House points, shmouse points. It was ALL about the gold stars for Theodore. He wasn't sure why, but he liked to stick them at the pillars of his bed at the end of the day.

"You are very, very welcome, professor." Theo said, BEAMING. "And thanks for the star, it's awesome!" But let's get this straight. Did he have the house points AND the star? Or just a star in compromise for the points. It was information that he needed to know, but wouldn't ask for.

WHOOOOO was this?

A why was she criticizing the gold stars? Theo frowned hard at her, even pointing his finger in her direction. "Shh, you." That was simple enough.

ZOMG, he could be Professor Bellaire's assistant! WOOH.

Okay, so he was distracted by a sharp voice in his direction. A girly one. But too squeaky to be the professor's.

Aidan didn't move, though. Nor did he apologize. "Watch what?" he questioned the girl.

She had his shoe, by the way. Was she gonna give it back to him or anything? Or just stare at him?

THAT was the professor's voice.

But Aidan turned to her just as confused. He wasn't a professor last he checked. So she shouldn't be addressing him as such. "Okay..." And by the way, "My name's Aidan." Not 'Professor'.

Zack had no idea what was about to happen the charms class. All he knew that this was gonna be fun!

He quickly removed his shoes and socks and rearranged the bag on his shoulder before entering the room.

"It really looks Great Professor. I love going to beaches" Oh he loved charms so much!

Maybe professor should provide everyone with some treat on the beach or the classroom whatever it was at the moment. That would be real fun.

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Okay, so he was distracted by a sharp voice in his direction. A girly one. But too squeaky to be the professor's.

Aidan didn't move, though. Nor did he apologize. "Watch what?" he questioned the girl.

She had his shoe, by the way. Was she gonna give it back to him or anything? Or just stare at him?

OH DEAR MERLIN!

She had the urge to take the shoe that was still on the floor because she never took it and throw it back at him or far, far away. Why? Well, that's the best way to shoo someone from so close-by. But, gross, she wasn't going to pick up a shoe that wasn't hers.

Instant roll of the eyes. "THAT...," fingers pointing at the shoe, "...almost hit me." Got it?

Now pick up your shoe and go. Thank you.

Violet was more than eager when she saw the notice board today! It could only mean one thing: CHARMS, also known as, Violet's favorite class! When she had arrived earlier in class, she was more than amazed to see that the classroom had changed into this sort of, tropical getaway! It was simply gorgeous! Violet couldn't believe how beautiful it was, from the warm sand, the calming clear blue ocean, and the gentle breeze blowing through her golden locks. It was almost too good to be true!

As she had made her way towards the other students she saw Professor Bellaire, who was apparently enjoying some coconut wate. Violet smiled at the Charms Professor and said in her usual polite fashion,"Good morning Professor..I do hope you enjoyed your summer.."

Violet then couldn't help but admire the beautiful scenery around her once more. It was just too breathtaking not take in. She began to wonder what being a beach could have to do with Charms, not that minded at all, she just found it curious as to how they were "technically" at the beach of all places. Well at least you could say, that there was never a dull moment in Charms class!

Sophie was still looking at everything in awe. It was all so amazing... Here to learn... ABSOLUTELY!! Sophie wanted to learn and make those sort of things for SURE!! Right now, please?? Pleeeease???

She was even too excited to mind Elliot, Hannah and... HUH?? Lotus!! Okay, so she did notice her being all friendly to the evil eagle and didn't like it one bit. Sophie frowned and shook her head as she watched the small Hufflepuff - sigh. They always had the haters in their own house... - got mad at a little Ravenclaw boy. It might have been better off if Lotus was sorted into Slytherin, like she wanted to.

Or Ravenclaw, so she could pair up with evil Elliot. Hm... no, that'd be bad.

Oh well, they were in a class now, Sophie shook the thoughts from her mind and looked around some more. Hah! Theodore managing to make Sophie chuckle, as usual. The badger cracked a smile once she saw he had gotten a gold star; she knew how much he loved those. Looking at Ella now made the third year actually giggle. Her bestie was thinking exactly the same thing!

