DADA - Lesson 2 (Years 1, 2 & 3)

"Please don't let me be late..", she muttered to herself repeatedly, ignoring how loud her footfalls sounded as she ran through the halls to get to her defense class, bag clutched tightly to her chest.

Even now, after two years of attending the place and now going on her third, Hogwarts was still unfamiliar. She couldn't, for some reason, navigate her way through the halls like the older students.

"Maybe it gets easier with time..", she mused to herself, looking down at her feet as she walked, not mindful of her surroundings. "Yeah, maybe tha- Ouch!"

She jumped back at the sudden collision, one hand going to rub at her head, wincing as she remembered how loud the thump had sounded. "Stupid..", she chastised, shaking her head before grasping the handle of the door, opening it whilst adopting a bashful expression at seeing the Professor already, there.

"S-sorry, Professor. I-err.. I got lost", she said, lowering her voice at the last few words as a blush settled on her cheeks. Really, she shoulr be a pro at navigating through Hogwarts but - nooo. Well, at least she got to Defense. Even if it did mean one smarting headache.

Violet was pleased to have DADA. She found it to be a tolerable subject, liking the fact that she got to use spells on others with no risk of trouble. That would have to be her favourite part. She walked into the classroom, dropping her bag onto the floor and leaning casually against the back wall of the room, giving Jake a slight nod of acknowledgement, but nothing more as she waited for the class to begin, recalling the things she had read about the Verdimillious Charm.

Natasha happily made her way to DADA, it was certainly one of her favourite classes. Of course, for her it was hard to choose a complete favourite, but DADA was pretty close. She walked into the classroom, "Jake," she acknowledged quietly as she entered, moving to stand at the front of the room, waiting for class to start.

Kedzie walked into DADA and saw that Jake stood there tall as he always did. Jake was a good Professor and she was always happy to learn from him as she was for every single Professor that was in the school. The young girl stood with her bag by her feet waiting for Jake to begin his lesson. When she saw the lesson on the board she couldn't contain her excitement but managed. "Hi Jake" she greeted as she did every Professor.

Ely offered the Professor a grateful smile as he said she wasn't, by any means, late. This was a first for her! Not getting lost, no. She got lost all th time. But, getting lost [i]and[/] making it to class? Definitely a first.

She quickly moved to sit beside a fellow classmate, offering whomever it was a happy smile before directing her attention back to the Pro- Jake. She was so not getting used to that. Professor Jake, perhaps? Great. A compromise!

Happy with her strange idea, she raised her hand to answer the Professor's question before proceeding to stand, "Well Professor Jake, the Verdimillious charm can have several effects depending on it's use. But, it is generally used to reveal objects hidden by the Dark Arts." Smiling jovially at the professor, she started drumming a small beat on the table with her nails, "To be honest, it's quite a handy spell by the sound of it. Well, for the aurors and the ministry, of course. Not the holders."

Finally, the lesson began. Violet was always somewhat impatient when it came to waiting. Jake posed the question to the class, and she waited while a Ravenclaw decided to rattle on for a bit about the charm being useful and whatnot. Once finished, Violet added "To cast the spell, the wand movement is a simple forward slash," she said dryly. Of course she knew more, but Jake had said one piece of information each.

Natasha waited quietly as Jake began the class, and Elysia spoke answering the question, and the Violet adding to the answer. She thought back to her readings on the Charm, and decided to raise her hand to draw attention to herself, politely, as she answered "Also, when it's cast, it has a distinguishable green light," she said, trying to speak loud enough for her peers and Jake to hear. She was naturally very softly spoken.

Kedzie listened to Jake as he told them to go find a dark magic item in the pile of dark magic items that Jake had revealed. Kedzie would never ever in her wildest dream ever touch one of those, that was just crazy and asking for trouble. The Ravenclaw looked with her brown eyes trying to find something that would be right when sometime caught her eye. "Is that one?" She asked as she pointed to a dark pendent.