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Upon entering the classroom, ones first thought could have been that they had walked into the wrong room and was actually joining a cult. The room was exceedingly dark, windows having been closed off with dark burgundy, almost black looking, drapes that hung from ceiling to floor. Deep purple colored mats were lined perfectly from one another on the floor in rows of six while a deep red one sat in the front of them all where Professor Medea currently sat upon. However, one could find their way around the room, for scattered around were a great deal of candles, both lighting portions of the walls, floors, and ceiling itself in a rather ghostly glow fashion. Candles that floated in water surrounded with the stationary candles to light up the particularly extra shiny floor were placed strategically around so no one would accidentally catch fire, while large rectangle like shapes cradling the ceiling with an orange glow gave the final look to the room.
In front of each mat is a parchment already shaped into a long cone to be easily placed in front of you to be read. Of course, the Professor hasn't placed names to face yet, so please come in, complete the task of writing your name on the parchment in a mostly dark room, and become comfortable on one of the mats. Class will be starting shortly!
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Maybe if the creature isn't able to communicate with a human being it should be considered a dark or magical creature. I mean if it can't communicate then if a wizard would be trying to tell the creature to "stop attacking a village" an the creature keeps attacking said village, obviously it is a wild creature an can't properly think as a human. Therefore endangering the lives of wizards an witches." He answered. As far as he could think, Adam felt like that was the best answer he had ever given. EVER.In ANY CLASS.
Ok. Now this position required more balance an slow breathing. He sat on his behind an balanced on it, with his legs tipped upwards an his hands straight out. Adam found his stomach tightening an being in pain,an his arms felt heavy the longer he held them out, while his legs began to waver up an down.
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Instead of going into listing dark creatures as requested, Stella had simply focused on shifting from one yoga position to the next. She hadn't had much problems holding the lotus position, but this new one was somewhat more difficult. She was managing to hold it, but answering as another story. Besides, she'd mentioned some dark creatures in her earlier response anyway, so she'd just be repeating herself.
The shift to discussing what the basic definition of a dark creature was got her atttention, though, and she balanced herself again before formulating a response. "Dark creatures aren't animals, or even anything that attacks to survive. Hence why you're saying acromantulas aren't actually dark, I guess," she began. "A true dark creature attacks to harm or kill, but generally just that. They don't need a reason, other than just causing pain, death, nastiness." Which actually eliminated lethifolds, too, by that definition. Attacking to eat people was terrifying, but it was still survival.
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Alyssa moved into the position the Professor had requested they all do, and she sat, she listened to the answers that the other students had given wishing that she had been faster at raising her hand to answer. But luckily the Professor was giving her another chance to give an answer if she knew of one, and so Alyssa thought for a moment before raising her hand.
"Professor, I tried to keep track of the various dark creatures that were mentioned but if it wasn't mentioned earlier, are vampires considered dark creatures too? I know that some people consider them part human, but I think that they should be considered dark because they feed off the lives of others in order to sustain their own existence." Alyssa hoped that her answer was correct.
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Dark creatures? Hmmm.
"Inferi?" Nora suggested with her hand raised. "Although I don't think they would actually be that dark on their own. They are only dark creatures because dark wizards control them." Or at least that was what she thought.
Eino couldn't think of any other dark creatures right now. Well, if he spent a few minutes thinking he probably could but he was rather eager to address Professor Ramonos' second question. How to define a dark creature. "Professor," Eino began after raising his hand and receiving permission to speak, "I believe that one way to define dark creatures as such is that they are consistently required to harm, and in extreme cases kill, in order to survive. This makes their nature to attack neither accidental nor optional, but instinctual. For example, redcaps must have their caps tainted in blood to survive, so they kill. Dementors and boggarts are also a good example." Eino didn't believe this was the only way to define them but one of the many ways to do so.
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Zhenya repositioned herself to the boat position. She could see how people did yoga for relaxation, but it wasn't working. She couldn't raise her hand so she just said, "Professor I've heard of Lethifolds once, and know they are dark magic creatures," she said, her voice slightly trembling.
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Laura stared at the Professor, seriously how come the Professor was asking them for a dark creatures name, what good would that be if they attacked them, what were they going to do go up to them and asked them what creature they were.
Instead of answering the Question Laura looked at the Professor before saying. "Professor I'm sure there are loads of dark creatures out there." probably too many to count.
LuLu was standing back a bit and listening to the other students and there suggestions her hand went up she didn't think anyone said it... ''Emmm... Maybe a skrewt,'' it was a guess all the good ones were said..
