Hannah had to admit that she wasn't really looking forward to this class. Ancient Runes just seemed hard, but you gotta do what you gotta do. She looked around and actually felt pretty calm. It seemed like an enjoyable enough setting. She would see for herself though when class actually started. She spotted the professor and considering Hannah was taught to open her mouth when she entered a room she thought a simple greeting would do."God day Professor" She popped a squat on the grass and filled out the sticker.

It was time for Ancient Runes and Gideon made his way down to the classroom. Here's to hoping with a new professor other then their previous Norwegian companion they would have a better chance of a clearer understanding of the already challenging subject. He didn't know what to expect and as he stepped through the doorway he was certainly greeted with the unexpected and it was probably a good thing he was used to classrooms being morphed into something out of the ordinary.

The fifth year stepped further into the room and followed the example of his classmates, taking a seat on the transfigured grass, opting for a spot a short distance from Selina. He offered a smile before speaking up to the professor as he spotted him against the tree trunk. "Good day professor," he greeted with a polite nod, retrieving a sticker as he spotted them and picking up what they were to do by the ones already worn. The boy taking out a quill from his bag and writing it out for himself before sticking it to his own robes.

India was excited to say the least for the first Ancient Runes class of the season. It wasn't merely because Professor Jenkins was well - attractive. But who could despite that fact? Except for every single guy in the school who was obviously just jealous.

Skidding to a stop as she entered the room she couldn't help but notice the oddities in the room. A tree? Really. The large stone structures were, actually rather intriguing.

Grabbing a name tag off the table she quickly wrote down her name peeled it off the plastic backing - the sticky name tag nearly sticking to her fingers for a moment. Humph. That was not fun. Quickly transferring it to her robes she just smiled. There. Her name was known to the Professor now.

"Hello Professor" she smiled and had to stop herself from curtsying - awkward girl.

Park your bums? Really? Ari had to chuckle at that. This class made a good impression on her already, hehe. The girl wondered whether they were still inside the castle. They had to be. Still, it was nice to sit on grass rather than chairs for a change, especially since you couldn't really do that outside now, because it was already close to winter and all that.

'Good day, Professor!' the girl greeted cheerfully enough, grabbing a sticker and quickly scribbling her details on it. After sticking it to her robe as instructed, Ari moved a bit further and sat down, waiting for the class to properly begin.

"Hello Professor" said Lily as she entered the classroom, to see that there was a tree in the middle of it. Is that a tree... Lily thought as she grabbed a sticker, and found a place to sit. This is going to be different she thought as she pulled out a quill and some ink before writing her name on the sticker.
Once she was finished writing on the sticker, she placed it on her robes. Then Lily took her parchment out of her bag, so that once class had started, she could take notes.

LuLu walked into the Runes classroom, hopefully the new teacher didn't have a ridiculous accent that is very hard to understand! She could possibly miss the teacher since it was two whole years he were there but out with the old in with the new! She wandered over for an empty seat and wrote down all the card info stuff they did in nearly every class

Woo hoo! Ancient ruuuunes! Those were the pretty pictures on the old rocks. Right? That's what this class was about... right?

She grabbed a sticker as she entered the most amazing classroom ever. It was just like being outside.

"Hello Professor." she greeted as she passed him.

She then picked a spot in the grass and took a seat. Then she scribbled her name and house on her sticker before sticking on the front of her robes.

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Whoa now, wait one moment. There was a tree inside the class. Oakey wasn't sure why he was surprised by this, there have been plenty stranger things inside a classroom as he walked in. He looked around the classroom and noticed the three stone slabs. He picked up a sticker and wrote his information on it and sat himself down onto the soft grass.

Hello? Good morning? Two greetings in the space of two seconds. Oliver chuckled. "Hello..." he peered at her sticker, "Ira."

"And good day to you too Miss Hollingberry. No cakes or cookies today?" he asked with an amusing grin.

"I had a great summer thank you for asking." Such polite students. "Nice to meet you Zhenya."

"Good day." he said with a nod of his head.

Oliver couldn't help the small chuckle. "Well good day to you too."

"Hello." Apparently the room was making some sort of impression.

"Good day."

Oliver smiled back. "Hello."

"Good morning."

Oliver raised his eyebrows as he watched the young Ravenclaw drag herself into the room. "Hello..." She better not fall asleep in his class.

Well that was quite unexpected but he saw nothing wrong with it. "You may...Jezzabelle. So long as you don't peek at my notes." he said with a grin.

Another nod of his head. "Good day."

"I'm fine. And you?" Was it just him or were the students rather resigned about coming to this class?

Well at least this lad looked somewhat excited to be here. Oliver smiled back. "Hello there."

Another one who liked the way the classroom was set out. He would have to remember that. "Hello."

