SPOILER!!: Students and answers!

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

They were going to go horseriding? REALLY?

... He... had never been horseriding before. It looked hard, though. And now, as he sat there, Alec was regretting all those times that he hastily flicked to another channel and/or not paid attention to the TV whenever clips on horseriding were being shown.

... Yeah. No. There was a question being asked. Something to do with the appropriate rune for... Sigurd? Or the journey? ... No. This was more about transfiguration which made the whole question a little harder. The seventeen year old bent propped his elbows on his thighs and cupped his chin, his grey-blue eyes staring at the grass in front of him. Rune... rune...

... YES. ... Maybe. "Erm... Professor?" he said, tentatively raising his hand in the air, "What about Jera? Erm... that rune talks about change and motion and hard work being rewarded. ... And... transfiguration spells can be hard! But GREAT if you get then right," ... Pause. He wouldn't tell Bellaire he said that, right? "Also, it's associated with Grani, who, as you mentioned, is Sigurd's horse." Jera couldn't be inverted which meant less confusion and fewer things to remember for the Hufflepuff. Thank you, Jera.

The first to answer, of course, was one of the champions. Botros nodded, "Jera does indeed have 'change' as one of its meaning. However, Jera’s changes are not sudden or drastic, and cannot be forced. Jera talks about small, gradual changes." Pause. "There are a better rune that can assist us in our spell."

SPOILER!!: Raidho people

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

She knew she'd heard some of that story before. The names definitely sounded familiar, but she hadn't quite placed it all until she heard the story. And now that she had, she was lit up from her head to her toes with excitement. She couldn't wait to ride a horse! Or...a transfigured sort of horse anyway.

She raised her hand and offered a fairly obvious guess, though she wasn't entirely sure she'd be correct. "Professor? What about Raidho, since it helps with journeys and mobility? It could help us make our Grani horses move better." She glanced around at the large boulders in the grass and wondered if those would be their steeds, since they were large and grey like Grani. She had stopped bouncing earlier, but now that she had so much to look forward to, she couldn't help but energize her toes once more.

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

They'd be riding horses. Special cool horses. This was a first for Tag, in terms of horse riding. The boy was impressed, already, with Botros' activity for this class today.

Botros now needed a rune. What Tag thought was that Sigurd had to be associated with the rune he decided on guessing about. "How about Raidho? Sigurd's journey is associated with it and it mentions journey and change." A key word Tag heard Botros say. "The change meaning of the rune can be connected to shapeshifting. Shapeshifting is change." That's what Tag figured.

An that was his answer.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Woooaaahh they were gonna ride horses? Now that was quite cool! He was quite excited. He loved riding horses back on his farm back home. He was excited for this lesson to unfold. But he heard the professor ask his question and he thought about it.....

Kace didn't know the runes off the top of his head, so he scanned in his book quickly for some runes that he might know. He saw the rune, Raidho and thought that one could work. He raised his hand and said, "Professor i think Radho...Rehido....Raidho! could help us with this task." He couldn't pronounce the name of it the first time but he hoped he didn't make a fool of himself. Now to get back on track, "This rune talks about travel ...maybe it may...help the horse travel faster?" he guessed. But at least he tried. Runes wasn't his strongest subject.

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Horse riding.

Inttttteeeeeeeeresting.

Marigold was glad to be outside, the castle had started to feel a bit stuffy. And horse riding seemed fun, it was HORSES c'mon.

But runes?

Marigold scratched her head. Runes was a really hard subject for her. She looked through her notes, but then heard other people mention some runes that would make sense.

"Raidho should work, riiiiight? Like, with journeying and stuff."

She wondered if an older student could tutor her in Runes or something. She needed it.

Yes, yes. He understood where they came from with Raidho. Botros was enjoying their explanations. "Raidho is about journey, change of places and moving forwards. If you'd like for this rune to assist you when you're over the Granian horse, you're more than welcome to use it." He smiled at them. "But it is not the rune I would use if I wanted to enhance my transfiguration spell."

