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Upon entering the arena, it may have been a familiar sight for those who attended the first defense against the dark arts lessons from previous terms. The arena was exceedingly dark, windows having been closed off with dark burgundy, almost black looking, drapes that hung from ceiling to floor; more than likely to help with keeping out the cold as well. Deep purple colored mats were lined perfectly from one another in the middle of floor in rows of eight while a deep red mat sat in the front of them all where Professor Romanos currently sitting upon. However, one could still find their way around the room, for scattered around the edges of the arena, far away from where they all would be sitting, were a great deal of candles, both lighting portions of the walls, floors, and ceiling itself in a rather ghostly glow fashion. Glasses with candles that floated in water surrounded with the stationary ones to light up the particularly extra shiny floor were flickering calmly, while the ceiling was lit with an orange glow from the hovering candles, most commonly seen in the Great Hall. Don't worry though. No candle wax will be dripping to the floor.
A strange yet soft music could be heard gently playing in the background; though not loud enough to block out smaller noises such as the rustling of school bags or footsteps. Please come in and become comfortable on one of the mats. Class will be starting shortly!
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Thank merlin they were getting out of that blasted position. Her stomach muscles were aching. She couldn't be sure but she thought this whole yoga thing was cruel and unusual punishment. Hmpf! Still she had to admit that she really enjoyed the subject. It was very interesting to her. You always needed to know what you were up aganist and how to defend youself. Puffers should get some kind of continuing education for the course.
Then the professor asked what is a dark spell. Oh man, Hannah knew so many...how could she pick just one. The three unforgivable curses automatically came to her mind...not too obvious. "Professor there is the Conjunctivitis curse and that damages your opponents eyesight." and you couldn't not have evil intent if you were using that curse!
"Dark wizards, as we know, favor curses, especially the unforgiveables, but jinxes and hexes are not so foreign when it comes down to it. Can anyone tell me one dark spell and why it is considered dark?"
...
Aspen wasn't so sure about that. And the term unforgivable? That was objective, too. She stewed and brewed over the semantics and whether or not Dark wizards (AND WITCHES) actually preferred "unforgivables".
Then everyone started answering the wrong question.
The Professor had asked if anyone COULD tell her - not to start blabbering out everything they knew. The answer was Yes.
But then, the Professor had said to RETHINK all answers... so maybe.... was this Professor really smart? Or really... something else?
Jury was still out. Aspen squinted through the dark (and Dark) at the Professor, with Odessa scrutiny, then actually raised her hand for a change. "Can you SHOW us some of these Dark hexes, jinxes, and curses? Seeing is believing."
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"Some may surround themselves with certain objects with deadly qualities, brew potions of more sinister properties, or become fascinated with creatures we all label as dark themselves. Most of the time though, we are not aware of these interests, which can become dangerous for us. What we can notice, and hopefully if any of you do you are well protected, is their choice of spells. Dark wizards, as we know, favor curses, especially the unforgiveables, but jinxes and hexes are not so foreign when it comes down to it. Can anyone tell me one dark spell and why it is considered dark?"
The Triangle
The triangle position wasn't too hard to cope with. Theo got to his feet and lopsided his body. Wooh, head rush. As for the question, the boy 'hmmmmmmmd' out loud.
He wasn't a crazy dark spell researcher. So he decided to speak off his experiences.
"When I was a first year, someone used a hair growth spell on my nose hairs. I thought that was pretty evil." True story. It traumatized him actually, even though all his friends thought it was damn hilarious.
Rude.
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"Some may surround themselves with certain objects with deadly qualities, brew potions of more sinister properties, or become fascinated with creatures we all label as dark themselves. Most of the time though, we are not aware of these interests, which can become dangerous for us. What we can notice, and hopefully if any of you do you are well protected, is their choice of spells. Dark wizards, as we know, favor curses, especially the unforgiveables, but jinxes and hexes are not so foreign when it comes down to it. Can anyone tell me one dark spell and why it is considered dark?"
The Triangle
Her bottom started to tingle and then gradually went numb all the way down to her legs, so when Romanos announced their next position Louisa happily obliged. She dropped her hands from behind the knees and took a long moment before getting up to the next pose; the triangle. Spreading out her feet, she bent her torso and stretched one arm to reach her right foot first. All the while thinking of a rethought answer to the question. Although this technique wasn't going to work in this kind of question right? At least not the example part, heh.
"A dark spell is a flexible definition I would say, professor. Depends on the elements of each situation. The who, why, and how. Who cast the spell on whom, the reason behind choosing that spell and the outcome of it all." That was one way of saying 'it depends on intention of the wizard', rethinking her answer and all. She had to stand up then, the blood was gathering too fast in her head she was afraid it'll explode. "Someone cast a jelly-fingers jinx at one of their peers, just to prove a point can be proved civilly and using their tongue, is dark enough to me." HMPH. "Taking into consideration that the jelly-fingered person suffers from pointless pain and utter humiliating hopelessness for quite some time." i.e. Aspen went on a journey to the dark side last term. Not that Louisa was still bitter from that... maybe just a little, but she'd rather mention this than some typical boring textbook answer. Life experience and all.
Her bottom started to tingle and then gradually went numb all the way down to her legs, so when Romanos announced their next position Louisa happily obliged. She dropped her hands from behind the knees and took a long moment before getting up to the next pose; the triangle. Spreading out her feet, she bent her torso and stretched one arm to reach her right foot first. All the while thinking of a rethought answer to the question. Although this technique wasn't going to work in this kind of question right? At least not the example part, heh.
"A dark spell is a flexible definition I would say, professor. Depends on the elements of each situation. The who, why, and how. Who cast the spell on whom, the reason behind choosing that spell and the outcome of it all." That was one way of saying 'it depends on intention of the wizard', rethinking her answer and all. She had to stand up then, the blood was gathering too fast in her head she was afraid it'll explode. "Someone cast a jelly-fingers jinx at one of their peers, just to prove a point can be proved civilly and using their tongue, is dark enough to me." HMPH. "Taking into consideration that the jelly-fingered person suffers from pointless pain and utter humiliating hopelessness for quite some time." i.e. Aspen went on a journey to the dark side last term. Not that Louisa was still bitter from that... maybe just a little, but she'd rather mention this than some typical boring textbook answer. Life experience and all.
