Zoe raised her hand quickly straight into the air then said, "If you didn't want someone to know what spell you were about to cast you would want to be silent. Also if you had to sneak up behind someone. Possibly also if you had laryngitis and you couldn't talk, or maybe if you were underwater." She smiled at the professor hoping that she had good answers this time.

She was babbling again. At some point in time Zoe might as well give in to her affliction and stop punishing herself for it.

Evelyn raised her hand when she thought of something. "Maybe if you have a silencing charm on you, a non-verbal spell could be useful." she said, putting her hand down and glancing at the little beast in the corner of the ceiling again.

Jake raised his hand. "In a duel and stuff, you can either not waste valuable time saying the incantation, or not have the possibility of being tongue-tied when you say it. And your opponent might not work out your spell..." he trailed off. "OH! And also, if a certain Professor Kazimeriz like, sticks you to a chair and goes all SILENCIO (or not because that was a non-verbal), then you can fix it yaself. ORRRRRRR if it's a situation where you reeeeeeally need to shut up and stay quiet."

He gave a firm nod.

Tibi raised his hand, shyly. "If you're hiding and don't want to make any noise so the other person can't find you, it would be useful to know how to do non-verbal spells."

Tibi could think of a million variations of that one answer. How many times would it have helped him out? Countless.

Well Kylie thought, A nonverbal spell could be useful in so many different situation...
Kylie raised her hand and said..
"Well Professor, there are so many instances where nonverbal spells may be useful. My classmates have already made some stellar examples. Like in a duel or for protection? You don't necessarily want your opponent knowing what's going to happen...by using a nonverbal spell, you decrease their chances of knowing how to block it-therefore opening a window of opportunity for yourself... Kylie paused for a second, reflecting upon what she'd just said..she decided to continue, "But, a nonverbal spell could also be useful in different scenarios. Say you were in danger and hiding..you don't necessarily want to be found because of a small incantation. So..I guess they're good for defensive protection as well as on the offensive hand." Kylie had really liked what that girl had said about having a Silencing Charm put on you..but she thought she'd said enough and it was time to stop.

"Now then, before we get into the theory behind non-verbal spells, which by the way, some of you older students may be able to try today, let's hear some theories from the class. Tell me, in what instances might non-verbal spells be useful? Don't forget to raise your hands!"


Kay put her hand up and.."Professor, non-varbel spell would be usefull when you don't have your wand, or if you can't use your voice. In times when you maybe be in danger and it wouldn't be wise to use a spell out loud." Kay hope what was a good answer.

Marie sat thinking for a moment about when it would be necessary to use a non-verbal spell. She slowly raised her hand "A non-verbal spell would be especially useful in situations where you do not want anyone knowing what you are doing." Like when you are surrounded by a bunch of muggles and can't say a spell out loud Marie thought to herself.

Bella thought hard on as to when the non verbal spells will be useful and the raised her hands to speak"um...sir they can be useful in duels or when one is disarmed. i guess aurors will be using these spells quite often to have a surprise attack on their enemy or their target," bella spoke and looked at the professor to see whether her answer was correct or not.

Kay watched the Professor and listened to Marie's answer. She hoped that the look on her face was not meant for her. Marie was thinking about something. Turning back to the front of the class she wonder if the Professor was going to ask for all of them to try wordless magic.

Sara raised her hand: "If you've been petrified, you could use a non-verbal spell to hex your enemy..." Sara said quietly, in case she was wrong.

Daniel raised his hand and said "Professor, aside from duels, we can also use non-verbal spells to surprise somebody." he cleared his throat and continued, "and a way of further strethening the power of such spells is by empowering the mind, doing focus exercises. I believe a great mind with a powerful focus can perform such spells."

LouAnn raised her hand, not really knowing just yet what she'd say. Charms had always been a strong point of her's. Not necessarily her strongest point, but not her weakest either. "If we're really good at non-verbal spells, the effect of the spell is still the same whether we spoke the incantation out loud or not. I think with a non-verbal spell we may even have to concentrate more, so they may be even more powerful," she said.

"Non-verbal spells can be useful when you're unable to speak, like when you've been hit by a Babbling Curse or Langlock. Both of those spells are used to keep a person from casting a spell, but if that person is skilled in non-verbals, he or she can cast anyway," she continued.

"My name is Nataly Silverlock, Proffesor." answered Nataly, itroducing herself to Proffesor Ashby. She wrote notes on what he said. It would be useful when she will do her homework-with her memory, it was necessary.

Nataly raised her hand, ready to answer the question. "Non-verbal spells are indeed a very complicated part of magic, and they give you a big advantage on the person you're fighting-he or she wouldn't know what spell, hex or course you're using on him, and frames his ability to defend himself. Usually, non-verbal spells don't have the full power of the original ones, but it all depends on the quality of the spell and the experience of the person who casted it."

Jack raised his hand as said, 'When speed is of the essence, non-verbal commands are best. We can think a lot faster that we can speak. We can think a string of commands in a fraction of the time that it takes to say them. Plus, there is the added advantage of not getting tongue-tied or stumbling over the words. On more that one occasions, I got my tongue wrapped around my eye-teeth and couldn't see what I was saying.' He said, finishing with a joke. This was one of the few Professors that he really liked and felt comfortable joking with...

