It hadn't taken long for Raiden's nose to stop bleeding. The prefect's face was mostly clear of blood (there was just a small smudge of it that he'd missed, across his cheek), and the bruise was starting across the bridge of his nose and left eye. The discoloured mark was barely visible, at least from a distance, but he could feel it.

He'd fix it later. After class he'd go to the prefect's bathroom and then he'd have a mirror and wouldn't be blindly doing stuff to his face. He glanced at Gold and grinned as she listed off her own learned things. He did indeed have a size advantage, in some ways. He was taller, and probably weighed quite a bit more than Arya. His advantage over others in the class would've been markedly less though.

Had Sabel, or Kellen, or possibly even Gold decided to jump on him, he probably would've found throwing them off a lot more difficult.

"It's probably a lot easier to take down an enemy from a distance," he volunteered to Lainey. "When you get too close, they tend to knock you down. And sit on you."

And that led to tickling.

After being free'd from the vines, Ella walked back into the classroom and sat next to Trixie. She shot an evil glare at Aiden every now and then. Grr, he was going to pay for that. She huffed then raised her hand to answer the question. "Yes I learned to never trust a Gryffindor. Actually, to never trust guys in general." She said, still staring at Aiden. It probably wasn't the answer that the professor was looking for, but the only other thing she had learned was that clothes pegs were actually really dangerous and hurt quite a bit..

Urrrh.. this class had started out so fun – what the hell happened? Oh yeah... that.

Oliver slumped at his desk not really in the mood for this anymore. He pulled a face at Lainey's question. What had he learned? Unfortunately, a fair bit of it was negative. He raised his hand. “I learned that wearing heavy cookware armour is a hindrance in battle because once you're down it's damn hard to get back up again” heh. What else? “Oh and that pillows make better weapons than pans.” He'd also learned a fair bit about respect – those who did and those who didn't, but refrained from saying this aloud.

Selena raised her hand then said, "I learned that whacking people is fun, and that the actual battles were a million times worst than this," Selena offered. Eh. Poor answer, but she had learned something...

Alex raised her hand tiredly, "War is very exhausting and difficult to do, but having friends and or family there makes it a lot more easier. You can also use anything for armour or as a weapon." Alex voiced out loud.

Jacob raised his hand. "Friends can turn into foes during battle, and cowardice can get the best of you in the worst of times." yup jacob and his cowardly self... and it really effects your self-esteem when you run away in the middle of battle.

Sarah had dismantled her armour on the way back up to the classroom.Unsticking the various lids and moulds that made up her protection.Snort.Fat lot of good that did.So she was now carrying most of it, bar the arm guards, in a pile that she placed on the floor next to her seat.Slowly slumping into it, she looked up at the sound of Professor Lainey asking a question.

What had they learned?

"I've learnt that if you use a colander as head protection, to pad the rim of it out first..." Sarah grimaced, raising her left hand as she replied, and putting the right one against the cut.Not that she'd ever be wearing it again anyway.PLEASE say they weren't!

Aiden had been smart enough to not sit next to Trixie or Ella. The Gryffindor even caught the two shooting him looks, but he just grinned and was even so bold as to stick his tongue out at them. He turned back to Professor Lainey as the students answered her question. "I learned that projectiles may very well be better than swords." He glanced at Trix and Ella as he spoke next. "And that even the simplest things serve as excellent weapons." Cough. Vines. Cough.

Trixie glared over at Aiden and shot Ella a glance that said we will have revenge. She turned back to the professor with an evil smile. Oh yes. Sweet revenge will be there's. She then relaxed her smile a little. "I learned that, same as Ella, you can never trust a Gryffindor, especially of the male species" she said turning to Aiden. "And also even your team mates can betray you" she said now looking over at Ella. Ergh if she had stayed with Trixie in the first place then this wouldn't of happened. "And help can come in the unlikely of places". Thank you Spatulaclaw, AKA vashti.

THERE, they were!

