Cedric raised his hand after rummaging his mind for what Transfiguration really is or how it really works. He hadn't come up with something interesting and precise though but he felt the urged to answer and so he did, "Change is probably the best word that could be linked with Transfiguration. And with that being said, Transfiguration is to change something into a completely another thing but if it's done improperly, you may get poor transfiguration results and the transfigured object can become half-transfigured or permanently transfigured.

"It requires vast and pure concentration and with the proper incantation and performance of spell, Transfiguration works." There. Done. And he wasn't really sure about his answer but he was ready for the professors' informative explanation 'cause the guy pretty do know much everything 'bout the subject, right?