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- Term 34: May - August 2013 (https://www.snitchseeker.com/term-34-may-august-2013/)

- - CoMC Lesson #1 (https://www.snitchseeker.com/term-34-may-august-2013/comc-lesson-1-a-93574/)

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 11355846)

"So what can you tell me about Ashwinders and the eggs of Ashwinders?" she asked the class.

So they were going to harvest eggs this lesson. Specifically the eggs of an ashwinder. It was totally something Kat had read in her book while studying for OWLs last term. Kind of like those serpents that love fire. It sounded dangerous, but interesting too. Hmm... the prefect was definitely looking forward to this class.

Kat raised her hand to answer. "After laying their eggs, the ashwinders will only live up to an hour before they collapse and turn to dust." Okay, something she did not like. Dust. And to think Hogwarts was dusty and stuff. Ew. But yes, that was her answer. Mhm.

Pay attention!

MEEEEP! "I-i'm sorry , Professor it won't happen again" the Slytherin's cheeks flushed even darker but this time it was from embarrassment. Why does he always do that?!

He now listened to the question and after some thinking he raised his hand in the air. " Ashwinders are created in magical f-f...fire" he sighed before continueing. "They have pale skin and red eyes and when they lay their eggs they turn to dust in an hour"

Oh and. "They also have a 3 x's classification" Which he totally did not agree with that! I mean, FIRE creatures!

Those things are a XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX classification in Daichi's mind.

Minerva sat and listened to all the answers about what could be used and not harm animals. When the next question came she saw so many hands that she decided to sit this one out. She always liked to answer, but it was nice to let others have a turn as well. Here a voice next to her say that there were other potions other then love potions that the eggs could be used for, Min looked over at Ethan.

As he explained about the eggs to the two younger students she couldn't help but smile, it didn't surprise her that he knew what he was talking about. Turning back to face the professor, Min waited for the next question.

Ashwinders, which meant serpents. Ewwwww.

Was it okay if she just snuck out now? Because she wasn't entirely interested in producing a serpent from fire to collect their eggs. But heeeh it was rude to just walk out and it was a new Professor, which Ness wasn't too sure she liked yet..but she'd remain, it was the right thing to do in this situation.

At least she knew a little about them, not much but a few facts here and there.

"Professor, I believe if eaten whole they can cure a fever...I think?" But she had never tried that because that was eww and she preferred to stick to other medication even muggle medication in a case like that.

Ashwinders.. Ashwinders.. Wade remembered flipping through them in his books last year for his OWL's. He had been momentarily thinking about that ice cream for dinner later that he had missed the first question.. Heh.

Now to answer."Ashwinders live for about an hour before they lay their eggs." He had rose his hand to start off, "and their eggs could burn a building down in minutes once ignited."

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 11355846)

"Good, good. I'm glad we're all on the same page, pretty much, with what we can harvest without harming the creature we are harvesting from," she said. She raised her hand, and in it was a small, frozen egg. "Eggs are the focus of our harvesting today, particularly the eggs harvested from an Ashwinder. In today's class, we're going to produce Ashwinders from fire and then collect their eggs."

...and there was a reason for that, but they'd get to that soon enough.

"So what can you tell me about Ashwinders and the eggs of Ashwinders?" she asked the class.

Nodding as her classmates spat out their answers about Ashwinders, there really wasn't much more to add. "Professor, eaten whole they cure ague, correct?" It was the only thing Mack hadn't heard.. unless she missed it while others were saying their answers.

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Ashwinders? They were they were those snake things right? Oh, think, think, think. What did he know about them? Raising his hand, he said. "Well, since they are snakes you could harvest their skin that they shed. And Ashwinders, They come from magical fires if they burn too long. Though, I don't really know what a magical fire is." Was it just one created using Incendio?

Hmm, ashwinders, aren't those little snakes that come from an unchecked magical fire, Eeee! Please don't show them, I hate snakes!!! Oichi cringed as she she raised her hand responded, "Ashwinders are snakes that come from a magical fire, please don't take any out, their creepy buggers. However their eggs are rather alright and even interesting. Frozeb they are used for love peotions and eaten they can cure a fever. And the best part is that as eggs they are not snakes which is fantastic.".

Ummmm, better take notes. Right. Blue jotted down a couple of things other students said before raising her hand and clearing her throat, going all professional like. "Yes, the eggs are definitely not a good idea to use in a fry up and I really doubt they taste all that nice sunny-side up. If the resident of the house they reside in doesn't call the Ministry ASAP the eggs can ignite and burn down the whole house."

