Vee walked into the classroom, and then paused almost immediately. It was dark. Very dark. She took a moment to let her eyes get used to the darkness before continuing to an empty seat and praying she wouldn't trip over anything.

Why on earth was it so dark? The blinds looked exotic and heavy, but this was autumn and it was so beautiful out and you couldn't even see that! The lesson better have something interesting in store...

"Hi, Professor," she said, once she could penetrate the darkness enough to see her teacher. Which took another few minutes.

At least this wouldn't involve reading too much - Vee had a feeling she'd risk falling asleep if she had to, so early in the day. She left her books in her bag, waiting to see what happened next.

While Addy was vowing to vacate her chair in the common room more often she figured earning some house points couldn't hurt either. Heh. Reaching the door to the DADA classroom she paused while her eyes adjusted. Were they going to attempt to communicate with the dead? Creepy room. Creepy professor. Sighs.

Finally stepping inside she smiled a bit and called out, "Helllllloooo professor." And perhaps she got a little wave of the fingers while Addy avoided getting too close to her... She found herself a spot a bit away from the others that had already gathered and plopped down on a mat. Yep. Let's get this over with, please.

Alec blinked as he stood by the doorway. The classroom was so... dark. And not the kind of darkness that came with horror stories that happened late at night. No. This reminded him more of cosy campfires and marshmallows and smores.

... Were they going to make smores? GRIN!

The fourteen year old took another couple of steps into the classroom and had a good look around. Candles. That was something else he noticed. Lots and lots of candles! He tried his hardest not to think about the Great Hall or anything to do with feasts because... well... that would just make him hungry. And he didn't want his stomach to make weird noises out loud when they were yoga! You know... if they were doing yoga. Which he did think they were.

Oh right. Greeting! "Hello Professor!" Big grin and... he started walking over towards a purple mat close to Messy and Sophs. The boy sat down on the other side of Messy and just sat there grinning.

West wasn't late.

No really, he wasn't.

He went on in, not really reacting as if the darkness or the set up was anything out of the ordinary. He waved at the professor, not feeling like being one of those people that broke the silence, and then found a mat.

Maybe he'd get to do more running on the spot?

Oh joy. It was time for yoga Defense Against the Dark Arts. It was not that Selina did not love Romanos, because she was an amazing Professor, it was just that Selina did not like the yoga aspect of her class. She had spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the yoga part of the class bothered her so much. At first she did not understand why, but now she knew- Selina was AWFUL at yoga. While everyone else was balancing on their heads and doing all of the really cool stuff that Romanos instructed, Selina was falling on her face.

So as she walked into Defense Against the Dark Arts and saw the mats, she sighed. Her enemy. The mats of doom. But she smiled at Romanos, because the lady was pretty cool, and said, "Morning Professor. Enjoy your summer?"

Helen walked into the DADA classroom with mixed emotions. She was excited about what was to come from DADA but as it was OWL year, she was starting to feel the pressure from all her subjects and she didnt know what to expect from this year.

When she walked in she heard the quiet music in the background and saw the hovering candles and chuckled a bit. You dont really think of these things when thinking of DADA.

Milton yaaaaaawned as he entered the lovely dark room. Quidditch tryouts were wearing him out even though all he had to do was fly around and take mental notes and all he wanted to do was sleep all day. And THIS was the perfect place to do it.

It was dark and cozy with all the candles, and the mats looked so COMFY. Milton took one near the back and plopped down. "Nap time," he mumbled before rolling onto his back and closing his eyes. Ah, yes. Nap time indeed.

Dark room. Candles. Mats. Weird looking professor.

Yeah, no. This didn't look like a fun lesson at all. Had the professor seen her? Was it too late and walk away? But, she spotted Chace at the back of the room. She was going to attend the class now. As long as she got spend time with Chace, she was happy. Heh.

Giving the professor a faint smile, she headed towards the back of classroom, feeling slightly uneasy. Why was this room giving her the creeps? "Hey." She sat down, giving her boyfriend a small smile. This room was really starting to freak her out.

Alexa wasted no time in getting to the arena. If there was one class that she was excited for it was this one. Most people were probably excited because it was a cool subject or because they got to face monsters; eventually this would be Lex's reason but for now she was more preoccupied with learning something that would save her everytime one of those annoying older kids felt the urge to aim a their wands at her.

What was with everyone finding fun in making her a target anyway? Did they think it was funny seeing her freak out?!

Gosh, once she learnt something valuable here she would move to charms and learn a thing or two about casting her own spells at them...then they would all be hexed and sorry!

Entering the room she was a bit taken a back by the dark surroundings but had to admit that it suited the class quite well so she dismissed it and instead gave a smile to the Professor. "Hello Professor, I'm really looking forward to this class." The woman might never have known just how serious she was being. Gone would be the days where she flinched whenever someone raised their wand at her!

With that said she took a seat on one of the mats and waited for the lesson to begin.

Tay twirled into the classroom, in a fantastic mood despite being depressed for a few weeks. D.A.D.A. always did that to her especially if they do yoga! Taylor grinned, "Hello, Professor. How was your summer?" Taylor waved to her ickle firstie friend, Alexa.

