Mariel walked towards the DADA classroom, messenger bag slug over her shoulder. Although it was not her very favorite class, she found she had much enjoyed it last year. Sure, Kazimeriz was awfully scary, but he knew his subject and was an outstanding teacher. The third year had been quite impressed with how much she had learned under his teaching.

So it was with mixed apprehension and excitement that she approached the door of the classroom today, but she stopped in the doorway, somewhat surprised by what she saw. The classroom looked vastly different than it did a year ago. Gone were the gruesome pictures that hung around the room, instead replaced by suits of armor and laterns. But not only that, instead of Kazimeriz waiting for his students to assemble, he was also replaced by someone new - a teacher she remembered seeing at the Welcoming feast. Slightly bemused by these turn of events, Mariel slowly made her way out of the doorway and set her bag to the side of the room. After she found herself a seat at a deskless chair, the third year pulled the wand from her pocket and gave the professor a polite smile as she greeted him. "Hello, Professor."