Charms Lesson 2 - Capture the Fort!

[DaniDiNardo]

____________________________http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z412/DaniDiNardo/Charms/e3bb65d8-1769-4a6f-82e9-06f81af59104_zpsolcnxhgp.jpg (http://s1188.photobucket.com/user/DaniDiNardo/media/Charms/e3bb65d8-1769-4a6f-82e9-06f81af59104_zpsolcnxhgp.jpg.html)

Though the class is taking place at it's usual time, bright and early 9 am, there is something very different about the location. What? Well naturally even the least awake among you would notice that instead of standing in neat rows in Classroom 2E you are all headed out by the rickety wooden bridge that leads to the rest of the grounds. The trek out here should be a good waker-upper for those that need it.

The scene is as unassuming as any other with the exception of the area getting warmer and warmer as you approach. Yes, the Professor has taken care of that pesky little weather hitch that happens at this time of the year while you're here out on the grounds. There is still a bit of fog lingering but it's expected to clear up or be removed by the time the activity rolls around. The air is crisp and has a freshness to it that you couldn't get even with the wide windows of the classroom back in the classroom flung open as they usually are.

A peaceful morning really.

As you cross the grounds and come to a stop at the bridge, you find the Professor leaning against the railing with his eyes cast down into the ditch that lies below the bridge. Might be he's looking at something. Might be you can see it to. Just might be he's bored and waiting for his students to arrive; there's really only one way to find out.

Gather around, the lesson will be beginning shortly.

OOC: Class has not yet begun, be sure to brief yourselves on the rules (http://www.snitchseeker.com/charms-classroom/rules-and-expectations-99612/) once more before posting. I'll be moving this class in about 12-18 hrs hopefully ^^

Class Progress:
First Question (http://www.snitchseeker.com/11760636-post26.html)
A little practice (http://www.snitchseeker.com/11761061-post48.html)
Going down (http://www.snitchseeker.com/11762064-post136.html)
Attacking time (http://www.snitchseeker.com/11762310-post158.html)
Reminder (http://www.snitchseeker.com/11762438-post179.html)

[feeheeheeny]

It had taken her three months to nick enough green apples from the kitchens that it would fill an entire barrel. Stealing apples from breakfast hadn't been the hard part - it had been stealing a barrel from the kitchens without a house elf getting on her case.

There was no need to ask how she'd finally done it, though. The point of the matter was that Sophie Brown was levitating a wooden barrel full of crisp green apples down to the wooden bridge with the goofiest, giddiest of smiles on her face.

When this sixth year said she was going to do something, she meant it.

"QUIGGLES," she greeted with enthusiasm, unafraid to hold back on such a nickname since they were alone for the time being. "I've come bearing great gifts." She levitated the barrel and set it down beside him, then crossed her arms and looked entirely too smug with herself.

Boom. That was how it was done.

[Expecto-Penguin]

Time for another Charms lesson. Kace knew from the night before this was gonna be an early lesson but did he fall asleep early. Psshhh haahahahah NOPE. He stayed up late as usual but I mean he learned to function on little sleep. He went to the great hall early to get breakfast though. He wouldn't miss out on his favorite donuts and milk. No surey. He also managed to bring along a cup of coffee. As he made his way to the classroom, he opened the doors and he just went like this....

O_________O........

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLASSROOM!?

He had to blink and double blink again. Surely his mind was playing tricks on him this early in the morning. He shook his head and then came to the conclusion he wasn't dreaming. The Professor changed the scenery. He wondered what the scenery was gonna be used for today. As he made his way to the Professor he noticed it was warmer near him. Thank merlin because it was chilly. As he waited for the others, he greeted Maddox with, "Hello Professor interesting setting choice you got here. I thought I was dreaming or my mind was playing tricks on me this early in the morning.." he laughed and took a sip of his coffee. He now had a fine taste for coffee all of a sudden. Probably because of those NEWTS.

[itsjustjesse]

It was early in the morning not that early but still, it wasn’t like being outside in the cold was her thing? Because it really wasn’t. Puck simply pulled her cloak tighter around her as she basically ran down from the Gryffindor tower to the rickety wooden bridge.

Seriously, hopefully whatever charms they were working on would make the thing a little more sturdy? And less likely to blow over in a breeze. Walking up she just made sure to put a smile on her face only to raise a quizzical eyebrow at Professor Quigley.

“Hello Professor Quigley,” she smiled over to him.

What was he staring at? She wondered as she tipped her head and tired to look over the edge of the railing to the ditch below. What was he doing?

[Sararara]

Norah, who had been bundled up in two Hufflepuff scarves AND two hats on account of the Hogwarts coldness happening all the time now, began to regret that particular decision as she neared the wooden bridge and found that it kept getting warmer. Whut. She pulled off the hats first, and then both scarves when she'd reached where Quigley and the students were standing. MAYBE she was panting and red faced because SOMEBODY had dressed for the wrong type of weather, but maybe she wasn't because that'd be horribly embarrassing and fourteen year olds didn't embarrass themselves in front of the whole entire class. It was a rule. Or something.

"Hello," PANTPANT "Professor Quigley. Anything," PANTPANTPANT "cool down there?" Toooootally not out of breath, nope. Maybe she just breathed like this sometimes. Didja ever think of that? Stuffing her scarves and hats into her bag, she went to stand next to Sophie Brown who was looking wonderfully smug which probably meant she was RADIATING coolness because Sophie Brown had all sorts of reasons to be smug but if she looked smug too then it was probably EXTRA awesome. It only made sense. "Hiya Sophie." See that? Her breath was already normal-er and everything and she'd only been standing next to the prefect for a couple of seconds. Magic.

[Felixir]

These days, Toby was rarely surprised when they were instructed to go somewhere other than a classroom for a lesson. He was curious about why the bridge, of all places. Would whatever they were doing have something to do with... leaving the bridge? As in, over the edge? Maybe they were going to make each other fly. Where would the sense of adventure come into it? That was the question, the question Toby was eager to find out the answer to. Just... as long as it was nothing like Transfiguration. He didn't think he could cope with anymore giant, hungry spiders.

Toby arrived at the bridge, all dressed in his comfortable clothes, and wearing a jacket because COLD. Except... it wasn't cold here. In fact, Toby was now just TOO WARM. He quickly shrugged the jacket back off before he could overheat, then worked on wrestling something out of the pocket. It took a moment, but soon he had it. An apple, of course.

"Morning, Professor Quigley," Toby finally greeted the professor, stepping over to dutifully place the apple on the railing beside him, though hopefully not so close that it would be knocked into the abyss ditch below. And was that... a barrel of apples? Didn't take Toby too long to see the smug look on Sophie's face where she stood nearby, and he easily put two and two together.

And she called him a nerd. Suuuuuuuure.

[kayquilz]

Eden had three shiny, red apples wrapped in napkins, bringing them down with her to the bridge. She had gone for a jog earlier, so she was wide awake. Balanced breakfast and all that jazz. This was a nice change from her usual yawny self.

Sophie Brown had, of course, lived up to the very secret nickname Eden had playfully given the girl in her head. Sophie BROWN-NOSE. Hehehe. She didn't mean it meanly, but she thought it was a bit MUCH for her to bring a WHOLE BARREL of apples.

Like, seriously?

Way to make the rest of them look bad, Soph.

heh. Girl still got a wide grin from Eden as she approached..."Hi, professor--" she held out the three apples.

[FearlessLeader19]

Step, step, annnnnd shuffleeee into the classroom!

No. Wait. WHAAAA?!

Had Adi somehow sleep walked all the way out to the Grounds or something? Because this was clearly NOT the regular Charms classroom though he was THRILLED to be standing at his favourite place at Hogwarts, the Wooden Bridge. Orrrr an imitation of it or whatever this was. And it was warm! Where was the cold he loved so much, yo? O__O

But yesh, it did seem he was in the right place. Look! There was Quigley, Kace, Norah, Toby, Puck, Eden and Sophie. "Hiya, guys,'' he said to his friends. "Hello, Professor!'' Woah! That was quite a bit of apples he had there in that barrel! Quigley must be in Apple Heaven!

"I brought you an apple.'' Adi held out a usual yellow apple for Catman to take before moving off to stand next to Kace.

[WhittyBitty]

Apple in hand, Lux slowly made the trek down to the bridge. Fortunately she had made sure to wear layers before heading outside, because being in the colder weather wasn't exactly her idea of fun.

AAAAAH.

Professor Quigley must have placed a few charms over the area, because it was getting warmer and warmer. Wonderful! At least now she wouldn't freeze her butt off though she was still wondering why the lesson had to take place on a bridge. If heights were involved AGAIN, she was going to have a breakdown in class. Merlin help her.

"Hello, Professor! Hello everyone!" Waving to her friends, Lux placed her apple on the barrel that contained more apples.

[Jessiqua]

Zhenya had seen on the Slytherin notice board that the Charms class was going to be held on the Wooden Bridge. She had shrugged at the time, glad to be doing an outdoors class, but this morning it was hard leaving bed, and then leaving the comforting Great Hall after breakfast. It was so cold! The first breeze of cold air woke her right up, and she quickened her walk to a run, approaching the wooden bridge quicker and quicker until...

Warmth?

Ahh, it was lovely. And there was Professor Quigley. Oh rats, she hadn't brought an apple. Or... more than one or a barrel of apples. "Hello Professor," she said to him, noticing he was looking down at something?

[SilverTiger]

There were two strikes on Professor Quigley’s record in Brooklyn’s eyes. First, making her have to wake up early, which wasn’t really a new idea anymore yet she still would rather not have to rush her breakfast, and second, making her trudge all the way outside to the bridge when they could have had the lesson inside. Where it wasn’t quite as cold. She wasn’t particularly bundled up however, as she made her way outside into the grounds and on the path toward the bridge. She didn’t do lots of layers. It only made her look bigger than she was, and she didn’t mind being tiny.

Except for when it proved dangerous, as the wind could have picked her up and flung her. Luckily, it wasn’t bad, and she hadn’t had reason to complain as she got closer to where the lesson was being held and felt the air get warmer. Maybe she didn’t have to be quite as disgruntled at the professor after all. “Good morning Professor Quigley,” she said softly, knowing he’d still hear her as she joined the group near the railing. She wasn’t half as curious as it looked like some people were about what might be below them. She’d acknowledged Lux Sansa anyhow, although she didn’t say anything to the older girl. Adi only got a brief look, before she decided to stand near the lone Slytherin who had arrived before her. House loyalty.

[Watson]

It was way too early to be up. Despite having a cup of coffee and eating breakfast, the boy was still a little bit groggy. As soon as he was outside, he woke up. It was a crisp and chilly November morning. Ooh, it was definitely nippy out here. Wrapping his coat around himself more, he continued walking to the Wooden bridge where there lesson would take place.

He got there rather quickly, greeted Professor Quigley with a small smile. "Morning Professor Quigley. How are you?" he asked politely. Then he noticed the Professor was staring at something. Simon squinted his eyes, trying to figure out what thing was so captivating. Pursing his lips for a moment, he decided to find a place near Kace instead of asking. The Professor was surely bound to tell them eventually what he was staring at... Right? So giving a quick smile to Kace, he walked over to him. "Hey Kace! How's it going, mate?"

[Hera]

It was a fantastic morning for some charms, was it not?

Zeke was thrilled, spring in his step and all. With one hand holding his bag strap securely on his shoulder, and the other raising an apple to his lips at intervals, Zeke munched on an apple as he made his way to where class would be assembling for today, the wooden bridge.

"Morning Professor Quigley," he greeted, throwing the core of his own demolished apple over the edge of the bridge. Whoops? Was that allowed? "It's biodegradable," he said in his defence before pulling out a crisp green apple from his bag and offering it to the man of the hour. "They're really good, I tested a batch of them for you."

Taking a small step to the side, Zeke waited for the lesson to get underway, but seeing Brooklyn close by he sent her a small smile. Hey Transfig Teammate.

[Kolyander]

A Charms lesson at the Wooden Bridge! How cool was that. Two of Hady's favorite things in one go. So far this day was going well for her and she was excited.

Whether it be good or bad that the small girl wasn't entirely dressed for the coldness outside didn't matter as she reached the bridge. It was unusually warmer here today and she was glad she hadn't wore the hat and gloves and junk others around her were sporting.

Fixing her bag on her shoulder she removed a bright green apple which she knew to be of the Professor's liking. "Morning Professor," she greeted happily extending her hand out with the apple to him.

That aside Hady moved out of the way to stand near some of her year mates until the lesson began.

[MudInMyBlood]

Morning were not her thing. Add a class to the mix and you had a zombie form of AJ. Not to mention that she wasn't able to get herself out of bed this morning early enough to eat breakfast. Yeah, this was going to be a SUPER day. Hopefully the long walk to the bridge would wake her up some, and walking was sort of exercise and didn't exercise make you happy? Either way she didn't have a choice.

As she made her way to where the class was being held, she felt something hard in her bag. Reaching her hand it, she made contact with an apple. SCORE. The brunette picked it up and nomed it during her little trek.

Taking her last bite as joined the others, her eyes lingered on the professor. Oh crap. The apple was for him. It was all coming back to her now. She had yet to bring the man an apple, and she ate it during her sleepwalk down here. Whoops. She shoved the core in her bag. Nothing to see here. "Morning professor," she said in attempt to sound completely normal.

Lots of people were there and AJ didn't have the energy to actually do much more speaking. Instead she walked over and stood by the boyfriend. He got a shoulder nudge as a way of saying hello.

[ArianaBlack]

Zander was still pretty bitter about how early classes started. Wasn't Professor Q a big fan of sleep too? Why would he even want this? SIGH.

But he couldn't exactly skip because apparently Professor Quigley expected something of this Gryffindor. So here he was. AND let it be known that Zander even woke up early to grab a single green apple for his Professor today. Star student he was. Zander Adair was making improvements. Pretty darn great of him, huh? Heh. He was awfully proud of remembering this morning, but only because it was very difficult to get out of bed. See, Zander made sacrifices. Wasn't that enough to warrant an O?

Making his way towards the crowd, he bobbed his head at Professor Q. "Goodmorning, sir." Holding out one green apple. SEE, Zander deserved a pat on the back. He was trying, sir! O____O Sweet merlin. Was that an entire barrel of apples? First of all WHO and second of all WHY? Man. Way to make him look bad. The Gryffindor quickly turned away in SHAME and WAS THAT SIMON HOLDEN???

Yes. Going to stand by him.

[Holmesian Feline]

Nine am was early, but it wasn't the earliest classes they had. No...those were reserved for Bellaire and Botros. But still, an early morning jaunt out on the grounds during the beginning of December was rough. Benny was bundled up against the chill as he made his way towards the wooden bridge as directed. A apple secured away in his pocket from his quick breakfast. Curious location for the class, or at least to meet up, but he wasn't going to complain. Especially as it got warmer as he got closer to the area.

Head charms for the win.

"Good morning, Professor," he greeted as he spotted the man looking over the bridge, approaching and leaving the apple on the ledge beside him. Benny then moved towards the spot Adi and AJ had claimed. "Hey," he greeted simply as they awaited the start of the lesson.

[Symphora]

Henric stopped short in his steps.Uh what happened...where was he..why was he...what..who..? This was the right classroom right...he squinted his eye sto try and spot the professor...ohh there he was,staring down below seems like.Henric yawned and headed to where the rest of the group was. He slept late again last night trying to catch up with homework and stuff. Urgh...the life of a student was so hard sometimes.
He approched the professor and greeted him with a sleepy smile,"Morning Professor...brilliant scenery,are we spotting dragons today."He had no idea why he was saying that...yup he hadn't woken up fully,alright.He yawned again before leaning back on one of the wooden pillars.

