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Today it definitely felt like FALL in the castle. Gabi was waiting at her desk at the front of the classroom as you enter. She was feeling extra fall-y today and was wearing an oversized scarf and leaf earrings with her outfit. See? She could be FUN and COOL when she felt like it! Some days the chill in the air just made you feel like you needed to celebrate the weather, you know?
"Come on in everyone - please have a seat, we will get started shortly," she announced as the first group of students began to enter. There was no hint to what the lesson could be about today - nothing on the board, no knick knacks on the desks. Just Gabi, waiting patiently for everyone to arrive.
OOC: Hello! First off - welcome to your first History of Magic class of the term! While we are still rather early in the term please note your characters have had a handful of lessons with Gabi already since a month has already passed, so she is already familiar with your characters and vice versa. Second, I'm so sorry I didn't post an announcement! Time got away from me and we just finished up moving into a new house, so things got crazy with some unexpected internet issues and my usual work schedule on top of that. Don't worry, though, we'll have plenty of time to still do what we need to do in the lesson! Be sure to read the classroom rules and SSRPG rules before posting. We will move on in roughly 22ish hours. CLASS HAS STARTED! Please pretend your character has been here the whole time or risk losing points. Thanks!
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Cecelia knew Catherine had watched her write down her answers, didn't she? Yes, she did. It was why the Ravenclaw looked knowingly at the blonde and blinked. "Right."What a coincidence.
Something in her wanted to push Cecelia to say why she had picked Ollivander just to see what excuse the girl would give, but Catherine refrained herself as she could hear her mother's voice in her head telling her off for not being nice. "I chose Filius Flitwick because he inspires me. It's nice that he was such a great dueller and also a musician." Believe it or not, Catherine liked both qualities and wanted to emulate the man in some senses as best as she could. "Why did you choose Ollivander? And which of them did you choose?"
Sorry, mother. She couldn't help it.
”The dueling part IS pretty cool. Wonder if he could take Trent in a duel. What’d you think?” Trent was being pretty mean lately and something told Cecelia his type of dueling style was pretty mean now too, which made her sort of think he’d win in something as epic as that showdown.
Uhhhhh...
”I actually didn’t pick the same Ollivander you did, so-“ At least she wasn’t going to admit it now that Catherine had found her out. ”I picked his dad because he obviously taught young Garrick absolutely everything he knew and inspired him to be the best ever! That’s what dad did for me with quidditch, you know.” BOOM! How was that for a connection, Cat? Actually, cecelia was pretty impressed with herself for pulling that out of nowhere so she hurried and wrote it all down. She also scribbled down some stuff about how Molly Weasley was the absolute BEST mum aside from her own because she was brave AND good with her wand AND she was a heroine who raised heroes.
"Yes! Let's work together," Avalon said, giving Blake a smile as she took out a fresh sheet of parchment. She usually preferred working alone, but she had to admit that all the partner work so far this term had introduced her to a lot more people. "Do you know which family you want to do? I want to do the Weasleys, but I don't know which individual to pick. There are so many to choose from!" Each one of them played a role in wizarding history. How could she possibly pick just one? Ginny, of course, was one of her favorites, being such a great Quidditch player and all. But there was also Ron, Fred, George....Avalon really did admire each of them. Except for maybe Percy. From what she read about him, he had made some questionable choices.
"The Weasley's are cool" Blake added, glad that he didn't have to keep searching for a partner. Blake's Dad use to tell people that he was distantly related to the Weasley, but since Blake never did any research into his own ancestry he had no idea if he dad was telling the truth or not. Blake mostly thought his dad just wanted to feel important and connected to the wizarding world.
"I'd say we stick with either Ginny or Ron" Those were are least Blake's favorite two Weasley's to talk or read about. "I mean Ginny was MARRIED to Harry Potter and played quidditch, but Ron was his best friends and was there in the heart of the whole battle." So which direction did they go?
"I'm fine with either ... you pick."
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Harry potter- big part in defeating voldemort. Made world less biased towards muggle-borns. Was an important auror.
She looked over at Aboli's notes. The Shacklebolts seemed like an interesting family too. History was a little bit more interesting than Ashley had originally thought...
Aboli nodded. "That's cool. My mum's adopted, and we don't know, but she might be a muggle-born, too. But she was raised by two magical parents...so..." she shrugged. She WOULD find out eventually whether her mother was happy about it or not. Aboli was just too damn curious to not find out more about her biological grandparents, especially when she barely knew her biological father's side. There was too much mystery for her liking.
She needed to KNOW what kind of people she came from...what she had to combat inside herself to make sure she was a decent human being.