Ella bounced into DADA, bag slung over her shoulder and a smile on her face. This class really was one of her favorites, even despite the Yoga, which inevitably made her fall over every single time she attempted it. She tried to ignore thoughts about the boat position as she walked by the Professor. "Hello Professor, good to be back." She said cheerfully, before spotting three of her favorite people. Soph, Alec, and Messy! BEAM! She'd definitely be sitting with them.

Walking over with a smile on her face, the badger plopped down on an empty mat beside Sophie and let her bag fall to the floor beside her. "Hey guys." She said quietly, giving them a small wave. This was going to be fun.

Annabelle walked into DADA ready to learn some more. She loved this class and loved the teacher. She had butterflies in her stomach because Belle didn't know what to expect this year but she hoped it would be fun. When Belle saw the teacher she smiled cheerfully and said, "Hello Professor Romanos! How was your summer? I am excited for this class."
When she said her hello, she went to go find a seat to sit down and she got out her sketch pad and started drawing.

For some weiiiiiiiird reason, Vivi felt anxious as she entered the DADA classroom and took a seat in the near-dark just a few feet away from Selina. She absently waved at Lex and West as she passed them, but her thoughts were more on the very strange sensation of being... what was it? Not worried, precisely.

Just anxious. This class above all others was the one she needed to do well in, and although she'd never had any issue with it at Beauxbatons, this professor was an unknown. As was her dark room with the mats and the candles. Maybe they'd do some hand-to-hand combat today? That would be legit.

So..... Aspen was here. She was on her mat, eying her peers, her hood up and her face mostly concealed. Hopefully this class wasn't going to be ALL review. Just in case they got to use their wands, she picked out her victims:

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Eleyna walked in the classroom, filled with nervous anxiety that felt like it was clogging her throat. She found a mat and sat on it. This reminded the young Griffyndor of her yoga-loving mother.

Eleyna still pretty much felt like the new girl. Once she took a deep breath and really started taking in, what this classroom had so far. Is when she was starting to enjoy the little things. The candles really made the classroom ambience so warm, not to mention comfortable. As the young red head watched more students enter, she couldn't help but to smile at them.

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DADA. Perhaps the one and only class that Chace found he could always find amusement and focus in. Upon entering the room he looked around at the assortment of candles, getting the feeling that he was entering into one of those yoga classes that his aunt liked to hold at her house during the summer. And they were going to sit on mats? Great...

Finding an open one towards the back, and removed from the other students that were already there, Chace looked over at the Professor. "Good day Professor Romanos," Chace said with a rather welcoming smile for him. He wasn't really one on being overly friendly in any situation, since people that were always way more cheerful than the situation called for rubbed him the wrong way, but being respectful to Professors was important, so he tried his best.

Hopefully Abby would be coming and could take the mat next to him...

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Oh joy. It was time for yoga Defense Against the Dark Arts. It was not that Selina did not love Romanos, because she was an amazing Professor, it was just that Selina did not like the yoga aspect of her class. She had spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the yoga part of the class bothered her so much. At first she did not understand why, but now she knew- Selina was AWFUL at yoga. While everyone else was balancing on their heads and doing all of the really cool stuff that Romanos instructed, Selina was falling on her face.

So as she walked into Defense Against the Dark Arts and saw the mats, she sighed. Her enemy. The mats of doom. But she smiled at Romanos, because the lady was pretty cool, and said, "Morning Professor. Enjoy your summer?"

And if there was time... she'd get this one, too. Her criteria was "Gryffindors, about her age, that were smiling stupidly" -- they'd be the first to go down.

Prep done, Aspen sat on her mat, one eye on West, and her thoughts off to wondering why there wasn't an OFFENSE to the Dark Arts class.

DADA had never been one of Melanie's strongest subjects. That was the main reason why she had taken her time to look for the classroom. She had been hoping that by the time she found the classroom, the class would be over and she wouldn't even have to step inside. Fiddling with the sleeve of her uniform nervously she walked into the classroom not expecting it to look like it did.

This looked like a scene out of a horror movie - the part where the person sits in the dark and has someone kill the person because they didn't know better. There were candles but it didn't exactly reassure Melanie at all. Who knew what was hiding in the darker corners? Melanie bit her lip as she looked around then looked at the professor. "Hello, professor," Melanie said in a bit of a quiet voice, brown eyes darting around the room.

She could choose a seat close by the door right? Or by an elder student in case anything happened? Melanie sat down on a mat, fingers crossed that this lesson wouldn't be too difficult to understand and that nothing was in the dark ready to attack them all. This was a DADA class after all... maybe they'd be defending themselves from horrible, scary creatures.

At first, Jake thought he had got the wrong classroom. But after a brief glance around the room, he realized that it was, in fact, the classroom. With... mats. And candles. He hoped that would be explained soon. As for now, he would just... get settled.

After greeting the professor with a quick smile and a "Hello," Jake found an empty mat and took a seat, crossing his legs and leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. Let the fun/weirdness/explaining begin.

