Transfiguration is a very precise and delicate branch of magic. It is the change of one thing into another thing, from something into nothing, or nothing into something.

when you are working with the molecules of an object, you are changing its basic principles. Individual things have different molecular structures that define what they are.

there are four branches of transfiguration:

• transformation 


• Vanishment 


• conjuration 


• Untransfiguration 

transformation formula - t = w*c

    ----       *z

     V*a

Meaning 

t- Intended transfiguration difficulty 

w- wand power 

c- concentration 

v- viciousness

a- mass of beginning object 

z- unknown variable 

dangers of transfiguration :

attempting to cast transfiguration spells you have not yet learned is something that you will be severely docked for in assignments , as this is extremely dangerous practice that will not be encouraged or condoned in my class. 

when spells backfire or aren't performed correctly, it can prevent items from completing their transfigurations.

can you imagine what would happen if you went to do a transformation to give yourself gills and it only worked halfway? Surely you can see the dangers there.