Spotting Arya, who was lying on her stomach, Gold slowwwlyyy made her way over to the Hufflepuff, and then reached down to give her a hug from behind. It would have been a rather awkward hug, had it not been for the fact that Gold did not actually care. She liked fuzzy!ex-Kneazle!Cruppie-Arya, and that was that. The ENDDD of all arguments. Fuzzy!Arya was awesome.

Not to mention, Professor Lainey had told them to hug the people they had fought. Which meant Gold was only following instructions.

Hehehe.

Then she tiptoeeeddd over to Raiden, and HUGGED him from behind, too. Because, you know, that was more fun than a normal!hug. "I luff you, even though I actually did beat the stuffing out of you, today," she said, a little apologetically. You know. The nosebleed. The big, BAAADDD nosebleed. Gold was still oh!noessss over that. It was something that should completely not have happened.

Letting go of fuzzy!ex-kitty-eared-Rai!Rai, she sat down on the floor, and raised her knees to her chest, hugging them close as she paid complete attention to Professor Lainey. She was kind of exhausted from all the fun they had had, now. AND she still needed to hug Gandalf.

AND Orc Master.

Spying Mina, as he re-entered the classroom, Patroclus tippytoed, towards her. Getting as close to the back of her head as possible without letting end, he shouted into her ear,
"BOOO! That’s all the pay back I get to give you!" He laughed.

"Professor, I learnt that in the heat of battle, there is no Blue, Yellow Green or Red. There is only good and bad, and even then that can be a blurry line, as what one may thing is god, another may think is bad.
And you must protect those, who are unable to protect themselves."
What house the Slytherin Captain was in, did not matter to Patroclus, he need help, so he did.

Mina almost screamed as Patroclus scared her, but she held it in. Seriously, what was it with boys and sneaking up on her and scaring her. Playfully swatting his shoulder, she turned back to Professor Lainey and shook her head. She would have to get back at him for scaring her now. Plus, she did still owe him a hug as per Lainey's instruction.

It had taken a few moments to actually find everyone, slipping through the students as quietly as one could with cookie sheets for armour. Finally he reached Arya, and sat down next to her, taking a moment to pry off the somewhat dented pans; hopefully the house elves didn't mind. "Never let go of your weapon. You do that, and you must find some very creative means to continue fighting. Also, enemies can make great allies against other enemies and tickling is a great way to distract the enemy that is not your ally."

Smiling, he placed the pans to the side and then shifted down enough to lie with his head resting on Arya's shoulderblades, folding his hands ontop of his stomach. It had been much more entertaining that last years battle; maybe if they had used pillows last year, things would have gone better.

Arya grinned at Raiden's response. Yea getting to close meant that you got sat on, but it also meant the person doing the sitting gets tickled and thrown off. So it was a lose lose for both parties. A fun lose though.

All of the icing had been cleaned off her hands when she felt someone hugging her from behind. Aww, she LOVED hugs! Turning slightly so that she could awkwardly wrap an arm around the person (atleast her armor was gone), she saw red and instanlty knew it was ze awesome Griffindor Prefect. But before she could move to give her a proper hug the older girl was gone. That was okay, she would give all her friends hugs before class let out.

Arya turned her head to the side when she saw Sabel sit beside her and remove his armor. She grined a goofy grin when he mentioned the tickling. It seemed there was a lot of that during the battle. When he rested his head on her shoulderblades, she sifted slightly so that he would be more comfortable before turning her attention back to Lainey.

SABELSABEL!

Raising her head to look at Gandalf, Gold gave him a little smile, before realizing she still had spatulas attached to her arms. Hehe. Smiling lightly, she pointed her wand at each, slowly but definitely nullifying the effect of each, pretty strong sticking charm.

When the last spatula had come off, Gold scooped up the six or seven spatulas in her arms and, not sure what else to do, dropped them all in her lap. Then she gave Arya little wave, and finally went back to eyeing the awesome!crazy Professor Lainey.

Best History of Magic teacher. EVER.

