Nate had to sigh a little. The answers being given by most were not answering the question that the Professor--whose name Nate did not know--had asked. He slowly raised his hand, thinking carefully before he responded, "Are we working with something that usually lives underground, in low-light, humid conditions?" The air did feel a bit heavier in this room compared to others, but that might have just been an illusion of the darkness. Or an echo of his crying from the previous night. Either way....

Nate shifted a little after answering, trying to get as comfortable as possible. Finally, after trying cross-legged, reclining, lying on his back, sitting on his knees, and even considering standing on his head, he decided that lying on his stomach with his chin on his hands was the most comfortable way to be positioned in the moment. His comfort wasn't full, though. There were obviously things lurking in this darkness: he had counted the shadows a few times. Needless to say, his wand was already out, the word Lumos threatening to emerge from his lips. Thankfully, it didn't.

Vickers was looking around the room trying to get accustomed to the dimmed lighting, he realized that he had seated himself next to Mo and lifted his head up in silent greeting, then shifted his eyes towards the Professor. Errr why was she looking at him like that? He glanced down at his robes... was there something wrong with it? It looked fine to him, typical Ravenclaw blue robes, did it look blue to her too from where she stood, or more greenish?

He looked back up when she began to speak, what did he think they were gonna learn that day? He looked around the room again before raising his hand tentatively "Perhaps we would be learning about the dark arts or those who use magic for malicious purposes?" Even ordinary everyday magic can be deadly when used by one who wishes to do harm.

Sky had to think about that for a minute. She knew it would have something to do with defensive spells and the dark arts (after all, this was Defense Against the Dark Arts), but what kind of defense against what kind of dark arts? "Are we going to learn to defend ourselves from voodoo magic?" she suggested, sheepishly. Sky thought voodoo was more of a Louisiana thing, but one never knew……

Glad to see that Professor Romanos seemed happy to see him in her lesson, August sat at his mat with a nervous little smile. This lesson would be ok, he was sure of it.

Suddenly the light from the candles brightened and the room turned...less scary; but only slightly. And the first question was asked and Auggie raised his hand. "Perhaps we are studying how to protect ourselves from dark things that linger in the dark?" it was a guess, but the room had been pretty dark.

Alyssa listened as the other students raised their hands and gave their answers. Once she was sure of her answer, she raised her hand and said, "Professor, we are here so that we can know what is the difference dark magic and magic that is used for good. Like for example the reason why the three Unforgiveable Curses were banned from being by wizarding folk in 1717." Alyssa hoped that her answer was correct.

As Nora listened to the new professor and made herself a bit more comfortable, even though she couldn't say it was her favourite thing to do to stay in the dark, she also noticed she had a slight accent... but where was she from? Well, not her problem, was it?

"Maybe you will show us how to defend ourselves in the dark?" She suggested with a hand in the air. It was, after all, Defence Against the Dark Arts, where dark creatures were involved, who most definitely liked to hang out in the dark.

Or maybe they'll practice the Lumos spell.

proffessor r we learning how to defend ourselfs

Messer raised his hand up in the air when the Professor asked them the first question "Maybe we're going to learn how to defense ourselves against the dark and dark creatures?" Its Defense Against The Dark Arts After all.

Catching up... Daichi, Kurumi, Beezus, Tyler & Professor ^^*
 

What are we going to learn today?, the third year asked herself and looked around. Something with spirits and yoga and errr…. , Gwen thought, but couldn’t come up with anything relevant. This room looked more alike to the one used for Divination. It has to be something weird. ‘How to cast spells on something or… someone without seeing what you are doing?’ The place was quite dark. What other reason is there? And um… if you can’t see very well you have to trust yourself and stuff about reflexes. Oh- and the crazy thing with ‘the inner voice’, the Ravenclaw thought, but decided not to say it out loud.

Bring his mat...............He knew that!

For the first time in this room he was glad that the light wasn't so bright. He felt his cheeks burning up in embarrasment before shuffling back to his old place. He didn't see Jonathan smirking at him and even if he did he had completely forgotten about their mind game at the moment. Besides, if what Aurora said was true than Jonathan already knew who he really was. Which was ridiculous of course hehe~

Holding the purple mat in his arms, Daichi moved back to the front of the class and layed the mat down before sitting on top of it.

The moment he sat down on his knees, because that was how he sat comfortable , Daichi was completely startled at the change of light and for a moment he thought that one of the candles had fallen and now there was a massive sea of flames behind them. Uncontrollably, he let out a whimper but curiousity was stronger as he looked back. Nothing had happened to the flames thank Merlin but the room was just a bit brighter.

Breathing out heavily, Daichi looked back around to be staring at the class. It was weird to see the class from the Professor's point of view... They wouldn't laugh at him right? Because Daichi was not a wimp! Only when fire was involved and the great lake but that was it!

"Professor? M-maybe something about cult and..and.. how to keep the dark magic away?" He answered although his voice was softy and the little stutter wasn't gone yet, the Professor should have no problem hearing him for he sat beside her.

Laura looked at the Professor. "Some sort of Defence spell that will come in handy when we are out of school?"

Alex thought about the Professor's question. She was a little afraid to respond, but she raised her hand anyway. "Professor, are we going to learn how to defend ourselves in less than ideal conditions?". "Maybe we'll learn to maintain our focus when we are nervous or frightened", Alex said.

