So, naturally, the picture on the board was in fact not jello. It was the philosophers stone, which, of course, made a little more sense... given that this was history of magic, and not a class about gelatin. Although, a gelatin class would be pretty interesting.

Distracted by the thoughts of jello and their deliciousness, Rowan almost missed the first question. Nicholas Flamel. What did he know about Flamel? His mum was a history geek, so he was sure he had to remember hearing something at some point about the stone-maker. The badger racked his brain as his peers gave their answers, trying to come up with something that hasn’t been said.

Aha!

The second years hand slowly rose up and he gently cleared his throat. “He was the oldest wizard in history, wasn’t he? Lived ‘till about his...six hundreds or so?” He answered. Merlin, six hundred years! Could you imagine?