Salander leaned back into his seat lazily and stretched his legs, turning his head as Kurumi spoke about the Wizarding Statute. The whole thing just frustrayted him to the point of boredom. Listening at the last bit Kurumi said got him to snort suddenly. Everybody seems so concerned about protecting and helping Muggles, have they forgotten about a certain episode in history called a Witchhunt?

Raven thinking he has a cold too, but it is something funny, if he announced it, in a lesson of D.A.D.A., the lesson he was aiming for.
"good morning, Headmaster" Raven greet

No wand? ...!?!

Raven thought, "I think D.A.D.A. is wand practice and practical type of subject, how can we depend our selves in dark arts, if we haven't our wands.

but he is the Headmaster, he know what to do, beside questioning him is likely an act of rebellion.

Raven ready is wand, no, take it back in holster and make it inside, yes, inside of bag. Raven ready a quill and parchment. Headmaster say, serious subject, interesting indeed.

Raven is ready, he didn't need to answer the ask question it merely an order.

Raven thinks of something about statute, Raven raised his hand. "protecting Muggle is allowed in the statute if the life of somebody is involved." Raven say likely more as question than an answer

Lexi gave Jim a quick smile in return and listened to first Kurumi and then Tatertot.

...

Interesting. Perhaps Kurumi had been speaking to Mr. Ikenna also.

Lexi raised her hand and said, "I think that if a witch or wizard is in a situation where he or she COULD help protect a Muggle then by all means, we should do so. I don't think the statute states that we can't help... just that we can't expose ourselves for what we are? Is that correct sir?"

Kellen was sort of glad Sabel wasn't present for the question, because he already knew what the answer would be, and that it would lead to the boy most probably forming a crusade around the idea. Raising his hand, he answered, "I don't think so. Even if you put aside all the resentment of both sides from the past, Muggles wouldn't have made the leaps in innovation they have if there was magic there to help them along. All their technological advances stemmed from not having magic to work with."

Right next to Selina was Violet, so this was the class that Selina was obsessing about so much and what she was so excited about. She had her Swan Quill in her hand ready to begin the Headmaster's lesson. While she waited one of Violet's hands twirled the bottom of her braid. Violet then wrote down her name on her parchment. She finished playing with her hair and looked at the Headmaster when he began the lesson. Violet was very intrigued to begin DADA.

Oh, for the love of Merlin!

Why, why, why, why, why!? All Sierra wanted to do was pick up a wand, cast whatever spell the professor felt like teaching her, and just do magic. The dictionary-eating Gryffindor was right--all the classes had been about muggles so far, and while that part really didn't bother Sierra, the fact that she was pure-blooded and had almost no experiences with muggles was seriously putting her at a disadvantage.

She sank down in her seat just a little before shooting her hand into the air. Okay, so the headmaster wanted to hear opinions on the matter?! "Headmaster, there's something I've been having a bit of trouble with for the past few weeks. You see, I'm a pure-blooded witch, and I've been raised--for the most part--completely around magical people and their way of living," she said.

She paused and glanced around the class before continuing. "I'm having a lot of trouble completely understanding the muggle way of life in order to know if and how I can actually do anything to benefit them," she admitted. "Also, I don't really see an issue with helping the muggles, but I'm wondering how that can be doing without...well, freaking them out."

Raising his hand, Jake wavered slightly. "They should be allowed. If, you know, they want to. But it's not really allowed as SUCH. Like... individually. If a magic is performed in the presence of a muggle it's illegal. But the Ministry as a whole has the statute in place partly to protect muggles... so we aren't completely discouraged."

Feh. Jake cared not. He disliked muggled... the ones he'd used to know hated anything different... and Jake's strangeness was, clearly, different.

Arya frowned. This again? She just....didn't like this subject, or at least how muggles were portrayed in the subject. As if they were weak and needed wizards protection. It wasn't right at all. "I don't think muggles need our protection at all, I think they are more than capable of protecting themselves. But I'm all for helping them if the situation calls for it." Not just cause it was easy, but cause they actually NEEDED help. She belatedly raised her hand before lowering it to tug on her scarf.

Selina looked up from her notes at his question. She was surprised to say the least so she looked up at the teacher in shock and then looked back down at the notes.

