Originally Posted by Jean Granger

What was happening? Carl looked up as he heard some desks shaking. Why would somebody do that... oh, they were not doing it on purpose. It was probably invisible Peeves pulling a prank or something.


Just as he was about to turn his attention back to the lesson, the Hufflepuff saw Miranda beside him, looking a bit confused. He could not blame her, this class was difficult for him too and he was a big Third Year. "Miranda? You okay? If you are stuck, I can try to help!" He said.

As Professor Sokolov spoke, Carl looked up at the board again. Galdrs. He had no idea what those are, probably because as the man said, they were not in the textbooks. The Galdr for Ehwaz really did look funny! So Galdrs were incantations for runes. He thought he understood.

He thought hard about a possible use, until... a Gryffindor's desk burst into flames. He jumped, then stared at the burning desk. Runes were indeed cool! Pretending not to see the small drama happening about putting the fire out, he raised his hand. "Does it bring success?" He said. After all, the rune carved into his desk, Fehu, was about prosperity and the like.