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Leia thought really hard for an answer, all of the ones she knew had gone so just had to wait until something poped up in her head, she hoped it would be soon, she didn't like not knowing or not joining in.
"Any other suggestions on dark creatures or vot defines a dark creature?
Tayla raised her hand as she tried to balance in the boat position. "Pro...Oof!" she said, dropping her legs and trying to lift them up again. "Sorry...erm. Well, I think that, though dark creatures all have...evil qualities, some of them or worse than others. I think dementors are one of the scariest ones..."
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"Professor,would a Nunda count?"Cardigan asked while trying to do the boat thingy.It was rather hard!She found herself toppling over many times but managed to get into the position,her legs shaking a bit.Why did Yoga have to be so complicated?!?!?!
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Minerva got into boat position pretty easy. All her dance experience over the years had helped in the flexibility. She put her hand up the best she could without leaving the position. "Professor are Grindylows considered dark creatures. They are very scary and evil looking." She remembered them from the Lake lesson in care of magical creatures.
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Vlim got into the awkward boat position, not really getting the point of it. Vlimia's hand shot up, causing her 'boat' to wobble a little, but stay up. "A dark creature usually has a desire to hurt, sometimes mentally, sometimes physically." She said, once chosen. "Lethifolds are the type that want to physically hurt, Boggarts want to mentally hurt. Inferi usually do both." Vlim continued. Because Inferi were like... dead, cold people... ghostly puppets...
She hoped she hadn't gone too long. At least the proffesor hadn't specified that they had to say only one thing.
Ira was still not able to get comfortable in this weird Boat Position. Whoever had invented this, was bad, really really bad!
When asked to say some more about Dark Creatures, Ira remained as she was. Nope, she had nothing further to say. All possible answers had been given by others already. So she decided to just keep quiet for the moment and focus more on getting this position right.
Selina rocked back and forth trying to contort her body into the weird boat position. But it seemed that every time she would balance out in the position she would fall over and would have to start from square one all over again. It was extremely frustrating and she wanted to scream.
She rose her hand and said, "A dark creature is an animal that serves a purpose that is not always wholy good. Like for instance a dementor harms human beings, so its purpose is not good."
Boat?, the third year asked herself and tried to copy the position. This isn’t comfortable AT ALL!, she wanted to say, but managed to control herself.
'Well... dark creatures, such as werewolves can't always control themselves'Can't always? Try never!!, she told herself and looked at the Professor. Hopefully I'm not wrong... AGAIN, the girl told herself and then tried again to stay in that boat position. Grr. Why were they doing yoga, anyway?
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Sierra tried to keep up. Really, she did. More and more suggestions were being thrown out left and right, though, and in the end, she had no idea what had been said and what hadn't.
Sierra softly sighted. She may as well put her two knuts in. "Professor? I have a question," she said, raising her hand. "How are Inferi considered dark creatures? I thought they were more like charmed objects who do evil deeds only because they've been enchanted to do so. I've always thought of a dark creature as more of a being who can seek to harm all on their own."
She wasn't sure, though, so she looked up at the professor for the final word.
Jordan struggled to mirror the position of the Professor, he couldn't quite get over the yoga side of the lesson. It wasn't comfortable and he wasn't the least bit flexible, he attempted to raise his hand, "Profesor, aren't banshees and sphinxes dark creatures? And don't dark creatures differ in the amount of control they have over their actions? Like werewolves have no control do they?"
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Violet was never really into yoga and struggled to get into the position the professor was in called the 'boat position'. While struggling with the pose, she also raised her hand with difficulty. "Dark creatures can be anything that would want to do harm to others, but they could also be controlled by a dark wizard to do their deeds." She didn't think it was a very thorough answer, but not all creatures would dark right?
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"That could quite possibly be true." she nodded, thinking it over. "Though I must disagree to a point. Can you think of any moments in our history in which this may not be true?"
Ella wasn't sure. She was a muggleborn and had little knowledge about magical history. "Sorry Professor, I don't." She shrugged and looked down.
Ella wasn't loving this whole boat position thing. She kept finding herself rocking back and forth, not able to keep herself still...well, at least I know why they call it the boat position.
As for what makes a creature dark...well Ella thought it was probably similar to what made magic dark. "Professor, dark creatures are probably creatures who cause harm to others...not like animal instinct type of stuff...but like malicious harm?"