True story, bro'.

And not a very fun one either.

SPOILER!!: Blue's Notes

Susan continued to write all the answers students were giving down. She didn't want to mess this up since she could end up being burned if she didn't pay attention. Susan really didn't know much about Ashwinders, only that they came from fire and turned to ash rather quickly. And since everyone else had already said that Sue didn't feel the need to reiterate what was already being said, so she sat quietly while taking notes.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow (Post 11355852)

Ella smiled at the new professor, her excitement growing. They'd be harvesting eggs today? That was quite cool and the sixteen year old was itching to get to the practical portion of the lesson. Facts first though, it seemed. Raising her hand, the blonde offered, "Professor, Ashwinders are born in magical fires when they are left burning unchecked. Their eggs, when frozen, can be used in a love potion." Or so she'd read...since the blonde had spent an extensive amount of time in the library since being back.

Sigh.

OWLs to prepare for and all that, yeah?

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo (Post 11355857)

Oh hey Professor, guess what? She knew the answer this time which meant she wouldn't be asking another question from the question just asked. Though, if she was being honest, she really did want to know the answer to that question and it was informative. Unicorn blood. She would have never thought about that. Hurting unicorns didn't seem like a real thing. Her cousin had something to do with that line of thinking but there it was.

Creeps hurt unicorns, real creeps.

Anyway, back to the question that she totally had a answer to because she knew it! "The eggs are really hot and flammable. Ella said their used for love potions when they're frozen but they're even neater when you live 'em because they can light other stuff in the area on fire as well." It was neat, it was. Just...probably not for the people nearby if they didn't master the aguamenti charm or something.

As for the Ashwinder. "The Ashwinder themselves are pityful though, they only live for about an hour. I don't imagine you can do very many epic things in only an hour." Quite pityful.

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Originally Posted by Emzily (Post 11355859)

Ashwinders. Theo didn't know much about them other than they were really, really weird creatures. He had read about them before, and the things about the love potion and the freezing charm did ring a bell when the other students mentioned it.

"Their eggs can cure... something." He'd totally forgotten. Lurgy, maybe. "If you eat them." Which would be disgusting. Theo would rather suffer with the lurgy.

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Originally Posted by Harry174 (Post 11355860)

Laura looked at the Professor an smiled as she raised her hands "Ashwinders are born in fire and the eggs are apparently really hot and really flammable so I would say they probably are tasty though I've never tried one."

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Originally Posted by Mell (Post 11355862)

Awesome! His answer had been right. Michael gave himself a small punch in the arm for his good effort. He was thinking about sticking his tongue out at Rhodes but the Professor Lady was talking again and so he made sure to pay attention.

He was a little disappointed that they were not going to be talking about Glumbumbles. Hehe. But were actually going to talk about the other creature he had thought about mentioning. Michael raised his hand in the air. "Ashwinders come about when you leave a magic fire burning too long." Or something like that. "It's a snake with BIG glowing red eyes." There were other facts about them but he wouldn't be selfish. He'd let the other students have a go and besides he couldn't actually remember the other stuff.

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Originally Posted by lemon (Post 11355863)

"They cure ague," Alice informed Theo indirectly, raising her hand anyway, even though she was more elaborating on his answer than actually speaking to the professor. She gave a bit more, though, just so that it didn't seem like she was taking Thinsley's, because she was clever enough not to need to bounce things off of HIM, thanks. "Ashwinders are classified by the Ministry as XXX, which means competent wizards can cope, so that's why we can deal with them in class, right?"

Also, who'd want to harvest the hairs of a pygmy puff? She gave curious looks to Nessie while listening to everyone else's thoughts (because lolol she was NOT getting near one of those hairballs, k?).

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 (Post 11355868)

Jory raised his hand again. "Ashwinders come from the embers of magical fires that are about to go out,'' he said. "They lay their eggs in a dark corner after which they turn to ash. Their eggs eggs will feel very heated to humans.''

Poor ashwinders. Their only purpose was to lay their eggs.

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Originally Posted by Destiny (Post 11355874)

Oh, hey! She was right on track! Exactly right on track.

There was a smug look on Rhodes' face as she turned towards Michael and stuck her tongue out at him. Her answer was so much better than his, and going by the punch that he had just gave himself in the arm, he must have thought the same thing. She was going to tease him about that later, she was.