"Good day."

"Hello. Nice of you to come." Well since they were all being so polite he should be polite back, right?

Well apparently not all were so polite. Oliver watched the girl come in and take a seat. He was tempted to make a comment but he kept quiet. Maybe she was shy.

"I am rather well, thank you...Harvey. And you?"

Another shy one it seems. Oliver gave the girl a nod of his head. Yes, you have been seen.

"Hello there."

"Hello."

And that makes three shy girls. Oliver hoped that they weren't going to be this quiet during the class.

"Good day to you."

Another that seemed a bit apprehensive. He had his work cut out for him. "Hello."

"Good day."

Oliver had to purse his lips together to keep himself from laughing. He liked this girl already. "Hello India."

And he decided he was going to like this one too. She was so cheery. he liked that. "Good day to you as well." he replied just as cheerfully.

"Hello." he said nodding his head at the girl.

Make that four shy girls.

"Hello there." he said as the girl passed by him. She was so little.

Four shy girls and one shy boy. Oliver chuckled to himself. Perhaps they were overawed by the room.

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Deciding that it was probably a good a time as any, Oliver put away his magazine and lent forward slightly. "Okay I think we should probably get started. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Professor Jenkins and I am your new Ancient Runes Professor." He spread his arms out and gestured to their surroundings.

"As you can see by the slight changes I have made to the room, my teachings are a little unorthodox. But I assure that while it is different and not what you are used to, you will learn." Oh yes he would make sure of that. "It may not seem like it but the things in this room do have significance to Runes. Well except for the fountain. I put that in here because I like the sound of running water." Five years of being a surfer, what do you expect??

"Runes have two purposes. The first being literal. They were used to write messages. The second is magic. They were used for rituals and spellcasting. I, myself prefer the latter and during the course of this term we will be learning how to do Runic magic." He paused for a moment to look around at the students. Was he boring them yet?

"But before we can get to that, I need to know who much you know about Runes. I know, this is the boring part but unfortunately it must be done." Folding his arms across his chest, Oliver leaned back against the tree.

"So the first question I'll ask is this. Why do we study Ancient Runes? In your own words. I want to know why YOU think we study this subject."


ooc: There is no right or wrong answer here. Just your charries opinion. Be as creative as you like.

Nate raises his hand and says "I think we study this subject to get a better understanding of how wizards and witches used spells back then." That was just his opinion though.

The Professor said this was the boring part, which implied that there would be a fun part afterwards, so Ariadne kept her hopes high. She was in a peculiarly good mood today, so she even raised her hand as quickly as possible to reply to the first question.

'I think the main reason to study Ancient Runes is that it will enable us to translate important texts which have been written using the Runic alphabet, and are otherwise inaccessible to the general public-people who have no clue about Runes.' the girl answered after having raised her hand.

On the grass...

On. The. Grass...

What exactly was it with the professors offering them the ground as a seat as if they were a mere animal or some lowly house elf?! Nevertheless, she found herself there with the others. As Sierra sat on the ground and made sure her sticker was in place, she glanced up at the professor then listened as he went on and on about Runes. It was his subject, yes, but at least he was admitting there were inevitable boring parts.

"I think it's just a way to enhance our magic," she said, raising her hand. "Each symbol means something different and is supposed to help our magic be stronger and better." She shrugged and lowered her hand. "I don't know if the actual symbol really does anything, though, or if it's just that our intent is stronger with the symbols there."

This class always confused Alex. Runes could be used to translate old text, but also used with spells??? Was it a language or a spell enhancer? He honestly did not really care either way. Sigh.

He raised his hand. "It's a more interesting way to study our history than History of Magic?" he replied. No one tell Scabior he said that!

Alyssa thought for awhile before she raised her hand and answered.

"Professor, we study Ancient Runes so that we can learn how people back in the times of the Norse, the Anglo Saxons and even those from the Netherlands used them to write messages to each other, for divination. But mainly how they used it to create protective amulets and charms."

"Maybe we study Ancient Runes so that if there had been some hidden message that could predict some event of any sort we might've needed this message to be kept secret in a way that no other person would be able to read it. Thus creating the runes as a way of communicating in secret when needed." This class was about symbols an the sorts of. Sometimes when he was on his computer back in his house, there would be random pictures an symbols on his writing applications, ones he couldn't understand.

Lily looked around. It seemed that most were still trying to think of an answer to the professor's question. Lily didn't really have a clue but any answer could be a good one, especially for opinion questions. So she thought for a while before raising her hand to answer. "I think we study this subject somewhat as a guide to the past. Translating the history of magical persons, kinda like the Rosetta stone for muggles." She answered blushing. She hoped that her muggle connection would be understood by the professor, because she didn't have a better way of explaining it.

