Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris listened carefully, with his hand on his chin, as Professor Truebridge went over the rules of the game they were about to play. Personally the game sounded pretty awesome and he couldn't wait to start.

When the rules had been given Chris called to gather all of the other Gryffindors. "Hey Gryffindors over here!" he said noticing the Hufflepuff doing the same thing. He wanted to win this sooo BAD!

Originally Posted by individual

Looking around, Evelyn spotted a few Slytherins talking to one another, and others that were just...not talking at all and by themselves.

Especially that one girl. Lupin or whatever her last name was. Noting that most of the other houses were practically grouped together, and Destiny did mention that perhaps they should be doing what they were doing...AND it was a good idea, Evelyn sighed and rubbed her face. "Hey. You, you and...you..." she said, pointing to the Slytherins she saw so far at first glance. "Come over here so we can...talk strategy...or something."

Meh. Talking. Fun stuff!! "Anyways, just out of curiosity, are any of you good with the other shield spells? Not the Contego spell I mean."

Originally Posted by individual

Looking around, Evelyn spotted a few Slytherins talking to one another, and others that were just...not talking at all and by themselves.

Especially that one girl. Lupin or whatever her last name was. Noting that most of the other houses were practically grouped together, and Destiny did mention that perhaps they should be doing what they were doing...AND it was a good idea, Evelyn sighed and rubbed her face. "Hey. You, you and...you..." she said, pointing to the Slytherins she saw so far at first glance. "Come over here so we can...talk strategy...or something."

Meh. Talking. Fun stuff!! "Anyways, just out of curiosity, are any of you good with the other shield spells? Not the Contego spell I mean."

Originally Posted by Kris

Alexandrie Malfoy-Lupin frowned realising one of the Slytherin girls was pointing at three slytherins in general. Her and two others. She sighed going over to her and at the question she nodded slowly, "I can do Revertoscutum and Protego, i've never tried to pratice Impiriano and Contego." She muttered under her breath shifting from one foot to the other. her Amber eyes flicking to them and back again. Alex could deal with mean Professors..her own house? Not so much.

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

What was that girl's name again? Selena could really remember. But she couldn't help but feel a little offended when she was just pointed ant and was called 'you'. Selena walked over. "My name's Selena Vivianne Zabini-Riddle," Selena said as she introduced herself. She stuck out her hand for the older girl to shake.

Selena thought about the spells she knew. "Well... I now the Protego charm, I'm okay at the revertoscutum, and I now the Impiriano," Selena shrugged. Selena bit her lower lip. At times like these she wished she was someone else who was more bubbly. And definitely more smart.

Originally Posted by individual

"Selena...I'll remember that." And, probably not actually. For one, she didn't care about the girl's name, and two, the Slytherin was probably going to forget the name within the day or so. Unless the girl did something to make Evelyn remember it..

Smirking, and with a few chuckles escaping under her breathe, Evelyn shook her head slightly before looking at who was in the group. "I didn't really ask if you knew the spells..." she started, shifting from one foot to the other. "I meant, are you good at them. You know like, two or three spells isn't going to shatter the shield you are creating. And I'm talking about the Protego one mainly. The Revertoscutum is just, out of the questions since we all pretty much fail at it at the moment."

Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris listened carefully, with his hand on his chin, as Professor Truebridge went over the rules of the game they were about to play. Personally the game sounded pretty awesome and he couldn't wait to start.

When the rules had been given Chris called to gather all of the other Gryffindors. "Hey Gryffindors over here!" he said noticing the Hufflepuff doing the same thing. He wanted to win this sooo BAD!

Originally Posted by individual

"Selena...I'll remember that." And, probably not actually. For one, she didn't care about the girl's name, and two, the Slytherin was probably going to forget the name within the day or so. Unless the girl did something to make Evelyn remember it..

Smirking, and with a few chuckles escaping under her breathe, Evelyn shook her head slightly before looking at who was in the group, but lingering on the Lupin girl. "I didn't really ask if you knew the spells..." she started, shifting from one foot to the other. "I meant, are you good at them. You know like, two or three spells isn't going to shatter the shield you are creating completely. And I'm talking about the Protego one mainly. The Revertoscutum is just, out of the questions since we all pretty much fail at it at the moment."

