Bay was getting more comfortable with the lay of out of the school now and walked confidently into the class room gave a polite hello to the Professor "Good Morning Professor" he said while spotting Tessa and Lux, he went over to join them "Hey ladies…and Cucumber.." he laughed at that part "Just kidding Cucumber.." he took a seat and looked around and he spotted Ana. "ppssttt.. Ana" he said trying to get his attention. "Come join us" he wanted her to meet everyone.. well everyone that was here so far.

Ana looked around when she heard someone say her name. At first she thought she imagined it, until she spotted Bay that was. Come join them? Ana was about to shake her head no and decline his offer, after all he was with friends and she didn't want to intrude. But then, he wouldn't call her over if he thought she'd be intruding, and she'd meet more people this way too.

Deciding that the worst that could happen would be that his other friends would ignore her, and they were in class anyway so it wouldn't be too bad if they decided they didn't like her, Ana made her way over to where Bay was, snagging a seat next to him. "Hi," she said, giving him a bright smile, before turning a slightly nervous one on all his friends.

"Riiiight."Adrienne was being bombarded by words and most of them went in one ear and out the other. She squinted at the girl out of her left eye and blinked slowly before managing to process the few things she had made sense of. "Adrienne Rebecca Colbert, third year, it's not bad." Not her favourite class, but by far not one of the worst. No, that would probably be Divination. Or Astronomy. Both almost equally awful, though Professor Flamsteed was a good deal preferable.

"I wouldn't sit if I were you. Bellaire likes her students to," be forced to hold themselves up wearily in wait for her to finally, finally sit down "stand until otherwise notified." For some reason. What an archaic practice, honestly.

Transfiguration with Bellaire.

Even though he's not around for two terms but he still remembered that you can't come to Professor Bellaire's class looking all messy, so the seventh year stopped in front of the classroom to make sure that he's presentable. After he was sure that everything was in order, Messer stepped into the classroom.

"Hello, Professor Bellaire." Wait. What's with the plant?

Spotting Bay coming over to join her and Tessa, she smiled. "Hey, Bay!" Eyeroll at that comment he made to her. "I will not be forgetting you said that." She might have to get back at him for that teasing remark.

West was (possibly for the first time ever) actually excited for one of Bellaire's classes. To be fair it wasn't to do with the class itself so much as because of what he wanted to ask her afterward... but he'd get to that when class was done. For now though, here he was, choosing his regular spot near the front, and standing and waiting and probably blocking the view of half the class due to height problems.

Hard life yo.

Vines and wood? Now that was a strange thing to see at the front of a classroom Amelia noted as she glanced around the Transfigurations classroom. She sent people quick (almost awkward) smile before glancing around at the far too pristine of classroom. Did anything live in here?

Well, no. It was a classroom, but it didn’t even look used…or like it hadn’t been used for an entire summer. There probably wasn’t even a cobweb in the corner of the room – not that she really minded that much at all.

She sent Professor Bellaire a warm smile as she found a desk.

“Hello Professor Bellaire” she smiled as she had missed far too many of her classes last term…and still managed to pass her owl by the skin of her teeth really.

Since Bellaire had a thing about cleanliness and uniforms (judging by her rules, anyway), Brad waited to change into his uniform until after breakfast. Sure it had been odd eating in his pajamas in front of everyone, but it was that or risk having something spilled on him.

Anyway, hurried back up from the dungeons just in time to give his uniform a good look over for any wrinkles that may have formed and find nothing. Good. Time to enter the class.

And see........ a lot of plants? Did he come to the wrong class?

Tessa grinned as Lux turned around. "Don't worry Cucumber, I'll help you where I can- and you'll learn! That's why we're in class after all," she pointed out with a grin. Granted, she would rather be outside on the Quidditch pitch or running around, but she would be good with her classes- for now.

Hearing a familiar voice, Tessa grinned as Bay came over to join them. "Hey Bay," she greeted with a wave as he sat down close by. "Oh, you better watch out- Cucumber's going to get you," she teased, laughing softly. As Bay called over another girl, Tessa shot the girl a smile. "I'm Tessa," she introduced. "Nice to meet you."

Gosh. Another class Astrid had to attend. The brunette sort of had to drag herself to the Transfiguration classroom, but totally had to check herself at the bathroom before doing anything else. Gotta look good at all times, right? Besides, she heard from one of those talking students that the Professor for this class was strict about cleanliness and stuff.

Once she arrived, Astrid looked at the Professor. Mhm... okay. She tried to make sure she wouldn't forget the FACE otherwise she would mistaken her for another professor. Yep. "Hello, Professor..." She'd know the name later. Astrid went to an empty seat and... stood up beside it like everyone else in the classroom. Why weren't they sitting?

.................?

Sander noticed from the corner of his eye someone coming to stand next to him. He glanced over and saw that it was Tessa which brought a great big smile to his face. He winked at her which was his version of saying hello without the words.

His first lesson in Transfiguration class was starting to look interesting already.

