Abby raises her hand. "I don't know if it's ten years exactly, but I've always found Tom Riddle's years at Hogwarts, and his time right out of school very interesting. I mean the period before he changed his name to Voldemort. It's interesting to see how Tom Riddle turned into Voldemort. I mean he just didn't wake up one morning and decide he wanted to be the greatest evil wizard who ever lived. It's also interesting to see that his upbringing contributed to his obsession with the Dark Arts. I often wonder if he had been raised in a happy family if Tom Riddle would have turned out differently."

Varius raised his hand before inputting his own thoughts, "Mine isn't necessarily a ten-year period, but the 14th century when witch burnings became increasingly popular as muggles steadily grew more and more scared of our kind. I think i'm drawn to this kind of thing ever since I heard about Wendelin the Weird - it's all rather interesting really, despite its barbaric-ness."

Ana raised her hand "The ten years that Harry Potter had to live with his uncles and cousin. Despite all the things he suffered he became the most amazing person with the biggest heart. I mean it's not History History but..."

Elizabeth raised her hand, a slight grin on her face at Barry's answer. "Well, I was thinking the time from when Harry Potter was like, seven, to when he became of age. It's interesting because he went from basically not knowing he was a wizard, since he grew up with his Muggle aunt and uncle, to defeating Lord Voldemort. Who not even Dumbledore had managed to defeat."

Tobi raised his hand, "I'd very much like to see the last decade of Arthur's Court, Merlin included, just because we don't know much about it, and I have a lot of questions about it that we can't ever really know the answers to" he said. "but since we don't REALLY know when that is, I'd settle for 1935-1945 the last ten years Grindewald spent free, and the last battle between him and Albus Dumbledore. And that's because the battle between them is as much a battle between friends as it is a battle between good and evil. That must have been terribly hard."

Finally something he could answer. Putting his hand high in the air he replied, "Well professor, the one that comes to mind for me was when Tom Riddle was at school. He started out nice, and as he went on , he learned of dangerous stuff like Horcruxes and powerful magic he could use to get more followers. He used this knowledge to gain power by blackmailing his members, scaring them into joining and ridiculing those who were of "bad blood" as he called it.

He wanted to rid the world of Muggle Borns, thinking them unworthy of his talent for whatever reason. So, as he went on in his schooling he found the Chamber of Secrets and used his ability of speaking to snakes to control the Basilisk inside. A witch died then, Myrtle and he closed the chamber up once the professors, lead by Albus Dumbledore, who was only a Transfiguration professor at the time figured out something was amiss. Dumbledore, being the smart man he was kept a close eye on Tom during the rest of his schooling, which in total lasted seven years. After his seven years of shcool, he moved on, secretly getting more followers and creating Horcruxes with his soul. He created seven in total I believe and soon created havoc for a long time."

He paused, breathing heavily. "There's a lot more to his story; but I'll give the short version. When he had enough followers he began a war that lasted a very long time. An Order of the Phoenix was created, led by Albus Dumbldore. Thus brings me to Harry Potter. He was born and was the savour of the people by defeating Voldemort when he was only a baby. By doing this he too turned into a Horcrux." He stopped blushing badly.

Abby raises her hand. "I think that would qualify as history. Harry Potter is considered a historical figure, so any part of his life woud be considered inportant as far as history goes."

Copernicus raised his hand. "I think that the period in Hogwarts history when Voldemortist was attempting to retrieve the Book of Mysteria, from 2051-2061, is pretty interesting. He made all sorts of efforts to get into the school, and it was a very perilous time to be a student here."

"Yeah that's what i thought" she smiled

Camira snorted at Professor Truebridge's response to Professor Lupa. That was so... just wow.

Okay, back to his request. Ugh, a ten year period. She wasn't even sure if she could remember 10 consecutive years of history. She ended up drawing a makeshift timeline to help her out. After what seemed like ages, she raised her hand. "I'm going to choose 2052 to 2062, mostly because I find the Book of Mysteria fascinating, especially the The Draught of Ephemera, which resurrected several formerly dead professors in Hogwarts, if I'm not mistaken. The ongoing battle, if you will, with Lord Volemortist and the resulting ministry intervention remind me very much of the "Harry Potter" days. It appears as though we as a society hadn't learned from our mistakes; hadn't remembered how weak we became when we went against each other instead of the true perpetrator. I find that very interesting. The mix up with the love potion and the overzealous house elf of course bring humor to a somber start, which is balancing. There were some more struggles with Voldemortist and a bit of drama with the Salem Institue, who'd come for the Book of Mysteria. That's another thing I find interesting. That practically a whole 10 year period revolved around one book."

Hearing Less' shameful comment, Iliana leapt off of Allie's lap. She fixed her with a contemptuous stare and watched as she headed out the door. Then she casually made her way to the Professor's desk and sprang into his lap, nuzzling up against him before making herself comfortable.

Paris raised her hand. "Or the time of Merlin and his Knights of the round table. Merlin was trying to get wizards to see how helpful we could be to muggles and he was trying to bridge the gap between the two communities at time when it was really dangerous to be a witch or a wizard with the Catholic church and the Pope wielding more power than the kings and queens." She said.

Mariska decided that she too actually had an answer. Amazing! She raised her hand and offered her time period. " I think it's interesting that the Book of Mysteria at one point, in..2052 made its way to Beauxbatons...the book seems to keep disappearing and resurfacing throughout Hogwarts history. Even going beyond the ten year scope of this discussion, but that is quite interesting." She said, looking at her book again to read more.

