Herminny did'nt care all that much about the dunuts cause she was never one much for sweets and just concentrated on clss and the question at hand. She quickly raised her hand did her best to answer the question at hand saying, "The only thing I can see in common with all the owners of the elder wand is that they all had to defeat the wands previous owner in one way or another in such away that there intent was defeat and the wand can tell and obviously the masters of the wand had to have done this or they would not have mastered the elder wand.".

Evan was busy with copying the list when a strange noise came from the teacher desk. He quickly looked up and saw the house elf --Argyle, did it say?-- carrying doughnuts. Now that seeing them, he was hungry. Yumms. He sighed looking at the sight, and hear the professor. They would get them, yaay! And the way to them passed through answering. Fair enough. He quickly jotted down "Harry Potter" as the last person of his list, and shot his hand in the air to answer.

"The most significant characteristic to me is their desire for the wand, probably with the exception of Draco Malfoy..." That wasn't something common then, was it? He tried again. "Orrr, they were all struggling for their dear lives in the end?" Everyone struggled for their lives. Duh. He wasn't so creative today.

Tavelon turned red, a little embarrassed, but perked right up with the offering of incentive. Immedietly his hand shot up "Well, Professor, all of the wizards who owned it, except for Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter, wanted it for it's power. And except the last three, they were all short lived, too. Supposedly a lot of wizards wanted it thinking it for it's power and thought they were worthy of it's strength because they were willing to kill. But they confused killing with actual strength." He stopped short, realizing how much he was talking. The professor hadn't asked for an essay, after all.

"... Erm.." he continued. "Well, so most of them were disillusioned about strength. And all of them but Malfoy killed people. Only those unwilling to kill lived long lives."

Satine glanced at the donuts but wasn't a huge fan so she focused back on the lesson, she listened the other answers that were wonderful, but still had an idea...a simple idea...but an idea...she raised her hand.

"Sir, this may be a simple answer, but it seemed that they all were ambitious and had their own agenda....all of their agendas seemed to focus around finishing some path or focus they had been on for a while..." she paused to see if he understood what she was saying....

Amadeus had then copyed of the person sitting beside him, he added the other names to his list; Antioch Peverell, Emeric the Evil, Egbert the Egragious, Godelot Sr, Hereward Godelot, Barnabas Deverill, Loxias and Arcus and/ or Livius.

Nataly's eyes widened when a houe elf appeared on Truebridge's desk with a tray with two cups of cofee. A box with colourful donghnuts appeared beside the elf.
When Nataly recovered from the shock, her eyes bleaked hungrily. Doughnuts!!
But she still stayed calm. It was the professors' breakfast, and she won't touch it (or eat it ). It was not her teritory. So she just smirked and waited to see Truebridge's reaction.

Nataly raised her hand. She was determinded to get better in History of Magic, and this was a much better way of learning then reading some boring books in a dusty corner in the library. "All of them were famous, and they had connections to the Dark Arts. Some of them, like Dumbledore and Harry Potter fought them, and some of them, like Antioch Peverell and Emeric the Evil preformed them."

Kylie raised her hand, "Professor, aside from the obvious that all of them did great things.. not always heroic or good, but great. But, all the people who mastered it were powerful. In my opinion, it always seemed to work better for people who were more powerful. It's like it was all strength based..." she trailed off.

Argyle bowed to Master Truebridge and to the students, and lastly to the doughnuts. Her nose touched the ground each time, "Welcome. Master Truebridge and his students are welcome for Argyle's special delivery. Should never miss breakfast, you shouldn't, Master Truebridge. Most important to eat, Master Truebridge. Most important."

Argyle snapped her fingers once more and disappeared from the classroom.

Awww, the house elf had been so cute. Zoe had never seen one so close before. She had been right about breakfast, it was the most important meal of the day, why was it almost always bad for you food then, Zoe wondered to herself.

She couldn't think of any other good links between all of the wand holders. Looking up expectantly at the professor she hoped that she would have some good ideas for the next question.

Mina smiled to herself watching Argyle pop out of the classroom. She really did like that house elf. Turning her attention back to her notes, she frowned. She was having a hard time thinking up a connection between all the owners of the elder wand. It couldn't be said they were all Dark, since Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter were by no means Dark. The wand wasn't always used for evil and not all the owners were evil. Well, at least not the last two or three owners, the third to last was questionable. She always thought one Draco Malfoy was misunderstood and just a product of an environment that exposed him to only one side of the world, but again that was neither here or there. She needed to think harder.

