6th - 7th Years: Lesson 1

[Avery Moretti]

Avery was kinda sad when she saw Holden come in the room and not say anything to her or Levi. She frowned a bit, turning back around to face the front of the classroom. What the eff? He seemed mad at her for a long time, then they randomly were happy friends again saying 'I love you' and all that, then he was back to not speaking to her. Mixed messages. Terrible ones at that. But, Levi grabbed her attention and her eyes widened, her mouth forming an 'o' shape, like this face: =O but with bigger eyes.

"You went to Italy!?" she squealed. "Where'd you go? What did you think?" She was very excited to find out her good friend had visited her home. It was very beautiful, and she hoped he enjoyed it and stuff. :]

A few moments later, before Levi could respond, Holden called on them. She looked across the classroom at him and immediately grinned. "I love you, too." Of course she loved him. He was one of her best friends! Then he began to beg her and Levi to sit with him. She rolled her bright blue eyes with a smirk, listening to Levi's reply. However, Holden, Amanda, and Nathaniel were all over there. Levi and Avery were over here. So three people would have to move as opposed to two people.

Grabbing Levi's arm and her things, she dragged him over to where Holden and the rest were sitting, choosing to take the seat next to Holden. A smile upon her lips, she gave him a kiss on the cheek and sighed happily, "This is the way it should be! All of us buddies sitting in class together. Absolutely perfect."

Nodding her head, the Mihael said, "We sure do. Any suggestions? 'Cause we already camped and we already had a sleepover..." She wondered what other kinds of fun things they should do. Her eyes trailed over to Kaelyn when she entered, giving her a wave and a smile. She wondered why the fellow Mihael and Quidditch teammate never sat with them, but there was nothing she could do about it.

The next person to enter the room was Alessa. She hoped she didn't hate her for being the older sister of her now ex-boyfriend. Xiomara also entered and sat with the group. So basically, it was her, Levi, Holden, Amanda, Nathaniel, Alessa, and Xiomara all sitting together. Quite a large group. But she didn't mind in the slightest. In fact, making new friends would be a great thing!

[heartsout]

The wonderful thing about term breaks; no waking up early to attend a full day of long, and boring classes. No offense. Dressed in his Slytherin uniform, the Hurley boy headed for his Charms lesson, feeling rather cheery. Only because this term he had Holden and Avery in his classes, which of course would be hella epic. He wondered if Holden would even talk to him, he hadn't even said a word to the Hufflepuff is such a long time, and it made his poor heart hurt just a little.

Humming, he slipped into the classroom, blue eyes flahsing to the board. Higher Charm Work. Cool. [: Smirking a little, he noticed Avery, talking to Holden and Levi, and people and stuff. He didn't like coming to class after them, he always felt like he's missed something, and that was a feeling he really didn't like. Ew. Wrinkling his nose slightly, the Head Boy, yeah that's right, Head Boy, moved to sit in the chair next to Avery before Levi could. That is, if I got my seating order right and stuff.

Setting his stuff on the surface, he leaned over and gave Avery a kiss on the cheek. "Hewwo, Miss Moretti." He smiled at Holden and Levi, just sort of looking at Amanda and Nathaniel, with a half wave.

[wolfsong]

Selena quietly entered the classroom, hopefully unnoticed as she realizes that there are fewer students in the same year than her. The loner had managed to stay out of contact with others since she first came here and had personally wanted to keep it that way.

So thus Ms. Wolfsong went back to her emo corner a.k.a. desk with her sketchpad and started to draw with some hope that someone might not notice her. After all, Selena has been in Hogwarts for six years and still doesn't even know the names of her classmates!

[Timothy Levesque]

Tim had still sat at his desk and at this time of waiting he had sat his head down on his desk and he had slowly closed his eyes just to rest. But is he had fallen asleep which he had hoped he would not he knew that somebody might have been nice enough to wake him. Closing his eyes he had hoped that the professor would not be in class fr about atleast five more minutes so tha he could get a little rest. On the other hand thogh Tim hoped that he would get in class quickly so class would start and then be over with. Sitting there resting he had heard chatter from other students. Now Tim had just wanted to rest in peace until the professor had arrived.