It was not exacly the best list and to say the least, confusing. When he looked at the class Selina had no idea how to answer. She hesitantly rose her hand and said, "Sir? I think there is no right answer. Some Muggles may respond very positively to this revelation. Others may not. But that is the way with everything. What I mean is, every person is different. Witch, Wizard, Squib, Muggle. Some people are excepting in any race others aren't. So we cannot black and white this issue. It doesn't work that way. Personally, I don't know how I feel about it. The risk of one person acting negatively could be detrimental. But then again that one person could mean very little. Or they could be a Hilter situation. There are too many variables."

The little redhead looked up at the teacher. That answer was a little longer than she expected.

No wands?

Well that just blows.

Since Marie didn't even have her wand out yet she didn't need to worry about putting it away. She did however have to get out her parchment and quill.

Once she had her things out she sat back and gave a small smile to James. She may have even smiled a bit at Lexi... you know just to show that she could be the better person here. Lexi was after all James' friend... something she would just have to get used to... like it or not.

Hearing Professor Headmaster Hottie Tate's question she looked up at him. Choosing not to answer just yet she sat there listening to what the other students had to say.

Were all their classes going to be about muggles this term?

Having taken his parchment and quill out, Eino quickly recorded what had been discussed thus far before joining in, which he did so when given a turn with his hand raised. "I don't believe so, Professor. Muggles have long loathed our kind, evidenced by the burning of many wizards and witches in the past. It comes from fear, and fear is a difficult emotion to overcome. While many Muggles fantasize of our existence, and magic, and would rejoice in learning that it is reality, that happiness wouldn't be truly genuine, because they should like what they expect us and magic to be but not what it truly is, and having already a pre-knowledge of it, which is probably far from reality, they make them unwilling to abandon those beliefs to learn the truth." He paused to take a deep breath. Most of this ideology he had acquired from his eleven years and extensive reading. "Of course, this doesn't apply to all of them, but it is my firm belief that it does most. Still, that is only my belief, however the burning of witches and wizards is factual and should not be overlooked so easily." Muggles needed Wizards, but Wizards didn't need Muggles, so what would they benefit from? All in all, muggles had done so much harm to wizards that they had no reason to repay them.

Good Ole Kurumi, Patroclus was so proud.

But turning his attention to the topic at hand, he raised his own, "Professor this is very similar to Professor Lafay's potions easy, should we reveal ourselves if it is for the benefit of others," he supplied, before going on, "And personally I would have to say that I am very pro the idea. We are gifted with the magical arts for a reason, and if we are able to save a life, or protect a soul, why shouldn't we? Despite whether we are Pureblood, Half, Muggle born, or just plain Muggle, we are all humans and it we should look out for each other."
This current trend in the class was actually something Patroclus agreed with, and thought it was about time that he and his peers started to think about it.

Neptune giggled at Jake for getting in trouble already. She was happy enough though, tucking his cloak in alllllll around to keep warm.


"I think it depends on the muggle," Neptune said raising her a little after the fact. "Seems like a lot of effort to run around saving muggles all the time though. Maybe there should be guidelines about which muggles are appropriate to step in and help."


Like... the cute muggles. Or baby muggles. Awww babies! And cute boys.

Glancing quickly at Marie, Jim smiled and looked back to the headmaster at the question, his hand going up.

"Definitely discouraged. Most people would stand by and not do anything if they saw muggles that needed help. Except, and I read a study about this and all, a lot of stories about Muggle superheroes apparently came from Witches and Wizards who had decided to go play vigilante, and the only surviving evidence after shoddy obliviation is in the inspiration for those comic book heroes and their place in muggle pop culture. But the thing is, even if someone did use magic to help a muggle, they'd likely obliviate them, and that might even be more harmful to the muggle than just leaving them to it in the first place."

And it WAS all because of the statute but.... "I like the statute. It'd be hard work to live without it, and I don't really care about what happens to random muggles either. If I knew them, it might be different." And Jim didn't like hard work if he could avoid it, or making effort to go meet random muggles.

Ellie wanted to talk. She really did. Her hand kind of twitched in a wanting-to-be-raised sort of way. But, she was scared. Still.

It was silly. It was stupid.

She summoned up courage, finally, to ask, "Protection in what way? Sir." Yeah, sir. Cuz...He scared her enough for her to address him as such. "As in being a sort of watch-dog for muggles, always helping them in the smallest instances? Or protecting them in a life and death circumstance?"

