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When you walk into the Charms classroom, the big bold words on the chalkboard will remind you of the reading you should have done before class: Aparecium Charm. It’s a chilly autumn day, so the windows in the classroom are shut to keep the cold and the rain out. And although it’s just afternoon, the sky outside the windows is darker than normal, and an odd shade of purple, so the lights inside the room are lit a bit brighter than normal to illuminate the class room.

Professor Fuller-Thompson stands at the front of the classroom in his usual position, leaning up against the edge of his desk, waiting for his students to arrive, making note of who was there on time, who was running late and who was flipping their textbook open at the last minute because they forgot to do the reading.


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If Professor Fuller-Thompson was waiting for a more elaborate, Ravenclaw-esque answer from him, he was going to have to wait a long time. Alexandre wasn't exactly known for being particularly thoughtful or elaborate, or whatever else one traditionally would except from a Ravenclaw.

Learning about the Aparaceium charm seemed pretty interesting. Alexandre could think of lots of potential uses. Writing secret notes that no one else could read. Except for the fact that really anyone who knew the spell could read it actually. He considered the question posed, and Aboli's answer. He thought that older Ravenclaw girl's (Jina) answer was a good one. He raised his hand too. "If someone is hiding a message there's probably a reason for like. It's probably private and it's kind of rude to read other people's private messages. What if it's a love letter or something? They wouldn't want you to know that. Or it could be a secret they were planning for you, like a surprise party or something, but if you read their secret message then you're ruining the surprise." Yes he was aware the stakes of those two examples were fairly different, but that was what he was thinking about.
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There was a very pleased feeling seeping through Claudine. She had gotten the facts right about the two subjects- Charms and Transfiguration- overlapping. Truthfully, it sparked her interest and she made a mental note to have another meet with Fuller-Thomson on the topic of Disguising Spells. To back her up, a note was made neatly in the corner of her notes.

As she listened to the Head of House, the Snakette tried {and failed somewhat} to suppress a smile. Why was she smiling? Because she and Bernadette had been sneaky about getting the cruppies to Hogwarts. Didn’t see that coming, did you, Professors?

Again, it seemed that every bit of information she thought of had already been given. She’d say silent this time and pass the time making notes.
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We, as professors, have the most experience of all being sneaky, so however sneaky you think you’re being... we probably know. Well then ... but Professor Fuller-Thompson did forget one excruciating detail, which was that kids got smarter with each generation. So even though they might have "done it before", there are different advances that give every future generation certain advantages.... But she wasn't going to mention that, because well, he already knew. So he thought.

Ethics on the revealing charm. That was a good one to discuss, which was where sometimes Carsyn wasn't sure where to draw the line. It's like this, she wanted other people to not be nosy into her life, and yet she wanted to know about other people's. Sometimes on accident, sometimes on purpose. So really it was a tricky subject. "If someone is talking about you behind your back, would you want to know?" Carsyn phrased by way of answering the question. "Essentially if someone is writing in invisible ink, it could be for a number of reasons. Perhaps they're doing something confidential ... like an unspeakable task, that requires strict confidentiality, or it could abort the whole mission. Perhaps they're talking about a coworker. It might not be a bad thing. It might be praising them and not wanting to know that person is up for an accolade, to keep it a surprise. Or it could be malicious. But the point is, the person doing the writing has their intentions, maybe good or maybe bad, but it's not really up to you to determine those intentions. And if they are talking bad about you, do you really need to be associated with that? Do you really want to succumb to their bullying where they can't even tell you to your face?"
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An extensive, complicated, and tricky combination of spells? Now Heath was officially intrigued! He wanted to know what spells went into making someplace Unplottable, not that he expected to ever need to do so; it was just to satisfy his own curiosity. But now they were moving on. He listened to his classmates' answers while trying to come up with one of his own. All the factual information he recalled from the reading was already said, so his thoughts turned to the ethics side of things.

He kept thinking back to Hermione Granger using Aparecium to try to read Tom Riddle's diary. Sure, it had turned out that the diary was something important, and her spell hadn't worked… but that situation could've turned out so very differently! After all, she had no idea who Tom Riddle was at the time. What if it had worked? What if the diary hadn't belonged to Tom Riddle but some random Hogwarts student? Come to think of it, what if it belonged to someone she didn't like, like Pansy Parkinson? Would she have still tried to read it? While this wasn't necessarily the way Heath himself felt, one could argue that Hermione had been wrong to try to read that diary.

Once again, Heath was frightened out of voicing his thoughts, especially after hearing that older Slytherin girl (Aboli). Was it just him or did the wording of her question come across as a little… judgy? Strictly speaking, people can think the spell is unethical because they have their own opinions that, while different, are no less valid. If the question was meant as, Why do people think it's unethical… He thought his housemate (Alexandre) answered that better than he himself ever could.

Heath was conflicted. If he said nothing, he might get into trouble with Professor Fuller-Thompson. If he said the wrong thing, he might be shunned for having an unpopular opinion. Wait, that gave him an idea! "I think another ethical question is, What do you do with the information once you've read it?'," he said after raising his hand. "Secrets are powerful, and in the wrong hands, they can destroy reputations, relationships, even lives. Say for example, you find your enemy's diary and use aparecium to read it. Do you keep that information to yourself, or do you use it to get back at them?" There were so many ways this spell could be misused; he almost didn't want to think about it!
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So they were going to learn a spell like Aparecium? Phoebe gnawed on the end of her quill between taking notes. In a class called Charms, it wasn't likely that they could get away with not actually casting spells... although a girl could dream. At least she couldn't burn down a castle with this spell.