First, though, she needed to answer the next question, and as she turned away from Michael and back towards the Professor, her hand was already raised. Ashwinders. Who didn't know about them!? "They are grey in color." A very boring color at that. As for their eggs.. Rhodes raised her other hand, so that both of them were now in the air. Two questions, two raised hands. It made sense.

"Ashwinder eggs are like, really, really expensive if you try to buy them in Knockturn Alley."

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone (Post 11355877)

Alec tilted his head slightly as he looked at the egg in the Professor's hand. They were going to be producing Ashwinders and collecting the eggs? That actually sounded really cool... yeah. Hopefully they weren't going to be brewing Love Potion in Potions then.

Ashwinders... Ashwinders... what did he know about Ashwinders?

Not much, truth be told. Apart from the love potion bit and the bit about how they come about. What was the difference between a magical fire and a normal fire? ... No, now was not the time. He shook his head and raised his hand, his eyes still on the Professor. "Like the others have said, they come from the leftover bits of a magical fire that's been left unattended," Pause. "And... because of that... Ashwinders can be found worldwide. Anywhere!" And he had nothing else on the eggs bit.

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione (Post 11355883)

What could be found and Ashwinders and their eggs? Tag sat in his spot for a minute or two and thought up some sort of reasonable answer his little leprechaun brain could think of.

Umm, can't the ashwinder egg be used in potions, to make love potions, if they are frozen that is. Do they have to be frozen in order for them to be useful in a love potion? Or can they not be frozen and still be useful in the potion?" You know, just curiousty. Just like anyone else would have.

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju (Post 11355884)

Sophie was just sitting around and apparently not paying enough attention to answer the first question. Woops... When she realised she had indeed missed a question, the Hufflepuff sat up straighter and eyed the new professor, trying her best not to daydream any more.

GASP!! They were actually producing Ashwinders! WHOA! That was brilliant!!

Because that meant they were using spells and whatnot. Obviously!

Beaming, the girl raised her hand. "Ashwinders are created if we leave magical fire burning for a while!" Maaagicaaaaaaal fire! Magic! Spells! YES!!

Sophie didn't care much about the egg it was laying or anything. Nor was she that worried about having many snakes slithering around. Slithering. Slytherin. Geddit? Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe! That was brilliant!

Could they start yet?

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Originally Posted by Meizzner (Post 11355895)

Nigel knew more about the potions aspect than the creature aspect. But whatever it all had to do with ashwinders. Plus everyone else was already saying what ashwinders were. So he was going to talk about the eggs.

"Well, the eggs are born from the embers of an unattended magical fire. Plus frozen ashwinder eggs can be found love potions and they can be used as an antidote to ague."

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Originally Posted by Cassirin (Post 11355899)

Oh, ashwinders? Mo actually glanced around like the ashy little bits of dirty on the ground might have been/still were/could become ashwinders. No luck? No fair. He gave the professor a broad grin at her approval of his answer, and also because she appeared to appreciate acromantulas like he did.

Giant spiders? Who didn't love THAT?

Mo raised his hand at her question. "Ashwinders are born from magical fires, but they have really short lives. They only live an hour before turning into little piles of ash and cinders. That's sad... can you even do much living in an hour? I mean, some people don't live properly in about 90 years, so how much living can you really fit into an hour?" And now... he sort of wanted to figure it out. Fit as many awesome things into one hour as possible.

Also... he glanced at Tag. "And I think the eggs have to be frozen on account of being so hot. You can't use them otherwise."

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Originally Posted by Princesspower (Post 11355903)

Sarah raised her hand, "ne can swallow them and it can be a sure for ague." she said. Sarah would never do that, the very thought repulsed her. Whoe swallowed snake eggs? Not Sarah. that would be a bitter pill to swallow

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Originally Posted by Tegz (Post 11355909)

West thought about it and then raised his hand, thinking of books he had read. "Once I read about how Ashwinder eggs caused the Great Hall to get set on fire. They used to do pantomimes here at Hogwarts, and this one Professor, Kettleburn, had an enlarged Ashwinder which got used to be the worm in the story of the Fountain of Fair Fortune, and it laid its eggs and they set fire to the floorboards."

Paaause.

"I wonder if there are still scorchmarks?"

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Originally Posted by Lockhart292 (Post 11355927)

Kommoto listened amazed. the last question he knew, but he had never heard of Ashwinders. Still, they sounded pretty cool. He wondered if he could get one. A fire sounded fun.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18 (Post 11355932)

Kace was hearing what the professor was having to say and then he heard her ask about Ashwinder's. He remembered hearing about them from his grandmother. Then he raised his hand and answered what his grandma told him,

"Professor i know a Ashwinder is a serpent that is pale-grey and has GLOWING red eyes. I think they are kind of creepy if you ask me." he said agreeing with his own opinion. Maybe she will feel the same way?

