MJ raised her hand and smiled. "Charm is the chanting of a magic word or verse. It can also be called an incantation." she said hoping she did not sound like a dictionary. "Charm's give magical energy a purpose so that it doesn't escape or hurt anyone accidently." as soon as she had finished saying those words she wondered if she should mention that muggles also thought chrms were objects that people used to protect themselves from evil.

Ludo looked up, Professor Hawkins telling him to settle down. He blushed but still worked a small smile. "Sorry Professor. Won't happen again."

He raised his hand. "Professor, a Charm is the bewitchment of another object or being. An outside force producing an effect on a human, creature, or inanimate object."

Anna raised her hand and then answered. "Charms are a type of magic spell concerned with enchanting an object to behave in a way that isn't normal for that object."

Class finally started and she watched the professor. Livvy raised her hand reluctantly. "Um... isn't a charm a sort of magical spell that involves enchanting an object to do things that they don't do normally?"

Camira raised her hand. "A charm is a type enchantment that causes an object to behave in a way that is not otherwise normal for that object. A "charm" is a designation for spells that are not classified as Transfiguration"

Allie raised her hand.
"A charm is a type of spell." said Allie. "It envolves enchanting objects to do things that they wouldn't normally do."

Xehanna raised her hand. "A charm is a spell in which you can do certain things to certain objects such as lavitate them or bring them to you without getting up."

Mariska raised her hand and answered the question easily. " When one charms an object, one is causing the object in question to behave as it normally wouldn't. " She said, and she knew of course she was right.

He was about to answer her when the teacher started class.



Maddox raised his hand and said, "A charm is like a spell but it cause the object to do a specific thing. " Hoping he would get points.

Miranda looked curiously between Professor Hawkins and the boy she was talking to. The professor seemed upset and Miranda turned away before any of them looked at her, it felt like i was oogling her eyes out.

Miranda sat still and tried to take in what the answer to the professors question.

Jack raised his hand. "A spell is a type of magic that...alters an object" he said. "Something that isn't normal for it....like a flying squirrel."

Dominic nodded and gulped when it appeared this woman had noticed his eye rolling. Nothing gets by this one, he thought, slightly frightened of her.

And then she began the lesson. What a charm is? Merlin, how was he supposed to know? "Isn't a charm like that pendant thing that girls like to where on their wrists or around their neck?" Pfft. Probably not. Oh well.

Vaelle slowly scratched notes onto her parchment, in between looking at the other students.

Raiden had raised his hand at her question, and as several others were already answering, he lowered it and whispered quietly, "A charm makes an object or sometimes a person act a way they normally wouldn't..." There were charms you could put on people, right? He tried to remember, and was glad he'd answered quietly.

Isabella raised her hand into the air.

"A charm is a spell one places on an object to make it do something which it would not normally do." she answered, hoping she was somewhat correct.

Miranda tried not to laugh out loud at the boys answer and bit her lip
'' I would probably have said the same thing, what is a charm?'' Miranda had no clue, this magic stuff seems a bit difficult... She started to write down what the other students had said

Piper kept quiet, as she scribbled notes down on her parchment. She was to shy to say anything at the moment, especially with people she knew in the room, what if she got the answer wrong?

Chris Listened to all his classmates answers to the question they all sounded right to him. he raised his hand to answer. "Isnt a charm a magical spell used to make an object do something that you want it to?"

Katelyn scribbled down notes, quickly and neatly. She examined then as she looked up at everyone. She didnt know anyone...aahh that was quite alright with her. She didnt talk in class anyways.

She tucked her chocolate brown hair behind her ears, and her green eyes sparkled with pure joy at being back at school. Her summer had been miserable...she quickly added in some notes of her own into her notebook, scribbling the date and time at the top as well. Neat freak.

Livvy scribbled down some notes as she looked around and listened to what everyone else was saying. Interesting, yes it was. Livvy waited for the class to move on to something new.

"I'm happy you're intrigued, but how about being intrigued about class please. If you haven't noticed, class has started. Minus 2 points Ravenclaw.

"Ahhh, poor Ravenclaw, you're not off to a very good start here. Another 2 points off. The time for talking is over, please pay attention thank you."

Callie just shook her head and laughed. "Flattery will get you nowhere. Paying attention in class might though. As sweet as you were trying to be, seeing as I took points away from your classmates for chatting, I need to do the same for you. One point from Hufflepuff. Do try to pay attention and earn them back please."

OOC: please do not edit your post, but rather post again to be fair to the other students.

"Yes!! Excellent! Three points to Gryffindor. Charms is all about enchanting objects to make them behave in a way that is not normal for them, such as - as you have told us, casting the summoning charm on an object and making it come to you, rather than walking over to get the object.

"Another good point. Take one point for that. Charms does give objects unexpected properties, like making them fly, making them invisible, cooling hot flames, there are many things we can do to objects through charms."

"Well, yes a charm is a spell, very good. You can indeed bewitch or enchant them. That's another way to put things. One point to Gryffindor."

"Ahhh, yes! We do indeed need incantations in order to cast a charm. Charms is not all about the incantation however, it's also about wand movement and concentration. Take a point for you though for reminding us about the need for an incantation."

"Two points to you! Excellent! Charms can affect humans, creatures, or objects. Although I trust you will not cast a charm on a human. The effects can be very dangerous."




OOC: I'm sorry I saw that you had posted your character as arriving late. Please do not edit your posts. 5 points from Ravenclaw for being late to class.

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"So to sum it all up for you. A charm enchants an object to make it do something it doesn't normally do, such as levitating an object, or summoning an object to fly to you. This is different from Transfiguration because while it's making it do something unnatural, it's not changing the object completely. For instance a charm would never change a bird into a water goblet. Instead, we might charm the bird to fetch the water goblet. I hope that's clear to everyone."


"You guys are off to a great start. Now that we know what a charm is, who can name some of the basic charms all witches and wizards should know, and what those charms do for us."

OOC: Please only name one charm each so your classmates each have a chance to answer the question fairly. I will ignore any posts that have more than one.

Anna raised her hand. "Accio is the summoning charm. It sends an object right to us. Expelliarmus is the disarming charm. For example, it would cause another person's wand to come right out of their hands and into yours. Lumos and Nox are also common, with Lumos causing light and nox causing darkness," she said.

Livvy winced at what had been done to her. She raised her hand and said, "There's wingardium leviosa, which levitates an object." She folded her hands and wrote down more notes.

Accio-summoning charm
Expelliarmus-disarming charm

Lucas' hand shot in the air again. "There is the lumos charm that lights up the end of your wand. So that if you are afraid of the dark you can have a night light." He said.

"Aguamenti," Dominic said, listing off the first charm he could think of.