[lazykitty]

Ugh. Nine in the morning was too early for class. Why didn't the professor's understand this? One would think they'd get tired of nothing but sleepy faces staring back at them. Then maybe they did it to torture them. Either way, Heather was not fully awake when she plopped down to the ground with the rest of the class.

"Hello, professor." What was he staring at?

[oh its Erik ok]

Well this was different. Dante was hoping for a regular old classroom lesson and here he was on a bridge. Not something Dante would have bet on being this morning. And there looked to be nowhere to sit. Thanks a lot Profesor Q.

"Don't fall over, Professor Quigley"

That would not be good. Interesting, but not good at all

[Casey O]

Marigold did come bearing gifts. Two apples, in fact - one red, one yellow. She held them out to Quigglez, then smiled and said, "Good morning, professor."

Hmm.

[Daydreamer11]

It was time for Charms and Janelle was excited about the prospect of an outdoor class setting. She headed toward the wooden bridge or rather she skipped toward the bridge. When she realized what she was doing, she stopped and began to walk. Just because she was a second year, didn't mean that she had to act like a second year.

As she reached the bridge, Janelle saw the Professor looking intently at something......what she did not know. "Good Morning Professor", she said cheerfully. Then she found a spot to stand and wait for class to begin.

[natekka]

...........Nope.

Clara loved Charms, don't get her wrong, it was her favourite subject, but, today? 9am and outside? Where the classroom should be, well, wasn't the classroom. It was the wooden bridge. It was bad enough her having to deal with the moodiness and sadness that came with waking up and going to early classes, but now she had to do it outside? Granted, it wasn't too cold, actually, she suspected a charm was in place to trick them into thinking that being outside wasn't all that bad.

The redhead trailed after Eden, groggier than usual, but forced a smile when they reached Professor Quigley. He appeared to be looking at something, so he probably didn't care if she was smiling or not, but it was the thought that counted.

Oh, and a miniature apple for him.

There you go, she thought, holding it out to him.

"Good morning."

[Weasley174]

Angel was totally looking forwards to this lesson... seriously what were they going to do, they weren't in the classroom, so was this sort of a field trip but instead of going anywhere they were staying at Hogwarts. "Morning sir." Angel smiled as she put the apple she had brought for him with the rest before she went and stood with her boyfriend, she really wanted to know what the Professor was looking at but decided against asking.

[hermionesclone]

Dear Quigley,
9am was too freaking early to start a lesson.
Yours sincerely, so freaking tired, man.

Grumbling about the time and with a piece of toast in his hand, Grayson made his way outside. Merlin knew why they were out here instead of in the classroom but he wasn't gonna question it. Four years at Hogwarts had taught him that much. So, he was just gonna munch on his slice of toast, mkay? The slice of toast that he hadn't gotten the chance to finish in the Great Hall unless he wanted to be late.

Cue more grumbling from the seventh year.

The bright side? His sleepiness seemed to be fading away. Maybe it was because of the air or because he had food in his hands. Eh. He wasn't gonna complain anytime soon. Just munch away as he made his way towards the bridge, where Quigley and the rest of the class were stood.

And Quigley? Seemed to be a little too interested in the ditch below. At least, according to Grayson, who immediately started coming up with his own theories. Either the dude was gonna use the ditch for their lesson or he was planning on chucking the lot in there. There was no in between.

Stuffing the rest of his toast in his mouth, Grayson munched as quickly as possible, swallowed, and said, "Heeeeeey, Professor." 'Sup nods for you.

[DaniDiNardo]

When this sixth year said she was going to do something, she meant it.

"QUIGGLES," she greeted with enthusiasm, unafraid to hold back on such a nickname since they were alone for the time being. "I've come bearing great gifts." She levitated the barrel and set it down beside him, then crossed her arms and looked entirely too smug with herself.

Boom. That was how it was done.

Make no mistake, he did hear the first of what would be a few approaching footsteps but the man had opted to keep his gaze fixed on the ditch below. He'd been down there earlier in the week to be sure everything was in check and he could already see the many ways it could go both right and wrong. The Quiggles, however, drew his attention immediately.

"Miss Brown, I'll thank you to not call me that." This was her third warning, light and all, there would be no fourth. It was unprofessional and as harmless as it was by nature he couldn't say he appreciated having students walking around calling him that aloud--even if they were alone.

That being taken care of, he allowed himself to finally take in the view of the barrel of apples and her smug look. All of them GREEN from what he could see. A wide grin spread across his face. "Thought you'd all but forgotten." This of course was an extra 5 points on the 5 anyone got for giving him apples. Starting to think there were some Ravenclaw motives behind this...even if she wouldn't have known. Huh. Whatever the case, the look on his face was undeniable. He was PLEASED. "You did good, kid."



O_________O........

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLASSROOM!?

He had to blink and double blink again. Surely his mind was playing tricks on him this early in the morning. He shook his head and then came to the conclusion he wasn't dreaming. The Professor changed the scenery. He wondered what the scenery was gonna be used for today. As he made his way to the Professor he noticed it was warmer near him. Thank merlin because it was chilly. As he waited for the others, he greeted Maddox with, "Hello Professor interesting setting choice you got here. I thought I was dreaming or my mind was playing tricks on me this early in the morning.." he laughed and took a sip of his coffee. He now had a fine taste for coffee all of a sudden. Probably because of those NEWTS.

....?

Maddox stared at the next to arrive, the Hufflepuff 7th year. Thought he was dreaming? Say what now? The Charms Professor blinked at him, easing away from the railing just slightly to get a better look at him. "Tell me you didn't sleep walk all the way over here, Mister Lecium." That sounded dangerous. Wondering the grounds half conscious was never a good idea.

Pause.

He wasn't seeing what he was seeing, was he? No, couldn't be. Not when he had a rule against such things. Maddox vanished the boy's cup of what smelled like coffee immediately. "This shouldn't happen again." Everyone got a first chance. He had just blown his.


Seriously, hopefully whatever charms they were working on would make the thing a little more sturdy? And less likely to blow over in a breeze. Walking up she just made sure to put a smile on her face only to raise a quizzical eyebrow at Professor Quigley.

“Hello Professor Quigley,” she smiled over to him.

What was he staring at? She wondered as she tipped her head and tired to look over the edge of the railing to the ditch below. What was he doing?



The first to be as curious about the ditch as he was. There was hope for this lot yet. Maddox offered the Gryffindor Prefect a smile. "Good morning, Miss Greyvson. Do try not to fall over too soon."

Too soon being the operative term. They'd be heading down there soon enough.


"Hello," PANTPANT "Professor Quigley. Anything," PANTPANTPANT "cool down there?" Toooootally not out of breath, nope. Maybe she just breathed like this sometimes. Didja ever think of that? Stuffing her scarves and hats into her bag, she went to stand next to Sophie Brown who was looking wonderfully smug which probably meant she was RADIATING coolness because Sophie Brown had all sorts of reasons to be smug but if she looked smug too then it was probably EXTRA awesome. It only made sense. "Hiya Sophie." See that? Her breath was already normal-er and everything and she'd only been standing next to the prefect for a couple of seconds. Magic.

Blink.

"What'd you do, run a marathon on the way down here? Try to outrun a Nundu?" Maddox STARED at the young Hufflepuff hardly able to ignore the way she was panting and red in the face. "If it's any consolation, Miss Kittredge....you're quite early..."

And a little more staring. Who in their right mind darted across the grounds in the early morning when they didn't need to? Merlin's beard he was tired just looking at her!


"Morning, Professor Quigley," Toby finally greeted the professor, stepping over to dutifully place the apple on the railing beside him, though hopefully not so close that it would be knocked into the abyss ditch below. And was that... a barrel of apples? Didn't take Toby too long to see the smug look on Sophie's face where she stood nearby, and he easily put two and two together.

And she called him a nerd. Suuuuuuuure.

Thankfully there was the appearance of yet another student to distract him, otherwise he might have been staring for a while. This one got a smile, oh yes. You had to smile at the ones that brought apples, otherwise they wouldn't feel appreciated and the apples would stop coming. Couldn't risk that. Nope.

"Thank you, Mister Fuller-Thompson." He nicked the apple from the railing the young man had placed it on then added it to the barrel from Miss Brown, purely for the sake of keeping them all in one place....and it made the pile look higher...

He liked the pile looking higher...



Sophie Brown had, of course, lived up to the very secret nickname Eden had playfully given the girl in her head. Sophie BROWN-NOSE. Hehehe. She didn't mean it meanly, but she thought it was a bit MUCH for her to bring a WHOLE BARREL of apples.

Like, seriously?

Way to make the rest of them look bad, Soph.

heh. Girl still got a wide grin from Eden as she approached..."Hi, professor--" she held out the three apples.

Oh oh oh!

Another three to add to his collection. These students knew how to start the day right. Maddox grinned at the Ravenclaw, levitating the apples onto the pile in the barrel as well. "Much appreciated, Miss McGee." And he meant it; THREE apples was doing life right, always.


But yesh, it did seem he was in the right place. Look! There was Quigley, Kace, Norah, Toby, Puck, Eden and Sophie. "Hiya, guys,'' he said to his friends. "Hello, Professor!'' Woah! That was quite a bit of apples he had there in that barrel! Quigley must be in Apple Heaven!

"I brought you an apple.'' Adi held out a usual yellow apple for Catman to take before moving off to stand next to Kace.

Another Hufflepuff that looked confused as he made his way over to the bridge from the castle. The Charms Professor was starting to wonder if this would become a trend. Were they not aware when they walked out of the Entrance Hall this morning and started over to the bridge?

Sleep walking was a dangerous thing depending on what it made you do, he would suggest the Healer if this continued. "Thank you, Mister Rehman." Least the boy was conscious enough to hand over the apple. Maybe he wasn't so far gone afterall.


Professor Quigley must have placed a few charms over the area, because it was getting warmer and warmer. Wonderful! At least now she wouldn't freeze her butt off though she was still wondering why the lesson had to take place on a bridge. If heights were involved AGAIN, she was going to have a breakdown in class. Merlin help her.

"Hello, Professor! Hello everyone!" Waving to her friends, Lux placed her apple on the barrel that contained more apples.

This time he didn't even have to move to put the apple on the barrel with the others. This was clear cut thinking on the part of Miss Carrington and he couldn't say he didn't approve. "Thank you, Miss Carrington." His favourite time of day was the start of his lesson when at least some of his students would remember his love of apples.

Bless them.



Warmth?

Ahh, it was lovely. And there was Professor Quigley. Oh rats, she hadn't brought an apple. Or... more than one or a barrel of apples. "Hello Professor," she said to him, noticing he was looking down at something?

His eyes were somehow pried off his barrel when he heard yet another student greeting him. Ah, another of his 7th years. "Good morning, Miss Burton." He noted the way she looked at the barrel, hoping very much that it would encourage her to take him an apple next time.

It couldn't hurt.


Except for when it proved dangerous, as the wind could have picked her up and flung her. Luckily, it wasn’t bad, and she hadn’t had reason to complain as she got closer to where the lesson was being held and felt the air get warmer. Maybe she didn’t have to be quite as disgruntled at the professor after all. “Good morning Professor Quigley,” she said softly, knowing he’d still hear her as she joined the group near the railing. She wasn’t half as curious as it looked like some people were about what might be below them. She’d acknowledged Lux Sansa anyhow, although she didn’t say anything to the older girl. Adi only got a brief look, before she decided to stand near the lone Slytherin who had arrived before her. House loyalty.

Was it just him or did Miss Andrews always look disgruntled about something? It was a serious question, Maddox had to wonder if it was him or if she was simply not a morning person. The latter was common place and he wanted to think that by now she could get over it. Yeah, it was early, he didn't pick his times, they were given to him. They would both have to deal.

"Good morning, Miss Andrews." He said with a nod and a small smile. She should try one of them sometimes. They took away years from your face and made people more likely to approach you. Perhaps he'd suggest it one day.

It would do her some good.


He got there rather quickly, greeted Professor Quigley with a small smile. "Morning Professor Quigley. How are you?" he asked politely. Then he noticed the Professor was staring at something. Simon squinted his eyes, trying to figure out what thing was so captivating. Pursing his lips for a moment, he decided to find a place near Kace instead of asking. The Professor was surely bound to tell them eventually what he was staring at... Right? So giving a quick smile to Kace, he walked over to him. "Hey Kace! How's it going, mate?"

"Doing brilliantly, Mister Holden." Surprisingly it wasn't that much of a lie this time. Granted he wasn't actually doing brilliantly but he was doing better than most other times. The barrel of apples might have had something to do with that, much like the thought of the activity they would be getting to soon enough.

"Thanks for asking."


"Morning Professor Quigley," he greeted, throwing the core of his own demolished apple over the edge of the bridge. Whoops? Was that allowed? "It's biodegradable," he said in his defence before pulling out a crisp green apple from his bag and offering it to the man of the hour. "They're really good, I tested a batch of them for you."

Taking a small step to the side, Zeke waited for the lesson to get underway, but seeing Brooklyn close by he sent her a small smile. Hey Transfig Teammate.

Just how many of them had plans to take their breakfast to the lesson? He DID have a rule against this, in case the cold walk over had made them forget. Lucky for the little Gryffindor he'd been through with his snack before approaching the class. Honestly. Did no one read?

Just as quickly as thoughts of literacy came to his mind, they vanished in the wake of the shiny green apple being offered to him. Maddox nicked the apple with a grin. "I'll take your word for it and hope it doesn't disappoint."

Aaand into the pile this one went too. Such a lovely pile. He might need a moment if this kept up.


Whether it be good or bad that the small girl wasn't entirely dressed for the coldness outside didn't matter as she reached the bridge. It was unusually warmer here today and she was glad she hadn't wore the hat and gloves and junk others around her were sporting.

Fixing her bag on her shoulder she removed a bright green apple which she knew to be of the Professor's liking. "Morning Professor," she greeted happily extending her hand out with the apple to him.

That aside Hady moved out of the way to stand near some of her year mates until the lesson began.

And another green apple! Two in a row. This lesson was shaping up to be even better than he expected and it hadn't even started yet! It was nice to see most of them catching on to the fact he had a preference for the green kind. Made munching on them all the more enjoyable.

"Thank you, Miss Lynch." The grin from just earlier had gone nowhere, in fact it might have been a little wider now. He had a feeling this would be a good lesson indeed.


Taking her last bite as joined the others, her eyes lingered on the professor. Oh crap. The apple was for him. It was all coming back to her now. She had yet to bring the man an apple, and she ate it during her sleepwalk down here. Whoops. She shoved the core in her bag. Nothing to see here. "Morning professor," she said in attempt to sound completely normal.

Lots of people were there and AJ didn't have the energy to actually do much more speaking. Instead she walked over and stood by the boyfriend. He got a shoulder nudge as a way of saying hello.

Yet another who'd thought to munch on the way over. Once again, lucky to be done before joining the class, otherwise it would have spelled trouble for the Gryffindor. Seeing her with an apple, Maddox couldn't help but anticipate the moment she would extend his to him but the longer he waited was the more he realized it wouldn't be happening....

Well then.

"Good morning, Miss Valentine." Consider him disappointed.



Making his way towards the crowd, he bobbed his head at Professor Q. "Goodmorning, sir." Holding out one green apple. SEE, Zander deserved a pat on the back. He was trying, sir! O____O Sweet merlin. Was that an entire barrel of apples? First of all WHO and second of all WHY? Man. Way to make him look bad. The Gryffindor quickly turned away in SHAME and WAS THAT SIMON HOLDEN???

