Originally Posted by Team ronmione

Adam looked around at the other students and followed suit.Getting up to the front he grabbed some gloves and goggles and wiped out his wand. This would be his first time trying something in class.

Glancing around he soon caught on to what was needed to be done.

"Italgio...Italgio Ansuz Ansuz Ansuz"Adam kept repeating.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi took a pair of goggles and put them on her face only to find that they were five times the size that they should be and were certainly not going to do a good job at protecting her with them falling off her face. Putting those back, she picked up another pair that were just a tad big, but seemed fitting for the task at hand. After picking up a piece of wood and a pair of gloves, Kurumi began to return to her seat when she felt a knot form in her stomach as she remembered nearly setting her desk on fire last term in Transfiguration. A carving spell wouldn't set things on fire, would it?

Setting her piece of wood on the table, Kurumi flipped through her textbook for what looked like was the simplest of the runes to try out first. "OK, Kenaz it is," she said to herself. No argument there. Taking a deep breath, Kurumi pointed her wand at the wood and first just went through the movements of the spell without saying anything aloud. After a few practice runs like thing, Kurumi took another deep breath. Here goes nothing. "Intaglio Kenaz kenaz kenaz kenaz kenaz kenazkenaz kenazkenaz kenaz..." Things were going smoothly, until that last kenaz when Kurumi's piece of wood shot off from her desk, smacked right the chalkboard, and went shooting off back towards the class. Hopefully it wouldn't hit anyone...Kurumi couldn't deal with more drama at the moment...

Kurumi's head shot around and searched the sky for the piece of wood. "W-W-Watch out!" she whimpered.

Originally Posted by Team ronmione

Adam was so concentrated on his work he hadn't heard Kurumi calling out for people to watch over themselves. He looked up last second and saw a long piece of wood zooming his way. With no time to react he barely got down but the wood hit the corner of his forehead.Grabbing his forehead in pain, he laid on the floor, writhing in pain.

"AHHH!!!"He screamed, one eye half covered.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

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Kurumi watched in horror as her practice piece of wood smacked Adam right in the forehead. At least it hadn't poked his eye out...wait...he was wearing goggles, right? "Adam! Are you alright?! I'm so sorry," Kurumi said leaning over him.

First cookie dough carrying birds and now attack by wood chip.

Adam's forehead was beginning to swell a bit where the wood and first smacked into him, so that needed to be attended to first. Reaching into her pocket, Kurumi pulled out her handkerchief and pointed her wand at it."A-A-Aguamenti," she whimpered as a small stream of water came out of her wand and soaked her handkerchief. After a quick freezing charm, Kurumi set the now ice cold handkerchief on his forehead. "Here, that should help a little..."

Ug, she really didn't need this right now. Her nerves were already shot.

Holding the magic made ice pack steady, Kurumi looked at her piece of wood. Hey, at least she had managed to successfully carve the rune into it!

Originally Posted by Zebragirl

Emily got up and got some gloves and goggles out of the box.
She was just so excited to be finally doing magic!
She learned close to the wood with her wand, took a deep breath and muttered "Intaglio Thurisaz Thurisaz Thurisaz Thurisaz..."
Not much was happening, it wasn't looking much like a rune yet. She would have to try again.

Originally Posted by Random_Me_Ly_

"Intaglio." Heather said. "Wunjo, Wunjo, Wunjo, Wunjo...." Heather successfully carved the rune into her piece of wood. "Intaglio Ansuz, Ansuz, Ansuz, Ansuz...." Another one done. She did the same with 'Mannaz' and then decided three was enough. "How is this, Professor?" Heather asked.

Originally Posted by Davvy_Wavvy

Cassie had been wide awake at five am but that was because she had to job each other and be back in time to get ready for class. It was a routine she had comfortably fallen into over the years. Well the jogging started in her third year but still. In any case she was still excited to start classes, especially since this was her first year taking runes.

