Kennedy sat up straight and took off his black robes, leaving his uniform in sight. That way he would be able to move better and sit in the Lotus position. As he did that, he thought about the question. He's read many things about the subject, but like Professor Romanos said, he could only say one.

Finally, deciding on one thing, he raised his hand. "The Darks Arts aren't necessarily evil, some can be used for good causes," he said. It always goes down to a person's intention.

Jen raised her hand. "The dark arts are used for defending your self. An eye for an eye"

Folding herself up into the same position as the teacher, Lily paused to think of one thing about DADA that no one else had mentioned. Well, I could go all scientific-y about this... or I could try to think of something out of the box... Lily pondered as the others answered. I'll just go scientific. she thought raising her hand. "It is the practical application of spells to protect oneself against those attacking, especially dark magic." Lily said once it was her turn.

Selina tried her hardest to fold her legs in that awkward position that their Professor was currently sitting in. She could feel her weight transfer from one end of her body to the other. It was not the most comfortable position in the world, but it would have to do. Finally she found her equilibrium and sat up straight like the rest of her class.

She rose her hand in the air and said, "Well ma'am Defense Against the Dark Arts is most commonly used by those in the Ministry of Magic in the MLE department."

Zhenya sat up straight in the Lotus position. She had a think, "Professor the dark arts, or dark magic, mainly used to hurt someone," she said.

Emm yoga?

LuLu looked at the other students getting into the position, obeying the new teacher, so she shrugged slightly to herself and got into the so called 'Lotus position' interesting... she looked up at the teacher, properly and waited ror further yoga instructions

Her hand raised up "The dark arts isn't nesessarily a bad thing in some cases cases it's encoureged to be used for self protection of course,"

Daichi giggled, yes he giggled despite being scared when the Professor shook her head after he answered her first question. It was more a nervous giggle than that he thought it was funny and the Slytherin quickly said an apology in case she thought wrong.

So, they were going to review what they had learned. No magic? good! Daichi really did not mind this. He was already probably one of the worst students when it came to magic. The Slytherin was already in his third year and he still messed up with first year spells. He snapped back when the Professor spoke again and ordered them to sit in the whatta? position.
Since Daichi was seated next to the professor, it was a little difficult to see how she was seated.

He was still seated on his knees as he leaned forward to see how the Professor was sitting. He raised an eyebrow before he wanted to lean back by using his hands to push him up. But his right hand slipped and he slided forward, his chin hit the purple mat and the Slytherin groaned at the contact. Rubbing his chin, he now successfully pushed himself up and tried to sit properly. "Dark arts is....dark?" fail.

He was actually more focused on sitting the lotus position.... Finally, he sat up straight with his legs crossed.

Melanie sat down, attempting to copy the professor's position. Did she really have to do that with her hands? Opting to simply rest them on her knees, Melanie listened to the answers being offered by the other students. All the obvious ones were taken early on, and Melanie didn't know anything else about the dark arts, so she sat quietly, beginning to feel the early warning signs of sleep in her left foot.

Kurumi blinked several times in the professor's direction. Really? They were going to get into various yoga positions while they held the lesson? Perhaps this meant that they were going to be molding their chakara? Depending on the practice used, Kurumi had read that you could mold it to enhance certain senses when others were lacking. Perhaps they could even mold it into their wands. It was just a theory anyway.

Kurumi twisted and resituated herself on her yoga mat without too much difficulty and was rather pleased that the new position was more comfortable than she had expected it to me. Looking up as a quetion was asked of the class, Kurumi raised her hand to offer up her two sickles. "The Dark Arts are said to corrupt those who become practitioners of it in some way. This could be with one's appearance or one's soul. Both were true in Voldemort's case." Kurumi wanted to say more, but the professor had only asked for one thing, so she lowered her hand and tried to keep her legs from falling asleep.

Sophie watched Professor Romanos sit up the way they were all supposed to sit. It seemed kind of difficult, but Sophie managed to do as she was told. She looked around and held back a giggle. This was actually funny!

Asked about Dark Arts, only one thing came to her mind... "Pure evil..." she said out loud, answering the question. Her eyes widened a little as the words came out. "And scary!" she thought, but didn't say it.

Okaaay.

All in all, she was pleased to know that they had some sort of idea about what the dark arts were. Taking a deep breath, she let her quill drop on her parchment and slowly exhaled to continue on. "So all of you agree that the dark arts is used to cause harm, whether it be spells, potions, poisons, creatures, or even simple objects that have been cursed to cause fatal results to it's intended victim. Before ve dive into those topics though..."

It was time to become even more uncomfortable.