Muggles could SO fend for themselves most of the time. But if someone was about to be murdered, Ellie would definitely help if she could.

Kurumi just sat in silence as the discussion around her continued. Her own mind and soul were torn on the subject. Having grown up with a mother who refused to acknowledge the wizarding blood coursing through her and her brothers’ veins had been very hard. She had felt betrayed. While some of the blame should have also been put on her father for being a pureblood and allowed her non-magical mother to do such things, Kurumi couldn’t see that. Her childhood memories were always of her mother trying to hide things and of her coming to Kurumi every morning with a pair of brown colored contacts for her to wear to cover up her violet eyes. Did Kurumi wish she could be out in the open and not have to hide? Yes.

Patroclus’ comment caught her attention, as did Lexi’s. Perhaps they did have a point. Maybe it would be better if witches and wizards were given the opportunity to help the non-magical world. Afterall, hadn’t Mr. Ikenna said that the wizarding world was ready to take those steps forward?

Kurumi’s mind was now wandering back to Mr. Ikenna’s office and everything that had been discussed there.

“Professor, while I think it would be fantastic if we didn’t have to hide as witches and wizards,” although fantastic was a bit of an understatement. “I am not sure that the non-magical world would be neither willing nor ready to allow us in. People are always afraid of what is different and unless everyone is able to accept those differences…” Like my mother…

Kurumi’s mind was racing again as everything that had happened so far this term came back in a giant whirl. She felt dizzy and her raised hand dropped to her desk and lay there. All this discussion was a bit too much for her to handle.

okay so no wands. Quills and parchments out.

Edlyn raised her hand and answered. "Professor, for my own opinion. I don't think muggles need our protection because if that happened, we are exposing magic to non-wizards and that's against the wizarding rules. With that, people might harm us for we are different. Again professor, it's my opinion only."
Edlyn finished her answer half breathing.

Jake couldn't help but raise his hand again. "The statute was created for a reason," he added quite simply.

No wands, now talking about the statute, Maybe this class should be changed to Magical law. She laughed to herself. She has never been a big fan of th Defense against the darks arts subject, she was okay at it. She has more of a healer type, helping out after they couldn't defend theirself.

Caroline had been raised in a pureblood family, anti-muggle and all that rubbish. She was always quite interestered by muggles. She thought that if a muggle needed the help and a witch or Wizard should help them, then they should, and just modifly their memories, what they don't know won't hurt them. She rasied her hand. "I think that if they really need the help then we should help them, then modify their memory. No harm. No foul. We are discouraged from helping them, but in my opinion why not help them, and like I said before then modify the memory"

Emily pulled out her parchment, quill and ink and set it on her desk in front of her. Defence Against the Dark Arts was her favourite subject, she could hardly wait to start.

Emily raised her hand to answer the Professor's question.
"Professor, we are allowed to protect muggles, we are not discouraged from it- hence why we have the misuse of magical artefacts office at the Ministry, so that we can protect muggles from coming into contact with bewitched muggle objects which may do them harm. However because of the Statute of Secrecy it is best if muggles do not witness the magic which protects them." Emily paused for a breath, "Not that it matters too much, the Ministry always cleans things up by modifying their memory.... It's not a bad thing to protect a muggle." She finished.

"Ministry involvement with muggles isn't at all the same as an individual being discouraged to muck in there. I mean, the ministry takes an active stance in muggle political matters too, and intervenes in large scale emergency situations, via the British Muggle Prime Minister. And you could argue that the point of bewitching muggle stuff is so that no muggle would see a magical item, and the statute wouldn't get broke or nothin', and that its our magic that puts them at risk in the first place. Our magic doesn't protect them it protects us, so does the statute. Its got not much to do with their well-being at all." Jim pointed out, speaking kinda lazily from the front of the room. He'd have winked at the pretty 'claw if he hadn't been sitting with his girlfriend.

"And you know, if muggles knew about us, we'd be in trouble. History shows that its human nature to attack and destroy stuff we don't understand or ar threatened by, that goes for wizardkind aaaand mugglekind you know. And, magic can't beat nuclear power."

"Basically correct. There is latitude for preserving your own life or the life of a Muggle. The trouble comes when we start to move from life or death situation to mere safeguarding. Or when we try to view it as an easy 'either/or' answer."

