For those brave enough...

[Professor Liam Imura]

Alright, first things first. I want everyone to know that I am neither an easy teacher nor an easy grader, especially when it comes to Transfiguration. Quite frankly in this, you either have it, you work hard and study enough to have it, or you don't. And, in the end, you will most certainly like the results of the first two. First of all, though I am a brother to one of the students here, I do not play family favourites- you have to earn special 'me points' to get on my good side and trust me, that can be very hard if your first impression is not good.

Second of all- my rules. Before you start whining and complaining like all students, I'm letting you know right now before it is too late that I am in no way flexible on these rules. In other words, they're set in stone and should you break one, well, just keep in mind that I almost took the Charms position.

Rules
Supplies You Will Need Every Day

• Four working quills with black ink- no sugar quills: I can spot one a mile away. You may bring one or two other quills for note taking, but your colours are limited by their brightness. Simply speaking, if you bring bright ink or ink that can't be seen easily on parchment, I'll throw it out.
  
• Your textbook:
  A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch for first and second years.
  Intermediate Transfiguration by Emeric Switch for third and fourth years.
  Transfiguration for the OWL Student by Siobhan Watson for fifth years.
  Transfiguration for the NEWT Student by Siobhan Watson for sixth and seventh years.
  
• Plenty of parchment- you be the judge but remember that if you don't have enough, you'll either have to get a detention to run for some more or ask the person sitting next to you- and only them with my permission- for a roll.
  
• Obviously your wand. There's a charm on the door way that detects wands so don't try to play like you don't have it. If you don't have your wand every day, that's five points off of your House points, or a detention- your choice.
  

Turning in Assignments

• You will turn in all assignments to me personally in an orderly line. If you break the line or rush up like some wild animal, I will send you back to your seat and you will come up after everyone is done, walk slowly and calmly to my desk, and then hand it to me.
  
• If you don't have your assignment on the day that it is due, that's fifteen points off of your House Points every day until you have it. After all, even I get tired of detentions.
  
• Oh, by the way, it will be turned in to me through PMs
  

Cheating Policy

• I quite like my policy on this: if you cheat, it's detention for a week and 50 points off of your House. I don't like cheaters and I can't stand them. Don't try to hide the fact that you are cheating because I can see- ask anyone who's had me for a teacher before.
  
• If you see someone cheating, I'd like if you'd tell me and you'll get ten points added to your House if it's legitimate- I know boundless truth charms.
  

Grading
This is pretty straight forward- either you do well and pay attention and get a good grade, you have difficulty and get a failing grade and come to Tutorials (explained further down), or you don't pay attention and get a failing grade- no exceptions. If you miss a day, it's your responsibility to come to me- I don't pass out assignments a second day.

Keep in mind I've given out plenty of failing grades to slackers and not even batted an eye. The failing grades are:P, D, and T. The passing ones, which I like, are: O, E, and A. I suggest you work your hardest to get an O.

Leaving the Class
Quite frankly, this all depends on my mood and how well your previous conduct has been. If I'm in a very, how should I say this: ticked off mood, I suggest you stay as far away from my desk with that request to leave as possible. If I'm in a good mood, you might be able to leave- but if you constantly ask to leave, I will take notice, have no doubt. Either way, you shouldn't have drank that much beforehand in the first place, so either use a charm to relieve the pressure or hold it in until the end of class.

For the Hospital Wing Visits, it depends on what happened. If it was a foolhardy mistake of not paying attention or refusing to follow directions, I'll let you stick to the wall with capybara teeth or perhaps a teakettle spout for a nose. You must find a way to reverse it on your own or suffer it through. If the blunder is a result of not knowing how to do something by being inexperienced, then I will help out the best I possibly can, to some limit- I will merely aid you in how to fix it. If it's serious enough then yes, you can go to the Hospital Wing.

If a teacher calls you out of the classroom, they must come to me first and tell me the whole story. Otherwise, you have to stay. Any time you missed will probably mean notes that you missed. Don't ask me for any- ask a student, as I have better things to do that fill you in on things.

Now for a little about me
I'm not a cruel teacher or a sourpuss at all. Rules are to insure structure and order in the classroom. I have a wife and twin girls that are three years old at home so I do have a heart. I don't play favourites, as I've said before, and I like adding on House Points much more than taking them away. Oh, and if you see any pictures of toddlers with red hair in my office- those are my daughters.