Ira was glad when Professor made the light from the candles shine brightly. She was glad to see that the room did not appear as creepy as when she had entered the class. She was also glad that she wasn't in place of poor Daichi!

And get comfortable? Sure, why not! How could the students be expected to get comfortable in the half-dark, half-bright room, with all the candles and what not and sitting on mats on floor? Then she got the idea.. Probably they were going to do yoga, right? But no.. This was DADA class! So what else can be taught here?

Ira raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, is it something related to absence or less amount of light?" which would explain the reason of the dark room. Then she added, "Or I think, being a DADA class, we will be learning how to defend our self without the sense of sight.. maybe"

Tiffany sat comfortably on her mat while looking at the professor as she started asking the first question. She just had to concentrate more at class since DADA was not one of her strong subjects.

That's kind of a open-ended one. She would surely be able to answer it that she raised her hand. "Professor I guess we would learn more about the spells or the ways as our protection if we are attacked by dark creatures," she answered uncertainly. Well the correct answer would be similar with hers, she hoped so.

Maybe this class isn't so spooky after all, Janice said to herself, smiling slightly. The professor looks kind...

French accent? Janice was surprised. Maybe this class would be as understandable as last year's Ancient Runes class. She didn't hope so, though. She had never liked DADA lessons from Borr, but this one seems interesting.

Looking at her surroundings, Janice thought that the dimmed light must be part of the lesson, or it's just that Professor liked dark places. After brainstorming what might attack you from the dark, Janice raised her hand to answer.

"Are we going to fight off Boggarts, professor? Although I'm not so sure because Boggarts like dark and secluded places, not spacious places like these." Spacious places? That sounded pretty weird since Janice doesn't use those kind of 'rhyming' words.

"Professor are we going to learn about a creature that can't stand sunlight."

What were they doing today? Well that much was obvious. They were in a dark classroom with mats and candles lit all over the place. She did not even need to think about what they were doing as it was so obvious by the ambiance in the room. The fourth year redhead rose her hand straight up in the air, "Professor, are we doing some kind of yoga?". Yep... She was so on top of this answer.

Elise stared at the professor a moment, trying to decipher the sentence. The accent sure was strong! Beaming, she raised her hand.

"We're learning Defense Against the Dark Arts," she nodded. It was kinda obvious.

Whatever she was expecting to be said, it wasn't quite like this. At least half of those answers had her eyes widening a little.





Taking a deep breath, Medea quickly put her hair up with the tie she had around her wrist before slowly exhaling. Right. Some of these students had questionable minds, but all in all, she was rather pleased with their thoughts so far. One of the students though had her nodding a bit more and her smile grew a little. Those were the words she'd been hoping to hear one of the kids say. While it wasn't the only thing they'd be learning, it was a topic they'd be going over throughout the year.

"Those vere some good answers. Some of them being a bit more questionable then others...but good." She could be keeping an eye on those students. In fact, as she spoke, she wrote a few things down on her parchment. "For those of you who do not know, I am Professor Romanos, and if you haven't guessed already, I'll be teaching your defense against the dark arts class."

"Today though, you von't be really learning anything new per say, but this is mostly for my benefit. It'll be a review of vot you know already, so I know where you all are at during the present time." She'd heard there had been circumstances in the past which halted their learning. "Ve may also be talking about vot some of you had mentioned, and vot Miss Wilson had perfectly suggested. While ve vill be discussing about defending ourselves vithout the sense of sight, ve vill also be touching base vith the other four sense of sound, touch, taste, and smell whether it be in this lesson, or another."

"But today, it's mostly review. I'll try and make it as fun as possible though, which is why ve're sitting on these mats. A few of you mentioned yoga. So, now that you're all comfortable...it's time to move. Everyone, sit up straight, in the lotus position..." And if they didn't know what that was, they could just copy what she was doing. "And while you do that, who can tell me one thing they know about the Dark Arts? Just one."

Lotus Position
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Oh. Right. None about fighting any dark creature as of the moment. Too early on that one, more on defense they were in now. What they will be doing as Professor Romanos said was a review what they already know. Yup, because something unusual happened last term and because of that, they didn't have a proper DADA lesson. Well..until Professor Schirmer took over the class that is.

Then..they were tackling yoga. Oh? So that was the reason for the mats. They'll be having some stretchings and such eh? Beezus liked that idea. When they were told to do the Lotus position, she followed as Professor Romanos showed them how it was done. Riiiiiight. Like that.

It kinda made her back feel sore because sitting upright was required. "I don't think I'll last too long," she whispered to herself as she tried steadying her body.

When the next question was raised, her hand darted upwards immediately. "Professor, I believe Dark arts pertains to any kind of practice that is meant to do harm," Beezus answered.

Yoga? Awesome!

Since Nora didn't really know what this lotus position was, she watched professor Romanos first, and then quickly recognized the position. Her back straight, she easily curled her legs, but not exactly sure if she was supposed to do anything with her hands. Luckily, she actually liked sitting like that, which only left her thinking of an answer to the professor's question.

What did she know about the Dark Arts? "It can go wrong," she said after raising a hand. "I mean... when used, Dark Magic might not always have the expected result." If that made any sense. "Or not?" Maybe she was just rambling.