Untangling herself, she held her legs together in front of her as if they'd been charmed to stick together and raised them a little as she held her arms out straight, parallel to the ground. "Please move into the boat position." Fun name, horrible position. Use those stomach muscles kids! "Now, moving onto the topic of creatures. Vot are some examples of dark creatures? And why are they considered dark?"

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Ew. This was the most uncomfortable position Jezzabelle could possibly be placed in. She breathed in and out slowly and deeply. One big deep breathe and her hand shot into the air, "A Basilisk professor. They're dangerous because one single look into it's eyes could kill a wizard." She placed her hand down so that she could maintain her legs in the proper position. Oh Merlin her tummy was feeling it.

Selena was already uncomfortable in the lotus position, now the professor wanted them to balance on their behinds? How horrible. Selena attempted to hold her legs up with her arms, as she listened to the answers from the students around her. Selena nearly toppled over to the side. Merlin's beard! This was a lot of work!

Selena raised her hand, causing her to fall over to the side. Sitting straight up, Selena said, "An example of a dark creature could be a dementor, what makes a dark creature dark is that they harm others because they want to, not because they have to."

There. Now, back to the uncomfortable task of balancing on one's behind. It wasn't very fun. Couldn't they just sit at desks like normal people? Or run outside with chocolate. Chocolate was good. Maybe the professor would give them all chocolate as reward for doing all these funny positions.

Now THIS position was a little more difficult and Kurumi found herself wobbling all over the place as she attempted to maintain the position while raising her hand. "Boggarts are considered dark creatures because they feed on the emotion of fear. While this is also used as a defense mechanism, the fact that they do infact feed on it gives them the classification of a dark creature."

And then, Kurumi lost her balance and flopped onto her side. Boat position was...awkward, really really awkward.

Ira listened as Professor replied to each of the students. Ira was starting to be a bit more comfortable now, seeing that she was knowing answers! But she wondered a thing, why was Professor Romanos taking notes? Why does a professor have to take notes?

Whatever it be, Ira's thought process was diverted when now they all were required to sit in something called Boat Position. She didn't know what it was.. But knew soon enough when she saw Professor doing it herself! They all were really supposed to do that? Merlins! How was it possible to just balance on hips? No!

Ira figured to first give an answer to the queation asked and then do the weird position. So she raised her hand up and answered, "Dark Creatures include grindylows, right Professor?" Ira still remembered the grindylows from her CoMC lesson! But she wasn't sure whether they could be considered Dark. She continued, "They are considered as Dark Creatures since they have evil, harmful intent. They are sadistic. They hurt people just for the sake of seeing their pain!"

This...was not a comfortable position Oakey wasn't even sure if he could hold it. Professor...A werewolf is a dark creature...kind of....oh just give a second He fell from the position and quickly tried to get back into it. Sorry, Werewolves are dark creatures, although they are considered human part of the time. He took a deep breathe They... are considered dark because they are feral and when transformed...agh! hold on Oakey lost then regained the position again. Will attack anyone, including friends He held the postion for as long as possible after answering the question.

Ira was really hating this so called Boat Position! She was just not able to balance herself! Why did they have to do this in DADA class, Ira did not understand!

She tried again to sit in that position but failed and instead toppled sideways. But she was thankful to see that she wasn't the only one not being able to balance! Nearly all others were do this position.

Kennedy undid his position and tried for the boat. That didn't look too safe, especially for someone that would rather nap than exercise. With some difficulty he lifted his legs up, mimicking the professor and made a soft grunt when he held them up.

He should work on his stomach muscles more often. He took a moment to think and raised his hand really fast and then placed it back to his legs. Yeah, they aren't going to stay like that for much longer. "A Banshee...its screams kill..." Breath. "...anyone who hears it." This was harder than running a mile under fifteen minutes. Maybe he should work out more often? Nah.

Sky moved into position, her legs held together and up a little, her arms held out in front of her. This position was very uncomfortable, she could feel her back and rear hurting already! Merlin!


"An example of a dark creature would be a dementor. They are considered dark because of the horrible effects they have on wizards," she answered, amazingly managing to keep her balance, for now…

Merlin, how could people stand to do this all the time?

You know, Miss Lovegoods, Ellie could give LOOKS all day. Especially if SHE was getting looks. Cause she really didn't know WHY. She'd answered the question, did she not? She was participating. It was more than you could have said for Charms last year. And she actually LIKED Charms. So....

NO. The Ravenclaw was not doing....that....all of whatever the Professor was doing with her body. She was going to stay in this regular seating position. It was NORMAL.

But she WILL answer another question. "Hinkypunks are dark. They make people drown and then eat them." Maybe. Maybe not. But again, she was answering and she didn't even want to be here. She should get rewarded just for that.