Runes Lesson One - Introduction And Refresher
 

Tristan Christiansen had walked to the school from Hogsmeade. He was tired and cold, and just not in thebest of moods. He was back now to teach student the ancient art of runes. Why? Because the beautiful ginger headmistress had personally asked him to.

... how could he say no?

He placed his briefcase on the desk and sat on the chair, waiting for the students to begin filing in.

Ancient Runes..

The boy had taken the course the last two terms at Beauxbatons, thinking it dreadfully boring. He mildly wondered if it would be any different here... meh, probably not. He didn't have a choice either way - his parents insisted on him taking the class.

Oh and first one here.. not surprising, he thought sarcastically, wondering if there was anyone who actually liked the subject. Other than the professor of course.. Ethan gave the man a polite smile and greeting as he passed by. "Good morning, Professor." And he took a seat near a window.

Ethan is in here! :3
 

Not looking forward to attending Ancient Runes Hannah walked into the classroom not in the best of moods. Still she didn't have a choice. She had to attend every class in order to be well rounded and make up for how bad she did last term. Ugh! Her parents just didn't understand.

There was only one other person there...and merlin it was Ethan. Act natural! he didn't know anything and she wasn't going to make a fool of herself. "Hey Ethan." Then she looked around and spotted the professor...how rude would it be to say hello to another student and not the professor? Not that Hannah cared too much about being rude. "Hello professor."

With his school bag over his shoulder and his duck hat that he had gotten from Jonathan on his head, Daichi made his way up the stairs to the first Ancient Runes lesson. He knew that there was going to be a new Professor this time and he wondered who it could be.

Reaching the classroom, Daichi opened the door and stepped inside. His chocolate brown eyes then landed on the Professor who was sitting in a chair. He looked familiar...he had seen him before!

"ooooh! you're Professor ...uhm...it was something with a Chris...i think.." the Snake bit his lower lip . "Sorry if i'm wrong but HI~!" he bowed and waved his hand when he stood upright again. "or Gaton Tag....right?" He smiled broadly, thinking he had said Guten Tag the right way and found a seat near the front.

Professor... and the Ethan boy...
 

Jayden walked into the classroom, her mouth set in a grumpy line. Ancient Runes was SOOOO not her thing, but it was a class that her father INSISTED she take, so that was that. It was a requirement. "Good morning, Professor!" She greeted the man as cheerfully as she could. It wasn't HIS fault that she detested Ancient Runes as much as she did. And in the three years she had been attending Hogwarts, at least he made it tolerable.

And oh look. Other students had arrived before her, but at least she was one of the first ones. She turned on her heel, walking towards the back end of the windows she noticed a rather... attractive looking boy. A boy she had never met before. Ah well...

Time for introductions.


*giggle*


"Hey there..." She greeted the boy quietly as she sat down in a seat two rows in front of him. "I'm Jayden, nice to meet you! Are you new here?" She asked, tossing her black curls behind her shoulders.

Cassia entered the classroom her bag slung over her shoulder and her hands pushed into her pockets. She was feeling so cold. She liked winter but during this season she wore every piece of clothing she owned. That's why maybe she looked a bit fatter. She didn't gain any weight but she was wearing so many layers.

And actually she wasn't so excited about this class. Because why learn about something that is ancient? It didn't make sense to her. Though she was excited to meet the new Professor. So she made a bee-line for the Professor's desk and looked at him closely. Blink..Blink..Blink. And his face got registered in the second-year's memory. Ehh..he was like all Professors, nothing special about him. Now was the time for greeting him. It's not polite to stare and walk away. So she offered him a smile ,"Hi Professor....." She trailed off. What was his name again? Eh...she couldn't remember.

She smiled again covering her failure of trying to remember his name and turned on her heels walking further into the room. Sitting down, she placed her bag on the desk and started rubbing her hands together. IT was really cold.

