Kennedy smoothed the sticker on his robes, trying to stick it as straight as possible.

He still couldn't get over how this classroom was arranged. It was wicked cool. Could he decorate his room like this? Maybe not.

Shaking his head from that very interesting thought, he switched his attention to the Professor. After thinking about it for a while, he raised his hand. "We study runes in order to learn about other influential forms of magic," he said. "In my understanding, they are used for protection too." That part he had learned last term.

Justin thought for a moment and then raised his hand, "m Professor, I think that we study ancient Runes to better understand the language of witches and wizard'd from centuries past. "

Minerva struggled with this subject last term and she still didn't understand it very well. She put up her hand. "Professor is it so we can learn about what they believed back then like the good luck and stuff like that, as well as being able to translate the symbols into words."

Harvery smiled as the professor asked him how he was.. "I am well. thank you professor" he replied back as he listened to the professor talk about the room and runes.. and then came the first question of the lesson.. Harvey put up his hand to answer the question "I think we study this subject so that we can study the runes and learn which runes could help us with our magic and which runes would not.." he answered the first question

Kimalia raised her hand, "Well, Ancient Runes is history basically and it involves early script writing and the alphabet showing how far we have come."

"Yes, very good."

"Good answer but that is not the only reason why we study the Runes."

Oliver looked over to the young Slytherin girl and smiled. "Excellent answer Miss Greingoth. But you would be surprised what the symbols can actually do. We'll get onto that later though." Mmmhmm.

Rising to his feet because he was starting to get a cramp, Oliver stared at the Hufflepuff for a moment before chuckling. "I think I'm gonna like you kid." Take that Dash. "But while the Runes are a part of history that's not exactly the reason why we study them."

He did a quick stretch before moving amongst the students. "Yes, but remember we do not use Runes for fortune telling. When used that way it is more for guidance. And yes the Runes were often made into protective charms. Good answer."

"Hidden messages yes. Predictions no. Remember Runes don't tell the future. Very good."

"Not bad but not quite." Oliver gave her an encouraging smile as he walked passed.

"Very good Louisa." Now they were starting to get there.

Oliver nodded his head and grinned. "Excellent. No mind tricks though, I can assure you."


"Nice answer. Although the Runes won't give you an exact answer. You have to read between the lines of what they are trying to say." That would make life way too simple if all their answers could be found in a bunch of symbols.

Oliver gave his head a slight nod. "Yes, I agree it does help to understand what the Runes did back years ago."

"Very good Jezzabelle." She was very enthusiastic.

Oliver continued to move around the room, occasionally brushing his fingers over the leaves in the tree. "Hmm, yes but if that was all then you could learn about them in a History of Magic."


"Yes, yes. You're on the right track. Very good."

""Good girl." Oliver was really enjoying this.

Walking over to the fountain, Oliver dipped his fingers into the cool water. "Yes exactly." They were really starting to get it now. "Good job Kennedy."

"Yes that is helpful. Good."

"Translation. Yes very good."

"Very good thinking." The students knew a lot more than he had first thought.

"It's a little more than just history. But yes the study of runic inscriptions is part of it. Nice answer."

Jackpot!!

Oliver turned to see the Gryffindor Prefect speaking and a smile broke over his face. "Exactly Miss Hollingberry." He felt like going over and hugging her. He didn't of course. "Very good. Very good. Yes Runes are a part of history and yes they were used to write messages and used for guidance. But what people seem to have forgotten is that Runes can be just as powerful in magic as our wands are." Apparently waving your wand though, was easier. "And I will be showing you just how much." Though, probably not this lesson.


"Now, who can tell me what the word 'rune' means?"

Nate raises his hand and says "Runes are the letters (symbols representing various sound values) of a runic alphabet. They are also magical symbols sometimes used in rituals."

Ira had been still fascinated by the look of the class, and so had forgotten to answer the first question.

But as the professor asked the next question, she raised her hand up and answered, "Rune is a poem or incantation of mysterious significance, especially a magic charm."

