Laura looked at Adeline and smiled, now this was good. "I'm okay." Laura lied. "How are you?" Okay so she was having a little conversation in the class and well she didn't mind hopefully never would the Professor, she looked and smiled at Adeline answer. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that there's the Gipsy curse." Laura smiled. "That's a muggle curse you know Professor."

Switch... legs?

He let go of his leg and stood stretching his back for a moment. He wanted to ask a question as to why they were doing the physical aspect of this class . But then he noticed that everybody else was already making like a flamingo again so he followed suit. And the Professor launched her next question....

"A Cu---" balance... BALANCE!.... "A Curse is the most potent form of Dark Magic, far stronger than a Jinx or a Hex. It is a spell that is almost always have a profound negative effect on its intended target-- either taking away their free will, causing massive destruction, sickness or pain, even death. And example of which is the Flagrante Curse."

Yes, an inconvenience, like this whole switching legs things. That was inconvenient. Mostly because he couldn't keep this position for too long, even less if he had to reply to her question, of course.

Hand raised. "A curse is certainly meant to cause harm, the more you mean to do so, the better the outcome, like in any type of magic." If one wanted to cause harm, he wasn't saying that it was the best thing in the world, but that's how curses worked...to cause pain you must really want to do so. "One example would be the Flagrante Curse, which makes objects burn whatever touches them." Nod.

Adeline looked at the girl more. "Are you sure? You seem kind of annoyed or something like that." she asked the girl. She wasn't totally sure but she knew that something had bothered her. Was it the professor being completely dumb and asking us lame questions. "I'm doing pretty well." Adeline told her. "And you?" she asked her. Adeline listened to what Laura was saying to the professor. She had a valid point about the curse.

Minerva switched legs in the King Dancer Position then she put her hand up. "Professor a curse is darker and can put permanent harm on someone or kill them. They can also be used to protect. An example is the ear shriveling curse, which makes ears shrivel up."

"It seems to me, Professor", Melanie said after regaining her balance from the awkward hop to her other leg, "that curses are, on a whole, darker than hexes or jinxes. They can cause serious harm, or even kill." Her skin crawled a little at the thought.

TAylor elegantly changed legs. She raised her hand to anser the teaher's question, "A curse is a dangerous thing and shouldn't be used except in the most desperate situations, though they are barely acceptable then especially one of the unforgiveables." She continuies calmly, "One example is the avada kedavra curse.... the killing curse." She detest curses and anyone who uses them but she kinda of secretly love history so the unforgiveable curses were interesting to her since Lord Voldemort used them.

Silvia switched legs; this was one yoga position she had no difficulty doing, except for the fact that she was already tired from the earlier positions.

She raised her free hand. "I think most curses are usually the darkest spells of all magic. Many of these types of spells can have devastating results. One example is the Blasting curse."

Ohh, Finally a question that Lily knew an answer to. After switching to the other leg, Lily carefully raised her hand, "A curse is the most severe form of spell that one can use on another. I think an example would be the petrificus curse." Lily had read about curses at least and everyone was mentioning the unforgivable curses, so Lily went for something different. If only I had read up a bit more... Lily thought. I might actually enjoy this class with all the yoga and whatnot.

Just as Eino was getting used to it they had to change legs. This was troubling. The boy lowered his leg and struggled all over again to balance on his new leg. This position was fun, though, because Eino was pretending to be a hinkypunk. All he needed was a lantern. As another question was posed, Eino managed to raised his hand without too much trouble this time to answer. "Curses are powerful and dangerous, making the practice of some strictly prohibited. The Reductor Curse is an example of curse that may be practiced." Some professors didn't like hearing students talking about the unforgivable ones, so he was going to keep what he knew about them to himself. Unless, of course, she asked specifically.

Kurumi continued to wobble, but she was also determined to not fall over this time no matter how much flailing it took. So, after flapping like a bird for a few moments, Kurumi managed to accomplish the switch and find her balance. Having done so, she raised her hand.

"A curse is the darkest of the three types spells that we have discussed. They are cast with the intent to harm, control, or even kill the victim. Many can be blocked with a counter-spell, but not all. An example of a curse is the Full Body-Bind Curse."

She paused and looked around the room. Capture the flag anyone? Kurumi knew of at least one instance of it having been used.

Alex switched his feet, and he was quite glad they did--his other foot was starting to hurt. He raised his hand with his left hand again and spout out his answer. "A curse is the worst type of dark magic, often causing much more harm than a jinx or a hex, and can often be fatal. Obviously, the worst of them is the Killing Curse, which does exactly as it says."

Violet switched foots while taking deep breaths along the way. She raised her hand to answer the next question. "Professor, a curse is the worst sort of spell a witch or wizard can do. It can cause much harm or pain to the victim and can be even very fatal. For example the sectumsempra curse Severus Snape had invented several years ago which causes what seems like an invisible sword that is slashed at the victim repeatedly. If not treated immediately, it can be deadly for the victim." Violet took a deep breath for explaining so much about this curse.

Jezzabelle pulled herself up and got into position. She wobbled a little and then took a deep centering breath. She then raised her hand, "A curse is the cruelest form of dark magic. To get a curse to properly work you really have to mean it." She wobbled a little and took another deep breath.

