"Do you really think something is wrong?" Anna asked, starting to worry. She also wondered briefly who Liam was. She looked up at Kerry and Agie, seeing is the two girls shared the same expression Krissy had. With Agie's last comment, she didn't SEEM to be worried. Anna decided to trust Agie's judgment on this one. "But Krissy just made it seem so possible that something really MAY be wrong..."

Heatehr sighed"Marco don't get into trouble,"she said looking at him. She crosed her legs then payed closer attention to everything around her.

Krissy turned to the young Gryffindor girl. "I don't know... It jest, feels wrong." Krissy shook her head showing her concern.

Professor Branxton slowly blinked his eyes open and smiled even as he put his hand to the back of his head. "I knew I couldn't beat an ex-auror but, did you have to do that?" he asked with a hint of humor.

"Don't say that!" Henrick whispered to the second year girl, quickly but quietly. He very quickly twiched his eye, but was unaware of this as he looked back to the two Professors.

He smiled slightly, "There, then." He said, a small hint of satisfaction in his voice.

seeing the professor slowly start to move Krissy breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god..." she breathed.

"Look" Kayla said trying to keep the worry out of her voice. "Don't stress just yet, we don't know anything's wrong. He might be going for the dramatic effect" Kayla said hopefully.

Kayla looked up to see Professor Branxton open his eyes. "See I told you."

This had been one of his favorite classes, but today he really hated it. What use was this class for him now? Helios couldn't use magic during the summer when he needed it most.

Damn these English wizards and their politics. He was royalty! Where was his diplomatic immunity!?

His way of protesting was by staying to the back of the class, where the shadows seemed to be the darkest. The color hadn't seemed to return to his hair, keeping it dark gray. His left arm was tucked into his robe, tied up by his Hufflepuff scarf like a sling.

The headmistress was in the same room with him and didn't have a clue of what he had done over the summer. If he didn't feel so miserable he would smile. Kayla and Krissy were here. He prayed they not notice him.

"Well," she smiled even as she gazed into his eyes and felt his head. "I think it was very valuable for them to see us both act like idiots. I think I'm going to go teach now, yes?"

"I, for one, would like that." Said henrick, smiling and laughing just a bit.

Seeing the professor's return to consciousness, Saylie let out the breath she hadn't realized that she'd been holding. She went back to to her seat, running a weary hand through her hair. If all of the classes were this harrowing, she didn't know if she would make it through this term.

Qaz was having a wonderful time watching the two Professors. It looked like an ideal way to keep a marriage from getting stale.

Seeing Saylie walk past her, Anna whispered a quick, "Good job on the Finite Incantatem."

Krissy had a shiver run up her spine like someone was watching them. Glancing to the back of the room she saw Helios standing in a dark corner. He looked like a shadow of himself. "He shouldn't be out of bed yet. Bloody moron."She whispered trying to decide if she should motion to him or just pay attention to class she hoped Professor Rae could explain why it took so long for her husband to wake up.

Saylie was not quite sure what to say, so she choose to say nothing. She smiled and nodded politely as she sat down and faced the front, waiting for Professor Rae to start teaching.

Kayla glanced over her shoulder to see what it was that Krissy was looking at and she didn't recognise the person. "Why, who is it?" Kayla asked perplexed.

"It's Helios, and he should be resting. Moron...the boy is a moron." She mumbled. she didn't want to get into trouble for talking but she was ready to grab Helios by his good arm and shake him.

"I think I'll need just a few moments to gather my wits and then I shall join you," Doyle replied before sitting and then summoning a cushion over to sit on as he rested his head against the wall.

Kayla looked back over her shoulder and took a good look this time and she could just make him out standing in the shadows, she turned back to Krissy. "Probably doesn't want to join in, seeing how I kicked his butt last time we had a dueling lesson" Kayla chuckled. She was getting a little peeved, he'd been away for months and now he couldn't be bothered to come over and talk to her.

She kissed the top of his head as she rose. "Alright, my dears. Let's go ahead and organize ourselves. Professor Branxton and I thought it was quite natural to combine our classes, and I'm sure you can see why. What parallels can you draw between the disciplines of Charms and Defense?"

Amelia giggled softly at the two professors, as they talked to each other calmly. It was fun watching them duel, but painstaking as well. She rested her head casually on her hand as she waited for Rae to resume teaching the lesson.

Krissy raised her hand. "Well yeh need to know decent charms offensive and defensive ones so that yeh may duel properly" she said in her deep brogue.

Juniper raised her hand. She had uncovered her eyes. "Well, like you just showed us, both are used in duels," she said.

"You seem to have to have a thorough knowledge of both to excel in either." Saylie said, raising her hand, and remembering the duel and the spells they had used.

Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Both require skill with a wand.'