"It doesn't seem like a very good way to hide anything if just anyone can cast a spell and make it reappear. I mean, if i find an empty book, I'm going to see what's hidden in there. Every time." Not a fact, but... at least she was contributing. Right?
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Aboli didn't feel like the spell was unethical...? Hmm... Noah rested his hand on his chin as he listened to her. Interesting thought process. While he didn't know where to agree.. He bit his lip and then was not expecting to hear more opinions on it. Jina's point of view was interesting.. Hmm... Privacy deserved to eb respected. H e paused once more. Noah paused when he listened to Heath's explanation about what they should do with the information once they found it out. Interesting. The boy paused, contemplating what Heath had suggested its ethical when you decide what to do with the information revealed from the spell.

He remained quiet, scribbling down his thoughts.
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The history of ink? Whaa? Isla had no idea what the history of the ink was all about. She didn't even know the ink had a certain history. She thought she had read whatever it was they had to read, but apparently, she didn't make it to the end of the chapter.

She listened as her classmates rattled off literally everything there was to say about the charm. She had no idea what else she could say, but she dug through the depths of her mind anyway. Something should be hidden in there that she could add to the conversation.

Remembering a little something, she raised her hand. "I read that invisible ink can actually hide other types of ink used on parchment or other papers," she said. "I guess if you just use the ink like you would a crayon or something and just color over it?" Something like that. Maybe?
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Fuller-Thompson implying that age and experience had any real advantage over a plain heinous nature was almost amusing enough that attending classes today was actually worth it. Almost. Not quite. Still waiting on exactly that. After the chaos of the very first lesson of term, it had all gone downhill in that regard.

The point was, he was probably better off trying to convince himself of that than anyone else.

Nem didn't bother writing any notes down, but that was perfectly normal for them, and hadn't put them at an academic disadvantage so far. They sat quietly for a moment, running their sovereign ring backwards and forwards along the wood of the desk, just listening. After a little while, however, they raised their hand.

"Surely, sir, if you know the Aparecium Charm exists to reveal things like this, if you properly researched it and knew exactly how it worked and what it did and in what situations, surely you would just make an even better invisible ink that can't be revealed by that spell and use that instead. Or just use a better spell to conceal something than one a twelve-year-old could undo." Not even dark magic, just a more complex, complicated spell. Not that they were going to argue that this spell shouldn't be taught. Ideas were happening.
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Valencia considered the ethics of invisible ink before raising her hand to offer her opinion. "I don't think it's unethical. But the range of uses is anywhere from spying, to destructive secrets, to love letters..." she glanced over at Alexandre , finding his suggestion the most romantic thing she'd ever heard, "to really just harmless fun. Intent and context really define whether the message is harmful, but the act of hiding a message itself isn't morally wrong."
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Professors were the most experienced at being sneaky? Hmmmmm... Bernie eyed the professor for that one. On the one hand, he, as Groundskeeper-Professor, could probably go into the forest-which-shall-not-be-named all on his own. And he was also Curtis' dad, and Curtis seemed fairly sneaky, even though he didn't know how to make kneazles disappear. SO MAYBE Bernie would just believe the professorkeeper for once? Hmmm?

And mooooooooving on. Now was the reading-check question, and Bernie had already underlined what she knew she wanted to recite recall from the reading. "The Aaparecium charm is also called the revealing charm. To use it, you like, tap on stuff and the stuff will ~reveal~ its hidden contents." So, off to a great start. "You wanna know what I think about the aparecium charm, Professor?" 'Course he did. "I think a variation of this charm is what the Maurauders used to make their infamous map."

A map Bernie had been trying to recreate ever since, with little to no success. This was her theory though, and also, she was only a third year, and she was not part of a quartet of cool kids anymore, so. She couldn't be faulted for not having figured it out yet.
Ah, so Bernie was a good speed-reader was she? Her answer was fairly basic, and would have been recited from the first two paragraphs of the reading, but at least she tried... kind of. Oh, and she wanted to offer a thought of her own - and she wasn’t going to wait for him to disagree. Alright.

”You may just be right,” he said when she finished her intellectual comment about the Maurauder’s map, neither confirming nor denying what she offered in comparison to what he had studied about it because it was slightly off topic. But they could talk later, if she wanted to.

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Naya found her classmates ideas about being sneaky very interesting. Clearly some of them had first hand experience. Just saying. When the topic of the day’s lesson was revealed, she was not surprised. The Aparecium Charm was what they would learn and the first question was already on the table. Bernie had already addressed the charm, so Naya decided to tackle the other side of the coin.

The sixth year raised her hand and when it was her turn, she began to speak. “Invisible ink disappears when it dries. That way the information that has been written cannot be seen by anyone who isn’t meant to see it. Of course if you use the Aparecium Charm, the ink should reappear and the message should reveal itself.” Annnnd Naya couldn’t just leave it at that. She had to add a fun fact. At least she thought it was fact. ”Hermione Granger thought that Tom Riddle’s diary might have been written in invisible ink.”
When Naya raised her hand next, Piers gestured to her for her answer. ”Of course,” he replied in kind, since she was stating the obvious. Oh, but she was going to add in another fun fact as well, was she? ”Yes, that is a rumor. Along with many other complex spells.” Especially since the ink responded differently to each individual entry. Fascinating magic.