Aboli scribbled in her own notebook, mentioning how Kingsley Shacklebolt helped lead to the downfall of Voldy and THEN became Minister...blah blah, it was all there. "Now...do we...present to each other? Seems dumb. We just discussed it together.."
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SPOILER!!: Heath! <3
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For one fleeting moment, Heath was worried Claudine might reject his offer. He didn’t even know why! She’d never rejected him before, not even when he told her… Never mind, he was being silly! Of course she didn’t reject him. He smiled slightly in reply as she accepted his offer. He wondered which family she would choose. Don’t say the Malfoys, please don’t say the Malfoys… he thought. Not out of dislike for the family, but because he didn’t see any way to talk about that family without revealing that his grandmother was one of them. He was sure Claudine would find out eventually, especially if she ever agreed to be his girlfriend and actually met his family, but now wasn’t the right time.
Thankfully, that wasn’t the family she picked. Heath’s expression turned quizzical as she mentioned the Lestranges and Bellatrix. Personally, he didn’t see the appeal of Bellatrix Lestrange. From what he knew about her, she seemed the type of cruel, ruthless person that he always hated, but there was no way in Hoth that he was pointing that out to Claudine! It was her choice to make, whatever he thought of it, and who knows? Maybe she saw something in Bellatrix that he hadn’t considered. “Interesting choice,” he replied. “I’ve always liked Leta Lestrange myself, the way she stood against Grindelwald and sort of debunked the reputation associated with that family. Though I’m curious. Is there any reason besides being in Voldemort’s inner circle that you chose Bellatrix?” There was nothing accusatory about his tone; he was simply looking for more information.
While he awaited Claudine’s answer, Heath took out his own parchment and wrote at the top: The Dumbledores. Now he just had to decide on a person from that family. Albus was the obvious choice, but he wanted to do something different. He thought for a minute; then it came to him. What about Aberforth? He was often overshadowed by his more famous brother - something Heath could relate to - but he made some important contributions to history in shi own right. “Okay, then I pick the Dumbledores,” he said. “Albus is the obvious choice, but I’m going to go out on a limb and pick Aberforth instead. I think he’s a rather underrated historical figure. I mean, he saw that Grindelwald’s ideology was wrong long before Albus did and tried to get through to him, and despite their differences, he was still there for his brother when it mattered most. He watched over Harry Potter after Albus’s death and helped him in the Battle of Hogwarts...” Realizing he was probably talking way too much, he allowed his voice to trail off into silence.
There was a strange expression on Heath’s face when she mentioned that she had chosen the Lestrange family. Not much thought was given to what it was when he spoke up. “Leta’s pretty cool and brave. But there’s something about Bellatrix that I’ve always been fascinated about. Like how does one form that amount of devotion to someone so evil. It always seemed to me that she put Voldemort above her own immediate family. Maybe if she hadn’t been so dedicated, chances are Voldemort wouldn’t have been successful when it came to certain of his schemes. Many of his followers weren’t as dedicated or brazen as Bellatrix.’’
Claudine leaned in slightly to peer at Heath’s parchment. The Dumbledores’. That indeed was a family with a rich history too. Without really realising it, her eyes lifted to study Heath as he thought further, probably trying to decide which member of the Dumbledore family to choose. Did anyone ever tell him that his facial structure was perfection and that- what was she thinking? This was hardly the place or the time. Pulling back to her own side of the desk, she listened to the explanation. “I think that makes lots of sense. Aberforth is a great choice.” Claudine smiled and pulled her own parchment closer. “Your reasoning and those facts also make sense when worked together. You should write them down.’’ There were still her own notes to be made.
Under ‘The Lestranges’, Claudine wrote ‘Bellatrix Lestrange’. Below that, she began listing notable scenarios relating to Bellatrix.
Participated in the use Cruciatus curse to torture Frank and Alice Longbottom: this would influence Neville Longbottom to be a part of a series of events that would aid in Voldemort’s downfall.
Broke out of Azkaban: this event terrorised many families as they believed Voldemort’s forces were growing stronger.
Battle of the Department of Mysteries: Bellatrix and a few other Death Eaters attempted to steal the Prophecy involving Voldemort and Harry Potter. They were unsuccessful when members of the Order of the Phoenix foiled the plan. Bellatrix duelled and killed Sirius Black.
Killed many persons including Nymphadora Tonks and Dobby the House Elf: each of these three fought against Voldemort; these and the other losses weakened the resistance.
Claudine paused, her eyes still fixed on her parchment. “She was a determined witch, wasn’t she? Just look at all the horrible things she did.” No wonder Slytherin House had such a terrible reputation many years ago; most of the Death Eaters had been members of the House.
