Blaise Bellaire was on top of things, so on top that the moment he headed into the classroom, he walked right up to the chipper looking Professor at the front with his widest dimpled grin and gave her a firm high five. Why? Because the rules outside said so and FOR ONCE he read them before entering.

"Hi Professor! You're looking awful fancy today!"

No doubt his quill had found a much nicer way of saying so; it had such a way with words. The thing usually made him sound smarter and smoother than he actually was--but only half the time.

Blaise paused at his spot by the Professor for a moment, wondering WHERE he would sit when he realized the spot next to Noelle was still empty so THAT was where he was going to sit. "Hi!" The boy watched with tempered interest as his quill and notepad settled in by him at his desk, ready to distort the days records but by now he knew better so he fished out a proper quill and parchment too....just in case.

As for the sticker? He didn't know how he was feeling yet so he stuck a bunch of them on his robes. His classmates could figure it out.

Ellery had accidentally done something with her wand that made her pigtails stick STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR, and she actually thought that she looked super mega cute with them, as she did with everything. Obviously. She skipped into class, eager to learn about people who rebelled in history…her goal in life was to be, someday, in these classes.

"HI PROFESSOR. I'm ElleryGwenogBORZEKOWSKI-Thomas and I was wondering, what years are we gonna be learning about? Recent history? Or like…WAAAAY BACK???"

What was with it and all these new rules? Zander didn't like it. It was hard enough trying to remember all of the usual ones. And now all of them were being modified right as he knew it. Terrible. It was mega confusing. The firsties were lucky, 'cause they probably didn't even notice that the rules were new. LUCKY DUCKS. Though, they probably thought Hogwarts was incredibly strange... So, true.

Anyways, asking if the rules were a necessity didn't get him anywhere in Charms, so he wasn't even going to question it anymore. Just blindly following. Unfortunately. Because it took every ounce of his sorta self-control not to question them. Zander questioned everything, it was in his nature. Except for this. Because he was trying to be good.

Speaking of which, he was already prepared to follow the rules as he stepped into the classroom. Though he probably looked ridiculous he had taken precautions to remember the high-five. So yes, he may have walked all the way to the Muggle Studies room with his hand already positioned in the air, but the point here was that he wasn't going to forget the highfive. Because he had been prepared. HA. Who's laughing now, huh?

"Hey Professor," HIGH FIVE CONTACT INITIATED."I like what you've done with the place... It looks more roomy in here," he was talking about the positioning of the tables. It was... interesting. But he really did like it. And that's when he noticed something else he liked. Or uh, someone else. SOPHIE BROWN. Hi. "Heeeey," hope she wouldn't mind heh. "This seat taken?" Though he didn't wait for her response before setting his things down and getting comfortable in the chair.

As for the mood sticker... He was feeling pretty eh. So he just took the most neutral one he could pick out. That should do it, yeah?

What's with the Professor and the rule changing this term? Was it a thing now in Hogwarts? And the stickers. Two classes in a row that she's required to wear one, but at least this time she just needed to stick it on her muggle clothing. Candice choose a sticker before stuck it to her cloth. And for the high five thing, she gave the Professor an Air-five. Not a big fans of physical contact here.

It looked like some of her classmate already there. After she found herself an empty seat FAR away from Henric and Adi, the Gryffindor waited for the lesson to begin.

Janelle liked Muggle Studies because........well she just did. She arrived at the classroom in a good mood and ready to work. Walking through the door, her eyes locked on Professor Moxley. "Good Morning Professor", Janelle said, as she reached to give the woman an enthusiastic high five.

Janelle searched for an empty seat, giving waves to her friends along the way. She plopped down in the first empty seat she saw. This time she made sure not to upset any friend/relationship dynamics, at least those that she knew of. Janelle took out her pen and paper and placed it on her desk. Then she eyed the selection of mood stickers laying on her desk. She chose a purple happy face and placed it on her clothes. Hopefully class would be starting soon.

