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Medusa. King Midas. The Raven. Whatever those things were? Muggle stories, right? Surely they were, for Willow could not recall ever hearing about them. Muggle books were basically forbidden at her house. Then again, it wasn't like the Ravenclaw enjoy reading anything at all, unless, of course, it involved Quidditch. So, yes. Whatever. Aaaaand, she didn't really know the answer, so instead of trying to puzzle over her classmates answers, the seventh year busied herself with staring at her perfectly clean nails. Mmhmm |
Anna raised her hand, "The Gorgon Sisters? The ones who used to be beautiful until AThena caught Medusa and Poseidon in her temple and she turned them into hidous creatures. There was Medusa who could count as her own story but she is mostly known in the story of Perseus. He cut off Medusa's head as a wedding gift for his king but ended up using it to turn all the guests into stone. The head now is mounted on Athena's shield." |
Oh! Miranda raised her hand, remembering the story she had read, ""Professor, there is the story of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe... she paused, "The evil witch Jadis would turn anyone whom she did not like into stone." |
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'Medusa? Poesie-What? Narnia? What the heck is a Narnia?' Evelyn thought, puzzled. 'That more muggle stuff?' |
Carter raised his hand. "What about a cockatrice?" Carter asked. "There's different stories on what it did. Like it could have a lethal stare like a basilisk, or could turn people to stone like Medusa. |
And again.. another class which was unexpectedly turning out to be fairly interesting. Heh. Having read and researched his fair share of Greek mythology, Woodson raised his hand. He still didn't like this hand raising thing though. Weird. "Greek mythology... Professor," the fifth year said somewhat confidently. "The tragic story of Niobe? She lost her entire family, fled and turned to stone. A symbol of eternal mourning." |
Rafe was thinking of all the muggle literature he had read. "Ooh sir, what about Robert W. Chambers' short story The Mask? It's about an artist that created a liquid that turned anything that stuck into it into stone. He killed a lot of flowers and bugs. Then his wife fell in. This petrification was also reversible, but by the time anyone found out, the artist had shot himself." Rafe was pretty proud of his little story. It was a little bit darker than the others. |
Cam thought for a moment. HMMMMM. Someone who could turn other people into stooooone. Well Medusa and that King Midas guy was taken and he didn't know any other of the examples on the list. OOOOH! Cam raised his haaand up high, "There was this real old comics bad guy dood uuhhh... the Grey Gargoyle I think? YEAAAH and he could turn other people into stone if he touches 'em!" The wand was still rolling on top of his head but still... flamiiingooo he was a flamiiiiingooo. |
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"Yes, sir," Miranda answered the professors question, "Sir?" she raised her hand again, "Isn't there a story in the Bible... I think...where a woman turned to a statue of wax?" Miranda blinked. She couldn't remember where she'd heard of it, maybe it sounded to weird! Blushing, she waited... |
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Issy did not like summaries. She was very bad at them and tended not to tell the story properly or add too many details. Head boggled, she strained to remember the faint fairy tale. "Uhm. Well," she began with a very bad start. "There was this man called Milluccio who once found a dead raven on this rock and he kind of fell in love with the idea one day having a wife as black as its wings, as red as its blood and as white as its stones or something." Had Issy mentioned that this story was not particularly happy? "And his brother, Jennariello, persuaded his brother to tell him of his dream. Once he had, the second brother set out by ship and went off somewhere and he proceeded to buy a falcon and a horse. He met up with this beggar who got him to tell his story and the beggar begged at someone's house who had a daughter called Liviella who looked just like Milluccio's dream of a wife did." This was long winded. Ag. "Basically, Jennariello kidnapped Liviella and at first she was all upset and despairing but he told her about his brother and she was actually really intrigued and curious to meet Milluccio. So, they're on their way home and these two doves fly over and they tell Jennariello that the first time the bird sees Milluccio, it's going to peck his eyes out and that if the second brother warns the first or does not bring the bird, Jennariello would turn to marble. He said something similar for the horse, who would break Milluccio's neck upon the first ride, and then said that a dragon would kill both Milluccio and Liviella on their wedding night, but gave the same forebodings if Jennariello was to warn his brother or not deliver the girl." Merlin. People were probably getting bored. "So, of course the second brother wanted to save the first. And he brought the horse and falcon to Milluccio, but then killed him. And after his brother and the girl were wed, he took a sword and fought the dragon. But this his brother woke and the dragon disappeared and Milluccio had his brother imprisoned for being a traitor and sentenced to die the next day and all. In order to die innocently, Jennariello told the truth and because of this, he turned to marble." Pausing, Issy pursed her lips and glanced at the Professor, before peeking around the room. She debated about telling the rest of the story. About the twin babies and killing them to use their blood to restore Jennariello and Livellia nearly jumping from a window and her father stopping her and restoring the lives of the babies, but she'd already been babbling and that was rather gruesome anyway. So, she tapped her fingers on the table. She was done. |
