DADA Lesson 1 // Third and Fourth Years

Remus stood looking out of the windows of Hogwart castle and looking at the grounds below, he was in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Remus had prepared a lesson for the third and forth years, a lesson in Hex deflection. Remus was waiting for his students to arrive so he could begin the lesson that he had prepared for them, while he waited he began to think about the events of the previous year.

Peter was still alive and a traitor, and Sirius was not the traitor, Sirius did not betray James and Lily to Voldemort. So three instead of all four of his closest friends are dead. James, Lily, Peter, all gone, but his old friend Sirius had returned. His friendship with Sirius was back, but the cost of that was that he transferred the hatred he had for Sirius to Peter. The pragmatic part of his min saw that it was a good trade, he lost his friendship with a person he thought dead and mended another friendship.

Remus then proceeded to try and think of happier times, he then remembered the Marauder's Map, the magical map of Hogwarts which Peter suggested that such a map would have been useful, and the others agreed that it was a good idea. The Marauder's then proceeded to make just such a map, it was difficult and at first they thought it was not even possible, but in the end the map came into existence.

Remus was slightly bored waiting for his students, and he did not want to think about the friendships that he had lost, thus he decided to head to his office and retrieve the Marauder's map. He would use it to see where are his students. As Remus walked to his office, he chuckled at the thought of how he re-obtained the map. Filch had confiscated it from the group during their Seventh year and never returned it, and now Remus confiscated it from Harry. Remus wanted to return it to Harry, but at the same time felt that it would be irresponsible of him to do that. He had already been irresponsible when he was with the Marauder's, he had given all of them too much leeway, ignored too many of their rule breaking for the sake of friendship.

Remus arrived at his office and retrieved the map, he then laid it down on his desk. Remus then tapped the map with his wand and said the words that brought back many memories to him, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." Remus then watched the magic of the map appear, the map that he, James and Sirius created. When the map finished unfolding, Remus started to look around to see where everyone was at.

Her long pale blond hair, tied into a ponytail, bounced around her head as she walked quickly toward across the inner grounds of the castle. The sunlight reflecting on her hair made it shine like silver. She wore the Gryffindor uniform with the long black cloak, that had soft red satin-like fabric on the insides of the sleeves and the hood. She liked that version of the cloak so much more than just the simple black one with the banner of Gryffindor on it. This one still had the banner though.

With some books carried in front of her, Liana Stark made her way across the yard toward where her next class would be held. Defence Against the Dark Art it was. It was her fourth year taking that class. And Liana really had a liking for that class. Sometimes people were like... 'meh, we don't need that stuff now', but she knew that nobody could tell what lay ahead in the future and for that one could never practise those spells often enough. Maybe they would actually need it some day. And she liked the professor who taught that class. Well, least as much as one could like a professor. He had something secretive about it at times that him... different. Compared to Professor Snape... she'd take DADA lessons any day.

As she approached the classroom, Liana slowed down a little, a slight smile on her lips. She was curious what the professor had in mind for them.

Remus continued observing the locations of everyone in Hogwarts castle as he waited for his class to gather. The Marauder's Map reminded him of better times, times which would always bring a smile to his face, but at the same time remembering these times would bring great sadness to Remus, he had lost three of his best friends in the war, James, Lily and Peter. It was one of Remus's worst fears, losing all of his friends, and it did indeed happen, Remus did indeed lose all of his friends, at least until recently. Until recently Remus believed that James, Lily and Peter were dead. He also believed that Sirius was a traitor, but it turns out Peter was alive and instead of Sirius, it was Peter whom betrayed James and Lily.

Remus noticed that the class was beginning to arrive, thus he took out his wand and tap the map reciting words that reminded him of better times, "Mischief managed." Once the map finished a closing itself, Remus picked it up and putted it in his coat. Remus then walked out of his office and back down to his class room. As he walked down the stairs of his classroom, Remus took a look a all of the students present and found it slightly odd that he did not see Harry among the students. Most puzzling indeed, it was strange for Potter to not attend a Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

"Welcome students." Remus said greeting his students with a smile, he then added "You can all put away your text books, you will not be needing them today, I am going to teach you how to perform Salvio Hexia." Remus then asked his students "So does anyone know what is the purpose of the spell Salvio Hexia? Ten points to the house whom gets the correct answer."