.... hahaha. Haha. The inside of Aspen's head was chiming with giggles. Oh Poor, poor assuming, hopeless and CIVIL Head Girl. Haha. No, really, HAHA.
But see? SEE? SO many points made. Louisa was a BELIEVER because she'd been on the receiving end of an Odessa jinx.
AND... she was projecting Aspen's intent as Dark, when was that really it? Waaaaas it? Hmmm....
Dark was objective, and fueled by opinions, and not so easily defined.
Aspen got her wand out, hopefully to where the Head GIrl would SEE, and tapped it rhythmically on her thigh. Forget goofy grinning Gryffindors. Aspen wanted to jinx Tattle Tail Head Girl.
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SPOILER!!: Cassirin
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Oh thank MERLIN. If Vivi was supposed to be a boat, her seas were stormy and she was nearly sunk. She collapsed into an ungainly mess before scrambling up and trying out the next pose. Triangle. Easier. She always did like maths.
And it was becoming well apparent to Vivi that her physical training in Defense was well behind the curve. She was a fast draw and good with hexes and defensive spells, but she wasn't good at yoga. It didn't seem possible that would keep her from becoming an Auror, but... who knew?
Oh, question. Vivi peered up at the professor through a fall of her hair. Not her first thought, which was an Unforgivable, so she went with something else. "What about the spell to create a Horcrux, Professor? I can't think of any non-Dark use for such a spell. Why wouldn't that spell be considered Unforgivable too?"
"You know, I am not quite sure. I would assume the spell to create a horcrux has it's own category altogether." But of course, theories on the matter was probably not what the girl was looking for. "It is not a common act when it comes to dark people. Perhaps this is something you can ask someone in the law enforcement department?"
She was still going for that, correct?
SPOILER!!: Harry Potters biggest fan
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Kai's body was beginning to turn on him, he could feel the pangs of exercise taking hold of his legs and arms and he was beginning to wish he didn't come to the lesson after all. He needed to stay focused on learning and he wouldn't notice the pain, right?
One dark spell..."the killing curse" Kai originally thought, but he needed to choose a new answer as per the professor's wishes. "Would alarte ascendare be considered a dark spell? After all, what other motive would you have to shoot someone into the air other than to cause them harm?". To Kai, that made sense. Having been on the receiving end of it he knew it wasn't the most pleasant of experiences.
"You know, alarte ascendare is one of those spells on a fine line between being dark and not. Most would consider it not dark, despite the obvious dark ways one could use it. We'll get into this in just a second. Good choice of example though."
SPOILER!!: DaniDiNardo
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She. Did. Not. Like. The. Boat. Position.
She could scarcely managed to stay balanced for very long and had only managed to topple over with each new attempt. After a while she just embraced the toppling over and began having fun with it, not realizing that the Professor had asked another question. Of course she had another answer but she couldn't bother thinking up a new one so she decided to continue getting into the boat position and toppling over. Weeeeeeeeeeeee.
Unfortunately her last topple made her fall badly and she found herself in a very painful new position.
Yeah...that was enough boat for a good, long time. Alexa forced herself into a sitting position and tried focusing once again on the Professor who was now speaking. For a while she was tempted to continue toppling over but threw that impulse away when the Professor asked another question. Oh. A new position too.
Heeeeeyyy! That one wasn't so hard!!! Lex hopped up from her mat and quickly got into the next position. Ooooo, she could see the ceiling now, barely in the dim light but you know--
Focus!
Her hand began to wiggle in the air in an attempt to gain the Professor's attention. Hopefully she could see her. "Professor, I happen to know that Silencio is a VERY dark spell and the reason for that being it robs me of my speech then I'm forced to be quiet!!! It's terrible dreadful really and I know a few DARK students who like using it on me!" Such a horrible spell, that one. "I don't like the quiet!!!!"
Medea was quite aware of that now.
"Indoor voice, Miss Cambridge." she said, a slight cringe on her face, but after a moment, the calm and relaxed expression returned. "But, despite how irritating it can be to be mute for a short while..." She smiled a little. "The silencing charm isn't quite labeled as dark. I'll get into why in just a second."
SPOILER!!: sweetpinkpixie
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Kurumi did eventually push herself back upright, getting into something that someone resembled the boat position, but her attention was far from the other answers people were sharing because her attention was on Beezus and watching her every movement. Kurumi was no Healer, THAT was to be sure, but Kurumi also wasn't stupid and she knew something was wrong and...her Ravenclaw little sister of sorts really needed some sort of help despite saying she was fine. So when Professor Romanos said they would be standing up next, Kurumi moved slowly and kept her attention on the girl behind her as she moved into the new position.
And...well...since her hand was already up...due to the nature of the position and all...
"There is a spell, Tyrantio, that allows you to take over the body of someone else. It is similar to Imperio I've read...only I believe this spell is different in that the victim of it retains their consciousness..." the Gryffindor began, trying to recall all that she had read in a rather old book she had found in the reference section while reorganizing in there. "If you don't concentrate enough while casting...you also run the risk of crushing the other person's bones...which I suppose could be another desired result..." Which was...dark.
Medea nodded. "Don't see that in your defense book, do you?" she smiled a little, but it wasn't such a topic to be smiling at. "Yes, Tyrantio would be considered a dark spell. As dangerous as imperio, maybe even more so, but easier to resist and one can actually block it beforehand. It requires a very strong shield to do so however. Otherwise it'll go right through."
SPOILER!!: Tegz
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What was this EVERY spell business? Some people were daft, right? West thought of the unforgivables and then changed his mind. You know, different answer. Stuff. West jogged on the spot and put his hand up. "The one what makes inferi, professor. Reanimating the dead." preeeetty daaaark, right?
