Transfiguration

[alt_neville]

That was HORRIBLE.

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[alt_percy]

I wouldn't fret too much, Neville. It's quite common to fear that you've done worse on an exam than you really did.

[alt_neville]

Trust me. It was total doom. I didn't have a chance to answer a third of the questions.

[alt_percy]

Oh. Oh my. That does sound rather desperate.

[alt_neville]

Tell me about it.

Do you really have to take Transfiguration every year?

[alt_percy]

Yes, you do.

[alt_neville]

You know, I bet Professor Carrow might make an exception for me. He hates teaching me anyway.

[alt_percy]

Don't pin your hopes on it.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well the good news is they don't expel you for failing a class. I checked.

[alt_pansy]

It was rather gruesome.

But it's over now, anyway. Still, a whole third? Wow. That's just dismal, Neville.

[alt_neville]

I know. But I'll bet it's not much of a surprise to anyone.

[alt_ron]

Yeah. It was pretty dire.

D'you think he might have given us part of the N.E.W.T. exam by mistake?

I did write something for every question, but the last one, though. But there were some where I was totally making stuff up because I don't think I'd ever heard of the things he asked about. I mean, at least with Binns, I figured he'd probably talked about the stuff while I was asleep, but I know I never slept a minute in Professor Carrow's class, and I know I've never heard of the Forty-five Essential Properties of Transduction before.

And, um. What about that question about decorative things you can transfigure from skin?

[alt_neville]

I've never heard of the Forty-five Essential Properties of Transduction before.

Good. I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

What about that question about decorative things you can transfigure from skin?

I don't even want to THINK about that.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh and Longbottom I didn't mention the Forty-Five Essential Properties when we revised because someone came up with them back in 1310 and thirty-nine of them had been disproved by 1900 and the remaining six were covered in our lessons, it's just that our textbook doesn't talk about how they were part of a set of 45 back when they were first written down..

[alt_neville]

If you knew that, you MUST have aced the test, Sally-Anne.

[alt_sally_anne]

The Forty-Five Essential Properties were in a reading he 'recommended' but you had to go to the library and ask to see this particular book they only have one copy of. I borrowed it but didn't get to read very far because someone needed it to revise for NEWTs.

As for the skin, I pretended I thought he meant animal skin.

[alt_ron]

That figures. Oh well, it was only 45 points out of the whole 1,003,027.

What are you doing after the Potions exam? When d'you have to start your detention? After dinner, yeah? So d'you want to go for a walk after lunch? I want to get outside and never see another quill or ink pot ever again!

[alt_sally_anne]

Professor Slughorn originally said Friday night but today he said I should just come back after lunch. He has a bunch of errands taking potions and things to different teachers so mostly it's going to be a bunch of carrying things around the school which shouldn't be too bad.

[alt_ron]

Oh, alright then. I wondered where you'd got to after the exam.

I went out to see if I could see the hippocampuses, but I guess they were hiding. Maybe too many people were out there or something. Anyway.

So, d'you want to play some chess tonight? I was talking to Pansy at lunch and it seemed like maybe she'd play if she didn't have other stuff to do. It's been days since I've played. I can't believe Percy hexed the board AND the pieces so I couldn't use them.