Why was it ANOTHER chilly morning?!

At least this time class was indoors, Lux thought as she entered the classroom. That, and she had brought a warmer sweater. Though she had to admit that she preferred wearing Bay's because it was made of boyfriend material.

Entering the classroom, she smiled at the Professor. "Hello, Professor Romanos. How are you?" She herself was in a good mood despite the chilly temperatures.

Defense Against the Dark Arts.

This is one of the subjects Ethan expects himself to excel, since it seemed that the skill runs in his family. The Slytherin felt a little bit nervous though as he entered the classroom, but deadpanned at the sight.

Obviously, the classroom was waaaay different from his former school. And...that's the professor, yeah?

Ethan smiled at the other student (Lux), giving her a wave then a nod and a greeting to the professor. "Good morning, Professor."

Jasmine arrived fairly early for her Defense Against the Dark Arts class. She entered the room to see the Professor sitting yoga style on a mat. As Jasmine approached her, she said, "Good morning Professor Romanos. "It's good to see you again.

Seeing that there were only two students present so far, one of them being Lux, Jasmine said, "Hello". She walked over toward Lux and asked, "Is this the usual set up for this class? She was intrigued by the mats and tiny desks.

Oh, look at that, she was actually one of the first few people to class early. That was something new. Well, not like last term was her fault OR that was ever late to any of her classes, it was just she was kind of....old last term. The second year made her way into the chilly classroom seeing Professor Romanos sitting on a mat in the front of the room. She cleared her throat as she gave a soft, "Good Morning Professor..", before turning to pick a seat near the front of the room.

...It was very cold in here...

Entering the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Beverly paused at the sight of mats and tiny desks. What? Did this mean...a lecture? No fighting fake monsters? Or even trolls? Her new goal was to FIGHT trolls. Well...learn how to, anyway. It's a notion she's gotten into her head and it will not be quenched until she learned.

Gaze falling on the professor, Beverly grinned in that timid way of hers, not letting on to her thoughts. DADA was...DADA after all. "Morning, Professor Romanos."

Now...she wanted a front row mat, closest to the window. Yes.

This was the class that Kyroh was most looking forward to.

DEFENCE against dark arts and stuff! Beating bad guys! Just like superheroes did! He had to admit though he was tired. Hogwarts was definitely a lot harder than Muggle school. Peaking into his messenger bag Kyroh brought his finger to his lip as a small growl escaped. Ramsey would not leave him alone so he had to bring him along this morning. Which Kyroh figured would be okay as long as no noise was made.

Yawning Kyroh made his way into the classroom, and looked around slightly confused. "Morning Professor...." The boy greeted slightly...distracted. The set up almost reminded him of the Kindergarden classes in his muggle school! "Are these mats for like nap time?" It was only morning and he had technically just woken up but nap time would be appreciated.

One of the really nice things about DADA that it was in the first floor. Mhhm. It wasn't because Cassia didn't want ascend stairs or anything but it was the time needed. Long walks meant having to leave earlier and not be able to waste some time in between lessons. Now she got to! She had a snack just before she was walking towards the arena.

Stepping inside, her eyes noted the mats and small desks distributed around. And Romanos in be lotus position of course, she got used to that. And the sight of the professor made her remember the trip over the summer. Good times! Well, ninety-nine percent. The times were they ran for their lives weren't that enjoyable. Not the trolls time, that was absolutely awesome.

"Good day, Professor," she greeted the professor as she passed her to settle onto one of the mats. And as she was doing so, she heard someone mention nap? Glancing over at the person speaking, it turned out it was a young boy. Poor wishful one. Cassia hated to see his hopes and dreams crushed. Maybe Romanos could lie for the sake of not breaking the boy's spirit early in the year.

Dec walked into his new Defense Against The Dark Arts class, pretty excited to learn. Unbeknownst to him, the mediating professor from the Peru trip was the one teaching it.

He took a look around the classroom. Knowing her, this wasn't much of a surprise. Being one of the early few students there, he thought it'd be better to get a seat up front. Setting his stuff on the tiny desk, he took a seat on the mat.

The seventeen year old sent a nod her way as he tried to settle his legs like she was, "Good to see you again, Professor Romanos."

His extremely long legs wouldn't cooperate as he tried to bring his feet up. OwOwOwOwOw. No. NoNoNo. Indian-style is just fine.

Cris found his way to the arena via way of getting lost until he decided to follow some of the other students. As he made his way into the room, he noticed the purple yoga mats on the floor. Sander had mentioned to him about the Professor's penchant for yoga in class. In fact, he had witnessed the Professor deep in meditation many times while on the school trip.

