Originally Posted by Ginevra

Cilla made a vow to herself that she would be a lot more vigilant in the future. She thought about which defensive spells she could do properly and then raised her hand.

"Headmistress, I can perform the Disarming Spell and the Shield Charm. I am sorry that I can't do any more spells,"Cilla replied sadly

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

As Kace was listening to his classmates answers and he felt guilty because he didn't think to check to see if anything was lurking around or trying to do him harm. I mean he trusted the classroom setting like so many of his other classmates and didn't think there would be an invisible force. Now he would enter an empty classroom cautiously and be more aware of his surroundings. Defense Against the Dark Arts rule number one and also common sense wise if you don't wanna be killed.

Now the headmistress wanted them to name spells that could secure their surroundings and he wondered if he should list them all? Now she wanted spells he was proficient in? He nodded and listed some off in his notebook.



He raised his hand and told the teacher, "Professor I can do expelliarmus, diffindo, stupefy, impedimenta, protego, bombarda and locomotor mortis since I learned that spell in the dueling arena." Others ones he knew buttt he didn't know the wand incantation by heart. He would stick with the others for now.

Originally Posted by Cassirin

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Phew. Detention avoided. And the Headmistress was right, she did know better. Again, paranoia would be happening from now on, mhem. Oh, hi there, Professor Flamsteed.

See, lesson working already. She'd noticed her Head of House over there.

Anyway, what spells was she proficient at? Wasn't that kind of a long list, considering she was a fifth year? Also, since the paranoia was real now, wouldn't that count as not being vigilant? Giving an opponent an advantage? But then, Heather was also kind of scared of not answering the question. Besides, it was also possible that she was asking so she could help them?

Oi. All this questioning only proved that paranoia wasn't worth it. At all. She didn't know how people in law enforcement did it. Because she'd only been in this class a few mintues and her brain, stomach and knee were already hurting. Too much thinking. And she still had to answer the question. "Protego, Confundo, Revelio, Diffindo, Expelliarmus....." And that was pretty much it. Yeah, she had been neglecting her DADA.

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Originally Posted by Hera

Originally Posted by Tegz

Well, she didn't think she'd done anything wrong either, so Ruby was in agreement with the headmistress there.

Hmmmm. Defensive spells? Did she need to answer actually though? She put her hand up. "Like... shield spells like Protego, Impiriano, Revertoscutum... a bunch of disillusionment spells...." She shot a little look at the headmistress at that because yeah, "The self armouring spell Loricatus.... ummm... Expelliarmus, Duro, Impedimenta, Immobulus, Petrificus Totalus... others too I guess but like, moooost of the rest that I know are offensive." Should she also mention that she pretty much didn't learn any of them here? Because that was true.

And what. Just because she couldn't read stuff from the textbook or the board, didn't mean she couldn't actually do the spells, it was just that she needed to be shown them, rather than just told to do what was on the board or whatever.

Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

After replying to the Headmistress's question and having another cough attack (a mini one this time), Adi sat there twitching his nose. It was sort of burning him now that he was paying more attention to him. Heh. But he paused with twitching as the red head woman spoke to him. Yay! She held nothing against him.

As a prefect it was his duty? The fifth year blinked before his eyes darted to the first other prefect he saw... which happened to be Beverly. Did that mean this should have been one of their other duties? He saw no reason to check a room during his previous years at Hogwarts so it hadn't occur to him to do so now.

Anywaaaay. Defensive spells. Hand up again, Adi spoke. "Expelliaramus, most versions of Protego, Silver Shield Charm, Impedimenta, Bombarda...'' And others too since he practiced them in the Arena a lot.

Originally Posted by Hera

Originally Posted by Gabben

*Yep, never assume. His father even had rhyme about assuming. He wasn't going to say it here though, it had a bad word in it and the headmistress already looked mad. No need to poke the bear.
Protection spells? He was still only a first year, so not many dueling and protection spells. Now if it came to protecting himself the muggle way then he had a whole list of ways to protect himself. But for now...*
"Protego, Miss. That's a spell that will help keep you protected."

Originally Posted by Squishy

Originally Posted by keepmeclose22

You should have? Austin felt insulted. Surely the Headmistress wasn't trying to hurt his feelings. She was probably just having a rough few days and needed to get off some steam. But that didn't mean she could make him feel terrible. Okay, they were in a classroom. No one was supposed to think there was any danger here. Maybe that was her point.