This one had some fascination with the dead apparently. She remembered his choice of topic for last year's final was on the topic of zombies. "Yes, it indeed is. Good example."
SPOILER!!: HaRoHeGiNeLu
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Aidan was having a jolly old time with these yoga positions. He really got into them. Not just standing in what looked like the position the professor took, but actually stretching, too.
"'Incarcerous' cause it can choke you." And that was bad. Though he didn't know if it was a jinx or hex or what. But intentionally choking someone wasn't a good think. He knew that much.
Medea nodded her head from side to side, shoulders shrugging up a little before ultimately shaking her head no and speaking up. "It can be used in dark manners, you are right about that, but the spell itself isn't actually considered dark. I'll get to why in just a second.
SPOILER!!: SilverDragon
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Silvia was relieved when they could move out of the boat position. It was not fun. She had been focused too much on not losing her balance and hurting herself that she had not answered the question. Plenty of other students to do that anyways. Letting go of her wobbling legs, she stood up and shifted into the triangle position. Much easier.
Now, for the new question, dark spells. Not a difficult question, except maybe for first years. Silvia was about to wiggle her fingers on the hand already raised in the air to indicate she wanted to speak, but then she paused. Think of a different answer, she told herself. “There is the blasting curse, which causes your target to explode. It can be considered a dark spell when used against another person, but it could also be used to remove an obstacle out of your way. So I guess that many spells also depend on the caster’s intent as to whether or not they can be considered dark spells."
"Yes, the blasting curse is one." she nodded. "Good."
SPOILER!!: FearlessLeader19
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Jory was glad the were moving on to another position. he really didn't like the boat one. As he copied the new position just as the Professor was doing it, he thought of a hex or jinx that could work.
"The Hurling Hex, Professor,'' he said. ''Throwing riders off a broom is going to cause harm to them.''
"No doubt it will." Medea nodded. Thankfully, she had seen it happen during her short time here, and hoping not ever. "Good."
SPOILER!!: hjhm
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FINALLY! Changing the position.
Juliet placed her feet down and sat like that for a few moments. She needed them to rest. but as soon as the Professor asked them to stand up for a new position. She did. This time it's the triangle. The positions were getting weirder and weirder now. Like the professor, she also leaned to the side and raised her arm like so. And the other one is now touching the ankle. Both arms were in vertical position. Golly, this is harder!!!!! But the boat position was the worse.
Dark spell??? hmmmmmm.... Wiggling the hand that was already raised, Juliet opened her mouth to answer "Petrificus Totalus would be an example to these spells" but she does agree with the others who answered that ALL spells are to be considered as DARK depending on how one uses such spells.
"Indeed it would be." she nodded, as best she could at this angle. "Good."
SPOILER!!: Poolicious
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How long did they need to hold on this position? His back and bottom are killing him. Messer let out a sigh when Romanos said that they can lower their legs.
FINALLY!
Slowly the third year lowered his legs and did the next position which is The Triangle position. Compare to the Lotus position this next position was not so hard. He just need to lean to the side and raised his arm vertical to the ground and touched his ankle with the other arm.
Dark spell?
With this position he doesn't need to raise his hand anymore since his hand already up in the air. "I think Nox is consider to be a dark spell, Professor. Because its extinguish light."And that make it dark spell.
Today was just full of amusing answers wasn't it? Not that Medea minded. A little creative thinking never hurt anyone. "Not quite, Mister Messer." she smiled before continuing. "Well, not quite in the way I was asking at least."
SPOILER!!: Princesspower
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Sarah moved into boat position. "Curse of the Bogies, it causes a REALLY bad cold and a person can faint if not treated. It causes the nose to drip like a tap with out a turn off knob.. y'know, a really runny nose!" Sarah knew all about it, coz it was the thing she dreaded, one better have a hnadkerchief handy at all times.
Aw yes, it was spoken at last. "Not the best sounding of spells, is it?" she chuckled lightly and nodded. "Yes, good example."
SPOILER!!: PhoenixStar
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Thank merlin they were getting out of that blasted position. Her stomach muscles were aching. She couldn't be sure but she thought this whole yoga thing was cruel and unusual punishment. Hmpf! Still she had to admit that she really enjoyed the subject. It was very interesting to her. You always needed to know what you were up aganist and how to defend youself. Puffers should get some kind of continuing education for the course.
Then the professor asked what is a dark spell. Oh man, Hannah knew so many...how could she pick just one. The three unforgivable curses automatically came to her mind...not too obvious. "Professor there is the Conjunctivitis curse and that damages your opponents eyesight." and you couldn't not have evil intent if you were using that curse!
"Yes. Good example, Miss Lockwood."
SPOILER!!: Mad Eye Touz
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...
Aspen wasn't so sure about that. And the term unforgivable? That was objective, too. She stewed and brewed over the semantics and whether or not Dark wizards (AND WITCHES) actually preferred "unforgivables".
Then everyone started answering the wrong question.
The Professor had asked if anyone COULD tell her - not to start blabbering out everything they knew. The answer was Yes.
But then, the Professor had said to RETHINK all answers... so maybe.... was this Professor really smart? Or really... something else?
Jury was still out. Aspen squinted through the dark (and Dark) at the Professor, with Odessa scrutiny, then actually raised her hand for a change. "Can you SHOW us some of these Dark hexes, jinxes, and curses? Seeing is believing."
Seeing is believing?
Well wasn't that just clever...
"Maybe, if we have time at the end of the lesson."
SPOILER!!: verbain
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Originally Posted by verbain
The triangle position wasn't too hard to cope with. Theo got to his feet and lopsided his body. Wooh, head rush. As for the question, the boy 'hmmmmmmmd' out loud.
He wasn't a crazy dark spell researcher. So he decided to speak off his experiences.
"When I was a first year, someone used a hair growth spell on my nose hairs. I thought that was pretty evil." True story. It traumatized him actually, even though all his friends thought it was damn hilarious.
Rude.
Oh dear...
"Truly." she agreed. How unfortunate for the boy.