Daphne had gotten to her Defence Against the Dark Arts class early today and had spent her time doodling at the back of her workbook as she waited. As the class slowly filled up, her doodles turned to musical scribbles and the blonde started noting down an invisible tune that was stuck in her head. She had to get it all out before the class started otherwise there was just no way she'd be able to concentrate. This love of music of hers was beginning to become a quite the distraction in the classroom. She needed to bring it under control; she could already hear the lecture that she'd receive from her father if she got bad marks this year because her head was full of music instead of the spells and whatnot that it had to be full of.

Quiet chatter filled the classroom, signalling that the classroom was slowly filling up, but Daphne didn't look up. She wasn't in the mood for small talk today. She'd stayed up late the night before, hurriedly finishing essays that she'd left until the last minute as usual because she'd been too busy with orchestra practice, and when she was tired, it was best just to leave her in her own little world. She had a habit of snapping otherwise. Usually at the likes of Malfoy and his idiot goons. Which usually wasn't a problem, but she was much too tired to deal with him today.

Daphne's ears perked up at the familiar incantation and she instantly raised her hand. There were quite a few benefits to having an Auror father - one of them being you grew up knowing a lot about hexes and curses. "Salvio Hexia protects against hexes, Sir," Daphne answered, brushing some hair from her eyes. "It comes from the Latin word 'salvare' - to protect," she added, feeling like her first explanation was just a bit too short to be accepted, before trailing off and sitting back.

TAGGED``: remus and liana
OUTFIT``: regular slytherin uniform
NOTES``: figured i'd finally stop being lazy and join the thread. besides, one student is just boring xD

"Ten points to Slytherin." Remus said once he figured out whom gave him the answer and which house the person belonged to. "That is indeed what this spell would be used for Miss Greengrass, and thank you for helping me explain the spell to the class." Remus then took a look around the class, he then took out his wand from  his coat and said "Well I intend to demonstrate to the class how to perform this useful spell, now please observe closely." Remus then raised both his hand, and with his wand hand performed a downward motion. "To perform Salvio Hexia, extend both hands and move your hand hand in a downward motion, should be simple enough." Remus then performed the motion once more, this time saying the incantation, causing a wave of energy to emit from the tip of his wand.

Once he was done demonstrating the spell to the class, he said "Okay students, I want you all to practice this spell, if you have any questions, do not be afraid to come and ask me for answers." Remus then started to walk over to his desk to take a seat, as he walked, Remus added "By the way, I will be testing your Hex Deflection latter, don't worry, the Hex I will be using will be relatively harmless." Remus intended to test the class with the Tickling Hex, should be harmless enough while at the same time giving enough motivation to avoid slacking off. "The hex I will be using is the Tickling hex if you are curious." Remus said as he took his seat and started to observe the students.

As Remus observed the class, he started to twirl his wand and looked to see if any student was slacking off or if any student seemed like they would need additional help in performing the spell. As amusing as some student failing the spell and getting tickled would be, Remus would rather have the entire class succeed in their academics. Remus was sure that the entire class would be eventually able to perform the spell, though some may need a bit of extra help. Help was really nothing to be ashamed of, it just showed you know your limits and when you can't do something alone.

Liana, sitting on her chair in the front row of the class, turned around for a moment, when Daphne answered the question first. Of course she had heard of Salvio Hexia, as should have other students as well, who weren't just the regular bunch of disinterested characters. She herself studied some old spell-book that her mum kept at home. Being from a pure-blood family, she had grown up knowing she was a witch, so her mum had taught her small things since she was old enough to understand them. Salvio Hexia, of course, was just a spell she read about. Liana wasn't able to use that spell yet.

Turning back to watch Professor Lupin, Liana picked up her wand that was on the table before her. Without saying the words of the spell, the blond girl practised the movements that were necessary and then looked up again to see if she was doing it properly. She was just a little bit nervous when she noticed Lupin watching them. She intended to be one of his favourite students this year, intended to actually graduate this year at the top of his class. Maybe then some other students would start noticing her. Maybe even a wizard she might like. Oh... those complicated teenage years...

“Am I doing it right, Professor Lupin?” Liana asked, when he eventually looked at her, performing the movement again.



TAGGED :: Remus, Daphne
OUTFIT :: Standard Gryffindor Uniform with Cloak
NOTES :: sorry for my late reply!!