"The Weasley's are cool" Blake added, glad that he didn't have to keep searching for a partner. Blake's Dad use to tell people that he was distantly related to the Weasley, but since Blake never did any research into his own ancestry he had no idea if he dad was telling the truth or not. Blake mostly thought his dad just wanted to feel important and connected to the wizarding world.
"I'd say we stick with either Ginny or Ron" Those were are least Blake's favorite two Weasley's to talk or read about. "I mean Ginny was MARRIED to Harry Potter and played quidditch, but Ron was his best friends and was there in the heart of the whole battle." So which direction did they go?
"I'm fine with either ... you pick."
"I think I'm going to do Ginny Weasley," Avalon replied, glancing back up at the chalkboard to clarify the assignment's instructions. "I think that we each pick two wizarding families and individuals, and then we present them to each other. So you could do Ron if you wanted, and then pick another family to do?" At least, that's what she thought the directions were. "I'll do Ginny Weasley and.......Marvolo Gaunt," she added after a brief moment of thought. One witch with a positive impact on wizarding history, and a wizard with a negative one. It seemed to balance out.
Quill in hand, she scribbled down a few notes on a sheet of parchment.
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Family: Weasley Individual: Ginny Impact:
-Possessed by Voldemort's memory, which was preserved in his diary
-Member (and eventual leader) of Dumbledore's Army
-Fought in the Department of Mysteries
-Participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, where she fought Bellatrix Lestrange
-Notable Quidditch player, first at Hogwarts and then for the Holyhead Harpies
-Wife of Harry Potter
Overall, Ginny was more than just Harry Potter's girlfriend (and eventual wife). She was a strong and talented witch, and if she hadn't been influenced by Tom Riddle's diary, people might still be searching for the last horcrux. While Harry, Ron, and Hermione were away during their seventh year, Ginny (and Neville) kept Dumbledore's Army up and running. If it wasn't for her, students might not have been as prepared for the Battle of Hogwarts, and the turnout could have been much worse.
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Family: Gaunt Individual: Marvolo Impact:
-Descendent of Salazar Slytherin
-Grandfather of Voldemort
-Believed in blood purity and resented his daughter for being unable to perform magic correctly
-Imprisoned in Azkaban for attacking law enforcement officers
-Kept two family heirlooms: a ring and a locket, that later became horcruxes
Marvolo Gaunt shared many traits with his grandson, Lord Voldemort. He was arrogant, cruel, and violent. He hated anyone that wasn't a Pureblood. He was so obsessed with his heritage that he cared more about his family's locket and ring than his own children. These items later were turned into horcruxes. Marvolo Gaunt had a huge impact on Voldemort's life.
"I think I'm going to do Ginny Weasley," Avalon replied, glancing back up at the chalkboard to clarify the assignment's instructions. "I think that we each pick two wizarding families and individuals, and then we present them to each other. So you could do Ron if you wanted, and then pick another family to do?" At least, that's what she thought the directions were. "I'll do Ginny Weasley and.......Marvolo Gaunt," she added after a brief moment of thought. One witch with a positive impact on wizarding history, and a wizard with a negative one. It seemed to balance out.
Quill in hand, she scribbled down a few notes on a sheet of parchment.
Blake looking at the chalkboard did a double take as well. He had missed the part where it said to pick 2 families .. man did he need his eyes check? "Whoops sorry about that misread what we were doing." But it turned out okay, he still had time to fix what he needed to. "Okay, so Ron and I'll go obvious with his best friend Harry Potter." Blake could have research harder in his brain to come up with another family to talk about, but since he was so focused on the Weasley's it's what just came easiest to him.
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Family: Weasley
Individual: Ron
Impact:
-Harry Potter's best friend and eventual brother in law
-Member of Dumbledore's Army
-Fought in the Department of Mysteries
-Participated in the Battle of Hogwarts
- Destroyed the locket hocrux and helped Hermonie (his eventual wife) destroy one as well
- Helped run the joke shop after the defeat of Hogwarts and death of his brother Fred
- Husband to Hermonie Granger
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Family: Potter
Individual: Harry
Impact:
-Fought and destroyed Voldemort in the battle of Hogwarts
- Destoryed a Hocrux in the form on Tom Riddle's diary in 2nd year
- Fought in the Department of Mysteries
- Became a notable Auror
- Tri-wizard tournament winner
- Was a member and leader of Dumbledore's Army in his 5th year
- Husband to Ginny Wealsey
"Wanna just switch notes?" There they would present them to each other and move on from this assignment.
