Ray made it to the DADA classroom and knocked on the door before he entered and smiled to the professor. "Hello Professor Lawson" Ray Hufflepuff said as he sat at the closest desk he could find and waited for the rest of the class to show up

Natka walked into the DADA classroom, smiling as she looked around her. She'd missed this place - these lessons were always some of the most interesting at Hogwarts. She wondered what Professor Lawson had come up with for them this year?

"Good morning, Professor," she asked, nodding at her teacher as she took a seat more or less in the middle of the class.

And then she sat there, waiting for everyone else to turn up.

"Morning Professor Lawson," Tammy quickly greeted as she found her way into the classroom. It wasn't her favourite lesson but she would rather be in here than doing nothing. So it seemed logical to attend.

And because the more she did, the more she set back on even attempting borr!BORE's homework.

Messing with a strand of hair that had fallen out of her messy bun, Brody Summers walked into the Defence Against The Dark Arts classroom, trying to anticipate what this lesson would be around.
"Hello Professor Lawson." She smiled at the professor she had briefly met in Diagon Alley. She then moved over to sit down, in the middle of the classroom, and proceedd to stare at the covered cage that was at the front of the classroom. What was under there?

Uuuuh... Miranda walked towards the classroom, a bit scared to the fact that the lessons had been divided. She would be learning (hopefully) with students older than her but no younger. Please don't let this be TOO advanced...
Popping her head around the doorframe, Miranda skipped over the threshold and smiled at the professor. "Good day Professor Lawson!" she waved her hand and quill at him.

Miranda took a seat at the front of the class, knowing that with the giant older students, she probably wasn't going to see anything at the front.

Finally finding the classroom, Sylvia walked in as if she knew where she was. Haha. "Hello, Professor." She smiled at Prof. Lawson and took a seat. She glanced around the room and saw the strangest of the things.

Sylvia thought she better not ask, it was probably a surprise for them later. Whooopie. lolol.

YAY! DADA was one of his favorite subjects and here he was, at the verry first lesson. As Blake happily skipped inside the classroom, he shook his head in disbelief. Why was the class room so....empty? But it felt good and hopefully he'll be able to concentrate more to the lesson in a less crowded environment.

Smiling at the Professor, Blake waved at Sylvia and sat on the second desk of the corner most row which was next to the window. Blake tilted his head as he gawked the cage, oooo what was in there?? He soo wanted to poke it with his wand, pookeeeey. "Goood moooorniiing Professssor." He sorta sang the whole good morning thingy, teehee.

Emiliano walked into the DADA classroom, letting out sighs of either excitement or memories from the last class he attended there. Yeah, the one when he fell on his back due to distractions.

Cough.Cough.

"Good day, Professor Lawson..." Em greeted him with a small wave then he went to set his school bag aside, glancing around for the...suprises set for this class.

hmmm...

Reese walked into the classroom and looked around at some of the stuff that was there. Just by the looks of it, she could already tell this as going to be a very interesting class. "Good day Professor Lawson," she greeted the man sitting at his desk before taking a seat in one of the desks in the front of the classrom.

Helena walked into the room. She sort of smirked at how everyone said hello to the professor.... well, to each their own. She didn't know the teacher well and was by no means a suck-up, so she kept her mouth shut and let her light brown eyes fall upon.... Blake??!! Gah! Of course - it was the 4th-7th years in this class and they were both in Slytherin.... duh.

Shaking her head lightly to herself, her eyes turning to their famous bright blue, Helena headed over to him and stopped at the desk next to him. This seat taken? she asked with a soft smile over her light pink lips.

Sylvia smiled back at Blake's wave. Hmmm, maybe she should have sat next to someone she could talk to.

Naaah, the professor was watching them, and to be honest, she would much rather look and listen to him than to talk to anyone else. lolol. Sylvia glanced over her shoulder and saw Brody, and gave her a little wave also.

Defense Against the Darks Arts---LouAnn's second favorite subject just after History of Magic. Both subjects had played an important role in her life so far, so she'd always enjoyed studying them. Textbook already in hand, she made her way into the classroom, making an effort to stop by the professor's desk and introduce herself before she took a seat. The professor seemed to have made himself comfortable, as his feet were propped up on the desk he sat behind. LouAnn smiled at him, then said, "Hello, Professor. I'm LouAnn Purple," she told him.

She said nothing else, but instead moved further into the classroom to find an empty seat. Her eyes scanned the room, and she took in the sight of the platforms and harnesses, as well as a cage of who-knew-what on the professor's desk. She'd missed that little detail when she'd passed by the desk and introduced herself a few moments earlier. There were other items set up in various places around the room, but LouAnn assumed she'd find out more about those in all due time. She got comfortable in her desk, cracked open her textbook, and began to read a chapter about boggarts and how best to defeat them.

Blake inhaled the air deeply, hmmm it was fresh. Taking out a parchment, quill and his DADA textbook, Blake was about to head down when someone called his name.

He glanced up lazily but soon his blank eyes were twinkling, ohmegosh! It was Helena, "Oh nooo, it's all yours, sweety." He said with a wink and flashed her a smile. He scooted towards the window and gestured her to sit.
"I haven't seen you in any of my classes, whhy?" He hissed, narrowing his eyes as he played with the strap of his bag.

His eyes fell on Sylvia who was sitting a few desks apart, "HI!" He mouthed, smiling warmly at her and winked.

Eva walked slowly over the classroom. She wasn't exactly looking forward for the lesson, but Professor Lawson could always turn things and make the classes quite interesting.
"Good morning, Professor Lawson. How do you do?" as she greeted the teacher, the young Hufflepuff girl noticed Tamzin and to avoid her, she looked over to her left, hoping to find a seat quickly.


