After receiving the letter, Albert decided to visit Hagrid at the hunting lodge to give him confidence, and also...well, he mainly went to take some photos of Buckbeak and wanted to use the transformation spell to conjure a hippogriff.
Being a winged beast is no easy task.
Albert first tried to deform the wood and create a model of Buckbeak with the same height. At least the appearance should not be too different from the original model, otherwise it would be easy for others to see the flaws.
Of course, having a model is not enough. You need to turn dead things into living things. This is actually not too difficult. As early as the third grade Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall taught everyone the transformation spell, which is the one that turns a teapot into a living thing.
Turtle's spell.
But... there is still a big problem. The larger the object, the more difficult it will be to cast a spell.
If it were just to turn a stone into a hound, Albert would have been able to do it long ago, but Buckbeak is not small, and he is still a magical creature, so the difficulty of transformation is much higher than turning a stone into a hound.
Several times.
Albert's first attempt failed as expected. The hippogriff he transformed was smaller in size and did not look like a living creature at all. The flaws could be seen at a glance.
After experiencing continuous failures, Albert gave up on practicing and planned to ask others for advice. Professor McGonagall was a ready-made expert in the field of transformation, much better than his half-hearted attempt.
"You want to use the Transfiguration Spell to transform into a dragon?" Professor McGonagall couldn't believe her ears after hearing what Albert said.
"No, no, Professor, I just want to make a model, a moving, realistic model." Albert quickly explained, "You may have heard about the accident that happened in the Care of Magical Creatures class at the beginning of the semester, Hagrid's
This Hippogriff is likely to be executed, so I want to give him a gift to make him feel better."
"I've heard about this too." Professor McGonagall's eyes became gentle.
"Do you know how to conjure a model like that?"
"If it's just a model, there shouldn't be any problem, but..." Professor McGonagall paused and reminded: "It should be possible to transform a fire dragon in theory, but it's not possible in practice. Even Dumbledore is probably very difficult."
It is difficult to achieve this level of deformation. You should know very well that the larger the volume, the higher the difficulty of deformation."
"What's the biggest creature you've ever changed?" Albert asked curiously.
"Turn the table into a pig." Professor McGonagall looked at Albert and smiled: "I think with your current ability, you should be able to do this."
"A display at the beginning of school?"
Albert still clearly remembers that Professor McGonagall showed everyone the magic of turning a table into a pig in the first Transfiguration class of freshmen.
In fact, Professor McGonagall was very happy that Albert had changed his research direction.
Ever since she knew that Albert's patron saint was a griffin, she did not want Albert to undergo the Animagus transformation.
A wizard's Animagus usually corresponds to the form of his patron saint. Although there is no evidence to prove any connection between the two points, the Animagus obviously cannot transform into a magical animal, otherwise even she would not know about it.
What will happened.
However, what Professor McGonagall didn't know was that Albert had not given up on the Animagus, but that the transformation ritual was too cumbersome, and he planned to see if he could solve this problem at once through a task.
After Professor McGonagall briefly explained how to create a magic model, Albert found that making a moving magic model was easier than expected.
"This is a good alternative."
Albert felt that his initial idea of transforming into a Hippogriff was a bit silly, and he was completely overconfident in his abilities.
After thanking Professor McGonagall, Albert planned to go to the library first and borrow some transfiguration books recommended by Professor McGonagall.
Before leaving, Professor McGonagall hinted that he should give the O.W.Ls exam as his first priority, and the study of the Transfiguration Spell could be placed in the sixth-grade Transfiguration Improvement Class.
Albert was so addicted to the training of the Transfiguration Spell that he almost missed dinner time. When he hurriedly left the Room of Requirement and rushed to the hall, he found that Lee Jordan was looking through the "Classification Broomstick" and seemed to be supplementing his knowledge related to Firebolts.
In his words: If he shows that he knows nothing about Firebolts on the playing field, everyone will think that his level of commentary is very poor.
"If you can use this energy in reviewing, I think you will definitely get a few more excellent grades." Albert couldn't help but complain.
"What are you doing with Professor McGonagall?"
"Discussing the Transfiguration Spell." Albert said casually, "I'm wondering if I can transform a dragon."
"Wow, can something like this be done?" Lee Jordan dropped the book in his hand and asked, "It would be so cool if you could ride on the back of a dragon."
Last time, the three of them complained for a long time about not having the chance to ride Hagrid's Hippogriff.
"Theoretically it's possible, but basically it's not possible." Albert raised his wand and tapped it, and Lee Jordan's "Classification Broomstick" turned into a palm-sized model of a Norwegian Ridgeback.
Albert had once seen the Norwegian Ridgeback raised by Hagrid, and the model on the table was modeled after that animal.
"so cool."
Lee Jordan put the model on his palm and looked at it carefully. It was really lifelike. The fire dragon even sprayed sparks at him.
After a while, Lee Jordan seemed to remember what had changed this thing, and turned to Albert and said, "Can you change it back? I haven't finished reading that book yet, and I have to return the book to Wood."
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"No problem at all."
Albert waved his magic wand, and the Norwegian Ridgeback model transformed back into the "Classification Broomstick".
"I dare say this thing will definitely sell well." Fred and George appeared out of nowhere, obviously seeing the scene where the fire dragon breathed fire.
"The transformation spell will gradually weaken over time." Albert shook his head.
"What happy things have happened to you? Tell us and make us happy." Lee Jordan asked the smiling Weasley twins.
"Team Slytherin, he went to scout our training this evening. You didn't even notice how ugly his face was." Fred and George looked at the Slytherin team provocatively and said, "That group of people
It feels like a big dung egg has been stuffed into his mouth. Speaking of which, our dung egg reserves are not enough. When will we go to Hogsmeade next time."
"Before Valentine's Day." Albert said without thinking. Valentine's Day is on a Monday, which is undoubtedly not a pleasant thing.
"Before that, Gryffindor has a match with Ravenclaw."
"I dare say that Slytherin will never want to see Gryffindor defeat Ravenclaw and then compete with them for this year's Quidditch championship," George pointed at the man who was confronting Harry.
Malfoy, "They're jealous that Harry has the Firebolt."
"Those guys will definitely cause trouble and make Harry unable to play, or find a way to make him fall off the broom again." Fred tried to speculate on the Slytherin team with the worst possible malice.
"Don't worry, it's almost impossible, unless they can get the dementors back, but Professor Dumbledore will never allow the dementors to enter Hogwarts School again." Albert certainly knew what Malfoy wanted to do.
, but he did not intend to reveal any information, "Even if they want to cast a curse on the Firebolt, they can't do it. Their level is not yet up to that level, so in fact, you don't have to pay too much attention to Slytherin's little moves."
"What if they pretend to be dementors?" Li Qiaodan asked tentatively.
"Why do you have such weird thoughts?" Albert reached out and patted the other party's shoulder, sighing softly, with an expression that said you couldn't do it.
Fred and George also imitated Albert and patted Li Jordan lightly on the shoulder, which made him a little confused.
"Hey, tell me clearly!"
"You have to work harder on your defense against dark magic." Albert said speechlessly, "Do you think Harry Potter is afraid of dementors? No, he is only affected by dementors, not by dementors.
Dementors were so scared that they fainted, and if Slytherin students pretended to be dementors, then I feel really sad for their families."
"Yeah, that's a sad story." Fred and George both understood the meaning of these words.
That's right, only mentally retarded people would do stupid things like that!