Transfiguration

Transfig made Hard!
By Angelina Johnson

Recently students have been complaining that Transfiguration is hard. And more and more exam results have got lower over this last year.

Hogwarts transfiguration, Minerva Mcgonagall, believes it may be the new books they asked students to buy 'Transfiguration of the new age' by Edward Script and Julie Underwood. Professor McGonagall has said that she finds them rather confusing. Also Madame Maxime of the Beauxbatons Academy asked her students to buy the same book but in French. Her students have also got lower marks in their exams.

Minerva McGonagall is now not using books 'til she can find a suitable one for her students.

Animagi Information Request
By Madolyn Libra-Flitwick

Sorry about the long wait, but apparently another one of my Griswalds happened to eat my Unregistered Animagi List I was compiling. Not only that, but also summer rotted my brain and schoolwork is clogging up my Muggle internet time. So if you happen to be an unregistered Animagi that needs to get approved on the list, or you are a person who was on my(now-ripped) Animagi list, you might want to e-owl me/e-owl me again, so that you can get on the list and don't get involved with the Ministry of Magic's hefty galleon/sickle/knut fines or worse. Don't forget now! I won't!

Recommended Transfiguration Books
By Angelina Johnson

Recently the Transfig books have been going down hill. Here's a list of recommended Transfig books, read by myself and Professor McGonagall of Hogwarts;

-Reliable Transfiguration by Tina Hupplewait
-How to do simple Transfiguration by John Hurting and Edwina Topple
-Simple to senior Transfiguration by Edwina Topple
-Today's Transfig by Sara Joans and Fred Cooney

They are the top four transfiguration text books great for schools and also great if you just want that extra help!

Keep up to date with the latest transfig spells by buying Transfig Times only 5 knuts. 1st issue comes out next week!

Irish Seeker Injured
By Liliana Bloom

Irish National Team Seeker, Aidan Lynch broke his leg in an accident two weeks ago, that surprisingly was not related to Quidditch. Lynch was teaching his son to ride his broomstick when his son lost control and the broomstick fell on Lynch. Fortunatley, his son is fine.

Lynch was rushed to the nearest hospital where x-rays were taken. He is now resting at home with his family. However, this couldn't have come at a worse time for Lynch. With the Quidditch World Cup quickly approaching, this is the time that Lynch and his teammates would be practising very hard.

So after much discussion, the team addressed the media at a press conference last week. The team agreed to forfeit the match and dropout of the World cup, to the dismay of many diehard fans. "Aidan's health is more importnat to us than this match and we don't feel it right to call a replacement. He's very loyal to the team and we feel as though we were betraying him in continuing to play". Lynch should be up on his feet in three months.

Transfiguration Used On Muggles
By Angelina Johnson

Yesterday a pair of fifth year students were expelled from Hogwarts for performing transfiguration on a muggle. They turned the muggle into a rat then hung him by his tail from a washing line!

Mafalda Hopkirk from 'The Improper use of magic' office was rushed out to put the muggle right and put a memory charm on him. I interviewed Mafalda Hopkirk later that day:

A.J: Was the boy hurt at all?
M.H: No before he had the memory charm put on him he was very, very shaken.
A.J: What do you think of these students?
M.H: Well firstly I can't believe that they can be so cruel to a muggle and secondly I'm very angry with them.
A.J: Is anything else happening to these students?
M.H: Other than getting expelled, their parents are getting a 25 galleon charge.
A.J: Thanks for that Miss Hopkirk *smile*
M.H: And your welcome Miss Johnson *smile*

I hope nothing like these happens to muggles gain and if anyone else does this they could get worse!

Voldemort, an Animagi?
By Persephone Cimorene Phoenix

Today, in the Windy City (Chicago) He who must oh forget it, Voldemort was sighted by myself, Persephone, three of my witch friends and several muggles at the Hancock building in Chicago. He apparently transfigured himself to look like a normal politician and was eating at the restaurant at the top of the building, when performing a true form spell, I saw who it really was. He saw us and knew instantly who we were. He ran for the window, bounding through the glass in his true form, and then becoming a huge black raven swooping past our group once, then continuing on his way. Sara, a friend, also part of the defense against the dark arts department at M.O.M., hopped on her Firebolt and shot after him. I performed a mass memory charm on the restaurant and the people down below who saw him jump. I haven't seen Sara for 3 days. I fear the worst. If anyone has info on Sara, go into columnists and e-mail me. We repaired the window and left quickly and informed M.O.M. More late,

Be ever vigilant,
Persephone Cimorene Phoenix

New & Updated Registered Animagi List
By Madolyn Libra-Flitwick

Here is the NEW AND UPDATED Registered Animagi List for your personal viewing!