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Islay had of course, given Heath a kind smile in return before class began. Well, that was a nice little idea there Mr. Jones, she grinned jotted down notes on what everyone was saying as well as Professor Fuller-Thompsons reactions...so, it seemed like Drew’s response which was so like hers hadn’t garnered as fond of response – that was interesting to her. She did, of course write down little marks next to the ones she was curious of.

The passages were quite intriguing indeed.

Oooooh, the Professors were sneaky? She tipped her head at him as he said this. She had to wonder if they were sneaky because they had been students themselves? Probably, didn’t mean that they did know.

Glancing toward Bernadette Islay just nodded, that seemed plausible. Now, raising her hand she waited to be called again, “Aparecium has been in use for centuries – as it was known to be used by Arithmancer Bridget Wenlock, who apparently had accidentally sent her cousin a cake recipe instead of the set of calculations she had meant to send,” see wasn’t it interesting.

Well, they were just full of fun facts today, weren’t they? ”Yes, it’s basically an ancient spell.” Well done to her.

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‘We probably know’…. Nina eyed Fuller-Thompson for a moment. Did he really know? Because she was almost entirely certain the question (though surely relevant to their topic for today) was meant to help him get the lowdown on how students snuck around the castle. She saw you, sir. She saw you. There wasn’t much time to linger on this thought, however, as they were quickly moving on. Nina had of course done the reading, unlike some others who she had noticed cramming in the corridor just before class. Honestly.

As for the next question, Nina thought it to be an interesting one. Far more interesting than the first, anyway. She jotted a few things downing her notes, before looking up when Bernadette spoke. The Marauder’s Map was an interesting case. It was a surprisingly intelligent theory, that there would be a variation of the aparecium charm used to create it. The ethical dilemma there, however, had far more to do with the use of the homonculous charm in Nina’s opinion. Tracking people without their knoweldge is not only a total invasion of privacy, but it’s also SO creepy! Especially seeing as the map was in the hands of a bunch of hormone ridden Gryffindor boys.

Ethics was something she was quite conscious of, especially because she thought some of her classmates to have no regard for them whatsoever. She saw it plenty firsthand. There were also other reminders of this, such as an old Hogwarts tradition she had heard about in passing. Some sort of gossip magazine that went by the name of The Aparecium? Just because it was done with invisible ink (which is something she could only assume by the name itself) did not make it okay. A gossip magazine was not at all ethical. Rumors were rarely ever true and no one had the right to share information about someone else like that even if the rumors were true! @EloiseFairfield.
Nina looked like she had something to say... No? Well, alright.

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”Glad you liked my joke Professor”, a small smile on the prefects lips now. See, he knew he was right and the Professors “Ha” had all but confirmed it.

The prefect just listened for a moment listened as Bernadette speculated about a famous map. Huh, guess she wasn’t as witless as she seemed from previous lessons. Cough Defence against the Dark Arts Cough. The there was Neya who was discussing well known facts about the old Minister of Magic, Hermione Granger and again, relevant. Islay’s comment about Bridget Wenlock though, though made the prefect smile a little.

”Invisible in actually transfigures anything written in to become invisible and generally, Aparecium does reveal it but not always. He had read about a few cases where the ink didn’t work but generally, those had only happened when a dark witch or wizard was involved. Something that was best saved for the lessons with just the NEWT students.
”There are some inks that are impervious to that spell, but they are rather hard to find, and a bit finicky.” So it was generally best to stick with the name brand, you know?

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She nodded at the professor, agreeing that getting an invisibility cloak is a hard thing to do. She wishes she had one as well. One that she can use. She wonders what she will do if she does get a hold of it. Hmmm... probably something boring- she tends to be that sometimes.

we probably know, they probably do. Oh poor, Curtis.

That's not the topic though, the topic is about invisible ink revealing charm something that from the looks of it most of her classmates have read. "Aparecium... comes from the Latin word appareo meaning to become visible or to appear" she spoke up after raising her hand "people use to hide secrets or hidden messages" like the Marauder's map, Bridget Wenlock and the diary of Tom Riddle as some of them cited as an example. "I've also read somewhere that it can be somewhat blocked by the effects of the Horcrux-making spell."

Other than that, most of her answers were already called out.


And back to the head girl. And she was pulling out the latin this time, very nice. ”Excellent research, Miss Kim.” He was just gonna scooooooot on by that horcrux magic, though because there was NOT time to get on a tangent about that.

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The facts about the charm they were studying today were mentioned by other students, but she wanted to talk about the ethics. After organising her thoughts, she raised her hand.

“It may be immoral to use the Aparecium Charm to just reveal any and all secret messages. The people who wrote the messages want their privacy too,” she said. If she wrote a secret note in invisible ink and it got discovered by others, she would feel embarrassed and miserable. On the other hand, if the charm was used to find messages left by dark wizards or criminals, then perhaps that was fair. Where do you draw the line? Ethics is a difficult issue.
”Perhaps you’re right,” Piers commented after she offered her thoughts. ”Though, surely the people writing the secret messages know the ink can be revealed with a spell if it’s not protected in other ways, right?” He wasn’t arguing with her, but it was just something to consider.

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The sneaky thing was interesting and she did eye her little brother on his answer. Everyone knew about the passages, but what was he using them for was her question. She didn't stay long on that thought and figured as long as he was being safe and not getting caught he was fine.