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After the ten minutes were up, Gabi walked to the front of the class and clapped her hands, signaling that they should all stop and pay attention to her. "Great work, everyone! I was watching you work and listening to your conversations and heard some great names being thrown around," she said with a grin. "I heard quite a bit about the Potters, the Gaunts, the Weasleys, the Lestranges...and some of you mentioned your own families as well, which is great," she added. In truth, any family could really count for this assignment, yes? Gabi was a firm believer that everyone had some sort of role to play in the greater scheme of things and had some sort of impact on those around them. "The purpose of this was to help you all realize just how important all wizarding families are on our history. It doesn't have to go back generations, or be the longest line of purebloods in existence - but everyone can make a positive or negative impact on our world, no matter where they come from."
"One family in particular was mentioned a few times - and it is that family that we are actually going to be focused on today," she told them before waving her wand to reveal the name on the blackboard:
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THE WEASLEYS
"The Weasleys were a very influential family in wizarding history for a number of reasons, not JUST their connection to Harry Potter," she explained. "It's obvious that you were aware of just how important they are to history, as many of you selected them for your presentations just now," she added with a little smirk. Smart cookies, all of them! She had hoped at least a few of them picked the Weasleys, and she had been right in guessing she'd have a fair few presentations to grade on them.
"My task for you is simple - name a member of the Weasley family and one fact about them. It doesn't have to be JUST the immediate family we all think of from the Second Wizarding War, either," she added as a reminder. "You can select extended family members, or people who married into the Weasley family," she told them. With that, she waited for the first person to raise their hand.
OOC: Thanks for all the participation so far, guys! You all brought up excellent points and even some families I wasn't expecting! If you didn't finish the mini activity don't worry, we will have time for you to come back and catch up later. For now, please just focus on the question - name a Weasley family member and a fact about them. Easy peasy, yes? As always, nudge me if you need help or call at Gabi in your post title. Thanks! We'll move on in about 27ish hours.
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"Of course he could." Catherine replied to Cecelia without hesitation. No offence, Headmaster, but she genuinely thought Filius Flitwick would beat him for many, many reasons. Perhaps she could go into details about that in an essay, if they were required to write one. It was times like these that Catherine thought it would be nice if all professors were acting like Trent, handing out assignments left and right. Anyhow, maybe Cecelia would be interested in listening to her reasons after class.
When Cecelia said she hadn't picked the same Ollivander as Catherine had, the Ravenclaw raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "I see." She said, looking down at her friend's notes to see if she had in fact written the name of Garrick Ollivander's father down. She couldn't see it, but she'd humour Cecelia. 'Humour' her friend meaning she'd go along with it without saying much else.
Catherine's attention turned back to professor Recard as the woman started to speak again. The Weasleys? Eh. In all honesty, Catherine didn't know much about them. No offence, but they weren't that interesting to her. Just another pureblood family. She did know, however, they were some of the ones who were considered blood traitors by some pureblood families, but so was her maternal grandmother's family and a few others, so nothing unique.
Anyhow, she knew so little about the Weasleys that she might be pleasantly surprised by the end of the lesson. She was open to that.
Hopefully the information would be relevant too. She had plenty of relatives herself, she didn't need to know pointless information about someone else's family for no good reason.
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You're happy to go with the flow and see where the Yule Ball takes you!
She got up and walked over to the young girl and grinned. "Hi, I'm Amari." She sat in an open seat next to her classmate and gestured toward the book on the desk. "Would you mind being my partner? I promise I'll be helpful." Okay, maybe not extremely helpful but two Slytherin brains were better than one.
Oh, thank Merlin, Violet sighed to herself, someone wanted to be her partner. "Sure," she responded. "I'm a little distracted today, but I'll do my best."
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Sometimes Catherine made Cecelia feel the worst, did she know? It was worse in classes, she’d noticed, and she didn’t like it, not at all.
Thankful that she wouldn’t need to be explaining discussing her choices with Cat anymore, the blonde focused on the Professor, a grin gracing her features when she heard they’d be discussing the Weasley family. She liked them a BUNCH!
Hand UP!
”Professor, Molly Weasley was a mum and a wife AND she was a member of the order of the Phoenix, so she was super brave too. Basically she was a BOSS.” Cecelia thought she was EPIC.
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Kizzy got all the approval. To be completely honest, all Kizzy had to do was breathe and she would have Emmerson's approval. Giving a whole presentation on her mama? It was all over then. Her bestfriend got all the awards. It was weird. When she got on the Hogwarts Express, she knew she'd miss her mother but she didn't think she'd miss her this much. Maybe she'd mirror her again after dinner.
For now it was her tur--
What? They were moving on?? Emm thought to follow through on the plan to just talk quickly anyway but the Professor was doing a lot of talking herself and it made the 11 year old think that interrupting wouldn't be as easy as talking louder than the History woman.