But weird... professor Bellaire was not acting like her usual self... hm...

Oh?? Theodore was shushing Elliot! HAHAHA! Go Theo!! Sophie gave him a thumbs up!, but wasn't sure if he could see it. Well, who cares. That was awesome and totally made Sophie's day.

GRIN! Onto the learning bit noowww!! She was READY!

Arabella-Marie wasn't sure about leaving her expensive shoes outside the room but she entered and waited for the class to start

Elliot scowled. "I like the cold. I look prettier in the winter," she said, sure that everyone felt this way...there just a magical effect of winter...the natural flush that arose on girls' cheeks went they outside in the cold..

Elliot adored it. And all the blue-ness to winter made her eyes stand out more.

YEs, Elliot is vain. *Snort*



Elliot's eyes zipped around...and landed, dangerously, on this little Slytherin kid. Merlin. Elliot frowned at him. "Don't shush me, kid." She snapped. Oh, he was the reciever of the gold star, was he? How fabulous. Elliot was super excited for him.

Not.

She was not in the mood. Must be the sand.



Merlin, and of course Elliot saw that, Soaps! She smirked a little at her, waving sarcastically...Elliot wanted to tell her off...but not in class. Her prey was safe...for now...

Turning to Hannah again, Elliot scowled. "honestly..Soapy.." she whispered, so that the puff wouldn't here.

Plotting needed to happen. NOW.

Sierra just sat there taking in all the happenings from afar. Theo had some odd gold star hovering around him. She gave an inward shrug. A gold star. hee hee At least he'd gotten the points to go along with it. Otherwise, it was...just a...gold star.

...right?

She turned her gaze toward the professor, wondering when things might get underway. Were they just going to sit here all class period and talk and watch hovering gold stars? If so...COOL. Sierra could deal with a break of sorts.

Now...would somebody go and get her a glass of coconut water, too?

West was getting bored of waiting. Not his fault, really. He'd learned one thing from Charms class and that was that Bellaire never actually helped him with anything in particular, even when he was obviously having trouble or asked for help. So of course he didn't have high hopes.

Maybe he could teach himself some stuff. West tugged his textbook out of his bag, and seemingly unbothered by the magical weather and heat, started nosing through it.

Emil wandered into the Charms classroom and was REALLY surprised to see everyone sitting on the sandy floor.

My oh my. I'm not in Kansas anymore, Toto ... he said to no one in particular. He took off his shoes and socks, nodded to Professor Bellaire and gave her a curt Hello professor. Can't wait for today's lesson... and went all the way to the back, propping himself against the wall, but to him it looked like coconut trees.

He wanted to take out a parchment and a quill, but figured it would be messy to do so in this setting, so he just let his bag sling behind him, and held his wand tightly in anticipation of the start of the class.

Aidan's eyes drifted from the girl to his shoe and back a couple times. "Okay." Clearly, she needed to pay more attention to flying shoes and get out of the way. And since it almost hit her, but didn't really, he didn't see the point in her pointing this out.

He also didn't know what he was supposed to be watching. "Watch what?" he asked again.

So, maybe they were just going to sit there all day and soak up the sun. Which Milton was totally okay with. He was tired from quidditch tryouts and all his homework and studying. Being a good student was SUCH tedious work. Milton deserved a break like this.

And why did that kid get a gold star? Milton kind of wanted one, but he was too lazy to suck up to the professor.

Turning his attention away from the big mass of people by the professor, Milton looked around at the others... and found Sierra Griengoth.

"Well, look what the cat dragged in... A ladybug," he said with a smirk, recalling what that strange man in the Prefect's compartment had called her. Bahahah.

ooc: So I typed up responses for everyone but then the browser ate it so I'm just going to get started. Sorry guys I love your faces. Anyways class is starting stop the chit chatting.