Moving into the lesson and the reading she did not do, Chloe took her quill to begin writing down whatever notes she needed. Did she know about the charm, of course she did, but was she knowledgeable enough to answer? Listening to everyone else give the basics she decided that she was not on top of the knowledgeable enough scale, though she did know a few facts about the revealing charm from her readings in past years. She was preparing for NEWTS after all, well she needed to start preparing for NEWTS.

Speaking of Aparecium, she wondered if the latest gossip paper had come out yet. She hadn't seen it, but that sneaky paper always had a way of coming when they needed distractions and it was always interesting to see who was in there. Not that she would ever admit she liked something like that and she didn't believe most of it. It was just entertaining at most.
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Professors had the most experience being sneaky? Avalon highly doubted that. Maybe they had the most experience detecting sneakiness, but she knew plenty of students who were probably just as smart and sneaky. Looking at you, Slytherins.

In her opinion, invisible ink wasn't really the sneakiest thing you could use, since it could so easily be revealed be the Aparecium charm. If she really wanted to be sneaky, she would want to use a charm that couldn't be easily reversed. "The Aparecium charm is an alternative to using a revealer." As far as she knew, a revealer also uncovered invisible ink. "I think they both do the same thing. I don't have one with me, but it looks kind of like a Muggle eraser, and when you use it, it can reveal hidden writings." She'd prefer to use the charm though, because it didn't require any extra supplies. Who just happened to carry a revealer around in their pocket?
”You’re quite right. Basically a physical revealing charm, that is.” Handy if you didn’t have your wand with you.

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As much as her head of house said professors were sneaky AND knew everything they got up, Aboli just didn't believe it. It was practically impossible! Students would be in WAY more trouble if professors knew eeeeeverything. Oh Aboli you don't even know.

It was the part of the lesson where Aboli's hand was almost a blur from scribbling down notes so fast. She had done the reading so she ACTUALLY knew stuff, but it seemed everyone else had the boring information covered. Also, did someone mention horcruxes? Jillian? It made Aboli wrinkle her nose. Ghastly subject to bring up in class, eh?

She raised her hand. "Professor, why would anyone even think the spell is unethical? I don't really understand. Hiding things isn't unethical in itself, I don't think," she said as she continued writing notes. It was a neutral action, so to speak.
Piers gestured at Aboli when she raised her hand and questioned the ethics part. Funny a Slytherin should ask. However, Piers just shrugged. ”It was just a question. I thought I’d see if anyone had any particular opinions on it.” That was all. Clearly she did not.

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All of these rather elaborate answers. Blake had done the reading ... or at least some of the reading. But he wasn't sure he had any really good answers to give. "I think you tap the paper/book/object 3 times for the wand movement." Blake at least remembered that part, but he wasn't sure he remembered it right.
And Blake was mentioning the wand movement - excellent. ”Right you are. We’ll be practicing that in a bit.” It was charms class after all.

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If Professor Fuller-Thompson was waiting for a more elaborate, Ravenclaw-esque answer from him, he was going to have to wait a long time. Alexandre wasn't exactly known for being particularly thoughtful or elaborate, or whatever else one traditionally would except from a Ravenclaw.

Learning about the Aparaceium charm seemed pretty interesting. Alexandre could think of lots of potential uses. Writing secret notes that no one else could read. Except for the fact that really anyone who knew the spell could read it actually. He considered the question posed, and Aboli's answer. He thought that older Ravenclaw girl's (Jina) answer was a good one. He raised his hand too. "If someone is hiding a message there's probably a reason for like. It's probably private and it's kind of rude to read other people's private messages. What if it's a love letter or something? They wouldn't want you to know that. Or it could be a secret they were planning for you, like a surprise party or something, but if you read their secret message then you're ruining the surprise." Yes he was aware the stakes of those two examples were fairly different, but that was what he was thinking about.
Back to ethics. Piers nodded at Alexandre’s response, knowing himself that there wasn’t a right or wrong answer to the question on ethics and morals. It really was just up to each individual. ”You are right - it’s not very nice to snoop. But at the same time... it’s not illegal.”

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There was a very pleased feeling seeping through Claudine. She had gotten the facts right about the two subjects- Charms and Transfiguration- overlapping. Truthfully, it sparked her interest and she made a mental note to have another meet with Fuller-Thomson on the topic of Disguising Spells. To back her up, a note was made neatly in the corner of her notes.

As she listened to the Head of House, the Snakette tried {and failed somewhat} to suppress a smile. Why was she smiling? Because she and Bernadette had been sneaky about getting the cruppies to Hogwarts. Didn’t see that coming, did you, Professors?

Again, it seemed that every bit of information she thought of had already been given. She’d say silent this time and pass the time making notes.
Truthfully, he hadn’t seen the cruppies coming. They were quite a pleasant surprise.

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We, as professors, have the most experience of all being sneaky, so however sneaky you think you’re being... we probably know. Well then ... but Professor Fuller-Thompson did forget one excruciating detail, which was that kids got smarter with each generation. So even though they might have "done it before", there are different advances that give every future generation certain advantages.... But she wasn't going to mention that, because well, he already knew. So he thought.