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Selena tried not to roll her eyes at the girls tone of voice. She clenched her fists inside the pockets of her robes. Ugh. She hatted it when people treated her like she was insignificant. Selena bit her tongue so hard it almost drew blood. Just because the girl was in an older year didn't mean anything. If she was so great then why would she care about what they knew?

Selena gave a huge fake smile. "Well, I'm good at the patronus charm," Selena said. She tried to control her temper. She felt like she was talking to her mother: someone who could care less what you did or what you knew. She had to remember her manners. She didn't want to leave a bad impression, but that was a bit hard with her. Whatever er name was.

Originally Posted by Kris

Alex frowned at the person..whatever her name was again. "You never know if the Professor will use something that can be blocked by Revertoscutum. However, I can do protego..well enough but as Professor Truebridge said Protego weakens if held up for a long period of time." And this third year would know that if she actually listened to the teacher talk about it. Alex however did not repeat that thought out loud. She just avoided eye contact with the mean third year. "And I managed to block a Glacius from a like fifth year or so so i'll say I'm decent at Revertoscutum."

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Selena tried not to roll her eyes at the girls tone of voice. She clenched her fists inside the pockets of her robes. Ugh. She hatted it when people treated her like she was insignificant. Selena bit her tongue so hard it almost drew blood. Just because the girl was in an older year didn't mean anything. If she was so great then why would she care about what they knew?

Selena gave a huge fake smile. "Well, I'm good at the patronus charm," Selena said. She tried to control her temper. She felt like she was talking to her mother: someone who could care less what you did or what you knew. She had to remember her manners. She didn't want to leave a bad impression, but that was a bit hard with her. Whatever er name was.

Originally Posted by Kris

Alex glanced at the girl, Selena? was it. "She means are you good at the FOUR shield charms, Revertoscutum, Protego, Impiriano, and Contego. However, niceeeee on the Patronus Charm you never know if it'll be needed and it'll provide a good distraction for the Professor or an attacker." She had put on Four and had glared at the girl who was treating them like they were dragon dung.

Originally Posted by individual

Now, this is why she slightly preferred Destiny to do most of the talking. Since, whenever she spoke, her anger got the best of her and it just allll ended up down in the lake. "I realize that, thanks Malfoy...Lupin..." Whatever. "But we all are no Professor Truebridge in doing the spells, which is what I'm saying." It would be nice to eventually if she was able to say what she actually meant so people weren't confused. But, it was something to work on, definitely.

"I'm just trying to see where we are at the moment with the spells, and who would be better where." Perhaps she should have the others say what strategy they thought best for this? Hmm...maybe... "In my opinion, we should have like, two or three people on the outside of our group, protecting us from whatever spells that may come out way. And the others, could concentrate on keep the beach balls bouncing and not exploding." Looking at them, Evelyn smiled and placed her hands on her hips. "So, yes? No? What do you think we should do?"

Evelyn tried not to give a rather confused expression at the younger girl that told her she could do the patronus charm. Seriously? She's like...a first year. And what that had to do with anything, she didn't know. "We are only aloud to use the shield charms that we learned, if you were paying attention." she muttered, glancing at the Malfoy-Lupin girl when she spoke of distractions.

Originally Posted by individual

Now, this is why she slightly preferred Destiny to do most of the talking. Since, whenever she spoke, her anger got the best of her and it just allll ended up down in the lake. "I realize that, thanks Malfoy...Lupin..." Whatever. "But we all are no Professor Truebridge in doing the spells, which is what I'm saying." It would be nice to eventually if she was able to say what she actually meant so people weren't confused. But, it was something to work on, definitely.

"I'm just trying to see where we are at the moment with the spells, and who would be better where." Perhaps she should have the others say what strategy they thought best for this? Hmm...maybe... "In my opinion, we should have like, two or three people on the outside of our group, protecting us from whatever spells that may come out way. And the others, could concentrate on keep the beach balls bouncing and not exploding." Looking at them, Evelyn smiled and placed her hands on her hips. "So, yes? No? What do you think we should do?"

Evelyn tried not to give a rather confused expression at the younger girl that told her she could do the patronus charm. Seriously? She's like...a first year. And what that had to do with anything, she didn't know. "We are only aloud to use the shield charms that we learned, if you were paying attention." she muttered, glancing at the Malfoy-Lupin girl when she spoke of distractions.

Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter

Cadence smiled as some of the younger Hufflepuff students actually come over to where she was standing. Look at them all, it felt good to like, be in charge and be a leader and stuff. She didn't like having to follow orders all the time these days. "Right, so I think we need to organize. Work as a team. He said there are 5 balls of each color, right? So, here's what I think we should do! Divide into 5 teams, one person concentrate on protecting the beach ball, and then everyone else be sort of the guard. Shielding the ball protector from spells, protecting each other, and just being extra protection for the ball. How does that sound?" she asked. Yes, Huffie teamwork for the win!

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Selena glanced at the other girl. "Thanks," Selena said a bit hesitantly."And you are...?" Selena asked. You couldn't work with people you didn't know and you can't trust people you dislike. So how was this thing going to work out? "I know other charms and spells but they're not exactly defensive spells," Selena shrugged. A patronus charm... she wasn't exactly great at it... but she had been practicing. "Well... Since there are six of us, that would make sense..." Selena said as she nodded her head slowly. There were probably better formations because being in a circle limited them quite a bit.

Originally Posted by Kris

Alex admitted the ..flower persons plan was good. She however didn't like the way she said Malfoy-Lupin. "I think it's a good plan. My name is Malfoy-Lupin not Malfoyyy Lupin and what do you think uh..Selena?" Alex asked glancing at the fellow first year she realised she had also been asked a question thought, "Well the teacher said to use the spells we learned in this class..or at least this part of class so no. But a well praticed spark would surprise attackers and it isn't a spell it's something that counts as accidental magic." She looked at Flower was it? "What do you think?"

Originally Posted by individual

There were only six of them? Eh. That would possibly mean a maximum of two people would be protecting the outer circle. Well, outer part of the group. It didn't necessarily need to be a circle. If they all just lined up at the platforms it would make it so much easier. "That's what I said. Malfoy Lupin." she said, suddenly turning her attention to the Lupin girl.

"You think a spark would distract the Professor?" she asked, raising a brow. "He's teaching DADA for a reason." Hehe. "Besides, I didn't hear him saying anything on using 'accidental magic' or sparks either." It was allll about the shields.

Originally Posted by Con_Stripes

"Possibly. You'll need to know them by name most likely, the theory of each but only Protego is necessary for OWL level practical exams in Defense." Truebridge answered and once he was satisfied that they were all taking their notes down he continued.

"The spell in question is a flexible one, similar to protego in most respects, though it is easier to cast it on objects or people that are at a distance from you. You do NOT have to concentrate to hold it steady, but it does tend to fade away after only a few impacts, only one or two usually. The incantation is Contego and the object you are shielding. In this case, Contego Beach ball." Truebridge paused, it was kind of amusing really. "Even though there will be more than one beach ball, as long as you focus on the one you wish to cast on, it should be sufficient. If you like you may add the colour such as 'Contego Green Beach Ball', if you have trouble getting a shield around one of the balls." He paused here and glanced around.

"As you see, there are suits of armour on the duelling platform. You will not be on the duelling platform yourselves, rather you are to take positions on the ground around the platform. Beach balls will be released on the platform, a charm in place to be sure they do not fall free of that area. There will be five beach balls for each house, the house with the most beach balls at the end of class, will win the most house points. The wand movement is an upwards zig zag."

Truebridge vanished the beach ball he held and conjured five of each colour, which hovered above the duelling platform.

"The suits of armour will attempt to puncture and burst the balls, and you will practice shielding them with the Contego spell as they fall and bounce. The shields will not only stop the balls from bursting, but also help them bounce up in the air again when the suits of armour, and their weapons, make contact with the shields. Further more, you will have to shield yourselves against anything I cast at you, though I guarantee you won't be faced with anything particularly dangerous. You may work together as a house, shielding each other if you wish."

He looked around to be sure they understood. "Any questions?"

ooc: You may NOT say another house's beach ball bursts, but you are allowed to say that your house (or another house) beach ball does not due to your shielding or the shielding of someone else.


I will post occassionally with three things:
-Truebridge casting at some of you

-something happening to the beach balls that must be reacted to

- the suits of armour doing something

Be creative. Only the shielding spells taught in class may be used. If I say a ball bursts, then it bursts, but you may say it doesn't if a suit of armour tries something.

