Morning.. Morning Morning, Ariana wasn't a FAN of mornings not usually anyway but this morning she woke up feeling chipper and refreshed and just GREAT!
walking into the room with a slight hop into her step she stopped just inside and looked around... weird... room looks weird ok?

"Good Morning Professor Romanos, had a good Summer yes?'

yes, surely she did, summer was great, they didnt have to deal with children every day but you know.. She did choose to be a teacher.

Alexa was trying to be appropriately early for the first Defense class of the year. Why? Because it was Defense Against the Dark Arts, DUH! This was legit, one of the only classes she wouldn't even dream about skipping. Reading only happened when this subject was brought up, only then.

Lex walked into the classroom, pausing a few steps in to take in everything. Candles everywhere...mist--like the mist from last year when the school was PLAGUED with dementors. She gave a suspicious raise of her eyebrow, eyes trailing around the room as she moved toward a mat. "Hello Professor, interesting class setup you have here." She said, finally deciding to ignore the little creeping feeling, instead grinning over at the Professor and bird.

She plopped down on the carpet, gazing over at whatever was being hidden by a sheet. What WAS that.

"Professor? Is this one of those times when we're meant to see something but not question or touch it until told to do so?" As far as she knew, she WANTED to touch it, even if she had no idea what it was.

It was all in the mystery of the concealment, you know?

It was the first time he didn't take time to enjoy his breakfast. Today's first lesson was particularly the one he had been getting excited about. Charms was great, so generally, he expected the Dark Arts Defences to be awesome.

Angeal merrily made his way to the classroom, in his own way. Not that anyone could tell the difference easily. Perhaps he was slightly more energetic. It was a good thing the classroom was only on the first floor because he was still munching his toast when he nearly reached the classroom. Had it been on the seventh floor like the Astronomy class, he would've probably collapsed halfway.

Prior entering the class, he stopped by the door, swallowing the last bit of his toast and dusted off whatever crumbles left on him. "Good morning, professor," greeted the boy with his typical flat tone and soft voice. "... That's a really nice bird," he continued, eyes on the interesting-looking bird running around the teacher.

Minerva headed into class with a small smile on her face. She could hug Professor Romanos.. really just hug her. She was just so happy to have a normal class with a normal female teacher. Not that her charms lesson was odd, but she was just tired of the facial hair loving people lately and well Professor Romano's was facial hair free. So on to the learning and YAY yoga mats. "Good Morning Professor." Minerva smiled at the little bird, she remembered her from before.

Looking around she found a mat and sat down. Setting her things near, that's when she noticed the sheet and heard Alexa ask about it. Well Minerva wasn't going near the sheet. She learned her lesson and didn't care what any professor was hiding ever. They could keep it hidden as far as she cared. No more beards for looking for this girl. No way.. She was ready to learn and do some yoga and then if Romano's wanted to show them that's when she would find out.

Mandi walked into class and mumbled a hello to the professor. She had always been a quiet child but now getting used to this whole magic thing she had become a bit of a recluse. She sat off to the side and closed her eyes. The scent of rain and flowers reminded her of home and she smiled sweetly and waited for the class to start.

Hmmm. This room was rather dark today, yes? Yes. Though, some of the candles that were placed around the room did give it a faint glow. So it wasn't all terrible. An the mist that went around the mats that were on the floor... ok.... very random. Tag didn't think much of it though. At least it didn't seem like anything suspicious.

Making his way into the room now Tag could hear faint music playing in the background. Looking around he saw the chimes and harp being played somewhere. An there was the Professor. "Hello Professor! I hope you had an excellent summer..." Tag didn't know her very well, but he added "I heard you and Professor Elwood spent some time together in the summer, she mentioned it to me. So it must've been good." He said with a smile.

Did they have to find a mat for themselves or should they just wait around?

Nerida walked into the classroom with a big smile plastered on her face. FINALLY, a class with a normal teacher not one of those weird new teachers...or Professor Airey she had to admit he was also a bit weird but at least he was one of the "old" teachers just like Professor Romanos, they had stayed they hadn't left them. While others had. And the best part about Professor Romanos, no beards!

"Hello no beard wearing Professor Romanos! I hope your summer was amazing!!"

Looking around she found a mat and sat down. Setting her things near her she looked over at the big clothed thing.. She wanted to touch but she saw what had happened in Astronomy so she stayed in her seat! She was ready to do some yoga with the Professor!

Ohmygosh. Check out the atmosphere! This was more like it, Romanos! Excellent way to be greeted on... a bright morning? Well, nothing can be perfect. Not even Airey Flamsteed was perfect, you know? Pet rocks, snort.

The Hogwartian still approved of the setting, regardless of how early it was and the fact that she NEVER knew where to sit when it came to Romanos' lessons. Like, did she take a spot on the carpet or something? "Good morning, Professor," she smiled the woman's way and went back to...