[roxy]

Roxy Hart pushed open the door to her Charms class. After making her way around the room for a few seconds, she took a seat near the back. Roxy had been gone for awhile and she had missed most of her last seventh year term, so she ended up doing it again. Roxy ran her fingers through her blonde hair and peered around the room. There were certainly more people here this year, than last year. Roxy gave a slight smirk. it was definately easier with a smaller class. Things got done quicker. Roxy sighed, and waited for class to start. This year would definately be different without Landon and Joe by her side.

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[Selene Falicon]

Selene's smimle was small as Terra replied with an hola. Selene didn't know Spanish, but everyone knew what hola meant, right? Well, at least she did. It had been a big fad for a while, to say Hola instead of Hello. She had no idea why it had gotten so popular, but it reminded her of that short time anyway. Then Terra commented on her looking tired, and her smiled grrew she was about to reply with 'and you do as well' when Terra went on.

She giggled as Terra asked if she was ready to be taight by the alligator. She'd never heard him called that before, but she'd heard about how mean he could be. He seemed to be pretty nice, most of the time, though. Her eyes still shined as she calmed down and Terra asked if she was ready to learn about the dangers of higher charms work. "Of course I'm ready; I'm a Ravenclaw, remember?" Selene held back a giggle, only half joking about her reply.

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[Horace Slughorn]

I waited for the class to take their places before I decided to get into the lesson started. After a little chit chat I stood up from my desk and leaned against the front of the desk - surveying the class. The new pupils as well as the ones I had taught the previous year seemed to be getting on well enough (therefore there was no need for introductory).

"Quite!" I bellowed over the class, and watched as all the pupils faced the front and stopped their conversations to be picked up again after class. "Welcome to your first Charms class of the term. You all know me and I'm sure I know you all - so there is no need to introduce ourselves. However for our 6th Years this will be the first time you will have been in a lesson with the 7th Years"

I walked over to the board and tapped the heading with my wand and it was made a little larger in size. "The Dangers of High Charms work. The heading says it all and in today's first lesson we shall be learning some rules and also some procedures which we should follow when working in a class as advanced as this" I said and then with a tap of my wand the heading vanished and a new title scrawled itself upon the blackboard. Rules.

"Rules - can anyone name me some general one's regarding wand waving and of course casting spells?" I asked the class, which all of them should have known since it was taught to them in first year and are rules which are applied to all wand-using subjects.

[Terra Kent]

After Selene's reply (accompanied with a giggle), there was a bellow from the man. Terra listened, holding off her reply for later. Professor Slughorn hadn't changed a bit. He was about as sweet as stale bread. No wait - as sweet as when your first impression of a new puppy was when it pissed on your nice shirt. Yes... That was it. She held a hand over her mouth to stifle a giggle, and cocked her head to whisper to her friend.

"See what I mean?" she asked, indicating his harsh tones and very strict, to-the-point style of talking. Then he asked them all a question. After a moment, no one answered. Terra raised her hand anyway, being exceptionally daring for someone with her temperament.

"Well, it's pretty much common knowledge when doing spell work to annunciate and pronounce the incantation properly. And you have to be paying attention, because you don't want your wand doing things it shouldn't." She smiled a bit and put her hand down. It was probably wrong... But who cares? Nobody was answering anyway. It wasn't like they could yell at her for trying, even if it was obvious... Then again, nobody had spoken up. Maybe it wasn't obvious. Maybe she'd uncovered a whole, strange truth.

[Xiomara Lang]

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[Selene Falicon]

Selene jumped as the Professor yelled at them all to be quiet. She then breathed a small laugh. She needed to relax a little, not be so uptight. The Ravenclaw slightly leaned towards Terra as she saw Terra start to whisper to her. Selene replied, "Yeah." She didn't say anything else, though, because Terra answered Professor Slughorn's question. A small smile was on Selene's face. Terra was answering the questions again. Selene didn't have anything to add, so she waited for Slughorn's reply.