Ethics on the revealing charm. That was a good one to discuss, which was where sometimes Carsyn wasn't sure where to draw the line. It's like this, she wanted other people to not be nosy into her life, and yet she wanted to know about other people's. Sometimes on accident, sometimes on purpose. So really it was a tricky subject. "If someone is talking about you behind your back, would you want to know?" Carsyn phrased by way of answering the question. "Essentially if someone is writing in invisible ink, it could be for a number of reasons. Perhaps they're doing something confidential ... like an unspeakable task, that requires strict confidentiality, or it could abort the whole mission. Perhaps they're talking about a coworker. It might not be a bad thing. It might be praising them and not wanting to know that person is up for an accolade, to keep it a surprise. Or it could be malicious. But the point is, the person doing the writing has their intentions, maybe good or maybe bad, but it's not really up to you to determine those intentions. And if they are talking bad about you, do you really need to be associated with that? Do you really want to succumb to their bullying where they can't even tell you to your face?"
Answering a question with another question, riiiiight. Piers nodded as Carsyn spoke.... And spoke... wow, this was really quite a long answer. Well thought out though, which he appreciated in the end. ”You bring up some very good points,” he said simply when she was finished. Again, he wasn’t there to argue, just to let them speak their thoughts on the matter, and she had some good thoughts about it.

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An extensive, complicated, and tricky combination of spells? Now Heath was officially intrigued! He wanted to know what spells went into making someplace Unplottable, not that he expected to ever need to do so; it was just to satisfy his own curiosity. But now they were moving on. He listened to his classmates' answers while trying to come up with one of his own. All the factual information he recalled from the reading was already said, so his thoughts turned to the ethics side of things.

He kept thinking back to Hermione Granger using Aparecium to try to read Tom Riddle's diary. Sure, it had turned out that the diary was something important, and her spell hadn't worked… but that situation could've turned out so very differently! After all, she had no idea who Tom Riddle was at the time. What if it had worked? What if the diary hadn't belonged to Tom Riddle but some random Hogwarts student? Come to think of it, what if it belonged to someone she didn't like, like Pansy Parkinson? Would she have still tried to read it? While this wasn't necessarily the way Heath himself felt, one could argue that Hermione had been wrong to try to read that diary.

Once again, Heath was frightened out of voicing his thoughts, especially after hearing that older Slytherin girl (Aboli). Was it just him or did the wording of her question come across as a little… judgy? Strictly speaking, people can think the spell is unethical because they have their own opinions that, while different, are no less valid. If the question was meant as, Why do people think it's unethical… He thought his housemate (Alexandre) answered that better than he himself ever could.

Heath was conflicted. If he said nothing, he might get into trouble with Professor Fuller-Thompson. If he said the wrong thing, he might be shunned for having an unpopular opinion. Wait, that gave him an idea! "I think another ethical question is, What do you do with the information once you've read it?'," he said after raising his hand. "Secrets are powerful, and in the wrong hands, they can destroy reputations, relationships, even lives. Say for example, you find your enemy's diary and use aparecium to read it. Do you keep that information to yourself, or do you use it to get back at them?" There were so many ways this spell could be misused; he almost didn't want to think about it!
For the record, Piers didn’t get students in trouble for not answering questions. It was only if they were deliberately not paying attention or disrupting the class. Piers appreciated the insight that Heath gave. ”Important to consider, isn’t it? What would you do?” he asked, throwing the question right back to him, mostly rhetorically.

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So they were going to learn a spell like Aparecium? Phoebe gnawed on the end of her quill between taking notes. In a class called Charms, it wasn't likely that they could get away with not actually casting spells... although a girl could dream. At least she couldn't burn down a castle with this spell.

"It doesn't seem like a very good way to hide anything if just anyone can cast a spell and make it reappear. I mean, if i find an empty book, I'm going to see what's hidden in there. Every time." Not a fact, but... at least she was contributing. Right?
”And you’re probably right, but imagine how many times you’ve passed something by that has been written on invisible ink... and you’d never know because you didn’t try casting a spell on it?” He paused to let her think. ”Sometimes the location of the message is the sneakiest part.” Imagine the things they’d uncover if they aparecium-ed every inch of the castle.

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Aboli didn't feel like the spell was unethical...? Hmm... Noah rested his hand on his chin as he listened to her. Interesting thought process. While he didn't know where to agree.. He bit his lip and then was not expecting to hear more opinions on it. Jina's point of view was interesting.. Hmm... Privacy deserved to eb respected. H e paused once more. Noah paused when he listened to Heath's explanation about what they should do with the information once they found it out. Interesting. The boy paused, contemplating what Heath had suggested its ethical when you decide what to do with the information revealed from the spell.

He remained quiet, scribbling down his thoughts.
Another note taker, which was fine by him. As long as he was paying attention.

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The history of ink? Whaa? Isla had no idea what the history of the ink was all about. She didn't even know the ink had a certain history. She thought she had read whatever it was they had to read, but apparently, she didn't make it to the end of the chapter.

She listened as her classmates rattled off literally everything there was to say about the charm. She had no idea what else she could say, but she dug through the depths of her mind anyway. Something should be hidden in there that she could add to the conversation.

Remembering a little something, she raised her hand. "I read that invisible ink can actually hide other types of ink used on parchment or other papers," she said. "I guess if you just use the ink like you would a crayon or something and just color over it?" Something like that. Maybe?
Invisible ink that could hide other ink? ”By drawing over it? Interesting,” he said simply, because he really hadn’t heard of an ink like that before. Maybe it was new.

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Fuller-Thompson implying that age and experience had any real advantage over a plain heinous nature was almost amusing enough that attending classes today was actually worth it. Almost. Not quite. Still waiting on exactly that. After the chaos of the very first lesson of term, it had all gone downhill in that regard.