She covered her mouth to stop a chuckle from coming out. Yep Ethan was extremely sleepy and funny. She leaned in closer to him as he spoke as well as if sharing secrets." How do I do it? Well for the most part I go to bed early probably by ten or so because I know I have an early start each morning." she realised that the boy was still struggling with sleep and this time did not try to hide her chuckle as he took her hand and shook it." Pleasure Ethan.Maybe you should think about going to bed early tomorrow as well?" sometimes boys needed girls to give them good advice and direction. Merlin only knew what would happen if girls weren't around. So he didn't like Runes eh? Well she didn't know if she liked it or not considering the fact that this was going to be her first runes class." Really? Well this is my first time taking the class, so I'm coming in with a some what opened mind. Hopefully I won't suck at it."

She looked up when she felt the presence of someone else at the table. Another boy, also easy on the eyes. She smiled at him and sat upright again. It wasn't exactly polite to be having whispered conversations when someone else was at the table." hello." she said greeting the new comer. She then looked between the two for the resemblance as the exchange between them indicated that they were brothers. Ethan introduced her and once again she extended her hand." charmed. Its interesting that your name is Dozer, yet its your brother who is threatening to dose off any second now." she looked back at Ethan with a playful smile.

Originally Posted by melaine

Vivian seated herself in one of the tables,She wasn't really exited like other first years.But that doesn't mean she isn't thoughtful about what she'll soon learn in her class or hat new friends she'll meet,because of this,Vivian was in a daydreaming position.

Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Louisa scribbled down the incantation on her piece of parchment. She wasn't the best in memorizing the specific spells, you see. The piece of wood seemed like her tiny board back at home, the one she usually taught her brothers the alphabet on, and that helped her not to be tensed over the carving thing.

Before she had started working on her piece of wood and like a warning from heaven, Louisa saw a flying wood and then FIRE! She gasped and almost jumped under the table if an older student didn't step in and put it out. She stood still for a moment to take it all in. Okay. That was a bad try from that girl. What if she made the same mistake? Huh? No way. She wasn't taking any chances! Everybody knew wood catches fire like… the best. She wore the protecting gloves and moved her piece of wood further away… and further… and further. Now she was safe enough to try that spell ^__^

Ahem. She pointed her wand at the piece of wood, which stood almost in the center of the table now, and focused on it. "Intaglio Ansuz ansuz ansuz ansuz ansuz ansuz ansuz.." Moving the wand around and a few seconds later she heard a sound… like a big saw working on a piece of wood.

What? O__o

Louisa stopped suddenly and stretched out for her wood. "Er…Professor…" The young girl could see through the carvings! Uh Oh. "Was this supposed to happen?" Awkward smile "I mean the shape is almost the same but.."She put one finger into one of the holes.

Originally Posted by Sherri

Witsy was carefully paying attention as to not make any mistakes. Once she heard about safety glasses she sighed, for some reason everytime she wore them they would fog up on her or couldn't see. It's like they hated her or something. She looked over to the rest of the people at her table already practicing and thought to begin.

She placed her safety glasses on and placed the piece of wood in front of her. She raised her wand and her head started be irritated. Well now I can't concentrate on ruins if I'm bothered, she rationalized. She kept going and once her wand started moving and Witsy kept repeating Kenaz over and over her glasses fogged. Okay I can't wear these she thought, maybe no one will notice, feeling a bit paranoid. She took her goggles off, it's a piece of wood it's not gonna kill me... she hoped to think.

Originally Posted by Vargaroth

Draven took the googles and gloves out of the box and put them on. Man, these goggles make me look like a giant bug he thought as they were really huge! He then took out his wand and pronounced the spell "Intablio!" and all of a sudden the piece of wood flew off his desk and zinged past the professors head. Draven's eyes widened as he felt a huge sense of embarrassment.

"Uh sorry professor" he said hearing a few giggles in the classroom.

Originally Posted by grangerfan8

Arya was too distracted to notice the antics of the other students in the class. A good thing since she would normally find them distracting as well, and if she were to add those distractions to her current one, she would never get any work done. Her legs continued to swing as she watched Sabel's fingers traced her runes mark. It wasn't completed, nor was it correct, it was just visible enough and had just enough lines for the trained eye to distinguish what rune she was carving.