Professor Bellaire returned the greeting and eyed her watch one last time. Yep it was time to start class. With a flick of her wand she shut the door with a loud slam. That would get their attention right? And also late bugs would be locked out and have to knock.

She banished her glass and cleared her throat. "Class is now in session. I'm sure I do not need to remind you all to ensure your uniform is immaculate." She paused giving whoever needed to fix themselves time to do so. "I'd like everyone to make use of the chairs provided, take out your quill and parchment as well as your text books." She waved her wand again and a giant cloud covered the sky. There, now there was no direct heat.

"Today we will be focusing on a variant of the Protego charm. Can anyone tell me what the Protego Charm does?"

Having been looking around to take in their augmented surroundings, Gideon returned his attention to Professor Bellaire as she finally began the lesson. He nodded on her remark on tidiness, his own uniform already checked before he had entered the room. Right...might as well be semi-comfortable for now he mused himselfas he took one of the chairs to settle in for the moment.And at her first question of the class, the prefect raised his hand to answer.

"It cast a shield out from the castor's wand to protect him or her and block spells or other items from reaching them."

Annabelle saw the professor was starting the class. She took out her quills, parchment and text book from her bag. She was ready to take notes. Then she heard the question the professor asked. She wrote it down, What does the Protego charm do? Belle raised her hand and said,

"Well professor i think it is used to block most of the spells and even physical entities. But the spell will not protect you from curses but it can rebound to the other attacker i have heard when a spell is used."

West had his book out already so that was fine, and was sitting in a chair, so that was good too. He was even reasonably tidy for a twelve year old boy. In general he was ready and when class finally started? He was almost past ready. Gosh.

He put his hand up.

"Its a shield good for dueling. Shields you from stuff. You can focus it to like one small point or you can make it bigger." In theory? West didn't know how to do it. And he didn't have much faith in learning it today.

She was melting. MELLLLLLLLLLLTINGGGGGGG. Vivi pulled her cloak up over her head, which made her into a sweaty little dementor, but at least she wasn't going to turn into a sweaty little lobster. She could feel the burn coming, and with it peeling skin and freckles and aloe baths.

Good thing class had started, and they were focusing on a defensive spell. Hurray! Vivi's hand shot up, and her voice came from inside her cloak. "Professor, the Protego charm creates a focused shield spell that can repel most low-level hexes. There are stronger shields, but it's a really easy and effective defensive spell for most uses."

Violet knew that class had begun as soon as she had heard the door to the class slam behind her. She then looked over at Professor just as she had moved a cloud above everyone's heads so they wouldn't be directly, under the sun's heat, although it wouldn't have bothered her that much if they had been able to remain under the sun. But class had begun and Violet's attention was fully on Professor Bellaire, already prepared with her quill and parchment, along with her text books.

Then the Professor had asked if they knew what the Protego Charm does and Violet's arm instantly shot up. She then said smiling,"The Protego Charm prevents the attacker from penetrating their opponent, making their curse, jinx, or hex rebound." Then she had added on,[B]"It can also cause a shield to form from the caster's wand when it is cast.."

Protego... Protego...

"pro-TAY-go..." Sutton said quietly to herself as she ensured her uniform was in order and set about taking notes. She stared at the word for a moment, then looked around, trying to figure out why it looked familiar. After blinking a few times, she looked back down at her parchment and absentmindedly scribbled the word out. She spelled it wrong. Without much thought, she tried again and wrote, "Protejo."

Because in Spanish, if the infinitive form of the verb ends in -ger, then you have to change the g to a j when conjugated in the present "yo" form.

Err... what?

Blink.Blink.Blink.

This wasn't Spanish. This was Charms.

Scribbling it out again, she re-wrote it, "Protego."

Raising her hand with a curious look on her her face, she said, "Professor, sorry... I'm kind of new to this, but... I think... I mean... Does the spell Protego have something to do with protecting because it is REALLY similar to the Spanish verb 'proteger'... which... means to protect..." she finished quietly, putting her hand down slowly and waiting for an answer, hoping she didn't look like an idiot.

