Originally Posted by nogoodforyou

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Ten points for just annoying him, and other ten points for being an idiot? How could he say THAT to students?! Okay, maybe panicking wasn't the best thing to do, even though students DID freeze out of nowhere, but how could he... not care? All he cared was his lesson. His lesson about a subject that happened to fascinate Nora.

Since the last thing she wanted was to lose points, the girl raised her hand, but she barely found her voice as she spoke. "Not really, professor. I think there might have been something magical about it."

Originally Posted by THE Govoni

YES!!

YES, YES, YES!

This Professor...unlike all the others...was ignoring the ridiculous frozen-people outbreak!

Professor Scabior, you ARE the man.

.....but....Well, it was Anya...which wasn't cool.

Dylan threw a glance at her still form, trying to understand why she was joining the trend of people who lacked regard for the lessons and just froze. Finally sighing, he refocused on what they were talking about; he rubbed his face.

Atlantis...

Well, he could offer something...It most likely wasn't going to be right...but at least he was contributing something...and not freezing and being a pain in everyone's backside...

"Sir, I don't believe that Atlantis was a muggle city. I remember reading somewhere about it sinking directly after a lost battle...Perhaps the "Gods" favored them and when they lost the battle, it lost what was magical about it...and that's why it sank?" Meh, who knew, really? "...and to be honest, I believe both Vicky...I mean, Vickers and the Ravenclaw girl could be right. Maybe Atlantis...was in the Greek Islands at one point but then drifted?" With the way the current flows..and tides changing and what-not, who knew what happened?

And if it was a magical city, maybe it apparates as a whole somehow...?

Originally Posted by KP1

Originally Posted by WitchLight27

...and as Erin heard so many voices from Ravenclaw reasoning out to the Professor about the frozen kid, she already knew that something bad would happen sooner or later. First it was only Louisa which triggered other thoughts to come out from their mouths.

WHAT? Those were precious house points and Professor Scabior just took them away? Now, she wouldn't dare voice out her opinions about the matter. She knew that this professor would stick to what he was saying and he wouldn't let anything or anyone stop him from doing his job.

Since it was lost, probably people won't be able to say it actually existed or exists in the present time because they couldn't see it. "I think, Atlantis City was covered with confusion because no one could really proved that it really existed. There were stories and books about it but there were no texts that describe about an exploration in the place. I also don't think that it was some kind of a Muggle City because there were rumors that it was underwater and there were also stories that there were actually creatures living in it," Erin paused for a while to take a deep breath and then continued,"So, if the city was underwater, there wouldn't be any possible way for something, unless it was a sea creature, to live in it. Therefore, I can conclude that it was magical in many ways. Of course, that will be, if the rumors were true."

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella felt really bad that people were losing points for sticking up for the Gryffindor seeker. She found her eyes wandering over to the girl, a frown forming immediately. Why was this happening to people? What caused it? And why hadn't anyone found a way of preventing it from happening again? She understood Scabior's point though, even if she didn't like it. If they moved the girl, they could hurt her. And that was if this freezing thing hadn't hurt her already. Best to wait for the healer because she'd know what to do, right?

Ella was sure confused about the whole Atlantis debate so she understood why others would be as well. On the one hand, it wasn't out of the question that a city could be swallowed by a body of water. A natural disaster could do that...however the fact that there were no clear cut facts about the city was questionable. "Professor, I guess there could be a lot of confusion because the person who first wrote about Atlantis could have been influenced by other things in history and therefore it is more of a fictional tale drawing from real things..." If that made any sense at all.

Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Keefer just stared at Louisa. Is she TRYING to lose Ravenclaw half its points? Surely she must realize that Scabior was NOT in the mood to have his methods questioned.

But back to the academic content. No, Atlantis certainly didn't seem normal. "It sounds like a wizarding community that hid itself after the Statute of Secrecy. Only... this is far more elaborate, so maybe not. But either way, magic is almost definitely involved."

Originally Posted by Meizzner

Ravenclaw was actually losing points for trying to help Anya. Wow, Professor must not like Louisa right now. But Nigel couldn't do anything except probably lose more points. He did send for the nurse though so at least he is trying to help. So Nigel decided to just answer to Professor question again.

"Professor, there is a lot of confusion because some people claim Plato drew up Atlantis from his memories. And Professor could Atlantis be unplottable like Hogwarts to protect itself?"

Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

"Because.." Daichi began but stopped when the man was taking house points from the other students like it was christmas eve. But instead of giving presents he took them. His mouth hang open slightly and his mind raced with the thought if he should say it or not. The ones having lost their points were not from Slytherin. And his house was still at the first place and Daichi liked that spot.

With a small, almost defeated sigh he shook his head. "I'm guessing you wouldn't...Sorry, Professor" mweh what had he been thinking? going against a Professor not to mention Scabior.

Sorry rebellion kids, this snake loved the first place spot and did NOT want a detention, you're on your own~

As for the question.. he had no idea. Couldn't they talk about something more interesting? Like where ducks came from? now THAT was a class he wouldn't want to miss hehe. "I don't think it's a muggle city, sir... because.." because why?

Daichi wondered for a few seconds, staring in to space and frowning a little bit in concentration. Why? "I have no clue" maybe he should start taking notes now.