SPOILER!!: Magical Soul
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Her bottom started to tingle and then gradually went numb all the way down to her legs, so when Romanos announced their next position Louisa happily obliged. She dropped her hands from behind the knees and took a long moment before getting up to the next pose; the triangle. Spreading out her feet, she bent her torso and stretched one arm to reach her right foot first. All the while thinking of a rethought answer to the question. Although this technique wasn't going to work in this kind of question right? At least not the example part, heh.
"A dark spell is a flexible definition I would say, professor. Depends on the elements of each situation. The who, why, and how. Who cast the spell on whom, the reason behind choosing that spell and the outcome of it all." That was one way of saying 'it depends on intention of the wizard', rethinking her answer and all. She had to stand up then, the blood was gathering too fast in her head she was afraid it'll explode. "Someone cast a jelly-fingers jinx at one of their peers, just to prove a point can be proved civilly and using their tongue, is dark enough to me." HMPH. "Taking into consideration that the jelly-fingered person suffers from pointless pain and utter humiliating hopelessness for quite some time." i.e. Aspen went on a journey to the dark side last term. Not that Louisa was still bitter from that... maybe just a little, but she'd rather mention this than some typical boring textbook answer. Life experience and all.
It almost sounded as if this incident had occured. Then again, the jelly-fingers curse was popular among the students, even at her own school she attended. "It is actually considered a curse, surprisingly." she said, correcting just a tiny issue. Though her definition did intertwine with a few she heard a little later...
SPOILER!!: the fastest seeker, xXxPandora :: Sectumsempra
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And the triangle position. The second year put down her legs and stretched her limbs before rising to her feet. Once standing she copied the Professor's move and it was easy actually considering that Cassia was short so she got to her ankle easily. Hehee. The pros of being short finally.
And the question. Cassia listened to a few answers and she wondered, weren't those the right answers? Weren't they supposed to give the wrong ones? The twelve-years old got confused causing her to blurt out the first thing that came across her mind, "There'e a very evil spell it's Sectumsempra....um...it hurts or something." How did the second-year know about such dangerous spell? That'd be because of peering at books into her father's study. Yup ,she did that.
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Despite of the slight struggle she was having, Beezus still obliged herself to answer the next question. It was not true that Beaters were Dark wizards, her mind was just entirely off the cliff when she responded to the question. This time, she was really thinking.
A dark spell. Of course, she thought of the Unforgivable curses right away. However, given their objective of resorting to an entirely new answer was taken into consideration, the Ravenclaw thought of another one."Ermm..there's the Sectumsempra Professor, invented by one of our legendary Headmasters, Severus Snape. It is a curse of high level, and its effect is the same of an invisible sword which can be used to slash victims from a distance." Grimaaaace. "..Uhm..the injuries that it inflicts on the opponent seem to follow the caster's wand movements, making it rather deadly." ...and daaaaaark.
"Indeed, this is one of the more darker spells." Medea nodded slowly. "Good example you two."
And there was no more cracking sounds from Beatrice. Double good.
“Ah, power - that’s what I was getting at,” she thought. “That makes sense. Lucky for me, I don’t think I’ll ever become that hateful and bad.”
“Oh, thank Merlin,” she sighed in huge relief as she dropped her position. She released so quickly in fact, that her heels hit the ground at high velocity and bounced a few times on her mat. “Ow!” she squeaked accidentally. She turned her eyes to the floor as she got into the Triangle position so she wouldn’t see if anyone had heard her.
As she leaned to her side and raised her arm, she felt a deep stretch through her body. “This isn’t so bad.” Another relief. Eliza was finding this class to be very valuable indeed. She wouldn’t have thought much about trying to identify dark wizards by how often they use hexes or curses. She hadn’t even really considered that a dark wizard might want to keep their true nature a secret either. It made her a little bit on edge having this new level of awareness to danger, but she supposed it was a good thing. “The spell that death eaters used to make the dark mark for…Voldemort. Wasn’t that spell called Morsmordre?” She thought she had heard that somewhere… “And it’s dark of course because it was used to call a horribly dark wizard, or other people who followed him.”
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Dark spells. Easy. Kat knew a lot, not that she was affiliated to any of them nor did she actually use one of those frickin' spells. For Merlin's Sake, she's a witch. And she wouldn't be caught dead trying to kill someone else. Even if she hated that person to the maximum level.
As Kat did the Triangle position, which was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier than the previous muscle-aching positions, Kat answered. "Professor, Morsmordre is an example of a Dark spell," Kat continued. "It's dark because it's used to conjure the Dark mark and it may signify that someone must've been killed."
"Both reasons are correct when labeling why the morsemordre spell is considered dark, despite the fact that it does not cause any physical damage to anyone. It's symbolic nature is none too pleasant to think about, much less see in actuality." This was one of the topics in which her tone was more serious.
Annabelle blushed happily when she got her thoughts mentioned by the Professor. It was somewhat right and she would take it. Now she released her arms and legs from the boat position. They were actually shaking, she was out of shape. Then the professor instructed them to do another pose where they stood up and made their right hand touch their foot. It was called the Triangle. It was a nice stretch for her muscles, Belle felt. Then she heard the Professor ask another question and she wondered what dark spells she knew. She thought about it for a minute and said, "Professor isn't one spell called the Cruciartius curse? It is suppose to inflict pain on others."
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Okay, so her answer had been correct. At this point, Ken dall really didn't care, even if she was supposed to be a 'Claw and therefore want to get correct answers. She'd heard that crack, and it was definitely not a rat. And she didn't care if Beezus had told Professor Romanos that she didn't need the healer. If her friend was in pain, that meant she needed help, and Kendall herself had dropped her legs from the boat position as soon as the crack had sounded. Therefore explaining why she knew there hadn't been any creatures around, because they would've gotten more squished. And she could tell that Kurumi wasn't exactly convinced either, since the Gryffindor prefect kept looking at Beezus while class had gone on around them. Something was wrong with just going on like nothing had happened. They'd paid more attention to the show getting thrown than they had somebody getting hurt, which was just bad. Almost like the professor was being a dark witch now, and Kendall had glanced next to her at her friend as she'd stood up. "Are you sure you don't wann go to the healer," she whispered. "I'll take you if you want." After asking permission of course.
