Transfiguration Club

Draco couldn't help but take Goyle and Crabbe to the long table in Gryffindor to find Harry Potter at dinner time. Scorpius could only rub his forehead. How much did Draco love Harry? How could he always worry about provoking each other?

As described in the original book, Draco proposed a duel between wizards to Harry in a contemptuous tone. In his opinion, Harry, who grew up in the Muggle world and had only been exposed to magic for two weeks, guessed anything. Despite not knowing what's a duel, he was certainly afraid to fight, so that I can laugh at him to his heart's content. Still, he didn't expect that Ron would stand up and help Harry respond to the duel. "A duel is a duel! I will be his assistant then, who is your assistant?"

Draco looked back at Crabbe and Goyle, and said without hesitation, "Of course it's my brother."

Crabbe and Goyle: "Then what do we do..."

"It's midnight, how about? We meet you in the prize showroom, where the door is never locked." Draco ignored their complaints and went on.

Scorpius's slow voice came from a distance, "I said...you guys, discuss duels and fights openly in the public, and then also choose to violate the school regulations at midnight; besides, before asking my opinion, just involve me in a duel, is this really good?"

Ron sneered unceremoniously and said: "It was you who proposed the duel, so why are you backing down? Cowardly bastard!"

Ron's tone was indeed a bit excessive, even Harry couldn't help but frown, but Harry didn't want to be misunderstood that he was standing on the Slytherin side and chose to be silent. Scorpius was irritated by Ron's words. Although he was expressionless, his tone suddenly became very harsh, "I just don't want to break the school rules for boring reasons. Since you want to fight, don't wait until midnight..." said After Scorpius pulled out his magic wand and tapped it lightly on the cup on the long table. The cup turned into a murderous grey wolf in an instant, with sharp fangs open and a terrifying howl!

There was a scream on the long Gryffindor table, Harry's face suddenly became pale and bloodless, and Ron was so scared that he fell back from the chair and fell to the ground. When Professor McGonagall on the professor seat hurriedly approached, Scorpius's wand lightly waved, and the grey wolf instantly changed back to the cup, only to hear Scorpius's unsentimental voice: "Now you still want to follow up with the duel?"

Upon arriving, Professor McGonagall looked at Mr Malfoy sternly and said, "Mr Malfoy! Could you tell me what is going on? Hogwarts forbids using magic to harm classmates!"

Scorpius turned to look at Professor McGonagall. He knew that this professor had always been selfless and would not favour Gryffindor, so he had nothing to fear. He replied in a calm tone: "Professor McGonagall, classmate Weasley has never liked our Malfoy family. I don't care about it, but just now I just wanted to cancel the duel agreement between them and my brother in a peaceful way, and I was insulted by classmate Weasley—he said I was a coward. And I'm just using Transfiguration to scare them. I don't think it hurts my classmates anyway, right? There are so many people watching here, and they can all testify."

Professor McGonagall cross-examined several classmates who were dining at the table and determined that Scorpius was really telling the truth. She pressed her lips tightly and deducted 20 points from Gryffindor due to Ron's abusive behaviour. Having lost a lot of points in the past two weeks, Gryffindor is at the bottom of the house rankings. Many of the little wizards of Gryffindor gave Ron and Harry an unfriendly look.

Professor McGonagall turned her head and said to Scorpius: "Even if there is a reason, Mr Malfoy, what you have done is improper. You are only a freshman in the first year. What if magic goes out of control and hurts your classmates by mistake?"

Scorpius spoke lightly, but his tone was full of unquestionable self-confidence: "Professor, it is impossible to accidentally hurt your classmates." After he said that, with a light wave of his wand, the four cups on the table turned into a snake, spider, chicken and red fox and then with a light wave, the four small animals entangled together and turned into a snake-shaped monster with a foxtail, cockscomb, and eight spider feet. The forked snake tongue hissed. Scorpius gave a light wave again, and the snake-shaped monster instantly decomposed into the previous four small animals, and then changed back to four cups.

McGonagall was stunned and shocked by Scorpius' performance. She calmed down and said slowly, "Mr Malfoy, it's an incredible transfiguration. Can you tell me, how far have you learned Transfiguration?"

"To what extent?" Scorpius reached out and touched his chin. "I think... Except for the animagus and vanishing spell in the OWL level, I should have mastered it..." He glanced at Ron and said: "To be honest, just now, if I wanted to, I could have completely turned him into a ferret."

These words irritated Ron with shock, fear, anger and hatred, but the presence of Professor McGonagall and the aura of Scorpius made him unable to say anything ruthless.

Professor McGonagall's expression is still stern, but Scorpius can detect the inadvertent faint joy between her eyebrows. "You come to my office with me now, and I have something to say to you."