Sincerely,
Professor Imura.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne nervously walked in, her hair now a dark brown, and reaching her hips. She looked around the classroom, before taking a seat, a gasp leaving her lips when her eyes changed to a light blue out of worry, hoping that she would be good at transfiguration. She took out the equipment needed, as well as her dragon heart-string wand, and sat patiently, biting her lip to stifle a gasp as her hair shortened.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Sarentegra rushed in, knowing she would get a serious talking-to if she was late. Catching her brother's gaze, she grinned sheepishly and sank down in her seat- right next to Nocturne, her eyes enhanced in their colour because of the blush there. Realizing who her 'next door neighbor' was, she cast her a broad grin and gave a tiny wave. "I almos' drea' this class..." she confided in a murmur, hiding her mouth with her hand so that Liam wouldn't be able to read her lips.

[Chance]

Chance slipped in the back not caring what were to happen. Since Charlie was gone to the hospital wing or who knows where in the school he had lost his cheerful side and almost everyone had seen it. He sighed and let his gaze fall reluctantly to the front of the classroom. this was going to be a long year.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne grinned, "I bet you're good at it though." she said, "I've never heard of it." She added, looking to the board again. She then sighed, leaning her elbows on the table, "What exactly do we need to do?" She asked curiously.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Saren grinned at her friend and spied Chance- in a sore mood with him and his little lass friend Charlie for using a forbidden curse and gettnig seventy-five points from their House. Turning back to Nocturne, she chuckled. "I'm alrigh', bu' I'm best a' Potions," she admitted, catchnig the rolling of the eyes her brother gave her at that comment- Liam and Kato had a rivalry sort of thing, not just with Houses but with subjects as well. It just so happened that both of them were unfortunate enough to have Sarentegra as a student, or so Liam said.


Liam looked up from his work finally and gazed at the few members, sighing softly. Most everyone had turned in their work except for about three or four people, but only three out of fifteen students showed up? That was ludicrous... Clearing his mind, he looked at the class again. "Alrigh'...since there aren't many stu'ents 'ere, I'll answer any questions ye 'ave f'r me or th' study o' Transfiguration," he said.

ooc://In case any of you haven't noticed...I was too lazy to switch accounts, so Saren's always green and Liam's always silver.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne smiled to Sarentegra, before she put her hand up, "Sir, what exactly do we do in transfiguration? transform ourselves or others?" She asked curiously, hoping she could understand the subject better.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Liam turned his lineage-gray gaze to Nocturne and gave her a small smile, pearly whites gleaming against his pale flesh. "In Transfiguration, you do both- for those in years 1-3, you'll jus' be working on items and rodents and such; only those in the higher years can start practicing on the more advanced animals and on people. It's the concentration factor and the learning capacity and experiance, really," he replied. "Does tha' answer your question?"

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne nodded with a smile, "Yes, thanks." she said, slightly disheartened that she had to transfigure other things, though she couldn't help but look forward to being in a higher year; her metamorphosing would come in handy.

[Sarentegra Imura]

He gave her a nod and looked at Saren as she raised her hand, knowing she was going to ask a...personal question. "Yes...Miss Imura?" he asked, knowing he would regret that.


Sarentegra grinned wickedly as she thought of her question. "Hmm...is i' true tha' y'r wife 'ates me?" she said, a hint of bitterness on her tongue as she spoke of Corinne.