For now, she'd go back to answering questions whiel she waited for a response from Beezus, awkwardly leaning over into the position that they were supposed to be in even as she kept her eyes on the other girl. "What about Crucio? It's an Unforgivable, so that makes it automatically dark, and is it true that you can't even cast it unless you want to hurt the person badly?," she answered. Like whatever had just happened, and that was just totally not right. Yoga wasn't fun anymore, although it had taken her mind off her problems. She didn't want Beezus to have gotten seriously hurt just to distract her, and she really hoped that the professor didn't think it was okay to let her continue in the lesson when she was injured. Stupid Gryffindor boy who'd gotten the shoe thrown at him hadn't gotten hurt, so Beezus was more important.
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Minerva was happy to get out of boat position and stood up to get into triangle. Standing she placed her hands out parallel to the ground and then she leaned down and put one arm up in the air, checking the professor to make sure it looked right she decided to place her hand up a little further for the professor to see she wanted to answer the question.
"Professor, the cruciatus curse is a dark spell, because the caster is very very aware that he/she is torturing the victim, but does it anyway to get his/her on advantages met." Minerva shivered a bit even thinking about that curse, how anyone could be that mean she couldn't figure out. She was glad that she didn't know anyone that was that vicious even some of the meanest teachers here she didn't believe would ever use that one.
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Cora heard sighs of relief erupting from all over the room as everyone simultaneously switched positions. Cora didn't mind either way, actually. She tried to concentrate on the new question at hand, and to not worry about the old one so much. She thought, and the first spell to come to mind was the Killing Curse. Switching to something different, Cora replied. "The Cruciatus curse is very dark." Cora took this one very seriously. The idea of another being being in pain was enough to cause Cora pain herself. She would NEVER be able to use it on anyone, and hoped to never witness it. "It is meant to torture another, and it is so terrible."
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Slowly lowering her legs before moving into the next position, Alyssa thought over the answer to the Professor's next question.
When she had the answer, she again let that answer go and thought of another one before raising her hand.
"Professor a dark spell is considered dark because no other sane and normal wizard or witch would ever think of using it like for example the Unforgivable curses. Avada Kedavra for example." Alyssa wasn't going to recite them since the other students already had.
"Like Professor Slughorn once said, the worst crime any wizard or witch can commit is murder. That is the darkest spell of all. Taking someone's life just for pleasure."
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Well, this one seems easy! The question and the position, yes. But would she ever use them? No! Not the horrible, permanent, really painful ones, at least.... Just the ones that were like, funny and stuff. She doesn't have any dark intentions, not at all!
Moving right along! Cardigan switched over to the Triangle position, feeling much more relieved. Let's see...what curses did she know..."Well, professor, Avada Kedavra is sure up there. It's used to kill people instantly, and it's one of the three unforgivables."
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Laura looked at the Professor and did the pose and stared at the Professor for a couple of secends was she shocked that Laura was still awake in the class, there was something the matter with her. "Everything alright Professor?" Laura asked as she listened to the thing about a rat, there was certainly no rats in this class she was sure the Professor wouldn't allow any in her class. "Professor well there the Imperio Curse." Laura sighed. "Using that will earn you a one way ticket to Azkaban right?" Laura had heard that was a really bad curse to use.
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Thank Merlin they were moving on. And also thank Merlin that they didn't have to do that one pose for very long. Jake couldn't get his balance quite right and kept falling. But this next one seemed pretty easy. Standing up, he leaned over and held his ankle with one hand while raising the other one.
So. Dark spells? The obvious one was the killing curse. Jake pursed his lips, trying to get himself to think a different way. But... he wasn't feeling very creative, so he just said the next answer that came to mind.
"The Imperius curse. That one's usually used to make people do bad things, right? So the person in control doesn't get blamed. And... it could be used for some bad things."
Medea had slowly nodded at each and every answer of one of the three unforgivables. "The name alone 'unforgivable' should be indication enough as to why they are considered dark spells." Fact! "You will recieve a one way ticket to azkaban for any use of those spells."
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Nigel just kept on jogging. He heard Beezus crack something that sounded like a rib. It sounded painful. She said a rat did it but Nigel knew it was a lie because he could not believe Professor Romanos would allow rats in the classroom.
Well, Back to the question. He knew about a couple dark spells. But did not want to say the three obvious ones.
"Professor, There is Fiendfyre.Its flames are so powerful it can destroy things and will create an ashwinder if left unchecked."
Nigel wondered if there was anything that can put out Fiendfyre because he knew aguamenti could not.
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Elliot sighed with relief as they changed positions...thank Merlin! She stood up, her arms and legs a little shaky from being that stupid BOAT position...but she managed to do the triangle right...
Right. Curses. Dark spell.s Obviously the first ones to pop in her head were the Unforgiveables...but she could't say that, now could she?! She tried to think, but each time she thought of something, someone else took it! ANSWER STEALERS! It was a few minutes and heavy thinking before her hand shot into the air, "Professor, I don't know the exact curse, but wouldn't whatever produces Fiendfye be a dark curse? Because Fiendfye can't even be put out with Aquamenti..." she said, thinking back to something she read...as usual.
"The fire that lives." Indeeeed. "Yes, good example."
He's a dark wizard for sure. But Gideon kept himself from mentioning the man's name. The seventh year certainly didn't want to think too much on him. It was bad enough all talk of dark arts and spells unless it was about dark creatures specifically like last term's focus,usually brought him to mind anyway. Sighs...maybe he shouldn't have have considered not continuing on with the class. Gideon unconsciously shivering and nearly falling down to the mat.