Yes. Going to stand by him.

Maddox watched the Gryffindor as he approached, wondering if he was ready to take everything he'd said and put it into practice. The boy had the raw potential, he was simply holding himself back.

"Off to a good start, I see." He commented as he collected the apple from the boy, giving him a pleased nod in the process. Much better than when he'd gone and DROPPED them. This was progress if nothing else. Only thing that could ruin it now was...well him being himself during the lesson. It was hardly impressive.

Something they needed to work on.



"Good morning, Professor," he greeted as he spotted the man looking over the bridge, approaching and leaving the apple on the ledge beside him. Benny then moved towards the spot Adi and AJ had claimed. "Hey," he greeted simply as they awaited the start of the lesson.

"Good morning, Mister Atreyu." He greeted, realizing a second later that the boy had indeed brought him an apple. He was one of the faithful ones he knew to always be present, apple in hand ready to learn. It was students like Benjamin that gave Maddox a little bit of faith in the student population. He was a good egg.

"Thank you." As with the others, this one also went to the barrel. There was no mistaking the fact he would leave here happy when the lesson was over...unless one of them ruined it.


He approched the professor and greeted him with a sleepy smile,"Morning Professor...brilliant scenery,are we spotting dragons today."He had no idea why he was saying that...yup he hadn't woken up fully,alright.He yawned again before leaning back on one of the wooden pillars.

Definitely a trend.

Someone was slipping things into the cups at the Hufflepuff table. They were showing up more and more confused by the second. This was what happened when you taught children to brew potions then left the lab open for them to experiment. Loopy children that were confused.

"Do keep in mind that this is a Charms lesson, Mister Nicolei. We don't go dragon spotting, we don't do creatures." Except for the joint with Transfiguration that once but they weren't real dragons and were hardly something he needed to get into.

Ugh. Nine in the morning was too early for class. Why didn't the professor's understand this? One would think they'd get tired of nothing but sleepy faces staring back at them. Then maybe they did it to torture them. Either way, Heather was not fully awake when she plopped down to the ground with the rest of the class.

"Hello, professor." What was he staring at?

Huh, it would seem the walk over did very little to wake this one up. Shame that but it wasn't the only bit of exercise for the morning. Something would have to give at some point.

"Good morning, Miss Xanthopoulos."

Well this was different. Dante was hoping for a regular old classroom lesson and here he was on a bridge. Not something Dante would have bet on being this morning. And there looked to be nowhere to sit. Thanks a lot Profesor Q.

"Don't fall over, Professor Quigley"

That would not be good. Interesting, but not good at all

Oh look, the boy that couldn't make up his mind. "No intention of doing such a thing, Mister Barrington." As much as he preferred Formy, "Falling won't be the way we get down there." Nah, there was easier and far less painful ways of going about that.

Marigold did come bearing gifts. Two apples, in fact - one red, one yellow. She held them out to Quigglez, then smiled and said, "Good morning, professor."

Hmm.

Ooo! Another that had thought to bring more than one. He could very much get used to this sort of thing. Whatever inspired the generosity among the students, he wouldn't question it, the man would simply collect the apples with a smile. "Thank you, MIss McAllister."

It was time for Charms and Janelle was excited about the prospect of an outdoor class setting. She headed toward the wooden bridge or rather she skipped toward the bridge. When she realized what she was doing, she stopped and began to walk. Just because she was a second year, didn't mean that she had to act like a second year.

As she reached the bridge, Janelle saw the Professor looking intently at something......what she did not know. "Good Morning Professor", she said cheerfully. Then she found a spot to stand and wait for class to begin.

"Good morning, Miss Guidry." He'd been watching the Second Year skipping over the way she was--quite happy to know she wasn't one of the students zombie-ing their way over but much more awake. Only thing he didn't get was the way she suddenly stopped though he did suppose it was a good idea once you got closer to others...otherwise it could get messy.


The redhead trailed after Eden, groggier than usual, but forced a smile when they reached Professor Quigley. He appeared to be looking at something, so he probably didn't care if she was smiling or not, but it was the thought that counted.

Oh, and a miniature apple for him.

There you go, she thought, holding it out to him.

"Good morning."

By now his eyes had lifted from the ditch below, taking in the students that were appearing one behind the other. Some, naturally, were more awake than others but he didn't suspect this would be the case for long when the lesson got underway. For now, he would let them have it--but only because there were no desks to have them running an obstacle course through. Guess you could say they got lucky.

"Thank you, Miss Wilde." He said, returning the smile she'd offered a little earlier while he accepted the miniature apple. This was...new. He couldn't say many students had opted to get him one of these before.

Good on her.

Angel was totally looking forwards to this lesson... seriously what were they going to do, they weren't in the classroom, so was this sort of a field trip but instead of going anywhere they were staying at Hogwarts. "Morning sir." Angel smiled as she put the apple she had brought for him with the rest before she went and stood with her boyfriend, she really wanted to know what the Professor was looking at but decided against asking.

Well at least one Valentine sister had been thinking straight today. Maddox smiled as Angel put the apple into the barrel with the others. My, what a beautiful pile it was shaping up to be too. "Thank you, Miss Valentine." Good to know one of you got it right.


And Quigley? Seemed to be a little too interested in the ditch below. At least, according to Grayson, who immediately started coming up with his own theories. Either the dude was gonna use the ditch for their lesson or he was planning on chucking the lot in there. There was no in between.

Stuffing the rest of his toast in his mouth, Grayson munched as quickly as possible, swallowed, and said, "Heeeeeey, Professor." 'Sup nods for you.



No really, what had them opting to take food to class? Did they not think he would care it was rule breaking? Because he would. Only consolation was the boy had quickly finished it as he approached. It saved him, as it had done most of his other classmates that had also thought food was a good idea. Children these days.

"Look alive, Mister Whitlock." The sleepiness and grumbling would get him nowhere. They were going to be all over today, he just had no idea yet.


And now seemed like as good a time as any to get the lesson underway.

Maddox straightened where he stood and gestured for the students to gather around--mostly for those that found themselves at the far back. Plenty of room on this side of the bridge, just saying. Now then, he reached to the top and pulled an apple but refrained from munching it just yet.

All the sleepy faces were getting looks. Not tremendously grave looks, as he couldn't be bothered with those but you had the idea. Seriously lucky he didn't have any desks to send them all crawling and jumping again. Maybe next time. Merlin knew there would be a next time. "Like always, we'll begin with a somewhat vague question just to get your brains thinking." Very important before he started teaching them any spells, not to mention it usually being a good way to introduce the topic.

"Nothing difficult, I just want to know how you lot usually react when gifted something you find horrendous." Did they palm it off to someone else? Lie to save the person's feelings? Trash the damn thing the moment the person wasn't looking? "And what's usually your reason for finding a gift horrendous to begin with."

At least one of them would have the answer that would propel them into the lesson. That was usually the case.

OOC: You guys have maybe 18 hours before I move the class again ^^

[Cassirin]

Dot didn't care WHAT Kyroh and Dima thought about Quigley - she liked him. She thought he was interesting, she liked his classes, and... she was pretty sure she was going to convince him to help her learn to be an animagus. The boys were delicate wildflowers, that's all.

So she bopped merrily across the bridge toward class, spinning a little over the spots where the planking was too uneven for her happy shuffling, and when she spotted the class gathering, Dot hurried to join them.

"Good morning, Professor. I like your weather patterns. Very impressive charm-work. Also, I'm still waiting for that talk about being a cat."

[GoldenSnake]

Natalia, as usual, had been yawning repeatedly as she strolled toward the lesson location. As she had approached the outside scenery, however, her spirit had begun to surge along with the rising temperate. Outdoor activities were always, always the best.

The fourth year silently groaned to herself when the cat professor raised a couple of questions. WHY did they ALWAYS have to start a class with a question? WHY couldn't they just cut to the FUN part - activities. Besides, most of these discussion went nowhere, as Nat could never recall any details of their discussions, and she also wasn't the noting-taking type of student, unless it was an EXTREMELY interesting subject (a.k.a. astronomy).

"How horrendous is horrendous?" While they were at it, Natalia might as well contribute some of her thoughts. "I mean, people think that being a parseltongue is horrendous but I think it's awesome!" Wait, unless Professor Cat meant gift as in a physical gift? A wrapped present in Christmas-colored ribbons? "Oh, and if you know the gift is bad, just simply refuse it." How hard was it saying 'no'? She was fairly certain that her response did not offer anything helpful or answer the specific question the professor was looking for. Oh well.

[Expecto-Penguin]

....?

Maddox stared at the next to arrive, the Hufflepuff 7th year. Thought he was dreaming? Say what now? The Charms Professor blinked at him, easing away from the railing just slightly to get a better look at him. "Tell me you didn't sleep walk all the way over here, Mister Lecium." That sounded dangerous. Wondering the grounds half conscious was never a good idea.

Pause.

He wasn't seeing what he was seeing, was he? No, couldn't be. Not when he had a rule against such things. Maddox vanished the boy's cup of what smelled like coffee immediately. "This shouldn't happen again." Everyone got a first chance. He had just blown his.

And now seemed like as good a time as any to get the lesson underway.

Maddox straightened where he stood and gestured for the students to gather around--mostly for those that found themselves at the far back. Plenty of room on this side of the bridge, just saying. Now then, he reached to the top and pulled an apple but refrained from munching it just yet.

All the sleepy faces were getting looks. Not tremendously grave looks, as he couldn't be bothered with those but you had the idea. Seriously lucky he didn't have any desks to send them all crawling and jumping again. Maybe next time. Merlin knew there would be a next time. "Like always, we'll begin with a somewhat vague question just to get your brains thinking." Very important before he started teaching them any spells, not to mention it usually being a good way to introduce the topic.

"Nothing difficult, I just want to know how you lot usually react when gifted something you find horrendous." Did they palm it off to someone else? Lie to save the person's feelings? Trash the damn thing the moment the person wasn't looking? "And what's usually your reason for finding a gift horrendous to begin with."

At least one of them would have the answer that would propel them into the lesson. That was usually the case.


Kace heard Professor Maddox's question and he furrowed his brows and wondered if that was an insult. No he didn't really sleepwalk. Trust me Professor if he was sleepwalking, he would have not even been dressed in his school robes. "Erm no Professor I didn't sleepwalk. I managed to get dressed and my hair is combed through. Just trying to get through the morning.." he told him truthfully. He didn't really get a good night's sleep like he hoped. As he was gonna drink from his coffee cup he saw it vanish. He blinked and then realized the Professor had his wand. Aww man he couldn't finish his drink!? He only had at least one sip left!? He sighed and decided to let it go.

He heard his question and he thought about it. How did he react when he was given a horrendous gift. Well his mother usually slapped him if he wasn't polite if it was given to a family member. His first instinct would be yeahhh I don't really like it. Like wow this gift isn't what I was expecting. So he decided to voice out his thoughts, "Well Professor I think I would still be polite and accept the gift. If they gave me a gift receipt which they have in the muggle world I would return it and no harm done. If it was here. I would still thank them and keep it." he shrugged. He would keep it and hide it and then eventually throw it away if it was that horrendous.

His second question kind of confused him so he didn't really answer out loud. I guess it was just someone's style and tastes is what made it horrendous or possibly their lack of motivation or hard work. There was a lot of factors. "I guess one reason if it isn't something you are into or care for. That would be one reason to turn down the gift." There plain and simple. Now if he would have his coffee back that would nice.

[feeheeheeny]

Make no mistake, he did hear the first of what would be a few approaching footsteps but the man had opted to keep his gaze fixed on the ditch below. He'd been down there earlier in the week to be sure everything was in check and he could already see the many ways it could go both right and wrong. The Quiggles, however, drew his attention immediately.

"Miss Brown, I'll thank you to not call me that." This was her third warning, light and all, there would be no fourth. It was unprofessional and as harmless as it was by nature he couldn't say he appreciated having students walking around calling him that aloud--even if they were alone.

That being taken care of, he allowed himself to finally take in the view of the barrel of apples and her smug look. All of them GREEN from what he could see. A wide grin spread across his face. "Thought you'd all but forgotten." This of course was an extra 5 points on the 5 anyone got for giving him apples. Starting to think there were some Ravenclaw motives behind this...even if she wouldn't have known. Huh. Whatever the case, the look on his face was undeniable. He was PLEASED. "You did good, kid."

And now seemed like as good a time as any to get the lesson underway.

Maddox straightened where he stood and gestured for the students to gather around--mostly for those that found themselves at the far back. Plenty of room on this side of the bridge, just saying. Now then, he reached to the top and pulled an apple but refrained from munching it just yet.

All the sleepy faces were getting looks. Not tremendously grave looks, as he couldn't be bothered with those but you had the idea. Seriously lucky he didn't have any desks to send them all crawling and jumping again. Maybe next time. Merlin knew there would be a next time. "Like always, we'll begin with a somewhat vague question just to get your brains thinking." Very important before he started teaching them any spells, not to mention it usually being a good way to introduce the topic.

"Nothing difficult, I just want to know how you lot usually react when gifted something you find horrendous." Did they palm it off to someone else? Lie to save the person's feelings? Trash the damn thing the moment the person wasn't looking? "And what's usually your reason for finding a gift horrendous to begin with."

At least one of them would have the answer that would propel them into the lesson. That was usually the case.

OOC: You guys have maybe 18 hours before I move the class again ^^
Sophie giggled a little - not because it was funny, but it was more a nervous, embarrassed sort of giggling - when he reprimanded her for the nickname, and with pink-tinted cheeks she replied, "Sorry, sir. Just sorta came out. Overabundance of excitement 'n all. Won't happen again." Probably. But ALL SEEMED TO BE OKAY and he was GRINNING SUPER BIG when he saw the barrel, and her arms crossed even more smugly across her chest as he THOUGHT SHE'D FORGOTTEN. HEH.

SHE. DID. GOOD.

KID.

"Told you y'could count on me. I've got your back."

Norah and Tobes both received smiles and greetings from the prefect as they gathered around, as did various others - ESPECIALLY the ones who were very clearly judging her for bringing a whole barrel of apples. IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE, she tried to tell them with her eyes, but mostly, she probably just came across as even more delighted and pleased with her work. As a leader, she had to set the standards, okay? Lead by example. Or... something like that.

Hehehehehehe.

When class got started, Sophie's eyebrows furrowed - why did he WANT to ask a vague question? The question itself was a weird one, and... she tried hard to think of a present anyone had given her that she didn't love. She felt pretty fortunate to have people in her life who always gave her fun, creative, meaningful gifts. Was there even anything she'd been given that she didn't like? She... wasn't sure, so then the question was what WOULD she do if given a gift she didn't like?

"I'd learn to like it," she offered with a shrug and a raised hand. "If it was someone I loved and they gave me something they genuinely thought I'd like, something from the kindness of their heart, and there was meaning behind the gift, then... it'd be special to me just for that reason." Just that they thought to get her something at all. "Maybe it'd be initially horrendous - like, if it was something that wasn't my style or something I'd ever use or wear - but I'd change my thoughts about it to be more grateful and positive." That didn't necessarily she would wear or use the gift in question, but at least she would appreciate it for what it was and acknowledge that it was gifted to her with good intentions, right?

[VRSCIKA]

Henric stopped short in his steps.Uh what happened...where was he..why was he...what..who..? This was the right classroom right...he squinted his eye sto try and spot the professor...ohh there he was,staring down below seems like.Henric yawned and headed to where the rest of the group was. He slept late again last night trying to catch up with homework and stuff. Urgh...the life of a student was so hard sometimes.
He approched the professor and greeted him with a sleepy smile,"Morning Professor...brilliant scenery,are we spotting dragons today."He had no idea why he was saying that...yup he hadn't woken up fully,alright.He yawned again before leaning back on one of the wooden pillars.