What do all the owners have in common?

Looking back at her notes she thought hard. She sensed it was probably simple but she was making it way to hard.

Carter busied himself with notes and smiled as Arglye popped in and out. He liked that house elf a lot.

Hmmm! Donuts!!! SWEET! SweetS really, but whatever!!
They smelled good enough to EAT!...Nikki stopped, remmbering that was the whole point.

Now! The donut prize winning question! What did all the owners of the Death Stick have in common..?
Alright! Nikki raised her hand, jumping in her seat a bit, as she waited to answer.

"Professor! Apart from all being male, the owners were all European, right? Also, they were unsure of their destinies? For example, Harry Potter never knew whether he was going to live or die, same with the Dark Lord. And Draco Malfoy spent his entire sixth year not knowing his fate." Nikki wasn't quite sure she was right, so decided to continue.

"Apart from that, they all had the desire to beat someone, didn't they? The Dark Lord and Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy and Albus Dumbledore, Dumbledore and Grindewald, the first ower and Death..."

The brunette put her hand down, and copied down the things everyone else was saying. After that was done, she stared longingly at the donuts....

Something they all had in common....hmm.

Lyddia made sure she had all the names down. She saw the doughnuts and was only half-interested, though she knew the moment she had one in her hand she would stuff her down her throat as if she were dying of hunger.

For now, she focused on the question.
And came up with nothing. Think, Lyddia think.
Well, they were all...really famous? But wait, that's probably because of the wand. Well, in exception of the last three... That doesn't count.
They all had really weird names?
That was all she could come up with. Well, it's worth a try.

'They're all have really weird names and were super-famous?' Yeah, Lyddia, you're clever.

"Ambition and fighting for a cause? Good answer Fyo, as usual." Ethan replied.

"Ah, there we go. Indeed there are several on the list who were related to one another. You have a good eye for the smaller details and indeed that was one of the answers I was looking for." Truebridge answered.

"There were a few connections to Harry Potter, those who believe in fate might even spin it to say it was preordained that Harry Potter would be the last person known to have seen or handled the Elder Wand. Good answer."

"If you had been listening to me as opposed to allowing yourself to be distracted by Argyle you would know the answer to that, K. Pay attention or I will take points." Ethan warned.

"That is the most basic connection, yes. Not quite what I was looking for. Look deeper Herminny, I know you can think of other ways." Ethan encouraged.
"It can be something only a few of them have in common, not necessarily a link that they all share." Ethan encouraged Evan to answer again.

Ethan listened carefully and offered a nod.

"Good answer, good logic."

"Yes indeed, a cause as Fyo pointed out. They all had some sort of drive and ambition fueling them, whether it was directly to own the Elder Wand or if the Elder Wand was just a result of their ambition." Truebridge agreed.

"Good answer, indeed there was a dark arts connection for each of the masters of the Elder Wand, even if it did take different forms."

"Great things. Indeed one must have a great strength of will in order to master the Elder Wand."

Argyle...

had her heart in the right place, even if Ethan wasn't a fan of sickly sweet things or of coffee.

"Some good ideas there Nikki, well answered." Ethan replied.

"Yes actually Lyddia. Weird names indeed. Some of them, as you can see, are known only by one name, or by a trait or characteristic that they may have possessed. Sometimes it can indicate quite a lot about a person, their character and their reputation. Likewise, in some cases here we do not know more about them than their surname or first name." Ethan agreed.

"Those of you who answered correctly may have a doughnut. If anyone thinks of more ways that the known owners of the Elder Wand might be connected, feel free to share them."

Ethan waited for the students who had answered correctly and wanted a doughnut came up to get one before continuing.

"If you don't like doughnuts, there's a couple cups of coffee here." He offered. He'd just have to see about something to eat later. You'd think Argyle, who clearly liked Truebridge quite a bit, would know more about his eating and drinking habits.

Oh goodie, doughnut. Eating in class had, for Fyo, always been something of a major no. But he was hungry, you know.

"Professor, do you think it was Fate, how Harry Potter found himself the Elder Wand's master, when he had never really desired so?" he asked, hand in air, as he gently scraped back his chair a little. The question had been on his mind, for a little while now. History was... so strange.

In an amazing way, of course.