Moving his legs back down to the floor from the boat position, he gingerly got back up to his feet so he could stand. Glancing at Professor Romanos as she switched position, Gideon tried his best to duplicate the way she was standing bent over to one side with her right hand touching her foot. He staggered a bit at first before regaining his balance. Then awkwardly raising his opposite hand up in the air, the prefect attempted to answer the woman's question.
"All spells can be considered dark, it just depends on how it is used against a person." Grant certainly knew how to warp all sorts of spells into his evil bidding.
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Oh, finallyyy!! Sophie promptly got up from the boat position as professor Romanos told them to do so. She breathed in relief as she massaged her stomach. Luckly they didn't stay in that position long enough to make it all sore the next day!
The triangle position thing was way easier! Sophie didn't really mind it at all. After she leaned to the side and raised her hand in the air, she thought about the next question for a bit. Some of the other students were already giving their own answers and Sophie looked at the Gryffindor Prefect - that wasn't Kurumi - when he replied. "I agree with the Gryffindor boy Prefect, professor!" She said turning her head to face the older witch. She didn't know his name, but she knew he was nice. He hadn't gotten them all in trouble when they were caught in the courtyard and stuff! Nice Prefect!
Though professor Romanos would want a complement with that comment, right? "There are some pretty nasty spells indeed, like some people are saying, but isn't the intention what matters the most in some cases?" Sophie could give an example too, but she had really liked the Prefect's answer that all spells could be Dark and agreed 100%.
Wait... no, she didn't! "Of course, there are some simple spells, like the Colour Changing Charm..." A.k.a. her favourite spell ever. "... that are kind of impossible to be considered 'Dark'... but maybe they could be used in a very mean way?" Merlin, this 'don't answer the first thing that comes to your mind' thing was making Sophie's brain a little befuzzled!
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Ashten sighed with relief as they were allowed to change positions from the boat position. He was not one to be flexible and the position was killing him. He found, however, the triangle position to be obnoxious, and he could already feel the blood rushing to his head as he maintained the stance. Nevertheless, he closed his eyes and tried to think of spells that could be considered "dark." He thought of an idea, but, as per Professor Romano's instructions, he dispelled the response from his mind.
"It's too subjective to ask what kind of spells are dark," he said, after a few moments of thinking. "We all call the Unforgiveable Curses by that name because we as a wizarding community have subjectively labeled them as such.. . " he paused. "Professor, doesn't it take a different kind of skill to perform Dark Magic?" he put emphasis in his tone when he said Dark Magic, and also used air quotes. "You have to really want to inflict harm on another person in order for the curses, jinxes, et cetera to be effective, right?" He stood up because he was feeling light headed.
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They get to stand now? Awesome!
After taking a moment to breathe in some much needed air he pushed himself onto his feet and started to bend just like what the Professor was demonstrating. Then she moves onto her next question. Which kinda got him thinking about all those Unforgivables he's read about but has never actually done. Which led him to thinking about his conversation with Louisa and what happened to her at Knockturn Alley over the summer. Which got him to thinking what he would do if he ever faces the foul Wizard.
He doesnt know any dark curses, have never practiced them. How in Gaia's green Earth will he ever defend himself or his loved ones from people like that? And although he'd like to fight fire with fire (figuratively or literally), being a monster to defeat a monster doesnt really appeal to him.
He waved his other hand now suspended in the air "Professor, arent any spell considered dark depending on how they're used? A slicing spell sounds pretty domestic, but if used against a person...." Catch his drift?
She was expecting a few answers such as these. "I do agree with all of you, however, it does come down to the simplest of details when stating what spell is dark or not. I'm not saying you aren't correct. Every spell can have a dark side when the intention goes down that road, buuuuut...."
Medea paused momentarily to stand up straight. "You wouldn't automatically think of the tickling charm when someone asks you about dark spells would you? The reason why a certain group of spells are placed in the category of dark magic is because they persistently have a negative affect on the target. Persistent being the key word here." She stopped to let that sink in.
"Think about...every day objects you use. A chair. Toothpaste. A spoon. Maybe a pillow. They're all normal things we use for the greater good, for lack of better words, yet they aren't necessarily evil themselves, despite the fact that they could be used for such. Same goes for spells outside of the dark arts, which is whyyyy they are not considered so." Hopefully that became a little more clear. She did applaud where their thought process was going though. Thinking outside the box.
"Alright, you all can stand up." Up! Up up. "And...switch to the other side now." Moving to lift her other arm in the air, she touched her other ankle, waiting for the rest of the class to do so before continuing. Or you know, those few students who were jogging can continue doing so. "How about dark creatures? What makes them dark?"
One of those questions where they perhaps had to rephrase the answer they were thinking of.
Elliot stood up straight, stretched her back a bit, and groaned as they switched to the other side...this class usually left her feeling sore...yuck. Elliot wasn't flexible to begin with!
Dark Creatures.
What they did last year...but last year's DADA classes were fuzzy to Elliot...so she had to think REEEAAALLLYYY hard this time around. Ah. She had gotten the basilisk...what made that a dark creature? Hmm.
Think...think...think...
She raised her hand, trying to...rephrase or something..."Well, I think that if a dark creature's sole existence depends on the destruction of humans, it can be mental or physical, because there are dementors, too, would be classified as a dark creature." Sounded nice...didn't know if it was, though...
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"If they do certain things that 'take away' something valuable from someone, like Dementors. Or, if they find doing mean things to others is very funny, like Poltergeists." Cardigan said while switching to the other side for the triangle pose. Boy, was this the easiest pose they've done or what?! Surely there couldn't be an easier one. Anyways, those were things that made creatures dark, right? It surely wasn't "light arts" if you were sucking someone's soul, or laughing at someone when you tripped them on the moving staircase. Nu-uh.
Nigel knew about Werewolves. Even if they were not his favorite or scariest dark creature. He wondered how would win in a fight between a Lethifold and a Nundu. Hmm.. Nigel did not know. But maybe Professor Romanos does.
"Well, Werewolves are Dark because when they transform they do not remember who they are. They would attack anybody in their way, even their best friend. And Professor who would win in a fight between a Nundu and a Lethifold? Because that would be an awesome fight"
Nigel was sure it would be an awesome fight. But it would be more awesome if Zombies and Vampires were in it.
