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Post by Rowan Trace on Aug 30, 2009 23:00:16 GMT -5
Rowan walked into the room after most of the students had arrived, silently going over everything one final time. It was incredible being here after seven years of international schooling, incredible being at Hogwarts for the first time. But now wasn't the time to reminisce.
He approached the professor's desk, fighting down his excitement again, and bringing up his wand, giving it a swish and flick to bring a piece of chalk scrawling across the board.
Intro to Charms.
"My name is Rowan," he began, leaning back against the desk rather than taking a seat. He reached up and pushed his glasses back a bit as he looked the class over. "I'll be your Charms professor, but you don't have to call me Professor as long as you don't forget." His lips curved slightly, no matter that he meant it.
"A lot of the other teachers are starting out with huge lectures, so I'm going to make it easy this class and we'll really get into the subject next time. For now, I'd like to know where you're from and how long you've been at Hogwarts. Then choose one of these charms," he said, pausing to flick his wand at the blackboard again, "and demonstrate to show your skill level. All points today are for participation."
Beginner
Levitation Charm
Tickling Charm
Intermediate
Bubble-Head Charm
Summoning Charm
Advanced
Colour Change Charm
Reducing Charm
((Note: Extra points for correctly identifying the incantation that goes with each spell.))
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Post by Quinn Ashwinder on Aug 30, 2009 23:11:26 GMT -5
Quinn's lips twisted as she nervously raised her hand, "My name is Quinn, and I'm from a small town in England. This is my first semester here at Hogwarts." She wasn't great at Charms, she'd studied on her own, and Kiley had been better at Charms, as the happier of the two. She lifted her wand at a quill on the teacher's desk, "I can perform a summoning charm. The incantation for it is Accio," Quinn took a deep breath, "accio quill," she said as the quill glided a bit shakely to her, but still made it.
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Post by Madison Foster on Aug 30, 2009 23:16:53 GMT -5
Madison was relatively competent at Charms, being the bubbly personality that she was. Occasionally she liked to play around with Charms and see what happened. With a grin Madison spoke up next, "My name is Madison, and it's also my first semester here. The incantation for reducing an object is Reducio." Madison bent over to the guitar bag she'd set next to her chair, picking it up she laid it on her desk, her wand ready, "Reducio," the execution was perfect, she shrunk her guitar to carry everyday, the color change charm would have been slightly harder.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Aug 30, 2009 23:19:54 GMT -5
Markise's nose wrinkled in displeasure. The first day and he already had to show how little he could actually do. "My name is Markise. I'm from New York, been here almost a year, and I'm better at theory," he said, the truth, even if it sounded like a pathetic excuse. He looked over at Quinn, who'd managed to summon something, and had to work not to pout. "Wingardium Leviosa?" His quill jumped pathetically, and his face heated.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on Aug 31, 2009 8:30:27 GMT -5
Dare winced slightly, both at the lesson and at Markise's failure, which he doubted he'd be able to surpass. Why wasn't a shield charm on there? It was advanced, and he could do it well. "My name is Dare, and I'm from Diagon Alley," he said, bypassing California completely since he doubted he'd ever go back. "I've been here a year." And some months, but he doubted anyone cared that much. He did "Accio," managing to summon a notebook from his bag, though unfortunately, and as usual, some of the other contents spilled out with it. But he'd done better than Markise. He silently thanked Michael for his help.
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Post by Layne Razz on Aug 31, 2009 23:12:29 GMT -5
After Dare went, Layne spoke pushing the gum in her mouth to the side, "Hey. I'm Layne Razz. I'm from Korea originally but have lived in England basically my entire life. I've been here at Hogwarts since my first year...so like, five years." Oh, she was supposed to do a charm too. "Accio book," She said summoning the book from her bag. The flight of the book though made her bookmark fall out. Wonderful, she thought sarcastically as she quickly scanned the book to figure out what part she had been at. Once that was figured out she went back to quietly chewing her gum.
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Post by Jewels Tyler on Sept 1, 2009 21:58:57 GMT -5
Jewels cleared her throat. Charms were so not her area of expertise...well, that's why she was here wasn't it? "Hi. I'm Jewels Tyler. I'm from another school but this is my second time at Hogwarts." She took a breath then took her wand out, "And the spell to reduce an object is Reducio." She pointed her wand at her book bag, and hoping for the best she said, "Reducio!" The bag weakly shook for a moment before stopping. It remained the same size. Jewels could feel her cheeks turn red, but on the positive side, had the spell actually worked..well, she didn't know the spel to change it back. She looked back at the board....maybe she should have done the acquiring spell instead...