Angel was looking forwards to this lesson normally it was fun and that was something she needed at the moment thanks to a few things that had gone wrong this term so far. Angel looked around as she entered the room it seemed she was running late because there was a lot of students there.

"Hi Professor, did you have a lovely summer?" Angel smiled as she looked at the Professor, she then grabbed a sticker and put it on her chest before she decided that she would sit down and wait to see what they were all going to do next because it looked like it was going to be amazing.

Muggle Studies was one of the easiest classes ever since she used to be a plain old muggle herself. Plus, Moxley always let them have hand on lessons, and AJ really loved that. For just a tiny moment there was a dilemma with what sticker she should wear today because she was happy, silly, and content all at the same time. How was a girl to choose? Finally, she chose a super happy looking green one. It seemed to fit her overall mood.

AJ ran over to Moxley and gave her a SUPER enthusiastic high five. One that you could be proud being apart of. "Looking quite spiffy, ma'am." Lots of students were already here so instead of saying hi to everybody one by one, she gave them all a beam. "Sup, everybody?" There. That covered it and quite nicely too she might add.

Sliding into a seat, she looked around eager for the lesson to start. Please let there be food somewhere in the lesson today. Pretty please.

Although she's a pureblood witch, it didn't mean that Ava wasn't familiar with muggle stuffs. Her neurotic Russian mother is a teacher in muggle primary school, and she went there before come to Hogwarts. So it seemed like muggle studies was easy for her. Plus, the Professor was quirky and fun. Walking to the classroom, she put on her favorite hoodie and a pair of jeans, along with her favorite navy converse. "Hello, Professor. It's such a nice outfit!" The Gryffindor said and gave Moxley a high-five. See? She's a very cool Professor. Hehehe. Ava then chose to sit next to Candice. Hiiii!! Hehehe.

And mood sticker? She put on the happy one of course.

You know, for someone who didn't generally like rules -- they stomped out all the FUN -- Phillip didn't mind the set of rules that this lesson had. High fiving someone could never get boring if you put enough effort into it AND if they were good people.

And Muggle Studies sounded like a subject that was easier than pie.

So, the slightly enthusiastic first year headed into the classroom and made a beeline for the Professor herself. He might have made a show of limbering up first, making sure to stand somewhere near the door and streeeeeeetch out his arms and legs before doing the deed.

Yep, Phillip Romalotti ran up to Muggle Studies Lady and JUMPED UP to give her a high five. "YEEEEEAH!" SEE? THAT was how it was done!

"Hello, Professor," Lady. Person. Whose surname he had forgotten. The Slytherin gave her a smile before moving to sit next to......

............ Owen! The remembered THAT part giant kid. "You're very red in the face. Do you feel hot or something?" Because it wasn't THAT hot in here, c'mon Owen.

And the mood sticker? He was going to go with one that had a simple smile on it for now.

What was up with Professors and their rules? They hadn't been like that last year had they?

Yoongi walked to the muggle studies classroom from the Gryffindor Common Room, school bag hoisted over his shoulders. As he neared the room, he saw the Professor standing near the door and thankfully he had read the rules this time as he did not want to lose points. "Hey Professor, had a nice summer?" he asked as he gave her a high five . Strangely, it was making him feel happier...huh?

As he entered the classroom, Yoongi looked around the room for a moment and then chose a seat in the middle of the U shape . Cause he was the middle point, duh. Placing his bag next to him, the Gryffindor checked his desk and noticed the stickers. Again? The new Charms Professor wanted them to wear stickers as well... were they supposed to put them on their forehead or not?

Picking a 'confused' like sticker, he put it on his forehead and grinned.

Puck grinned when she spotted Professor Moxley’s outfit. Everything about it was fun, heck she was quite sure the class wouldn’t be boring at all…you know even if the last two terms with Professor Moxley hadn’t been the best…well, she was going to change that.