The fact that they got to be outside instead of in the classroom this morning was more than enough to have Ilia bright eyed and ready this morning. She had even remembered to pack a few apples for the professor. Much to her surprise though, one of the older Ravenclaw girls had brought him............a bushel!? How did one student acquire that many apples in one sitting and how would one man eat so many before they weren't so tasty? She saw other students still give him apples, but she wondered if her apples would matter much now that he had an overflowing bushel........She tucked them back in her satchel as she poked her best friend in the side gently. He didn't seem nearly as awake this morning and she had learned that their charms cat professor seemed to require them to be on their toes.

The professor posed a particularly odd query in Ilia's opinion. He must have had a reason for it, whether it made sense yet or not. She thought about it for a moment. What did she do with a gift she found horrible? And what made her consider the gift horrible to start with..........One answer dawned on her.....That frilly pink princess gown her mother had given her when they moved to London. She took it.......but chucked it into a box and hid it at the bottom of her closet so that she didn't have to look at its garish color. What made her find it horrendous? It was completely against her character and everything that she liked and was truly for her mother's joy...not her own.

"A gift is a gift, so I accept it, but.....if it is really horrendous I hide it." Yup, that is what she did. Hide things she didn't want to deal with....She looked down at the ditch.........that would be a great place to stuff that poofy ball of fabric called clothing........."I find a gift is horrible if it is something that the giver gives for themselves, instead of the person they are giving it to. Like if someone knows that you don't like a certain color, but gives you a shirt that color because they like it and want to see it." Like matching pink shirts for them and you.............*shudder*

[Jessiqua]

Zhenya gave QutieQuigley a smile as he replied to her greeting. And soon after, it was time to start. Zhenya stood somewhere near the front of the crowd, being short herself. She wanted to see, and be seen. Obviously. She was surprised they wouldn't be doing any exercises to wake them up, she had been looking forward to that, but at least she didn't feel as tired as some of her classmates looked. She had started to stop studying at 10pm and going to bed to read for half an hour to help her mind switch off. It was helping with the early get ups.

But now, the first question. Zhenya listened as they started to talk about gifts. She tried to think of a time when she had been gifted something she hadn't liked, but she couldn't. Not that she received many gifts, but the ones she did receive she loved. Still, that wasn't an answer he was looking for. So, being charms class, Zhenya tried to think - "how you lot usually react when gifted something you find horrendous" he had asked.

She raised her hand, "I would be polite and thank them, unless it was a mean prank by them, if they gave me a horrendous gift that was offensive, then I'd tell them off." Maybe even give them a little light hexing for being mean.

[kayquilz]

Eden beamed because Professor Quiggles seemed happy with her three apples..even though Sophie had brought him a BARREL. Well then. Eden was satisfied, though.

She looked over at the bridge and wrapped her arms around herself, shivering only slightly. The fog was making her FEEL colder than she really was. Funny, what visuals could do to your thinking and sense perception.

At his question, Eden wondered what she would even find as a horrendous gift. Hmm. A really ugly sweater? Licorice? Dolls? And how would she react? She cleared her throat and raised her hand. "Sir--I think I'd just be polite and accept the gift...probably shut it away for awhile, or try to use the gift and make it into something I'd like--but yeah." Recycling a gift, but not in the way people think about recycling a gift--Eden LITERALLY meant just....turning the gift into something useful.

For example, an ugly sweater could totally serve as a warm cover up for her snake cages. Yep.

[Felixir]

This first question had Toby very confused. He stared at the professor for a while after it was asked, blinking. Then he looked around at the others who were answering, still blinking. Then back to Quigley again.

Uhh...

With his brow slightly furrowed in confusion (or perhaps concentration, such was the effort it was to focus on the positive and ignore or take the negative words he was hearing and turn them around in his head), Toby raised his hand.

"I don't find anything horrendous," he said. He didn't DO that stuff. Never negative, nope, not at all. Never. Not no way not no how.

So he couldn't answer the question properly, see? Which was why he was stumped.

[FearlessLeader19]

"You're welcome, Professor,'' Adi said. And waiting, waiting for the class to staaaart! Hey! It was AJ! She looked like she needed something to wake her up. Well, he KNEW that she would look out of it even before he saw her because the early mornings were not her thing. Too bad he couldn't pass some of his energy to her. "Hi, you!'' He bumped her shoulder back, with a little more force. Maybe it would jolt her awake a little? Looky! Another lion! "Hi, Benny!'' A big grin for you, Dragon! But none for Angel as Adi pointedly ignored her.
...................

Heh. What a question. Adi didn't even have to think twice about his answer would be though he did pause to listen to answers from his classmates. Yep, Nats's answer was expected and so were Ilia's, Toby's, Kace's and Zhenya's. Okay! Time for his input. Adi raised his hand.

"I would accept it, Professor. The person might have put a lot of thought into it and didn't think it would seem horrendous. So, I'd take it not to hurt their feelings.'' Pauseeee. "I don't think I would find anything horrendous. I know I would laugh it off and go with the idea that it's just a joke the persons playing on me.'' Because he had such a great sense of humour!

[Symphora]

"Sorry professor..."Henric muttered.Hmm...Professor Quigley seemed to be on edge today. No pun intended, considering they were standing high up on the bridge. He knew of course this wasn't care of magical creature class, but wouldn't it be cool to spot one flying dragon around Hogwarts.He would certainly be feeling alive and awake if there was.His thoughts were interrupted when llia came to poke him on the side again.
"Blimey llia...no more poking, a simple tap on the shoulder will suffice,"Henric chuckled jokingly back at her.

Henric tapped on the sides of his face, trying his best to be attentive during the class discussion. Horrendous gifts? He racked his brain for any horrendous gift he had received before. Nope...he didn't remember having any. They were all nice and lovely actually. He would accept them if it was...it was the thought that counts right?

"Firstly I will thanked them for their thoughtful gift, I don't want to hurt their feelings, it will be impolite if I do...and who knows their gifts might come useful to you later, you can pass it over to someone who will probably needs it more..."he answered. Charity was good too...you know.

[SilverTiger]

She knew he’d hear her. Brooklyn was nothing if not observant of how the professors worked, and the one thing she’d noticed was that Professor Quigley and loud noises (or people) didn’t get along. Maybe it was a cat thing. She knew Tywin didn’t really like loud noises either. In any case, she’d returned his smile with a small one of her own. He deserved that much, anyway. Anyone who hadn’t done anything really to make her entirely upset did. Well, aside from certain people. They didn’t need to know that. The important part was retaining the professor’s respect, since it worked in her favor. Everyone else had to work for that.

As she’d turned back to the railing, she saw Zeke’s wave, though, and returned it with a questioning look, although the small smile she’d given the professor hadn’t yet faded from her face. She wasn’t Hady. She’d noticed her housemate’s arrival not long after said wave, too. It was all curious.

Oh. Thinking. She could do that. She did that a lot, even though she rarely volunteered her thoughts. The question that had been posed was interesting, anyway. A horrendous gift… there were lots of different definitions of that, but she was going to go with something that was horrendous to her. “I’d take it, but probably get rid of it once whoever gave it to me wasn’t around anymore,” she said, raising her hand even though she still hadn’t raised her voice much higher than it had been when she’d greeted him. “I’d think it was horrendous if it was something I really didn’t want.” Or it was stupid, or totally not anything she ever would have liked.

[natekka]

Ah. Good old vague questions.

Clara learnt against the railing of the bridge, listening to a few other people's answers first .... she was sure that some of them had to be lying when they said they different find any gifts horrendous. Had they never known disappointment in their lives?

Personally, Clara didn't receive so many gifts that she thought she had the right to complain and, no, this is not a sob story, she was just grateful when she did get gifts ...... but, of course, she had gotten gifts that she didn't particularly like. She discretely stifled a yawn before speaking. "I'm generally grateful for whatever I receive, but I have been known to transfigure my gifts .... not that I'd go as far as to label them horrendous in the first place." So, all in all, a similar answer to Eden's.

Great minds think alike.

[Hera]

The apple wouldn't disappoint, he was SURE of it. Positive. They were great apples... even if he didn't have an orchard of them like Sophie did. The Aparecium was right about her, huh? Funny that.

He was used to these THINK ABOUT questions, and in fact he rather liked them because there was little chance of him getting it wrong.

Hand raised, Zeke told of how HE handled terrible gifts. "I smile and nod, and then once the person's gone I get rid of it. Break it, throw it away, give it to someone else... because one man's junk is another man's treasure, right? No point holding onto something I can't appreciate when someone else might." Of course, breaking things was equally enjoyable, AND it was an excuse to ditch it. WHOOPS, IT BROKE! "Clothes. I hate getting clothes, those aren't gifts, those are necessities, I should be able to choose my own necessities." i.e. no itchy ties or suits or lame loafers or anything of a sort.

[Weasley174]

Angel looked at the Professor as he spoke and then she realised that Adi was totally ignoring her and she had no idea why but she couldn't get involved in that at the minute since it was lesson time so she decided she would ask him later.

Angel raised her hand. "Professor, I think that you should take the present and then thank them for it. " Angel smiled. "They didn't have to give you a gift so it means that they care and thought about you." Angel would never turn down a gift.

[Kolyander]

Hady kept her small smile in place as the lesson began. Stepping closer onto the bridge near were Professor Quigley was stood. It gave a much better view of things anyhow.

At the question that was posed Hady raised her hand. "I'd gratefully accept the gift and thank them because really it's the thought that counts when gift giving and not so much what the gift. However if it was something I truly didn't want, like or need I'd kindly try to explain that it's not really my style or something like that...they may just understand and not mind if I exchanged the gift for something I'd enjoy." Mhmm. Sometimes honesty was great and well others times it was best to keep your mouth shut.

[MudInMyBlood]

He totally noticed the apple. She could just tell by the look he gave her. It was the sort of thing that spoke volume. Sorry, man. Next time she would bring him an apple for real. Better keep two in her bag at all times just in case she ate one on accident. Because accidental apple eating was a thing.

Benny joined her and Adi and he got a slight nod because mornings! When Adi bumped into her and spoke all she could do was grunt. Waking up was happening, but it was a slow process. Before long sentences would be able to form.

A question already? Her brain was still in sleep mode. The walk over here didn't really do anything for her. It was sort of an out of body experience. AJ waited while other people answered so she could give her body just a little more time.

"Depends," she managed to croak out. More than that... Come on. "I doubt I would find something horrendous." Did they know her at all? She wasn't trying to be noble it was just that she saw things in a different light. "The only thing I might find horrendous would be if someone gave me a tiny slice of chocolate. Like, what am I supposed to do with that? I'd easily remedy that with a duplication spell." Or a stomp on the toes, but that surely wasn't the correct answer.

"Or I'd trash it. No need in wasting energy." Yawn. Look what all the talking got her.

[laurange]

Brian squinted at the cat-man, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He realised a little belatedly that the man's apple was still in his hand, so he ran over and deposited it on top of the stack and ran back to his very comfortable spot on the floor. Oh, don't mind him. It was just that 9 am was too close to the crack of dawn these days, and it was cold. It was human instinct to want to sleep and conserve body heat. Oh why weren't they allowed to sleep in everyday?

Horrible gifts, though? "It depends on the gift. If it's clothes, I tend to just shove it to the back of my closet and ignore it... or give it to charity." His ma was expert on the whole charity thing. She was having a field day raiding his closet at home with the alarming rate that he was growing out of his clothes. "Otherwise, I don't find anything particularly horrible. Just impractical."

Mmhmm. Maybe they could learn a warming charm? It would be magnificently appreciated, especially in the December chill. It would also serve as a good birthday-slash-Christmas present. BRR.

[ArianaBlack]

Zander smiled a little, despite the fact that his single measly apple was hardly worth noting next to the entire bushel. But Quigley said he was off to a good start, so that it self was worth noting right? He was on his absolute best behavior today. Well, not really behavior wise because he wasn't ever on his worst behavior... He was just going to give it his absolute hardest attempt with the charm today. Whatever it might be, Zander was gonna perfect it. Or he'd fail miserably in the process of trying.

But anyways. There was plenty of time to think about failing. But right now wasn't one of those times because they were being asked a mysteriously vague and relatively easy question which would surely turn into a 'this is what we're doing today' type of thing. Professors were easy to figure out. Also that what Professor Q just said they were doing. So ahem. Vague question time.

"I suppose if it's a mean gift," he'd find it horrendous then. Like when his brothers would leave him little gifts on his pillow in the form of giant spiders and earth worms. Though, did those even count as a gift? "'Cause if it's meant to be a nice gift, then I'd have to pretend I like it... Then probably shove it at the bottom of my trunk never to be seen again or I'd find a way to trade it for chocolate frogs." Pretending was the first route of action though. Like whenever his aunts thought socks were the perfect Christmas presents. Socks were even worse than coal, wasn't that a known fact?

"But if it's a mean gift... Then you've got to fight it," like with revenge or something. Not that, that's anything Zander would recommend... But that one Zonko's visit really helped with the whole stupid brothers situation. Just saying.

[WhittyBitty]

Lux smiled at Professor Quigley as he thanked her for the apple. He must be in heaven; sooooo many apples for him.

Maybe if he was happy, he wouldn't make them do something crazy and dangerous this lesson. If heights were involved AGAIN, she would have a breakdown. As it was, she stared at everything around her besides the landscape so that she could forget where she was. Ooooh, that barrel was a nice focal point. Only thing was it made her hungry - Quigley didn't seem like the sharing type.

The lesson began with a vague question, and Lux wondered if maybe they were going to learn something relating to presents? That would be a MUCH better alternative to bungee jumping off the bridge or whatever else the professor might have planned for them. Raising her hand, she answered the question. "I don't think I would ever find a present HORRENDOUS, but I'd still be polite about it and thank the person." It would be plain rude to be ungrateful for a present that a person put time and effort into. "I'd also give it to someone who I know would enjoy it."

[SlytherinSistah]

Cutty appreciated the warmth that Professor Quigley had put into that morning's Charms class. It made the walk to it that much more pleasant. A nice sensation based contrasts from the crisp morning air on the bridge to the almost tepidness of the class.

Things were getting started! But before they were in full-swing Cutty was treated one more time to the sight of Sophie Brown levitating a whole barrel full of green apples to Professor Quigley and there was Eden McGee looking unpleased for it. HA! He knew Eden McGee intimately enough to know what that look translated to. Quiggles? She pushed her luck, though. She pushed her luck.

"Generally, if I find a gift horrendous...", He began with his hand up. "It's because it carries no intrinsic value, booht, I consider myself a resourceful man. There isn't alorra things out there that can't be repurposed or altered a bit in some way until it gains some value." His eye casually shifted toward Eden. "Even a dented strumpet....trumpet." He said correcting himself cooly and refocusing on the Professor. "Could be useful as a portkey."

[Daydreamer11]

Janelle was full of energy, but she didn't exactly miss climbing over and under desks. When the Professor was ready to start class, she moved closer to the larger group of students. Then it was time for the opening question and an interesting one it was. This one required some thought.

Janelle raised her hand and began to give her answer. "When I get a really bad present, I thank the person anyway.......because they took the time to get something for me. I appreciate the thought and I try to find some way to make use of it. I mean the person can't help it if they're "present challenged". I think a horrendous present would be something that I would never want in a million years or something very......um.......un-pretty."