...well, she was bound to hear the music in the background, it was the first thing she noticed. Except she just forgot where she was supposed to go? This was the hardest part of DADA, seating arrangements.

We're also not comparing anything in here to dementors, no.

Wade headed towards his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class for his final year. It was quite early still, which got him to take his time arriving.. Luckily he wasn't late, though he stifled a yawn once entering the quite dim room. He sniffed, taking in the scented candles and, wow what a perfect temperature.

"Morning, Professor Romanos," He tipped his imaginary hat towards her and the lovely mechanical bird, Sonya who was whizzing around, before heading towards to take a seat. His brows furrowed at the white lumpy shaped cloth. Hmm.. this might be an interesting day.

Bristol was soooooooooooo tired, but somewhere inside her head she was excited for this class. Promise. Right now, though, she could barely drag herself into the classroom and her perky, hyper personality was not shining through. Not at all. Maybe people would think something was wrong, but there wasn't, she was just tired. All she could think about was sleep.

Zzzzzzzz.

Finally reaching the door, Brist made sure that she was presentable before entering the classroom and put on a half smile. A full one was just too much effort at present. "Hellooooo, Professor! I'm Bristol. I hope you're well." GRIN. Was that enough talking for now? She could talk more if needed, but she was SO tired. Also, the only thing she wanted to ask right now she about the white sheet that was .. hiding something. She wanted to know what.

So far so good. Classes hadn’t been entirely crazy, although Kendall couldn’t say that she minded a bit of crazy. Plus, Professor Fuller had complimented her pink streaks, so she’d headed into Defense rather happy. She’d be learning one of her favorite subjects, and she knew that the lesson would be awesome just because it was Professor Romanos. There hadn’t been a DADA lesson yet that hadn’t been fun, and as she headed into the classroom this morning, a grin appeared on her face. The drapes covering the windows and making things rather dark didn’t even bother her, not when it was practically like they were outside anyway. Not only that, but she wouldn’t have been surprised if a faerie or two had shown up amidst the mist. It just seemed appropriate, with the flowery-damp smell, the half-light, the faint music and the mist. She was left to be immensely curious about what they’d be discussing, but she knew enough not to ask for any hints.

“Good morning Professor Romanos,” she said brightly, heading for an open mat not far from the front and that mysterious cloth-covered something just to one side of the professor and her bird. “I like the classroom today,” she added, as she’d settled onto the floor and dropped her bag on the little desk for the time being. Maybe the compliment would get her a hint as to what they might be studying, because right now she couldn’t think of anything dark that would be connected to the current scenario. Just exciting things, and that kept her curiosity piqued.

Once Cutty entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom he found himself a bit surprised by the interiors. It wasn't, in his opinion half as creepy as the gallery he had encountered when he went off on his own exploring the castle. But there was, he noted at least one metalic element whizzin' and whirrin' around the Professor.

Did she make these things herself?


Cutty stepped further in, his footfalls sent the heavy fog in upward bursty-swirls around his feet as his ears picked up on the offways sounding harp. He stopped short just in front of his desk as a small gust of chilled wind hit him which prompted him to remove a house scarf from his bag and wrap himself in it for the lesson. Once sat, he took out his parchment and quill and while doing so spotted Benzi Rider. He signaled for him to take a seat nearby.

It was WAAAAAAAAYYYY too early in the morning.

Shirt untucked, eyes rimmed with red and his tie completely askew, Benzi Rider shuffled into the classroom looking like the bed was still stuck to his back. Bleary eyed, he blinked in surprise at the interior of the classroom and stood quite still as the chilly fog helped wake him up.

... What lesson was this anyway? He'd just followed his classmates down, and he couldn't be expected to remember his timetable off by heart now could he?

Looking around the classroom, he spotted Cutty signalling him over. He would have smiled had he had the energy to spare. Stifling a yawn, the eleven year old walked a little steadier and made his way to his Slytherin friend.

"'ey," he whispered, rubbing his eyes to rid them of sleep, "d'you know what lesson this is?"

Adelaide walked into the dueling arena, ready for her firs Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. She'd never really gone over much with Mr. Samson, just basic little defensive spells that she would need in the future, so this lesson was bound to be interesting.

She smiled politely at the professor as she entered the classroom. "Morning Professor."

With that she went and took a seat near the front of the classroom. Yes. Because the front of the classroom was the best for learning.

The third year old hoped that she didn’t needed to all those stupid yoga things again, she didn’t liked them and she wasn’t good in it, so she really hoped that she was lucky this time. And… maybe she would be lucky because, well, this lesson was the Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson and not a yoga lesson… So, when she entered the classroom she had her fingers crossed behind her back and… she wasn’t lucky… “Not again” muttered Sonea while she looked around her and saw that there were everywhere mats on the ground, but she saw also that the windows were covered behind gray drapes, but why the professor had done that she didn’t knew…

She saw that the professor was sitting on one of the mats and she walked toward her, she didn’t liked it that she needed to use yoga again, but she wanted to make a good impression, so she greeted the professor. “Hello professor” but before the professor could say something in return she already had walked away, she was afraid that the professor would ask her if she liked it to do yoga again because the answer would be NO, so she tried to avoid this and searched for a place where she could sit herself.