Nigel was confused about runes. He had read the textbook but was like confused. But it was just that he really did not like it. He guessed because he did not understand it. Or he just did not want to give it a chance.

"Hello, Professor" Nigel said as he made his way yo his seat. Nigel's goal was to not fall asleep and he felt he could accomplish that.

Minerva walked into class and a smile crossed her face. [B]"Hello Professor Christiansen. It's nice to have you back this term."/B] He was always so hard to understand, but Minerva didn't mind, she had always thought he was nice.

Turning she looked around to see where to sit. She noticed some students that she knew. Give a shy smile, "Hey Ethan" then she saw Nigel and smiled "Hey Nigel". Then she took a seat towards the front like always and pulled out her parchment to get ready for class.

plus Elijah
 

Runes....

Thoughts of Jenkins tugs at Vickers' memories. He learned from that man, being his first ever Runes teacher. Even if now that he has a better grasp of the subject there was a part of him that would've wanted to complete his entire Runes learning development with the same Professor, would've been nice to show to him how far he's come.

The Ravenclaw enters the classroom and gives his usual polite nod to the other man in greeting "Good day Professor Christiansen." Yeah he knew his name from his schedule. Accent issues and all? Totally clueless about that.

He finds the CurlyPuff already seated and dropped himself into the chair next to him. Yeah best bud gets a 'Sup bro nod, then he brings out his parchment and quill and the Runes bag and lines them across his desk.

Jory always found runes to be interesting so he was looking forward to today's class. There were some students there already when he arrived. Then he spotted the Professor. "Hi, Professor,'' the Puff greeted, familiar with him since he thought last term.

He made his way to find a seat.

Louisa was wearing her uniform of course, but on top of it she had a double-layered jumper. She was recovering from flu, only a couple of sneezes in one paragraph... err... speech. She was wiping her nose with her handkerchief when she entered the classroom, "Hello professor Christiansen. Good to see you again." HAAI, remember me! She walked further into the class, throwing waves at Ethan, Daichi, Cassia and Nigel.

Then...



...VICKERS and Elijah!

Her sickly rosy cheeks and extra rosy nose stood out as the rest of her face beamed at the Ravenclaw, and she meandered over to where he sat next to his best friend. "Haaai!" She greeted Vickers, and then generously extended her happy greet over to Elijah. "Doing good fe--" ACHUUUU! Her handkerchief took the spit and snot, thank Merlin. She busied herself with wiping her face nose by one hand and dragging one of the chairs to the space between the two boys. She just wanted to be in the middle of the action when curly head started it, you know. Hopefully this time she'll be here and she'll prevent it.

Once crammed seated between the two, Louisa dropped her bag on the floor and pocketed her handkerchief. She needed the table. Hmmm. Gently pushing both of their tables, she dragged the desk that belonged to her chair over, with a few bumps and toe!smashing she had it in place. THERE! Everything was going perfectly well and right. She settled back into her chair, content. "I'm excited for this lesson." BEAM.

Ancient Runes. Meh. Ella still kind of missed Jenkins so the thought of attending class with a new Professor had her a little down. She tried not to let it show too much, though. Entering the classroom with a small smile on her face.

"Hello Professor, I'm Ella." She greeted cheerfully before looking around the room. She spotted an empty seat towards the back and headed that way, plopping down before pulling out her quill and some parchment. Right. She was ready for class to start.

"God Dag to all off you." Tristan said in his heavy Norwegian accent, "I hope you haff all been vell since ze last time I vas here. Und no, child. I am not neeu here. I haff returned. Ya?" He said smiling.

"Zo. Let us start ze lesson. Vat are Runes?"

Ella.
 

Oakey entered the classroom and looked around, it had been a while since he had attended a class run by Professor Christiansen. The last being Oakey's first term before he missed his whole second year due to his accident.

