𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚, hogwarts [V.2], accepting

[aurora.borealis]

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( house: hufflepuff ) ( location: the great hall) ( tagged: lyssa, laurence, zach, )

The blonde’s smile widened as Zach replied and took a bite of his porridge. That was better, she couldn’t have sat in silence and allowed him to get on a broom when he hadn’t even touched his breakfast. It was the most important meal of the day after all, and if he was going to need energy on any day, it would most likely be this one.

Looking to Lyssa as she began to talk, Flo popped the last strawberry from her plate into her mouth and listened intently. In all honesty, talk of Quidditch meant nothing to her - she couldn't name a single player from the Hufflepuff team off the top of her head and had hardly gone to watch the matches last year due to lack of interest. But knowing her friends were in their final year of playing for the team, she figured going to watch could be exciting.

Suddenly, three Ravenclaw students approached and the group fell silent as they wished the players luck. It all seemed friendly enough, but there seemed to be some sort of underlying tension that she couldn't quite figure out. As Lyssa spoke up, the girl ducked her head. It wasn't that she couldn't handle confrontation, she just preferred to avoid it where possible. The group soon left, and Flo smiled at Lyssa as she explained she needed to cut in, "Well from the sounds of it, you don't need luck anyway - though I suppose it wouldn't have hurt to accept it. Maybe they were just being nice?" She knew that may be considered weak or naive, especially considering her company, but part of her couldn't help but hope it was true.

Zach stood, signalling it was time to head to lessons and Flo was almost disappointed. It was no fun being younger, especially when it meant she had different classes and a different schedule. Still, she stood too and said, "I'm gonna catch up with some of the others in my class. I'll see you guys at tryouts." With that, she left the group, hurrying to catch up with some others that she knew would be in her Transfiguration class.

[sataraxias]

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Julian ● sixth year slytherin ●
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Gazing closer, Julian vaguely recognised the girl, but he couldn’t quite recall from where. He didn’t concentrate too hard on remembering where he'd seen her before, figuring he'd probably passed by her a few times or something. As she introduced herself, he laughed softly, his tone lightly teasing. “A pretty name for a pretty girl.”

Realising that his hand still rested lightly on her side, he abruptly dropped it and cleared his throat, keeping his pleasant smile. “I’m Julian. It’s probably a good idea to get some breakfast before classes start, wouldn’t you say? Never any fun going to lessons on an empty stomach.” He inclined his head towards the hall and led the way inside, and as he walked in beside her he realised where he had seen her before, locking eyes with her at the start of year feast.

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Cecilia ● fourth year gryffindor ●
location: near hufflepuff table, GH
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“I was going to try for chaser again. I tried last year, but my broom broke. I fell right into the mud.” She winced at the embarrassing memory, shaking her head slightly. She'd been using one of her brother's old brooms, handed down to her when she'd decided to take an interest in Quidditch, but part of the tail had snapped off as she was flying in the tryouts. Fortunately the only thing that had been injured was the girl's pride. Her brother, and probably her classmates too, had laughed for hours about it at her expense. But if the incident was good for something, at least it had led to her parents buying her a new broom, a Nimbus 2001. Her smile resurfaced. “Total disaster, but hey, sometimes it happens, right? Got a new broom over the holidays, so at least there's no chance of a repeat.” She picked up an apple from the table and bit into it with a crunch, swallowing the bite before speaking again as she turned to leave. “Anyway, see ya after lessons today. I'm off to the Greenhouses.”

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Saran ● hufflepuff head girl ●
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Saran watched him, an expression of amusement forming on her face. She laughed. “Mornings suck. Seriously, who wants to be awake so early?” She piled a piece of toast with egg, lettuce and tomato and took a few bites, chewing slowly. “Oh, Saran,” she introduced herself, in case he didn’t know. “Sorry, that was kind of rude just sitting down.” She carefully set down her half eaten piece of toast on the plate and reached for a pitcher of orange juice to pour herself a glass, draining it in one quick swig. She choked, coughing to clear her throat, giving a sheepish smile to Jake in front of her. “Too fast.” she said awkwardly, picking up the piece of toast again and eating the remainder.

