding Test) advanced class without hesitation."

You must know that fifth-grade students only learn content such as turning an owl into a telescope, and at most include subjects such as non-animal summoning and disappearance.

As we all know, the larger and more complex the animal that can be transformed by transfiguration, the higher the transfiguration strength required.

For a student who can turn a stool into a small or medium-sized mammal such as a Labrador, performing summoning and disappearing spells only depends on whether he has learned them before, and there is no need to question his ability to cast them.

Based on this understanding, it is not surprising that Professor McGonagall would think that Andre could attend her improvement class.

Speaking of this, Professor McGonagall paused. She hesitated for a while before asking: "Do you have this intention? I mean to directly enter the sixth grade advanced class."

Andre nodded desperately. Being able to learn more advanced transformation techniques with the sixth graders was an irresistible temptation for him: "Of course I am willing! Professor!"

"Well, I will go talk to Professor Dumbledore and see if the school can make an exception to allow a first-year freshman to enter the sixth-year advanced class." Professor McGonagall then said seriously: "But Hogwarts There has never been such a precedent, so I require that your theoretical scores must also reach the level of passing OWLs (Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination). I will give you a set of papers of the same difficulty this week. When do you feel you are ready? , you can come to me at any time. As long as you can pass the exam, you can enter my improvement class."

"In addition, the contents of the ordinary wizard level examination include "Elementary Transfiguration Guide" and "Intermediate Transfiguration". I think you don't have the later textbooks yet. I will ask the owl at Flourish and Blott Bookstore to send you a copy."

Professor McGonagall was always considerate, and she also asked Andre to visit her office after school tomorrow afternoon, and she would give him a detailed study plan then.

When the two of them entered the classroom again, it was almost time to finish class.

None of the students in the classroom had yet completed the match transformation spell, except Hermione who turned the match head into a needle point.Although her performance was not as good as Andre's, Professor McGonagall still praised her.

The auditorium at noon was noisy as usual, and students gathered together in twos and threes to eat and chat.

Harry and the others gathered around Andre to ask what Professor McGonagall had said to him, and Hermione also came over.

Andre told them Professor McGonagall's plan truthfully. Most of the young wizards still didn't know the meaning of the ordinary wizard level examination and the advanced class.

Only Hermione exclaimed: "I have read in the book that OWLs is an exam taken after the fifth grade. You need to reach A, which is a pass, to get the certificate. But many professors' NEWTs advanced classes only accept E, which is Good or above.”

"I know this. Bill got 12 OWLs certificates. My mother was very happy at the time." Ron also muttered: "I dare say Percy will also hit Bill's record like crazy next year. He is always at home. Tell mom about this.”

"But Andre is only in the first grade, and he still hasn't learned a lot of things!" Hermione looked a little nervous, as if she was the one who was going to take the exam, not Andre.

"So Professor McGonagall gave me time to prepare. I think as long as I take the time, it won't be too difficult." Andre was full of confidence. After all, the teaching materials for children aged 15 to [-] are not as good as those for higher education. Mathematics is even more difficult.

There was a Charms class and a Herb class in the afternoon. Professor Flitwick, who has elf blood, was surprisingly small, especially compared to Andre.So he had to stand on a thick stack of books to get his upper body above the desk.

When he read Harry's name during roll call, he even fell off the stack of books in excitement.

Similar to the first lesson on Transfiguration, Professor Flitwick did not teach spells from the beginning. Difficult and obscure theoretical knowledge was the focus of learning for first-year students.

The atmosphere of the herbal medicine class was much better. The classroom for this class was not in the castle, but was held in the greenhouse at the back.

Various magical plants and fungi are an eye-opener for young wizards, but the large number of knowledge points also gives them a headache.

Andre received the "Intermediate Transfiguration" textbook given to him by Professor McGonagall on Tuesday morning.In the next few days, he basically spent his spare time in the library just like Hermione.

According to the study plan assigned to him by Professor McGonagall, Andre spent most of his time memorizing the spelling principles, effects, and various definitions of various sub-projects of Transfiguration.

For example, the Vanishing Curse is one of the few spells in Transfiguration that has a spell. This is obviously the focus of the exam - most of the Transfiguration spells do not require chanting spells. Of course, for young wizards, shouting out loud A spell will effectively focus their attention, making the transformation easier to accomplish.