Hello Professor Christiansen, Oakey said as he gave the Ancient Runes Professor a smile and nod. Oakey neared his way to the back of the class and found an empty chair besides Ella. He set his bag down onto the desk with an unintentionally loud thud. Inside his bag were books texts and notes of this subject. "Hi Ella." oakey said giving his Hufflepuff friend a nice little smile too.

He turned his attention quickly to the front of the class as the Professor asked his first question which was much easier to understand than his introduction. "Professor, Runes are a set of germanic letters used before the Latin language."

Sierra glanced up at the Ancient Runes professor. Could he really even be called a substitute professor anymore? He'd been here for years already, hadn't he? Well, with the exception of just a few years, that is. He'd been the main one to teach Sierra Ancient Runes since she'd entered Hogwarts six years ago.

...and of course he was back with his hard-to-understand accent. So what were runes? She raised her hand. "They're the letters that make up the runic alphabet," she said. "They're a type of wandless magic used to help make our lives better."

Cassia was too busy rubbing her hands together when she heard something. What was this? She looked up searching for the source of the voice.Oh it was the Professor.......speaking? Or was he speaking in runes? Ancient Runes IS a language, right? They were here to learn it. Though Cassia wasn't sure of this. Because it was her first lesson, last year she hadn't taken this subject.

Blink..Blink...

After the Professor finished. Cassia picked up some words that actually resembled English. Good..then this language wasn't that hard. was he asking them about it? She raised her hand and spoke," Something old," That was the ancient part. "And that is hard to decipher." That was the runes part. And they say she isn't smart. Pffft...This thing was so easy. And she was absolutely getting smarter. Not a Ravenclaw but a smart Snake. She needed smartness for her spying with Theo...who was in hospital actually. So she was working on her smartness meanwhile.

Next question please. Smart Snake here.

Elijah returned the 'sup bro nod and smiled to himself, pleased that he was going to get to work with his best friend this lesson. It had been a while, and frankly, there was probably no better lesson he could have returned to Elijah for since this 'Huff needed SERIOUS help with Runes.

SPOILER!!: Louisa

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul (Post 11227411) Louisa was wearing her uniform of course, but on top of it she had a double-layered jumper. She was recovering from flu, only a couple of sneezes in one paragraph... err... speech. She was wiping her nose with her handkerchief when she entered the classroom, "Hello professor Christiansen. Good to see you again." HAAI, remember me! She walked further into the class, throwing waves at Ethan, Daichi, Cassia and Nigel. Then... Text Cut: Elijah & Vicky :33 ...VICKERS and Elijah! Her sickly rosy cheeks and extra rosy nose stood out as the rest of her face beamed at the Ravenclaw, and she meandered over to where he sat next to his best friend. "Haaai!" She greeted Vickers, and then generously extended her happy greet over to Elijah. "Doing good fe--" ACHUUUU! Her handkerchief took the spit and snot, thank Merlin. She busied herself with wiping her face nose by one hand and dragging one of the chairs to the space between the two boys. She just wanted to be in the middle of the action when curly head started it, you know. Hopefully this time she'll be here and she'll prevent it. Once crammed seated between the two, Louisa dropped her bag on the floor and pocketed her handkerchief. She needed the table. Hmmm. Gently pushing both of their tables, she dragged the desk that belonged to her chair over, with a few bumps and toe!smashing she had it in place. THERE! Everything was going perfectly well and right. She settled back into her chair, content. "I'm excited for this lesson." BEAM.

His warm fuzzy feelings of reuintedness were short lived however as SHE turned up. GUH. HER. Elijah put on his best FAKE smile and even returned her, "Hi," as she greeted the pair. He tried his hardest not to roll his eyes as she began to speak again, but she didn't even get to finish what she was saying as she SNEEZED. Eugggghhh. She was ridden with HORRIDness. Could she just please leave and go find her seat?

Elijah's smile returned as the Head Girl went off to do just that... and then returned with a chair to hand. Merlin, no. No. No. No. No. No.