Emma raised her hand. "I learnt that battles at first are fun but in the end are tiring. Also you can use your surrondings to help you in battle" said Emma explaining. This class was the BEST so far!

Theo plopped down in his seat as his cupcake protectors on his knees clanked. He took them off and dropped his cookie sheet shield. Pulling his Cauldron helmet he started chuckling as his reflection showed that the ash and soot he wiped on his face stopped halfway up his forehead. He took out his handkerchief and wiped away the mess.

He heard Professor Lainey's question and tried hard to think. "I learned that we weren't very organized, it was sort of like chaos out there and no one knew who was supposed to be fighting who." He remembered watching everyone chasing each other around on old brooms and using their cooking utensils for weapons. "And, we weren't very well equipped to fight," he added. "I don't think an over-sized egg beater was meant to be used for that," he said laughing.

Having collapsed with a rather dramatic sigh in an empty seat, Vashti pondered what she'd learned. Hm... She raised her hand after a few minutes. "I learned that...clothes pegs can make you 'die,'" she said, using air quotes around the word die. Because oh yes, she'd died rather dramatically down on that battle field. Trixie could attest to that. "And that pillows make great weapons. So do spatulas. Aaand...battles can be exhausting."

Raising her hand wearily, Emmy answered, "Professor, I learnt that battles are physically, emotionally, and mentally draining, and that someone you thought was your friend can sometimes turn out to be your enemy." I also learned that it's almost impossible to run in flipping armour... But she wasn't going to say that - not to the Professor, at any rate!

Amy listened to the students answers as she wrote down some notes

"Is that a joke? Like why'd the hippogryff cross the quidditch pitch? Aye?" Lainey popped off her desk and started patrolling her soldiers. When she got to Simon, she elbowed him gently. "I'd see a nurse for a proper fix. You weren't going for that crooked nose/rustic manly look, right?" Hmm.



"Yes. No." Hmmm. Lainey stopped walking, crossed one arm around herself while the other hand tapped at her lip thoughtfully. "I'm not sure, actually. Can you repeat the question? I think it's yes. Is today Thursday?" No? What?

---- Lessons learned from henceforth ----


"And making cakes, too!" Lainey jumped up and did a little knee-bending excited... THING. YAY CAKES! YAY LESSONS! "YAY Evelyn!!!"

... did that last part come out, out loud? Lainey moved right along pretending it didn't either way.

Lainey waved her wand and summoned a bottle of water for little Ellie Ravenclaw. Awwww. "I poured water on my head." True story. That had happened. "It helps." Lainey offered the water and added, "But it won't fix the mental exhaustion of battle. I suggest a nap after class."

"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang man! You learned a LOT. I should have you write the test or something." Lainey hid one of her ankles behind the other and kind of moved away from the group that Gold had been playing with.

She didn't want her ankles bit.

"I think you had a very open mind today, Gold, and I admire that. Well done and thank you." Despite all of Lainey's silly, she was truly sincere in her gratitude for students that could move outside the box and really SEE things. Made teaching worthwhile, students like that.


Oh. Hehe... Lainey covered the sides of her face with her hands, creating little blinders so that only Destiny could see truly see her face. To Destiny, she mouthed, "I KNOW, RIGHT?"

Ummm.

What?


Lainey smiled and nodded. "Absolutely!" What? Had Lainey and Arya been to the same battle? Had the house elves.... gotten to her...? Best not raise suspicions in current company, but Lainey felt a little worried. Only a little.


"HUH? Speak up! I can't hear if you don't speak up. I'm very, very old you know. You'd be surprised how many ear hairs I've broken over the years. So, say again? What's that??"

Lainey grinned, slow at first, but there - GRIN. "Ya think so, huh?" WIth that confident and almost cocky way Becca was SAYING it was SO - Lainey had to believe it. "School'd by my kiddos." She stepped up to put her face over Becca's, obstructing the entire view of the ceiling. She stuck her tongue out, made a RAWR!RASPBERRY face - and moved on.