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Ariadne thought about the question while struggling to maintain her silly boat position. She really should exercise more. 'Professor, are chimeras dark creatures?' She wasn't really sure about that, but they were very dangerous beasts and almost no wizard could survive when facing such a creature.
'Dark creatures are not animals per say, because they don't have the normal life cycle of an animal; they only exist as extensions of evil.' Ari added, remembering she had read that somewhere.
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The forth year Gryffindor hadn't really come into contact with any yet but after reading about them and seeing pictures in textbooks and at the Library he was sure he wouldn't just pick a day to go a visit any. He raised his hand to answer the Professor's question though. "Professor, a dark creature is classified as a dark creature because they, with knowledge, attack witches, wizards or muggles with intent to harm or kill."
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Oh. Well, Amelia thought that they should be, though she supposed that she could guess as to why they're not. "Because they're just giant spiders that eat big things that include people?" But maybe that was all it was if they weren't classified as Dark. :S She still considered them Dark Creatures in her world.
She raised her hand to answer the next question now. "Dark creatures don't have the complete life cycle that a regular animal has. They are basically evil in a physical form. So the're just made to do evil." Or something like that. o_O
Nodding ever so slightly at her reasoning on why acromantulas were not considered dark creatures, Medea listened to her interpretation of a dark creature. "Yes, good."
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He raised a shaky hand and said, "I think what...defines a dark creature is..." BREATH. "The way they use their abilities," skills, whatever power they had. "If it's to simply...cause harm on purpose then that...labels them as dark creature." ...
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The boy fell flat on his back, but luckily his head landed on his school bag. He smiled sheepishly at Professor Romanos and got back up to boat position.
"Good." she nodded. "That is one attribute dark creatures have."
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Raven tried to answer what defines a dark creature. She raised her hand and answered.
"Professor Romanos, if I'm not mistaken dark creatures are the creatures that were controlled by dark magic such as Basiliks that were controlled by Parseltounge and Inferi that were controlled by the dark magic too." said her, whether it was right or not.
Hmmmm. "Yes, in a vay." she nodded, contemplating the matter. "That does define some dark creatures, but not all."
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Still in the boat position, Jonathan thought of what defines the dark creatures, well, dark. He raised his hand to answer again "Most of these dark creatures were labeled that way is because of their ability to harm humans." Jonathan answered. "It's who they are by nature. Take for instance the dementors. Everyone is afraid of them because they can kill anyone without mercy at all." Jonathan added. Jonathan hasn't seen a dementor yet nor he has any intentions in seeing one. Most or maybe, almost everyone are afraid of those hooded creatures.
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Any more suggestions? Hmmm...Beezus thought hard. What else has not been mentioned? She raised her hand as another thought struck her. "Errr--were kappas already mentioned Professor? Or vampires perhaps?" she answered in a question.
Now..off to its definition. What exactly describes a dark creature? She once again raised her hand. "Uhm..I heard they aren't really animals..and that they seek actively to do harm." Because they were dark, heck that was it!
"They have not." she smiled. "The Kappa's delight in strangling people have given them the label of dark creature. Vampires...vell, there has been debate vith them. Perhaps ve'll go into that topic later. Good though."
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Kurumi continued to struggle with this boat pose, swaying back and froth as she steadied herself. The woman made it look SO easy it wasn't fair. When she thought she had her balance enough, Kurumi raised her hand and, OH!, didn't wobble much at all. Practice makes perfect, right?
"Professor, do dark creatures have to have the ability to think for themselves or have free will? Or, can beings that have been enchanted by Dark Wizards by use of Dark Magic be considered Dark Creatures as well, such as Inferi?" They sort of fit the three principles behind what made up dark creatures at least, it just depended on what the whole magical in nature meant. Magical concepts were often times more complex than they seemed and gave the Gryffindor a headache trying to make sense of it all.
Now there was a question in which probably has been discussed by many people. "I am not quite sure to be honest, Miss Hollingberry. Never asked one." she laughed quietly. "I'd imagine their need to harm is more overpowering than the possible actions for the better though. Think of it like a splinter in one's foot. It just keeps poking and poking you as you walk and after a very short time, it boils down to the point where you have to do something to satisfy the need to be free from the pain."
"The inferi on the other hand, have been a great discussion for most. In my own opinion, they do fit the criteria for a dark creature, but the fact that they are enchanted by dark magic have some people deciding that they vould fit in another category entirely." Staring at the girl for a moment, a little smile appeared on her face. "Which category do you think they should fall under?"