So there is indeed a general spell for transfiguration in the freshman textbook - "Transform quickly!" But that actually has no effect, as long as you can concentrate on it, you don't have to recite it at all.

According to the description in the textbook, the principle of the disappearing spell is to turn objects into nothingness, but Andre conducted a small experiment to study it.

He placed a silver coin in the basin, then waved his magic wand at the silver coin: "Disappear without a trace!"

As a result, a huge bubble emerged from the basin. When he lifted the spell, the silver coin was also on the surface of the water as expected.

The conclusion is obvious. The disappearing spell does not turn the object into nothingness, but simply turns it into air. That is why this spell is classified into transfiguration rather than charms.

Andre was going to spend some time writing a paper to correct the mistakes in the textbook, but considering that he might have to popularize the meaning of air to wizards, he was somewhat reluctant to do so.

Time soon arrived on Friday, and the first grade students only had two potions classes in the morning, and the entire afternoon was a break.

It's a great day for most little wizards, especially since it's the weekend when there are no classes.

Having just experienced the bombardment of devilish magic theories, most young wizards no longer have the enthusiasm they had at the beginning of school.

Of course, Andre, Hermione and Harry are exceptions.Andre and Hermione were motivated by their infinite thirst for knowledge, while Harry finally realized Professor Snape's deep love during Potions class.

Harry had been sullen throughout lunch, wondering why Professor Snape was targeting him in this way.

Andre couldn't tell Harry the truth, and even if Harry knew the truth, Snape wouldn't change his attitude.

As much as he loved Lily, he hated Harry's father.If Dumbledore didn't stop him, Andrea thought, Snape might even dig out Harry's eyes and keep them.

"Okay, Harry, don't think about Potions class anymore. Didn't Ron say that Professor Snape has always been at odds with us Gryffindors? Maybe your fame has made him a little angry." Andre comforted.

Harry shook his head in distress: "To be honest, I would rather not have such a reputation. Everyone looks at me in this way and that, but I have no idea what happened 11 years ago!"

Andre advised: "We can't change what has happened. At least now we are sitting in the auditorium of Hogwarts and can learn magical magic. This is already very lucky, isn't it? By the way, Hagrid is not Do you want to invite you to his place in the afternoon? Take me with you by the way."

"Take me one too!" Ron, who still had a chicken drumstick stuffed in his mouth, raised his head and echoed.

Thinking of Hagrid, Harry's face finally looked better, but he still asked curiously: "Andre, are you free today? Don't you have to go to the library?"

"Hey, today is Friday, even the miller has to give the donkey time to rest!" Andre said, pretending to be dissatisfied.

In fact, he wanted to explore the edge of the Forbidden Forest first. With only forty gold galleons on his body, he pinned all his hopes of making money on the magic materials in the Forbidden Forest.

Ron nodded with great approval: "Yes, you should have a good rest on Friday. We still have time to complete the weekend homework."

As he spoke, he glanced at Hermione on the edge of the long table. The little witch's nosy habits and her more serious study attitude than Andre made even the first-year Gryffindor classmates not welcome her.

According to Parvati, even in the girls' dormitory, no one talks to Hermione now.

Andre felt some sympathy for her, but the little witch refused to listen. She always firmly believed that she was right.

Although this understanding is not wrong, when placing your own requirements on others, you must first consider whether others can accept it.

Faced with this situation, Andre had nothing to do.Even because he gave his homework to Harry and Ron to copy, Hermione hadn't spoken to him for two days.

After lunch, the three of them went back to the common room and played wizard chess for a while. They didn't leave the castle until almost three o'clock.

They walked through a field, where piles of wheat were neatly arranged. It was conceivable that these were the work of the house elves at Hogwarts.

Most of the food raw materials in Hogwarts are obtained from their hard work and cultivation, and these hard-working magical creatures never appear in front of the little wizard during the day.

Only students who know Hogwarts very well will know that there are more than 100 house elves living in the kitchen next to the Hufflepuff common room.

They soon arrived in front of Hagrid's hut. This wooden house was built on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. The log house was not very big, and it looked a bit like a medieval hunter's cabin.