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Tag continued to jog in place. He wasn't going to do that other thing, whatever it was. Why did they always have to exercise for this class? This wasn't physical education class. They were doing the wrong thing in the wrong class and Tag was becoming more and more tired by the second.
Oh. Now dark creature talk. " Well if the creature harms a person or another creature just for the heck of it, can't they be considered dark?" Then he had to stop and think. What if some creatures were under some curse that imprisoned them with a wizard and the wizard was controlling them, and the creature didn't want to be rude but had to because it had no choice. "Oh..umm Professor, what if the creature doesn't want to be mean but it had no choice? Can they be put under the imperius curse?" Just a thought that popped into his head.
Sophie immediately followed professor Romanos' lead and changed to the other side, lifting her other arm and touching her other ankle. Woooooo! That made her brain shake a bit, because she had done it too fast.
After a few seconds, she let what the professor had said sink in and already started thinking about her next reply. The first creature that popped into her mind was the one she had worked on last term. The boggart. She didn't consider herself a boggart expert, of course, but it was now one of the creates she knew about the most. Professor Romanos wouldn't mind her saying things about the first create that came to her mind, right? She just wanted her to think outside the box...?
Well, that would have to do. She formulated an answer in her head and tried to think of some other details or whatever that might surround it in any way. "Professor, boggarts are considered Dark because they become what people are most afraid of." Okay, so everyone knew this. Um... "That's a very bad thing, since when we are afraid we tend to act without thinking and we can mess everything up because we're not being careful enough." Uuugh, that was all too obvious!
"The boggart itself won't do us no harm; like... it won't kill us or anything..." At least she didn't remember reading about boggarts killing people. "...but since it can make us scared, it can cause us to do dangerous things... to ourselves..."
Uh... right...?
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In grown-up speak, that roughly translated to NO. And that would roughly translate to Aspen just trying all the curses herself. Possibly on people like the Head Girl that PRACTICALLY walked up to Aspen and asked for it. Blatantly.
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West had, in a sense, already answered this question. Dark creatures were some of the dark things that changed your emotional state right? He nodded to himself. Yes West Odessa you are right. If he hadn't been jogging on the spot, probably West would be bored by now. Didn't they talk about all this already? Last year? He just wanted to learn some hexes and stuff!
He did put his hand up, and because he didn't intend to answer initially, this was him doing that rethink thing. "Dark creatures are made, not born."
And he looked over at his sister. She would show him some stuff later maybe? He wanted to learn to duel!
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"Alright, you all can stand up." Up! Up up. "And...switch to the other side now." Moving to lift her other arm in the air, she touched her other ankle, waiting for the rest of the class to do so before continuing. Or you know, those few students who were jogging can continue doing so. "How about dark creatures? What makes them dark?"
One of those questions where they perhaps had to rephrase the answer they were thinking of.
"Cos..." Theodore paused for a moment, because he felt a sudden headache coming along. Like, ow... he'd have to have something sweet later. "Cos lot's of creatures don't understand human language. And creatures, like a troll, are quite dumb... I think they are dark creatures, anyway." Cos they stomped on people usually, right?
But maybe they could be nice fellas, but they just didn't understand the things that we, humans, usually frown upon.
It made sense to him.
"They just need training up." He was on the animals' side.
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"Alright, you all can stand up." Up! Up up. "And...switch to the other side now." Moving to lift her other arm in the air, she touched her other ankle, waiting for the rest of the class to do so before continuing. Or you know, those few students who were jogging can continue doing so. "How about dark creatures? What makes them dark?"
One of those questions where they perhaps had to rephrase the answer they were thinking of.
Ella stood up straight, shaking her arms out a bit before switching sides. Her eyes lit up a bit at the mention of dark creatures. Not that she was a fan of them or anything, she just found them to be really interesting to learn about. Hmmm...What made dark creatures dark? Ella furrowed her brown in thought. Most creatures had an animal instinct they followed, yeah? For example they did things because it is in their nature to act a certain way. The third year wasn't sure the same could be said for dark creatures. "Professor, I think dark creatures are considered dark because they cause harm just to do it. I mean...it's not like they kill or hurt for survival, they do it because they want to...or are programmed to." Because really, dark creatures weren't at all natural beings.
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Now they were switching sides? That was not what Ken dall wanted to hear, even if she was happy that she'd at least got some sort of credit for her earlier answer and not gotten yelled at for making sure Beezus was really okay to finish the lesson. She was definitely going to make sure she got to the healer after class, at least, but for now, it seemed she was supposed to just switch triangles. More wobbling, she thought, carefully standing up again before tilting the opposite direction. It was going to be harder to watch Beezus for winces and stuff n ow, but at least her ears were closer if there were any gasps of pain. Or any more scary loud cracks. She wasn't going to listen to arguments if there were any more of those. Another loud crack and she was dragging her fellow Claw to the healer, permission from the professor or not.
So far things seemed alright, though, if still awkward because of the yoga and balance. She hadn't fallen over, so that meant she was okay. Plus, she could focus on the next question, like the others were doing. But she didn't want to say her first answer, which was that dark creatures literally were dark. Meaning they were gray, black... She didn't know of any white dark creatures. "Dark creatures just exist to cause pain and bad stuff. They're around to try and kill us, but not because they want to eat us. Just 'cause they like to, or they've been compelled to by a dark wizard, " she said, hand solidly in the air as it was supposed to be. That sort off went along with West's answer about them being made, didn't it?
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Sierra easily swung around from one side to the other. Yeah. Quidditch. We thank you for making us limber enough to endure this terrible thing they call yoga. Sierra extended her hands to touch her feet. There was no hand raising in this class. Nope. They were confined by this yoga pose they call...err, triangle?
Something like that.
So what made a dark creature dark? "...because they have no other purpose in life than to just seek ways to harm. If evil didn't exist, neither would a dark creature," she explained. "It's sort of like what I said about dark witches and wizards--it's all for selfish reasons."
