Jezz thought about it for a while and listened to the answers around her. She wrote some of them down, mostly the ones from the older student because they had some more experience than herself. She then slowly raised her hand and said, "Many charms tend to be positive unlike curses and a really well chosen charm can be a very powerful magical tool."

First lesson of the term, wheeee! Now, which question applied to her? Well, technically, she wasn't a first year. She had studied Charms at her previous school, plus a lot of avid reading on the subject. She raised her hand, only setting out to make a quick answer to the question.

"Students should know that Charms can range from being very simple, to being quite complex and powerful." Caelyn paused, racking her brain about what else to mention. "I believe Charms are used to change parts of an object, without completely changing it as you would when doing Transfiguration... If that makes sense." She really didn't know if it did, but that was her interpretation of Charms.

Charms was always fun.... well not fun but interesting since the new teacher! The basics she seemed to do that alot not that she'd know 'cause she only had her two years! Atleast it was a different question not re-vision... It was a good question otherwise not that she didn't ask good questions before but what she meant it was a good one to start with other than somthing else

Her hand raised into the air ''I believe the new students should know that a charm is used for simple castings! Not the praticular spells that are used in duels... Basically I think that the new students should know that charms are not curses nor jinxs, they are used for.... Somthing to float over to you by waving your wand,'' It wasn't the best answer ever she knew that herself but what would you reply to that what do you believe the new members of Hogwarts should know about charms? They'd know somthing like that if they were raised in the wizarding world and she said 'should' not that they do know... She sat straight up in her chair looking at the other childrens replys!

Minerva thought for a second "Professor Charms is important to learn, because students need to know the difference between charms and other types of spells. Charms change appearances more then changing objects. For example our eggs last term were charmed to move, feel different, and some do crazier things and when they hatched they had metal objects not real objects, but were charmed to act like real objects."

Hmm..Charms. Professor Schirmer always made their classes an exchangeful of questions and answers.

Now to the question that had shot right out just a while ago. Many had already given their answers and it was time for hers.

Raising her hand when no one else gave out their own opinions she said, "Professor, I believe that the new students should learn Charms in order to differentiate the existence of various spells in the magical realm, also it would help us enhance our magical abilities." That pretty much was it right?

Laura answered 'I believe that magic revolves around charms..they are simple spells we need to acquire expertise of so that we can do the greater part of magic..' She hoped she had made herself clear

Zack was too quite in the class. It all seemed like a movie to him for his life had totally changed since he got that letter. As always he was too energetic too. He knew about charms as he belonged to a pure blood family, he knew about magic and charms.

He looked around and wandered he would miss so much fun if he wasn't a wizard. From the time he entered the class the one think he did was stare at the professor, thinking how professor could manage to be in his senses even after giving the same boring stuff to the first year as they might be doing this for several year. Weren't they getting bored handling the newbies?

But this time, he have to behave himself at least in the class. He had heard about points and stuff. He heard the professor call out the first question of his first ever magic class. It was interesting, it just looked like any other muggle class to him, except they studied about magic instead of the boring stuff.

He quickly raised his hand and cleaned his throat and said "Professor, Charms are spells that are used to change objects and we could do so much more than that. Some charms are very powerful and dangerous." he said and sat down. Well that all he learned from his dad.

First lesson! Charms. Erin would never forget last term especially, the part wherein she was shocked to see that her metal egg was not a she but a he.

Erin raised her hand to answer Professor Schirmer's question, gosh she missed Charms. The lovely project last year was pretty awesome. There might be a more creative one waiting for them this term. "First years should know that Charms is used to make objects do something that it usually doesn't do."

Term seemed to have started in full swing, given that this year began with Charms, and taught by Professor Schirmer at that. Someone students shouldn't mess with. And the first question was quick to pop up too.

'First years should know that Charms is an essential branch of magic, that is behind most magical objects, starting with common ones we all have at home, in the wizarding world.' Ari replied, after having raised her hand.

Woah. What should they know? How about everything! That's why it takes seven years to cover it all. O.W.L.s had a lot of stuff from first-year classes. He should know. He just took them.

He sat and thought about it for awhile. What should they know...? Well, I guess I can just say my favorite parts. He raised both hands into the air as usual. "Professor, I think first year students should know that Charms can be super fun! Like there's charms that will make your teacup tapdance or do cartwheels. If I had known that, I would've looked forward to Charms the most as a first year." Then again, for those practical people, maybe they just got scared off. "But Charms can also be dead useful. Like there's a charm to produce a jet of water, and if your robes catch on fire during Potions, no one will deny how handy it would be to know that incantation."

Hades didn't bother to take out his parchment and quill yet. He'd only write down notes when he thought it was necessary or he doubted his memorising ability. What else was there more into Charms? Putting up his hand, "How about Charms don't cause human transformation?" such as a werewolf. Although, he wasn't quite sure of that one.

What did first years need to know about charms? Well little first years need to know a lot. Isabelle raised her hand as she thought about this wonderful subject.

"The main thing a charm does is changes what something does. They should know that charmwork can vary from being easy to hard, and fun to extremely useful and not very fun. I believe that charms and transfiguration are probably the essential branches of magic, the difference is that charms change what something does while transfiguration changes what something is," Isabelle explained.