Those dang purple mats. That was one thing that Hannah did not miss about this class. She still to this day didn't know what they had to do with DADA. A shiver went through her body as she made her way into the room. She spotted the professor in her normal position. "Hello professor." She didn't know if it was good to see her or not just yet.

She seemed to have managed to get her pretty early considering she was among the first students to arrive. She made her way to a mat and sat down on it. She only hoped that this lesson wouldn't be too brutal. She was not in the mood for cardio.

Defense Against the Dark Arts. One of the few classes that Kat was always willing to attend, unless they were just going to do weird yoga stuff again. She didn't like doing yoga at all, but whatever. DADA was still awesome. And at least they wouldn't be able to grow beards in this class because, honestly, the Slytherin was getting sick with them. Arithmancy was already enough and she didn't want another class where they had to grow beards.

And yes, she was eyeing the purple mats too. Damn, that meant more yoga. Laughter yoga was already weird and like... what were they even gonna learn today? Farting yoga? Nope, no thanks.

Oh right, Professor Romanos was here. "Hey Professor," Kat greeted her with a smile (that wasn't totally forced I mean, ahem) and then went to take a seat. And a really interesting arrangement for the first lesson. Yep, okay.

Defense Against the Dark Arts. This was one of the many classes Tora just wasn't sure about. Sometimes she did really well, other times she did awful, but maybe it wouldn't be as bad this year.

She turned to Adrienne as she stepped into the classroom. "Where do you want to sit?" she asked, not feeling like decision-making today. She wandered a bit more into the room and nodded towards the professor. She hoped today's class would be interesting...

Walking towards the classroom, Cassia took her time knowing that she had left the common room early. Mostly because had nothing to do other than study since she had books all over her bed and trunk. She might have gotten too enthusiastic at the beginning of the year deciding that she'd study all the time to ace her OWLs. Heh. Still time for that riiight!

Her bag slung over her shoulder, Cassia entered the classroom and immediately forced back a yawn. Awesome, this atmosphere was best to fall asleep. Unless they were going to be hexing off each other, then no one could sleep. Not that she wanted to fall asleep, she just felt worried about the possibility of it happening. She needed to stay focused.

"Good morning Professor, hope you had a good summer," In which she learnt to say last names correctly!!!! :3

The blond walked over to the desks and slid into one.

Yaaaay SCHOOL!!! Charlie was happy. He was going to a big boy class. What were the Dark Arts? Was he going to paint? Yaaay painting. None of his books that he had read had been about painting. There was one about scary creatures and scary things. But not painting.

He parked his little body next to Cutty. "Hi Cutty," he smiled, whispering to his buddy.

Claudette headed down to the first floor in time for the first DADA lesson. She was a little apprehensive of how this lesson or professor would be given recent experience, but Charms had been normal so hopefully this class would be too. As she stepped inside the arena, green eyes first landed on the purple mats. Oh.. were they doing yoga? If she had known, she would have totally worn her cute yoga pants.. or did they have to be in uniform? Maybe she'd ask the professor after class.. along as she wasn't too weird or anything.

She gave the instructor a light smile as she walked past. "Good morning, Professor." Then her eyes fell on the little mechanical bird for a moment,not all that surprised as she had seen similar things in that exhibit. Maybe the professor made them or something.. The blonde then looked for an open mat, sitting on the first available one, and laying her tote bag on the floor next to her.

Mack entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, she was excited for this class, because she had finally decided she wanted to be a auror. "Good morning Professor" the small girl greeted before taking a seat, staring at the white mat at the front of the classroom.

hmm wonder what that's for? The blonde sat in her seat,
Pulling out the supplies needed for the class she sat and waited for further instructions.

Well this was cheery. Ella blinked as her eyes adjusted to the light and she couldn't help but feel a sense of nervous excitement. The blonde's gaze landed on whatever was covered by the white sheet and her eyebrows raised slightly, curiosity peaked. She supposed peeking was out of the question, right?

"Hello Professor!" She greeted cheerfully on her way to one of the mats in the middle of the room. Was today a yoga day or? Just in case, the seventeen year old decided on some stretching. Couldn't hurt.

Adrienne shivered as she entered the arena, which honestly wasn't looking much like an arena right now. Also, it was cold, and she wished she was wearing a coat. She was excited for the class, and had always enjoyed it last year, so she gave Professor Romanos both a smile and a nod, which was pretty rare. Most just got a nod.

"How 'bout here?" she said in response to Tora, gesturing towards a pair of mats on the ground. Hopefully she wouldn't be this cold the whole lesson. Adrienne pulled her robes closer and crossed her arms.