Tate nodded. "So a sort of... adversity creates opportunity philosophy? I think you might have a point. Muggles have a remarkable ability to adapt and create. Their technology has far out-stripped ours over the centuries, and for good reason. They create where there is a need. Perhaps they would think us... very lazy to be satisfied with so little."

"I know you're asking a question, but it would be better off in Muggle Studies. You make an interesting, if inadvertent, point though. If we don't know those we seek to help... how can we help them? You wouldn't rescue a fish by drawing it from the water, and you wouldn't guard a rabbit with a pack of wolves. Do we know enough of Muggles as a group to really be helpful, or would we just hurt them more in the long run?"

"Mr. Upstead's view is that the Statute actually protects the Muggles. That is a very philosophical standpoint. I like it," Tate gave the boy a smile. He wasn't snuggling that Bott girl anymore, so all was forgiven.

"And Miss Lovegoods believes the Muggles don't need us at all," Tate also smiled in her direction. The girl was likely better acquainted with Muggles based on that perspective. She clearly didn't view them as creatures that required watching and guarding.

And here was a very surprising young student. Tate gave her one raised eyebrow. Just the one. "So there is no one single answer, hmm? Does that mean you should ignore someone in need out of fear they might not react as you'd like?"

Another surprising, and verbose, first year. "I think we can learn from history, however, that we don't need to fear being burnt. We should be far more worried about them burning each other by mistake. Still, I see your point."

"Professor Lafay should stick to potions," Tate said shortly. Why was she discussing Muggles at all in her class? He really really didn't want to fight with her again this term. He didn't care to speak to her at all.

"I like where your heart is at, boy, especially in the spirit of watching out for each other. It's bold, though, to presume that Muggles are not somehow gifted in ways that we are not. They don't have magic. They must have something to make up for it, don't you think?"

Ooooh, Bott. "So Miss Bott would only rescue those Muggles she finds worthy. I can see our higher ideals are fading fast."

The Auror-who-wasn't spoke up from the front. "But would you personally stand by and ignore someone in need? I don't think we can figure out a solution for everyone, but if you had the opportunity rise, would you really ignore the needs of another?" Somehow, Tate sincerely doubted it.

Tate gave the girl one eyebrow AND a smile. "I think you've reached the crux of the matter. Guardians? Protectors? Where is the line?"

Tate felt like they'd chatted about this topic enough for the moment, and he DID have an entire class planned. Moving on. "Let's try to get back to the topic at hand. We could chat all day about Muggles and the Statute, but I have a feeling you're getting enough of that in your other classes."

He gathered himself before continuing. "I want to focus our lesson today on Dark Wizards. You've probably spent time contemplating or studying Dark creatures and spells, as well as defensive and offensive spells, but this is an area that is often sorely neglected. Just to demonstrate that you already know more than you think... name for me some famous Dark wizards. At this point, speculation and rumor IS permitted."

This class was making her head hurt. As was Jim's Pro Wizard stance. Sighs. "What if a Dark witch or wizard was harming a Muggle and you happened across the scene? Would you help then? Or let it slide because you wouldn't want to break the law? We could sit here and argue the validity of one situation to the next... the fact stands that the statute is old... maybe it could be changed, maybe Muggles would persecute us... who knows," she said a bit peeved.

Then as Tate spoke again she nodded her head. THANK YOU! No more Muggle statute talk. Raising her hand she said, "Bellatrix Lestrange." Definitely a Dark witch.

Schweeeeet. That was a smile.

Jake was smaht. He even smiled proudly himself.

And missed the comment towards Neptune becuse of it. Oops.


"That French git... erm... bloke," Jake said simply with his hand raised. He was... famous, right? Well... "He's infamous... you know... 'round here."

Selina nodded her head at the teacher no. "I don't believe that at all, sir. I just think we cannot put a simple answer to this issue. And of course if someone was in need I would help them to the best of my ability."

As the lesson continued Selina rose her hand, "The most obvious one, sir, is Voldermort and Grindlewald. But besides him I can name a few. Um, Morgan le Fay and Godelot. Morgan le Fay was an enemy of Merlin and was a very powerful Witch. While Godelot was an owner of the Elder Wand and used it to his evil benefit."