Fine, but she was giving her presentation to Kizzy after.
"There's Ginny Weasley. SHE BROUGHT A BASILISK TO SCHOOL!! Professor, are there more still in the pipes?? How would we even know?--Oh, wait! Myrtle can tell us! I don't wanna be petrified and she's already dead. I don't think she'd mind, honest." A basilisk in the dungeons. Professor Williamson would probably LOSE it.
Maybe he'd let them keep it.
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"Ginny Weasley played quidditch. I think so anyway. And Harry Potter married her, and she was basically cool or whatever." Ashley wasn't sure she understood Quidditch, but she was pretty sure it was sorta like basketball on a broomstick with multiple different balls. She also didn't know about the weasleys much, but she had read a little bit about them. She looked down, and scribbled green marker all over her wand arm. This was not exactly her best subject. In fact, it was basically the opposite of muggle studies. But she was determined to get good grades in this class.
Mamie and her partner hadn't gotten very far in their activity, which was to be expected since Mamie knew zero wizarding families. When Professor Recard asked for a member of a Weasley family, Mamie almost put her hand up immediately. She could make up a name- if this family really was a big family, her odds were pretty good. But then they had to name a fact, too? That would be more difficult. But still...she could wing it.
Mamie finally raised her hand. "Albert Weasley," she said confidently. Albert was a very common name. That was probably a real person. "He....he went to Hogwarts." That was probably accurate, right? Unless this Albert Weasley person, if he even existed, had lived before Hogwarts. Or went to one of the other schools. The more she thought about it, the less confident she became in her answer.
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"Yeah, yeah, I'm here." Ilya appeared by Fee's side, and leaned over her desk. "It seems we're stuck together often." He looked up at her for her reaction. He had neon green hair color today.
"I wanna do the Potters." He announced, his choice was out of laziness and lack of willingness to take a challenge in class more than his lack of knowledge of history. Maybe Tom's mother's family was very interesting to explore if he wanted to REALLY get into class. Oh well. "Basically, they birthed a boy who was to grow up and cause a wizarding war. AND before you point out the obvious, yes, yes, the bad guy was Tom Riddle, we know, but the Potters weren't saints." Ilya leaned up from the desk and stretched his arms up before he crossed his legs and locked his hands onto one knee. What was her choice?
Oh, Ilya. Phoebe grinned at him and gave him an eyelash flutter, since that was practically a greeting. His hair was fun, and so was he. He could sit on the edge of her desk and shoot the breeze, and she'd just take notes the whole time.
"Potters. Very obvious. And how about... Shacklebolt? Prime Minister. Revolutionary hero during the second rising of Voldemort. And I like his picture. He looked very smart in a hat." She wrote that on their paper too, and that was their two families. Amazing work, yes? And so fast.
The professor moved them along, and Phoebe was disappointed that they hadn't guessed the family du jour. Weasleys. Right. Family of gingers with all sorts of credits to their name. "What about Hermione Granger-Weasley? Weasley... Granger. Granger, Weasley by marriage. She was Minister of Magic!"
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SPOILER!!: Nem Up
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Nem, resident thunder-stealer and everyone's favourite Slytherin, barely glanced up. "Infamous escapee." Famous people did not even come close to the infamous on the scale of allure, but there were certain people in this class who would probably make an unholy fuss over such a declaration.
When the parchment was scooted towards Nem - who had started adding to their own notes - they did look, and stared impassively at what was written there. "If you like." They still had to pick a second for themselves, but there was little point doing more than one at a time, so Nem quickly finished the last of the Barty Crouch Jr points.
family: crouch
individual: bartemius jr
impact
- first azkaban escapee; paved the way
- most loyal follower of voldemort
- used intelligence, skill, ruthlessness
and initiative to disguise himself and
rig the triwizard tournament in the
1990s almost single-handedly
- thus instrumental in the restoration
and, consequently, the second rise of
voldemort
- the second wizarding war would not
have happened without him, and the
situation with voldemort would have
followed a different course
There. There was much more to it than that, but it was best not to delve too deep in present company. Grantham clearly knew enough about Crouch to put those pieces together, at least.
Speaking of which, Nem looked over again at the Gryffindor's parchment, and promptly let out a laugh, clearly tickled. "Go for it. You won't find many. All the Upsteads I'm descended from are still alive, last I checked, and only my grandfather's done anything worth writing home about." You know, super ruthless executive with the whole ~inspiring~ rags to riches story. Even he was only really known in business circles. That was funny though, Nem would give her that. And a little extra, for free. "They pulled the name out of nowhere for him. He reckons he's actually a Yaxley." Not that Nem had ever seen any proof. It was almost impossible to tell when the old guy was lying, but Jake seemed to think it was 'whenever his lips are moving'. Anyway, having a big or old name wasn't important to Nem, it was what they were going to achieve that would actually mean anything.