#1.Professor Mcgonagall(Gray-Striped Tabby cat)

#2.Ms.Megora Mcgonagall(Black Panther)

#3.Mrs.Rita Skeeter(Blue Beetle)

#4.Ms.Madolyn S. Libra-Flitwick

#5.Professor S. Snape(Black Apis Bull)

That's all I know for now, but if your e-owl address is albusdumbledore@owlmail.com, make sure you inform me on the latest registered animagi, and if you (meaning the reader themself) are an animagi and aren't registered yet, please contact him! Unregistered animagi can be severly punished by the MOM(Ministry of Magic)if they don't register themselves sooner or later...So please,If you're not registered,register now!

Thats the news, for now!

Unregistered Animagi
By Jon Finnegan

Ten Death Eaters are unregistered animagi. They are currently unidentified. With an exception of two next week any updates will be shown

1. Peter Pettigrew=Rat with a missing toe.

2. Lucius Malfoy=White Ferret.

If you see any of these animals place a stunning charm on them and give them to the closest auror.

Shock Of The Town!
By Hermiona Pisces-Dumbledore

Dragon Lane, just a mile off Diagon Alley, got a shock today. A little 4-year old girl and a few friends, were playing with their wands. Then the 4-year old, Cearia Blackhack, said a Transfiguration spell, and turned she and her friends into Death Eaters. They were turned back to normal, but several people had gone to the hospital for fainting. How did the girl get the charm? Sources claim she had a big purple book and was reading it. Others claim that the girl's friends did it. That's all I know. But investigations are happening now.

First Annual Transfiguration Games Huge Success
By Brandon Constant

The first annual Transfiguration games were a huge success, traveling to Spain where the start of the games was "kicked off." The games were played all over the globe, here they are in order, the tasks & locations:

(Note: These locations are not held as the winners home countries)

Spain- Fastest Transfiguration
Won By Minerva Mcgonagall
Time- 3.2 Seconds

Africa- Best Animal Actor
Won By Kell Johnson (Yellow Pheonix)

Austrialia- Most Cunning Animal
Won By Mary Tello (Lion)

London- Most Agile "Winged" Creature
Won By Amy Chang (Hawk)

And the conclusion of the games was held in The U.S.

U.S.- Best Overall Creature
Won By Leann Flitwick (Panther)

I really enjoyed the games and I hope to go to the next Trans. Games that are to be held this upcoming summer I will be finally able to be in these games!

Reliable Transfiguration
by Auburn Dothonlock

As you might have seen lately, it is very hard to find reliable Transfiguration news, except for the Daily Prophet. What's happened to Transfiguration Today? I used to get a monthly issue and they've just stopped coming, out of the blue. I, personally, can't even find many books at my local wizarding library about Transfiguration. Even in Diagon Alley, my daughter is becoming a first year this September and we decided we'd get her school supplies before the crowd, they do not have a single Transfiguration book. Then of course, there is when you do find something to do with Transfiguration.

When you finally manage to get your hands on a nice Transfiguration doo-dad, it is most of the time very exaggerated and totally unreliable, in it's content and how often it's delivered or published. I do ask, what has happened to our Transfiguration? If I am recalling correctly, all we ever heard about was the new advances in Transfiguration or let's all do Transfiguration it's so hard, we'll be great if we can do it. Or let's become animigus - what's happened to all of that? If you have any reliable forms of Transfiguration articles, magazines, book, anything please e-mail them to me at: mccrory@ameritech.net and I will put a link to them in my next article. That's why you should be glad that you have the Daily Prophet - basically the only reliable news source about anything anymore.

Animigas List Update
by Auburn Dothonlock

The last time that you saw the Animigas List, there was only seven people - well, times have changed since then and I'm glad to report to you the current Animigas list directly from the Ministry of Magic. Please note that is you are Animigas, you need to tell the Ministry of Magic immediately, you can reach them by sending an E-Owl straight to Dumbledore at: A_Dumbledore@email.com . Without further adu, I present, the list!