Bellatrix raised her hand, "Professor, while non-verbal spells can be used in duels, to keep your opponent oblivious to what your next move is, and for protection, if you're in a dangerous situation you won't give away your position by saying something out loud, but they can also be a tool to create chaos and to avoid accusation, for example if you are in a crowd and you use a non-verbal spell to attack someone, not only will a majority of people panic at first, especially muggles, but one can easily walk away from the entire situation with no one knowing the wiser," she nodded primely and lowered her hand and examined the notes that she had taken.

K raised her hand "Non-Verbal spells are great when you want to surprise the person you are using the spell on because they will not know what is coming to them since you are not saying anything at all." K then went back to writing down some new notes and seeing what everyone else had to say from now on it was intresting to here everyone's anwser.

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Arianna felt like slapping Rafe on the forehead. She looked at where he was seating and quietly moved to a place next to him. She poked him on the shoulder and murmured to him " sound waves? that's so... muggle-like, do you really think we will be studying that?? Here at Charms?!" she laughed mockingly and poked him again. This time she had done her homework, and she had studied for this lesson previously " Long time no see" she added with a wink.

"Little Italy!" he exclaimed as he gave her a big hug, it probably lasted a little longer than usual. Rafe really had missed her. "I have a lot to tell you, but we'll have to wait until after class," he whispered in her ear very, very seriously before letting her go.

They didn't have time to talk now that the lesson had started. Rafe had so much to tell his best friend, but now it would have to wait.

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"Yes, yes. I'm glad you girls brought this up. Here's your first lesson. Take notes on this, now; today will be more of a lesson on theory than a practical lesson. Anyway, non-verbal spells is a very advanced branch of magic. I'm sure you all know that it is hard enough to pull off a spell with a word to concentrate on to activate the effects you're looking for, so when you have to be quiet, how can spells be just as powerful?"

Were they taking notes? They'd better be!

"Now then, before we get into the theory behind non-verbal spells, which by the way, some of you older students may be able to try today, let's hear some theories from the class. Tell me, in what instances might non-verbal spells be useful? Don't forget to raise your hands!"

Rafe took out his parchment and began writing notes.

Rafe raised his hand. "Plus, it's an advantage to know nonverbal spells over those who only know how to cast spells verbally. For example, if someone was to use the Silencing Charm, Silencio!, on their opponent that only knows verbal spells, well that cat's in the bag! You have a very high advantage over the other person!"

Bella raised her hand, "If you'ved lost or voice or so," she said wile taking as many notes as she could.
Her classmates had so many other good ideas, this was all she could think of.

Mina busied herself with taking notes for the time being. Her fellow classmates had already offered most the theories she thought of. Best to just take notes, then offer a repeat answer, she thought as she waited to hear more.

Cela raised her hand.

"Useful if you are feeling too lazy to talk." Cela suggested, at least thats what her brother did. "Or to use just because you can and to show that you can. Obviously duels and stuff too, particularly with duels you could be sneaky with combinations and say some harmless sounding spells out loud which aren't all that formidible on their own, but the spells you cast non-verbally change things in ways that are surprising enough to give you an advantage."

She placed her wand down on the desk and trapped it there with her free hand, the other still waving around until she realised she was done talking.

Lyddia watched as the students gave answers. Geez, what was the point in trying to say anything if more than five people say it before you?

Lyddia sat back in her chair, defeated, and waited for the next question. Maybe she could answer that before anyone else.

Edem took his quill and a piece of parchment and began taking notes as suggestion after suggestion came up. Wow, the class was fast.

"Maybe, it's useful when you're in hiding and don't want to give out your position?" Edem suggested, raising his hand. The other students have given good answers--he wasn't sure if his was already mentioned. Well, it won't hurt to just say.

"Those are all fantastic suggestions, class," Ian said, smiling.

"There are a few things I would like to explore further out of the suggestions you all made. First, a few of you said that they would be useful in the case one was without one's wand, however, non-verbal spells are not to be confused with wandless magic. Wandless magic can be both verbal and non-verbal, but today, we'll stick with non-verbal magic that still requires a wand." Good thing that was out of the way. Ian himself had had trouble with that when he was first learning about non-verbal and wandless magics.

"The second thing I would like to talk about is the power of non-verbal spells. To a regular witch or wizard, non-verbal spells tend to be weaker than spoken spells. However, to a highly-trained wizard, they can be just as powerful as a normal spell, or even more powerful than a normal spell." Was Ian one of those highly-trained wizards? Maybe....but probably not.

"Third is actually the reason I wanted to talk about non-verbal spells today. While you may not be able to produce a spell without speaking - and let it be known that I don't expect any of you to be able to achieve that right now, as it is very advanced magic - the discipline and focus required to produce a spell without speaking can translate into any other area of life. If you're feeling distracted while you're trying to do homework, or if you need to calm yourself during a gobstones or quidditch match. Attempting non-verbal spells will give you the skills to be able to focus more easily."

"So, as I mentioned earlier, some spells are actually easier to cast non-verbally than verbally. One example of that is levicorpus, which in itself is a rather advanced spell. However, I have designed rather simple spell to be used non-verbally that I would like to try to teach to you all. But again, before we get into the theory behind this magic, how about a demonstration?"

Ian nonchalantly pointed his wand toward the door, and a white, ghostly red panda shot out of his wand to an unknown location.

Rafe raised his hand. "Would you like a volunteer sir?" He was very interested in this lesson. He knew non-verbal spells was very advanced magic, but it would be worth to try it or be tested on.

Tibi's eyes nearly popped out of his head as the panda headed off for parts unknown.

"What was that?" he gasped breathlessly, his gaze still locked on the place it had been.