[DaniDiNardo]

So she bopped merrily across the bridge toward class, spinning a little over the spots where the planking was too uneven for her happy shuffling, and when she spotted the class gathering, Dot hurried to join them.

"Good morning, Professor. I like your weather patterns. Very impressive charm-work. Also, I'm still waiting for that talk about being a cat."

Interesting little snake this one was, persistent too. Maddox allowed himself a little smile as he regarded the Fourth Year. Still waiting on the talk? Well..."I'm still waiting for you to show up at my office." Much easier there than the middle of a lesson when he had to be focusing on any number of students in a given space of time.

Just saying.


"How horrendous is horrendous?" While they were at it, Natalia might as well contribute some of her thoughts. "I mean, people think that being a parseltongue is horrendous but I think it's awesome!" Wait, unless Professor Cat meant gift as in a physical gift? A wrapped present in Christmas-colored ribbons? "Oh, and if you know the gift is bad, just simply refuse it." How hard was it saying 'no'? She was fairly certain that her response did not offer anything helpful or answer the specific question the professor was looking for. Oh well.

Very straight-forward this one was, he could appreciate that, especially when compared to what he could only take to be a string of lies coming from the others. Simply refusing, it was the easiest way to go about such a thing really...unless you genuinely cared for the person offering the gift...then it wasn't as easy. "Very practical, thank you."


He heard his question and he thought about it. How did he react when he was given a horrendous gift. Well his mother usually slapped him if he wasn't polite if it was given to a family member. His first instinct would be yeahhh I don't really like it. Like wow this gift isn't what I was expecting. So he decided to voice out his thoughts, "Well Professor I think I would still be polite and accept the gift. If they gave me a gift receipt which they have in the muggle world I would return it and no harm done. If it was here. I would still thank them and keep it." he shrugged. He would keep it and hide it and then eventually throw it away if it was that horrendous.

His second question kind of confused him so he didn't really answer out loud. I guess it was just someone's style and tastes is what made it horrendous or possibly their lack of motivation or hard work. There was a lot of factors. "I guess one reason if it isn't something you are into or care for. That would be one reason to turn down the gift." There plain and simple. Now if he would have his coffee back that would nice.

Okay so...he hadn't been sleep walking but somehow he felt like he'd been dreaming by the time he walked over here from the castle. The man wasn't sure he was willing to question that logic, afterall, Hufflepuffs were not the most logical of the lot. Maddox simply nodded and listened for the response he would offer.

A more polite approach, but just as honest. He would return the gift if he had a chance to. It was another route to be taken if one could be bothered with that sort of thing. "Caring for or being interested in something would make the gift a little easier to accept, yes."


Sophie giggled a little - not because it was funny, but it was more a nervous, embarrassed sort of giggling - when he reprimanded her for the nickname, and with pink-tinted cheeks she replied, "Sorry, sir. Just sorta came out. Overabundance of excitement 'n all. Won't happen again." Probably. But ALL SEEMED TO BE OKAY and he was GRINNING SUPER BIG when he saw the barrel, and her arms crossed even more smugly across her chest as he THOUGHT SHE'D FORGOTTEN. HEH.

SHE. DID. GOOD.

KID.

"Told you y'could count on me. I've got your back."

Norah and Tobes both received smiles and greetings from the prefect as they gathered around, as did various others - ESPECIALLY the ones who were very clearly judging her for bringing a whole barrel of apples. IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE, she tried to tell them with her eyes, but mostly, she probably just came across as even more delighted and pleased with her work. As a leader, she had to set the standards, okay? Lead by example. Or... something like that.

Hehehehehehe.

When class got started, Sophie's eyebrows furrowed - why did he WANT to ask a vague question? The question itself was a weird one, and... she tried hard to think of a present anyone had given her that she didn't love. She felt pretty fortunate to have people in her life who always gave her fun, creative, meaningful gifts. Was there even anything she'd been given that she didn't like? She... wasn't sure, so then the question was what WOULD she do if given a gift she didn't like?

"I'd learn to like it," she offered with a shrug and a raised hand. "If it was someone I loved and they gave me something they genuinely thought I'd like, something from the kindness of their heart, and there was meaning behind the gift, then... it'd be special to me just for that reason." Just that they thought to get her something at all. "Maybe it'd be initially horrendous - like, if it was something that wasn't my style or something I'd ever use or wear - but I'd change my thoughts about it to be more grateful and positive." That didn't necessarily she would wear or use the gift in question, but at least she would appreciate it for what it was and acknowledge that it was gifted to her with good intentions, right?

His grin spread a little wider at her apology. He wouldn't be going rawr any time soon because of the tremendous effort required and the lack of ill tempered build up so there was really no need to sweat it. Just as long as they'd finally come to an understanding on the matter and could move on, which seemed to be the case right now.

Her response to the question was nothing short of what he would expect from one Sophie Brown. He gave a small shake of his head, hardly surprised.

"Learning to love the gift is a lovely idea," Mother Teresa, "inspired even." She'd almost been onto something with style but then she'd glossed right over it and missed the answer he'd been looking for. So close.



"A gift is a gift, so I accept it, but.....if it is really horrendous I hide it." Yup, that is what she did. Hide things she didn't want to deal with....She looked down at the ditch.........that would be a great place to stuff that poofy ball of fabric called clothing........."I find a gift is horrible if it is something that the giver gives for themselves, instead of the person they are giving it to. Like if someone knows that you don't like a certain color, but gives you a shirt that color because they like it and want to see it." Like matching pink shirts for them and you.............*shudder*

See, he KNEW at least of one them would go into it without really even meaning to and it got the Charms Professor grinning once more, though somewhat subdued. No need to spoil it just yet while others were still making their responses.

"Colour does pose a problem for some when accepting gifts. Luckily, there's a quick fix for that." Which they would get into real soon...relatively soon anyway.


But now, the first question. Zhenya listened as they started to talk about gifts. She tried to think of a time when she had been gifted something she hadn't liked, but she couldn't. Not that she received many gifts, but the ones she did receive she loved. Still, that wasn't an answer he was looking for. So, being charms class, Zhenya tried to think - "how you lot usually react when gifted something you find horrendous" he had asked.

She raised her hand, "I would be polite and thank them, unless it was a mean prank by them, if they gave me a horrendous gift that was offensive, then I'd tell them off." Maybe even give them a little light hexing for being mean.

Another that would opt for the polite route. It didn't surprise him it was Miss Burton to offer this response. The 7th year was one of the more docile among his student population and he could appreciate that...until she mentioned telling them off and now he was suddenly filled with the amusing image of her trying to be particularly stern and overly annoyed at anyone. "Thank you Miss Burton." Consider him amused.


At his question, Eden wondered what she would even find as a horrendous gift. Hmm. A really ugly sweater? Licorice? Dolls? And how would she react? She cleared her throat and raised her hand. "Sir--I think I'd just be polite and accept the gift...probably shut it away for awhile, or try to use the gift and make it into something I'd like--but yeah." Recycling a gift, but not in the way people think about recycling a gift--Eden LITERALLY meant just....turning the gift into something useful.

For example, an ugly sweater could totally serve as a warm cover up for her snake cages. Yep.

"An innovative idea, Miss McGee." Turning the gift into something she could find better use for. It would make a good Transfiguration Lesson, not that he'd be the one to go suggesting anything to Bellaire. No. The man would be staying very much away from the bitter old woman and all her malicious little ways. Being a toad did not suit him one bit.


"I don't find anything horrendous," he said. He didn't DO that stuff. Never negative, nope, not at all. Never. Not no way not no how.

So he couldn't answer the question properly, see? Which was why he was stumped.

Maddox was beginning to think he'd been thrown into a class of saints. Polite little things that insisted every gift was a good gift. Toby was the latest addition to this and he didn't know whether to be proud because it was morally correct or overly concerned like he actually was.

"That's...admirable of you, Mister Fuller-Thompson." And odd. Very very odd. How was he going into the big world with that attitude? SOMEONE HAD TO WARN HIM.

Merlin's beard he'd need to teach a class on the dangers of optimism.



"I would accept it, Professor. The person might have put a lot of thought into it and didn't think it would seem horrendous. So, I'd take it not to hurt their feelings.'' Pauseeee. "I don't think I would find anything horrendous. I know I would laugh it off and go with the idea that it's just a joke the persons playing on me.'' Because he had such a great sense of humour!

See what he was talking about? The Saint-hood lived on. All this talk about the thought being put in and accepting and the politeness of it all. Only two options here, only two. Was it a coincidence that the Puffers didn't find gifts horrendous?

"I do suppose that could work too...yes." Seriously concerned for the welfare of his young students.



Henric tapped on the sides of his face, trying his best to be attentive during the class discussion. Horrendous gifts? He racked his brain for any horrendous gift he had received before. Nope...he didn't remember having any. They were all nice and lovely actually. He would accept them if it was...it was the thought that counts right?

"Firstly I will thanked them for their thoughtful gift, I don't want to hurt their feelings, it will be impolite if I do...and who knows their gifts might come useful to you later, you can pass it over to someone who will probably needs it more..."he answered. Charity was good too...you know.

That was exactly what he was talking about and yet again it was another Puffer to continue the trend. Not wanting to hurt feelings. Snort. Honestly how did they expect him to drop his working stereotypes when they were proving them so clearly? It was almost impossible.

"A very good point, Mister Nicolei, you never know when something unwanted might become useful. Best to hang on to it." No matter how much you didn't want to.


Oh. Thinking. She could do that. She did that a lot, even though she rarely volunteered her thoughts. The question that had been posed was interesting, anyway. A horrendous gift… there were lots of different definitions of that, but she was going to go with something that was horrendous to her. “I’d take it, but probably get rid of it once whoever gave it to me wasn’t around anymore,” she said, raising her hand even though she still hadn’t raised her voice much higher than it had been when she’d greeted him. “I’d think it was horrendous if it was something I really didn’t want.” Or it was stupid, or totally not anything she ever would have liked.

Ah, the honesty of a snake, even if it would have been far more honest to toss it before their faces. Still, some etiquette needed to be observed otherwise one might find themselves coming into contact with people far less and less.

"Getting something you didn't want at all does tend to make it somewhat horrendous. All the built up anticipating for nothing in the end." Like earlier when he'd expected that apple from Miss Valentine.


Personally, Clara didn't receive so many gifts that she thought she had the right to complain and, no, this is not a sob story, she was just grateful when she did get gifts ...... but, of course, she had gotten gifts that she didn't particularly like. She discretely stifled a yawn before speaking. "I'm generally grateful for whatever I receive, but I have been known to transfigure my gifts .... not that I'd go as far as to label them horrendous in the first place." So, all in all, a similar answer to Eden's.

Great minds think alike.

One more that could see the better good in a gift by changing it. "Very good, Miss Wilde. Might as well have something you'll actually want to utilize." Otherwise it was the same as trashing the gift or stuffing it to the far back of your trunk with the hopes it would never resurface.

Funny how things like that never worked.


Hand raised, Zeke told of how HE handled terrible gifts. "I smile and nod, and then once the person's gone I get rid of it. Break it, throw it away, give it to someone else... because one man's junk is another man's treasure, right? No point holding onto something I can't appreciate when someone else might." Of course, breaking things was equally enjoyable, AND it was an excuse to ditch it. WHOOPS, IT BROKE! "Clothes. I hate getting clothes, those aren't gifts, those are necessities, I should be able to choose my own necessities." i.e. no itchy ties or suits or lame loafers or anything of a sort.

....

.........

Not only would it be tossed but it could be broken first or instead. That...that definitely sounded like a Gryffindor response right there. Wouldn't even call it violence, just a random act of Gryffindoring. He was all too familiar with those.

"No little brothers you could re-gift your clothes to?" That was usually a safe solution if they were close enough in either age or stature. Just a thought.

Angel looked at the Professor as he spoke and then she realised that Adi was totally ignoring her and she had no idea why but she couldn't get involved in that at the minute since it was lesson time so she decided she would ask him later.

Angel raised her hand. "Professor, I think that you should take the present and then thank them for it. " Angel smiled. "They didn't have to give you a gift so it means that they care and thought about you." Angel would never turn down a gift.

"You raise a good point, Miss Valentine." If not yet another self-righteous one. "No one is obligated to gift things to you in the first place. Some appreciation would be nice."

There he went, back to worrying about his students again or perhaps the problem was on his end....

Hady kept her small smile in place as the lesson began. Stepping closer onto the bridge near were Professor Quigley was stood. It gave a much better view of things anyhow.

At the question that was posed Hady raised her hand. "I'd gratefully accept the gift and thank them because really it's the thought that counts when gift giving and not so much what the gift. However if it was something I truly didn't want, like or need I'd kindly try to explain that it's not really my style or something like that...they may just understand and not mind if I exchanged the gift for something I'd enjoy." Mhmm. Sometimes honesty was great and well others times it was best to keep your mouth shut.

There Miss Lynch went, adding a new twist to the 'accept it anyway because it's the thought that counts'. Where are most would toss it afterward, she would ensure they understood that it simply wasn't her style and she didn't want to be bothered with keeping it.

"I admire the bit of honesty near the end, every good." Might as well let them know otherwise you might find yourself getting more gifts along that same line and that would get problematic.



"Depends," she managed to croak out. More than that... Come on. "I doubt I would find something horrendous." Did they know her at all? She wasn't trying to be noble it was just that she saw things in a different light. "The only thing I might find horrendous would be if someone gave me a tiny slice of chocolate. Like, what am I supposed to do with that? I'd easily remedy that with a duplication spell." Or a stomp on the toes, but that surely wasn't the correct answer.

"Or I'd trash it. No need in wasting energy." Yawn. Look what all the talking got her.

Maddox was decidedly amused by the answer offered by Aubrey. A small slice of cake is the gift idea that would get her upset? You had to admit it was funny. "You could also enlarge it. Make it massive." Without making it so big it exploded of course, but after his class on that charm, it went without saying.



Horrible gifts, though? "It depends on the gift. If it's clothes, I tend to just shove it to the back of my closet and ignore it... or give it to charity." His ma was expert on the whole charity thing. She was having a field day raiding his closet at home with the alarming rate that he was growing out of his clothes. "Otherwise, I don't find anything particularly horrible. Just impractical."

Mmhmm. Maybe they could learn a warming charm? It would be magnificently appreciated, especially in the December chill. It would also serve as a good birthday-slash-Christmas present. BRR.

Huh. Well that was one way to go about it. Maddox nodded slowly at the Hufflepuff's response. "Do you have charms placed on your closet? Otherwise I imagine it would become overcrowded at some point." In the end, charity seemed the better of the two options.


"I suppose if it's a mean gift," he'd find it horrendous then. Like when his brothers would leave him little gifts on his pillow in the form of giant spiders and earth worms. Though, did those even count as a gift? "'Cause if it's meant to be a nice gift, then I'd have to pretend I like it... Then probably shove it at the bottom of my trunk never to be seen again or I'd find a way to trade it for chocolate frogs." Pretending was the first route of action though. Like whenever his aunts thought socks were the perfect Christmas presents. Socks were even worse than coal, wasn't that a known fact?

"But if it's a mean gift... Then you've got to fight it," like with revenge or something. Not that, that's anything Zander would recommend... But that one Zonko's visit really helped with the whole stupid brothers situation. Just saying.

This having faith in Zander thing was new and would take some getting used to. In fact, Maddox had to actively remind himself that the boy's answer was a decent one, allowing him to keep the scowl off his face. So far, so good. Nothing to have him giving the boy death glares just yet and this was how it would be for however long it lasted.

Like several of his classmates he would trade or stash the gift with the hopes of never seeing it again. Though the option to 'fight it' got a raise of his brow, he nodded nonetheless.

