Next Lesson : First Years

[den]

Dennis came into the room and came straight too the chalkboard. He grinned starting too write the following; 'Once inside please take out a piece of paper and begin to write what you know so far about Ancient Egypt. Explain in full details and be sure not to make any mistakes.'

He grinned and sat down waiting for the students to come in.

[jarodlacroux]

So potion's wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. Maybe History of Magic will do. Jarod could already see his future now. He'll die of boredom unless some professor makes the lesson interesting. He hasn't come by one yet, but maybe he's underestimating the school system too quickly. Just give it some time. Yeah. Maybe you'll like this class and the others you've missed already.

Hardy har har. Jarod was only being sarcastic there, but it wouldn't hurt to try and enjoy the next few lessons that remain for this term. He turned down the hall, his Gryffindor robes billowing behind his every step until he approached the next classroom, and the last for today. He entered, noticing only the teacher. Great, the first one to arrive. That'll bring attention to yourself and then he'll want to talk to you. A plastered smile across his face, he takes a seat, and takes out parchment and his ink-filled quill out for note taking.

[cateline]

Cateline was on her way towards History of Magic. It wasn't one of her favorite subjects, but it was ok. Men can not understand the future without knowing about the past, right? Or at least it was something like that what her old history teacher used to say when they weren't paying any attention.

She was very surprised to see that she was the second person to arrive. Usually she wasn't that talkative during classes, but she figured that it wouldn't hurt to sit down next to the only boy who was already there. Then she read what was written upon the chalkboard. Write what you know so far about Ancient Egypt. That was a simple task.

Cateline didn't know anything about Ancient Egypt.

She couldn't help it that she had missed last class, right? So instead of writing nonsense down, Cateline decided to start a conversation with the Gryffindor next to her. "Hey." She said, while taking out a note block and a pen, in case she was going to get a brain wave.

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[cremefilled]

"What I know about Ancient Egypt?" Sev gasped, glancing at the board. He shook his head and went to take a seat. He didn't bother getting a piece of paper because he knew nothing about Ancient Egypt. There were pharohs and sphynxes but that was just basic stuff.

[paulkong]

Alex walked into the class and sat down, he read the note on the board, took out a piece of parchment and began to write.

Ancient Egypt was probably the most prolific of ancient civilizations. Most settlements were settled around the Nile River. It was at its peak during the new kingdom during the second millenium BC. Around 3300 BC Egypt was divided into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Menses is widely believed to have united the two kingdoms around 3150 BC. Ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyphic written language and their spoken language is most closely related to the Berber, Semitic, and Beja groups of languages. The Ancient Egyptian Military was very effective and deadly, keeping their control on the region. The first Ancient Egyptian god was Re-Atum and he was believed to be responsible for the creation of the world. After death Anubis took the souls to Duat to be judged if their heart was pure. They heart was weighed against a single feather, if it was pure it wouldn't not be weighed down by guilt. If the feather was heavier they went to the afterlife with Osiris. If the heart was heavier the demon Ammit would eat the heart and damn them to eternity in Duat.

Alex figured that was enough and stopped write it, this was definitely the right class for him today. He was really into history and Egyptian mythology. He wasn't sure if he should turn it in to the professor or wait for him so he just sat and waited.

[alliwant]

Troy walked into History of Magic and sat to Sev. He got out his paper and started to Write that Ancient Egypt was a historical place of the pyramids and rumored to be the home of magical witches and wizards that had used dog head's as a hat. After he wrote that he put his quill down and waited to see what would happen next.

[den]

Taking a seat in his desk he grinned and nodded the students who came in. The lesson now started. He would give the students about ten more minutes too see what they know. This would help him figure out where too start. "Okay Ten minutes." He said.

He knew the next term would be a serious year. He would get more serious, strict, and History of Magic will finally be more cool and serious.

[Pierce James]

History of Magic, oh yes, the best class ever. You could just feel the excitement emanating off of Pierce as he walked through the class room door yawning widely. He shrugged the strap of his bag further up on his shoulder, glancing at the board for instructions as he heard the teacher say 'Okay, Ten minutes'. Egypt. Fascinating subject, that. Pierce rolled his eyes at the thought of excitement having to do with history.