Kay smiled as she got up. "Thank you Professor." Kay took a doughnut and walked back to her sit. "Profressor Do you think the Elder wand was always meant to be Harry Potter because of the family line?" Kay asked

She could have a doughnut!! Nataly almost squealed. Finally, she answered correctly. She took a pink doughnut with little colourful candies on it, looking at it hungrily. "Thank you professor." she said and went back to her seat, putting the doughnut on the table. She decided to eat it only after the end of the lesson.

Kylie got up and reached for the coffee, she wasn't a fan of doughnuts. She wasn't really a fan of coffee either.. but she'd take what she could get. She sat back down and her face contorted slightly under the bitter impression of the coffee. It's not that bad. She thought to herself, taking another sip. It tasted better.

Professor Truebridge said "Good Logic"... did that mean he answered correctly? Tavelon wondered. He assumed the best and grabbed a big chocolate doughnut, uneasy at the fact that the man was giving them his breakfast. But not much thinking need be done after biting into a doughnut, so Tavelon quickly forgot his troubles with the sweet pastry. He tried to focus as Professor Truebridge continued, but such things were hard with sweets at hand...

"I don't believe in fate. Coincidences yes, but not fate or destiny in any form." Ethan answered with a slight frown. It gave him the heebie-jeebies just thinking about the idea that the things he had done in his life could ever be considered preordained.

There was a reason he was not teaching divination.

And a reason he tended to avoid the divination teacher.

Heebie-Jeebies.

"We are going to move on to discuss some of the owners of the Deathstick, in particular Gregorovitch and Gellert Grindelwald. What do you know about them?

Oh.

Fyo raised his hand, for the umpteenth time that day. "Gregorovitch was a pretty well-known wandmaker in his time, sir," he began politely. "When he realized he had the Elder Wand in his possession, he tried to duplicate its powers. Oh, and I believe he also started a rumour about this experimental work of his, because he hoped it would improve business - only, it ended in a "theif" breaking into his shop, and shooting a Stunner at him that deprived him of the Wand. He was later killed by Voldemort, when the latter was in search of the Deathstick."

He took a deep breath, then continued, "The person who stole his wand was Gellert Grindelwald of the Durmstrang Institute, later one of the most famous dark wizards of his time. He was imprisoned in Nurmengard - a prison he had himself built for his foes - after Albus Dumbledore, once his friend, defeated him in a very well-known duel in 1945. He didn't die a natural death either," Fyo added, with a slight shake of his head. "Voldemort murdered him."

"Sir, Gregorovitch was a well known and famous wand maker. Grindelwald was a infamous dark wizard. He lived in Godric hollow the some place Harry Potter lived with his parents. Professor Dumbledore who was his friend defeated him in a duel. He was imprisoned in Nurmengard for decades. That was how Porfessor Dumbledore got the Elder Wand." Kay stated after she had raised her hand.

Raising her hand Alexandra said, "Gregorovitch was a wand maker. He made wands for some of the Durmstrang's. Grindelwald actually stole the Elder Wand from Gregorovitch. Gellert Grindelwald was once Dumbledore's best friend, but once he realized that Grindelwald was wrong in his decision to eradicate the non wizards Dumbledore dueled him and won the Elder wand. "

Evelyn, who was staring at the donuts in slight disgust, suddenly raised her hand. "Gregorovitch was a wand maker who came into possession of the Elder wand, and of course, once he found out what kind of wand he had at the moment, he tried to duplicate it...at the same time, pretty much boasting that he had the Elder wand." Evelyn tried very hard not to roll his eyes. "But then Grindelwald stole it from him, though Gregorovitch didn't know who he was, and was later defeated by Albus Dumbledore in 1945 who then took the Elder wand."

"But i think that Voldemort paid a 'visit'..." she said, air quoting visit, "To Gregorovitch and tried to find out who took the wand and where it was. Once he did find out, he murdered him and went off looking for that person. I'm not sure on that part though..." she was sure she left out a ton of details, but surely everyone else would fill it in. "Wasn't Grindelwald like really into the...dark arts and stuff? And that he was friends with Dumbledore?"

Flipping through her notes she raised her hand . "Gregorovitch was an European wand maker that made the wand of Victor Krum. He retired from the wand-making business in the mid 1980's. It is said that Gregorovitch was bragging about owning the Elder wand and Grindelwald stole it in the mid 1940's. Gellert Grindelwald was a dark wizard but was also a dear friend of Albus Dumbledore. He want to establish wizard supremacy over Muggles, but was defeated by Dumbledore in 1945 and imprisoned for the rest of his life."