Ancient Runes - Lesson 3 - Survival
 

Alessia set up a room on the grounds. The walls were pressure sealed and there was a ceiling, also pressure sealed. There were NO desks. Only bags of runes on the floor and a magical blackboard. On it the words, "Come in, take one bag and wait for instructions." Less held her wand.

Chrs Potter walked into the room that Professor Lupa had set up on the Grounds and looked around curiously as he entered. There were no desks, just bags and bags of what he guessed were Runes all of the place. He saw the board and read the directions walking not far away and picking a bag up. He then saw her satding close by. "Oh hello Professor Lupa!"

Celandine had come into the classroom skipping but she stopped when she saw the look on the Slytherin Prefect's face.

There was something about it that seemed... familiar? Close to home? Whatever it was, Cel had a feeling about it, so she stopped skipping and quietly walked over to take a seat next to the older girl, offering a little smile and picking up a bag of runes to hold in her lap.

Hello runes, I'm Celandine. She spoke to them in her head and shot another glance at Evangeline.

She leaned over and gave Evangeline a nudge then reached into her rune bag and drew out three runes, one at a time.

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She held them up long enough for the older girl to see before replacing them in her bag and facing front again and giving Evangeline one more encouraging little smile as she wondered a bit at the strange feeling.

Wow this was certainly gonna be intresting Herminny thought as she entered the underground Ancient Runes classroom and all that was their was there was lots of bags of Ancient Runes and a blackboard. She walked into the room and said, "Hi profesor Lup"a alittle weakly gulping a bit. She then grabbed a bag of runes thinking how bad can a class called survival could get, Right....

"Hello to you, Master Potter." She said smiling sweetly at the boy.

"Prefect Green, lovely to see... you." Odd... she the girl must have something on her mind...

"Morning Miss Toussaint..." Alright... the girl had stopped skipping! Oh no no, this wouldn't do! She reached into her drawer and took a handful of sweeties out of it, she gave one to Chris, one to Evangeline, and one to Celandine, patting her head. "Cela, please hand out the rest of these to your fellow students as they enter the class. We'll need a lot of sugar today!" She said with a smile.

A frown? What was up today! "Hello Master Balouch," She said smiling to him. "Let's turn that frown upsidedown." She said and twirled.

Yes! The life of the party himself had arr... maybe not. What was going on here? Less was getting a little frustrated. "Prefect Carden," she said taking the boy and leading him to a corner. Her smile was wide and her whispering tone sweet and kind... but her words were those of a frustrated concerned teacher. "Today's class will be somewhat of a challenge and I will need all the students to be upbeat... As Head Boy you need to set an example, so whatever your issue, I will need you to bottle it up and pretend to be happy, and get the others smiling. Are we clear?" She asked still very sweetly.

Oh... it was him. "They are runes, Master Parker. You should be used to the bags by now..." she said coldly. Alessia wasn't a mean person, but she was vain... and took offence when she wasn't given the same sort of attention other staff was... Yes Professor Morgan is indeed lovely, but to make that comment on their homework, and... snub her... was just... well... it hurt her feelings.

"Miss Telerino, I am happy to see you in my class again." She said smiling.

"Students," she began, "I'm going to wait a little longer for people to arrive... but I am starting to think I will need to call Professor Kazimeriz to bring us a euphoria draught to get you all in a good mood. I cannot hold this class if you all seem down!"

Nia was in a happy mood, still wondering about what had happened when she and Elan had gone for that walk after their little...misunderstanding. Sure, she still ached from the tickle fight, but she'd never laughed so much with someone before. And with them sharing the common room, they'd see each other plenty. Yes, that had been the start of a very good thing.

Looking up at the professor, a twinkle still in her eyes from her thoughts, Nia smiled. "Hi Professor Lupa," she said cheerily, as she picked up a bag of runes. She was completely obvious to the melancholy mood that had apparently swept across everyone else in the room.

Even after all the times Professor Kazimeriz had addressed him as "Balouch," being called that still bemused Fyo - even though, let's admit it, Professor Lupa made it sound a whole lot better by adding "Master" before the whole surname thing. Still, what was the need? Of using surnames, you know? And Fyo was such a cute name, too. [At least that was what his petiteLittle, pink-haired mother had always told him.]

"I was just noticing the absence of seats, professor," Fyo said brightly, bag of runes still in his hands. He had to admit, he was beginning to love Ancient Runes: Difficult though the subject had been, at first, it was now beginning to grow on him, and he found it challenging in a most amazing way.

Normally, Clifford would've freaked and ran a mile, arms flailing. But he didn't. The Head Boy simply looked at Professor Lupa through blank eyes without really paying much attention to what it was she was saying.

Something about being upbeat? SNORT. That was likely ... NOT.