[Skyhawk]

Z A C H A R Y (𝐳𝐚𝐜𝐡) K N I G H T

[ male / 17 / seventh year / slytherin / + / tags; alyssa, laurence, flora / mentioned; ]

Zachary simply observed as the ravenclaw quidditch team came over to 'wish them luck'. He was buying any of the fake smiles. Ravenclaw had beaten them last year but they certainly wouldn't take the cup again this year. Zach narrowed his eyes as Alyssa stood in and did all the talking. When they had left, Alyssa explained and Zach chuckled seeing how proud she was for that retort. He stood up dramatically, taking one last spoonful of porridge from the half-empty bowl. Zachary checked the time, deciding it was best they went to lessons now. He really didn't want to get a lunchtime detention today, with tryouts and everything. He looked directly at Alyssa, "So after lunch, period 5, we meet on the quidditch pitch?" he clarified. He looked around noticing the students in the Great Hall were beginning to disperse.


C A S I R N I R (𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞) H A I N E S

[ female / 12 / first year / ravenclaw / + / tags; eden / mentioned; ]

"Hello!" said Casirnir, glad of the sudden company as Eden took the seat next to her and began to eat. She hadn't seen her since meeting her for the first time on the hogwarts express. Cassie was stuck for something to say. She took a bite of toast before gulping some more pumpkin juice. "How are you?" she said formally and then regretted it. She was acting so polite, like she had never met her before. Casirnir glanced down at her timetable, "charms first!" she muttered, quite excited to get to her first lesson as it had been her favourite one yet.


T E S S A (𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐬) J O N E S

[ female / 16 / sixth year / slytherin / + / tags; / mentioned; ]

Tess had woken up late, as usual. She let her curly hair stay down, tucking a few strands behind her ear, lined her lips with dark coloured lipstick. Her normal routine. Tessa stepped out of the dorm, taking the steps up from the slytherin dungeons and making her way to the Great Hall, where the smell of food hit her instantly and she realised how hungry she was. Tess took her place at the slytherin table, a few seats down from a group of seventh years. She never minded sitting alone, rather that than socialising! she thought smiling.


E V E L Y N (𝐞𝐯𝐞) H A I N E S

[ female / 15 / fifth year / ravenclaw -> slytherin / + / tags; julian / mentioned; ]

Eve felt her eyebrows raised and her cheeks heat up even more when the boy complemented her. She smiled slyly. The two wandered towards the slytherin table to her surprise. It hadn't even crossed her mind that he was in a different house, especially slytherin. "I'm starving," she confessed, settling down comfortably at the slytherin table. Eve hoped her sister, Cassie, hadn't spotted her sitting at the slytherin table from across the Great Hall. "So," she started, clearing her throat, "wh..what lesson do you have...first?" Eve asked, biting her lip. The boy, Julian, was undeniably handsome and all of a sudden she found it hard to focus on forming actual words. Evelyn was never nervous in front of boys! What am I doing? get a grip! she told herself.


J A C O B (𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐞) S A N D E R S

[ male / 16 / fifth year / hufflepuff / + / tags; Saran / mentioned; ]

Jacob couldn't help but snigger as Saran choked down a glass of orange juice, lightening the mood. He decided to speak about something he'd heard a lot of rumours about over the past few weeks. "So," he began, turning toward her, "the Tiwizard Tournament sounds fun!" he spoke nonchalantly, shaking his head. "Fun and slightly unnerving.."Jake's eyebrows narrowed. Saran was clearly older than him, already of age to take part in the contests so he wondered if she would drop her name into the Goblet. He had never witnessed a Triwizard Tournament and wasn't sure himself whether he would enter or not.