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Originally Posted by emjay (Post 11355973)

So many eager hands raised in the air.. Ethan listened as half the class told what they knew about Ashwinders and their eggs, searching his mind for anything else he knew or might add. He knew the eggs were found in potions, though most of the ones who mentioned it seemed to be stuck on love potions. He eyed a couple of them.. was that potion really on everyone's mind?

"The eggs are found in other potions, too.." he said, hand half raised as he wasn't really providing an answer, more like responding to all the remarks about love potions. Really..? Who needed one of those? But he knew proper classroom decorum and didn't want to speak out of turn, hence the casual, semi-raised hand.

Then he glanced over at Mo and some Gryffindor boy as they debated the proper handling temperature of Ashwinder eggs. "Frozen for love potions, sure," he said, still finding it funny that that's what they were most known for. "But they don't have to be completely frozen for certain other potions.. like the Fameludos Draught we did last term.. the eggs were chilled, not frozen. The normal temperature is far too hot for handling though.." Like serious burns there.

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Originally Posted by THE Govoni (Post 11355976)

"Of course not." Yep, Dylan was still grinning stupidly at her...and was not ashamed because of it. Perhaps Care of Magical Creatures would be his new favorite lesson...Maybe...

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Were they REALLY?

The Slytherin stared at her for a moment before raising his hand some more. "Professor, they live for an hour.....and die after laying their eggs." So, girls would need to get a hold of themselves...lest they have emotional episodes in this lesson.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 11355978)

Ashwinders? Those fire snake things???

Aquila gulped. Egg collecting she can handle—heck that’s one of the chores she has at home, although not exactly the reptilian variety. It’s the possibility of SNAKES that was making her shiver in her robes.

Snake symbolisms are cool. Live snakes?... not so much.

So what can she say about the question? "They're dangerous..." she squeaked. Whether they live for a minute or a thousand years, snakes are all the same to her.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight (Post 11356012)

Ashwinders? Did she mean those weird creatures, that only live an hour? Nerida raised her hand and said "They rise from the embers of a dying fire and slitherrr off into a dark corner to lay their eggs... Leaving behind only an ashy trail behind. Ashwinders only live for an hour and will collapse into a pile of dust after they have laid their eggs. Ashwinder eggs are red and give off intense heat. If frozen they can be used in a Love Potion or eaten whole as a cure for ague."

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Originally Posted by McFeisty (Post 11356016)

Mika beamed when she heard that indeed her idea was a harmless one. Harmless ideas were great when they were talking about harvesting things from various creatures. She leaned forward and listened as Professor Barlow explained what they were going to be harvesting. Ashwinder eggs. That was so cool.

Especially since they were used in Potions all the time - and were pretty interesting. Raising her hand the girl decided to give the most basic of information about the snake itself. "Well Ashwinders are ash colored snakes and they are called Ashwinders because of their coloring and the way that they move." She smiled. "Also, they should never have an engorging spell cast on them because they will explode in a shower of ash and embers - the eggs must be frozen quickly otherwise they could set things around them on fire because they are very hot." Yeah she knew this stuff that was basic. They'd learned about the fire-causing-abilities a few terms before in Potions class.

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Originally Posted by amadshade (Post 11356054)

Don't hesitate. Tora raised her hand tentatively. "Professor?" she asked. "I heard some of the other students mention that the eggs can cure ague... what even is ague exactly?" She knew it must sound like a stupid question but she just had to know. After all, she was a first year. Any stupid questions could just be brushed off as 'oh she's a first year'.

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora (Post 11356066)

Ashwinders!

They will be working on Ashwinders? Those fiery serpents? Those pitiful creatures who only live for an hour only to lay their eggs? The sacrifice they do for their hatchlings! They give up their lives for their children. They.....yeah, okay. Too much drama going on a Castell's head.

Of course she wasn't going to put on a theatrical demeanor and give that kind of answer to Professor Barlow. Too bad for those who're expecting.