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Maybe if the creature isn't able to communicate with a human being it should be considered a dark or magical creature. I mean if it can't communicate then if a wizard would be trying to tell the creature to "stop attacking a village" an the creature keeps attacking said village, obviously it is a wild creature an can't properly think as a human. Therefore endangering the lives of wizards an witches." He answered. As far as he could think, Adam felt like that was the best answer he had ever given. EVER.In ANY CLASS.
Ok. Now this position required more balance an slow breathing. He sat on his behind an balanced on it, with his legs tipped upwards an his hands straight out. Adam found his stomach tightening an being in pain,an his arms felt heavy the longer he held them out, while his legs began to waver up an down.
Medea nodded slowly. She was a little lost one what he was trying to say at first, but got the gist of it. "That is a good thought. Though just because a human cannot communicate vith a creature, or because it is a vild animal, doesn't necessarily mean it's dark or magical. Take dragons for example. Some have been noted to attack villages, though the creature itself isn't dark. Or perhaps even the mosquito?" Very dangerous creatures. Attacked a lot villages. Spread a lot of disease...
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Instead of going into listing dark creatures as requested, Stella had simply focused on shifting from one yoga position to the next. She hadn't had much problems holding the lotus position, but this new one was somewhat more difficult. She was managing to hold it, but answering as another story. Besides, she'd mentioned some dark creatures in her earlier response anyway, so she'd just be repeating herself.
The shift to discussing what the basic definition of a dark creature was got her atttention, though, and she balanced herself again before formulating a response. "Dark creatures aren't animals, or even anything that attacks to survive. Hence why you're saying acromantulas aren't actually dark, I guess," she began. "A true dark creature attacks to harm or kill, but generally just that. They don't need a reason, other than just causing pain, death, nastiness." Which actually eliminated lethifolds, too, by that definition. Attacking to eat people was terrifying, but it was still survival.
"Yes, thank you for that explanation." she nodded, glancing over to the girl who had thought acromantulas were dark creatures in the first place. She seemed to understand it anyhow. "Good."
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Alyssa moved into the position the Professor had requested they all do, and she sat, she listened to the answers that the other students had given wishing that she had been faster at raising her hand to answer. But luckily the Professor was giving her another chance to give an answer if she knew of one, and so Alyssa thought for a moment before raising her hand.
"Professor, I tried to keep track of the various dark creatures that were mentioned but if it wasn't mentioned earlier, are vampires considered dark creatures too? I know that some people consider them part human, but I think that they should be considered dark because they feed off the lives of others in order to sustain their own existence." Alyssa hoped that her answer was correct.
"Kind of like dementors, right?" she grinned a little. "Though there has been some debate about vampires. However, vot truly gets me is the fact that...you're right. They do need to feed in order to sustain their own existence, however, a true dark creature creates harm against others just because they can. Not because they need to to sustain their existence. Quite unfortunately, dark creatures simply exist of an extension of evil itself and really have no control over whether they decide to harm or not. Vampires...do have that choice." The whole topic of vampires was just messy. "Perhaps ve'll move further into that topic later on."
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Dark creatures? Hmmm.
"Inferi?" Nora suggested with her hand raised. "Although I don't think they would actually be that dark on their own. They are only dark creatures because dark wizards control them." Or at least that was what she thought.
"Inferi is another great discussion among people. You're right, they vould be considered dark creatures since they are magical in nature, they do not have the life cycle like a normal animal does, and they actively seek to harm. However, dark wizards are the ones controlling them. If not, then they are just immobile corpses. Quite frankly, either way, they fall under the category of the dark arts. Good thought." she nodded before moving onto the next student.
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Eino couldn't think of any other dark creatures right now. Well, if he spent a few minutes thinking he probably could but he was rather eager to address Professor Ramonos' second question. How to define a dark creature. "Professor," Eino began after raising his hand and receiving permission to speak, "I believe that one way to define dark creatures as such is that they are consistently required to harm, and in extreme cases kill, in order to survive. This makes their nature to attack neither accidental nor optional, but instinctual. For example, redcaps must have their caps tainted in blood to survive, so they kill. Dementors and boggarts are also a good example." Eino didn't believe this was the only way to define them but one of the many ways to do so.
Medea nodded. "Do you think it's just because of the need to survive though, Mister Uronen?" she asked, tilting her head to the side a little with a smile. "I know of at least one creature that could counter vot you said." Perhaps he can figure out which it is. It was suggested many times in the lesson as well.