Once she finished speaking, Austin wrote down on his parchment. He added everything. From the warnings of the Headmistress to the fact that he needed to remember to enter a classroom differently. When he was done he raised his hand and waited to be called on before answering. The last thing Austin wanted was to get on her bad side. "I especially like 'Tarantallegra' or the 'Dancing feet spell'. It's not necessarily a defense spell, but it does help when someone is coming at you. It's hard for them to get a spell at you if they're dancing around." To be honest, Austin hadn't had much use for a defense spell. He had learned about them in class, and had performed most of them particularly well. But he never practiced them outside of class. The only reason he knew about this spell was because his father used it on him a few times. Witch meant Austin had to get payback with the same spell. He mastered the spell a year or so ago, and he felt that in combat, it would prove very useful. Thanks dad. You finally did something right.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Good, she'd said GOOD. That was promising, and the Headmistress was already a little less RAWR, which had Toby a tad more at ease. He had to admit, though, all she was saying to some people about being present and in the moment... well, that was something that was so super hard for Toby, but he dared not admit it out loud. Just as he dared not bring up the fact that he very rarely thought as a wizard. But yeah, no. Not gonna point that out; didn't seem like a great idea at this point in time.

Toby nodded at the request that they make the promise to enter rooms differently, feeling compelled to respond in the most positive way because this was a scary woman and he wanted to make it clear that he understood and promised and meant it. The next question had him thinking. ALL the defensive spells he could do? Could he even remember them? It was a while before he raised his hand.

"Protego, Impedimenta, uhh... Expelliarmus." He thought about mentioning the Silver Shield one but he'd never quite got to a point where he could cast it and know it would work every time. "Incarcerous... Oh, Confringo, too." Confringo had been used quite liberally in Toby's practical DADA OWL, so he was pretty confident that that was a good one. But... what had that other spell been, at the end of that practical. "Carpe Retractum? That can be used defensively, 'cause Professor Romanos covered it. And Glacius. But also," Toby quickly added before she could move to the next kid, as he fidgeted a bit in his seat out of habit, and had to fight the urge to pick up his wand and twirl it between his fingers. Instead, he twirled his quill. "There's tons of everyday spells that can be used defensively if you know how. Dozens. Hundreds, for some people. You can, like... use your creativity, I guess. Use spells you know for sure if you need to, even if they're not conventionally defensive?"

WHICH... was going further than the question she'd asked, but he just wanted to make the point that even if you weren't so great at those 'official' defensive spells, there were still others that could help if you used them creatively. Maybe?

Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

Excellent answer…THANK YOU?!

He didn’t hear these kind of words very often so excuse him for smirking at this moment.
While the woman was talking, he wondered what his parents would think about the whole situation. Even at Hogwarts. So the school wasn’t a safe place anymore. Wait, it had never been a safe place. Actually, he was only in his fourth year and he had seen stuff that would close the doors of Hogwarts immediately once an inspection came along.

He hoped not, despite the fact that he might not look like he cared, he did. He liked Hogwarts even with the stupid classes and stupid Professors and stupid students. It had a charm and the castle was simply beautiful. So yes, he would be more aware of his surroundings especially in empty rooms.

Which defensive spells they knew…………. Ehm…. He knew more offensive spells than defences…. When it was his turn to speak, Kevin cleared his throat. “Expelliarmus, Impedimenta, Stupefy , Tarantallegra and the revulsion jinx…. I know more offensive spells though” he frowned. And had anyone noticed how he had NOT said the protego spells? Yeah, cause he sucked at them. Maybe it was because he didn’t like defensive spellwork…attacking all the way was his style.

Originally Posted by Ginevra

Cilla listened to her fellow students listing the defensive spells they were capable of performing with an ever-sinking heart. She was starting to lose confidence in herself and fast.

Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel was a bit scared and frighten now as the headmistress seemed to be telling her that she was wrong, but maybe Lumos wasn't right but she thought about what the Professor said and raised her hand. "Professor, how about Homenum Revelio?" Angel said quietly, she didn't want to be wrong again but that might help right.

Angel then listened to the rest of what the Professor said and she raised her hand again. "Expelliarmus, Protago, Stupify, Immobulus , Petrificus Totalus." Angel was good at a few more but she really needed to remember what the others spells were called because at the minute her mind was blank.

Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

So it was like that? Jasmine had told Janelle that crazy things tended to happen at Hogwarts, but she had always felt safe. Now someone had died? Way to scare the firsties. As if the Headmistress wasn't scary enough........now Janelle would be peeking around every corner and probably suspicious of everyone and everything.