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[Timothy Levesque]

Tim had listened to the classroom and finally the professor had told everyone to be quiet because class was finally starting. Tim had raised up and had looked all around the class had all started to become more and more quieter. Listening, Professor Slughorn had asked for a spell. Thinking Tim had bit his lip. He was not very sure but was tempted to open his book to find the answer. Looking around he ahd seen that nobody else had opened their books so he did not either. Still biting his lip he had hoped he would no the spell but his mind was totally blank.

[Horace Slughorn]

"Very well done Terra, 10 points to Hufflepuff" I said as I turned my back to the class and wrote up on the board the explanation which was given to me. "And I expect silence when I'm talking!" I snapped, still writing on the board. "That includes you Avery, and you Jackson" I turned back around again and crossed my arms over my robes. "And of course Selene and surprisingly you Terra"

I waited for my words to sink in and hit them all with a glare. If there was one thing I hated it was of course talking over myself. "Now, as we are doing Advanced Charms work in this class the rules from this point are very important so make sure you are all listening. And I mean everyone!" I said, looking at the group of chit-chatters I had mentioned before.

"Now, I would like you to copy down from the board the specific rules of Higher Charms work, then you may leave a little early. However I want to speak to Avery, Jackson, Selene and Terra - wait behind after class" I took a seat at my desk, but not before waving my wand as new text scrawled on the board as if by itself.

Higher Charms Work

1. All wands must be kept in bags until instructed to be removed.

2. If you have been asked to take your wand out then please lay it on your desks until you have been instructed to use it.

3. When holding your wand and ready for use make sure it is pointing to the ground and not in front of you.

4. When casting a spell make sure you to follow the basic Charms rules which you will have learned from previous lessons.

There is a lot of magical energy flying around the class when you cast more advanced spells so it is important to follow these rules when using your wand and general rules of the classroom.

[marshalll]

"I went to Rome and Florence. It was fantastic! I've seen loads and loads and loads of art work, though I suppose I haven't seen a tenth of all the art that's there. Especially in Florence, I only spent 3 days there." Levi told Avery, who obviously was pretty excited about him visiting Italy.

She probably didn't hear him saying this because the next moment Avery was dragging him towards the place were Holden and the rest were sitting. Levi managed to grab his stuff quickly, though maybe he should have done that since now his spot had been taken by Jackson who came in right while they all were moving.

Shrugging Levi took place next to them and started paying attention. That had been a good decision. When professor Slughorn announced that the class had finished already, he also asked Avery and Jackson to stay and have a chat with them afterwards. They hadn't been talking that much, hadn't they? Levi didn't say anything about unfairness though, he didn't want to get himself into trouble. He quickly scribbled the notes down, stood up and walked towards the door. Right before leaving he turned around, smiled and left the room.

[Terra Kent]

It was just Terra's luck to get into trouble after answering a question correctly. She shrugged, just hoping that she wouldn't have a very harsh punishment, if one at all. She glanced up at the board and blinked, trying to memorize them. It didn't work. She sighed quietly and withdrew a quill and parchment to jot it down in neat handwriting. After that, she made sure to leave her typical Impervius for later as she put it back in her bag. Doing a charm now, in her position, might be deadly.

As people started to drift out of the room, Terra stood, bag over shoulder. She walked up to the Professor's desk. What did he have in store for her? Maybe he was just going to lecture them on talking during class and not paying attention. You have time to do that outside of class... Plenty of time, she imagined him saying. Or... He could give them all detentions... The more she thought about it, the more pessimistic she got, so she concentrated on staring at the board, trying to memorize it and obviously failing... somewhat.

[Avery Moretti]

Jackson arrived in the classroom just in time to snag the seat next to her before Levi could get at it. She sent Levi a smile; though, as it wasn't like Jackson was trying to be rude, he just wanted to sit next to his girlfriend and he didn't have very good manners. :] No, that's a lie, because Jackson is quite well behaved and sweet. She gave him a kiss back on the cheek, and was about to speak; however, as soon as Professor Slughorn bellowed 'Quiet!' to the class, Avery bit her lip and cringed. She didn't like teachers that yelled or were strict. It wasn't very pleasant. Sinking a bit in her seat, she looked up at the board as he began writing down the rules of the class.

