Christy received a piece of parchment. It should be from Vicky. The class didn't start yet, so Christy grabbed her stuff and switch her seat from one next to her friend. "Hello Vicky, I'm good and you?" She whispered with a smile.

"Well, I hope that's everyone," Rae closed the door and came back to sit on the edge of her desk. "Good afternoon to you and welcome to our first Defense class. I know some of you from previous years, and I'm sure many of you had quite an experience last year with Professor Perry. I know you may not be pleased with me, but let's get everyone up to speed. We're going to do a brief review of Defense before we get into anything more fun."

She turned and pointed her wand on teh chalkboard. "Now, Defense consists of various areas that are all equally important. We have" and the words began to appear on the board, "Dark Spells, Defense Spells, Dark Witches and Wizards, and Dark Creatures." She turned back to face them with a grin. "If you remember my class at all, you know I'm a stickler for knowing what you have to face and being prepared to face it. The world isn't perfect, but we can make it better. Any thoughts on that list yet?"


ooc: Apparently you misunderstood me. I asked you to take out (aka remove) your supplies.

Lauren Snuck in from the door and took a seat in the back. She got her Quill, parchment, and wand out and was ready to listen.

Amber nodded thanks to Rosa as she obeyed the professor's instruction. After she had finished the task, she sat up straight and folded her hands on her desktop, listening to the professor.
ooc: thanks...yeah I definitely know better. ^_^

Rosa raised her hand hesitantly. 'maybe... dark objects? or potions? I know they're often made by people, but...' she paused for a second to think of what else she could say. 'sometimes those objects live longer than the person who makes them or are more powerfull, aren't they?'

After hearing what professor Rae had said, Zelda took out her wand, quills, ink and 2 rolls of empty parchments and kept them beside her books. And started to wait patiently and excitedly for the class to start.

Christy put her hand in the air and spoke. "Dark Spells are use by Dark Witches and Wizards for kill, manipulate or torture. The Dark Spells are known as Unforgivable Curses, like the Imperious Curse, Cruciatus Curse and the Killer Curse Avada Kedavra.' Christy said the last one with some difficulty.'Dark Criatures are those who are considerate as wizard killers, impossible to train or domesticate, poisonous or dangerous. Defense Spells are used by common wizards to protect themselfs. ' She finally finished her "speach".

Alex raised her hand and spoke slowly, but very clearly. "Dark Spells are spells that only very advanced wizards are usually able to perform and are into Dark Magic. They include things like the Unforgivable Curses. Defense Spells are spells that you use to protect yourself from Dark curses and just spells that are aimed at you. They include things like the Protegro Charm where a shield surrounds you, protecting you from a spell." After saying all thins, she stopped for a moment and took a deep breath. Her mouth was getting a little dry. She would just go to get a drink later on. She still had to finish answering Rae's question first.

"The only Dark Wizard I can really think of would be Lord Voldemort," she said, thoughtfully. "And Lord Voldemortist," she added, quietly. "What Dark Wizards and Witches really do is try to take over with the Dark Arts. That's my theory, anyways," she said, shurgging.

"Now, as for Dark Creatures, they are creatures that bite you, but not necessarily only that. They include things like Dementors, which will suck out your soul if you are not able to protect yourself, Grindylows and Boggarts." After she was done talking, she leaned back in her seat and looked around at other people, listening intently for their answers.

After a moment, she decided that she should perhaps, add to her answer. She raised her hand yet again. "Typical Dark Magic spells are called Curses. There are offensive spells that shoot out of a wand like a gun; curse energy causes physical damage to things it hits besides the magical effect. Hexes and jinxes are lesser spells that adversely affect the target. As mentioned above, these spells are not necessarily Dark Magic. The intention of the caster is what actually makes the difference." After taking in another deep breath, she continued.

"Dark Creatures aren't animals. They don't have life cycles in the same sense that normal animals have. They attack for the sake of hurting someone, not simply to eat. The red caps are a great example. They bludgeon unususpecting travellers so that they can use their blood to stain their cloth caps red. It doesn't give them food, it doesn't allow them to reproduce, they do it purely out of nastiness. One way of thinking about it is to say that they are a physical embodiment of an evil, harmful intent. And if you think about the essence of magic being intent, Dark Creatures are the physical embodiment of Dark Magic."

'As I said before, I know that the Dark Spells/Magic are known as Unforgivable Curses, like the Imperious Curse, Cruciatus Curse and the Killer Curse Avada Kedavra.' Christy responded firmly.

'And about dark items, I really don't know nothing about them, I just know they can be sold at "Borgin and Burkes", a Dark Magic store in the infamous Knockturn Alley.' Christy said with a soft blush

Raven raised her hand once again and spoke clearly. " Dark Spell's such as teh Unforgivable Curses," she paused realising that she didn't know many Dark Potions. "Nifflers, Banshee Basilisks, Kappa and lobalug."

mmarvolo raised his hand."Avada Kerdavra"

Adz raised her hand...
"Um...Curse Conjunctivitis. It's an illness of the eyes that makes eyelids crust together. Attacks the eyes of the victim. It's not that bad - but to the victim it is...

Rosa raised her hand again. 'maybe the transmogryfian torture?' she asked. she'd heard about it, so it wasn't that little known, but it was never mentioned along with the unforgivable curses...

"Actually Avada Kedavra is one of the Unforgivables we just mentioned. We'll talk about those in just a moment. And Raven, those aren't dark objects... those are Dark creatures. We'll discuss those shortly as well.'

ooc: *pokes Raven* I didn't tell you to settle down. I just asked you guys not to answer questions that I haven't even asked. I wanted thoughts on the list, and I got full definitions for every item on it. *pokes again and grins*

Alex blinked repeatedly. She knew that her big mouth would never shut up. With a bit of hesitation she raised her hand once again. "Well, there is Morsmorde which conjures up the Dark Mark," she said, quietly. "And things like the Impediment Jinx, Incarcelous and Taratallegra. Although, I am not quite sure if those would really count as Dark Spells. I mean, yes, they can harm people, but your avarage student here would be able to perform them. Except ... maybe for the first one," she said, frowning.

"Oh .. and there is also Sectumsempra which can be fatal, if you are not careful," she added. She kept staring at the teacher and started stroking her chin slightly, as she was thinking of more Dark spells that were less known to most people.

"sorry....erm....Secrashimpra?"