[kaplantai]

𝑬𝑫𝑬𝑵 𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑨𝑩𝑬𝑻𝑯 𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑪𝒀 ☾
[ eden // female // 16 // bisexual // ravenclaw // 5th // great hall // tags: Casirnir ]

"I'm feeling really refreshed. The beginning a new year at Hogwarts always makes me feel that way. How about you?", she asks with a smile. She had put her schedule in her book as a bookmark back up in her room, but she memorized it before she left. Her first class is Potions. She had always excelled in her Potions classes. She enjoyed the mixing of seemingly useless organic materials to create something that could be used in so many different ways. A small smile appears on her face at the thought of the class. She takes a bite of her bagel, melting at the taste of the cream cheese spread.

𝑷𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑨𝑫𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑻𝑶𝑵 ֍
[ peter // male // 16 // homosexual // gryffindor // 5th // great hall >> corridor // tags: open! ]


Peter downs two scones and sips on his coffee. Starry starry night plays in his head as he scans the students around him. He finishes all his scones and decides to take a walk, drinking the rest of his coffee as he rises from his seat. He waltzes out of the Great Hall and into the corridor. He strolls across the stone floors, watching students doing their day to day activities. He wishes he had some sort of prank he could pull, a way to start the year off with a bang. The summer away from Hogwarts was too busy for him to come up with any ideas.

[wolfi.]

Alyssa Denton / Slytherin head girl + Seeker + team captain / 6th year / Straight / 16 / location: the great hall / tags: Zach, Laurence, flo

She turned to Zach as he acknowledged her to get to class, She picked up her bag and bid her friends a farewell and headed off to catch up with Zach. "I hope to see you at tryouts Flo!" She called out to her friend still sitting at the table. She looked back at Zach still walking towards their first class, "Hey wait for me," She called out as she walked a little faster to catch up. As head girl she knew better than to run only in the case of dire emergencies. "DADA is first right?" She had finally caught up and was now walking side by side with him, Why was he so jumpy before when he was talking to Flo? She noticed the door to DADA coming up, she stopped and waited for Zach as she noticed she had walked ahead of him.


Jenny Resoro / Gryffindor Prefect + team captain + chaser / 5th year / Straight / 15 / location: the great hall / tags: Cartia, Demetrius

She smiled at the fourth year who looked quite embarrassed about what happened. "It's totally fine! I had an accident over the summer one year, it was pretty embarrassing." She looked at the fourth year and got more excited, a new chaser! "That's amazing, I'm a chaser myself! I can't wait to see you try out today, it's after classes." She smiled and turned to Cartia, "Cartia? Can I tell you something after tryouts today?" she whispered, she then turned back to the fourth year. "If you don't mind me asking, what was your name again?" She asked and noticed the student's clearing out so she bid her friends goodbye and turned towards the door, She turned back for a split second, "I hope to see you at tryouts!" She waved and headed out to her first class.


Kennedy Safret / Head of Slytherin + Flying professor / bisexual / 28 / location:/ tags:

Ken waited outside his office, in his class, for the first group of students to show up. He was not that excited to be teaching this year, he found out the other day that his almost life-long crush Alexandra Jackson would be teaching DADA again. Which means, he would have to deal with keeping his feelings shut. Oh boy this year would be fun...


Alexandra Jackson / Head of Hufflepuff + Defence Against the Dark Arts professor / Straight / 26 / location: / Tags:

Alex paced her class, she wanted everything to be perfect this year as her second year teaching. Last year she thought she made a good impression, but this year had to be better. She wanted to have hands on experiments unlike sitting in a desk all hour so she decided for the first lesson they would be learning about boggarts. She noticed the first two students filling into the class so she stopped pacing and sat down at her desk and nervously tapped her foot.

[landogate]

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( seventeen ) ( gryffindor sixth year ) ( keeper ) ( location ━ transfig classroom ) ( tags ━ jenny, cecilia to open )

━━ CARTIA excused herself for being so absent-minded. "you can tell me anything, jen." she whispered back to the captain. "i'll always be there to chat with." she smiled. a few nights ago she seemed to be eagerly waiting to talk to fox about some piece of gossip, and cartia assumed it would be the same thing. with the majority of her breakfast eaten, cartia took two slices of apple and shoved them into her pocket, a morning snack, she liked to think.