This year Puck was going to prove that she was a good student and well…study for her NEWTs because she didn’t want to fail any this term. “Nice shirt Professor Moxley,” she smiled over to the Professor as she found a seat for herself and settled into one of the U shaped tables. Dead center. After all she didn’t want to have to shift for people. Pick a side people. Be awesome.

This was going to be his favourite class of this year, he could feel it in his bones. Rooney already thought that Professor Moxley was...a hoot. Much so that he had tried to write to her over summer but chickened out and stored them in his trunk like a lovesick puppy. He was a puppy. Not too lovesick, because he'd also wrote letters to all of his Professors and friends and kept them all. No one had really wanted to hear from a Ravenclaw with all of the questions, did they?

BURSTING through the door behind one of his peers, Rooney had his hand up as high as possible for a high five with the Professor. BUT before she could high five him, he moved his hand down and beamed. "Toooo slow, Professor!!" Hahaha. Funny funny Bronwyn boy. Could he get a sticker now or would he need to actually high five her?

He was clever though, right?

Muggle Studies. Colt heard about his cousin talking about this class, he was confident he was gonna know about some stuff because he had a father who was muggle born. His mother was the witch of the family so he knew some magic but his father did have some stern rules. As he walked into the classroom, he noticed other students beat him here. Typical since he was busy finishing up eating. He was gonna have lots of energy for this lesson. As he looked to the front of the room he noticed the Professor was wearing a bowling uniform? He furrowed his brows in confusion. Oooohhhkaaayyyy? That was weird but it gave a hint about what they were doing.

He went to the back of the room to find a seat and was getting prepared to do something bowling related. Maybe he could get some strikes and spares.

Today was Muggle Studies. A most Schway subject if Keane would say so himself, there was still so much to learn especially since his Step-Dad Butler only ever took him outside the Magical World to train and study. So there were always nice surprises to be had. He walked into class and gave the bubbly-looking Professor a nice smile. Her attire seemed familiar. He hadn't seen it much, but she looked like she belonged in the Shrunken Head Bowling Alley.

Oh Right Bowling!


AW WHAT A TOTAL DREG!! Keane knew about Bowling! He was hoping for something new today. He grabbed a seat near the curve of the U shape the Desks were making and dropped his things beneath his Desk.

After closing the door once the last of the students had arrived, Professor Moxley moved back to the middle of the room and looked around at the students. "Look," She began softly,"I know there are a lot of rules to remember at school. I also know that new ones have been added. While I know that there will be times when you've forgotten one or two, I do expect you to at least read them. It's evident this morning that many of you didn't even bother to do that, which is quite sad." She didn't write the things down just to have nobody follow them. "I expect next class you will all have refreshed your memories. Prefects, I'm trusting you to remind the younger students to do so." Here's looking at you, Puck Greyvson. "And with that said, let's move on to the fun, shall we?" A smile graced her lips then and she began to pace.

"Muggles, like witches and wizards, go to school, work, and then come home and have families to feed and care for. Life can be hectic at times and that is why it is necessary to make time to go out and do things that you enjoy." Were they with her so far? She was talking about fun. Surely they could get on board with that.

"Pastimes are activities one does for enjoyment rather than for work. One such pastime for the wizarding community would be recreational Quidditch. That's quite popular among the masses. Can anyone hazard a guess as to what a popular muggle pastime might be?"

It went down well, yesss!! Rooney smiled wide that he had made the Professor laugh and was going to add it to his achievements and that Professor Moxley had a sense of humour on the page about her in his notebook. Just as she said, he wandered off to get himself a sticker - one of the smiliest ones - and then took a seat relatively close as he waited for the rest of his classmates to arrive and for class to start.

Which it did: moments later.

Muggles. Totally fascinating, even though he had grown up around them. Still fascinating. Utterly fascinating. His hand went straight into the air. "Crafting, Professor!" Or something sporty, but if it was something he had dabbled in that people wanted to know.. then crafting was his answer.