She planked herself right in between the pair of them. Elijah's first reaction was to raise a hand to his mouth, trying to subtly shield himself from any potentially lingering germs. The nightmare didn't stop there as she even started MOVING their desks around. Elijah leaned behind her at one point and gave Vickers THEE look. The one that said 'What the heck was she doing and STOP HER'.

His fake smile returned once more when she was thoroughly satisfied with her furniture rearrangements. "SO. very. Excited," Elijah forced through gritted teeth, throwing another sharp look Vee's way when she was looking elsewhere.

SPOILER!!: Christiansen

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Originally Posted by Tristan Christiansen (Post 11227419) "God Dag to all off you." Tristan said in his heavy Norwegian accent, "I hope you haff all been vell since ze last time I vas here. Und no, child. I am not neeu here. I haff returned. Ya?" He said smiling. "Zo. Let us start ze lesson. Vat are Runes?" SPOILER!!: Tristlation "Good Day to all of you." Tristan said in his heavy Norwegian accent, "I hope you have all been well since the last time I was here. And no, child. I am not new here. I have returned. Yes?" He said smiling. "So. Let's start the lesson. What are Runes?"

His anger was momentarily distracted when the Professor began speaking. What did he say? Maybe it was a good thing to have two 'Claws here. They could translate for them. Well, Vickers could...

He placed a hand on Louisa's shoulder and pushed her right back into her chair, leaning over her and whispering to Vickers, hand covering the side of his mouth to detach Louisa from the conversation and whispered, "What is this guyy saayingggg?"

As he waited for the rest of the students to file in , Daichi took off his duck hat and placed it in his school bag with a small pout. He then took out his books and placed them on the table yet did not open them yet.

As class begun, Daichi listened to the Professor and he scratched the back of his neck. He had almost forgotten how impossible it was to know what he was saying so the Slytherin was seated on the edge of his chair to get every word and tried to make a sentence of it himself.

He got the Runes part...and vat was what so perhaps he was asking what runes were? Slowly, Daichi raised his hand. "Runes are stones with weird symbols on them" yup.

Ella smiled when Oakey sat down next to her, giving him a nod before focusing on the Professor. Um...and that accent? It was definitely going to be tough to follow. Ella was going to try, though. Try really hard. Oh! And the first question. Runes. What are runes? "Professor, runes are symbols that make up an alphabet and can be used to tell us things...about ourselves and um...situations." Right? Like that's essentially when one did when they read runes? Ella hoped it made sense.

Ancient Runes...seemed...difficult. Especially when the professor's English was...well, lacking. She had to REALLY strain her ears to catch anything he was saying...it all sort of just went together...

Well, shouldn't THIS be a fun lesson...hmmph.

She eyed Ethan and Hannah...ooohh no...no...not good. Hannah STOP IT! she wanted to yell at her friend..but...well, she couldn't say anything now! Class had started! And no, Elliot had NO clue what Ancient Runes were...a very difficult subject?! Probably..but she did't think that counted as an answer....so she stayed quiet...for now.

What are runes? Well that was a good question. This was her third year here and she was still pretty confused about the whole subject. She knew that it had something to do with letters and being old and solving a riddle kind of thing. Hmm...put it all together and what do you get? A big ball of confusion that's what.

Still she needed to say something right? "Professor runes are letters that have meaning once they are deciphered."

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "A runes is where someone goes and causes mayhem." Laura was sure that was right. "Like when people go to war loads of people say they leave behind them stuff in runes." Laura sighed, she didn't think it was right of them to do that but apparently that is what they do.

Minerva smiled, yuup still the same accent that was hard to understand. She tried to make sure to listen really closely so that she didn't miss what he said. Putting up her hand, "Professor, Runes are Greek letters that have specific meanings, and used the correct way some can help protect you and do other significant things." She couldn't remember everything they did, but she hoped to be close.