SPOILER!!: Sophie

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By some miracle, Sophie had gotten on Bellaire's good side last term by being an impressive first year who read the rules in the syllabus before coming to class, but that hadn't made the Ravenclaw like the woman. At all. She was a bit scary and intimidating, actually, and Transfiguration wasn't one of Sophie's best subjects, so all of that counted against her. Plus, the expectation to be as prim and proper as a princess upon arrival always made her a little nervous - she wasn't afraid of losing points, but she did not enjoy the thought of a professor calling her out on messiness in the middle of class. Even though the Grey Lady had already done something similar this term and Sophie usually couldn't care less about what people thought of her. But being talked down to by an authority figure? Unfathomable.

Regardless, Sophie had done her best to be as neat as she possibly could before arriving at the Transfiguration classroom. She sniffed a few times - there was a nice, fresh smell in the room and... wow. Lots of plants. It looked like she had just stepped into some kind of jungle. Had she missed a memo? Should she have dressed more for an adventure?

It didn't seem that way, looking around at the other students. Or, at least, if she was in the wrong, everyone else was, too. "Good morning, professor," she greeted, sounding a bit more cheery than she felt as she stood by a desk near the back of the classroom close to the windows. To make an easy escape, of course, if tragedy struck and one of those vine-looking plants turned out to be a snake. Blech.

Leah had heard of the different of Transfiguration class rules, so she had asked her fellow classmates about it beforehand (instead of going to check it herself). So she dressed in her school robes, wore comfortable shoes and walked into the classroom.

"Good morning, professor..." Aww, Leah forgot to research the professor's last name. Well, she'll find out soon enough. "Nice to meet you. My name is Leah Abbott." She said.

She guessed that the plants in the classroom was for the lesson. Or were they for good air? The nervous first year looked around the room and spotted some people she knew. She strolled over to Sophie, because she preferred the place she was standing at to other places. "Hey, Sophie." Leah greeted, sitting down. Then she jumped up as if a fire was underneath. Oh yes, the rules.

Except for the fact she’d been used to having to wake up early, Lily still wasn’t entirely sure if it made sense to be thinking about Transfiguration at the crack of dawn. She didn’t have two-year-olds waking her up, after all, so sleep might have been nice. Instead, she had to be up and neatly dressed in her uniform in order to go to class. She did, but she might have still been pulling a few tangles from the ends of her brown hair, pulled back by a headband, as she’d made her way up to the classroom from the Great Hall and breakfast. At least classes were keeping her from thinking about other things, and guilt. She’d have to deal with that eventually, but right now the important thing was making it to class on time.

She had finished her hair by the time she’d stepped through the door, anyway, and flicked the last curl behind her shoulders. “Good morning Professor Bellaire,” she said with a smile, green eyes scanning for a free seat and noting the plants, wood and vines. The first thought that came to mind was Tarzan, but she kept that to herself. Odds were the professor wouldn’t like if she brought up old Muggle stories entirely randomly, and she’d seen Astrid by then anyway. Standing near an open desk, and she made her way over to stand next to that open seat, nodding at Mika on the way before giving her friend a smile that said hi and that she wanted to talk later. She wasn’t going to risk losing points this early in term just over talking out of turn. She’d leave that to those others she’d passed on her way over.

Hawthorne walked into the classroom and found a place near Sophie and leah. She placed her books, quill, and ink onto the desk and stood next to her seat. `"Good morning Professor." she said, was her half-tired voice obvious? "Hey Leah, Sophie!" she greeted her friends. She figured it would be better to greet the professor before her friends.

Transfiguration. Okay, play it cool she probably doesn't even remember you.

Kevin had been a bit reluctant to go to this class and if it had been a choice to come here he wouldn't have come. He still remembered the incident on the train and later finding out that this woman was the Transfiguration Professor made him not want to go.

In all honesty, he was nervous of her because apparently she was one of those people who dealt out punishments without a second thought and Kevin had never dealt with those kind of people before. Mostly they just gave him the benefit of the doubt but not her. But he didn't let that show though, he was a Gryffindor and there was no way he was showing fear. She was just a big old meanie, that's all.

The classroom looked, pretty normal to him ...for now, except for the pile of Woods...was that normal? He looked around the room and found an empty seat near the front. Oh great... He placed his bag down next to the table and stepped next to it, facing the front and finally spotting...her. "Hello Professor" he said in greeting though it was difficult to say this happily. His tone definitely didn't sounded like it was honestly nice but more of a forced greeting and although he hoped she didn't see this but his hands were hidden in the sleeves of his school robe. If only he could hide his nose...

Ooohh, lovely! Sophie came in with her uniform all neat and tidy, as usual, but was pleasantly surprised to see all of the plants and woods and stuff around the TRansfiguration classroom. It already felt like it would be a good and fun lesson!

"Good morning, professor!" The seventh year cheerfully greeted the older witch as she walked up to stand next to West near the front. She didn't directly speak to him because they were right at the professor's face and Sophie knew Bellaire well enough. Instead, she gave him a bright smile before turning to face the plants and woods stuff again.