"Getting hit with a spoon hurts!" Lainey repeated, loud and clear for ALL the class to hear. It felt like an important lesson. "Well done. Nice observation. I'm glad you came today to learn such vital knowledge!"


ooc: Sorry I did miss your question. I got in a hurry and missed more than one >__<

"Battles teach us all sorts of things, huh, Abbi? Not just about war, or weapons, or pillows, but about each other. Excellent observation."

"Leave it to my Slytherin to come up with an actual battlefield skill lesson. Were you pondering an Auror career, Raiden?" Lainey looked torn at the idea. She wanted to encourage him, always always always, but being an Auror was so dangerous... and Raiden would always be ickle baby Raiden Kururugi. Awwwwwwwwww...

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... Lainey wanted to burp the baby! Awwww...

"HAHAHAHA!" Lainey laughed until she SNORTED. SNORT!!!


Ahem.

Ahem.


Cough.

"I mean..." Lainey had to just walk away from laughing. Funny. Just funny.



....?


Lainey went and sat right on Oliver's desk, right on front of him. She dripped on him while giving him LOOKS and questioning eyes. "You seem grumpy. I'm sorry you're grumpy. Do you need a hug or a water? I think your lessons of the day are valuable though. Only wear what you can move around in. Be sure to take that to the dueling club, I'm sure it'll be dead handy."

"Whacking people IS fun!!!!" Lainey kind of shouted. Well.. it was true. It WAS fun. "But you're right. Our pretend battle today was only that - pretend. I'm glad you're thinking, Selena."

"Hmmm. I find that assessment interesting, Alex. Very interesting. You don't find it distracting and more worrisome to have friends there - Excellent. I like that you're thinking too."


"You look SO HANDSOME!" Lainey blurted. Self esteem raising 101. "Ladies, don't you think Jacob looks nice all... post-battle glistening? And blue suits you very well. I'm so proud of you. I used to be the Head of Ravenclaw, so I know all about Ravenclaws, see. And I think you're ACE as far as 'Claws go."

"Also - I think that is one lesson that applies to battles, as well as non-violent confrontations. It's a good life lesson, Jacob. Always be prepared for the worst." A friend turning enemy was always The. Worst. "Excellent. Wonderful!" Lainey gave him a standing ovation. SHE really DID think he was excellent and wonderful and smart and Ravenclaw. All good things!


"Practical Puff! You should keep your colander, Sarah. It was just hot. I'd even consider wearing it the Ball."


"Aiden, Aiden, Aiden. I think you learned all sorts of things today, and some things you don't even KNOW yet. You learned battle tricks, how to make enemies, and practical magical. I'm proud of you. Good boy. Or, well, as good as boys can ever be."

Oh Merlin. Not THAT again!

..

...


HAHAHAHA SNORT!


Lainey was going to have issue a formal apologies to Gryffindors and Boys alike.

"Wow. How... that's wonderful. It's so philosophical and smart." Lainey waved her hand around in a completely unelegant way that clashed with Patroclus's beautiful answer tragically. "I think it's a rule that if you're named Patroclus, you MUST be philosophical and well spoken. Well done!"

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, aye, Sabel?" Lainey pierced him with one of those INTENSE Lainey looks. The intensity might have been dampened a bit by her wet state, but still. "I think that is both dangerous and smart." And dumb and smart and brilliant.


It was very Gryffindor.


"You be careful, Mr. Dakest. I think I worry for you. But I like your answer and I enjoyed watching you on the battlefield today. Impressive... "

"Ohhh! Nice answer, Emma! Did you throw dirt at someone? I like that. It's resourceful. Appropriate. Well done!"

Some of the boys in this class - and most of them Gryffindor - were very into the "true battle" mindset. It was bittersweet. Merlin knew the Ministry needed fresh and capable new Aurors and Police. But these were Lainey's BABIES. She didn't want them to ever be in danger EVER.

"It was organized chaos, aye Theo? But I wouldn't cast off an egg beater as an weapon juuuust yet. You never know."