The Ravenclaw's hand went up, "Professor, Ashwinders are called as such because "Ash" comes from the color of the creature itself which is pale-grey and ashes are connected to fire which exactly where these creatures come from. Magical fires, specifically. And "Winder" because of the sideway movement of some snakes like the rattler. " Snakes! She loved snakes....sort of. Especially one certain snake who was grinning stupidly at their Professor. Heh. "Now basically, because they come from magical fires....ashwinders are found everywhere but if they happen to lay their eggs in a residence, the eggs will ignite and naturally, burn down the building." So....gotta be careful with those magical fires. "The eggs, maa'm....are red in color and give off intense heat but Freezing Charms can be used for it so that it can be utilized by other means." Her classmates already provided the eggs' uses so she stopped on that note.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 11356081)

Woah. Okay, so here was the thing. Ascanius knew that she was speaking words, but they all seemed extremely abnormal to his Muggle knowledge and stuff. True, he had gone to Alma Aleron and Durmstrang and stuff. Didn't mean he paid attention though. Shrug.

So she needed to speak a tad slower. She had the pretty face thing down PAT... so he could pay attention just fine. Now time to make sense, yeah? Perfect.

And of course, he was just gonna listen. No idea what was going on. Savvy?

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl (Post 11356088)

Ashwinders. Hm. What did she know about Ashwinders? Penelope thought for a few moments, trying to remember anything she'd been told or had read about them before, and then her hand went up. "They're snakes that are created from a fire." Like, legit snakes, not the Slytherins. Slytherins didn't come from fires, even if they probably had it in their heads that they were awesome enough to. "Or not just a fire but...a magic fire?" That seemed to be what a lot of the others were saying. Hmm... "Why is it just magical fires though? I mean, I get that it's magic but like...what causes that sort to actually form an ashwinder? Does something have to react with something else in the fire to make it happen, or does it just happen because it sounds cool?" Did any of that make sense? She was actually genuinely curious though so...hopefully it did. She wanted answers.

Ohhhh. That sounded neat. Could they do that again?

"We should check it out." Would be kinda cool to see the scorchmarks if they were still there. Would the professor let them go check it out at the end of the lesson? It'd be fun.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty (Post 11356089)

Ashwinders. Brillant. Sarcasm intended. Hopefully, the ickle firsties would not be allowed to handle them, because the last thing Hogwarts needed right now was a huge fire. Heck, the firsties shouldn't even be allowed to start the fires. Also, was this going to be one of things that they would be selling in Hogsmeade? 'Cause Sky didn't think it was right that her and fellow students were being used to make the school's money back. If Hogwarts was that hard up for cash, the Headmistress should be trying to make it back. Sell off her expensive ~~and tacky~~ throne or something. Anywho, back to the lesson. [B]"They turn to ash as soon as they've laid their eggs."[/I] Sucks for them.

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Originally Posted by Sonea (Post 11356127)

Oh, she knew this answer!
One of her maids at home had told her a story about them and Sonea sure that she could answer this question right! She raised her hand and answered calmly the question, “An Ashwinder is a thin creature, he has a pale-grey body with glowing red eyes, I have heard that they were serpents and their eggs are red.” This was all what Sonea knew from what her maid had told her once and she hoped that she had remembered it correct.

She sat down again now that she had answered the question and could only hope that she had done it right this time.

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Originally Posted by hjhm (Post 11356147)

Ashwinder and Ashwinder eggs. So it's safe to say that today this class will be handling ashwinder slash ashwinder eggs, that's pretty cool. Juliet is up for ANY creature at all, any kind. So this just made her happy. Raising her hand she answered "I have read that they are remains from any magical fire, and the serpent looks pale grey with red eyes. If these serpents lay their eggs they will only live for an hour and then turn to dust." she took a deep breath before continuing "Ashwinder eggs are color red. They are hot and can be flammable."

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Originally Posted by RachieRu (Post 11356149)

Ahh. Ashwinders. Clement had read about those last year, when he was preparing for his owls. It had worked out pretty well, he'd passed. Which was what he was happy about. And he was doing his NEWT in it. So. That had to mean he would good at it. Now to just answer the question. He knew it. Obviously. He hadn't forgotten everything that he had learn over the summer. Because that would just be stupid, and a very hufflepuff thing to do. And he was a Slytherin, so he knew pretty well not to forget anything that he had learnt. "Ashwinders are serpents that are created from fires which are left to burn unchecked." Which meant he wasn't going to be leaving any fires unchecked in the future. "Their eggs are red, and give of intense heat, but they can be frozen to be used as a cure for ague or in love potions." So freezing them would be worth the effort so it seemed. Well if he knew what Ague was it probably would be.

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SPOILER!!: Blue's Notes

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Originally Posted by Luna004 (Post 11356676)

Peyton's gaze turned from student to student as answers were given. "Good, good. Basically, you've summed up the Ashwinder quite well. So I'll recap what you've said and hopefully clear up a few lingering questions that were asked, as well," she said. She gently placed the egg she'd been carrying into a jar and sealed the jar shut.