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva had thought about this and put her hand up still glancing at the frozen girl a few times. "Professor I don't think it is a muggle city. Greek gods were not muggles and if this city is based around them, then it couldn't be your normal city. For muggles at least it is a myth that no one can truly find proof if it is real or not." She hoped that answer was good enough, she didn't know much about the city other then what she saw on movies.

Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled well that was another easy one. "Professor because the place isn't on a map and the people who knew where it was are dead as they died years ago, either in the floods or whatever it was or those who were out of the city on vacation will have died long before now and since they weren't into making maps they could tell you exactly where the place was." Laura smiled. "So basically because there was no maps they only have rumours of where the place was."

Laura glanced over towards her friend Anya and hoped that she would be okay why hadn't the Professor done a spell to release her surely he should know one.

Originally Posted by Tegz

The hand went up again, but only for long enough to say, "Its a Mer-city." You know, if that is what Merpeople called their cities? He wasn't sure.

There were much cooler lost cities than that one anyways. Ones that weren't even underwater. Ones that you didn't need to be able to speak mermish to go play tourist in.

West's eyes shifted to that frozen girl and he resisted the urge to use her as a clothes rack or something. That would be fun.

Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Hannah had no idea what was going on around her and quite frankly she didn't care. It didn't have anything to do with her or anybody that she considered of importance so she went right along like nothing happened. She stared at some of the students who had the nerve to talk crazy with the professor...honestly didn't people have any home training?

Anyways...

Back to the topic at hand. "Professor I think there is a lot of confusion because for one some people simply don't believe that it ever existed. Some people have to see it to believe it. I also don't think that it is a normal muggle city." Honestly anything a little bit different or magical can't be muggle related. That much she was sure of.

Originally Posted by Steelsheen

*gaspeth!groaaan* That was 20 points down for the Eagles.

Vickers let his eyes drop to the ground. They were valid points on both sides of the argument, just that perhaps this could've played out better.From beneath his lashes he glanced at the frozen Gryffindor girl. He wished he knew her better, would've wanted to tell her his house took a hit for defending her at her hour of need.

Chivalry isnt just for the Gryffindors anymore.

Quelling a sigh, he refocused on the task at hand, scribbling his notes as the Professor carried on. He looked up to ponder the next questions, trying to bring into clarity all those things he's read about Atlantis. Up goes the hand again "Professor, part of the confusion is because the account of the demise of Atlantis was done during Plato's time, which was about 360 BC. " A really, REALLY long time ago "... and back then most of the news were passed on via word-of-mouth, with facts and specifics usually being sacrificed in favor of dramatic, story-telling embellishments. It was hard enough to get written accounts, much less something accurate. Also, it was never recorded what happened to Atlantis' survivors-- if anyone survived at all-- which would've been an important thing since they would be the only proof left of a civilization that once existed." He paused as he considered his answer for the next question "Its difficult to determine if Atlantis was Muggle or Magical, given that researches are still looking for the archeological remains of the site, but part of its legend is that it was a powerful civilization that was far more advanced than any of its contemporaries at the time. Which perhaps is part of its mystery-- with a civilization reportedly so advanced, it was hard to believe they would just disappear off the face of the Earth."

Originally Posted by Princesspower

Maybe they were magical and had magical powers in order to be able to breath unde rwater -wondred Sarah

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa thought about what she read before raising her hand.

"Professor from what is known about Atlantis I believe that it was a muggle city. It was a very industrious port and rich city and they did what most other cities back in those days did, they tried to attack other cities, which sounds like regular muggle stuff."

She thought for awhile before continuing,"But that doesn't mean that they didn't pray and worship their Greek Gods. They believed strongly in them and often asked for protection and blessings and performed rituals whenever they did something.Their lives were strongly steeped in their beliefs."

"According to legend, it is believed that Atlantis sank because what they did had angered their Gods. If the Greek Gods were believed to exist during Atlantis' existence does that automatically make them a magical city?Alyssa asked.

"I mean many of the other civilizations believed in their Gods and Godesses like Rome and Egypt but they were muggles, weren't they?"Alyssa asked now getting confused.

Originally Posted by Zoe

Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Selina wanted to throw something at the snotty and careless professor. The redhead had been quiet the entire lesson because she had been preoccupied with the thought of Kurumi in the hospital wing. Life without her best friend had been difficult to say the least and now he was just making things worse. So when Anya froze, Selina wanted to stand up and run over to her little second year friend little sister but the reaction Scabior gave when people cared kept her in her seat. However, Selina did feel her knuckles grow white at how tightly she was holding onto her book. It was like her muscles wanted to chuck the book at Scabior's head so he could be frozen with a concussion and then maybe he would be more compassionate. Jerk.

But the redhead kept her line of vision focused on Anya instead- he was not worth the house points. She needed Anya back and she needed her back now. This dumb freezing thing was taking everyone she cared about away, but she was staying positive. Anya would wake up in a few minutes and Kurumi would be fine- heck she'd even throw Lewis and Sierra in there as well. This was so DUMB!! Why weren't the professors doing anything? They didn't care and she wanted them to fix this! What kind of message was the staff sending their students if they did not care about the students? Not a good one.

With a sneer on her face she rose her hand and said, "Atlantis, sir, was a real muggle city. Many people believe that Vergil and Homer in their epics spoke about Atlantis... It was a real place and got displayed by water.". Thee. She answered.