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Hawthorne walked into the classroom and found a place near Sophie and leah. She placed her books, quill, and ink onto the desk and stood next to her seat. `"Good morning Professor." she said, was her half-tired voice obvious? "Hey Leah, Sophie!" she greeted her friends. She figured it would be better to greet the professor before her friends.

Leah smiled as Hawthorne came over. The girl had been hoping she would join her soon. "Hi Hawhorne! Transfiguration! What do you think?" She asked. "It's one of the hardest subject, isn't it?" She said with a look of concern. "I guess we're doing something plant-related today?" Leah added, looking around the room."

She felt like she needed another summer to rest from studying. But nope, classes already. Well, maybe she was a little bit excited about lessons now that she was on a more advanced level. Maybe.

The sixth-year took her time walking to the class, anyone asks why and she'd just she was making sure no one was skipping class. This badge life was fun. The blond shared a silent chuckle with herself before she entered the class.

"Good day, Professor," Cassia greeted the woman once she entered then walked further in to choose a seat.

But something horrible caught her eye. PLANTS! What were those doing here. The snake sent a glare towards the green things before she slipt into a seat away from them. Ugh. They smelled.

Tessa couldn't help but smile right back as she came to stand next to Sander. She had placed her things down at a nearby desk- which was right behind Lux and close to Bay. She was just in the middle of her friends it seemed- just how she liked it.

Her stomach fluttered at his wink and for a moment she wondered what it could mean. A simple hello? Or... she banished those thoughts and grinned. "So, do you know why we're all standing?" she whispered to him, looking around the room. It seemed no one wanted to take their seats.

Sophia loved September mornings and it was her first lesson for the school year. She was enjoying the solitude of her classroom before the first batch of students came strolling in.

She offered them each something of a smile. "Good morning. My summer was good thanks. I trust yours was as well."


Sophia was a bit taken a back when she was handed a bag of sweets with her good morning. Well, this was most certainly different. The only student who she received gifts from was Theodore.

She looked at the bag of sweets then blinked at it before taking it. What was she going to do with a bag of sweets though? She didn't eat sweets. Cambridge could have them though as a reward for babysitting.

"Thank you."



This one was very excitable. Excitable first timers. She sized up the girl for a moment. But she was polite and polite was always okay in her book. "Nice to meet you Miss Kaze. I'm hoping for full participation in my class today." She received a nod and semi smile. Back to your seat.

"Goodd----" The good day stopped in mid sentence. Was this an unfortunate beauty potions accident and if it was why did Miss Hyde not go to the healer to have it fixed? She frowned at her..scowled rather.

"Care to explain the full beard you're sporting today Miss Hyde?" Her excuse had better be good or her house mates had better brace themselves to lose house points."

As was usual for her, Sophia's eyes roamed her classroom looking everyone over and making sure that they were properly dressed for her class. Until her eyes landed on Gareth. She marched over to him and pulled him up by the scruff of his neck.

"Get up and GET OUT." She said dangerously.A quick wave of her wand left clothes pins on the boy's ears and nose. "You have two seconds."


Sophia's eyes followed this one. He was trouble. She had her run in with him before the school term even started and she was determine to curb the brat in him before the term ended. She stared at him until he got to his seat. He was getting the "I have eyes on you" look from her. "Hello to you too sir." Suspicious eyes.


With another wave of her hand, Sophia shut the door and locked it. If anyone was late they would be staying out of her class. She turned to the blackboard and scribbled the lesson on in cursive.

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lignum navicula

vinea funiculus

"Okay students you may all take your seats. If you haven't guessed it yet, today's lesson will be about surviving out in the elements..and the focus for today will be surviving the jungle." Hence the ambiance.

"Does anyone know or can make an educated guess on what the spells on the board are?" Anyone?

Ian saw the other students arriving and when the professor closed the door and told them to take their seats, he followed her instructions.

He listened intently and then watched as she waved her wand. As the words appeared he began to think about them. He assumed at some level they were spells which would enable jungle survival, or at least survival in the elements.

He had thoughts on the words and raised his hand to answer. He awaited an acknowledgement from the teacher.

Tessa took her seat at the Professor's called, looking around at the lesson materials curiously. As the Professor wrote the words up on the board, she was already contemplating what they meant. She hadn't a clue on the first one, but the second one, she had a guess... She raised her hand.

SPOILER!!: If called on

"Professor, would the vinea funiculus," she struggled over the foreign words, but managed to pronounce them fairly well. "Would that create a vine-like rope?" she asked. It was the best guess she could come up with.

Sander took his seat and listened and watched as the Professor wrote four words on the boards.

Yep Latin words indeed....unfortunately Sander wasn't really proficient in Latin, but he decided to hazard a guess. He raised his hand.

Wow. On the first lesson someone was sleepy. Adi looked disapprovingly at the boy who was snoring. Seriously? Maybe he'd wake up fully now that Professor Bellaire was yelling at him. The second year took his seat when they were told to and listened to the Professor continue. Aha. So that's what they were going to do today!

But as for those spells... What could they be? Hmmm. He raised a hand.

OOC: ooh...I like UDP's idea about the spoiler tag.