"Clear.. crystal, ma'am." The Head Boy nodded slowly, attempting to force his sad lips into a smile. It was more of a grimace. Ugh.

Dude he was old. He had been 14 for 3 months now. And now he could walk with the 14 year old swagger. He smiled at the Professor, "Hey," he attempted smoothly. But he still looked little and cute, so it didn't really pull off properly.

He blushed slightly, realising he looked stupid, and sat in the back of the class, hiding behind his hand.

Chris smiled cheerfully as she greated him.

"Ooh candy!" he said exctedly taking the piece she offered him. "Thank you Professor Lupa." he then thought to himself with a grin, 'More Professors should be like Lupa and give out candy.'

Lucy walked into the Ancient Runes classroom, ready for the third class. "Hello Professor." Lucy said , adjusted the bag on her shoulder and looking over at the chalk board. She walked over to where the bags were and picked one up, anxious to know which runes it contained.

Focused as she was on her shoes, Evangeline didn't notice someone had sat beside her till they nudged her. Oi? What was it with people these days? Her upset expression changed somewhat when she noticed it was Celandine - happiness herself. Oh ... and what was that? Chatting through runes, eh?

Nauthiz. Wunjo. Tiwaz. Runes of joy and need and emotions control. And battle ... and courage. Hmm. It was almost like Celandine knew. Well, of course she knew. Everybody who had a piece of that bloody gossip-nest people called Aparecium knew.

But that had been the first words - somewhat - of comfort Evangeline had had and a kinda of warm feeling rushed through her. Mimicking Cela's smile, Evangeline felt her lips awkwardly curl upwards in a smile.

A smile that faded away once she took notice of Clifford walking into the 'classroom'. Looking a lot worse for wear. The warmness of Celandine's gesture soon got replaced by a feeling of guilt rushing through her and Evangeline took a deep sigh.

She really needed to focus.

Yes, focus before Professor Lupa decided to tell her off or something! Kindly accepting the candy the woman had handed out to her, Evangeline tried to return the smile. Hmmm. Better to just eat the candy. She usually wasn't a candy lover, but since ... lately, she had turned out to be quite a candy addicted. Sugar was almost a replacement.

Only that not really.

Either by the sugar now on her blood or by Lupa's words of getting Kazimeriz, Evangeline decided that if she had bothered to be in class, she'd make it worth it. Focus, focus, focus!

Satine was her usual bouncy self. She bounced into the class with a smile on her face and grabbed a bag of runes. She was really starting to enjoy this class ALOT! She found a spot on the floor and looked around at everyone else coming in. She had to admit that she had been soooo focused on school work and clubs and such that she hadn't made the friends she had hoped for but the term wasn't over yet.

"Finally, a cheery face!" she said clapping her hands, "Very nice to see your smiling face Miss Newtington."

"Hello my dear," Alessia said smiling before she shot a spell to the girl's face. The spell projected the girl's smile on the ceiling. "See? that's a smile. Let's all smile like Miss Corbette."

That was not what she asked... She was really disappointed in the Head Boy for that, "Carden," she said not attaching a title to his last name, "You will see me in my office after class."

"And Hello to you as well Master Newtington..." she pinched his cheek before he made it to the back of the class. This wee man was preciousness!!!

"You are very welcome, Prefect Potter." She said smiling.

"No bags needed Miss Porter..." she said casting a banishing charm on the bag. "You will find your bag in your dorm room on your bed."

This would not do... She turned around and wrote a note, she then folded it into an oragami masterpiece, and sent it flying out the still open door.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE KIDS?!? Was it the flood? Why were they sooo down! "Well, it is a good day for me, but you don't seem so sure Master Cullack."

"And to you Miss Hudonson..." this was getting tiresome...

She smiled at the girl "Just on time Miss Farris!"

"That's cause I don't want to get them wet." She replied.

Whaaa? He just wanted to crawl back into his cosy bed after class not hang out in Loopy Lupa's office. Bleh. Why did everything always go wrong? He was blessed with the worst luck ever. It wasn't fair. NOTHING was fair.

Shoulders slumping sadly, Clifford simply nodded at the Ancient Runes professor.

Oh no she had pinched his cheek. He blushed even further in his corner of the room. He had his head down and his hand covering his face. He was 14 now. No cheek pinching anymore. He noticed Clifford looked sad. "Hey Mr Clifford. COme sit next to me!"

Jack sat, with bag in hand. While waiting for class to start, he unknowingly began to whistle.

A note came fluttering in her class... She grabbed it and read it.

Hmmm she folded the note and tucked it into her pocket.

Cheering Charm... it was worth a try... She quickly cast a cheering charm on Clifford hoping that if it worked on him... it would work on others.