They put quill to parchment again
family: peverell
individual: antioch
impact
see: the elder wand[/CENTER]
Throwing the quill down, Nem shoved the parchment across to Grantham. "Here. Written presentation. Totally counts."
"Infamous, but totally the SECOND Azkaban escapee," Bernie added on to Nem's addendum. "Sirius Black was the first." And pointed to her own parchment again. So she could just, like, copy Nem's presentation then, but change a few words around so Recard wouldn't know? Work smarter, not harder. That was the every-house-but-Hufflepuff-way.
Family: Black Individual: Sirius
Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY
- Harry Potter's uncle Godfather
- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, skill, ruthlessness and initiative to disguise himself to escape prison ACTUALLY single-handedly
- broke into Hogwarts
- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin
But wait, there was more. "What's your grandpa's name?" she inquired, as innocent as could be, her quill poised to write down everything Nem said.
Family: Upstead Individual: Grandpop Upstead
Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead
- rich??? (possibly?!)
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
"Anything else?" Bernie nudged her parchment closer to her buddy ol pal ol Nem Up. "Check my work, will ya?"
Oh, they were moving on already, were they? Bernied lightly tossed her quill to her desk and folded her arms across her chest, slumping in her chair. At least she knew something about the Weasleys. She was starting to think Recard was blood purist or something. All her lessons were about Longbottoms and Scamanders and Weasleys and people that were obviously from wizard-ONLY backgrounds...
"Arthur Weasley," she declared loudly, feeling the need to advocate for kids like her, "LOVED Muggles. He loved them so much he worked in the... uh, Muggle lover department, at the Ministry, AND he took apart Muggle objects and put them back together. So they'd work. Like I think he did that with a car once."
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"There's Ginny Weasley. SHE BROUGHT A BASILISK TO SCHOOL!! Professor, are there more still in the pipes?? How would we even know?--Oh, wait! Myrtle can tell us! I don't wanna be petrified and she's already dead. I don't think she'd mind, honest." A basilisk in the dungeons. Professor Williamson would probably LOSE it.
Maybe he'd let them keep it.
They were moving on already? But, but, but!!! Emmerson didn't present yet! Kizzy gave their professor the BIGGEST pout (as if that would make a difference), but otherwise tried to settle back into her seat. She didn't bother scooting it away from Emm's because she liked sitting close. It was like a mega-desk. In Kinsay's professional opinion, her desk should always be sandwiched up against Emm's. It made things easier.
Despite the position of her desk, Kiz was paying lots of attention to everyone's answers. Especially to Emmerson's and Phoebe's answers. Speaking of Emm's answer, Kinsay's hand shot STRAIGHT INTO THE AIR right after what her best friend said.
"How did she get a basilisk into the castle?" They were BIG and probably hard to hide. Kinsay knew because she liked to read scary stories. "Did she have to hatch it? You can't buy basilisk eggs at the Menagerie." Which meant that Ginny Weasley probably bought it off the black market or worse!!! EBAY (GASP). Did that mean it was illegal? How come she didn't go to jail?
Kinsay had so many questions.
Also.
Kinsay hoped they'd talk more about Hermione Granger. Girl Ministers for Magic were so much cooler than the boy ones. Girls could do anything boys could do, but they could do it better. And Kinsay liked the idea of becoming the Minister for Magic. Maybe she'd try when she's a grown up.
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Oh, Ilya. Phoebe grinned at him and gave him an eyelash flutter, since that was practically a greeting. His hair was fun, and so was he. He could sit on the edge of her desk and shoot the breeze, and she'd just take notes the whole time.
"Potters. Very obvious. And how about... Shacklebolt? Prime Minister. Revolutionary hero during the second rising of Voldemort. And I like his picture. He looked very smart in a hat." She wrote that on their paper too, and that was their two families. Amazing work, yes? And so fast.
The professor moved them along, and Phoebe was disappointed that they hadn't guessed the family du jour. Weasleys. Right. Family of gingers with all sorts of credits to their name. "What about Hermione Granger-Weasley? Weasley... Granger. Granger, Weasley by marriage. She was Minister of Magic!"
The fluttering eyelashes was an accepted greeting. He also appreciated Fee not breaking down his obvious lazy suggestion. Shacklebolt, on the other hand, was very interesting choice. Revolutionary was what made him interesting, the hat was cool but not as deep as the first thing.