"Very good, Mister Adair." Positive reinforcements right there.



The lesson began with a vague question, and Lux wondered if maybe they were going to learn something relating to presents? That would be a MUCH better alternative to bungee jumping off the bridge or whatever else the professor might have planned for them. Raising her hand, she answered the question. "I don't think I would ever find a present HORRENDOUS, but I'd still be polite about it and thank the person." It would be plain rude to be ungrateful for a present that a person put time and effort into. "I'd also give it to someone who I know would enjoy it."

The nod continued as he listened to Miss Carrington offer up her suggestion on the matter. Once again it was the polite acceptance route that ended with the gift being re-gifted. No surprise she wouldn't find anything particularly horrendous. "Very good."

[spoiler=Cutty]
"Generally, if I find a gift horrendous...", He began with his hand up. "It's because it carries no intrinsic value, booht, I consider myself a resourceful man. There isn't alorra things out there that can't be repurposed or altered a bit in some way until it gains some value." His eye casually shifted toward Eden. "Even a dented strumpet....trumpet." He said correcting himself cooly and refocusing on the Professor. "Could be useful as a portkey."

"Spoken like a true business man, Mister Mordaunt. Keep that up and you'll go far." He would, of course, be ignoring that comment about a strumpet in favour of telling himself it was an innocent slip of the tongue. Nothing more. Nothing he planned to look too deeply into.

Janelle was full of energy, but she didn't exactly miss climbing over and under desks. When the Professor was ready to start class, she moved closer to the larger group of students. Then it was time for the opening question and an interesting one it was. This one required some thought.

Janelle raised her hand and began to give her answer. "When I get a really bad present, I thank the person anyway.......because they took the time to get something for me. I appreciate the thought and I try to find some way to make use of it. I mean the person can't help it if they're "present challenged". I think a horrendous present would be something that I would never want in a million years or something very......um.......un-pretty."

Present challenged?

Well that was a new one. He'd have to remember that the next time his mother-in-law tried gifting him something. He'd let her down gently but it needed to be said. Maddox cracked a smile at the thought. "Thank you, Miss Guidry."


After carefully considering all the responses, he was willing to draw the conclusion that half his class were either avid liars or too saintly for their own good at this age. Clearly the cynicism of the real world hadn't begun to sink in and maybe that was a good thing. Just maybe he should have left it where it was so their parents could continue thinking they'd raised a bunch of wonderful children. That sounded like the best option.

"And now we narrow this down just a little more, based on what Miss Valke briefly touched on." Crunch. Mmmm, this was heavenly. Who'd brought this one again? Nice and crunchy it was. "Imagine being gifted something with a colour so hideous even the most saintly of you can't help but take a pause." You know, before they selflessly accepted it for the 'greater good' of the other individual's feelings.

"This is one of the easiest problems to be fixed with gifting, and that is done with the colour changing charm, 'Colovaria'; with the simple point for a wand movment." A flick of his wand and this information appeared on the board while he went on.

Colovaria
Co-lo-va-ria
Wand Movement: Point at target

"It's important to keep the colour you want in mind while casting. Now we'll have plenty of time to try this thing out." He paused, glancing down into the ditch once more and taking another bite out of his apple before facing them all again. "But as always, I'd like us to get some quick practice in. Ties off. All of you. We're gonna do this real simple. Practice the charm on the ties, making it every other house's colour before returning it to normal. Let's go."

Crunch.

OOC: It's really simple. Let's say your charrie is a Gryffindor, they would need to make the tie every other house's colour so they would turn the tie: blue, green and yellow. Similarly a Hufflepuff would turn their tie: red, blue and green etc etc etc. You will only need 3 posts for this before I move the class again. If something is unclear please feel free to poke me. You have about 24-36 hours depending on how soon you all get it done. ^^

[Sararara]

A MARATHON? That'd be much more exciting than what'd really happened but Norah couldn't just lie to a Professor. Even if she was physically capable of lying (which she wasn't), even she knew that would be a horrid idea. "It's much warmer than I thought in here," she said, grinning sheepishly. "But I'm gonna run a marathon one day!" That was the PLAN, anyways.

The fourth year immediately shot a hand into the air, because guess WHAT? She knew all about this one, uh huh. She waved her hand around until she was called on, then took a deep breath. "Well I always thank the person anyways 'cause that's the nice thing to do and also my mum says if I don't say thank you then nobody will want to get me presents anymore and I like presents a whole lot so 'thank you' is usually the way to go." She looked around and nodded proudly because look at that! She remembered something her mum taught her about politeness and everything. "'Cept the only problem is it isn't very nice to lie either, even teeny weeny its bitsy fibs, so after saying thank you I have to find something little that I like about 'cause I can't say I like the entire thing or else I'd be lying, y'know?" This was an ART. But usually she'd like the color of whatever it was because she liked all sorts of colors so it really wasn't that hard. She could teach lessons, if anybody wanted.

[kayquilz]

Cutty appreciated the warmth that Professor Quigley had put into that morning's Charms class. It made the walk to it that much more pleasant. A nice sensation based contrasts from the crisp morning air on the bridge to the almost tepidness of the class.

Things were getting started! But before they were in full-swing Cutty was treated one more time to the sight of Sophie Brown levitating a whole barrel full of green apples to Professor Quigley and there was Eden McGee looking unpleased for it. HA! He knew Eden McGee intimately enough to know what that look translated to. Quiggles? She pushed her luck, though. She pushed her luck.

"Generally, if I find a gift horrendous...", He began with his hand up. "It's because it carries no intrinsic value, booht, I consider myself a resourceful man. There isn't alorra things out there that can't be repurposed or altered a bit in some way until it gains some value." His eye casually shifted toward Eden. "Even a dented strumpet....trumpet." He said correcting himself cooly and refocusing on the Professor. "Could be useful as a portkey."

Eden tried her best to ignore Cutty as of late. However....as he spoke....Eden glanced his way, and unfortunately, saw the way he was looking right at her. Dented..."trumpet," was she? She bit her lip and tried to keep her face as blank as remotely possible.

She stepped closer to Clara, and looked at her feet. Right. Her cheeks were flushed with a mixture of anger and....something else. She had half a mind to walk back to the castle. Could she feign sickness? She wanted to. Cutty Mordaunt had succeeded in making Eden's day turn sour. She was sure he'd be delighted to know that, though.

Before she got all emotional, though, Quigley was moving on, and Eden just glared at Cutty for minute more before turning her gaze to the professor. She saw you, Cutty. She did. Eden would not forget this. Dented trumpet. "You can still play a dented trumpet...you can't play a trumpet with its buttons missing. " She said softly, but loud enough for Cuthbert to hear.

And that as all she'd give him, for now.

They had a spell to practice. Eden pulled her tie off and just stared at the Ravenclaw colors...the overwhelming feeling of wanting to leave was so strong...ugh. But she had to stay and practice this spell. Maybe she could turn Cutty's robes red--no. NO. She was not going to do anything. She would be a bigger woman. She would act mature and adult about this.

"Colovaria..." it was easy enough. Eden kept repeating it to herself...over and over again...trying NOT to look at Cutty. Where was Clara? She needed Clara...

[Sararara]

COLORS? Man, this was gonna be RADICAL. Colors were some of Norah's number one most favoritest things in the entire universe, which was pretty convenient considering most of the stuff in the universe had colors too. She'd have to ask Quigley later if glitter counted as a color, but for now just practice, yeah? Maybe the Professor would help her with the glitter thing if she did extra well with the boring-er colors. That didn't mean they were boring, just boring-ER, but you really couldn't blame all the other colors for being boringer than glitter 'cause glitter was very hard to live up to. That was for sure.

She loosened her tie before lifting it up over her head, whispering the spell under her breath as she went. "Colovaria. Colovaria. Co-lo-va-ria." Easy peasy pudding and pie? Aw yeah. She had a good feeling about this one, considering she was practically a professional on this color stuff. The fourth year pointed her wand at the bright yellow tie and imagined it going bright red. Like a tomato! Except no because tomatoes were gross. Okay. Somethin' else. Geraniums! Geranium red. The super duper bright kind. Perfect. "Colovaria!" Norah watched the tie with eyes narrowed, waiting for it to turn the bright red she was thinking of. Aaaaaand it kinda did? Ish? Orange. That was deeeefinitely orange. Carrot orange or pumpkin orange or clownfish orange but certainly not Gryffindor red or geranium red, or even capital G Gross tomato red. Booooooo. At least she'd gotten somewhere, right? There was still hope for her being Princess of the Colors 'cause Norah Lillian Kittredge did not simply give up on the most importantest dream EVER. Princess of the Colots was a very big deal, okay?

[Jessiqua]

Cool - they were going to learn how to change things to different colours! That was so cool! How many other things could she turn into different colours? What a cool way of keeping clothes fresh and fashionable? Zhenya would have to send a letter to Bianca and tell her about the spell, surely Bianca would like to keep her clothes the seasonable colour. She'd have no use for ties of different house colours, being that she was in her final year, and they didn't offer house changes, but perhaps if one of her younger siblings needed help with second hand clothes, hopefully not, she could be of use there. But how many other times could she use this spell? LOADS! Zhenya was really looking forward to changing some things in her wardrobe.

Zhenya took her Slytherin house tie off and held it in front of her. She'd do Ravenclaw first. Even though she'd practiced the wand movement LOADS of times with different spells, it always helped to practice. So, she held her wand at the tie, practicing the point, before holding it down to practice the incantation. "Co-lo-va-ria, Co-lo-va-ria, Co-lo-va-ria," she said a few times. That just came off the tongue easily.

[Cassirin]

Yeah, okay, so the Prof had a point. She hadn't shown up at his office because she wanted to go in ready to parlay, but maybe she'd never really be ready enough to discuss this topic. Not with an expert, nope.

But anyway. On to the topic at hand... practicing the charm. A color changing charm would be VERY helpful in the particular set of hobbies that Dot found interesting. Imagine being able to change thread and cloth so easily! Like this tie... her Slytherin tie. If she changed it to blue, could she pretend to be a Ravenclaw all day? Hmm?

"Col- col-o-varia." It was a little like chomping on marbles, wasn't it? Again. "Colovaria." Now... what color she she try first? Perhaps she'd like to be a Gryffindor for a while. Dot tried to think about red. Roses and apples and fall leaves and sunlight in her hair. Red red red.

"Colovaria." And the tie was... kinda red. Good job, Dottie.

[Jessiqua]

Zhenya looked down at her green and silver Slytherin tie and pictured it as a blue Ravenclaw striped tie. She could picture it very well, because she'd seen the house colours almost every day for the past seven years. With that image locked into her mind, she pointed her wand at her Slytherin tie, "Colovaria," she said clearly, and watched as the tie suddenly became blue! Nice. She put it on, ignoring the green on her robes, and the Slytherin logo, and looked down. It didn't look as good as the green, but it did look good. She removed it again and decided to go with the house some of her favourite people were in; Hufflepuff!

[feeheeheeny]

INSPIRED EVEN, he said, WITH AN AMUSED HEAD SHAKE AND ALL. She simply beeeamed in reply to his response and, once again, was looking entirely too pleased with herself.

She loved this class.

Sophie Brown paid close attention to everyone else's answers, especially those of her friends. Most of them said they would be polite and keep it. Tobes' answer made her smile, but Zander's had her concerned. So... if she gave him something he didn't like, he would fake it to make her happy then shove it away, never to be seen again? That was... a little unnerving. She didn't want him to put on a facade for her. Consider this Ravenclaw disappointed. And... what was the deal with Cutty's answer? She didn't know what the word he corrected himself on meant, but she most certainly followed his gaze and noted Eden's reaction. What... was he doing to that poor girl?

She didn't dwell on those two long, since they were getting down to business. Colovaria, eh? Co-lo-va-ria... Co-lo-va-ria... She repeated the name in her head a few times to get it down and absorb the pronunciation, first and foremost. It sounded cool, seemed easily enough, and had useful enough effects. But... why were they outside to do this, hm? She was tempted to peek over the bridge to see whatever it was that Quigley kept not-so-subtly looking at, but she resisted for now. This was probably the kind of forthcoming activity that would be better off a surprise when the professor explained it.

And... for the ties. Sophie took hers off, now mumbling the pronunciation of Co-lo-va-ria under her breath, and admiring her tie fondly before giving Quigley a questioning sort of look - were they JUST supposed to aim for a solid color, like red, green, and yellow? Or were they allowed to try for a two-toned tie with BOTH house colors, with yellow and black for Hufflepuff, and so on? She didn't feel much like asking for permission, so for now, she was just going to give it a shot and possibly see for herself if she could get it to be two-toned instead of one solid color.

With Hufflepuff on the brain as cutiepie Norah was right beside her, Sophie pointed her vine wand at the tie in her hand, envisioned it as solid yellow, and cast, "Colovaria!" The tie was now a simple, bright shade of sunshine yellow, and then... she hummed. She could try for the two colors, then, right? Now that it was already yellow, she could envision the black lines alternating with the yellow. Easier that way, than changing it from her original tie to the two colors right off the bat. At least for now.

"Colovaria!" she tried again, envisioning a tie with black and yellow stripes... and there was SUCCESS.

So... one step at a time was a safe way to go, wasn't it? What if she tried for switching both colors at the same time next time?

[Holmesian Feline]

Gifts that gave you pause...

Sure he had gotten a few of those over his even short lifetime. Adi's birthday gift to him a couple of years ago had certainly given Benny pause. But he wasn't sure what to say on the matter in answer to the professor's question. At least it seemed there were enough of his classmates willing to speak up in his absence. So the Gryffindor simply listened to the discussion going on around him.

And then they were onto a spell to learn. Colovaria...a color changing spell. Benny mentally tried to take notes since he wasn't in the best position to write anything down. At the direction to take off their ties, the sixth year obeyed, loosening it up at the knot before slipping it off up over his head. One step done, he just had to try out the spell they were being taught.

"Colovaria...Co-lo-va-ria....Colovaria...Co-lo-va-ria," he practiced the incantation over and over quietly. The point at the object you wanted to change, like the tie, was simple enough.

[Expecto-Penguin]

Kace was glad he got the answer right. I mean it was something he would do. Now as he heard the Professor go on and answer other students questions he kind of zoned out. As he heard the topic of the lesson, he grinned with glee when he learned they were going to be using the color changing charm. Wonder what he could do with that at his house. Oooohhh the possibilities. I mean he could possibly teach Braedon this spell too. He didn't think they were learning this at Durmstrang. Anyways onto the spell itself, he began to copy it into his notebook....


Spell: Colovaria
Pronunciation: Co-lo-va-ria
Wand Movement: Point at target


There now that seemed simple enough. He began with pronouncing the spell because that was really important. He cleared his throat and began with the first set.

" Co-lo-va-ria....... Co-lo-va-ria........ Co-lo-va-ria...... Co-lo-va-ria...... Co-lo-va-ria"

Alright three to four times should do the trick. He began to piece it all together and pronounced, "Colovaria." he nodded and got the hang of it. The wand movement was a simple point at the target. Simple enough for a seventh year. Now onto making changes to his tie.

[kayquilz]

She was staring at her tie. Right. "Colovaria..." easy. She cleared her throat and pointed her wand to her tie and...Oh. Did they just...think of the color? Eden bit her lip, looked around, and felt...too upset to ask Professor Quigley anything.

So she just...assumed that if they thought the right color, the spell would work.

"Colovaria..." she said softly, her wand pointing to her tie, thinking of yellow, the Hufflepuff color. It didn't work, but Eden wasn't very surprised. Her mood was shot, and since when had magic been easy for her when her mood was gooey?

