She sank a bit lower in her seat. She had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. Her knowledge of magical history was very lacking. She had only been aware of the magical world for less than a year and her parents hadn't known of it either. She hoped one of the magical born students in the class would offer up what they knew on the subject before Professor Curtains could call on her.

Fiddling with her notebook and keeping her pencil at the ready, Emmalyn focused her eyes on her paper with laser intensity. Eye contact was a sure way to get noticed and that was not what she wanted to happen.