HoM BASIC Lesson 2 (1st-4th years)
 

Today the observatory contained desks for the students to sit at, arranged in a half-moon shape though each of the desks were slightly misaligned.

There was an orb of sorts in the centre of the room which appeared to be a three dimensional 'blackboard' of sorts, shaped so that it could be seen from every angle of the rounded tower room.

The board was not empty.

It contained an image with no words to accompany it.

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Professor Truebridge was sitting in a chair underneath the orb, tapping a beat out on his knee and humming a tune while he waited for his students to arrive.

Each desk had plenty of parchment and quills provided, suggesting that the students might need extra at some point in the lesson.

ooc: Class will commence in about 9 hours. Professor Truebridge WILL take points for excessive chatter. 1st to 4th years may post in this class with the exception of those who have been asked to attend the ADVANCED classes.

Lyra hoisted her school bag better on her shoulder and opened the door of the Astronomy tower to follow the History of Magic class. She breathed fast and looked around the room. She still thought it was strange to have this kind of class in a Astronomy tower and silently cursed Lord Borr in her mind for stealing Professor Truebridges office and ..classroom. I mean, hello! Slytherin - dungeons - Astronomy Tower , you know how many stairs you had to climb when you were a Slytherin or a Hufflepuff?!

Yes, Lyra did not like stairs....and never will

Letting out a deep sigh, Lyra looked around better this time and noticed that there was only one person in the classroom already. A Ravenclaw , judging by her robe. Lyra walked towards a desk and placed her bag besides her. She said a "Hey" to the girl and placed her textbook on the table. When she looked up again she noticed the professor sitting underneath a strange orb (how could she have missed that?) "Good day Professor" she greeted and tilted her head to the side to look at the orb more carefully. It looked like a ...eye?

Satine walked in quickly...she was not in the mood to be in this class...she had more pressing matters to take care of, but she still had to keep a good profile with the staff and stay focused in class....She still wanted Ravie to win by points although she had been preoccupied this year with other issues...

She pasted on a fake smile that somewhat resembled her usual one and stopped slightly inside the door as she noticed the odd symbol made of the orbs....her mind went crazy with thoughts about what it could be...

She looked at the professor as she took a seat, "Professor that thing looks evil." she said with a ring to her voice and a twinkle in her eye...

Arrick slipped into the classroom and took a random spot closer to the back. Once settled, he frowned at the symbol on the blackboard. A circle in a teepee? What was that supposed to mean, tribal magic?

Once again, he wasn't going to know anything about the subject at hand. He had meant to crack open A History of Magic, but the first few pages on their own already caused his brain to reel at the absurdity of it all.

'History of Magic, my favorite. Destiny thought sarcastically as she peeked into the classroom. Noticing other students already seated, Destiny walked into ther room. 'Hello, Professor. she whispered eyeing the big orb in the middle of the room, and took a seat next to Evelyn.

Emalyn entered the classroom, a look of plain curiosity across her face. She looked around and spotted Truebridge. "Hello, Professor!" she waved. Why wave? That was stupid, Ema.

She took a seat at a desk, slinging her school back across the back of the chair. Being in the Astronomy tower made her think of Borr, even though she had never seen him in the said setting. Something told her that as long as Borr was present at Hogwarts, her Astronomy education was going to be minimum. She peered at the parchment and quills laid out on her desk. Hmm...a lot of writing today?

Kaiyo bounded into the classroom, skidding on her heels as she ground to a stop in front of a desk. Kaiyo smiled and nodded at the teacher, taking out the half eaten piece of toast from her mouth as she spoke polietly, 'Mornin Professor'. Kaiyo put the toast back in her mouth as she focused on doing up her tie, wandering along the crescent of desks until she reached near the centre. Smiling next to the other students as she sat down and finished her toast. Kaiyo felt really stupid, she'd overslept and worried she'd be late for class....turns out she just forgot about daylight savings.

The girl loosly did up her tie and tilted her head at the board. Kaiyo was now professional, but to her, it definately looked like a blob in a tent.

Nataly entered the History of Magic classroom that was now on the Astronomy Tower. She was gasping for air. Why do they have so many stairs here?! she thought, irrated.
She didn't study much for this lesson-when she went to read the textbook in classroom eleven, everything turned out much diffrently.
She really hoped that Professor Truebridge wasn't a wolf lover. She didn't want to study History from a filthy-creatures-lover's view. That strange euphoric feeling filled her once again, making her warm.
Smiling dizzyly, she sat by one of the desks in the middle. Memories from the first meeting of WOLF swept through her mind, making her even more unfocused.