Chris raised his hand. "Professor I know Cameron already said a comic book hero but the actual creature a gargoyle was said to turn into stone at will for protection." he said. |
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He could tell that others wanted to share their stories, but his point had been made. "Moving on!" Svensson exclaimed, slightly overwhelmed by the enthusiasm radiating from some students. "As you can see, things turning into stone is a concept that fascinates storytellers. I hope it fascinates you because today... we will be turning things into stone." But no people. They were most definitely not turning people into stone. "From the stories, we learned how things were turned into stone. And oftentimes we heard the reason as well. But in this day and age, why would anybody want to turn something into stone? Aren't there enough rocks around the lake, that you wouldn't want to bother turning you shoe into a stone?" |
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"Actually sir, I find in a duel, using Duro to turn a shoe into stone is really useful. It slows down your opponent and if you use the toenail growing hex as well it makes it really really really uncomfortable for them. Also if you turn stuff into stone, you can then levitate it and lift it up really high and let it fall down on people." |
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Anna looked at the teacher and said, "What if the one changing the things or people into stone was immortal. They would have all their friends and loved ones . . . leave one by one while they lived on. An immortal can never get close to anyone because it would hurt more when those friends keep going away. They could've turned the people into stone so that they would always be there. Statues can't leave on you, they stay for all eternity. It may be a sad situation for the immortal, but any friend, even a statue can be better than living your life in eternal loneliness because everyone is leaving you behind." She looked down again at her turtle. "And things could also be important to you. Like a love letter from your first crush. You would want to keep that forever. Or maybe a . . . note that your dad left you before he was gone." She looked at Akihiko. "Or a picture of your family before your mom left. Wouldn't anyone want to perserve the happy times of your life?" |
Issy raised her hand and instantly blushed. What if the Professor didn't call upon her because she was such a babbler? Nevertheless... "Maybe, like the su--er... like Celandine said, you could use it in a duel. Stone is heavy, after all. Or, you could use it to turn your treasured items into stone so that no one would know its value or think it just a rock and let it be. Maybe in a fight, one partner would turn someone's favourite item into stone, just for spite? As we saw in many of the stories, emotions often played a bit of a role in turning something or someone into stone." She stopped herself here. There was no reason for her babble and carry on. |
Copernicus raised his hand. "I would think anytime you want an object to become nearly impermeable or heavier, turning it to stone would be a good technique. If I wanted to be sure something would remain undamaged for a period of time, maybe I could turn it to stone until I needed it again." |
Jack tapped his chin in thought before raising his hand. "If someone was chasing you and there was something big nearby, you could turn the big object into a stone to block their path so they couldn't get you," he said. That was probably not the most practical use but it was still a use, right? |
Abby raises her hand. "Professor, muggle artist throughout the ages have carved statues out of stones. They generally used humans and animals as models. By turning objects into stone, we could also make works of art." |
Was that a rhetorical question? Delana thought to herself... but answered anyway... Other than the reasons already mentioned, I think it would be useful in art, or in preserving something. As anyone with experience rock-carving will tell you, it takes time to form a stone into something... so if you were able to instead form something into stone, it would save time and offer more possibilities for creative uses. Or, to aid in building of walls and other such things for protection of homes or cities..." Delana didn't know if this would make sense... but it did in her mind, so she waitied to see what the Professor would say. |
Cam raaaaised his hand up high again, this time trying to make sure the wand would still be placed on top of his head. Statue. Flamingo. Jahhh. "Weeee could turn garbage into a huge block of stone, right??? SOOO like liiiike it helps stop pollution and all." GO GREEN PEOPLE. GO GREEEEEENN!!111 |
Tibi scribbled down notes furiously. There were so many stories about turning to statues or stone! But why would we want to? Tibi was asking himself that very question when the professor asked the class. Tibi pondered and puzzled and scrunched up his face. Raising his hand, he offered "Maybe if you need to make something big out of stone, but it would be easier to make it out of something else and then turn it to stone?" Did that even make any sense? |
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