Terra gave out some of the rules, and she had to agree with them, nodding her head a bit. Then, he yelled for no speaking, and mentioned Jackson and herself, surprisingly. Avery jumped in her seat, a bit startled. Immediately, she blushed furiously. They hadn't been speaking, so why were they getting in trouble? Sure, they talked before class began, but once he said 'quiet', they hadn't said anything. It was Terra and Selene who had been talking.

Professor Slughorn shot them a pretty nasty glare, and she lowered her bright blue eyes, a bit confused as to why her and Jackson were getting scolded. Then, class was over and he even asked them to stay behind after class! What was going on? Did Professor Slughorn have some sort of hearing problem and he thought Jackson and Avery had been speaking? They hadn't. She didn't want to get in trouble for something she didn't do. She just wouldn't stand for it.

Frowning, she scribbled down the notes.

Rules of Higher Charms Work

1. All wands must be kept in bags until instructed to be removed.
2. If you have been asked to take your wand out then please lay it on your desks until you have been instructed to use it.
3. When holding your wand and ready for use make sure it is pointing to the ground and not in front of you.
4. When casting a spell make sure you follow the basic Charms rules which you will have learned from previous lessons.

There is a lot of magical energy flying around the class when you cast more advanced spells so it is important to follow these rules when using your wand and general rules of the classroom.

With that done, and Jackson having finished, she put her books in her messenger bag and stood up, swinging it over her shoulder. As her and the Slytherin Head Boy walked up to the front of the room where Professor Slughorn's desk was, she subtly slipped her fingers through his, holding his hand. If they were going to get in trouble, she at least had her boyfriend with her, so it wouldn't be so bad. However, Professor Slughorn frightened her quite a bit, so she probably wouldn't stand up to him if he punished them for something they didn't do. Maybe Jackson would. Hopefully.

[Selene Falicon]

Selene jumped when he told themm he expected silence when he was talking. She wasn't sure if he was talking to her, and relaxed a bit when he spoke directly to two other students. She wasn't the one getting yelled at. But then he added Selene and Terra, and she felt her stomach drop. She hadn't gotten in trouble in her whole six terms at Trio's, and now she was getting yelled at in front of the whole class. She hadn't realized he could hear what they were saying. Hopefully he hadn't been able to hear the exact words they were syaing. If he did... Well, Selene didn't want to think about that.

When he continued on with the work of Higher Charms, she thought hoped that was all he was going to say to them. But that was too mmuch to hope for. At the end of that, he asked that they all stay after class. Selene felt her stomach leave her and her eyes grew wide. She couldn't be getting in trouble! Afterall, it was just once that she said anything while he was speaking! She took a deep breath and tried to calm down, but not succeeding.

Selene quickly wrote down the items on the board, not wanting him to get mad at her for dawdling, even if she hadn't meant to. She noticed Terra finished before her and walk up to the desk. Terra didn't seem as nervous as Selene was, but then again Selene hadn't gotten in trouble. She wasn't sure if Terra had before. She took a deep breath as she put her stuff away and approached Sluhorn's desk, bookbag over her shoulder. She joined the small group, waiting for the detention that they were sure to get. Her face was as red as possible, now, and she couldn't look Slughorn in the face. Instead, she stared at his desk.

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[heartsout]

Bright blue eyes traveled back to Levi, the corner of Jackson's mouth curving up to form a smile. He shrugged his shoulders a little bit, trying to say that he was sorry. Or something. He just wanted to sit by his girlfriend. Though he could have been polite about it; ha, fat chance. His smiled widened just a little bit when she kissed him, but then Professor Slughorn called quiet to the class. He obeyed, actually being quite scared of him. He always had been, and for no reason. Just the basic idea that he was scary to him. Chewing on his lip, he pulled his things out of his bag and set them on the desk.

Keeping his head down, the boy scribbled down what was written on the board, and listened to the Professor speak. As he did so, he scribbled down what the Hufflepuff girl had said, but was suddenly taken aback by the mention of he and Avery's names. His blue eyes grew wide and rather confused, they weren't talking! He'd been paying attention, and was pretty sure she had been too. Unless he was talking about when they had come into the classroom; then Holden, Amanda, Levi and some other student's should be getting in trouble too.