Trying to balance in the awkward position the professor made them do, Tayla answered, "Among hexes, jinxes, and curses, curses have the worst effects. They are used with an intention to hurt, control, or even kill."

Tayla paused for a moment, struggling to regain her balance. "An...an example...of a curse is the Blasting Curse, which causes anything the spell meets to explode in flames."

The professor was going way to fast for Jen to keep up. She just sat there copying down notes.

Next leg...

It was a nice pose, not that she was saying it wasn't sore, but.. nice! More... Okey Dokey! She grimaced a bit not to the proffeser though... ''A curse is the worst of all magic... It harms one in a horrible way, which you can not fix! It is banned from using it on other witches or wizards,'' Then what was the point of the spell.. Really? What use would it be? Ever... other than... Hmm... LuLu glanced at other students... Like she'd ever to that! HA

Of course, switching legs is next. Jonathan stood for a moment and felt a little bit dizzy than the usual. Whoah! How long has he been standing on one foot. He shook his head and then did the same position only he switched his leg position.

Jinxes, Hexes and now onto Curses. Jonathan was going to bring out curses awhile ago when he answered about hexes, although he had a hunch that curses would be their next topic.

And he is right. What about curses?

Jonathan waved his hand again to answer. "Curses are perhaps the most powerful and the most dangerous kind of dark magic." he started. Curses are certainly discouraged among wizards and witches. "Curses are used to harm, cause pain and death to the target. And like jinxes and hexes, one must also learn the counter spells for curses" he added. This is after all defense against the dark arts so yeah, learning the counter spells to defend yourself from dark magic is surely a must for this subject.

Oh right, an example. "The full body-bind curse which is also known as the Body freezing spell is an example" and the spell is "Petrificus Totalus"

Seriously, was this Defence Against the Dark Arts or physical fitness lesson? Hades didn't like to stand for too long indoors especially on one leg. He didn't pay much attention to the lesson until Professor Romanos asked about curses. It was hard for him to understand her with that accent. "Curses are meant to harm. Example, the three Unforgivable Curses," smirked the blonde with his left hand up in the air.

When can they stand on twoo feet again?

Okay. Honestly, Selina was not having ANY fun with this whole contort your body into a pretzel thing. Every time the Professor asked a new question she felt as if she were dying trying to throw her limbs into a stretch she could not do. But she switched her legs regardless and answered, "A curse is the darkest form of magical spells. And a curse is obviously the unforgivable curses."

As much as this yoga thing was comforting, the class in itself was not. Louisa had followed the instruction making sure to breathe right and not to triple over. It'd be too embarrassing. It was awkward enough that she didn't have anything to say to the professor's questions and feedback. It could be Louisa's dislike to the subject or her state of 'faint-hearted' that kept her away from reading about this. Even school books reading which were impossible to miss by Louisa.

Oh well. She made this subject an exception.

The difference between a curse and a hex. Well, they both were wrong and bad, Louisa thought. Furrowing her eyebrows, she didn't answer this and merely listened to the others.

Okay then...Tiffany switched her legs, crossing one another awkwardly. That was actually her very first time of playing yoga. Quite impressive.

Besides enjoying with that yoga stuff, she still had to answer questions give by the professor. That would call a lesson.

A curse. "A curse is one of the seven most known spell types in Dark Art,"she swallowed."Certainly it is used to harm people, or even to kill them," it was quite terrifying as Tiffany mentioned the word, kill. "However we can block them by using counter-curse,"she answered, finishing her last line.

Now they were switching legs...great. She managed to switch legs without losing her balance. She raised her hand which was difficult and said "Professor I think a curse is the most binding form of magic...the strongest if you will." She wasn't sure how to explain it just right so she hoped she didn't sound ignorant.

Switch legs?

Elise stumbled and hopped around as she attempted to change the position. Curse her nonexistant sense of balance. Oooh, speaking of curses...

Raising her hand, Elise hopped around a little. This was hard. "A curse is way more powerful than a jinx or hex and is generally used with malicious intent. It's really long lasting and you have to mean it to use it."

Just before she lowered her hand, she added. "And some of them can be blocked using counter-spells."

Yeah, that was it.

Keefer exhaled in relief as he put his foot down. He twisted a bit to relieve the tension, then went right back into the pose, with the other leg up this time. I wasn't expecting a workout when I came to class. Just goes to show that Hogwarts will always surprise you.

Curses. People were bound to immediately think of the Unforgivables. He thought of other curses he knew. Flagrante, Blasting, Leg-locker, Conjunctivitis, Tongue-Tying, Gemino, Babbling, Reductor, Sponge-Knees... What did these all have in common?

He attempted to raise his hand, flailed, and gave up. He waited until the Professor was looking at him once more before speaking. "The most obvious curses are the Unforgivables, which would lead you to think Curses are the 'darkest' kind of magic. But there's other curses, like the Reductor, Leg-Locker, and Gemino Curses that don't appear to cause pain or permanent damage to people."

So what, then, made them be classified as curses? "In short, I think I would need to study this more and put a lot more thought into the issue before I could give an intelligent answer. It's a complex idea with very subtle differences." Not that what his classmates were saying was dumb, he just felt like he needed more time to do the topic justice.