*Kirstie entered the classroom, sitting far away from the students who were chatting. She got her books and quills out of her bag and while she was waiting on class to start, she started planning her divination homework*

OOC: This is not a chat thread. Please go somewhere else if you wish to talk.

Kenaki, growing tired of waiting for the teacher, began to balance her wand on her middle finger. She succeeded, if only for a second, to keep the wand balanced.

*Had watched Kenaki out of the corner of her eye, looking up as she succeeded in balancing the wand temporarily. She spoke shyly* "I could never do that when I tried. Can you show me?"

ooc: first of all sorry for the ooc but in a school students can talk in the class untill the Professor doesn't start the class and the Professor has not started the class. When you are at school and you get to class before the bell rings can't you talk?? to me it doesn't look like the class has started... but anyways im sorry for chatting in the class and i won't do it again. happy? sorry for the ooc again.

OoC: Fair enough. But this isn't just a regular class. Chattering in these threads clogs up the boards. It's a lot easier for Professors if everyone doesn't chatter so. I know some Professors state it in their rules and take points for excessive chatter.

Ashlie opened her book, reading through the pages. She was exceptionally eager for Charms class.

Ivana walks in to the class and looking for someone she knows. She take a seat in 3rd row and get 'Standard Book' from her bag.Read...

Rosa walked in and sat down in the back of the class. she opened her charms book and turned pages, watching randomly pictures and reading bits.

::Erica walked into the classroom and took an empty seat. There were already a fair amount of students waiting for the professor to begin. She took out her wand, some parchment and a quill and waited for the class to start.::

*walked into the class carrying a Charm book*
*saw a Hufflepuff girl sitting slightly closer to the board - theres an empty seat next to her...*
*walks towards her*
*bows*
"may i sit here, miss?"

*Merri starts doodling on her parchment, getting a little impatient, and very excited for the class to start propper*

Serena prepared her desk for the start of class, putting out her books, parchment, ink and quill.

Meghan can see Merri is getting impatient. "Hey I am getting sooo impatient too!" Starts drawing on a spare bit of parchment.

*merri draws a grid on her parchment, and placing a 'nought' in the centre square on the grid, merri turns the paper towards Megz, grinning*

Rosa looks up and is surprised to see that she didn't miss the class by reading her book with so much interest that she'd forgotten the time or place she was. she looks around and notices the class didn't start yet. she looked around and saw everyone talking animatedly. then she turned to another girl and asked: 'are you also a first year?'

Amy walked in and sat down, pulling out both parchment and ink for the Charms lesson.

Vishu walked into the Charms class.Charms was one of her favourite subjects.She looked around and didn't see anybody she knew.A bit sad,she went and sat on the last bench in the last row right at the corner.She was so bored.She took out her parchment nd ink and quill and waited for the class to start.

lizzie walkes in to the classroom, spots a fellow classmate, hi arnt you rosa? can i sit here?

Giggles then draws more silly doodles. Thinks "I can't draw as well because I still have a bandage on my arm." Draws the Giants Squid exploding. Shows it to Merri.

*laughs* no more than it deserves! how's the arm?

Pouts like a kid. "Well its better!" Giggles... Sighs and wonder when the lesson will start.

*The Professor looks around the room as the last of the students find their seat and smiles warmly*

Good afternoon class! I am Professor Hanamon and I will be your Charms Professor for this term. Now if everyone will get out some parchment and a quill we will begin our first lesson.

*As the students get ready to take notes, the professor strolls to the blackboard and begins to write and talk at the same time*

Today's lesson will be an introduction to Charms. We will be discussing what exactly charms are and why they can be useful in everyday life.

*turns back around to face the students*

Now, if everyone is ready to begin, who can tell me exactly what a charm is?

Serena raised her hand, "Charms are a type of magic spell used to enchant an object to behave in a way that isn't normal for that object. Like when using a summoning charm it brings the object to the you that you name.

Charms can also be spells that do not include Transfiguration which is a spell that changes the nature of the object. In other words, if a spell is not a Transfiguration, it is probably a Charm.

In addition, a charm is something positive, while a curse which is the opposite, is something negative.

"Charm is an action or formula which has magical power. And also the chanting of a magic word or verse; incantation," Drusilla says.

Nadia raised her hand at once, "Charms enclose a great deal of spells if not every. Usually spells are enclosed and divided into categories depending on what utility they provide to the witch/wizard that use them. For example, most jinxes and anti-jinxes (which are jinxes used for defense) are taught in Defense Against Dark Arts, and every spell that alters the material or physical form of an object or objects are most probably due to Transfiguration teaching. Personally I find it difficult to find a category that describe every charm. After all, losts of charms are taught in DADA and there's many complicate Transfiguration spells that they seem to have in common, like with the Vanishing Charm.

"My best guess is that Charms are each and every spell which makes an object acts in a way it wouldn't usually would according to their nature and without changing the phychical structure of it. You can make a teapot dance, an object explode, something change sizes or move on its own. You can even 'charm' people... I would dare assume that's where the name come from, from the idea that a will can enchant another."

She finished proudly for Charms was one of her favorite classes indeed.