(Lesson One) Defense Against The Dark Arts

[jang jin ah]

The class was immediate to agree on starting with Verdimillious. Three students have already made their decision known. Perhaps they were attracted by the dramatic display of it at the beginning of the class. She liked the green color of the spark so she'll just go along with the majority's decision. Although she prefer to start off with the Knock Back Jinx on a gnome. Pardon her sadistic nature. It could have been resulted from accumulated stress from her studies. Not that she ever looked stressed out.

Nana raised her hand and introduced herself first. "I'm Jang Jin Ah. I agree as well to start with the Verdimillious. Can we get started then professor?" 

[victor shamble]

    Victor had been silent the whole time. Sure the lights going out like that and then the sudden appearance of their teacher startled him greatly. Especially since his teacher was his the one who represented Ravenclaw. Great, he felt doomed. He wasn't one to speak out at all and it seemed that everyone else had made the choice. But....there was no harm in suggesting something else was there? Victor wasn't sure as he sat there, debating it over in his head. Eventually he decided to take a risk and raise his hand.

    "I'm...Victor Shamble." Victor started, his voice being choked by his nervousness. "Professor....I know I'm out...voted but...why don't we start with knock back jinx?"

    Victor could already feel himself trying to disappear in his chair. He cringed back as he expected others to speak out against what he said. It was just the way he was. He wasn't meaning to speak out against what everyone else clearly wanted. It just seemed wiser to do that one before the others. Course, there were many times he was wrong and this was one.

[professor sythe du la tombes]

It seemed, that she hadn’t any volunteers. She raised an eyebrow, as her mouth moved to open, then something caught her eye. Her hazel eyes narrowing, as a member of her own house raised his hand. Sythe didn’t exactly know his name,but really she hadn’t had any contact with the members of her house. She smiled to the man, as he spoke up; his eyes even would lock onto her own, a playful glint would suddenly splash within her hazel pools,and the he introduced himself. Deacon Brown. Ah, the verdimillious the spell she had just used not even moments ago; that had been a rather good way to start the class, she already had technically showed them the spell; if they noticed it or not.

She would glanced around, as another student seemed to stand up, ah- so Mr.Brown had been a leader. She watched with curious eyes as another student raised his hand, he didn't bother to stand up, as he seconded Decon’s words, a slytherin it seemed. Something smelled a bit off about the boy,but honestly.. Sythe felt a lot of off putting emotions when it came to Slytherins, but she wouldn't shrug it off. No, she hadn't been one of those to bluntly turn a blind eye. She had been a the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for a reason, she stared to him before another student had spoken up, she would turn to see who had it been now.

A Gryffindor, Taylor Marvolo, Sythe had been scanning the three’s features. She had never forgotten a face, or a name, and she wouldn’t. She stared to them, ”Well then, it see-” and just then another person would speak up, she’d give a grin and look to whoever spoke up, another Ravenclaw- Jang Jin Ah, she’d give a smile looking over the girl who spoke up- also memorizing the girl. Another for the Verdimillious, she wondered if they knew that they had witnessed it, just before their very eyes, turning her back and walking to the chalk board, she’d pick up the piece of chalk, and her fingers would pause as another,unsure voice would speak up.

Her ears would perk up slightly, turning to the voice. He sounded so timid, and caused her to take a few steps to him, pausing. Oh, the knock back jinx. A smile slowly serrated across her face, as she looked to the other Ravenclaw, Victor Shamble he said. "You Know how that saying goes, it's not about the size of the fight..but the size of the fight in the dog." she spoke, and sighed explaining it a bit better.

"What that means, Mr. Shamble.." she spoke moving to sit on her deck, staring to the class."What that means class she spoke, it doesn't matter if you get outvoted here- this class isn't a democracy." she crossed her legs. She looked to the class, thinking of how to go about this, and she would stand up, she had an idea. "Convince me, what one is better." she would glance around the class. "Miss Marvolo, Mr. Shamble-come here." she pointed to the front of the class. She didn't wish to choose favoritism in the class- since the majority of her students that spoke up, had been her ever curious Ravenclaws. She smiled to them.

"Hurry up now." she spoke calmly. " It's up to you two, there will be no backing out, and honestly- if I think you're half assing it, just to lose.. well, let's just say me and you will be very close during this class." she grinned as she glanced over the class. "Convince me, which is better for defense against the dark arts, explain to me- not as a teacher, but a curious mind." she spoke and crossed her arms, "If you're classmates wish to help you, then please- no need to raise hands, just call out- tell me you're name also." she laughed to them.