Louisa hugged her knees to her chest and raised her hand, "I think professor that learning Ancient Runes helps us find a way to strengthen or tame our magic." With all honesty, Louisa thought that the whole subject was not necessary unless they learn magic runes. "Like studying what rune affects what and which rune should be use in which situation to get a certain result." Did that... make sense to him? Well. It should be since he was the professor.

Taylor hesitated but slowly raised her hand. She answered, "I believe that we study ancient runes since it is important since it can broaden our knowledge of magic by letting us read the olden texts and parchments that people without the skill of reading runes cannot access and so cannot use. It is suppose to make our magic stronger, but i do not know if it really does or not, it could just be a mind trick..." She blushed and grew quiet. Taylor didnt like speaking up in class... well except for Astronomy and Potions but she was trying to become less shy.

Amelia honestly had no idea why they studied this class, because she wasn't really good at it... but she had a feeling that there wasn't really any wrong answers if it was an opinion question.

She raised her hand now. "I think it's to know and understand how they were used in more ancient times. The Runes had meaning to the people who used them, and I suppose they could have meaning to us at this time as well." Like the sun dials which Wizarding people could still use even if they were ancient and there were newer inventions around now. "They also used runic text, so this subject can teach us now to translate it." Not that she really read any of said text, 'cause it wasn't exactly around everywhere. o_O "And lastly, Runes can be used as a form of Divination. You can ask a question and do a Rune spread and get an answer. Kind of like how Divination uses Tarot cards I suppose?"

Did he just say that this was the boring part? Great. There weren't in the best of places to have a boring subject to be taught. With the soothing sound of the fountain and the atmosphere around her it seemed like this would be a good place to fall asleep at. Maybe that was the hard part of the lesson...staying awake. Her thoughts were taking her everywhere other than where they needed to be. Focus Hannah she scolded herself. "Professor I think we study Ancient Runes to get a better understanding of what things meant in the old days. I guess I mean understanding what they stood for." Maybe she should just stop talking altogether. That nap sure was sounding good right about now.

Jezzabelle gave a sigh of relief and leaned against the base of the tree. "I promise, I have no interest in what you are writing but more in what you will be teaching." She smiled as she listened to the sound of the fountain and then there was the first question of class. Raising her hand, though she wasn't sure he could see it, "I think that we study Ancient Runes is so that we can, first off, learn what they mean in case we ourselves ever come across them at some point in life. Second, is so that is we need to we can use them. Thirdly, it's just a really interesting and fun things to learn."

She relaxed some more and said softly, "My personal favorite Rune is Gebo." Love and forgiveness.

Ella closed her eyes, thinking hard about the question. She didn't know much about runes but she did know the importance of history. She raised her hand. "Professor, I think we study ancient runes because they are a part of history and it is important to learn from the past." There, that sounded nice. "I guess learning about runes can help our understanding of how far we've come and how we've changed."

A grin! That was good, right? Kurumi bowed her had and laughed softly. Was their Runes professor going to be another Professor Vindictus? Demanding cookies before the lessons? Not that Kurumi wasn't willing to deliver - the girl always smelled of vanilla and sugar these days with the kitchens reopened. As for the truth, she always carried some cookies in her bag, but the man was probably asking her a rhetorical question...right?
But Kurumi never really got the chance to respond to the man as student after student came flooding into the classroom and soon the lesson had begun. Would it be too blunt to say that she was in this lesson right now because of OWLs? Truth be told, the class had become less appealing due to Professor Viking the previous terms, but that wasn't the subject's fault. It couldn't help it if it was an old form of magic that was often times too confusing for its own good.

Kurumi thought for a moment before raising her hand. "I've always felt that since runes are among the oldest forms of written language that they have some sort of deeper meaning and magic tied to them. Hieroglyphics as well. In previous terms, we have done some basic forms of Runic Magic, using runes to increase our own spells through galdr and so on, but I sort of feel like using runes for magical purposes is almost...a forgotten art." Merlin knew that Kurumi never really thought about using runes before a Charms or Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson to help her along the way. If done properly, they probably would help to. Hmmm. "So, I think studying Ancient Runes not only shows us ways to enhance our magic or how more ancient civilizations communicated with each other, as others have mentioned, but to also remind us that magic just isn't all about wand waving."

Angelina really dind't know anything about Ancient Runes, this is why she was taking this class. For the answer she would just guess a little. "Don't we learn Ancient Runes so we know where some of our magic means behind signs and symbols?" She really doesn't have any idea.

Silvia thought for a moment and then raised her hand. "I think we study ancient runes because they can give us useful information, both about spells and other things. Just because the people who wrote with runes a long time ago didn't know everything we know today, it doesn't mean that they don't have valuable knowledge that we can still use."