Iris walked into the Astronomy classroom, still unsure of why that Lord Borr guy didn't want to teach up here. The view from the windows is lovely. The stairs up here don't even bother her because of it. She looked at the blackboard and tilted her head at it curiously. It seemed familiar for some reason, though she couldn't figure out why. Maybe her mum brought it up at some point earlier on in life. She looked at Truebridge and smiled. "Mornin' Professor. I hope you're OK." She went to an empty seat and got her quill, parchment, ink and textbook out. She sat down and looked around. There was a girl with bright red hair that she didn't recognise, The girl was very ... familiar somehow... but she didn't look like anyone she knew. Maybe I could introduce myself to her at some point and find out where she's been the past three months.

"Hello, Professor" Tavelon said, waving as he entered the classroom. He found a desk in the semi circle and sat, suspiciously eyeing the extra parchment. He started to absentmindedly tap his knee as well, he couldn't help it. That symbol on the blackboard thingy looked familiar... Tavelon tried to place it.

Satine turned as she heard a familiar voice and her gut dropped...she forced a smile on her face and nodded slightly in Iris' direction...she knew that her name had been brought up in the meeting and it killed her that her best friend was a werewolf supporter, but something inside Satine fought against her...she knew that she shouldn't associate with Iris, but she felt like she was a very good friend. She felt like her insides were being torn apart with a fight for what something inside of her felt was right....but just as she felt that good part of her start to surface something inside yelled and told her she was weak...

She turned back around and felt a new rage for werewolf supporters....she had to stay true to the WOLF ideals, but she would try to keep her friends out of harm's way as long as she could...she fought with the idea of letting them know the pending danger...but then that cloud overwhelmed her insides again.

Tori walked into the classroom and said ," Good morning professor." as she headed to her seat. She notice a very intriguing diagram on the board, "Hmm interesting."

Herminny climbed the steps to the Astronomy Tower just a bit peaved of how she had done last class and on the homework but she was determined to improve. She entered the classroom and saw the desks it some sort of strange half moon pattern and a three dementional blackboard in the center with a symbol she kew well. She then noticed the HOM teacher under the display and just turned the other cheek. There were several things she wanted to say to him and none of them nice so she found it best to say nothing at all. She just quietly took her seat and began skimming through her textbook thinking you can never know enough and she felt it gave her something to do so she would'nt do something stupid before class even started.

Iris was watching the back of the blood red-headed girls head when she turned around, and Iris couldn't have been more suprised. She stared at the girl's face. No way! No way... no way ... no ... its not ... Why? Iris stared at Satine in shock, not believing what she was seeing. The only thing that made this worse was the fact that Satine seemed to be forcing at smile at Iris. She frowned slightly at Satine, her teal eyes questioning her. They had to talk after class. What had happened to her friend to make her trash her signature PURPLE hair and not say 'hi' to Iris? Something told Iris something bad happened, whilst another part of her just told her that Satine was going through a bad patch. Maybe the chinchilla had snuffed it? Yeah. That would explain it. Iris hoped that this mental theory was the right one.

Kay walked into the classroom. Boy that was a long walk. Kay looked for a sit when she saw Tavelon. "Hi, Tavelon." Kay said as she walked by himto the next set.

Kay took a set and looked up at the Professor. "Hello, Professor Truebridge." she said smiling. Kay looked around the room and saw the orb, and the p[icture on it. Kay know that picture. She sighed and looked away. 'the Deathly Hollows' Kay thought to herself.

Evelyn had been staring at the symbol, almost as if in a trance, before she was jostled out of her thoughts by someone speaking. "Hmm?" Looking over, she saw a girl that looked very familiar, though she couldn't remember her name, and also saw Destiny. Evelyn smiled at the two of them, not being able to talk at the moment, and sat up, trying to make herself look somewhat decent and not someone who had a vacation with a dementor or anything...

Arianna pulled her huge bag into the room, literally pulled since it was so big and heavy it was resisting her most strong attempts to move it from its spot. But she finally managed to move it. She entered the room, nodded at the professor and managed to get a seat.

As she took a minute to look around, she found Rafe there, sitting by her side. She grinned at him, and looked away quickly.