Aidan sighed, discouraged for getting a 'no' for his answer. He was sooo sure he'd gotten that one.
But when the professor explained....Well, he supposed that made sense. Though he didn't know what good 'incarcerous' could be used for. Seemed completely dangerous to him. But.......he wasn't going to ask. No one else was seemed to care.
Change positions! The boy sprung up from his left side and stretched over to his right. If he didn't O the questions, he could at least O yoga, yeah?!
Though he was slightly apprehensive to speak up again....he was sure he couldn't go wrong on the answer this time. "Dark creatures hurt people on purpose." But that didn't mean they weren't WICKED AWESOME!!!
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Minerva stood up and went the other way with the triangle. She was glad they weren't in boat anymore, but having her head down was making all the blood rush to it a bit. Then the professor asked the next question and really Minerva was a bit stumped. What did make creatures dark. It wasn't like they could talk to say I hate you and want you dead, so what made them be dark. Putting up her hand a little higher and waiting her turn "Professor, is it because they have a natural feature to harm other living things that make them dark. Since we can't speak with them to see what they really are trying to do we assume they are trying to harm and be forceful so that makes them dark." She was hoping it sounded correct at least.
Annabelle heard the professor instruct the class to change their position. She used her other hand and touched her other ankle. "Aahh that felt better." Belle thought to herself. Then she heard the professor ask a question about Dark creatures. "Hmm what does make them dark?" Belle wondered to herself. She thought of creatures she has encountered in her lifetime. Then she answered the question, "Professor what makes a dark creature dark is depends on what you perceive is evil. If you face a boggart for instance and they make your worst fear, it all depends on your gut feeling on what scares you. The other person can be brave and face it. Also to take into account, it all depends on your experiences if you have faced creatures too. Belle thought her answer was good enough.
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West had, in a sense, already answered this question. Dark creatures were some of the dark things that changed your emotional state right? He nodded to himself. Yes West Odessa you are right. If he hadn't been jogging on the spot, probably West would be bored by now. Didn't they talk about all this already? Last year? He just wanted to learn some hexes and stuff!
He did put his hand up, and because he didn't intend to answer initially, this was him doing that rethink thing. "Dark creatures are made, not born."
And he looked over at his sister. She would show him some stuff later maybe? He wanted to learn to duel!
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Vivi switched to the other side. This was actually a much more pleasant position than that awful boat one, and she enjoyed the pull of the muscles in her back and side briefly before putting her hand to her calf. See? Yoga wasn't all that bad... sometimes.
She listened to the answers and opted not to respond, at least not at first. Standard stuff, and all of it exactly what her first thoughts were. Maybe second answers were also sort of... the ability to give a nod to someone else's right answer instead of insisting on showing off all the time?
"Like West was saying... Dark creatures don't have a natural life cycle." Clever lad, that West.
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Moving slowly into the next position, Alyssa thought out how she would answer the next question before raising her hand.
"Professor most dark creatures would be those that kill just because it wants to and not because it has too. Unfortunately, every one of its prey is usually human. It hunts victims just for pleasure or to scare them silly."
Alyssa decided that she needed to clarify her answer and so added....
"There are of course those creatures that some people confuse as dark creatures such as werewolves. Not all werewolves are dark creatures. It just depends on the human soul living within it."
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Milton slowly stood up and stretched his back a little before bending down to the other side and reached for his toes. He couldn't reach them, though. He wasn't very flexible. As the blood rushed to his head again, Milton looked around and listened to everyone's answers.
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"There are of course those creatures that some people confuse as dark creatures such as werewolves. Not all werewolves are dark creatures. It just depends on the human soul living within it."
"I don't really think that's true," he said, looking at the Puffer. "When werewolves are in their animal form, they don't have a choice. They're gonna attack anything that ticks them off or gets in their way, regardless if the human inside is a nice guy or not." It was all in the textbooks. "Even if the nicest person in the world, like... Professor Hadley. If she was a werewolf, she's gonna bite your face off if you get in the way." JUST saying. So werewolves were dark, in his opinion.
She was expecting a few answers such as these. "I do agree with all of you, however, it does come down to the simplest of details when stating what spell is dark or not. I'm not saying you aren't correct. Every spell can have a dark side when the intention goes down that road, buuuuut...."
Medea paused momentarily to stand up straight. "You wouldn't automatically think of the tickling charm when someone asks you about dark spells would you? The reason why a certain group of spells are placed in the category of dark magic is because they persistently have a negative affect on the target. Persistent being the key word here." She stopped to let that sink in.
"Think about...every day objects you use. A chair. Toothpaste. A spoon. Maybe a pillow. They're all normal things we use for the greater good, for lack of better words, yet they aren't necessarily evil themselves, despite the fact that they could be used for such. Same goes for spells outside of the dark arts, which is whyyyy they are not considered so." Hopefully that became a little more clear. She did applaud where their thought process was going though. Thinking outside the box.
"Alright, you all can stand up." Up! Up up. "And...switch to the other side now." Moving to lift her other arm in the air, she touched her other ankle, waiting for the rest of the class to do so before continuing. Or you know, those few students who were jogging can continue doing so. "How about dark creatures? What makes them dark?"
One of those questions where they perhaps had to rephrase the answer they were thinking of.
Shaking out her pose a bit before going into the mirrored one, she paused to consider her answer. Well, the reason that they’re dark is because they are vicious or aggressive, right? She leaned to her other side, lifting her other arm above her head in a stretch. She could really feel her body starting to relax as she pressed into the dull aching that was always to be expected at the beginning of a stretch.
She thought further and discovered she had a new feeling about dark creatures. “Maybe what makes some creatures dark doesn’t have anything to do with what they actually do themselves… Just a person’s perception of them can make them dark in our minds. Like creatures that show up when bad things happen, or around gloomy things - they’re not really bad creatures, that’s just their element.” She tried to think of an example of what she meant, “Like thestrals or vultures. They’re not bad but some people think they’re dark.”
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