"A magical fire is different from a regular fire, because a magical substance has been added to a magical fire. Today, we'll use floo powder in the fires we create," she went on to say. "When you leave a magical fire unattended, an Ashwinder can rise from the fire. At that point, they slither away to lay their eggs, and yes, they only live for an hour afterwards." Pitiful, but some of these kids had to learn that everything in life had a purpose, and it wasn't the purpose of the Ashwinder to live long at all.

"As most of you noted, the eggs are extremely hot, and because of that, you'll need to cast the Freezing Charm before collecting them. They can be used in love potions, the Fameludos Draught, and as a cure for ague. That's another name for a type of fever of malara," she explained, looking at the student who'd asked what ague was.

"So on to the first part of our practical, which is learning the Freezing Charm. If you already know the charm, you can help the younger students," she said. After all, they'd never make it through the lesson if they couldn't cast the charm. "So up on your feet and wands at the ready." She flicked out her own wand.

"Up, down, up, down, and swipe to the left," she said, making the movements herself. "...and then--Immobulus!" She gestured for the students to try the charm themselves. "Go on, go on."

OOC: Take some time to post your character practicing or reviewing the charm and/or helping others. I'll post the practical tomorrow morning central US time. Have fun! An illustration of the wand movement for the Freezing Charm can be found here.

Mhmm. Mhmm. She listened as the new Professor summed up everything.

Gorgeously said, maa'm.

And things were quickly moving. That meant they'd actually be working with Ashwinders and collect the creature's eggs this first lesson? Okay, that was cool. Plus, Beezus already knew how to do the Freezing Charm since they've learned that in Herbology terms ago....yeah, they had to fight off pixies so that charm came in pretty helpful. But for the sake of it, she did the Charm. "Immobulus!" ih-MOH-byoo-luhs. Up, down, up, down, and swipe to the left.

.......and it went right towards Alexa Cambridge....barely missing her by an inch. Whoops.

"Ohmygodric! I'm sorry Lex!" Geez. Where did her aim went off to? She wasn't pointing at anybody. "Merlin...are you okay?" She went right over to the Gryffindor. "That was unintentional. Do you need help with the spell?"

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 11356762)

"Up, down, up, down, and swipe to the left," she said, making the movements herself. "...and then--Immobulus!" She gestured for the students to try the charm themselves. "Go on, go on."

OOC: Take some time to post your character practicing or reviewing the charm and/or helping others. I'll post the practical tomorrow morning central US time. Have fun! An illustration of the wand movement for the Freezing Charm can be found here.

Ella got to her feet and removed her wand, standing to the side so that she had some room to work. She'd used this charm before but it didn't hurt to practice some more, yeah?

First the blonde worked on the movements. Up, down, up, down, and swipe to the left. It was like some weird dance move, her doing that with her arm. She fought the thoughts of how silly she must look and continued once or twice more before repeating the incantation to herself.

"Immobulus...Immobulus...Immobulus..."

Right. She totally had this. "Anyone need any help?"

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora (Post 11356779)

But for the sake of it, she did the Charm. "Immobulus!" ih-MOH-byoo-luhs. Up, down, up, down, and swipe to the left.

.......and it went right towards Alexa Cambridge....barely missing her by an inch. Whoops.

"Ohmygodric! I'm sorry Lex!" Geez. Where did her aim went off to? She wasn't pointing at anybody. "Merlin...are you okay?" She went right over to the Gryffindor. "That was unintentional. Do you need help with the spell?"

Woot! Spell time now! It wasn't often that one got to use spells around magical creatures...didn't really call for it anyway so she was more than pleased hearing there'd be wand work in this lesson.

On the Professor's instruction she jumped up and whipped her wand out. Immobulus. Not something she'd used before but it couldn't have been all that hard. Things weren't hard for Third Years you know. It was like the starting point of greatness or something. So far in her other classes she seemed to be on a roll, with a few hitches here and there. Meh, what'd that matter. For the most part, her wand had become cooperative this term.

She began practising the spell movement when she felt something rush right by her creating a cool breeze as it did.

Blink. What the kneazle......?

The next thing she knew she was being apologized to and Bee was standing next to her asking if she was alright. Blink. Blink. Blink. She was supposed to be upset. Something like this would usually earn a rude remark but it was Bee and she liked her...plus...she didn't...feel upset? Weird. She gave a shrug before beaming up at her. "Yeah I'm fine. Good thing your aim sucks, huh?" BEEAAM.