Sitting down in one of the seats nearest the door, he pulled out a sheaf of paper as the board instructed along with a quill. He ran a hand through his now jet black green tipped hair, gripping it as he thought about what to write. For starters, the Egyptian Gods were only powerful wizards. The kings and queens of Egypt were all powerful wizards. The slaves were usually muggles, squibs, or very weak wizards.

And that was all he knew . Not that it was important, it was only ancient history. Pierce sighed quietly, setting his pencil off to the side of his desk, pushing his paper over as he did. He lay his head down on his desk, listening and waiting for class to really begin. In other words, he'd take a seven and a half minute nap =].

[wolfeh]

History of Magic. The class Faye had been so eager to attend. Having skipped her other classes for the day, she shrugged and decided to go to at least one class. Of course, the class just so happened to be her least favorite. "Does anyone like this class?" she mumbled incoherently as she took her seat and glanced up at the board. Her golden eyes fought not to roll and she bit her lip to stop from groaning. She knew nothing about Egypt. Raising an eyebrow, she took a piece of parchment and something to write with and began doodling in the margins. Humming a soft, haunting tune to help her think, she thought of what to write.

'Well...they had gods of some sort, right? Didn't they stick people in pyramids or something?' the first year's mind wandered and she drew a picture of a Sphinx, unable to put her thoughts into words. She determined she had been drawing for the better part of six minutes and stopped humming, quickly scribbling down odd facts about their gods and goddesses being witches and wizards, pyramids and the like. Sighing, she put her pen down. She actually found their deity system quite fascinating, but wasn't sure if they were even going to cover them. She picked her pen back up and drew Anubis, their god of the dead.

[blairjameson]

Blair spends no time in the common room to become tidy and all perfect. Infact, dressed in her new Gryffindor robes, she just has her hair up in a loose bun, and scurries on by to go to her first class of the day. Down the hall she goes, messenger bag over her shoulder, hand holding tightly on the handle, and she turns to go to her History of Magic class.

She comes near the entrance, slowing down, and enters. Eyes weary of her classmates, which of whom she knows none, she smiles at the teacher and takes a seat near the front. Seeing what is on the board, she wonders about the topic of Ancient Egypt.

[cremefilled]

Sev looked up as he heard one girl [Faye] muttering something. He turned and glanced at her. Tilting his head to the side, he asked, "Did you say something?"

He was pretty sure she was asking about the class but he could not tell for sure what exactly she asked. He needed something to do while waiting for the class to begin so he figured it was best to be social, something the Ravenclaw was slowly but surely learning to do.

[den]

"Times up!" He shouted too the class. Disappointed he looked at his class and sighed he didn't like what he saw at all. He then turned to the board. Then turned back. "Let's share some. Who's first?"

[wolfeh]

Faye sighed as she stopped drawing, waiting for the class to continue. She looked over to the boy who had addressed her and tilted her head slightly, mirroring him. "Hm?" she said, confusion plain in her golden eyes. "Oh! I was just talking to myself. It helps me think sometimes when I talk out the situation. Unfortunately, I don't think it helped me much on this." she laughed.

She smiled slightly at the boy. "I'm Faye by the way." she said. "Did my mumbling bother you at all? Sorry if it did." Faye's cheeks turned a soft shade of pink. She hadn't meant to be loud. As the T.A. announced their time was up, she looked down at her paper and sighed, mentally slapping herself for not knowing much abou ancient Egypt, even though it was one of her favorite subjects.

[paulkong]