The point was, he was probably better off trying to convince himself of that than anyone else.

Nem didn't bother writing any notes down, but that was perfectly normal for them, and hadn't put them at an academic disadvantage so far. They sat quietly for a moment, running their sovereign ring backwards and forwards along the wood of the desk, just listening. After a little while, however, they raised their hand.

"Surely, sir, if you know the Aparecium Charm exists to reveal things like this, if you properly researched it and knew exactly how it worked and what it did and in what situations, surely you would just make an even better invisible ink that can't be revealed by that spell and use that instead. Or just use a better spell to conceal something than one a twelve-year-old could undo." Not even dark magic, just a more complex, complicated spell. Not that they were going to argue that this spell shouldn't be taught. Ideas were happening.
Ah, yes, leave it to the Upstead to bring up the suggestion of just a better ink. Upstead’s had good brains. Sometimes. ”Surely,” he agreed casually with a half of a shrug. ”Perhaps that invisible ink has already been created and you just don’t know... because it’s invisible.” Just saying.

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Valencia considered the ethics of invisible ink before raising her hand to offer her opinion. "I don't think it's unethical. But the range of uses is anywhere from spying, to destructive secrets, to love letters..." she glanced over at Alexandre , finding his suggestion the most romantic thing she'd ever heard, "to really just harmless fun. Intent and context really define whether the message is harmful, but the act of hiding a message itself isn't morally wrong."
Yes, intent. INTENT. It aaaaall went back to Charms Theory, which really got the charms nerd in him excited. ”Glad you brought that up, Miss Philips. As always, intent plays a huge part in magic.” Which meant, again, that there really was no right or wrong answer when it came to ethics.


Once Piers was satisfied with the length and depth of the discussion (which came rather quickly, which he was pleased about - the students really had their thinking caps on), he walked on over to the chalkboard and pulled out his wand. It was time for some demonstration and practice.

”Alright, now that we’ve got some more information about the spell in our minds, we’re going to try and put it to work. Like Blake mentioned, the wand movement is very simple. Three taps on the parchment, or object, that has the invisible ink on it. Say aparecium as you tap, while keeping a strong focus, and the message will appear. Now, since this charm can go above just revealing invisible ink, the more complex the target, the more focus you’ll need.” But that went with any charm and any spell, so it should be a pretty easy concept for them to grasp.

Waving his wand at the chalkboard, Piers added a few lines to help them out.

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Aparecium
app - ah - REE - see - uhm


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”Okay, we’re going to do a bit of practice here. Get used to the incantation and the wand movement. All of you should have brought some parchment or a notebook with you. There is a quill on each of your desks with invisible ink welled up in them. I want you to write something down on your parchment, wait for the ink to disappear and then practice the charm until you feel you’ve got the hang of it.” Simple in concept, but it would be a bit more difficult for the younger students to master, just as other spells were. ”Alright, get to it. I’ll be coming around.” To check on them and make sure they were staying on task, obviously.


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Oh, look, a chalk board. Briefly, the prefect wondered how long the chalk board had been at the school for as the professor walked over and wrote down the spell and wand movements, such was his ability to focus today.

Snapping out of his stupor, he looked up at the board at the incantation and wand movements and just gave one small curt not because this didn’t seem to be too difficult.

”Professor, can we write messages to our friends and then get them to use the spell on it?” he asked before he wrote his message. He didn’t have anyone in mind really, rather, he would write a message to a random person and then leave for whoever wanted it but, you know, it could be fun to get a message from some unknown person try and reveal?
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Listening to the professor's comment, she nodded thoughtfully. What he said was true. If she were to write a secret message, she would have to do more than just write it in invisible ink. The privacy problem would be more relevant for muggles, like her parents and friends, who would have no idea that their version of invisible ink can be revealed easily with magic. Though strictly speaking, muggles were capable of revealing invisible ink using scientific ways as well. Moving on ...

"app - ah - REE - see - uhm, Aparecium," she practised the incantation. Taking out her wand, she practised tapping it on the parchment in front of her three times. The incantation and wand movement seemed quite easy. She repeated them separately a few more times, then decided to try them together. She picked up the quill with invisible ink on her desk rather excitedly - it had been a while since she wrote anything in invisible ink. On her parchment, she wrote her name (nothing sneaky) and waited for the ink to disappear. Now it just looked like a blank parchment. "Aparecium!" Three taps on the parchment, focusing hard on trying to reveal the secret message and ... tada! Her name was revealed! This was pretty cool.

The seventh year continued to practise the charm, using different messages like "Hogwarts", "Charms" and "Aparecium". She thought it wouldn't be wise to write anything too private, since the aim was to reveal the message.
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Jillian was pleased with her answer, the professor didn't really dwell on what she said in the latter and she is guessing that is not a topic to even be discussed with any student... especially a Slytherin because the last time that happened.... well.. you know...

The aparecium spell was an easy one when you have done it before which Jillian has done at least once as a practice. it wasn't a big deal or anything. She wrote a sentence and practiced out the charm. As the professor said, the more complex the target, the more focus you’ll need.

She took out a piece of parchment from her bag and laid it on top of her table. Eyeing the quill with the invisible ink in front of her she started to practice the incantation "app - ah - REE - see - uhm" she read under her breath and then 3 taps for the wand movement. Yep, that's enough practice for her. She took the quill and position her hand in the center of the parchment. Slowly writing something random............ hmmm... like her name. She wrote her name on the parchment to practice on. She watched her name slowly disappearing on the paper and she readied her wand out. "Aparecium!" as she tapped three times on her parchment and then a smiled formed on her lips as her name showed on the parchment right after she did the spell.