Lex's brows creased as she tried her hardest to think of what they might do first. Hopefully it had something to do with shielding, that would have been ideal.

Something caught her attention at the door and broke her concentration. Looking over she saw that Taylor had twirled into the room and had even waved to her. She flashed the girl a wide smile of acknowledgement and of course a wave because those were nice.

She was about to start back on her very unruly train of thought when she was again distracted by another presence entering the room. This time it was Vivi! Lex saw her wave at her but it didn't seem like the other, normal waves. Nope. This one lacked spirit. Lex frowned slightly, wondering if her friend might have been ill but returned the wave and a small, "Hey." as she passed.

Louisa walked into the expectedly candle-lit classroom. She'd prepared well for this lesson, her hair was healthy again and no short bangs or ragged edges, nothing should make her link this lesson to that incident. But somehow her subconscious already did the linking and now she was even more uneasy about the subject than she already has been all those six years.

She was even looking forward for some Yoga exercises this term! So much change, yeah...

"Hi professor," Louisa paused at Romanos' mat and gave the woman a measured smile and nod. Now to go find a mat. She maneuvered herself around and scanned the rows for an empty mat. The faces weren't really that obvious but the white-blonde girl was recognizable. Waving and smiling at Vivi (Vickers wasn't around yet so the girl was considered an enjoyable companion) Louisa approached her mat, "I hope you like yoga," she turned her attention to Selina nearby, giving her a nod and a measured smile then plopped down on the mat next to Vivi's.

While they waited for the others to join them, the Ravenclaw figured some pre-yoga relaxation wouldn't hurt. She crossed her legs; each foot resting on either one of her thighs, back as straight as she mustered, eyes closed, hands gently resting on knees; the Ravenclaw surrendered herself to the creepy calm music.

Ariella strolled into the DADA classroom but stopped short walking across the threshold of the room. Instead of desks set up around the room, her classmates were sitting down on some weird purple mats...that was odd. Shrugging her shoulders she entered the room and greeted the professor with enthusiasm "Hello Professor!" She walked past and akwardly sat down on one of the mats with her legs crossed. She was really excited for this class, this one especially!

Minerva walked into class and looked around. She couldn't help but smile, it had been the same the last few terms with the mats, which hopefully meant some of the yoga as well. She really did enjoy doing the yoga even if some other students did not. Looking around it was hard to see who was already there and who wasn't because of the darkness.

Minerva shrugged and decided that she would just find an empty mat. Finding one in the corner front she put her bag down and turned to face the professor. Smiling she gave the professor a wave not wanting to disturb the quietness of the room.

When Logan first stepped into the room, he was very confused. Was this supposed to be DADA? In a classroom with mats?

Blinking, he looked around and then shrugged. Meh. Some of these Professors were weird.

Spotting Sutton, he walked over to hr and took a mat right beside her. "Hey, Sutton. Hello, Professor." He glanced at the teacher now.

Isidora kinda wanted a lollipop right now, or something to suck on while she waited for the lesson to begin and so she thought about the stash of candy she had by her bed while rocking absently on her mat.

She thought about the lesson too. Like what else they would be doing besides review. And yoga, probably.

Her eyes scanned the classroom for hints.

Laura smiled over at her twin sister and at the Professor. "Good Day Professor." Laura looked around and saw Mats, well it could be cool to learn some new Yoga moves today, she walked over to an empty mat next to her sister and sat down on it, what was the Professor going to teach them today, all attention on the Professor, she waited for the Professor to speak.

Just like other times when Tag walked into the DADA class it was sort of dim lighted with floating candles and stationary candles placed all over the room. There were rows of rows of mats placed on the floor and music playing in the background.If Tag hadn't known he'd probably lay down on the mat and have a good three hour nap. Hey, maybe he could do it in the middle of class, if he got too comfy. Too bad there weren't any pillows. So he slowly walked into the classroom and said "Hello Professor" as he made his way through.

Elliot was a in a good mood. SOOO good of a mood that she might even go find Presley today and APOLOGIZE...actually, just kidding.

Because Elliot most certainly never SAID SORRY.

But she might try and make things better. Her recent 'totally unofficial' date with Maxwell over the weekend had definitely put her in hiiiiiigh spirits. "Good morning, Professor Romanas," she said with a smirk, nodding her head politely in the woman's direction.

She spotted her two friends, Hannah and Cora, not sitting too far apart from each other...so she picked the seat in between them...

But on her way to the mat....



She slung her lacy backpack over her shoulder and tried to manuever around all the mats...sure...she liked the mats and stuff....but still...they were...large...

She accidentally stepped on one of them, stumbling a bit, but she caught herself..."Watch it, Soapy," she snapped, seeing that face....and those yellow colors....

And not too far away was the other monstrosity...LAURA HYDE.She rolled her eyes over at the puffer and took her rightful place in between Cora and Hannah.

..."Hey Cora...Hannah," she nodded at them both, a bit too smirk-y, even for Elliot. She turned to Hannah..."Hannah, I need to tell you something...it's URGENT!"

Yes. Boys were urgent!