Originally Posted by Dances With Potter

Cadence smiled as some of the younger Hufflepuff students actually come over to where she was standing. Look at them all, it felt good to like, be in charge and be a leader and stuff. She didn't like having to follow orders all the time these days. "Right, so I think we need to organize. Work as a team. He said there are 5 balls of each color, right? So, here's what I think we should do! Divide into 5 teams, one person concentrate on protecting the beach ball, and then everyone else be sort of the guard. Shielding the ball protector from spells, protecting each other, and just being extra protection for the ball. How does that sound?" she asked. Yes, Huffie teamwork for the win!

Originally Posted by leshley

Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley

Originally Posted by Con_Stripes

"The spell in question is a flexible one, similar to protego in most respects, though it is easier to cast it on objects or people that are at a distance from you. You do NOT have to concentrate to hold it steady, but it does tend to fade away after only a few impacts, only one or two usually. The incantation is Contego and the object you are shielding. In this case, Contego Beach ball." Truebridge paused, it was kind of amusing really. "Even though there will be more than one beach ball, as long as you focus on the one you wish to cast on, it should be sufficient. If you like you may add the colour such as 'Contego Green Beach Ball', if you have trouble getting a shield around one of the balls." He paused here and glanced around.

"As you see, there are suits of armour on the duelling platform. You will not be on the duelling platform yourselves, rather you are to take positions on the ground around the platform. Beach balls will be released on the platform, a charm in place to be sure they do not fall free of that area. There will be five beach balls for each house, the house with the most beach balls at the end of class, will win the most house points. The wand movement is an upwards zig zag."

Truebridge vanished the beach ball he held and conjured five of each colour, which hovered above the duelling platform.

"The suits of armour will attempt to puncture and burst the balls, and you will practice shielding them with the Contego spell as they fall and bounce. The shields will not only stop the balls from bursting, but also help them bounce up in the air again when the suits of armour, and their weapons, make contact with the shields. Further more, you will have to shield yourselves against anything I cast at you, though I guarantee you won't be faced with anything particularly dangerous. You may work together as a house, shielding each other if you wish."

He looked around to be sure they understood. "Any questions?"

ooc: You may NOT say another house's beach ball bursts, but you are allowed to say that your house (or another house) beach ball does not due to your shielding or the shielding of someone else.


I will post occassionally with three things:
-Truebridge casting at some of you

-something happening to the beach balls that must be reacted to

- the suits of armour doing something

Be creative. Only the shielding spells taught in class may be used. If I say a ball bursts, then it bursts, but you may say it doesn't if a suit of armour tries something.

Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Chris listened carefully, with his hand on his chin, as Professor Truebridge went over the rules of the game they were about to play. Personally the game sounded pretty awesome and he couldn't wait to start.

When the rules had been given Chris called to gather all of the other Gryffindors. "Hey Gryffindors over here!" he said noticing the Hufflepuff doing the same thing. He wanted to win this sooo BAD!

Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny listened as the first years sorta argued back and forth with Evelyn. They would have to learn that that was not a good idea. Maybe, just maybe if they were arguing about something important instead of how to pronounce last names then this would be highly amusing. "It doesn't matter what your name is. Most likely we won't ever talk to you again, so no need to know it or remember it."

Now that that was taken care of..

Evelyn's idea was a good one. It was until the one girl mentioned accidental sparks. What did that even mean? If someone throws up sparks, Destiny HIGHLY doubted that they would be an 'accident'. She rolled her eyes at that, and idea had struck! Nudging Evelyn, she eyed the others around them, "I say, we have you all stand in front of us. Sorta like a 'human shield'. While you are protecting me and Evelyn, we can protect that ball."

"Or you know, we can go with Evelyn's idea. Your choice."

*cue impatient foot tap*

Originally Posted by individual

There were only six of them? Eh. That would possibly mean a maximum of two people would be protecting the outer circle. Well, outer part of the group. It didn't necessarily need to be a circle. If they all just lined up at the platforms it would make it so much easier. "That's what I said. Malfoy Lupin." she said, suddenly turning her attention to the Lupin girl.

"You think a spark would distract the Professor?" she asked, raising a brow. "He's teaching DADA for a reason." Hehe. "Besides, I didn't hear him saying anything on using 'accidental magic' or sparks either." It was allll about the shields.

Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny listened as the first years sorta argued back and forth with Evelyn. They would have to learn that that was not a good idea. Maybe, just maybe if they were arguing about something important instead of how to pronounce last names then this would be highly amusing. "It doesn't matter what your name is. Most likely we won't ever talk to you again, so no need to know it or remember it."