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

The whole slaying dragons thing was sort of sad to Ella for reasons but she tried to shake that off and focus on other things. Exciting things. Things like horse riding. This...was really cool, yeah? The blonde was all sorts of interested in learning how they were going to manage it but first, to answer the question. Hm.

"Dagaz is also a rune of change and has to do with transformations. It's a more extreme version than Jera, I believe. It also has to do with day and the light which could explain why we're doing this outside." Y'know, another reason since horse riding would have been ridiculous to do indoors.

"Yes! Dagaz is a great choice. era is a rune of gentle change, Dagaz is a rune of bold change. Transformation of one thing into its opposite." Botros turned to the rest of the students to pay attention to him. "We can use the runestone of Dagaz, from your runes set, to aid your transfiguration spells. It gives significant strength to your spells, so be careful if you use Dagaz." There were several runes to use, of course. Dagaz was number one.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Alexa needed to snap out of her seeming shock before the Professor started asking questions that she'd rather not answer. Was it possible to slip away for a quick minute, run off, grab her rune set then slip right back into the class? Could she risk it? Nah, there were Firsties here. They had the tendency to blurt out the obvious. 'Look! A dragon flying toward us!' 'Hey, you just tripped me!' 'Professor, that Gryffindor girl is sneaking out of your class'. 11 year olds. They were not to be trusted with stealth missions. NOPE. Consequently, she would stand here, staring at the Professor and hoping the use of the rune set didn't actually happen.

Lex listened as carefully as she could to the story and nearly squealed when she heard they'd be horse riding today.....and something about someone coming. Yeah, sure. bring on Grani! She wanted first ride, in case anyone was wondering.

At his question her hand shot up. "What about Hagalaz, it deals with drastic change if I remember correctly, which is what we're looking for, yeah?" Whatever it was they were drastically changing.

"Hagalaz is about extreme changing, crisis or radical change. I wouldn't use it if I wanted to help any transfiguration spells, it has permanent effects." Botros didn't like the rune to be used for other than weather-related matters.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Well, that was a cool story! But the poor dragon. Anyway, they were going horseback riding? How awesomeee! But right now he had to think of a rune related to transfiguration. Good thing he read! Thinking cap on then!

"What about Uruz, Professor?'' the firstie volunteered, his left hand in the air. "It portrays transformation.'' So that part of the answer was right there, staring at them in the face but he continued. "For some of us, like first years, it would be able to help us do those transfiguration spells better.'' Um......was he correct? He was sort of unser of what he babbled there at the end.

The professor smiled softly at the boy, "Uruz is more about strength, health and endurance. I would recommend Dagaz for first-timers in transfiguration. Dagaz and another rune I'm going to mention later on." But the boy had a good thinking!

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Originally Posted by Tegz

West had remained quite so far during this lesson, content to just listen and let other people answer. It wasn't as if he didn't have answers to give or ideas about things it was just that sometimes it was nice to just observe and stuff. He gave his favourite professor a quick smile and then another for the groundskeeper when he arrived, but said nothing, and waited for the class to move on.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Because of the young Slytherin girl's speech about Sigurd, Kat was officially confused. Blinking a few times, she tried to squish all of those information in her head. Yeah, it was a lot. But what if they came out in NEWTs?

As for the transfiguration runes stuff, she had no answer. Her brain was still busy trying to suck all the information up.

8AM was definitely not the best time to have a class.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

There was no need to even raise his hand at this point. Not that Ascanius ever would have in the first place. Everyone else had already taken his answers more then once. 'Cause repeating the same answer over and over again was helpful.

In case Botros was wondering, Ascanius did know what was going on.

He just wasn't gonna say anything. As per usual.

Silent snakes were being silent. Botros was just checking if they were awake. His eyes lingered on the mute boy (Ascanius), wondering about why he was always silent like that. Or asleep. The professor had an idea about getting him to be more productive in class without talking, maybe that would help him with this subject? At least give him motivation? It didn't hurt to try. Right after they were done with this question, though.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Horses. Flying horses. GRANIANS IN FACT. Mo was beside himself with delight, and if he had actually been an over excited puppy, rather than just a growing lad with floppy hair and too much limb, he would have been wagging his tail so hard he was lifting right off the ground.

