Alcyone had taken her seat after writing on the board and smiled as the students walked in. She was glad that quite a few were interested in taking her class, and so she looked back down to her notes for the lesson and scribbled down on a piece of parchment. She was almost ready to start the lesson as all of her students had arrived. She stood up and smiled at all of the students, using her normal approach to a lesson - start with the fun, then move onto the boring Introductory lesson.

"Today, we're going to be turning needles into matchsticks," she walked around and placed a needle on each of their desk before walking over to her blackboard and scribbling down instructions as she spoke. "First step, you must turn to page 112 of your A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration books and use this as a more detailed guide. Secondly, practice the wrists movements. Third step, practice pronouncing it. Finally, try this on the needle. The wrist movement is a simple upwards flick and swish," she demonstrated. "Then, you combine this with the word 'Arcanum Verto'. Make sure you say it VARE- toe. Not var- to, VARE- toe. Ar-ka-nu-m Vare-toe." She moved behind her desk, set out a needle and performed this spell on the needle, effectively turning it into a matchstick. "Your turn."