Ella raised her hand hesitantly. "Professor, runes are symbols used to represent different letters."

"Does run mean a type of word or letter?" She asked.

Jezzabelle smiled and raised her hand, "A rune can be any of the letters in the alphabets used by the Germanic peoples." She took a breath and then continued. "There are a eight different versions of the alphabet, I think. That adds up to a lot of runes though, either way." She nodded to herself and Professor Jenkins as well. A lot.

Kennedy grinned and nodded at the Professor for the compliment. It made him feel smart.

He raised his hand once again to answer the following question. "The word rune means any character from the Germanic alphabet...and each letter has its own magical significance," he said.

Louisa's face brightened at the mention of her FIRST name! She was probably going to love this professor right away! Only Bentley called her Louisa.. nobody else did! And she loved her first name WAY over her last one... it was special and far away from a neglected family.

MOVING ON.

Raising her hand, Louisa answered, a bit more excitedly than her sleepy self before, "Rune meant... alphabets? From older languages when people didn't have parchments to use and wrote them down on rocks... I guess." Or was he looking for the root of the word and all that language talk?

Sophie had no idea about what Ancient Runes were. She really didn't know a thing about the subject, so she just looked around as her classmates spoke with both of her eyebrows raised. It all sounded quite interesting!

Oh Merlin! The way that the man's face lit up just now was very surprising to the young lion and a stark contrast to what had happened at the opening feast when he had done more than a subtle eyebrow raise at her and her sweets. Jotting down a few notes, Kurumi looked back up when the next question was asked and raised her hand.

"The word I believe literally means secret or mystery. I think...it is Scandinavian in origin."

Minerva thought for a second. "Professor does Runes mean something with mystery." she wasn't completely sure, but thought it has something to do with that.

Alyssa raised her hand and answered.

"Professor does the word rune mean whisper or talk secretly? I believe that it comes from the old English word rūn."

" Professor, a Rune is a symbol or incantation. " Justin piped up

Professor Oakey spoke up doesn't Rune mean a mysterious mark with magical significance.

Silvia raised her hand. "I think a rune is a letter or symbol from an ancient alphabet. They sometimes have magical properties."

Taylor hemmed and hawed on whether to answer this question or not since she answered last time and she didn't really like speaking up in class. She decided to give an answered since the professor did say excellent last time so she raised her hand slowly again, "Professor, a rune is a symbol representing the different sounds and letters......" She winced, "right?"

Harvey was happy that he was along the right thinking.. it helped that he remembered his runes lessons from last year.. his first year.. he then heard the professor ask a question.. oh oh.. well lets at least have a go "Dont the runes have an ancient alphabet or something carved into them?" he said he tried to figure out what he meant by that.. hoping that the professor understood it more than he did..

Rune... rune... rune. What did it mean? She hadn't been prepared enough for this subject and made a mental note to study the text book when they got back in the common room. She raised her hand, remembering what her brother had told her, and said "I remember something about the word rune meaning secret and magic, and mystery, I suppose because of the alphabet..." she said. That was a short answer, but she thought it might be a decent answer to the question. She wasn't sure...

Vickers paused and looked up from his notes. What did the word Rune mean? He didnt know. Not off the top of his head. Thats why he was in class, he needed to learn more about this subject given that it was his first time to take Runic anything. Given that he was already very nervous at drawing a complete blank on the Professor's question he did the next best thing--he reached out for his text book.

Reading through a few pages quickly he tentatively raised his hand "Professor, the word Rune goes as far back as the Old English word run, which had taken various meanings-- from to consult/ consultation to runic letter to secret or mystery . The modern meaning, which took that spelling from the Old Dutch word rune means utterance or whisper or message, it has even taken on further meaning such as song or poem"

August was glad to hear that Kurumi had done so well as to get a great reaction from the Runes Professor and gave her a thumbs up before turning back to the front of the room to answer the Professor's next question.

"Sir, Runes are magical objects used to help protect the reader or person being read for. They can also be used to help predict the future." He then added. "They are also physical little blocks of material that are tossed or drawn by the reader."