(Apr 27, 20) Transfiguration Exam [Hogwarts]

The Transfiguration classroom has changed. The desks have all been moved off to the sides allowing students to come in and work on their practical portions of their exams. Off the classroom are doors opened to their own small courtyard for students later on in years to work in a larger space that the classroom doesn't provide. Along the walls once were the items needed for teaching class now those shelves were empty.

She had a cage for mice that she tended to year around for the first years. Her second years would be transfiguring the cages of larger rabbits. She only had a few of them, so they would have to take turns. Her third year students will be taking the statues she had lined up along the desks and using their learned spells on them. (Lapifors Spell & Draconifors Spell) She will be watching wand movements as well as their precise words and finished spell to see if they executed it correctly. Her fourth years will be working with boxes set up right outside the classroom, she was going to see if they could correctly do a cross-switch transfiguration. Her fifth years would be doing their OWLS after their practical portion was done and she would send them off to the hall with other fifth years. They were going to be working out in the garden as well. She had set up a few kittens with the help of the grounds keeper, Hagrid, they would be executing the vanishing spell.

Her sixth year students needed to be outside as well. They were going to be conjuring up the bird charm. Time would tell if they could do it correctly of not. Her seventh years would be working on human transfiguration. She wouldn't have them change their entire appearance unless they were sure, and she knew which ones would be able to and which ones wouldn't be able to. She had studied them over the last several weeks and read up on their school profiles. None the less they were all able to cast the spell and work with in their means. They were NEWTS after all.

Professor Ria is leaning against her desk, a book in hand. She took to writing in a journal over the last several weeks of different events and with a bit of help from a friend, she used blood magic to bind the journal so no one could open it. She was waiting for the first of her students to arrive and complete their exams.

Professor Ria smiled up as a student walked in. "Good Afternoon Ms. Weasley. You will be outside today in the courtyard. Only your wand is allowed with you. Your practical exam will be the Bird-Conjuring Charm." She lead her NEWT student outside to the courtyard. "Remember I will be watching your wand movements as well as the spell itself. I will not be able to help you. You are on your own dear, but I have faith in your skills."

Aisha stood to the side of the courtyard, she knew Ms Weasley excelled. Her being accepted into the NEWTS meant she had a knack for this now she would see if the 6th year Ravenclaw was up for the challenge.

Professor Ria smiled at the student as she perfected the wand movement. She seemed nervous at first but finally those nerves subsided as she took her stance and concentrated on her task. She watched as each bird made a pop like sound almost exploding from the wand. Only 3? She was surprised to be honest, she would of thought the Ravenclaw could of produced an entire flock, that was the purpose of the charm. But three was better than none or only one.

"You did well dear. Your wand movements were perfectly executed. But that is all the hint you get from me dear as we wait for the other students to finish their exams as well." She nodded her head and went to move back inside looking over her shoulder at the student. "Good luck on the rest of your exams dear."

Victoire took the hint with a smile, she gave Professor Ria a nod, "Thank you." She would need her good luck wish when came to her History of Magic and Divination exams. Thankfully, she no longer had Muggle studies so that helped a lot. With her wand back in its holster she walked back to the classroom to grab her bag. Already, set on her plan of studying some more for her next exams. As she walked out of the room, she passed Jillian. She understood the nerves because she had them herself. So she offered the younger student a smile as she said, "Don't over-think it, you'll be great." She turned when she heard someone shout her name, looking back at Jillian, she gave the girl a wink and another smile before jogging off to one her friends.

Jillian smiled after Victoire, the tension slightly less for the older students smile and kinds words. Once in the classroom she had taken off her belt as instructed, removing her wand from its place on it and laying the belt and all its pouches on the table indicated. She hesitated for a moment about removing the goggles she wore atop her head but decided to not to, surely the professor didn't mean them. They had no magic and without them she would just be more nervous after all.

Hurriedly she followed Professor Ria out into the courtyard, listening keenly to her instructions with almost rapt attention. Only the kittens out of the corner of her eye kept her from being entirely focused on the professors words. As Ria stepped aside Jillians anxiety rose once more, nervously she moved over towards the kittens, watching each one in turn. She knelt by the small enclosure for what seemed like a long moment as if she could not bring herself to take one of them up into her arms, but after a second one of them bounded towards her. It was a mackerel tabby cat with short whiskers and seemingly soft blue eyes. She peered at it as she carried it back across the courtyard admiring the soft brown of its fur.

Carefully she placed the kitten down. She worried for a moment that it would run off, but thankfully it did not. Stepping back she raised her wand and closed her eyes, steadying herself so the tip of it would stop shaking. She knew the spell, she told herself, she had practised hard and even purposely miscast it a couple of times on objects in order to understand exactly what could go wrong and why.
She opened her eyes slowly and her wand was still, good. She knew she was probably taking more time than was intended but she was determined to get it right. She traced her wand through the practiced movements and called out "Evanesco," at the right moment. Before her the kitten had turned about to peer at one of the other students and the vanishing spell seemed to affect it in stages, first its tail disappeared, followed by its body, its head, its eyes and nose, finally ending with its whiskers blinking out of sight. The whole effect took only a second or two.

Jillian peered downwards, quite uncertain how that would count against her. She couldn't see a trace of fur but the cat hadn't vanished all at once. "P-Professor?" She turned nervous eyes to Professor Ria but wasn't sure exactly what to say or ask, the look in her eyes were plain however as she hoped she hadn't just failed.

Jillian nodded slowly, not feeling entirely confident at Professor Ria's words but the thought that at least it was over was slowly filtering through her mind. Nodding her understanding of the instructions she made her way to the teachers desk, pausing to nervously clip her wand back to her belt as she had forgotten to. Searching the desk with her eyes she found the booklet described, placed in an organised fashion waiting for her.

She made her way to the desk, remembering how large and daunting the desks had seemed in her first year. Now they seemed more comfortable and she felt at home with them. For a second she wondered if seventh years sat upon these chairs as if they were a throne but then she recalled that right now they were taking their N.E.W.T.s and probably felt far worse than she did. Once she had sat down she looked at the written exam properly, her mouth tracing the words as she read. She swallowed a little but gathered her nerves, she felt more confident with written exams than with practical ones. However this question was not an easy one as she was well aware that the spell could be used on not only objects but plants, creatures and even parts thereof, making it a difficult spell to precisely define but one that had been covered in detail in class and was not all too difficult to cast. She set about writing her answer as best she can, including whatever details she could think of and even adding a few unneeded notes on which objects she herself had found difficult to switch when first studying the spell.

As soon as she finished writing, Jillian made sure to carefully reread her answers, making the occasional change or addition. She was about to start reexamining it for the third time when she stopped herself and shook her head. Her answers were as good as she could make them, she thought, anything else and I'll just be muddling things. A little reluctantly she turned her exam paper over and pushed it away before standing up.

"Thank you, Proffessor." She said, unable to prevent her eyes glancing out to the courtyard and the kitten pen, "Do you know when we will be receiving our results? I was considering signing up for a summer camp this year and wondered if I would be able to request a second set of results sent there if they will arrive when I'm not with my family." She spoke hurriedly, "I, er.. am also wondering what result you require to continue into N.E.W.T.s.."