PULLING out her schedule, cartia-leonette saw she had transfiguration. perfect! just the class to wake up to. "i'll see you later jenny, cecilia." she waved and began to depart. her bag at her hip, she found her way to the transfiguration classroom. with the door already opened, she walked inside and took a seat in the middle row, about halfway back. according to her mother, who had taken transfiguration until her seventh year, the jump from fifth the sixth year work for this class was gigantic. they talked about all her subject choices over the holidays, when she wasn't in greece at least. her mother, a healer at st. mungo's had encouraged her to dive deep into her astronomy studies this year. her father encouraged her to take more practical subjects like arithmancy and alchemy, much to her mother's disapproval of those subject choices.

HER father had become more and more detached from his daughter in recent years, cartia-leonette blamed it on wanting to become more of a witch than a muggle, who could blame her? she had all the opportunities in the world. finally letting that one last thought out, she placed her textbook onto the desk.

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( seventeen ) ( slytherin seventh year ) ( chaser ) ( location ━ dada classroom ) ( tags ━ alyssa, zach, ravenclaw trio, flora )

━━ LAURENCE wasn't paying much attention to the conversation this morning. he ate his food quietly and quickly, listening to what he wanted to hear. the ravenclaws that had made their appearance known were of the quidditch team that beat slytherin last year. when the seventeen year old did lift his head to contribute, he made it clear that the group of other students weren't on his priority list as he gathered his bag for class. as he stood, he lent the trio, which he hadn't been bothered to listen for their names, a snarky look. "perhaps you'll be needing the luck for yourselves." he spat.

HAVING barely enough time to reach his first class, he caught up with zach and alyssa, pushing past some gryffindor student. he was lucky to have a similar schedule to his friends, more so with zach due to their same year level. "hey, sorry i was so absent at breakfast. didn't even notice those ravenclaws coming up and 'wishing us good luck.' " he put the last part in air quotes. he followed both students, going into the classroom after zach did, thanking alyssa for holding the door open.

AT the front of the room stood the same professor from the year before, when laurence didn't care about dada as much as he did now. the rest of the room looked to be empty, students still filing in. something was chewing on the back of his mind, taking up his focus. he supposed it was what he was fighting about with his mother for the whole break - the tournament. he picked up alyssa talking about putting her name in the cup, laurence would have to talk to her about if he really should even do it.

[aurora.borealis]

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( house: hufflepuff ) ( location: transfiguration) ( tagged: cartia )

Walking into the Transfiguration classroom, the girl quickly spotted a familiar Gryffindor and eagerly took a seat next to her. "Hey Cartia! How are you doing today?” She greeted her friend with a warm smile.

Pulling out her text book, a quill and a roll of parchment, she absent-mindedy began drawing little doodles in the corner of the page. It had become habitual, and all of her notes were now covered in flowers, suns, and little shooting stars. The blonde had promised herself she would really focus this year, but some doodling wouldn’t hurt while everyone was taking their seats.

“Looking forward to spotting new talent for the Quidditch team? I think I may be coming to watch try outs." Flo continued, she knew that Cartia was a really talented keeper, and had seen a couple of matches last year where her performance had ultimately led to the Gryffindor team winning. She was almost ashamed to admit it but she was happy for her friends to win, even if it meant her own house losing. Though she had plenty of house pride, she felt that Hufflepuff was amazing as it was, and there was no need for them to win at Quidditch to prove that.

[sataraxias]

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Julian ● sixth year slytherin ●
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Julian slipped on to the bench beside Eve, pulling a plate to him. He piled on a few pancakes, layering cream, strawberries and syrup over the top. Not the healthiest breakfast, but at least it was delicious. He paused before he started to eat to look over at Eve, growing somewhat amused by how flustered the girl seemed to be getting, her cheeks bright pink. “Take a deep breath before you faint, sweetheart.” he teased, pulling his timetable out of his pocket to check his class. “I’ve got transfiguration. What ‘bout you?” He slipped his timetable securely into his pocket again and delved into his pancakes, enjoying the taste bursting on his tongue.