"I think both you an' I know the answer t' tha'," he replied drily, shaking his head in exasperation.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne raised an eyebrow, before her eyes widened. She looked to the board, stating the proffesors name, and thought to what he had called Saren, "Are you two related?" She asked, looking to the pair curiously.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Sarentegra laughed at Liam's response and lookded Nocturne. "Aye...'e's m' elder bro'er," she replied. "Tha's why I jus' abou' dread this class," Saren explained with another laugh, knowing her darling brother-dear was shooting daggers at her with his eyes. She'd stolen his breakfast that mornnig because the stuff at her table had grown cold, so he was a bit cross.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne giggled, "I guess I should of been able to tell, you do actually look quite similar." she said with a small smile. She couldn't help but envy Saren, if only good-naturedly; the slitherin girl had both been raised in the wizarding world, and also had family members to help her through it, Nocturne's mother had hardly been helpful upon finding that her daughter had been accepted into a wizarding school.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Sarentegra personally envied everyone else- they didn't have to live with what she did every month besides the deal all females who hit puberty did (which is a pain in itself, have no doubt), they didn't get scorned by people who saw her at St. Mungo's regularly. However, she wasn't thinking about that right now, merely listening to Nocturne's words. "Ah, thanks, I guess. We Imuras 'ave noticable traits: we're really tall- 'cept f'r mum, bu' she wasn't born an Imura; we've all go' gray eyes by birth; we're all 100% pure Irish, than' God; and...'ard'y any'un can un'erstan' what we're sayin' 'alf o' th' time," she joked merrily.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne laughed, "I can understand you quite well." she said with a smile. She then looked to the professor, "Um... sir, how often do we get homework?" She asked. she couldn't help but blush at the oddness of the question, but she disliked leaving anyone out of conversation, even teachers, especially if they were stood close-by.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Liam resisted giving his sister a cuff to the shoulder for being so open with him in class asking questions like that, but only just. "Ah...once a week usu'ly, unless I'm feelin' a bi' off-colour an' then it'll be e'ery two weeks until I ge' be'er. Ye'll 'ave 'omework mos' o' th' 'ime, bu' I'm pretty lenient 'round 'Olidays." That said, he put his hands in his pockets, waiting for any other questions, resolving not to answer any more of Saren's.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne frowned, before smiling again, "Oh, okay." she said simply, before she lowered her gaze. "Um, do you know how to lessen pain?" she asked shyly, "I-I'm a metamorphmagus y'see, and I wanna know how to stop it hurting...." She added softly.

[Sarentegra Imura]

Liam looked at her critically for a while, as if studying to see what her 'condition' was. "I don' really know 'ow- I'm an animagus, an' tha' doesn't 'urt af'er a while...I suggest tha' you keep practicing it regularly, which should help ye build up an immunity f'r the pain," he replied.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne frowned, "I had a feeling you'd say that..." she muttered, before looking up, "So there's no potion? or spell?" she asked, slight desperation slipping into her tone.

[Sarentegra Imura]

He shook his head. "No' tha' I know of. You can ask Professor Grimnore about th' potions though, he bein' the Potions Mas'er an' all," Liam said with a shrug. "Everythin' magical comes with a price- most of them are small and unnoticeable but others, like things you're born with or cursed with, take a little more effort and payment."

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne sighed, leaning her elbows on the table, "figures the one thing that makes me different has to hurt." she said, before looking back to the professor, "Okay, thank you." she said politely, before looking around the classroom.

[Sarentegra Imura]

"It won't hurt forever if you keep working at it, Miss Kitasohma," he assured her with one of his warm smiles he used usually for his sisters and his daughters- the one that could make just about anyone feel all ncie and warm inside.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne grinned, "I guess I should get practicing." she said with a chuckle. "Are metamorphmagi rare?" she asked, "I don't think I've heard of others."

[Sarentegra Imura]

"They're rare in the sense that they're not common anywhere. It's usually passed down through fam'lies 'oo 'ave that trait and rarely shows up out of the blue. There aren't a lot, just as there aren't many animagus, but yes, there are others and yes, they are rare," Liam said, trying to remember the name of the last one he'd met, but to no avail.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne smiled, "Okay, thanks." she said, before catching sight of a picture on the wall of two young girls, she re-read the board, "Are they your kids?" she asked, unable to think of any work-related questions.

[Sarentegra Imura]

He looked at her after glancing at the picture and nodded. "Aye- the one wi' th' long 'air's Laine and th o'er's Mary," he said, gazing fondly at the two wriggling redheads.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne smiled, before she noticed that the picture was moving. she stared in awe, "do all pictures do that in the wizarding world?" she asked, having seen a few in the hallways, but thinking they're movement was something she had imagined.

[Sarentegra Imura]

My, my, my, wasn't she a curious one? He smiled and nodded. "As long as it's developed correctly," he replied, chuckling as his girls waved to him excitedly.

[Nocturne Kitasohma]

Nocturne grinned, "I wish they did that back home, it'd be so cool." She said, watching the picture, "Can they see us? if I waved back, would they know?" she asked, looking to the professor.

[Sarentegra Imura]

"Indeed, they can. The real ones, though, should be down for their nap about now, but the ones in the photograph can interact perfectly- except for talking," he said. Some in the hallways could talk, but he knew that he would be too distracted by his little girls to be teaching if he could talk to them freely.