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Zhenya repositioned herself to the boat position. She could see how people did yoga for relaxation, but it wasn't working. She couldn't raise her hand so she just said, "Professor I've heard of Lethifolds once, and know they are dark magic creatures," she said, her voice slightly trembling.
"Yes, lethifolds are very dangerous creatures. Good." she nodded, eying the girl a little bit. The tremble in the girl's voice hadn't been ignored.
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Laura stared at the Professor, seriously how come the Professor was asking them for a dark creatures name, what good would that be if they attacked them, what were they going to do go up to them and asked them what creature they were.
Instead of answering the Question Laura looked at the Professor before saying. "Professor I'm sure there are loads of dark creatures out there." probably too many to count.
Well that was rather general. "I'm sure you're right." she laughed quietly before moving on to the next student.
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LuLu was standing back a bit and listening to the other students and there suggestions her hand went up she didn't think anyone said it... ''Emmm... Maybe a skrewt,'' it was a guess all the good ones were said..
A skrewt? "You mean the blast-ended skrewt?" she asked, gaze gliding over to the student who spoke. "They are dangerous creatures if not handled properly, yes, though not necessarily considered dark. Good guess."
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Tayla raised her hand as she tried to balance in the boat position. "Pro...Oof!" she said, dropping her legs and trying to lift them up again. "Sorry...erm. Well, I think that, though dark creatures all have...evil qualities, some of them or worse than others. I think dementors are one of the scariest ones..."
"You're right, some are a bit vorse than other regardless of similarities. Dementors are scary, aren't they?" she nodded a little before moving on to the next student.
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Jory raised his hand. "Uh... they tend to be loads more aggressive than others and will attack humans, Professor,'' he said.
"Very true, Mister Stonewall. Good." she nodded.
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"Professor,would a Nunda count?"Cardigan asked while trying to do the boat thingy.It was rather hard!She found herself toppling over many times but managed to get into the position,her legs shaking a bit.Why did Yoga have to be so complicated?!?!?!
"A nundu." she repeated, shifting a little in the boat position. It was becoming a little more tough to keep up now. "Not necessarily, no. Though they are very dangerous creatures. Considered one of the most dangerous in existence. Good guess though."
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Minerva got into boat position pretty easy. All her dance experience over the years had helped in the flexibility. She put her hand up the best she could without leaving the position. "Professor are Grindylows considered dark creatures. They are very scary and evil looking." She remembered them from the Lake lesson in care of magical creatures.
"Yes, they are considered dark creatures, though scary and evil looking aren't vot make them so." she laughed quietly. "Good example though."
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Vlim got into the awkward boat position, not really getting the point of it. Vlimia's hand shot up, causing her 'boat' to wobble a little, but stay up. "A dark creature usually has a desire to hurt, sometimes mentally, sometimes physically." She said, once chosen. "Lethifolds are the type that want to physically hurt, Boggarts want to mentally hurt. Inferi usually do both." Vlim continued. Because Inferi were like... dead, cold people... ghostly puppets...
She hoped she hadn't gone too long. At least the proffesor hadn't specified that they had to say only one thing.
"That is a good perspective to look at." she nodded. It was different. Creative. "Good."
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Selina rocked back and forth trying to contort her body into the weird boat position. But it seemed that every time she would balance out in the position she would fall over and would have to start from square one all over again. It was extremely frustrating and she wanted to scream.
She rose her hand and said, "A dark creature is an animal that serves a purpose that is not always wholy good. Like for instance a dementor harms human beings, so its purpose is not good."
"I'd expect dark creatures to not have any good in them at all." she said, eyebrows raising a little. Unless that's what the girl meant and she misinterpreted. "Dementors though, good example."
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Boat?, the third year asked herself and tried to copy the position. This isn’t comfortable AT ALL!, she wanted to say, but managed to control herself.
'Well... dark creatures, such as werewolves can't always control themselves'Can't always? Try never!!, she told herself and looked at the Professor. Hopefully I'm not wrong... AGAIN, the girl told herself and then tried again to stay in that boat position. Grr. Why were they doing yoga, anyway?
Werewolves. "Nowadays, it seems verewolves seemed to be going back and forth on the dark creatures list. You're right though. When they do transform, they can't exactly control themselves unless they take a potion, othervise they are as dangerous as grindylows. Unfortunately, some people don't have access to such resources. Good example, yes."