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Cecilia ● fourth year gryffindor ●
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“Cecilia. Most people call me Celia, though,” she introduced herself as Jenny asked her name, turning to leave with a small wave over her shoulder. She left the Great Hall at a speed walk, merging into the crowds of other students rushing around as she made her way through the corridor. The cold air brushed over Celia as she walked out of the main doors into the grounds, ruffling at her hair. She shivered, pressing her hands into the pockets of her robes as she ducked her head and sped towards the distant greenhouses. Accidentally early to the lesson, she waited outside for her classmates to join her.

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Saran pushed her plate away, reaching for the pitcher of juice to pour herself another glass of orange juice. She sipped it slowly as she listened to Jake, nodding her head, unsurprised that the conversation had moved on to the upcoming Tournament. “If not fun, it’ll certainly be interesting. It sounds like it might cause some tensions between the houses, hopefully just friendly rivalry...”

She trailed off with a frown, setting down the glass as she looked back up to him. “Are you planning to put your name in the cup?” she asked. She herself wasn’t too sure. On one hand, she figured being one of the key players in the tournament would be a good way to end her time at Hogwarts with a bang, but the competition seemed dangerous, too. There was a reason the other wizarding schools were no longer allowed to participate.

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Alyssa Denton / Slytherin head girl + Seeker + team captain / 6th year / Straight / 16 / location: the great hall / tags: Zach, Laurence, flo


Alyssa walked into class along with Zach and Laurence and took a seat right by them as she had no other friends in that class, she sat there ready for anything the teacher would throw at the students because she studied hard this summer as she wanted to participate in the tournament. She looked over at Laurence, ”Looking a little nervous there Laur?” she asked, raising an eyebrow.

Jenny Resoro / Gryffindor Prefect + team captain + chaser / 5th year / Straight / 15 / location: the great hall / tags: Cartia, Demetrius


Jenny headed off to her first class of the day, she honestly didn’t want to be there, all she could think about were tryouts after school. As the new captain she was nervous, she didn’t want to make the wrong choice. She had her mind wrapped around the silly idea that she would make a huge mistake, she kept trying to calm herself down by breathing, it helped but not by much.

Caroline Hadlock / Ravenclaw head girl + soon to be beater / 6th year / bisexual / 15-16 / location: great hall to class / tags: open


Caroline had woken up super late, not a good way to start the day of tryouts. This was her year, she was going to make it as chaser. She quickly headed off to the shortcut to the kitchens and grabbed a small scone and headed off to Transfiguration, the class they shared with the Gryffindors. She noticed one in particular looking very worried about something but today she could care less as she was extra nervous about performing well in front of her best friend, Alex. Merlin if she fell off her broom that would be the worst thing possible today, she needed that spot on the team, she had worked so hard for the past few summers.

Kennedy Safret / Head of Slytherin + Flying professor / bisexual / 28 / location:/ tags:


He instructed the class to open their textbooks to the first page and analyze the set of ingredients that was needed for the certain potion he was going to go over in the next day or so. He really just wanted to be in his bed sleeping or reading or something, anything other than teaching on a day that most kids would not pay attention, as today was tryouts for all the house teams.

Alexandra Jackson / Head of Hufflepuff + Defence Against the Dark Arts professor / Straight / 26 / location: / Tags:

Alex looked at he students and smiled, she decided to change her lesson plan. This was her year she just knew it. ”Welcome guys! I hope you all had a great breakfast because today we will working with something that probably none of you have ever seen before. So get in a group of three and stay there for instruction!” She smiled and waited as students started to form their groups, boy was she excited! ”Great now that we are groups we can begin! I want all of you to think of your happiest memory and try using the incantation ‘Expecto Patronum’ Say clear too!” She showed the class how to do it, hoping they would be awed at What she could do...