"Thank you, Barry. Though I'd like to point out that there have certainly been other brands of fear prior to the first rise of Voldemort; perhaps none that have shaped our society so much as that though." Ethan nodded.


"Alright..." Ethan just watched in alarm as the Runes Professor giggled like a schoolgirl and walked out of the classroom. He shifted uneasily before turning to the class.

"Ah. The time during which the ghosts originally disappeared." Ethan noted.

"Very interesting, I agree. Particularly when you consider that once upon a time, Tom Riddle sat in this very classroom." Ethan looked around gravely for a few moments.

"It is interesting. And it is a time that is easy to research since there is information recorded in Wizarding and Muggle History." Truebridge nodded at the young Hufflepuff.

"Even your own history is still history; so Harry Potter's most certainly is." Ethan commented, "It is always interesting to see what happened in the formative years of those great figures who shaped our world.

"I'm sure if you spoke to Harry Potter when he was.... in sixth year?" Ethan looked at her and nodded, "You might find you'd have a fair amount more in common with him than it may appear."

"Ah yes! Thank you Tobi. Certainly there are times that we cannot precisely pinpoint dates, but estimates are helpful." Zan tapped his fingers against the desk, "1935-1945 certainly was an interesting time."

Ethan smiled at the boy's enthusiasm. "You are on the right track with your thinking; its amazing what can happen in ten years isn't it?"

"Certainly I agree with you. I'll go one further too; one does not need to be a historical figure to be of historical importance."

"Not so long ago really was it?" Ethan pointed out. "Not all that long after I left Hogwarts at the end of my fourth year as it were."

"That ten year period, revolves around the book for sure, but also the people who experienced it." Ethan added, nodding along with what Camira said.

Truebridge idly stroked the cat as it climbed on his lap.

"Most Certainly."

"So much history in these very walls." Ethan agreed.

"So. I'd like for you all to imagine yourself as a journalist. Choose any ten year period- preferably one where you can provide dates to work with- and think about what was happening at that time. I'd like each of you to write 3 questions that you would ask people to get more information on whichever event or person you think is the top story of that time. You can work with others and discuss it amongst yourselves; infact I encourage it as long as you stay on topic. I'll be listening in." Ethan stroked the cat again and stood, carrying the... minky? Whatever its name was, and sitting in his chair again.


ooc: Yeaaah I have to go but Truebridge IS STILL HERE and WATCHING so be aware of that. Stay on topic or risk losing points. Feel free to discuss and debate and speculate.

Elizabeth looked up at Professor Truebridge when he commented on her answer, and turned a faint shade of pink, as she tried to figure out exactly what he meant by that. But then he was giving an assignment to the class, so she managed to calm herself down before glancing at Mari next to her. "Want to pair up to work on this?," she asked the other Ravenclaw girl, and then took out a clean sheet of parchment to write on.

Tobi leaned forward and poked Celandine gently in the center of the back, she was easily his favourite history partner, and he hoped he could entice her to work with him, "Hey Cela," he whispered. "If you had to chose, would you rather study the last decade of Merlin, or the last decade of Grindelwald's freedom?"

Allie was surprised when she gave up on Minky being her cat so fast. She thought she would have been caught in her little lie. Lucky. She shrugged and continued to pet Minky.
"Hey my Minky doesn't smell!" she said defensivly. Woops, shouldn;t talk that way to a Professor. "Ummm I mean...I...ummm your really smart."
She watched as Minky went over to Truebridge. Then continued to listen to class around her.
Hmmm that sounded easy enough...well kind of. She didn't want to do it alone, so she started to look around for a partner.

Reese listened to the Professor give her the assignment.She wrote some notes in her book then looked around the class for a partner. She noticed Allie by herself and stood up ,grabbed her notebook,and waked over to her."Hey,want to be partners?"

Ana was glad to be right. She was not sure because it inclued his uncles but yeah they are part of him so it's right. Then she looked around seeing if anybody had already started to debate.

Melanie looked around the classroom for someone to talk to and her eyes caught sight of Ana. "Hey Ana! Parteners?" she asked brightly, walking over to the other Hufflepuff firstie.

"Sure!" she said, glas that she had foudn a parnter so quickly. "So what period in time should we choose?"

"Cool!"Reese said.She sat down in the chair next to Becc and opened up her notebook to her page of notes for this class. "I really don't care.What time period do you want to do?"She looked up at Becca and smiled.

Ana heard Melanie and turn to her "Yeah, sure!" she said "So, what do we do now?" she asked

"We talk aboiut history of Magic." Melanie said matter-oh-factly. "So, If you could study any of those eras which would it be?" she asked, plopping down in a seat next to Ana. "Personally I want to know a bit more about the goblin rebellions."

Picturing herself as a journalist was not a very difficult thing for her to do. She was already one. Sort of. Not to mention that Journalism was the only thing she could see herself doing ten years from now. But then, she was only sixteen-years-old, after all.

Absentmindedly, the fifth year began to tap her chin with her quill, pondering over Trubridge assignment. So many interesting points in interesting to think about -and use for this assignment, for that matter- so little time. But, she had to find a partner first, as Professor Truebridge was encouranging them to do so.

Willow was ninety nine percent sure that 'I encourage you' was just a pretty way to say 'I order you'. What was it with Hogwarts teachers not letting them worked on their on these days? Did they that they were not smart enough to think by themselves? To work without a partner?

The young Ravenclaw had to admit that if that was the case, she could not really blame them.