OOC: Proteger - [Pronounced like pro-tay-HAIR]

Emmanuelle had dozed off slightly with the warmth of the sun and the sand and all that, so when the professor slammed the door shut she jumped. "Huh, what? What happened?" Oh yeah, she was in Charms class. And judging by the fact that the door had been slammed shut, class was starting. Em reluctantly pulled herself up off the sand, Scorgifyed her uniform (making sure everything was perfectly straight while she was at it), and sat down in the nearest chair. Pulling her supplies and textbook out of her bag, she frowned slightly when the sun was covered by a cloud. After all, what was wrong with a little bit of UV?

Putting her hand in the air she answered, [B]"It's the shield charm. It protects the caster during a duel."[/I] She had studied this soo long ago. Why was Hogwarts just now covering it?

Addie carefully took out her quill, parchment, and textbook balancing the parchment upon her textbook which was upon her lap. Quickly dipping her quill in ink she wrote her name at the top of the parchment. Addie listened carefully to what the teacher had to ask of her and wrote at the top of her parchment protego before attempting to define it herself.

Raising her hand she smiled and began to recite what she remembered. "Protego is the shield charm, it can come in different varieties, but it's main purpose is to protect us from harm I know there is plain old protego and protego horribilis and protego totalum." Addie said as she waited for the teacher's definition.

Kurumi licked her lips when she saw the coconut water. Could they have some? Or...was the woman just going to drink it herself and not let anyone else have any? It was sort of...humid in here, wasn't it? Tropical beach and all that...

Before she could ask, class had officially begun and the seventh year went to grab a chair and got her things out before her hand went up. "Protego is sort of a wizards bread and butter of defensive spells in that it is a charm that creates a shield around you to deflect hexes. There are variations of the charm that can protect against stronger hexes and offensive spells as well as the overall area shielded."

Kurumi swallowed again. So...about that coconut water...

She jumped a little in her chair when she heard Professor Bellaire slam the door shut. So much for the relaxing day at the beach feeling, she joked to herself. Uniforms, immaculate? Well aside from the few granules of sand that had latched on, she was fit as a fiddle. The cloud provided a great shady haven for the students. Now I won’t have to worry about getting sunburnt out here, she thought. Is “out here” even right though? I mean, we’re inside, she’s just charmed it to look like the beach. So…in here. Yeah.

Following her professor’s instructions, she placed her book in her lap, then spread a piece of parchment over it. She hoped her ink wouldn’t bleed through onto her book, but she was sure the professor had already considered they may need a writing surface so she didn’t mention it. She held her long plumed quill in her left hand, poised to record any and every note about charms. She wanted to learn all of it and she doubted she could ever learn it too soon.

Oh, she knew the Protego charm! Or at least she thought she did. Her mom had taught it to her once when her little sister was sick. She’d been sneezing all the time and Eliza didn’t much like being sprayed with germs so she had practiced shielding the sickly outbursts. She raised her hand and answered, “The Protego charm blocks things from reaching you, or touching you.” She paused for any immediate signs of disapproval, then went on. “I don’t think it can block really strong things though. Or maybe it can, but the caster just has to practice a lot first.” Not her best answer, but she thought it was ok for her first lesson in charms. She hoped the professor would correct her if she was wrong. The embarrassment was something she was willing to endure, if it meant she’d no longer be spouting misinformation.

Elliot quickly pulled out her stuff...notebook, quill, textbook...

Protego? Sigh. Elliot supposed she should learn it, though, however basic it seemed. It wasn't as easy as it looked, though, for Elliot didn't exactly know how to produce one.

And everyone already said everything there could possibly be to know about the shield spell. So Elliot kept her mouth shut and her quill busy, choosing to absorb rather than speak. Kind of like a sponge.

A really goodlooking, pretty sponge.