Name of Wizard  ---   Type of Animal 1. Professor McGonagall Gray and Black Cat with Square Markings Around Eyes 2. Kell Johnson Yellow Pheonix with Black Neck Markings 3. Hallie Fawith Frog with Red and Orange Dots on Stomach 4. Connie Powers Brown Groundhog with White Round Markings Around Eyes 5. Hank Hessil Pink Unicorn with Green Mane 6. Lance Zaolp Gold Lion with Black Stripe on Back 7. Kiy Wigh Gray Mouse with Pink and Yellow Tail 8.Rita Skeeter Black and Red Beetle with Square Markings Around Eyes 9. Garry Hippufus Turqoise Turtle with Purple Spot on Head

Simple Transfigurations Caused Disaster

By Alex Granger

We have been reported about several Disasters caused by simple Transfiguration Spells. These disasters however had a very sad ending, which I'll compress into two articles one a week, first, however strange, all these disasters had happened in the United Kingdom, England, to be particular, and so, the following had happened:

In northern London , 29 year old Karen Courtney was cleaning her house, when she found out that her mop was broken, she went to her back yard to where that huge old tree was and cut a branch from it, she leaned it on the trees trunk to perform a spell that'd transfigure it to a mop, she was halfway through saying “Mortopia” when she was startled & distracted by her 3 year old son, who was wining loudly as he ran across the yard with a cut on his forehead, turned around still muttering the spell an d holding her wand and then she cried out “Louiieeeeeeeeee” , and she ran across the yard to her son , but as she was about 2 feet away from him, he shone with silver light, and turned solid stone, apparently (but of course unfortunately) , she muttered something new .. a spell which turned living creatures stone statues, as for the boy, he was transported into Hookroot’s Hospital for Magical Diseases and Injuries, there they're still trying their best to perform a counter-spell for this, let us all pray for Louie Courtney, and hold our fingers, and who knows maybe something new would be taught at the schools this year.

Another most unfortunate disaster happened when 18 year old Tyler Porter, who had just graduated from Hogwarts, was baby-sitting his younger brother and sister, Louis and Louise Porter, he was showing them what cool things they'd be learning at Hogwarts in their first year, he was performing a spell that'd transfigure a weed into a flower, when he accidentally muttered “Weedolubra” instead of “Weedolebra”. Well, one would actually think that's just a matter of one letter, even a vowel, wrong, but at this spell, it did, a deadly “DID,” instead of becoming a glittering colorful daisy, it was transfigured into a Basilik, a young one though. Quick as he could, Tyler closed his eyes, and ordered the other two to do the same, as he was closing your eyes he saw that both his brother and sister, do the same, and was relieved to see that, the he performed the Fainting Charm on the basilisk, and opened his eyes, quickly hurried to the kitchen got a knife, and returned and “executed” the Basilik, he then told his brother to open their eyes, Louis did but Louise didn't. Worried and panicked he picked her disapparated from his home, and apparated in Hookroot’s Hospital for Magical Diseases and Injuries, as he knew that a young basilik wouldn't cause death, but its stare WAS nonetheless fatal, his sister was saved two days later, but death just narrowly missed her, as Tyler stated later in a mixture of panic and guiltiness that he DID “see her when she closed her, but I had no idea she had actually fainted…”

The next disaster happened in Manchester, as some kids where having a competition on who was gonna make the most number of beautiful coat buttons, out of beetles, of course this spell is usually taught to second years, and they were asked to practice transfiguration over the summer, so a competition was a great idea to practice, but, one stupid kid (sorry) had used the Engorgement charm instead of the Transfiguration spell, so the beetle he was practicing on grew bigger and bigger until he was half the height of the children his, pincers clicked as he approached one of the kids, of course it couldn't kill him, cause that kind of beetles “couldn't hurt a fly”, but the worse part was when the beetle let out a hoarse cry, and next thing that kid knew he was attacked by about a hundred bees stinging him all over his body, he tried to make a run, but alas, he couldn't go too far, cause he then lay down dead, the other panicked kids ran everywhere, wildly crying for help, calling their parents, after a while he was lying in “Hookroot’s blah blah blah..” , after two hours, it was decided: Henry Stern was dead.

* In memory of young Henry Stern I won’t continue this article this week *

May he forever rest in peace …

Transfiguration Isn't All About Studying
By Professor Lupin

Some students at Hogwarts have been complaining about how Transfiguration is all study and no fun. THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT TRUE! We witches and wizards simply couldn't make it in the world without transfiguration, but you can still learn about transfiguration and have fun at the same time!

Say you had to eat some nasty cooking, you could transfigurate it into an ice cream cone! Or what if you were bored one day? If you could transfigurate some rocks into quaffles, bludgers, and a snitch. Get your broomsticks and play Quidditch!

After a good game of Quidditch, you wouldn't be bored anymore!

You see? Transfiguration isn't boring at all! Those students changed their minds when they found out Transfiguration can be fun and is fun!