The Weasleys were an a-okay family in Ilya's opinion. They didn't have the spice other families like Gauntlets had, but he guessed they were in a primary school so topics had to be tame. Hermione? He chuckled a little, glad to be on Fee's team. She was very smart! "Percy Weasley was one controversial figure in our history, wasn't he? Books and memoirs talk about his fluctuating loyalties." Although technically, he clearly fought for the good of the ministry and his family in the end.
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Heath listened intently as Claudine explained her position.She made some excellent points! He’d never thought of Bellatrix Lestrange in that light before, but now that he had, he could see why Claudine admired her. In a way, she even reminded him of her. Not the bigotry and madness, obviously, but he could see the same determination and dedication in Claudine. Before he had time to point that out or to write down his own findings, they were moving on.
Heath refocused his attention on Professor Recard as she spoke. Oh, okay, the Weasley family… he was wondering where this lesson was going! He mentally went over the information he knew about the Weasleys, but most of the names he could recall were already said before he had the chance to speak. Who else could he mention? As he listened to his classmates, Phoebe’s answer reminded him of another person who had married into the Weasley family.
His hand went up, and he said, “Fleur Delacour, the Beauxbatons champion in the 1994 Triwizard Tournament, married into the Weasley family. I think her husband was Bill?” He knew it was one of the older Weasley sons! Did mentioning Fleur's participation in the Triwizard Tournament count as a fact about her? Just in case, he added, "She earned medals for her bravery in the Second Wizarding War." Well deserved, if you asked him! As to what her contributions in the war were, he kept quiet for now. There were only so many people they could mention, so he'd leave those facts on the table for other students to give, in case they couldn't think of a person who hadn't already been named.
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Okay, so they were moving on. Claudine would have liked to continue her discussion with Heath but Reccard had already brought up the topic of today’s lesson. Which Weasley should she choose, she wondered. At the same time, the girl was paying attention to all the answers being given. Oh. She knew who to speak about.
Up went Claudine’s hand. “Angelina Johnson married George Weasley. She was captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team during her final year at Hogwarts.” There were a few more facts that she knew of Angelina, like she had two children though at the moment their names were eluding her.
The Weasleys. Valentina remembered her mother talking about them a lot when she was younger.. although, did Ginny actually bring a basilisk to school?? So COOL. Maybe she should read more about her later. Hermione Granger too.. because she was minister of magic!! Wow. Maybe she’d grow up to be something amazing one day as well.. and people would talk about her in the future!!
“Charlie Weasley, Professor! He was Arthur and Molly’s second child. He studied dragons in Romania.”
"I wrote about Ron Wealsey already professor." Blake added taking a peak at all his notes and super thankful that his partner had already suggested the Weasley family! Maybe has a Prefect she had inside information about what lessons were going to be??? Interesting .. he would have to ask her later.
"He was best friends with Harry Potter, and destroyed a Hocrux."
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"Infamous, but totally the SECOND Azkaban escapee," Bernie added on to Nem's addendum. "Sirius Black was the first." And pointed to her own parchment again. So she could just, like, copy Nem's presentation then, but change a few words around so Recard wouldn't know? Work smarter, not harder. That was the every-house-but-Hufflepuff-way.
Family: Black Individual: Sirius
Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY
- Harry Potter's uncle Godfather
- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, skill, ruthlessness and initiative to disguise himself to escape prison ACTUALLY single-handedly
- broke into Hogwarts
- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin
But wait, there was more. "What's your grandpa's name?" she inquired, as innocent as could be, her quill poised to write down everything Nem said.
Family: Upstead Individual: Grandpop Upstead
Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead
- rich??? (possibly?!)
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
"Anything else?" Bernie nudged her parchment closer to her buddy ol pal ol Nem Up. "Check my work, will ya?"
Grantham received a look at that - not a glare or even a side-eye but just B.O.G. standard, nondescript look - but otherwise Nem did nothing. Said nothing. They left her to it, providing a simple answer - "Heath." - when she asked, and twirled their quill around their fingers until the moment the parchment came their way again. "More than happy to."
May as well help her out on both, while they were at it.
Family: Black Individual: Sirius
Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY first known azkaban escapee at the time, actually the second; did such a gryffindor job of it that everyone knew he'd escaped right away
- Harry Potter's uncle Godfather
- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, skill, ruthlessness and initiative to disguise himself to escape prison ACTUALLY single-handedly
- broke into Hogwarts
- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin
Family: Upstead Individual:Grandpop Upstead Heath
Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead the name upstead was invented for him as infants cannot intelligently invent names
- rich??? (possibly?!)
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
- some CEO of some business
- key factor in overpopulation
"There you go," Nem said cheerfully, pushing the parchment back with a flourish. So helpful. Really.