She doesn't use the invisible ink a lot so this is really cool for her.

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Taking out a piece of parchment and grabbing said quill with invisible ink, Blake took it and wrote "I wish it was the weekend" There, simple yet true. He was ready for the weekend of no homework or lessons. Maybe him and Bernadette could hand out at the Lake again ..... as long as Schmoe doesn't show up to 'exercise' again.

Now came the time to practice the spell. Before even attempting the wand movement with it he practiced saying the spell. "Aparecium, Aparecium, Aparecium" He repeated 3 times... Okay now time to put it all together.

"Aparecium" Blake said tapping his parchment 3 times with authority, you know to show that parchment who's boss. He watched ... he waited ....... and nothing happened ....... okay ...... well ....... Trying it again, "Aparecium" and again tapping the parchment 3 times, he looked ... and started to see something ... the word 'weekend' had appeared, but that it of his sentence ... well it was at least a start.
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Naya was busy scribbling notes. She continued writing as the professor explained what they would be doing next. They had to practice the Revealing Charm, but what was more interesting to Naya was writing with invisible ink. She had used muggle invisible ink before. It never really worked well. But this, this was magic. That was taking things to a whole different level.

Naya picked up the invisible ink quill and looked at it. Interesting. She put the quill to her parchment and began to write. When she was finished, she took out her wand and was ready to practice the charm. The wand movement was straightforward enough. Three taps on the parchment. The incantation, while not that complicated, could use some practice. “Aparecium, A-pa-re-ci-um, Aparecium.” Naya just wanted to make sure she was comfortable with the pronunciation. Now, she was ready to give the spell a try for real.

Taking a moment to get her focus right, Naya took several deep breaths and concentrated. Then she tapped her wand three times on the parchment and said, “Aparecium”. And.......yes! The words began to appear. Reach for the sky was now clearly visible on her parchment. Naya had done it and on the first try. Feeling satisfaction, she thought about what she could write for her second try.
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Ethics, schmethics. Bernie wasn't sure she cared about the "morals" or "good or bad" or whatever of hiding a message and using magic to uncover other peoples' hidden messages. She agreed with Aboli and Phoebe and even Nem; like, if you knew how to use invisible ink to hide stuff, then you didn't care THAT much about it being revealed. Because wasn't invisible ink a basic way to hide things? Nem was TOTALLY correct there.

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"App - ah - REE - see - uhm, app - ah - REE - see - uhm," Bernie said it under her breath as she got her parchment ready for her secret message. Hmm, she liked the Ravenclaw prefect's idea of writing a message to a friend (aka Blake). Or to an enemy. She looked around the room and caught a glance of the back of Claudine's head. UGH. NO. Just the sight of her made Bernie SO MAD sometimes, as the Slytherin's words from the opening feast WERE STILL STUCK IN HER HEAD. Especially in THIS class, since this was the professor-groundskeeper they had brought the crups for.

Bernie hurriedly scribbled a LÖRGE, mean message on her parchment in invisible ink.

CLAUDINE BLAZE SMELLS LIKE MANURE.


There. No one could see this, right? She looked around the room carefully to be sure no one was watching before she decided to try the spell. "App - ah - REE - see - uhm!" Bernie tapped her parchment.

Nothing happened.

What the---? She growled to herself and tapped it again, and then a third time. OH HO HO. There we go.

CLAUDINE BLAZE SMELLS LIKE MANURE.


There was the message, nice and big for anyone to see. OOPS. Bernie shoved her hands over her parchment, JUST IN CASE she'd get in trouble for this. How did she make it disappear, now? What was the undoing spell?

Bernie hurried flipped her parchment over just, um, just because she didn't want to mess with it any more. That was all.
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Fuller-Thompson didn't seem too impressed with her answer, but it was true! At least...it was true that she'd read that in a book somewhere. Apparently it wasn't actually true that it could cover up regular print on parchment. Meh. She tried.

She turned her attention to the discussion, which was just a basic explanation of the incantation and wand movement. She looked at the quill on her desk. Awesome. INVISIBLE INK. She got out all the necessary materials and then set to work thinking of something to write on her parchment. Hmm... Isla dipped her quill in the invisible ink and set to work.

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She waited, eyes wide with wonder, while the ink disappeared. SUPER COOL. Once it was officially invisible, she decided to do a few practice rounds before casting on the actual parchment.

"App-ah-REE-see-uhm!" she called out, breaking it down just as Fuller-Thompson had done. "Aparecium!" She didn't see the point in practicing the super easy wand movements, but she did it anyway just to put two and two together. "Aparecium!" she said again, making sure to tap the air three times as she said that.
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Aboli DIDN'T care, Fuller-Thompson, she was just confused why ANYONE would care. It didn't seem bad to her...hmm. But this lesson was eaaaaasy sailing thus far. Writing invisible messages also had its perks. She had thought about going Bernie's route and writing something horrible about someone, but then, the risk of getting caught outweighed her desire for being rude.

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Claudine wasted no time in getting to work. For some reason, she had a good feeling about this spell; she’d be able to master it in no time. Maybe it was her confidence, maybe not. The quill was picked up and she examined it with interest because... well, invisible ink, people. Unfortunately for her, there was no invisible ink for her to have so she went about working on writing something.