"COLOVARIO!" she cried, this time with a bit more zeal, thinking AGGRESSIVELY of yellow. The tie immediately changed to yellow...oh good. That was nice. It looked nice. She wondered how she'd look in yellow. It might bring out her eyes more. Did she really need that? No, and Eden was currently trying to just blend in, anyways.

She also wanted to boycott doing a green tie.

[itsjustjesse]

What? They were going down the ravine later? Puck grinned at the idea, okay so maybe that would have scared a normal person but when had anyone ever ventured to call her normal? Still she hadn’t even answered the first question…but was going to now.

“I’d probably drop kick it off of a wooden bridge? You know if it was absolutely garish or really just uncalled for” she glanced around, “but if it were from someone I really rather liked or cared about I’d probably just store it in a box somewhere and wait until it came back in trend again and sell it as a ‘collectors’ item.” What? Sometimes horrendous things were worth money.

Still, it was time to move on. To cast spells…to learn! Puck listened to the spell and grinned. “Co-lo-va-ria….colo-varia…colovaria” there it wasn’t that hard.

Now, with the pronunciation down she could think of the color she wanted. Focusing with all her might, well not all, just some of it because she didn’t have to think that hard about colors…really, anyone who did probably wouldn’t finish the simplest of spells augamenti would be a drip from a broken faucet compared to anyone who well had a handle on it…or were more powerful than they were.

Thinking about the bronze and blue of Ravenclaw she simply tapped her wand against the tie “colovaria” she cast and grinned at her handiwork. “Awesome, it looks great.” One house down, three to go.

[Jessiqua]

With the Hufflepuff tie colours in mind, Zhenya pictured them on the Ravenclaw tie, and she pointed her wand at the tie. "Colovaria," she said, and saw as the tie transformed, slightly differently than before. Where the Green and silver had just transformed the green to blue, this time it transformed the blue to yellow, and the silver to black. OOO she was holding a Hufflepuff tie for the first time ever! Well, she had only been holding the Ravenclaw tie for the first time ever, as well. Actually, she'd never held another house tie besides a Slytherin one. That was strange. Well, now that she had transformed the tie twice, she needed to do it just twice more. She pointed her wand at the Hufflepuff tie and pictured the Gryffindor colours of red and gold. Well, scarlet and gold. "Colovaria," she said, pointing to the Hufflepuff tie. The yellow transformed to red, and the black transformed to gold. Oh cool! That was a pretty house tie. Actually, Zhenya thought they all were. If she had been gifted any other house tie, she would have gladly accepted them. Just as mementos, really, as she couldn't actually wear them during lesson.

But now she had to transform it back to the Slytherin colours and put it back on. "Colovaria," she said, picturing her tie in her head. It was easy to picture as she had touched the tie, put it on and taken it off every day of her time at Hogwarts, and had seen all her housemates wearing the exact same colours. The red transformed to green, and the gold transformed to silver. She put her Slytherin tie back on.

[itsjustjesse]

This was interesting, really fun and interesting. Puck focused on the Ravenclaw blue and bronze tie in her hand she simply draped it about her neck before taking it off again. There, now, focusing on the hufflepuff colors she tried to picture the blue turning to black and the bronze well, to yellow. And as she did so she took her wand and tapped it against the tie “colovaria” she cast and watched the colors change.

Hey look. She’d look like a hufflepuff.

But that wasn’t what her idea was settled on, no, not at all.

She wanted to see if Slytherin colors fit her…because really, was she a Gryffindor? Was she really?

[FearlessLeader19]

Even more persons were thinking along the same lines as Adi, most of them Hufflepuffs which was no surprise, actually. Puffers were the nicest persons, yo! Anyway, he nodded enthusiastically at Quigley's reply. Yes, it could work.

Annnnd they were moving on! Awesomeee!

Aha. Colours, huh? Well, in Adi's opinion there wasn't a better colour than orange. He glanced at Benny. Benny always made for a nice target to practice spells and to test an assortment of potions on. The Badger wondered how the colour orange would suit his friend's complexion. Hehe.

Okay, so they were going to practice this on their ties? Alrightey! "Colovaria, Colovaria, Colovaria!'' he muttered as he removed his yellow tie. Pointing the wand was simple enough so Adi did not bother practicing that. He was going to get started now... with the Gryffindor tie! No surprises there!

''Colovaria!'' FOCUUUUUS on red! POIIIINT the wand annnnd the result? A red tie instantly. Now he had his Gryffindor tie to prove he belonged there. Hehe.

[feeheeheeny]

Two successful tweaks to her tie was nothing really extraordinary. She'd casted various charms on clothing before, and this one wasn't supremely difficult at all. So as she continued along, Sophie was pretty unexcited by this task. Sure, its uses were practical and it would come in handy, but... so far, it was a terribly boring activity.

She was certain that would change soon enough, though. Quiggles wasn't a boring man.

Squinting at her tie, she tried to envision it now as red - no, red and gold-striped, like the house colors of Gryffindor. Confidently, she cast with a point of her wand, "Colovaria!"

........

The tie was a solid color of auburn. Not red, not gold - auburn. One single color. WELP. Sophie quickly stole a glance at Zander to envision his proper tie color correctly and tried again, "Colovaria!" This time, her tie turned a nice shade of crimson. No stripes. So... apparently changing it from one combination of striped colors to another color combination of stripes wasn't as easy as she'd expected it would be. Meh.

Still, she wanted her two-toned tie, so she envisioned gold stripes on her already-red tie, and cast once more, "Colovaria!" The tie successfully alternated in red and gold stripes this time, which was great and all, but her morale was a little trampled. HOW COME IT HADN'T WORKED BEFORE? She was supposed to be TOP OF HER CLASS and DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY. Sigh.

Hopefully Quiggles hadn't seen.

[WhittyBitty]

They were moving on to an activity already? Lux totally approved. An added bonus was that heights weren't in the least bit involved.

Smiling, she removed her tie so that she could get to work on changing it to different colours. Would Professor Quigley let hers stay red? Probably not, but then she did have a Gryffindor outfit that Puck had given her. Shrugging it off, she decided to give the spell a bit of practice even though she was already familiar with it.

"Colovaria... Colovaria... Colovaria..."

Okay, time to get started. Lux decided to start with Slytherin, so she focused all her energy into picturing exactly what their tie looked like with its green and silver stripes. Pointing her wand at her tie she said, "COLOVARIA!"

Yaaaaay, she now had a Slytherin tie!!

[feeheeheeny]

Thoroughly humbled by the morning's events already, Sophie kind of wanted to go sit down by the railing of the bridge away from everyone else and finish their assigned task, but she knew if she did she would inevitably peek at whatever Quigley had been looking at down there. She WANTED to be surprised, but getting too close would mean she wouldn't be able to resist the temptation. But sitting over there with her legs hanging over the sides and feeling the mild exhilaration from that would've cleared her mind and rebooted her system, essentially. She needed that kind of clarity.

She still didn't understand why she didn't have success with the multiple color attempt. She was a sixth year who should've been able to do something like that with ease. Maybe... maybe she just wasn't focusing well enough. Yes. She attributed it to that, to all the distractions that she was facing in her life in GENERAL and in the current class situation right now, too. Like... okay, she always wanted to have class outside, but now that they were actually OUT there, there was so much to look at and think about and she wasn't sure that she wanted to be outside anymore because it made her lose her concentration. She wanted to go run off and be a free bird, not stick with the group and actually do work.

But... the sooner she got this little activity done, the sooner it would seem that they moved onto a bigger, better activity, right? This was just a warm-up. So, with that in mind, Sophie pointed her wand at her currently red and gold tie and envisioned it to be a solid shade of emerald as she cast, "Colovaria!" The tie turned green, and... that was enough. She didn't need to add the stripes this time - she just wanted to be finished, so she focused very clearly on the original blue state of her tie as she cast once more, "Colovaria!"

A blue Ravenclaw tie she had once more, and she immediately plopped down to sit cross-legged on the ground as she put her tie back on.

Mentally checked out of this one.

[Ginevra]

Cilla listened carefully to the Professor's instructions. She carefully undid her Slytherin tie whilst practising the incantation in her head. "Co-lo-va-ria, Co-lo-va-ria, Co-lo-va-ria," ran through Cilla's head. She grabbed her wand and aimed it at her tie that was in her left hand. As she focused on the colour of Gryffindor house she pointed her wand at her tie and said clearly, "Colovaria."

Now Cilla was holding a red tie in her hand. She smiled a small smile.

[Symphora]

Oh nice, Professor Quigley agreed with him! And he was glad most of his Hufflepuffians too find it was impolite to throw away gifts no matter how horrendous they might be. Yup...he never once regretted the sorting hat's decision by putting him in this amazing and nicest house ever.

They were told to take off their ties so they could learn how to change their house tie colour. Cool...he couldn't wait to try out the spell. Henric grinned at his bestie,llia, and quickly loosening his tie."Feeling a little hot in here, don't you think? You better take that tie off then,"he teased and gave her a wink. Haha! His flirt jokes were so corny, he laughed at himself next for actually coming up with it.Seriously..Henric....

Once his tie was off, Henric held up his tie and pointed his wand with his other hand at it. He imagined turning his tie into a solid green in colour, similar to llia's tie colour, concentrating silently and chantering the spell for it in his head.

"Colovaria,"Henric said and watched as his yellow stripes on his tie slowly transition itself into a green one."Brilliant!"he exclaimed, excited that he got it right on his first try. Henric turned to llia and put on his tie again to show her,"Do I look like one of you,llia?"he grinned and posed, acting like the moody boy-version of llia.

[Stefan]

Colovaria. Okay, that sounds easy enough. The incantation, wand movement, and intent was all too easy for the young man. Shouldn’t be a problem at all. What made him think things over however, was the gifting part. He sure can just accept it, give the person a grin, and hide the hideous thing forever. Unless of course it had something to do with Starwars, then he will do something about it.

As instructed, Ethan loosened his tie and coiled it around his left hand. “Colovaria.” He said as he pointed at his tie while thinking of the Gryffindor colours, but nothing happened. Seriously? A first year can do THAT spell. Okay, maybe he needed more breakfast? Can the professor spare some apples? No? Okay. Fine. Ethan refocused his mind on his task, and visualized his tie in scarlet red and gold. “Colovaria.” Red tie. The Slytherin uncoiled his tie and hung it around his neck. Hmm. Does he look good in Gryffindor colours? Why yes of course. He looks grand in any colour.

[SilverTiger]

That was a lot of discussion for a simple question. At least, Brooklyn was still convinced that the question had been simple. A horrendous gift was one that was unwanted, and she didn’t see a point in trying to transform anything like that into something else. It was simpler to just get rid of it, destroy it even. Much more pleasing, too. Although she knew there were some things she hadn’t been able to get rid of in the past. There probably would be in the future too, but they’d finally moved on from gifts in the lesson. Sort of.

She didn’t know why they needed to bother changing their tie colors. “Colovaria, co-lo-va-ria, colovaria,” she mumbled to herself as she’d loosened the tie around her neck and finally draped it over the railing of the bridge. She liked being a Slytherin, so the bridge could experience what it was like being in the other Houses.

Except…maybe red wasn’t that bad. She could really be a Lannister then. So she’d try to change her tie to red first. Not to represent Gryffindor. To represent other things. Pointing her wand at the unassuming green tie hanging on the railing, she spoke again, clearer this time and while she focused on the chosen colors. “Colovaria!” Lannister colors. That was what she wanted, and she grinned a little as the green changed into a deep crimson. She was almost tempted to put the tie back on like that and just pretend she hadn’t been asked to try the spell for the other two Hogwarts house colors. Or…she racked her brain for different comparisons. Whose colors included yellow and whose included blue…

[Ginevra]

Cilla now was ready to change the red tie into a yellow tie. She knew that if she focused on "Hufflepuff" then the spell might not work because when Cilla thought of that particular house, the colour yellow was not usually in those thoughts.

Instead, the young witch decided to focus on sunflowers, the sun and canaries. These made her think instantly of the colour yellow. Cilla pointed her wand at her red tie, focusing on a mental image of a field of sunflowers and clearly said, "Colovaria."

The tie was now a bright yellow.

[Stefan]

What IF he was in Gryffindor though? Will he be the same person if he got sorted there? Probably not. Given his inquisitive nature, he just might get himself in trouble in no time. The Lions were known to be reckless. Not that it bothered him, as long as he’s not involved in their shenanigans.

Ethan got his tie once more and held it in front of him. Should he try yellow next?

At the thought, the Slytherin grinned to himself because he suddenly remembered Ella and Alec. Mordred is buddies with them, so it wasn’t coincidental that he knows the power couple. Ella and Alec were great huggers too. He’d been lucky enough to be cuddled by both former Hufflepuffs. With them in mind, Ethan pointed his wand at the red tie, and said the incantation. “Colovaria.” The scarlet tie turned into yellow and black.

[natekka]

Exactly, Professor Quigley. Exactly.

Clara listened intently, still stifling yawns here and there, but becoming more alert and observant as the promise of charms and practising drew nearer. Colovaria was actually one charm she had found use for in the past; when charming snow globes as gifts last year, she'd needed to change the colour of the 'confetti' inside .... and, she'd managed that without too many problems.

Eden tried her best to ignore Cutty as of late. However....as he spoke....Eden glanced his way, and unfortunately, saw the way he was looking right at her. Dented..."trumpet," was she? She bit her lip and tried to keep her face as blank as remotely possible.

She stepped closer to Clara, and looked at her feet. Right. Her cheeks were flushed with a mixture of anger and....something else. She had half a mind to walk back to the castle. Could she feign sickness? She wanted to. Cutty Mordaunt had succeeded in making Eden's day turn sour. She was sure he'd be delighted to know that, though.

Before she got all emotional, though, Quigley was moving on, and Eden just glared at Cutty for minute more before turning her gaze to the professor. She saw you, Cutty. She did. Eden would not forget this. Dented trumpet. "You can still play a dented trumpet...you can't play a trumpet with its buttons missing. " She said softly, but loud enough for Cuthbert to hear.

And that as all she'd give him, for now.

They had a spell to practice. Eden pulled her tie off and just stared at the Ravenclaw colors...the overwhelming feeling of wanting to leave was so strong...ugh. But she had to stay and practice this spell. Maybe she could turn Cutty's robes red--no. NO. She was not going to do anything. She would be a bigger woman. She would act mature and adult about this.

"Colovaria..." it was easy enough. Eden kept repeating it to herself...over and over again...trying NOT to look at Cutty. Where was Clara? She needed Clara...[/QUOTE]
Before she could get started, however, out of the corner of her eye she noticed Eden move closer to her. "Eden?" Cue concerned best friend. She followed Eden's gaze and realised who was bothering her. Cutty. Uh, just typical. "Ignore him," she urged, stepping forward to block Eden's view of him. "Let's just prove how good we can be with this charm. Okay?"

Clara decided to go for a Hufflepuff yellow first. After muttering 'Colovaria' a couple of times under her breath she loosened her tie and pulled it off, tying it around one of the bridge's beams to give her something more practical to aim at. Now for the mental imagery. In her mind she pictured her Ravenclaw-blue tie turning a brilliant shade of yellow and kept picturing that. "Colovaria," she said, her wand pointed at the tie, and watched as it did exactly what she had imagined it would.

Ha, she still had it.

[Ginevra]

Next was the blue that represented Ravenclaw house. Cilla focused her mind on the colour itself and not the house. As images of a clear blue sky and bluebirds floated around in her mind, Cilla pointed her wand at the golden tie and said, "Colovaria." The tie was now a deep blue.