[Skyhawk]

sorry this is late!

Z A C H A R Y (𝐳𝐚𝐜𝐡) K N I G H T

[ male / 17 / seventh year / slytherin / + / tags; alyssa, laurence / mentioned; ]

Zachary calmly wandered into his first elective lesson, defence against the dark arts. It had been his favourite lesson for a few years now but the new year had brought a new teacher and he was apprehensive. Zach hoped, as he took a seat beside Alyssa and Laurence, the professor would be good for his final year at Hogwarts. He watched, eyes narrowed as Alyssa checked if Laurence was feeling alright, referring to him as 'laur'. Zachary turned to face forward, looking to the door as the professor arrived.


C A S I R N I R (𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞) H A I N E S

[ female / 12 / first year / ravenclaw / + / tags; eden / mentioned; ]

Casirnir beamed as the conversation began to flow feeling more and more comfortable as it progressed. "I love it!" she admitted with perhaps too much enthusiasm. Her favourite lesson yet was charms, not only the context of the course but the kind teacher also influencing her opinion on the subject. "Divination is very interesting," she said recalling the period she had participated in last week and remembering the book Eden had been reading on the hogwarts express on her first day.


T E S S A (𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐬) J O N E S

[ female / 16 / sixth year / slytherin / + / tags; / mentioned; ]

Tess made her way to transfiguration...


E V E L Y N (𝐞𝐯𝐞) H A I N E S

[ female / 15 / fifth year / ravenclaw -> slytherin / + / tags; julian / mentioned; ]

Eve let out a breathy laugh when Julian gestured to her nervous behaviour, feeling herself relax more and more as they talked. "Potions," she said glumly, eyes furrowing. She had been hoping they would have shared their first lesson together but they didn't have any electives first so it was potions for her. Evelyn grasped the bowl of cereal she had finished, picking it up and gulped down the last pool of milk at the bottom giving her a milk moustache. She smiled, oblivious to the line of milk on her upper lip. When it came to food, Eve didn't care what anyone thought about her.


J A C O B (𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐞) S A N D E R S

[ male / 16 / fifth year / hufflepuff / + / tags; Saran / mentioned; ]

Jacob looked down nervously when Saran mentioned the potential rivalry that could arise during the tournament. Many of his friends belonged to different houses and he hoped there would be no unrest or disturbance. Jake took a sip from his glass as she asked the question of would he put his name in the cup. He brought a hand to his mouth, pondering the question and searching for an answer he seemed not to find. "I'm not sure," he confessed, setting his drink firmly on the table and letting his hand drop to his side. The tournament would be a big commitment and a permanent one if things took a turn for the worst. He wasn't entirely sure what to do. "Will you?" Jake asked, tilting his head to the side, genuinely interested to hear what she had to say. Head girl winning the tournament for Hufflepuff..


J A S P E R W O O D S

[ male / 24 / transfiguration professor / gryffindor / + / tags; / mentioned; ]

Jasper strode into his classroom, eyes floating over the students already seated. "Good morning," he said firmly, addressing the class. Jasper picked up his wand and swished it in the air in the direction of the board. The words Professor Woods were suddenly written on the black board. "This is your last year to revise for you N.E.W.Ts," he reminded them, "which will, no doubt, be extremely tough...." Jasper smiled, lightening up, "without me teaching you!" He took a thick dusty book from his overflowing bookcase and expertly flicked through the pages and found the one he was looking for. "This year will mainly include perfecting everything you learnt in your sixth year." Jasper bit his lip for a moment before turning to the board again. He ran a hand through his hair, "today we will practise a particularly nasty sub-section of transfiguration - conjuration." Jasper let the news sink in, raising his chin and letting his eyes search the class. He briefly thought back to when he had first started studying this part of Transfiguration, some of the most complex magic taught at Hogwarts. When he spoke, his voice projected around all four walls clearly, "Would someone tell me how conjurations are distinguished from the other branches of Transfiguration?"