Hady offered Professor Moxley a small grin. Those shirts weren't to bad really seeing as she may have one or two of her own back home. Ssshhhh! No telling anyone though. Not everyone saw them as fashionable but at least the were comfortable.

While waiting for the lesson to began she let her eyes drift about the room and her fellow mates. It seemed most had read the new rules by the number of high-fives the professor was getting. A few didn't though, maybe they weren't into that was all? Oh well it didn't much matter to her since she had and she was even sporting the grinning sticker on her oversized worn multicolored hoody.

When the door shut Hady swung her eyes to the front of the room and the professor. Things were being said and she would make sure she knew what. So they would be doing something that had to do with havingvfun? This she could answer easily! Raising her hand intent he air she gave a simple reply, "Would it be safe to say that they go bowling professor or shall I give a different answer?" Cause well Moxley was wearing a bowling outfit and all so it made sense for someone to say it.

Evangeline was still trying to decide what mood sticker she wanted on her robes when Moxley got class started. Ooooh, starting off with a lecture was never good. But at least SHE had followed the directions and gave the professor a high five. And although it was taking the Ravenclaw quite some time to pick a mood sticker, she was at least trying.

Finally, Evie plucked up a pink smiley face sticker, the one with the squiggly lined mouth and pressed it to her robe. Perfect, and just in time to listen to Moxley's question. Evie hadn't at all questioned the professor's outfit. She had learned that most Muggle Studies teachers were a bit off at times.

She raised her hand. "They like football," she contributed. "And they like to watch it on the telly." Rather convenient when you didn't feel like going out to a game.

Angel looked at the Professor and then to the floor, sorry Professor but she wasn't hi-fiving anyone when her heart was in pieces, what sort of message would that give out, She would just have to wait and see how she felt the next lesson. Maybe she could speak to Flamsteed about all this soon because she was starting to feel really upset and she was sure she was about to cry. She ran her hands to her face to try and stop the tears, hopefully no one saw them.

Angel the heard the question that was asked and she raised her hand and with a wibbly voice she replied. "How about watching Wimbledon, it's a sort of tennis event." And with that said she just tried to concentrate on not crying.

Oh observant she was. Not like she'd never seen Moxley anything less than happy. But regardless the seventh year was very observant of ones moods. "I'm simply wonderful, Professor." She done a small twirl, see wonderful. Cinna beamed then took her seat.

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The seven year waved back as some of the others waved at her. To be honest she was surprised by the amount of students that didn't read the rules. Prefects included. Haha. Even she read the rules and that was saying something. She a total rebel most of the time.

Anyway she listened as Moxley talked to the class. See muggles and magic folks really wasn't that different. But maybe different like pastimes as Moxley was obviously getting at here. Using her observant super powers there. She raised her hand. "Muggles have a sport called baseball, muggle families go to professional and amateur games all of the time." She had been to a few with Mercedes when she lived in New York. Very interesting sport. But still quidditch was better.

OoooOOOooOOo they were in troooooOOOoouble.

You couldn't imagine how amazing it felt to NOT be one of the people the Professor's speech was meant for. Sure, with Professor Culloden that was the case but NOT THIS TIME so Blaise was still all smiles as the Professor gave the reminder about the rules he'd totally read and followed. Sucks to suck, dunnit? Ahem but back to the lesson.

It wasn't like this much would come on his exams so he'd let his hand relax for now but left the quick quotes to keep scribbling as the Professor went on. By the time she was done, his hand was waving all finger wiggly through the air. "Oh! Oh! Oh! I know! Eating, Professor, Muggles like spending time eating and I know we do TOO but it's not about us right now it's about them and the HUGE sandwiches they made up and how they gotta have looooooads and looooads of food every time they plan an event." Which....was also something wizards did but that wasn't the POINT. His Dad took him to the park all the time and there were usually muggles just sitting on the grass EATING.

Geddit?

Somehow he didn't think he explained that right but the concept was there; food.