Making his way towards her, he smiled in greeting. "Hello Professor. It's good to see you again. I hope you are doing well," he whispered his words to her. Glancing around, he noticed Lux and Jasmine, and walked over to join them, smiling at both of them before whispering,"Is this mat taken?".

Recognizing another familiar face, Cris smiled in greeting and nodded over at Declan.

It was chilly. Breathing out cool air, Leah jogged towards the DADA classroom for the lesson. The second year jogged into the arena, and waved at the professor. "Hello Professor, I hope you had a nice summer."

The girl then plopped down onto a purple mat farthest away from the windows. She absolutely hated chilly weather.

Dima wasn't looking forward to this class too much, though he was curious about it. That was mostly due to his brother and best friend getting to learn real Dark Arts at Durmstrang, while they only got to learn how to defend against them here. But it couldn't be that horrid, right?

"Does napping help beat bad guys?" he piped up as he waited next to Kyroh. Everyone ELSE was sitting on the mats, but Dima didn't want to look silly in case they were actually meant to lie down.

Y'know. For naps and stuff.

The chilly weather surprisingly wasn’t bothering Lily. In fact, it was actually keeping her awake, although the cup of tea she had drunk with breakfast had helped as well. It wasn’t difficult to just wear a sweater or two, or to charm her robes so they kept her warm. Besides, she was headed to DADA, which likely meant activity. Even yoga was movement in its own way, and movement meant warmth. Plus, she was curious if the trip was going to influence the lesson. If they’d be studying trolls, or zombies… she doubted llamas qualified as DADA material. Either way, she was excited as she had walked into the classroom, seemingly unbothered by the cool breeze filtering in through the open windows. It was almost like being outside, really. It even smelled like being outside.

She’d given the professor a smile as she’d gotten further into the classroom, waving at Lux and the two who were sitting by her, that she remembered from the trip. They weren’t the only ones, as she’d continued weaving through the mats to take one near Declan, noticing Cassia on the way. She gave him a little wave too, before turning her attention back to the professor as she settled her bag near the little desk. “Good morning Professor Romanos,” she said brightly. This was definitely a change from rainforest weather.

With his school bag hanging over his shoulder, the Gryffindor entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom with a shiver. It was chilly in here too as it was almost Fall and the second year did not like it. He prefered the warmer weather.

Seeing the Professor sitting on a mat at the front of the class, he made his way to her first. "Yo, those books you suggested came in handy! I'm trying to learn the Petrifying spell now!" He was kind of proud of that if he had to say so. He wasn't going to mention that it wasn't going so smoothly though.

He then turned around and found a seat somewhere in the middle of the room.

Lucy made her way towards the DADA classroom for the lesson. She entered into the arena, and smiled at the professor. "Goodmorning Professor, I'm Lucy Petersfield, a first year."
Then she turned around to find a free seat..

A sense of familiarity is nice, like the purple mats and weather in DADA. Though even after almost seven years of doing it. He was still not a fan. Not that it mattered or anything. It was relaxing and that counted more. The weather was finally fall-ish and Nigel was disappointed summer was finally over. Well guess it is time to get into NEWTs mood.

"Hello, Professor Romanos"

Now to flop onto one of the mats.

Why in the world was it chilly again? Adi shivered a little as he arrived at the Dueling Arena. He didn't mind the chill but he didn't fancy shivering through the entire Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson today.

"Hello, Professor!'' the Puffer said brightly to the woman before heading off to find a mat that was free. There was one right next to Leah. "Hey, Leah!'' he said as he sat down. ''What's up?''

Another day, another class. DADA wasn't his best class by far but it wasn't his worst either. It kind of lay right in the middle of the lesson list as far as he was concerned, though last term it had been brutal. Trying being energetic and dueling when you felt like an old man. Today there was actually freedom of movement in his step as he entered the classroom to find the usual set-up given them, the professor up front awaiting them all.

"Good morning Professor," he greeted with a polite nod. Heading towards an empty and a familiar head of hair, the Gryffindor sat down on a mat near his friend. "Hi Hippogriff," Ben greeted attempting a version of the dragon one as he set up his parchment and quill on the desk in front of him.

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This was the class that Kyroh was most looking forward to.

DEFENCE against dark arts and stuff! Beating bad guys! Just like superheroes did! He had to admit though he was tired. Hogwarts was definitely a lot harder than Muggle school. Peaking into his messenger bag Kyroh brought his finger to his lip as a small growl escaped. Ramsey would not leave him alone so he had to bring him along this morning. Which Kyroh figured would be okay as long as no noise was made.