Scorpius followed Professor McGonagall out of the Great Hall. A low voice could be heard Ron cursing before leaving, but he could not take care of that much, so he had to follow McGonagall to her office. Professor McGonagall's office is a small study on the side of the corridor on the second floor. There is a burning fireplace. You can see the Quidditch stadium outside the window. Behind Professor McGonagall's desk is densely packed. The transfiguration books and the students' transfiguration papers are all turned over, not on the bookshelf. It seems that Ravenclaw is also suitable for Professor McGonagall, Scorpius secretly thought.

After Professor McGonagall sat down at the desk and stared at Scorpius for a few seconds, she organized her words and said: "Mr Malfoy, you are the most gifted student in transfiguration I have ever seen. There are too many students in the same grade. In order not to waste your talents, I want to invite you to join my transfiguration club."

"Transfiguration Club?" Scorpius looked puzzled. He knew the original book by heart and never remembered such a club. All he remembered was the duelling club that only appeared in the second grade, the slug club that only appeared in the sixth grade. Maybe the Transfiguration Club is similar.

"That is a club I set up, once a week, there are some of your seniors who are excellent in transfiguration, who discuss and research the content related to transfiguration. Furthermore, I hope you will frequently appear in the publication "Today's Transfiguration", publish a few academic papers on transfiguration." Professor McGonagall explained.

After speaking, Professor McGonagall also pulled out a book from the shelf. It was a transfiguration note when she was preparing for the OWL exam. It was filled with many private tips and experiences that were not in the textbook. She gave it to Scorpius, she has high hopes for him and looks forward to his achievements in the field of transfiguration in the future.

{ Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Notes Obtained! }

"This is my honour, Professor." Scorpiuslin bowed respectfully and walked out of Professor McGonagall's office.

Back at the Slytherin table in the auditorium, Draco and his attendants, Daphne, Meredith, and Pansy could not wait to surround him. "What is Professor McGonagall asking you to do in the office?" Draco couldn't help but ask at first.

"Nothing special," Scorpius explained in a nonchalant tone, "She invited me to join her transfiguration club and gave me a book on transfiguration."

"Transfiguration Club?" Several people said in unison. "what is that?"

"I heard that Professor McGonagall set up the club herself." Scorpius thought for a while and said, "Discuss and study the content related to transfiguration."

"Are you kidding?" Pansy was shocked to speak when she heard Scorpius's words. Scorpius was pretty sure she glanced at Draco again unconsciously, a complicated look flashing in her eyes.

"You are so amazing, so enviable." Meredith was a little jealous. This is undoubtedly Professor McGonagall's special care for Scorpius.

"Of course, it doesn't depend on whose brother I am. If my brother is more diligent and spends more time on studying and doing homework, instead of trying to get sick of the Gryffindor people all day, he is definitely not worse than me, right Draco?" Scorpius said with a smile.

"Of course!" Draco answered proudly.

At this time, Scorpius caught a glimpse of Harry and Ron who were trying to eavesdrop not far away, and said indifferently: "Potter, Weasley, don't you think it's rude to eavesdrop on someone else?"

Draco and the others turned their heads and saw the two people who were indeed sneaking around nearby, staring at them angrily.

Ron said unwillingly: "Why do you say that we eavesdropped? We just happened to pass by. Do we need your approval to go through the aisle?"

Scorpius faintly shot back, "It doesn't matter, the matter about the duel just now is not over yet, but I don't intend to violate the school rules for you. It's better to be like this, in this place, under the witness of everyone. Would you be brave enough to play a game of wizard chess to determine the outcome? Scorpius knows that Ron's most confident talent is mentioned in the original book as wizard chess. He will not defy, Scorpius is going to hit him severely where he is the best, so that he feels a full range of crushing.

A flush of excitement flashed across Ron's face, "Dare! Why don't you dare!"

Scorpius replied: "Of course, even if it's just a contest of wizard chess, I won't waste my time just to win against you. If you want to contest, you still need to put down the chips-how about 10 galleons?"

Ron suddenly blushed. All his savings didn't even have a galleon. It was hard to admit poverty to the family he hated, so in the face of it, he lost his momentum and his face.

Scorpius ignored him, "If you don't have galleons on hand," Scorpius turned to look at Harry, "Even if this thing didn't happen because of you, it wouldn't have anything to do with you. For you, it's not too much, right?"

"Okay! I believe Ron!" Harry agreed boldly.

After dinner time, Scorpius took his newly earned 10 galleons and happily took Draco and the others back to the Slytherin dormitory. Sitting on the Gryffindor table was Ron with a look of despair, and Harry, who didn't look good. Harry could only comfort Ron in a low voice—but this comfort didn't seem to be very effective. The loss of galleons to Harry was a minor matter, but the Malfoys won the wizard chess match in full view before the entire crowd. Ron suddenly felt a sense of unlovable life. He felt very disgraceful, and he covered his face and ran into the Gryffindor dormitory, and Harry hurriedly left the great hall afterwards.