Henry lifted his eyes to Professor Moxley once she started class and he was glad he had read the rules before he had come in. It would be totally embarrassing to be singled out for not following them - not that she had, but it sounded like if it happened again, there would be consequences.

And then he thought over the question that she asked. He loved Quidditch and knew lots about that, plus he liked all kinds of sports magical and muggle. But as the question had been specifically about muggle pastimes, he thought a minute and raised his hand.

Henry had every intention on answering with the name of a sport, but as several other classmates beat him to the punch, he started to lower his hand. Oh wait, he knew something else! Raising his hand high again, he answer once he was called upon. "My Grandma likes to play Bingo." And, being that she was a muggle, he knew that was a good answer.

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After closing the door once the last of the students had arrived, Professor Moxley moved back to the middle of the room and looked around at the students. "Look," She began softly,"I know there are a lot of rules to remember at school. I also know that new ones have been added. While I know that there will be times when you've forgotten one or two, I do expect you to at least read them. It's evident this morning that many of you didn't even bother to do that, which is quite sad." She didn't write the things down just to have nobody follow them. "I expect next class you will all have refreshed your memories. Prefects, I'm trusting you to remind the younger students to do so." Here's looking at you, Puck Greyvson. "And with that said, let's move on to the fun, shall we?" A smile graced her lips then and she began to pace.

"Muggles, like witches and wizards, go to school, work, and then come home and have families to feed and care for. Life can be hectic at times and that is why it is necessary to make time to go out and do things that you enjoy." Were they with her so far? She was talking about fun. Surely they could get on board with that.

"Pastimes are activities one does for enjoyment rather than for work. One such pastime for the wizarding community would be recreational Quidditch. That's quite popular among the masses. Can anyone hazard a guess as to what a popular muggle pastime might be?"

Pastimes?

From what Milo was getting from Professor Moxley's introduction they were things like games and sports that Muggles liked to do when they weren't working. Seemed easy enough. They had to something when they weren't busy messing with TV's and making wires for electric things. His home wasn't really equipped with many Muggle items or technology but he could remember some things from when he was little and his dad was still around.

It was when they'd had a car.

The first year raised his hand, "Professor, I think some Muggles like to get in their cars and go for drives for fun instead of just driving them to get to places."

Cal squinted at the question. He seemed to do that a lot. Squint. Maybe he needed glasses to look at a figurative question. Maybe it was because he was sure to fail this class because what are muggles? Rhetorical. The boy knew what muggles were, just didn't really understand them. Better worded, didn't want to understand them.

Unfortunately, this class in curriculum existed and here he was, squinting. What do muggles do for past time? Merlin knows. Boring stuff, he supposed. What did Aslan do for fun in the summer? She was part muggle, wasn't she? Raising a hand casually, he spoke softly, "I suppose they go to the cinema, don't they?" They do that, yeah? We do that too, no? Don't know.

Despite her confusion, Paulina was finding herself morecomfortable now that she was settled; Professor Moxley's cheerfulness put her at ease somewhat. She gave the woman a small smile.

Benny, Hady, Cinnamon, and a friendly looking Slytherin (Ethan) who saluted her also got friendly smiles as well as waves. Everyone else just got smiles because she was feeling happier now. Could she change her sticker? Probably not... Besides, she was still confused about these new rules though she supposed they weren't that bad - at least none have made her feel uncomfortable. Yet.

Some people obviously hadn't read said rules yet, and it was clear to see that Professor Moxley wasn't impressed even though she remained civil and didn't lose her temper. She couldn't imagine the woman losing her temper, though she supposed it was all too possible if she was pushed to it. Paulina didn't want to see that happen with her Head of House.

The discussion turned to muggle pastimes, and Paulina heard a lot of her fellow students mention sports, but she wanted to contribute something different to the class. Raising her hand she said, "a lot of muggles like to read." And play karaoke. She supposed that one answer was all that was required, however, so she left it at that.