Now that that was taken care of..

Evelyn's idea was a good one. It was until the one girl mentioned accidental sparks. What did that even mean? If someone throws up sparks, Destiny HIGHLY doubted that they would be an 'accident'. She rolled her eyes at that, and idea had struck! Nudging Evelyn, she eyed the others around them, "I say, we have you all stand in front of us. Sorta like a 'human shield'. While you are protecting me and Evelyn, we can protect that ball."

"Or you know, we can go with Evelyn's idea. Your choice."

*cue impatient foot tap*

Originally Posted by Kris

Alex glanced at the other girl, she had forgotten she was there. "Pretty much you want us to be..what was that muggle saying..Take one for the team right?" Alex refused to touch the never talk to you again part. Knowing Flower she was going to get on Alex's bad side. Alex spoke in a chipped tone, "Fine why not? we have nothing better to do then be 'human shields'" Alex was purposely being sarsatic. "What do you think FLOWER?" Alex asked annoyed.

Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands

Destiny listened as the first years sorta argued back and forth with Evelyn. They would have to learn that that was not a good idea. Maybe, just maybe if they were arguing about something important instead of how to pronounce last names then this would be highly amusing. "It doesn't matter what your name is. Most likely we won't ever talk to you again, so no need to know it or remember it."

Now that that was taken care of..

Evelyn's idea was a good one. It was until the one girl mentioned accidental sparks. What did that even mean? If someone throws up sparks, Destiny HIGHLY doubted that they would be an 'accident'. She rolled her eyes at that, and idea had struck! Nudging Evelyn, she eyed the others around them, "I say, we have you all stand in front of us. Sorta like a 'human shield'. While you are protecting me and Evelyn, we can protect that ball."

"Or you know, we can go with Evelyn's idea. Your choice."

*cue impatient foot tap*

Originally Posted by individual

*snicker*

Destiny was right. It wasn't like they were going to be speaking to these people anytime soon in the near future...or ever. But still, Malfoy Lupin was stuck in her head, so she wasn't able to forget it now.

Hearing her friend's suggestion, Evelyn smiled slightly, glancing between Destiny and the other two they were talking to. It was a good idea, but she thought the sound of 'Human Shields' was a little rough. They had wands and shields to protect them...



"That's...what I said. Malfoy Lupin." Evelyn said, shaking her head slightly, not really knowing what the girl was talking about. Malfoy Lupin. That's what she said!

"Okay. Stop stop stop." she said, raising her hands up as if she was trying to calm everyone down, including herself. "We are, arguing too much. Who cares about names at the moment. We don't need them." Well, Evelyn could keep her name.

"No one will be 'taking one for the team' or whatever you said." She hated muggle phrases anyways. "Like whatshername said, we are a team, so we will be working as one. You two..." Pointing to Malfoy-Lupin and the other girl. "You two protect us as we try to protect the beach balls. And we'll try to keep our eyes peeled for any tricky movements that the Professor, or any other team, might be playing against us alright?"

She was fairly good at knowing where and what her surroundings were, so there was no trouble with that. "And it's Flores. Not Flower."

Eesh.

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Selena rolled her eyes. "But if I'm to remember your name, you can remember mine, it's Riddle," Selena said. Flores, Flower. What was the difference? They sounded the same and held the same meaning. Selena glanced around the room. If the armor were going to attack from one side and the professor from the other, it would be best to double up and rotate every once in a while... Eh. Selena decided to keep her mouth shut, saying any more would probably get petalhead angrier.

Originally Posted by xiiWishiWasYours

Selena rolled her eyes. "But if I'm to remember your name, you can remember mine, it's Riddle," Selena said. Flores, Flower. What was the difference? They sounded the same and held the same meaning. Selena glanced around the room. If the armor were going to attack from one side and the professor from the other, it would be best to double up and rotate every once in a while... Eh. Selena decided to keep her mouth shut, saying any more would probably get petalhead angrier.

Originally Posted by Kris

Alex refrained from yelling at Flower. She glanced at Selena was it? Alex was intelligent and she read.."Well if we're to protect you..we're probably going to get tired..why not switch like every now and then?" She asked looking back at Flower..Flors? whatever "Us protect you then like say every fifteen mintues or so we switch to you protecting us while we're protecting the beach balls?" Alex thought it sounded smart..after all being first years they would get tired.