Jackson glanced over at Avery, raising an eyebrow. They hadn't been talking. And if they had, then the Slytherin must have zoned out. Those other girls had been, that he was sure of. He wouldn't talk during Slughorns class, unless he was called on or something. He was too scared. Doing as instructed, he wrote down what had appeared on the board.

Higher Charms Work

1. All wands must be kept in bags until instructed to be removed.
2. If you have been asked to take your wand out then please lay it on your desks until you have been instructed to use it.
3. When holding your wand and ready for use make sure it is pointing to the ground and not in front of you.
4. When casting a spell make sure you to follow the basic Charms rules which you will have learned from previous lessons.

-- There is a lot of magical energy flying around the class when you cast more advanced spells so it is important to follow these rules when using your wand and general rules of the classroom.

Once he had finished, he gathered his things and placed them bag in his backpack where they belonged, then swung one of the straps over his shoulder. Looking at Avery, he followed her to the front, cutting a side glance at the two girls that had been asked to stay after as well. They should be getting in trouble, and Jackson wasn't very pleased about being accused of doing something he didn't do. As he felt her fingers link with he, he squeezed her hand a little.

La la la.

[Horace Slughorn]

I waited till the rest of the class had left before I looked up to the pupils I had called back. I would not go down the route of shouting at them or reading them the riot act. By the looks on their faces there seemed terrified at whatever I was planning to do. "Now" I began, my tone light and a little assertive.

"This year is a very important year for you all and I know I may have seemed to go off on one for just talking in class but I have my reasons" I gently chastised them. They were young adults now and they deserved to be spoken to like one. I may have the reputation for being the strictest teacher at the school but I did not plan on making the whole school scared of me when I had their best interests at heart. "This year you will be learning some of the most advance pieces of magic and learn new skills which will be very useful after you leave school - therefore it is very important I have your full attention during lessons"

"This lesson may have been a bit boring but it is imperative before we start on a new course this term. I do not want to give to much away but you should find this year rather interesting and I only want to make sure you get the best grade and get the most out of Charms as you can - so please make sure there is no talking. I do not mind a little talking before I start the class but after that I need full eyes and ears" I looked at the group of pupils, waiting for a response. I hoped they new I was only trying to chastise them gently and this time more calmly.

[Selene Falicon]

Selene listened to him carefully, taking in his words. She was afraid he was about to yell at them, but instead he spoke calmly, but firmly. It made her feel slightly better, though her face was still red as she waited for the detention to be assigned. The Ravenclaw knew it would come eventually. Afterall, Slughorn was the strictest teacher she'd ever had. She slowly looked up at his face as he seemed to be ending his long speech.

He stopped for a moment, and she wasn't sure if he was waiting for a response or pausing for dramatic effect. She realized after a moment longer he was waiting for a response. Selene wasn't sure if she should answer first or wait for one f the others to answer. She decided to go ahead, though she wasn't sure exactly what she was going to say. She didn't want to sound like she was sucking up, because she definately wasn't trying to. "I'm sorry. It won't happen again," she replied quietly, face still red.

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[roxy]

Roxy leaned back in her chair and jerked her head up when she saw a few students enter the classroom late. That would probably be her for the next few weeks. She sighed and turned her attention back to the strict teacher. Roxy frowned and listened to him speak. Notes. Great. She looked beyond him,at the board and quickly scribbed them down onto a peice of parchment with her quill:

Higher Charms Work

1. All wands must be kept in bags until instructed to be removed.
2. If you have been asked to take your wand out then please lay it on your desks until you have been instructed to use it.
3. When holding your wand and ready for use make sure it is pointing to the ground and not in front of you.
4. When casting a spell make sure you to follow the basic Charms rules which you will have learned from previous lessons.

-- There is a lot of magical energy flying around the class when you cast more advanced spells so it is important to follow these rules when using your wand and general rules of the classroom.

Roxy placed her quill at the top of her desk and directed her gaze back up to the teacher. She let out a small sigh when he mentioned that the lesson would be boring. Just what she needed;A boring lesson.Roxy leaned forward in her seat and waited for further instructions.[/size][/color]