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Post by Adara Snow on Sept 5, 2009 12:15:37 GMT -5
At her turn Adara stood, her hands brushing lightly against her skirt for a moment before she spoke. "My name is Adara Snow, and I am from Germany. I have been at Hogwarts for one year and a half." She drew her wand and aimed it at her snow-white quill, then murmured the incantation for the colour change charm. Coluimuto. At her bidding, a spot of Ravenclaw blue rose up from the tip, then spread across the quill. Her lips curved slightly, and she returned the quill to its natural state before sitting again.
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Post by jacobmcmurray on Sept 8, 2009 1:54:41 GMT -5
Jacob looked around as he turn came up. "My name is Jacob McMurray, I am from France but currently I live in London." He looked down at the paper he'd been scribbling on and recited what was written,
"Levitation Charm-Wingaurdium Leviosa, Summoning Charm-Accio, Colour Change Charm-Coluimuto,
Reducing Charm-Reducio." He placed his paper on his desk and picked up his wand. Concentrating his gray-blue eyes on Professor Trace's desk he waved his wand and exclaimed, "Reducio!" shrinking the desk so that it looked like it belonged to an action figure.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Sept 10, 2009 22:06:06 GMT -5
It hadn't escaped Silver's notice that their professor, who didn't look older than any of them, had been leaning on the desk, and he hoped that Professor Trace wouldn't be in a bad mood for his own introduction. "My name is Sylvester Blackwood. I'm from California and transferred here May of 2008." With Dare, who was apparently from Diagon Alley now. "Accio quill," he cast, summoning the quill his brother had likely been doodling with. He'd give it back after class. For now, he was glad that Brindle's tip had payed off. He'd been catching up on his charms rapidly for the past months.
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Sept 16, 2009 23:30:18 GMT -5
Annabelle had watched the others from her spot near the front of the room. She felt bad when students didn't get their charms just right, and winced when they messed with the Professors things, hoping they weren't meaning disrespect already. She had been surprised at him telling them his given name, and hoped that any Slytherins especially wouldn't take it as a sign of weakness. When her turn came, she addressed the Professor. "My name is Annabelle Hennessy and I'm from London." With that she pointed her want to a strand of hair and said the incantation, Coluimuto, causing a band of white in the front of her hair.
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Post by Tori Dunlevy on Sept 17, 2009 17:27:46 GMT -5
Tori walked into class and sat down, listened to what the professor had to say and what some of the other students had to say before getting up herself and said, "Hi, I'm Tori Dunlevy, and I'm from American, Ireland, England, and I'm pretty sure Australia. Um, uh, Accio?!" She said this a little bit too loudly and instead of summoning her book, she summoned her entire backpack, which then smacked her in the head and knocked herself off her chair and unconscious.
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Post by Rowan Trace on Sept 17, 2009 20:30:52 GMT -5
Rowan's brows arched, and he gave his wand a flick, sending a wisp of glimmering white smoke out of the tip that swished out the door. "Everyone stay calm," he said, a flickering thought going to the state of his job when the Headmistress found out a student had been severely injured in his first class. "I summoned the nurse." He crossed the room to make sure the girl was breathing.
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Post by Katia Medina on Sept 17, 2009 20:34:32 GMT -5
Katia had been a bit incredulous when the patronus that had been summoned told her a girl had been knocked unconscious with her backpack. Charms was the last class she'd expected to be called to, as the easiest branch of magic, with pillows lining most walls, unconsciousness was rare. When Katia walked into the room, and saw which student it was, she doubly cursed in her mind. This was the pregnant student she'd turned out of her class, and here she was endagering her pregnancy by using a spell that was obviously to unpracticed for her. Bending down, Katia flicked her wand, "Rennervate."
Turning to the charms teacher, a young man that looked to young to be teaching a class, ironic since she herself was probably only a few years younger than she was, she felt a twang of pity for him. Having a student injure themselves on the first day of class, would look bad, especially if something happened to her pregnancy. She probably didn't need to be watched, a slight knock on the head shouldn't hurt anyone, but for him, she'd offer the chance for the student to be watched, so nothing else would come down on him. "I think I need to take her for observation," Katia said softly, avoiding all of the gazes of the gawking students.
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Post by Tori Dunlevy on Sept 18, 2009 7:26:25 GMT -5
When Tori woke up, her vision was blurly and she totally out for about 5 seconds, before she realized what had just happened and silently cursed. "Um, now remember, that's why I stopped using that spell." She said this as she regained some composure.
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