In no time, a short sentence was written and it blew Claudine’s mind that it seemed she had only taken an empty quill to her book. “Aparecium, Aparecium.’’ she began a soft chant of the incantation. As she reached for her wand, she glanced over at Cole. He probably wrote some nonsensical, lovey dovey note about Naya. The thought sent a pang of hurt through her. Quickly she drew her attention back to her work.

“Aparecium.’’ The incantation was said in a commanding tone, with as much concentration that could be mustered as the page of her book was tapped. Nothing happened then but she was not detoured. “Aparecium.’’ There. The message was quite visible now:

Samm is the best pet rat ever.

A nice, short and sweet message. Quite mature too. Unlike Grantham’s over there.
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Now, to try the spell out. She glanced down in her textbook at the pronunciation guide again, just to be sure she remembered correctly, and then she realized it was on the board, and she felt dumb, so she had a seat and sighed. Okay. Pay attention to things, Aboli, Merlin.

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"Aparecium..." she gave her parchment three tiny taps, watching the ink suddenly appear. "Wicked," she murmured. The Slytherin picked up the quill again, and jotted another sentence down.

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K had stayed fairly quiet during the rest of the discussion on the charm, not really having much else to contribute. She was definitely much better off focusing on what everyone else was saying and taking notes. Which is exactly what she had done.

But then Professor Fuller-Thompson was telling them it was time to actually practice. She pushed her notes to the side, taking a blank sheet of paper so that she could use the invisible ink in order to write out her practice message. She did like the idea one of the other students had asked about in terms of switching notes which would give the practice a fun little surprise, but also she wasn't sitting super close to anyone she really knew anyways, so better off to just stick with her own sheet.

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Nothing scandalous. But still true. She stared at the paper so that she could watch the words disappear, before pulling out her wand to practice. She tapped the paper three times in a row, paused, and then went ahead and did it again. Once she felt confident on the motions, which were definitely quite simple, she focused on figuring out how to SAY the spell. She stared at her notes where she had written it down from the board and focused on sounding it out in her head before mumbling it aloud, "app - ah - REE - see - uhm". She also repeated this process a couple of times.

Tapping her paper three times, "Aparecium". And... nothing. Hm.

She went back to practicing the phrase over and over again under her breath. She'd just have to try again.
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They would be learning the Revealing Charm, yes? Noah stayed quiet as their Professor explained the pronunciation of the spell and the wand movement to use. Right. Time to practice. He decided he'd practice the pronunciation first. "Appahreeseeuhm, appah-ree-sse-umm, Appahreese-umm, Appah-ree-see-uhm," he repeated over and over again.

"Aparecium," he said, more confident before practicing three taps.

Feeling pretty confident, he decided to pick up his quill and write something. But what to write...

He decided he'd write something tame so he chose his name. Once satisfied with his penmanship, he picked up his wand and incited the incantation along with the three wand taps. "Aparecium!"
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"Apareeeeeeeecium," Phoebe murmured the incantation under her breath as she pulled parchment closer to her and doodled a little in the corner. It was super cool to watch the spirals form in solid black ink and then slowly fade away. It was like writing in water that dried quickly, only it really looked like ink. Up until it didn't.

She wasn't sure what to write. Not a real secret, since it wouldn't be secret for very long - she was going to make it reappear. Assuming the spell worked. They usually didn't. Maybe just her name, in among all the spirals, along with a drawing of a dog and a phoenix wearing a hat. And some little fluttery hearts and stars and maybe a dinosaur. And allll of them disappeared.
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Isla had practiced the incantation and wand movement and felt like there was really nothing else she could do to perfect things anymore. She was confident in the incantation, and the wand movement was a piece of cake, so now it was time to put everything together and reveal her hidden message. She looked down at her parchment.

--->I'm already at that point in the school year where even copying someone else's homework requires too much effort.<---

Of course, it was invisible, so the message couldn't be seen. She knew what it said, though. Isla gripped her wand in her hand and aimed it toward the parchment. "Aparecium!" she said. She tapped her wand once...twice...three times.

It was weird, in a good way, the way things happened. Her writing slooooowly became more visible. It looked a little blurry at first, but she figured that was just how it looked as it moved from invisible to faded and finally to how it looked when she'd first written it.

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...and there it was. Super visible and able to read by anyone.
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Who knew that invisible ink could bring up such an intellectual discussion on ethics? Normally, Avalon would love to talk about deep topics like that, but there was something about the gloomy sky today that was making her feel a little sleepy. So she was intent to just listen to her classmates' contributions.

And then it was time to practice the spell. Avalon made a few scribbles on her parchment with the invisible ink to make sure it worked. Sure enough, it vanished within seconds. She wrote out a simple message (just the name of the spell) in loopy, cursive handwriting. Best to start with one word to see if it worked.

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She jotted down a few notes before practicing the incantation to herself. "Aparecium," she said under her breath. She always felt a bit silly saying spells to herself, but she supposed it was the only good way to practice. "Aparecium. App - ah - REE - see - uhm. Aparecium." Once she was sure she had the pronunciation down, she picked up her wand. Avalon tapped the parchment two times, saying, "Aparecium!" And....nothing.

Confused, Avalon glanced up at the board. Oh, it was supposed to be three taps. That's why it didn't work. She tried it again, tapping her parchment three times now. The words slowly appeared. Wooho!!! What other messages should she try now?
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