"Also, if I feel like I have too, i'll dangle house points in your faces, if I feellike I have too."

[taylor marvolo]

More and more students wanted to learn the Verdimillous Charm. Everything was going peachy until a first year Ravenclaw decided that he wanted to learn about the knock back jinx. Then everything went down hill after that. Great, just great...

Taylor scowled slightly when Professor Tombes called her up along with the little first year to the front of the class and asked them to tell her which spell was better for the class. Still scowling at both of them, the girl went up as told and shrugged her shoulders. Since the professor called on her, it was now her time to shine.

"Well I do suppose one of the good uses to the Verdimillous Charm is that the charm produces a green spark that can hurt or distract someone long enough for you to escape. Also this spell can reveal things that had been previously charmed by Dark magic." Taylor went on, now feeling more at ease. After all, Dark Arts was one of her most favorite subjects.

[victor shamble]

    Victor knew he was going to regret speaking out, why did he even bother with it? Being called to the front of the class was the worst thing ever for someone like him. However, he rose to his feet quickly and went over to the front of the class. While Talyor spoke, Victor listened and tried to keep as much stuttering out of his voice as he could. Though sadly....he would fail at it. Once she was done, Victor took a deep breath to try and get some grip.

    "With the....knock back jinx spell.....it's able to repel your....opponents as well as objects...coming at you." Victor started as his voice sounded more choked even though he was trying. "Also with....the knock back jinx.....you can activate...switches that are charmed. The spell....can...can also be charged to....to a higher power. Although.....one runs.....the risk of having....it...it backfire if they don't release the charged....spell at the proper time."

[donovan malachi hawthorne]

Donovan sat in the back of the classroom, and lazily looked out of the window. It was odd that Professor Tombes was so strict with her students, and that they had already begun to learn. Donny gave a smirk as he saw the students around him struggle with the seemingly easy questions that she asked. Any Professor worth there weight in salt would already have there lesson plan for the year planned out, months in advance. Here , even now Professor Tombes was playing game, one that that Donny was very amused by. Well the first rule of any defense against the Dark Arts Class before you even picked up your wand was knowing what spell was your were going to be practicing.

Well...Well Professor, there obviously scared of what your going to say or do next. For those of us that actually payed attention, to the Professor she's been teaching since we stepped into the door. If your not sure about what your doing, or why your doing it you've already messed up. Spells don't work nearly as effective if your not concentrating and sure about what your doing. Grump's law is is a constant with all branches of magic.The mathematical formula above can be used to measure the difficulty of a spell. Kerp in mind, t is the spell, w is your wand power, c is your concentration, v is the viciousness of the spell, a is the influence of body weight, and Z is the articulation of the incantation. Real Question is what is she getting at?

What we have right here, is a dispelling of popular opinions of what this subject is about. It's not about, Knock Back Jinx, Verdimillious, Lumos, it's about knowing that each of these spell's are important on there own and in different circumstances. Which is why were here comparing apples to oranges when they both have their purposes. In short leave your ego at the door.

[Dawn Autumn Cantilupe]

       Dawn couldn't help but watch quietly from her seat by one of the windows in the room. She hadn't expected the professor to be so theatrical, but she didn't mind. It was a good way to get people to be quiet and pay attention. As soon as the professor suggested they choose their first lesson, one of Dawn's dark brows rose up in surprise. Shouldn't she be the one to decide which spell they were to start with? She had no particular preference in which spell came first. But as the others voted, she listened attentively. She was always in her element when she listened and observed rather than saying something. She could see why each person voted the way they did, even Victor.
       She immediately felt a bit defensive of Victor. Maybe it was because he reminded her of herself, with the way he stuttered and seemed to lack some self-confidence. So of course she felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise a bit when Victor and Taylor were called forward by the professor. After hearing their explanations, Dawn began to think to herself,  What is she up to? Shouldn't she have a lesson planned out already? That was when she realized that the professor was testing them all. What was up with this class? Dawn didn't know for sure, but she couldn't help but smile out the window. One thing was for sure; this class would never get boring.

[Wilfred Warfstache]

Wilfred sits in the back when he flicks his wand his desk vanishes and he falls on the ground but when getting up his desk reappears and Wilfred slams his head into the bottom of his desk . Then he opens his book and finds a spell and casts it at the person sitting next to him and he turns the persons quill into a firework which sets off and everyone in the class sat there and laughed cause the teach was running trying to shoot a spell at the firework to make it stop before anyone else heard it.