"Wonder if Truebridge will agree with that statement?" She peeked up at him with a grin. Maybe she would save this one since he seemed to like it so much. Glancing over at his rune, she realized that his, while more complete than hers, weren't exactly correct either. A grin spreading across her face when he told her the meanings of their runes together. "Intention indeed. I don't think they would work much....but they do look pretty side by side."

Originally Posted by CreativeAllie18

Alice picked up the piece of wood in front of her, pleased that this was more mentally visualizing than any real hands on carving. She figured her rune might actually turn out looking like a run this way. Alice slid on her goggles as well as a pair of gloves to protect her eyes and hands....you could never be too cautious in her opinion.

Alice placed her wand gently on the piece of wood, clearing her throat, before closing her eyes. "Intaglio wunjo, wunjo, wunjo," Alice kept saying, softly for a couple of minutes, picturing the rune and what it meant while she mumbled to herself. Alice opened her eyes, pleased to see the rune on the wooden board but unfortunately it was sideways...Alice turned the piece of wood so that the rune was facing the right direction...hmm.

Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

As the wood landed on his desk, Jake gave it a quick glance.

Yep. That was wood.

Ugh, gloves and goggles? He wasn't twelve. Jake made a slight face and summoned the safety equipment rather than go and get it... it was much easier this way. Plus, Jake was at the front anyway and lazy so... yeah.

After putting the ridiculous stuff on, Jake looked through his wand and found an easy one to say.

Isa looked good. PLUS it was easy to start with... just a straight line. Though when he looked at the pronunciation he saw he'd sound like a donkey...

Clearing his throat and holding his wand up, Jake pointed it at the wood and had his first attempt. "Intaglio isa isa isa isa isa..." he said firmly, tracing a line down, thinking of blockages and the one that stuck in his head, 'ice'.

Of course that led him to change what he was saying in his distraction."

"... isa isa isa... ice ice... ice ice baby..."

The spell stopped... but he had a line, so it was a success!

Next, Jake looked for a more complicated shape.

Algiz looked cool... it looked like a man cheering, possibly because he'd just carved a rune. Jake smiled and pointed his wand at another corner of his b-...

He saw the distractions in the room... fire, water, flying boards... and shook his head. The first thing that came to Jake's mind was the book still sitting on the table, and at once he grabbed the thing and stowed it safely in his bag which was gripped between his feet. Then he looked at Truebridge and raised an eyebrow without realising. Well... give the children wood and this is
what happens.

Focusing (GASP!) on his board of wood again, Jake cast his spell, thinking of protection and shields as he did so, and trying not to say those words out loud.

"Intaglio algiz algiz algiz algiz algiz..."

It took longer than the last one, of course, and some intense concentration, but Jake soon found himself finished with... a slightly odd looking shape, like a guy dancing to the YMCA song mid-way between Y and M. Well... it was hard to concentrate on three things!

"... sweet."

First time he'd managed a spell on the first try whilst at Hogwarts, after all.

Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy

Before heading up to the table, Emmaleigh listened to all the professor had to say. With her quill in hand, she began taking notes on the important bits. One of the last things he said made her pause in her writing. Raising her hand, she asked "Um, Professor? If you're carving a rune, and only thinking about one intent, will it only help with that one aspect?" she paused a moment, trying to string together her idea. "Like, if I'm carving Fehu, and only concentrating on luck, would it still help with achieving goals, and hard work paying off? Or would I have to carve the rune for each intent?"

After she was done taking notes, the young puff made her way the front of the room where she grabbed a pair of safety goggles, and sat them on her face. She headed back to her table, where she rummaged through her bag, and pulled out her own pair of gloves. She placed them on her hands, and looked at the list of Runes, trying to decided which one to try first. Nauthiz looked fairly easy, and yet it would still be useful for the class. She slipped her gloves on, and took her wand and thought about which hand to try first. Taking the wand in her left hand, Em held it against the wood. After a deep breath, the girl muttered intaglio, nauthiz, nauthiz, nauthiz, nauthiz and thought about the meaning of the rune. She did this untill she had finished carving the symbol. After she finished, Emmaleigh decided to switch hands, and try the Wunjo rune. This time, she gripped the wand tightly in her right hand, and repeated "intaglio, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo," as she traced the rune's shape on the board, still concentrating on the meaning of the rune.