Yawning Kyroh made his way into the classroom, and looked around slightly confused. "Morning Professor...." The boy greeted slightly...distracted. The set up almost reminded him of the Kindergarden classes in his muggle school! "Are these mats for like nap time?" It was only morning and he had technically just woken up but nap time would be appreciated.

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Dima wasn't looking forward to this class too much, though he was curious about it. That was mostly due to his brother and best friend getting to learn real Dark Arts at Durmstrang, while they only got to learn how to defend against them here. But it couldn't be that horrid, right?

"Does napping help beat bad guys?" he piped up as he waited next to Kyroh. Everyone ELSE was sitting on the mats, but Dima didn't want to look silly in case they were actually meant to lie down.

Y'know. For naps and stuff.

BOP BOP! Zahra smacked both of THESE baby Claw heads on her way by. JUST A FRIENDLY GOOD MORNING to that kid that had a relationship with Spider Dude and Other Toussaint. The better Toussaint wasn't HERE yet, Zahra noted.

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A sense of familiarity is nice, like the purple mats and weather in DADA. Though even after almost seven years of doing it. He was still not a fan. Not that it mattered or anything. It was relaxing and that counted more. The weather was finally fall-ish and Nigel was disappointed summer was finally over. Well guess it is time to get into NEWTs mood.

"Hello, Professor Romanos"

Now to flop onto one of the mats.

SO she sat next to THIS Claw. "MORNING NIGEL."

...cue mini air guitar session.

Then she waved HEARTILY AND MERRILY to the Professor from her mat.

THIS was the class he was looking forward to. This one RIGHT HERE. There was no way that he was going to miss THIS. Why? Because fighting, of course. And it was bound to be action-packed. Therefore, Grayson had very high hopes for this lesson and this subject in general.

But why in the name of Merlin was it so COLD?! A simple chill in the air and the boy was practically freezing. He was not used to these kind of temperatures. They used to wear SILK robes, for Merlin's sake. And the idea of summer being well and truly over didn't sit well with the fourth year. Wrapping his robes tighter around him, the boy headed into the classroom and--

Oh jeez, what was THIS?! Mats? MATS?! How were they going to use MATS to defeat the bad guys?

Praying that the professor was going to pull something interesting out form her sleeve, Grayson walked further into the classroom. Another quick look around happened before he looked over at the woman that, hopefully, was their professor. "Hello, Professor!"

Heading over towards a mat near the middle of the classroom, the Slytherin sat down. Uh huh. When was the fun portion going to start?

Bay arrived and he liked what he saw so far, were they taking naps today to defend themselves from tiredness because if that was the case Bay was going to get good grades. Spotting the Professor Bay said his hello's "Hello Professor Romanos"

That was said and done, now he moved towards his friends to sit beside them.

Agatha was actually looking forward to this particular lesson. It wasn't outdoors, so that was different. At least from the other lessons she's attended and from the activities she had to do throughout her summer. Not that she minded the outdoors, but spending some time indoors was also very good.

"Hello, professor." She greeted the woman politely with a nod of her head. Then she looked around and recognised a few faces, but not many. Agatha didn't want to sit with people she didn't know, so she pretty much had no choice but to sit near weirdo Ethan. "Hello."

Maddie was following a blonde girl into the classroom and her eyes widened a bit when said girl went ahead and bopped Freckles and Dima on the head like they were a human Whack-a-mole game or something. The brunette raised her eyebrows and then shook her head, deciding she'd ask LATER and then settled down on the mat next to Dima.

"I bet being well rested helps you beat bad guys." Hiii boys. Oh and the Professor. "Hello Professor." She was looking FORWARD to this class, did Romanos KNOW? Cause she STILL hadn't learned to duel and she STILL wanted to strengthen her bond with her wand. Even IF Kyroh thought just sleeping with it at night would help.

Sophie headed to Defense Against the Dark Arts with a hopeful look on her face. Each year, she started a fresh wave of Defense classes in hopes that this year would be HER year--the year she fought and defeated a NUNDU!

She even had a smile on her face as she entered the room. The smile faded, however, as she saw the purple yoga mats spread out across the room. More yoga. More discussions. But...but... Sophie wanted to defeat something big and powerful! How was she supposed to do that while sitting on a yoga mat?

She frowned as she found her way to a purple mat. "Hello, Professor," she said, giving a smile as she said that.

Defense Against the Dark Arts.

The subject was enough to put a pep in the Gryffindor's step as she made her way to the arena. It felt good being back in this class....minus the yoga mats but you know what? She didn't mind them that much. They were like a thing now and she'd come to associate them with Defense Class--as little as they did to actually HELP in said defense.

"G'morning Professor." Lex said, beaming at the woman before flopping down on the mat by Cassia. HIIIIIIIIII.