"I don't know about the spell, haven't tried it yet. Gimme a sec." She raised her wand and did the movement as she'd seen it ~~but actually she went up an extra time before swiping to the left~~. "Immobulus!" Sparks flew out of the end of her wand with a zapping sound but that was it.

"Yeah...I'll take that help, thanks." :mellow:

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Since Kace was a first year he needed all the help he could get. He had no clue how to do the freezing charm and he needed a little help with Immobulus. He heard the Quidditch Captain asking if anyone needed help.

Kace went over and asked shyly "Hi...i need some help." he grinned at her.

Minerva listened as everyone talked about the Ashwinder. Then the professor had done some more explanation of it. She took a few notes on her parchment and listened as professor Barlow talking about a spell they were going to use. She had used that on horrible horrible Pixie's in herbology and flying one term, so she knew it well.

Once they were suppose to practice, Min stood up and did the wand movement waving it like a wiggle then up and another wiggle, "Immobulous" She said without moving her wand, she didn't want to hit anyone now did she.

Looking around she saw Susan, and figured she probably would need some help and headed over towards her. "Hey Susie, need some help?" She would even let her do the spell on her if she needed to.

SPOILER!!: Lexaaa!

Geez. She had to point out the aim. Beezus was actually having problems with her aim nowadays and it was not remotely good in any level because she was a Chaser...that automatically meant she needed accuracy and precision to get those quaffles into the hoops. "Meh. You had to say that. Captain Sparrow's telling me off about that too."

The good thing though was that Lex seemed fine. She really didn't want to freeze anyone. She wasn't even sure Professor Barlow would allow that. But the lioness was beaming up at her so no harm done.

The Ravenclaw watched as the younger girl performed the charm. She saw sparks fly...but not quite. So....Lex wasn't here yet when Professor Bentley had them fight off pixies, hmm? She haven't tried the spell. So Beezus gets to help and teach her. All right then. "You've got the incantation correctly. I think you just have to work on the wand movement. Look at how I do it, okay?" Beezus showed her the up-down-up-down-swipe-to-the-left motion. "The second up is a little higher than the first and make that swipe a tad swifter." She gestured for Lex to start.

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Susan was so excited to get to learn another spell. She loved learning anything with magic but she always had a little trouble getting it. So Susan tried the wand movements while concentrating really hard. Up, down, up down, left, "Immobulous" But nothing happened. Susan slumped her shoulders....maybe she needed to add more left movement. So she tried again...up, down, up, down, little harder to the left, "Immobulous" Yet still nothing happened. "Humph" Susan crossed her arms because she was mad at herself. Why couldn't she get it?!

Sue heard Min before she saw her. Susan turned to her and smiled brightly. "Hey Min! Yes, I would love some help. I can't seem to get it to work." Susan frowned thinking she would love to get something right the first time. "I'm not sure what I am doing wrong." Sue looked up at Min expectantly like she was her "knight in shining armor." She had helped her get spells before and she was pretty sure Min would be able to help her with this one too.

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Ella smiled when little Kace came over asking for help. The blonde beamed at the younger badger and nodded. "Hi! Yeah? Well we can work together then." And she motioned for the boy to follow as she moved over a bit to give them some space.

"Alright so...we can work on the wand movement first, then?" Seemed like the best place to start. "So you'll want to move your wand like this, yeah?" And Ella did the Up, down, up, down, and swipe to the left motion with her free hand. "You want to give it a try?"

SPOILER!!: Bee <3

Snicker.

"Sorry, just thought that was obvious, but you normally have very good aim, I've played against you in a game, remember?" Hm? Hm? Hmmm? Lex remembered. Bee was very good up there. Not much could have changed in the course of one summer...unless the girl went and got her arm messed up or something...Did she? A rather curious thought and now Lex was just staring at her.

Staring and listening, that's what she was currently doing. Apparently she hadn't gotten the wand movement as right as she thought she had. Lex didn't take her eyes off Bee, the girl was demonstrating and getting it wrong a second time wasn't an option.

"Right... Her hand was making itself busy repeating the movement as she watched. "How's this?" The swipe was faster too. Did she see?? Did she??? There needed to be confirmation before she went ahead and tried it with the incantation, the last thing she wanted was to get someone electrocuted or whatever the result of her wand could be.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow (Post 11356812)

Kace was relieved when the Captain Ella decided to work with him. He needed all the help he could get. Kace followed and gave them both the necessary space they needed.