"That is a serious lesson. I think I would feel better if everyone made a special note about this. Clothespins can equal death." Excellent.

"Beautiful answer, Emmy, and a nice recap. Good job and .... I think armor running takes practice. I'm sure if you ask the House Elves or Professor Carlton they'll gladly let you borrow some pots and such for practice!"


"WELL. Job well done class! Job. Well. Done." Lainey clasped her hands together over her head and shook them, congratulating ALL epic warriors.


"Do you feel as if maybe, just maybe, we made history ourselves today? We tracked over the grounds where so many before us have tracked, we re-enacted battles, and I feel, we made our own little piece of history. I want you all to be mindful of your surroundings while you're here at Hogwarts. No, I don't want you to live, eat, sleep and breathe history, but next time you stroll down to the Lake - really take a good look around and THINK about times before you. Think about what someone fifty years ago might be able to offer you for advice. Or best yet - think about what the students fifty years from NOW might be thinking about YOU. What will YOU leave in the history books?"


Lainey clapped once and walked speedily back to the front of her classroom. "Now. Homework. Homework homework homework. Homework will be worth 10 points, and it's up to YOU what you turn in. I'll give you options.


Option 1. Make a historical documentation of today's events to hang in the History of Magic Gallery. (drawing!)

Option 2. Ask a Professor or Staff member to tell you something about their history here at Hogwarts. Provide me with the details.


Note that this is ONLY worth ten points, so don't go crazy berserker with over-effort. Just do your best, no big deal!"


Lainey sat down heavily on the top of her desk and wiped the water from her forehead. "You may head on out, guys and good class! Thanks for the fun!"


OOC: I'm going to give up to 10 points for class participation. If you posted a bunch and such, it'll be 10 points easy. The other 10 come from Homework. So 20 points possible if you do both, 10 possible if you do one or the other, 0 if you did neither. hehe. Again, my sorriest of sorry's for being so late in wrapping up. Thank ye, thank ye for playing along! =D

Grumpy? Oliver blinked as he looked up at Lainey who was now perched on his desk and oggling him suspiciously. He shook his head. Nuuuuu! This particular Slytherin didn't get grumpy! – he just felt a little sad that the battle had ended on a bad note after it had started out as such fun. A hug or water. Awww.. she was awesome... even if she were dripping on him. The captain gave her a grateful smile.

In truth, he wouldn't have minded that hug, but that would be totally embarrassing for the sixteen year old, and by the professor.. in front of the entire class. Guh.. “...Water would be nice - thanks, Professor.”

He nodded at her words. Yep yep... covering yourself head to foot in cookware during battle wasn't a good idea he'd learned. And although it had protected him from getting hurt too much, freedom of movement would have been more useful for the twitchy boy – to be able to outrun the enemy. Heh. Yeah.. he would be able to use this information in a magical duel too.

When Lainey returned to her desk and dismissed the class, he stood, glancing at the injured Sarah with a concerned look before he headed out the classroom to wait for her in the corridor.

Alexandrie beamed gathering her books notes and everything making sure all the armour or weapons were off her. She wanted to ask a Professor their history because well..she was rather crappy at drawing. "Great lesson Professor." Alex told as she left not sure yet what Professor she wanted to question.

Selena gathered her books. "Thanks for an awesome lesson professor," Selena grinned before she left. Drawing? Eh... probably not. She was quite lazy... if she even did the homework... it would be funny.

UGH!!! She was trying to raise his self esteem, in all the wrong ways. Jacobs face become an almost maroon color. It it started to heat up quickly. He awkwardly chuckled, and scratched his head a bit. Eeek no more attention for Jacob. No More Attention For Jacob! Man, teachers like this were so weird... Stop trying to make me feel better.

Jacob felt as though he should have just stayed silent, and answer questions with facts and not opinions. Keep away from teacher contact and he'd be fine for all seven years... but noooo. Jacob had to speak out and remove all doubt of him being a fool.

Well class was over... Homework time! yay for false excitement. Jacob waited behind as Lainey, yay more random lies praise