Originally Posted by Jokun

Kim got both the goggles and gloves then returned to his sit Kim felt uneasy as to carving and what to carve he wanted to carve Kenaz but also wanted to carve Gebo. Other then that he was sure he could do it because he had seen and used the Intaglio before.

Kim raised his hand and kindly asked "may I carve two Runes into the would Professor?"

Originally Posted by Poisonedbyyou

Originally Posted by scarsandtetris

Charley entered Professor Truebridge's classroom, and was in an instant just as nervous as she had been before Potions or more. The classroom was very comfortable-looking, but there were tables instead of individual desks, meaning that she was going to have to sit next to people. It's not that she didn't like other people- she often did- but she didn't like to make many assumptions about people, so she never knew what someone was going to be like, a prospective which was fairly frightening. She saw that there was only one person sitting at the table closest to the bookshelf, and they were at one end, so she decided to sit there. She weaved through the other tables, which were placed, seemingly randomly, around the fascinating room, and took a seat at the other end of the table. She saw that most of the other students had grabbed safety tools already and were practising chants, and suddenly felt clueless. She usually was the top student in her classes, but she had no idea what was going on.

Originally Posted by top94a

Raven think why he choose Isa as his rune, he check again the book, it say Ice, reflection, obstacles, freezing, reinforcement of other magics, blockages, well he love reflecting in himself, trying to understand inner self, sound 20 i think, you are just eleven Raven, just an Eleven, well he goes to reinforcement of magic magic, and he must satisfy a bit, this is lesson anyway. The rune Isa may help him find his truly are. "err, Professor, I think Isa may help the student like me to find integration with self? more of a question than answer by Raven

Raven walk unto the desk of Professor Truebridge, he smile weakly, took a goggle and a gloves. he back swiftly into his table, study the wood provided by the rune master, What it is again Intaglo --no, Intanlio -- no, Intaglio --yes it is.

How to cast and carve it by repetition of desired rune till it carve nicely.
Raven draw his wand, yes the bonding of the and with him is something funny, he feel the cold breeze of the north wind, he always fell it.
Raven now ready to conjured spell, be it no accident, please, he wish.

Raven focused his mind to word ISA , reflection, and reinforcement of magic, hope is it right.
He move his wand unto the wood, always shout, he say "Intaglio Isa Isa Isa Isa" Raven stop examine the wood "aww, just a little cut on wood" barely tired by saying word repeatedly, his hand is likely hurt but thanks no wound, well he wore this gloves, perfect protective equipment.

He try again "Intaglio Isa Isa Isa Isa Isa" he stop again the rune is likely not visible to be

Originally Posted by The1HBIC

Marie sat there not paying attention to anything going on around her. She really wanted this class to be over. She needed to find out what was going on with her boyfriend and Neptune. She didn't even bother moving when Professor Truebridge came over and opened her book back up. It wasn't like she was planning on using it now anyway.

Not bothering to take the things Salander tried handing her she just continued to sit and stare. She wouldn't be needing those materials anyway, not like she was going to use them. Why should she care now anyway? If James didn't think it was important enough to be in class then she didn't think it was important enough to participate. Yeah, she was so going to be kicking herself later for those thoughts.

It wasn't until she had a face full of water that she snapped out of the daze she was in. "What the hell was that for?" she shouted as she jumped up from her seat. Okay, so maybe there had been a fire at their table but she didn't know that. Heck she didn't know anything that was going on around them now.

Drying her face off with Salander's robes... since he seemed to be the one that got her wet, she gave him a shove. "Do I look like I needed a shower?" If she wasn't in a bad mood before she sure was now.

Was this class over yet? She wanted OUT of there.