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Sierra tried to keep up. Really, she did. More and more suggestions were being thrown out left and right, though, and in the end, she had no idea what had been said and what hadn't.
Sierra softly sighted. She may as well put her two knuts in. "Professor? I have a question," she said, raising her hand. "How are Inferi considered dark creatures? I thought they were more like charmed objects who do evil deeds only because they've been enchanted to do so. I've always thought of a dark creature as more of a being who can seek to harm all on their own."
She wasn't sure, though, so she looked up at the professor for the final word.
"The topic goes back and forth." she nodded a little. "Technically they vould fit the criteria for a dark creature but than again, like you've said, they are only controlled by the witch or wizard who have enchanted them. Much like the imperius or oppugno curses, correct? Votever the case is, they end up under the dark arts category." And one should...stay away from them. Yes.
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Jordan struggled to mirror the position of the Professor, he couldn't quite get over the yoga side of the lesson. It wasn't comfortable and he wasn't the least bit flexible, he attempted to raise his hand, "Profesor, aren't banshees and sphinxes dark creatures? And don't dark creatures differ in the amount of control they have over their actions? Like werewolves have no control do they?"
"Banshees, yes. Sphinxes, no." she shook her head. "And yes, I do believe you are correct in that matter. Dark creatures seek to harm. Though there are potions for verevoles so they are in control when they transform during the full moon."
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Violet was never really into yoga and struggled to get into the position the professor was in called the 'boat position'. While struggling with the pose, she also raised her hand with difficulty. "Dark creatures can be anything that would want to do harm to others, but they could also be controlled by a dark wizard to do their deeds." She didn't think it was a very thorough answer, but not all creatures would dark right?
"In a vay, yes." she nodded. "Not out of defense or to sustain their life though. Dark creatures actively seek to harm because they can. Good though."
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Ella wasn't sure. She was a muggleborn and had little knowledge about magical history. "Sorry Professor, I don't." She shrugged and looked down.
Ella wasn't loving this whole boat position thing. She kept finding herself rocking back and forth, not able to keep herself still...well, at least I know why they call it the boat position.
As for what makes a creature dark...well Ella thought it was probably similar to what made magic dark. "Professor, dark creatures are probably creatures who cause harm to others...not like animal instinct type of stuff...but like malicious harm?"
"Yes, good." she nodded. "They do actively seek to harm others."
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Ariadne thought about the question while struggling to maintain her silly boat position. She really should exercise more. 'Professor, are chimeras dark creatures?' She wasn't really sure about that, but they were very dangerous beasts and almost no wizard could survive when facing such a creature.
'Dark creatures are not animals per say, because they don't have the normal life cycle of an animal; they only exist as extensions of evil.' Ari added, remembering she had read that somewhere.
Chimaeras? "Not...particularly, no." she said after a moment of thinking about it. "They are incredibly dangerous creatures."
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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01
Dark creatures definately had the creepy-effect on Auggie.
The forth year Gryffindor hadn't really come into contact with any yet but after reading about them and seeing pictures in textbooks and at the Library he was sure he wouldn't just pick a day to go a visit any. He raised his hand to answer the Professor's question though. "Professor, a dark creature is classified as a dark creature because they, with knowledge, attack witches, wizards or muggles with intent to harm or kill."
"Vithout it being for defense or life sustaining purposes, correct?" she smiled and nodded. "Good."
After another moment of looking out towards the students, Medea finally let her legs drop. Alright. Enough of the boat position. "You can set your legs down now." Even if it was fun to see just how much lack of balance the class had.
Quickly scribbling a few things down on her notebook, about what she'd been hearing from the students, she set her quill down before standing. "Alright. Everyone on your feet. Up, up. Come on. Ve'll be moving into the triangle position." No groaning either. They should be happy she didn't make them stay even LONGER in the boat pose. "Feet shoulder length apart like so, and lean to the side, using one hand to grab your ankle and reaching the other hand up to the ceiling as if trying to grab one of the lights." Demonstrating as so, she waited until the majority of the class did what she was doing before continuing with the review.
"So, dark creatures. They are creatures that are magical in nature, actively seek to harm because they can and not for reasons to sustain their life or any other purpose, and they are the existence of an extension of evil intentions, often making them not have complete life cycles like a trypical animal vould. Your most common suggestions were dementors and grindylows, which are great examples." Waiting for a moment, she took another breath before continuing.
"Onto the topic of spells. Does anyone know the three groups that dark spells are classified in?"
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