Alex looked around nervously, trying to see if anyone else was ready to go, apparently not though. He stood up slowly and picked up his paper, he slowly and clearly started to read aloud. "Er, I'm pretty sure most of this is correct..." He said nervously, "Been a while since I took that course on Egypt, oh well here goes... Ancient Egypt was probably the most powerful of ancient civilizations. Most settlements were settled around the Nile River. It was at its peak during the new kingdom during the second millenium BC. Then, around 3300 BC Egypt was divided into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Menses is widely believed to have united the two kingdoms around 3150 BC. Ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyphic written language and their spoken language is most closely related to the Berber, Semitic, and Beja groups of languages. The Ancient Egyptian Military was very effective and deadly, keeping their control on the region. The first Ancient Egyptian god was Re-Atum and he was believed to be responsible for the creation of the world. After death Anubis took the souls to Duat to be judged if their heart was pure. They heart was weighed against a single feather, if it was pure it wouldn't not be weighed down by guilt. If the feather was heavier they went to the afterlife with Osiris. If the heart was heavier the demon Ammit would eat the heart and damn them to eternity in Duat..." He stopped, put the paper down and looked up at the TA, "That's about all I know, I took the class in a Muggle school so I don't know anything about its magical heritage..." He sat down and stowed the parchment away into his bag. He pulled out a new piece of parchment and sat ready to field another question.

(OCC: The message was a bit ambiguous, to me at least, let me know if it was supposed to actually be written on the board)

[yanni]

Yanni felt so bad. He'd promised himself he would be early this time. For just once. Yanni ran toward his History of Magic classroom. Getting a little lost along the way.

He slipped into the classroom to hear the end of a speech by another student. He was talking about Egypt. Yanni knew a bit about Egypt. Mainly about Cleopatra. After reading 'Antony and Cleopatra' by William Shakespeare, Yanni spent a few day in the library at his Muggle school learning about what had happened then.

From what Yanni heard the boy speak, he wrote a few notes. She put down his quill, and waited to see what would happen next.

[den]

He nodded and smiled at the student who left the paper on his desk. "Now unfortunately you guys have the test very soon and then if you fail I will fail you and then you need too take First Year again. So then I need you too listen close." "Now the test wont be hard but listen and write. The Egyptians were very clever people. The Queens where the rulers. At that point there were only Half-Bloods. Then when King Tut came Pure-bloods formed." He said.

"Then all the wizards where able to become kings because of King Tut. He was the first king in Egypt. Also The Egyptians had Cleopatra Queen of the Nile. The Nile was a place of magical places. No one dared enter one area. The Far end which connected to the ocean. Then also Cleopatra brought many sandstorms to Egypt." He nodded.

[alexander2007]

Surely he was late, but that was nothing that Alexander could help. Already he had got lost about a couple times. Thankfully someone had helped him out, he just hoped they led him in the correct direction. He had had experiences with older years in his muggle school, and trust me - they can be pretty damm horrible. Though it seemed to be somewhat different here, though he of course hadn't met everyone yet. Hmm. Soon enough he would though. Hopefully anyway.

Shrugging merely, he peered inside the classroom that he had been directed too - seeing a male professor and students inside, he pondered. Was this his class? With a shrug, Alexander answered, assuming it might just be. He found a seat quickly beside a girl [blair] Giving a soft grin, he turned to the Professor, awaiting her to speak once more.

[lottie]

Charlotte walked inside the classroom, late, most likely. She was just getting the hang of where her classes were. Well, actually, she hadn't been to any classes at all yet. This was her first. She knew she wouldn't graduate because she came to the school so late, but she decided to go to classes anyway. It was good for passing the time. Plus, maybe she'd meet some new people or something.

Ha, yeah right. Charlotte was too shy to talk to anyone unless they were alone or talked to her first. Walking into the classroom in her Mihael uniform, she took a seat and frowned a bit. It was a bad idea to come to classes. Already she was feeling uncomfortable and wanted to get out of here. Bleh. Her feelings on the train came back to her. Maybe Holland would show up soon and keep her company, though she doubted he'd go to classes at all.

[cremefilled]

I was just talking to myself.
Sev smiled. "Way to be odd," he said quietly, as the teacher was beginning with the lecture. He did not seem too happy so Sev quickly whispered "I'm Sev" before turning forward again and starting to take notes.

It seemed like the teacher was going fast and Sev looked around nervously. He had just gotten to this school recently but he did not want to have to repeat his first year. He really would prefer moving up because the classes were very easy right now. He wanted to accel.

[den]

"No Talking!!" He shouted. "Or you'll spend detention. You'll surly be one student who won't pass this class Mr. Gage. Now also the Egyptians also tried too trade with other like Ancient Greece. They stole and robbed the Greek. Then one day The civilization just was at peace. For most the cities were calm." He ended.