But then the fun was over, and it was on to this lesson stuff. A question about... the Weasleys. Of all the... whatever. Nem raised a hand, looking deeply, deeply unimpressed. "Cedrella Black. Disowned for marrying into the Weasley family, because of how they were vocal about not wanting to be listed as one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight." Wild, right?
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Grantham received a look at that - not a glare or even a side-eye but just B.O.G. standard, nondescript look - but otherwise Nem did nothing. Said nothing. They left her to it, providing a simple answer - "Heath." - when she asked, and twirled their quill around their fingers until the moment the parchment came their way again. "More than happy to."
May as well help her out on both, while they were at it.
Family: Black Individual: Sirius
Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY first known azkaban escapee at the time, actually the second; did such a gryffindor job of it that everyone knew he'd escaped right away
- Harry Potter's uncle Godfather
- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, skill, ruthlessness and initiative to disguise himself to escape prison ACTUALLY single-handedly
- broke into Hogwarts
- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin
Family: Upstead Individual:Grandpop Upstead Heath
Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead the name upstead was invented for him as infants cannot intelligently invent names
- rich??? (possibly?!)
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
- some CEO of some business
- key factor in overpopulation
"There you go," Nem said cheerfully, pushing the parchment back with a flourish. So helpful. Really.
But then the fun was over, and it was on to this lesson stuff. A question about... the Weasleys. Of all the... whatever. Nem raised a hand, looking deeply, deeply unimpressed. "Cedrella Black. Disowned for marrying into the Weasley family, because of how they were vocal about not wanting to be listed as one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight." Wild, right?
Oh.... look at that. Just look at it. Looooooooook at Nem go. "Know-it-all much?" Bernie muttered under her breath, watching all the scribbles and cross-outs and so-called MISTAKES she'd made on her parchment.
She eyed Nem's work and then leaned over to cross out the cross-outs. CORRECTIONS on top of CORRECTIONS, thankyouverymuch.
Family: Black Individual: Sirius
Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY first known azkaban escapee at the time, actually the second; did such a gGryffindor (aka BRILLIANT) job of it that everyone knew he'd escaped right away
- Harry Potter's uncle Godfather
- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool IT IS COOL.
- being an animagi takes intelligence, you know
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, GREAT INTELLECT, skill, ruthlessness, cleverness, sheer willpower, determination, and initiative to disguise himself to escape prison ACTUALLY single-handedly ALL BY HIMSELF while disguised as a dog
- broke into Hogwarts
- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin in a TRAGIC duel in the Department of Mysteries
Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead the name upstead was invented for him as infants cannot intelligently invent names OK rolled w/the name Upstead
- rich??? (possibly?!) (Nem, hey, hey, hey, r u rich? can I get a grant pweez?)
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
- some CEO of some business
- key factor in overpopulation (hang on, whut? how many of you ARE THERE?!)
Bernie frowned a little at the last line or two she'd written, and then silently pushed her parchment back to Nemesis. She was, she supposed, coming to terms with the fact that MAYBE this Slytherin was smarter than her? It wasn't tricky to be better at History of Magic than Bernie, but.... she was low-key impressed instead of jealous now.
Also: "Can I get a grant from Grandpop Heath?" she whispered to Nemesis from behind her hand, so as not to disturb the Weasley discussion.
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Oh, thank Merlin, Violet sighed to herself, someone wanted to be her partner. "Sure," she responded. "I'm a little distracted today, but I'll do my best."
Violet felt time going by and suddenly blurted out the first Wizarding name she could think of, probably one she had heard mentioned by one of her uncles while they were sitting around after dinner drinking port. "Gamp. The Gamp family. One of them was the first Minister for Magic" She searched her brain a moment for the name. "Ulrich Gamp." she added.
She pulled out a parchment and hastily wrote down what she remembered as she heard the professor going on to the next question.
Gamp Family
Ulrich Gamp--head of Wizangamot, first Minister for magic, 1701-1718, founded the Dept. of Magical Law Enforcement
one of the Gamps must have been a magical theoretician, because Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration was named after them
There, that was something at least. She turned to her partner--Amari, she thought the girl had said--and asked, "Did you have anything?", while at the same time trying to listen with her other ear to hear what the next question had been.
Aboli looked fondly at the first year she had just been helping when she actually answered the professor - how adorable. See, THIS one was cute, quiet, and not annoying...which was more than could be said for some of the GRYFFINDOR variety >>
She raised her hand. "Wasn't one of them a werewolf or something?" she asked, ignoring the scribble-scratching going on nearby between Nem and Bernie. She would have been VERY amused if she had been able to read the notes...
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