Kace nodded when she said to work on the wand movement first. He tried to copy it and it had to be the Up, Down, Up, Down and swipe to the left. He nodded and gave it a try.

"Up...down...swipe to the left?" AGH no that wasn't right. "Hold on...Up..down...Up...down..swipe to the left!" He got it!

"I think i got it down!" he smiled at Ella. "Up, down, up, down and swipe to the left." he said moving his wand with the motion.

SPOILER!!: Prof Barlow

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Mika had was a littler nervous at first and just watched as Professor Barlow talked about the ashwinders. The one thing she knew was that those wand movements looked, well, very tiresome and tedious. She ran her hand through her hair as she listened to what Professor Barlow said.

When instructed to she took out her wand and tried the movements. Up – down, up, down…hey this kind of seemed familiar like how gentlemen always stood when ladies entered the room in those old movies. She chuckled at the thought – she swiped to the left and then repeated.

The movements were actually kind of easy, and fun and she’d done the spell before so it was easy enough right?

She took her elm wand out and tried it again, she moved her wand up and down, and then up and down again finally swiping to the left before saying the spell. “Immobulus” the spell hit an unfortunate butterfly that had been fluttering near her face.

Spell Time! Haruka quickly finished up her notes on Ashwinders, and then began practicing. "Immobulus. Immobulus. Immobulus." She muttered under her breath. She kept said the spell a few more times until she had it down. Then she practiced the movement. What was it again? '...Up ...Down, Up, Down ...Swipe left?' Right? Pretty sure that's right. She pulled out her wand and did the movement a few times Alright, now that she's got the motion down too, it's time to combine them.

Making sure her wand wasn't pointed at anyone, she began. Up, down, up, down, swipe left- "Immobulus!" Bright sparks shot from the tip of her wand. It was certainly pretty, but it just didn't seem right. "One more time." Up, down, up, down, swipe left- "Immobulus!" This time, instead of sparks, a full flash shot from her wand. THAT looked like a spell done right! Although she wouldn't be sure until she actually got to use it properly, Haruka was confident that she had the spell down.

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Minerva stood back watching Susan as she practiced. Her cousin seemed to have the word down and the wand movement wasn't to bad. She figured she could get it in no time. "Don't worry about it, your doing well. You'll get it soon." She walked over to her cousin and took her wand hand. "Try to do the movement a little sharper like this." moving her hand to the movement, then dropping it when finished. "That might help a bit." She was hoping to give Susan the correct advice and not screw her up more.

"Your wording sounds correct, so I just think a few more tries and you'll be fine. If you want, watch me once." Minerva pulled her wand up and did the movements. "Immobulus" shooting it towards... "Oh no.." She went quickly toward Ethan and pointed her wand, "Finite, Oh my gosh Ethan.. I thought I was pointed at nothing when I was showing Susie. I'm so sorry.. are you alright?" She bite her lip, how on her does one hit their own boyfriend with a spell. Seriously she felt bad..

Turning back to Susan though she said, "Well that's how it works, but umm don't hit Ethan with it, you can try it on me or just in the open where no one is." She looked back at Ethan hoping he wasn't hurt nor mad at her for doing that.

Peyton wore a smug grin on her face when Professor Barlow complimented her on her answer. The redhead was none too shy to turn down good marks. In fact she enjoyed them a great deal. And being the Slytherin she was, she loved showing it off.

Listening to the next question Peyton didn't raise her hand instead she drew a small figure that resembled and Ashwinder at the top of her parchment. The drawing could pass for a worm as well. The girl's skills did not lie in drawing. They were out on the Quidditch pitch. After finished her drawing she took notes about the creature.

Peyton's interest sparked once she heard they'd be working with Ashwinders. It was saaaad that they had to die so fast. An hour, seriously? Why did mother nature allow that? Couldn't they at least have a day to live like flies did? How was that even fair?

Shrugging that off, she took out her wand. At least she was a witch. Add a super protective brother and an epically over protective father to that; Peyton was sure to live long, long, very LONG years. At least, that's what she thought.

"Immobulus," she pronounce. Peyton remembered learning this charm her second year at Salems. Good thing she payed attention. That and she was gifted in Charms. It was mostly a family thing besides potions.

Waving her wand in the air, she traced the wand movement. GRIN. She got that right, too. Green-gray eyes glanced around. She was reeeeeally tempted to practice on another student, but that definitely get her points taken away. Better stay put in the mean time...

...Heheheeee.