Harvey smiled as the two girls next to him gave their answers.. and he was happy to see Minnie also answering questions.. as she always did.



He then thought he would have a go.. now everyone had said everything and there was no much else to say but he still gave an answer.. he didnt care that someone may or may not have already said it. So up went his hand "Well Charms need to be learned as we learn what charms are capable of. They can enchant an object to behave in a way that would not be normal for that object.. like as Minerva said.. our metal eggs turned into metal objects that moved.. now metal objects dont normally move like real objects.. but these did." he answered.. well there he had answered his very first question of his second year... and he knew there were many more to come.. he hoped he was ready for them

Carigan suddenly remembered something and her hand shot up again "Professor, I know this one time we were trying to get something into our treehouse when I was little using the basket and pully system and what we were using to pull the stuff up with wasn't heavy enoguh and mum showed us two spells that I think were charms. One of them made the odjects float, and the other made them so heavy that the basket and pully would work..." Carigan finished and looked at the professor. She was wodnering if those were charms.

Well... Elise was a second year, so she'd be answering for 'all other students'. Thinking a moment, her hand shot into the air faster than a muggle rocket.

"First years should know that Charms and Transfiguration are related, yet not the same. Charms alters the behaviour of an object without changing its physical properties. Transfiguration is the changing of an objects physical properties," she said, voice as bubbly as ever.

She thinks. Satisfied with that, Elise lowered her hand and beamed at everyone there.

What did she think they should know? Pres honestly had no idea. "Well, they should know the basic information, what a charm is, how it relates to other magical subjects, the history of charms, and then they should learn how to perform charms?" Presley's ideas came out phrased like a question. She didn't want to give a wrong answer, but she reminded herself sternly that opinions can't be wrong. So she said it all anyway, with a little question on the end so it didn't sound as if she really knew what she was talking about. Which she didn't.

Jessie, sitting in a seat beside her new friend Carigan, was furiously scribbling down notes. What she thought she knew about charms was all wrong! Jessie tried not to have a mental breakdown on her first day of school, too nervous and shy to add to the conversation going on.

Maya had run into class seconds before it started, flushed from running about the castle trying to find her way here. She took a minute to calm down before pulling out a piece of parchment and a quill.

What was the question the professor had asked? Oh yeah, "what do you know about charms?" - "Not a lot," Maya thought to herself, thinking she had a lot to learn. Dipping her quill in some ink, she began taking notes.

Aurora raised her hand, "I think it's important to know that charms take practice and you're not going to get them right first time." she said - it had always frustrated her that charms seemed to come so slowly to her, she always had to practice a charm a lot before she could do it properly and even then a lot of them weren't guarranteed to go well every time. She wished she had had someone to reassure her that it was normal to have to practice...

Éloïse, who was sitting at the middle of the classroom, was also scribbling down notes as fast as she could. She had finished writing down a few paragraphs when she went to dip her quill back in the ink. But, it had finished. Oh no!-she thought, as she looked through her bag as fast as she could, spilling books everywhere as she tried frantically to find a new bottle of ink. At last she found one, right at the bottom of her bag. She pulled it out, opened it and started to write again, trying desperately to understand the lesson.

Helga was the first into the Charms Classroom, "Good Morning Professor!" At least Helgas seat was positioned in an excellent way. The early morning sun was just visible there. The window was just two rows away if only she could of decided a better seat but at the start of the year it was cold and the grounds looked very depressing!

After having listened to the Professor talk, the Ravenclaw raised her hand. 'First years should know the easiest Charms, which are used frequently by wizards', she said, and, after making a short pause, the third year added: 'Basically, they should know incantations, wand movements for easy spells' Duh.

And they should know the difference between Charms and Transfiguration, Gwen thought, but decided not to say that too. Maybe it wasn't that important.

Helga smiled at Elise and whispered "Couldn't have put it better myself!" Then dipped her quill into her ink pot and continued to write detailed notes.

Had she known her best friend was siting waaaaay in the back, she would have called him up to the front with her. As it was, she wasn't paying much attention to anyone entering, and missed him entering. Though she knew he just had to be here. NEWTS and all.

When class started, she fixed her tie back up and considered the first question as others were giving out answers. After a few were given and repeated, she raised her hand. "I think it's important for all students to know how charms can be applied to other branches of magic, not just distinguish the differences. Charms is one that can be used in virtually every other aspect, and not just the basic charms' spells." Her leg bounced lightly crossed over the other, and she wondered if the professor would object to her pulling out her wand for twirling sake. "Spells that by definition are used for one thing, can have multiple uses. It only takes a bit of curiosity and creativity." Curiosity to wonder the other ways a charm could be used, and a bit of creativity to make it happen.

Alex sat by the window in the back row listening to all the answer's given then decided to give her own. "Charms is diffrent in ways from other subjects. It is most like Transfiguration though as Charms can change the look of the object in some cases. But Charms is mostly giving the object the power to move in whatever way it likes or how you would like it to." Alex thought that was quite a good summary for the first years to understand then sat back in her seat.