"Hi!" she greeted with a smile the young girl she had never seen before, looking at Tammy by the corner of her eye. "Would you mind... Would you mind if I grabbed this seat?" she asked a little hesitant.

Theo had arrived. To his favourite lesson. He was good at this now. He could magic the pants of anyone. He parked his bum on a front row seat. He was prepared to have his hand up all the time!

Admittedly, while Issy quite enjoyed the class of Defense Against the Dark Arts, she wasn't amazing at it. Good, yes. Possibly great? But to say that she rocked the class was an absurdity and some days, practical lessons made her cringe. Still, Issy could only hope that she'd master quick enough whatever it was they would be doing and she'd not make a complete and utter fool of herself.

"Good morning, Professor Lawson," Issy politely greeted Lawson as she ambled into the classroom.

As she hiked the strap of her bag up on her shoulder, she made for the seats towards the middle of the room and carefully seated herself in one, by no one she knew, though she recognized a Ravenclaw nearby. All of her friends had yet to arrive. Ahh, well. Crossing her ankles, she rest her bag in her lap as she pulled out her parchment, an ink well of lavender ink and a lovely quill with a large, fluffy blue feather. Next followed was her Defense Against the Dark Arts book and she arranged everything neatly on the top of her desk.

Curious eyes wandered around the room, wondering about the covered object on the Professor's desk, the platforms and harnesses (were they going to fly? Ooooh, she wanted to!), the perfectly aligned Statues of Armour and... butter? This.... could be a potentially weird class.

Chris walked into the classroom. He looked around to find Lena. He hadn't seen her sense the feast. Then Blake. Ohhhh boy no way was he going over there nuuu! He walked past the two and saw Em. Ahhh thank God. "Mind if I sit here?" He asked him walking up to him.

Chris then turned up to the Professor and smiled. "Hello Professor." He said kindly.

Adelaide walked into the classroom and looked around she was not the first to arrive so she looked around for a free seat in the front row. Walking up to the desks and sitting down she looked at the cage and then to the teacher "Good morning, Professor Lawson" Opening her bag she took out her quill and textbook preparing to take notes.

After Emiliano took a seat, he began to seach through his school bag for his textbook and notepad for the lesson, though he knew it was all going to be practice. Surprises were set...time to act.

He turned his head when listening to Chris' voice. "Hey, mate." A cheerful greeting came out of him? Weird...he was a bit nostalgic after noticing Karma was no longer going to be there around.

"Sure, sit down..." He said with a nod, then turned around. Lena had arrived too, yet she was sitting next to a boy Em didn't know, but seemed to annoy Chris a bit more than usual.

"How are you?" He asked him.

At first, it didn't occur to LouAnn that someone was speaking to her. She'd grown sort of used to being the new kid that no one knew, so when she looked up to see that she definitely was being addressed, she was pleasantly surprised. Mind if she grabbed that seat? Of course LouAnn didn't mind. She sat up a little straighter, then closed the book she'd been reading. "No, no. Of course I don't mind. Go ahead," she said, motioning to the desk. "I'm LouAnn Purple, by the way."

As Adrienne walked into the DADA classroom, the first thing she did was look around for the head boy, a slightly disappointed look crossing her face as she didn't see him there yet. Simply to annoy him, prove she could semi-pay attention to his little dress code without sacrificing fashion, she had decided to wear her black patent leather Steve Madden flats, and he wasn't there. Oh well. Maybe another time.

Switching her blue gaze to the rest of the room, her curiosity was piqued by the odd items arranged around the room. The covered cage, platforms, and boxes were vaguely fascinating, but it was more so all the butter that she wanted to know about. Weaving her way through the desks toward an unoccupied one, she glanced at the professor as she sat down. "Hi Professor Lawson," she said brightly, trying to disguise her attempt to figure out what was going on.

"Hello Mr Hufflepuff. Nice to see you today."

"And a good morning to you Natasha."

"Good morning Tamzin." Marcus, raised his eyebrow at the Prefect as she took a seat. She wouldn't want to be distracted during this class.

He gave the Hufflepuff, who he had met in Diagon Alley a smile, "Hello Brody."

"Good day to you as well Miranda."

Marcus returned the girls smile. "Hello Sylvia."

With a small smirk touching his lips, Marcus inclined his head at the Slytherin. "Good morning Blake."

From his position at his desk, Marcus waved back. "And such a good day it is too Emiliano."

"Hello Reese, nice to see you again." Marcus replied and placing his hands behind his head.

"Hello LouAnn Purple and I am Professor Lawson" he said by way of introduction as he gave the girl a wink.

"Very well thank you Eva and thank you for asking."

Marcus, watched as Theo took a seat in the front row and he inclined his head towards the boy.

"Good morning Isabella."

"Hello Chris. Good to see you here today."

"And a good morning to you Adelaide."

"Hello Adrienne" he replied giving her a smile.

Watching as the students took their seats, Marcus looked at his watch and could see that it was still early. "We'll wait a few more minutes for the others to arrive before we begin."

Chris was thankful that Emiliano let him sit. "Hey." He said trying to sound just as cheerful has Em. It didn't work so well but he didn't sound to mad did he? Well he should cause he wasn't mad. He just had to talk to Lena alone before he could feel alright around her again.

He started taking out his book and want when he hear Em ask how he was. "Alright I guess talk after class K?" He asked. "How 'bout you?"

Jack wandered into Defense Against the Dark Arts, shooting Lawson a big smile as he took his seat. "Good day Professor!" he said happily as he sat down. Lawson's lessons were usually some of the more interesting ones--like when he had duelled Bontecou last year before the whole--wolf thingy happened. That had been fun!

He pulled out his notes and started to take in the room, wrinkling his eyebrows at some of the strange items--like zee butter--in the room. Hmmmm, what on EARTH would they be doing that THAT?