HAPPY MO WAS SO HAPPY.

It was hard for him to focus on anything but the Granians, but he tried to focus on the question. Erm... hand up. "Perhaps Eihwaz, Professor? It's about transition and change. And... transformation, which is essentially the point of Transfig." Not abusing animals, as Bellaire seemed to believe.

Eihwaz. Hmm. This was definitely a Ravenclawish answer. "Eihwaz is more about reliability, dependability, and trustworthiness. I wouldn't put it among the runes that indicate change - well, not in the way we want." Excitement for Granians was noted, Botros beamed back at the excited Marco.

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Originally Posted by lemon

They got to ride a flying horse? Alice didn't answer Botros' question for a few minutes. Most of her attention was directed over to the groundskeeper now, examining the winged animals behind him. When she finally had her fill of observing time, though, she went back to thinking of runes.

"The Valkyries are shapeshifting warrior women.. they can turn into birds or something, right professor? I know they're deities primarily associated with Algiz. Maybe it can help." Probably not, but it was worth a shot, right? Connection making and all that.

Oh oh oh! Botros nodded vigorously, "The Valkyries are shape-shifting... creatures. And so was Loki, Odin's half-brother, the well-known prankster. But the rune associated to this trait of them is not Jera." His eyes brightened with glee. "It is Thurisaz. Many sources point to this rune in particular as the reason behind the shape-shifting trait for many mythological characters." Pause. "You were on the right track, Captain, great thinking. Two points." The other students had gone with runes and change in the other direction, Botros asked about transfiguration runes.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

Ever since the ancient professor get it? had come to him for help in his lesson, the Groundskeeper had been more than happy to help out. Holding a couple of ropes in his strong left hand, Nick led the way with the winged horses following him. His wand was held in his right just in case some of the winged horses decided to go crazy at this moment. Luckily, none of the horses did and they followed him with ease.

Finding the class outside at the place where Botros had mentioned, Nick gave a nod at the Ancient Runes professor. “I got the Granian horses you wanted, sir” he looked around at the students for a second before turning to the old man. “You want me to help out with the rest of the lesson as well?” or could he go cause he still had some things to do on the grounds.

Aaah! At the sound of light hooves, Botros paused until the groundskeeper approached them with the winged-horses. "Thank you, son. We'd be delighted if you join us for the rest of our lesson." He clapped the other man's shoulder warmly, and leaned in to whisper, "Also I could use some help running after the students when they try riding on those." Ahem. So yes. Stay, please.

Botros turned to the students, "In summary, we can use Thurisaz, my personal choice of runes, or Dagaz, as miss Bishop suggested, in order to enhance the transfiguration energy of your spell." He leaned a bit more onto his cane. "The reason we're going to work with Granian horses today is because of the hypothesis that their names come from none other than Grani, Sigurd's horse." Botros moved closer to one of the horses, and waited for a moment. The horse slowly turned his head to the opposite direction, allowing the professor to pat his neck gently. "There are small differences to make on those beautiful horses to look exactly like Sigurd's horse. First off, Grani had no wings." Botros continued patting the horse, slowly moving his hand to his back. "Second, Grani was larger, and with white thick hair at the neck."

"The spell we need to use is "mutare fibula"." He left the horse and repeated slowly, "Mu-ta-reh. Fa-bu-lah." Did they know the spell? He highly doubted it. It was pretty advanced and rarely used. "With the right intention in your mind, and the runestone over your wand, you'll be able to change those Granians a bit so that they're more like Grani and less like the school's winged-horses." Ab met everyone's eyes, and when he saw Marco, he emphasized. "The wings won't be gone, they'll mend with their body temporarily." And then added. "The wand movement is easy once you got the hang of the incantation. It's a wave-like motion across the horse's body, and then across its neck. Do not cast the spell unless I say we're ready to go." The professor made eye contact with everyone around. He was serious.

"Practice the incantation of the spell. Pick which runestone you need to use, Thurisaz or Dagaz, and then pick a partner. You'll be riding with someone on one horse." After they were done with this, they were going to try and ride those Grani horses!