If Janelle thought she couldn't feel any worse, she was wrong. What defensive spells did she know? Very few. And as she listened to her classmates rattle off their spells, she felt very bad. Reluctantly, Janelle raised her hand to answer the question.

"I know Protego." Don't ask her how she knew it, she just did. "Diminuendo and Silencio.......because if someone doesn't know how to do nonverbal spells.......well then they can't cast on you." That was a woefully short list and they probably weren't all technically considered defensive spells, but that's what she knew so far.

Originally Posted by Lislchen

Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

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Originally Posted by carpediem

Taking her quill in her left hand, Ophelia wrote CONSTANT VIGILANCE on the piece of parchment in big letters. Because that was the gist of what she was saying, basically. Everything else was written in small print below it, but the constant vigilance was basically what was needed. Something had to have happened, because the blonde hand't seen the headmistress this angry and serious since the fight at the beginning of the year. Then again, it wasn't like the twelve year old saw much of the headmistress, but still. Something was definitely going on. Either that or the headmistress LOVED protection like Ophelia loved being outside.

Did Austin notice her straightened hair? It seemed like he did, which was awesome! He was noticing things! And now that he didn't seem so sad about his mother and the demon spawn that he called his baby sister, they could actually hang out and explore the grounds! It would be like the beginning of last year when they met in the common room. Was her heart fluttering? Eww. She wasn't THAT infatuated with the boy. Calm down body, it was a puppy crush, not some intense melodrama.

Speaking of the King, he didn't know much in the way of defensive spells, did he? Crap. The Ravenclaw was kind of counting on his protection, which meant that in order for that to happen, he had to know something. She was only twelve, with innocent --yeah right-- round, grey eyes. He was supposed to be the man here. She knew nothing in the way of defensive spells either! Well, maybe Expelliarmus. But pretty much everyone knew that spell. Could she still raise her hand and say it?

"It's not much. But I know Expelliarmus pretty well. Maybe." Yeah, suuuuuuuchh confidence in her defensive work. But there really wasn't anything to be defensive about? Why was the headmistress talking about threats at Hogwarts? Yes, there was a bunch of dangerous and scary stuff here. But did any of it threaten anyone before? Not that Ophelia knew of. The fact that the red headed woman kept bringing it up at all was making her nervous. What was going on around here?

Originally Posted by kayquilz

Oh, Truebridge liked to call her by her first name. She raised her hand. "May I call you by your first name, too, Anastasia?" she asked before....thinking out. Well damn. It probably wasn't okay. But Eden was a little annoyed--more than fearful, at this point--TRUEBRIDGE WAS COMING IN HERE LIKE SHE OWNED THE PLACE?

She did own the place >.<

BUT STILL. Eden didn't APPRECIATE the tone! Truebridge was suggest they were all...MENTALLY DEFICIENT.

....and while trying to sloooowly slide down into her chair more, her cheeks RED, even more so, she tried to think of a spell she was even good at in the defense category. Maybe she was deficient. Merlin.

She raised her hand again. She wasn't really an old hat at DADA...."Um. Protego....the Silver Shield Spell...um..." What ELSE? "Tongue-tying curse..."

And she was done.

Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

Originally Posted by Deezerz

Promise. She was going to treat Hogwarts like what it was, which was uncertain ground. Beverly had been blinded by confusing it to a second home that she'd forgotten it was an actual dangerous place where people died. This served her as a lesson, though.

Her gaze happened to lock with Aditya, whom she shot a firm nod at. She didn't feel like playing their little game at the moment, but she did agree with the Headmistress. They were in charge when adults weren't present.

Name ALL of the spells she was proficient at. Well crud.

Beverly jotted them down on a piece of parchment before raising her hand. "The spells I'm proficient in are: the Body-Bind Curse, Tickling Charm, Shield Charm, Expelliarmus, Stunning spell, Tarantallegra, the Impediment Charm, Homenum Revelio, Relashio, Incarcerous..." She stopped there, but simply because most of these spells had been taught by professor Romanos that not only she should be proficient at casting them, but her classmates as well. "The spells I mentioned are some of the few I'd used as defense. Some of them are offensive, but if used correctly they can be used to protect oneself...or others."

Slowing an opponent by binding them or tickling them with a curse could be enough to buy enough time and thus save your bum. It all came down to how a spell was used because what good would a defensive spell be if used incorrectly.