Cilla then pointed her wand at her tie for the final time, focused on the colour of a lush, green meadow and said, "Colovaria," which transformed the blue tie back to Slytherin green. She quickly yet carefully put her tie back on.

[Kolyander]

Hady gave a smile towards the Professor. It may not have been the correct answer but it was a liked answer which was good enough for her. Shifting slightly to lean against the railing of the bridge she listened what they'd have to be doing. There wasn't much to it really. A point of the wand, a firm though of the color and then the incantation.

Loosening the knot in her tie that hung around her neck Hady then slipped it over her head. Kneeling down on the ground she set the tie on her knee to make things easier. "Colovaria...colovaria," Hady practiced repeating the word several times. When she thought she had it perfect she removed her wand from it's holster on her wrist.

Clearing her throat she pointed her wand at the tie sat on her knee. She'd start with Hufflepuff. Picturing the tie as yellow as the sun with black strips she spoke clearly, "Colovaria!" Right before her eyes her green and silver tie changed to yellow and black. She was now holding a perfect Hufflepuff tie.

[Weasley174]

Angel smiled at the Professor as he spoke to her but then the smile went away the Professor was totally upset about something or something was going on she could tell but she wasn't going to ask about anything because she had a feeling she might get told off for being nosey.

"Colovaria!" Angel practiced saying the incantation. "Co-lo-va-ria... Co-lo-va-ria!" Angel was totally happy about this, she had no idea what she was going to do. "Colovaria!" Angel now had to take off her tie.

Angel took of her tie and then she pointed her wand at it, she thought about the colour yellow... she had always wanted to try out a Hufflepuff tie, just to see what it was like.

She focused on the colour yellow as she continued to point her wand at the tie. "Colovaria!" Angel looked at the tie and smiled it was instant and the tie was now Yellow, how awesome was that.

[Stefan]

And now, the colour he had been looking forward to see. Not that he secretly wanted to be a Ravenclaw, but he thought seeing his own tie turn into Josie’s house colours would be an awesome thing to see. Ethan moved closer to the rail as he stared at his yellow tie, and his thoughts drifted to a certain Eagle. Now, what IF he was sorted into Ravenclaw, will he be the person that he is now? Probably yes, but, he won’t be as sociable. He’d probably be spending most of his time reading and learning as much as he can.

Exhaling, he held his tie up again, and concentrated on the particular shade of blue that Josie always wore around her neck. “Colovaria.” The yellow tie turned into the right shade of blue, and Ethan can’t help but smile. For a moment, he belonged to Josie’s house. Isn’t that great?

The Slytherin hung his tie once more around his neck and appreciated the color against his uniform. Not bad at all, really. Turning around to face the class, Ethan looked around to see if anyone needed his help. Brooklyn was doing quite well, and so his Hady. His fellow Snakes were quite on the roll that day. Grinning to himself, he picked his tie again, and changed it back to its original colour. “Colovaria.” He casted the spell non-verbally, and was not surprised that it turned into green and silver easily. Hmm. Probably it’s because he’s way too familiar with the colour of his tie, seeing that he had to wear it every single day.

[natekka]

This activity seemed almost too easy, at least to Clara, but then .... she was quite efficient with charms and had been practising them a lot longer than some students. It did lead her to wonder what the main activity would be, though. Did it have something to do with whatever Professor Quigley had been looking at in the ditch? What could they possibly do to make use of the colour changing charm on a bigger scale? Why were they outside?

The Ravenclaw had so many questions.

But, for now she focused on changing the colour of the tie again.

This time a scarlet red. In her mind she envisioned the tie changing colours from yellow and black to red and gold, slightly trickier - trying to change two colours at once - but she knew she could do it. "Colovaria," she said, wand pointed again at the tie. While the colours did falter momentarily, she was successful in changing them. Perfect.

Finally, it was time to become a Slytherin.

[Weasley174]

Angel was totally enjoying this lesson. She looked around to see what Adi was doing, she totally wanted to know why he was totally ignoring her but she would have to find out later because now she had to change her tie a different colour and she was thinking that blue would be an amazing colour... though she could lie and pinch her sisters Abby blue tie and pretend she had done it though she had a feeling she'd get told off if she did that.

"Colovaria!" Angel pointed her wand at her now Yellow tie as she said the incantation and she smiled as the spell worked and her tie was Blue. "Professor we going to paint the bridge later?" Angel suddenly had a feeling they were doing something that had to do with colouring in something or painting something.

[Kolyander]

Now that she had successfully changed the color of her tie from green to yellow she needed to keep going. She'd done a decent job the first time and was rather sure of herself when knowing she'd have to do it yet again.

This time she wanted to give a go at making it go from yellow to blue. Blue was a nice color just not her favorite. Raising her wand once more she pointed it at her tie that was still sat upon her knee. “Colovaria," Hady recited firmly picturing the bright blue color she needed for her tie to change. And just like that the yellow strips changed before her eyes to the Raveclaw blue. See this wasn't so hard!

What Hady wanted to know though was what changing the color of her necktie had to do with today's lesson being held at the bridge. She was sure she'd find out soon enough but she was still rather curious about it all.

[MudInMyBlood]

Of course she could just enlarge the chocolate. Duh. That was probably even easier. In fact she knew it would be because she had absolutely zero practice with the duplication spell. Good going catface.

Oh, color changing. This sounded fun. They were going to try it out on ties instead of eyebrows. Wasn't quite as risky, but maybe they were leading up to that.

Practice needed to happen. "Colovaria." Sorta tongue twisty to her, so breaking it down was looking like a wise choice. "Co-lo-va-ria. co-lo-va-ria, colovaria." For the wand all that was needed was a simple point. No need to practice that. AJ was pretty sure she could handle that one all on her own.

What color to change into first?

[FearlessLeader19]

Moving on, moving on!

"Hey, AJ. You woke up.'' Adi noted, hearing his girlfriend finally getting around to practicing the spell. His Sleeping Beauty. Hehe. Alrightey, so it was back to practice! Adi already knew which colour was next! Most of his favourite people came from this House. Hannah, Cutty, Gray, Zhenya, Hady, Ilia, Ethan, Agatha, Simon...

Slytherin!


''Colovaria!'' Point! GREE- NOPE. We have a red tie still, folks. Hmmm... Not too much focus maybe so he would try again. ''Colovaria!'' Heh, the tie was still red. Adi shook his wand and stared at the tie. It wasn't like he was doing the spell non verbally. It was possible his tie was telling him it wanted to stay red. Hey! Noooo! That can't happen! As much as he liked Gryffindor, he wouldn't trade being a Puffer for anything.

''Colovaria!'' Adi pictured the Slytherin colour clearly in his mind while he pointed the wand. Annnnd there you have it! Green! Wheeee! He was a Snakey!

[MudInMyBlood]

With the practicing behind her it was time to make some colors change. The first color she wanted to try was green. There really wasn't any reason behind it; green was pretty. That was the extent of it. She already wore the prettiest color there was. Second and third best was all she could hope for at this point.

"Kinda, sorta," she replied to Adi. She was about 85% awake, but before long that number would climb to a full 100%. Was that Adi's second color change? Probably so. Looks like she really needed to get a move in.

Thinking of nothing but the tie turning green, she cried, "Colovaria." Point. Nope. The tie was still red, and this wasn't surprising. If she could just be fully awake right not that would be great.

"Colovaria." Think green. Be green. You are green.

Yesssss! The tie was no longer red. Hmm... this was actually a pretty cool color. AJ could dig it.

[VRSCIKA]

See, he KNEW at least of one them would go into it without really even meaning to and it got the Charms Professor grinning once more, though somewhat subdued. No need to spoil it just yet while others were still making their responses.

"Colour does pose a problem for some when accepting gifts. Luckily, there's a quick fix for that." Which they would get into real soon...relatively soon anyway.
-----------------------------
After carefully considering all the responses, he was willing to draw the conclusion that half his class were either avid liars or too saintly for their own good at this age. Clearly the cynicism of the real world hadn't begun to sink in and maybe that was a good thing. Just maybe he should have left it where it was so their parents could continue thinking they'd raised a bunch of wonderful children. That sounded like the best option.

"And now we narrow this down just a little more, based on what Miss Valke briefly touched on." Crunch. Mmmm, this was heavenly. Who'd brought this one again? Nice and crunchy it was. "Imagine being gifted something with a colour so hideous even the most saintly of you can't help but take a pause." You know, before they selflessly accepted it for the 'greater good' of the other individual's feelings.

"This is one of the easiest problems to be fixed with gifting, and that is done with the colour changing charm, 'Colovaria'; with the simple point for a wand movment." A flick of his wand and this information appeared on the board while he went on.

"It's important to keep the colour you want in mind while casting. Now we'll have plenty of time to try this thing out." He paused, glancing down into the ditch once more and taking another bite out of his apple before facing them all again. "But as always, I'd like us to get some quick practice in. Ties off. All of you. We're gonna do this real simple. Practice the charm on the ties, making it every other house's colour before returning it to normal. Let's go."

Crunch.[/COLOR]

So there was a quick magical solution to her mother giving her ugly pink shirts and expecting her to wear them? This held her interest. He didn't say anything more on it yet and instead began answering the other students. Maybe her classmates were nicer than her. Maybe that was why she didn't make friends as easily. Maybe some of them just didn't want the rest of the class to think badly of them, she wasn't really sure. Her professor asked a question that he wanted an honest answer to so she obliged.

When she heard him mention her name, she perked up immediately. At least she had answered somewhere along what he had wanted. Colovaria.......hmmmm she knew she would be doing this to some things from her mother either once she could use magic outside of school...........or she'd pack them in her trunk and do it at school......

Oh nice, Professor Quigley agreed with him! And he was glad most of his Hufflepuffians too find it was impolite to throw away gifts no matter how horrendous they might be. Yup...he never once regretted the sorting hat's decision by putting him in this amazing and nicest house ever.

They were told to take off their ties so they could learn how to change their house tie colour. Cool...he couldn't wait to try out the spell. Henric grinned at his bestie,llia, and quickly loosening his tie."Feeling a little hot in here, don't you think? You better take that tie off then,"he teased and gave her a wink. Haha! His flirt jokes were so corny, he laughed at himself next for actually coming up with it.Seriously..Henric....

Once his tie was off, Henric held up his tie and pointed his wand with his other hand at it. He imagined turning his tie into a solid green in colour, similar to llia's tie colour, concentrating silently and chantering the spell for it in his head.

"Colovaria,"Henric said and watched as his yellow stripes on his tie slowly transition itself into a green one."Brilliant!"he exclaimed, excited that he got it right on his first try. Henric turned to llia and put on his tie again to show her,"Do I look like one of you,llia?"he grinned and posed, acting like the moody boy-version of llia.


Ilia had been amused when Henric 'complained' about her poking him but what he said now......She his her lips behind her hand and was giggling. That wink and expression as he took his tie off. Eep she had a slight pink tinge on her cheeks as she giggled. Was that more corny, or charming, or flirty? She wasn't sure but her best friend being silly like this in class was enjoyable.

She looked at him with a small smirk and slowly untied the cloth around her neck and slipped it into her hand. She lightly snapped his arm with the end of her green tie and held it out to test the charm.

When she looked over at Henric though, the pose and grin make her shake her head and laugh. "There can be only one me Henric." She winked with a cheeky grin. "I don't think you could ever be a Slytherin, even with that sass in your pose." She tossed her long blond hair over her shoulder and concentrated on the tie in her hand.

"Colovaria." Her lovely, lovely green fade and shifted into the bright yellow of her best friends house. She draped the fabric back over her shoulders and posed like a model, but gave him a Barbie doll fake smile. Her doll like face only enhanced the expression and she thought it suited the color. "What do you think, do I look sweet as a Puff?" She joked , returning her smile to normal. Something catty and Slytherin came to her mind as she did this. She wondered if Leah's smiles at her were fake like that........was that how all puff girls were? She only had guy puff friends......

[WhittyBitty]

Hehe, look at her snazzy Slytherin tie.

After a moment of looking the tie over, Lux was ready to change its colours again. This time she was going to do Ravenclaw. Blue was her favourite colour, so she knew that it was going to look spectacular. Yep. Lucky Ravenclaws getting to wear blue all the time; sometimes she wished it was the colour for Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, but red and yellow were awesome as well.

Anyway.

In her head she imagined exactly what she wanted the tie to look like as she pointed her wand at it. "COLOVARIA!" Now there were blue and bronze stripes on it instead of green and silver. Yaaaay, she had done good!

Now time to do Gryffindor!

[MudInMyBlood]

Green was a lovely color and AJ debated on wearing it for a while before she had to change the color once more. Not that she had to do it right now because she could do this later in her common room. Who was she kidding? Red was her favorite color and red was the color of Gryffindor. Things wouldn't be changing and she was wasting time.

How would Quigley really know if she had successfully changed the tie into all three colors. Was he keeping track? Probably not. Probably he was too concerned with stuffing his face with apples. He had plenty of them by the way. No reason to look so disappointed with her not having one for him. Greedy, that's what that was.

Anywho, yellow was next! Mellow yellow. The house of her boyfriend. Yellow wasn't that pretty. It was super bright and she wasn't sure how she felt about that.

"Colovaria!!!" With a point of her wand the color went from green to yellow. Not to mention that she had managed to get it done correctly on the very first try. WOOT. Ten points to AJ.

[WhittyBitty]

Bye bye pretty blue. It was time for some awesome red.

Lux was picturing the Gryffindor tie in her head, and she was already a total pro at this spell. Look at her go. All that practice for the Charms OWL paid off even though she probably wasn't familiar with half the spells that Professor Quigley was. Oh well. It was just fun changing the colour of things!!

Hehe.

As ready as she would ever be, Lux pointed her wand at her tie. "COLOVARIA!" Look at all that pretty red and gold. Could she keep it that way for the rest of class?

She wanted to say YES.

[kayquilz]

Exactly, Professor Quigley. Exactly.

Clara listened intently, still stifling yawns here and there, but becoming more alert and observant as the promise of charms and practising drew nearer. Colovaria was actually one charm she had found use for in the past; when charming snow globes as gifts last year, she'd needed to change the colour of the 'confetti' inside .... and, she'd managed that without too many problems.

Eden tried her best to ignore Cutty as of late. However....as he spoke....Eden glanced his way, and unfortunately, saw the way he was looking right at her. Dented..."trumpet," was she? She bit her lip and tried to keep her face as blank as remotely possible.

She stepped closer to Clara, and looked at her feet. Right. Her cheeks were flushed with a mixture of anger and....something else. She had half a mind to walk back to the castle. Could she feign sickness? She wanted to. Cutty Mordaunt had succeeded in making Eden's day turn sour. She was sure he'd be delighted to know that, though.

Before she got all emotional, though, Quigley was moving on, and Eden just glared at Cutty for minute more before turning her gaze to the professor. She saw you, Cutty. She did. Eden would not forget this. Dented trumpet. "You can still play a dented trumpet...you can't play a trumpet with its buttons missing. " She said softly, but loud enough for Cuthbert to hear.

And that as all she'd give him, for now.

They had a spell to practice. Eden pulled her tie off and just stared at the Ravenclaw colors...the overwhelming feeling of wanting to leave was so strong...ugh. But she had to stay and practice this spell. Maybe she could turn Cutty's robes red--no. NO. She was not going to do anything. She would be a bigger woman. She would act mature and adult about this.

"Colovaria..." it was easy enough. Eden kept repeating it to herself...over and over again...trying NOT to look at Cutty. Where was Clara? She needed Clara...
Before she could get started, however, out of the corner of her eye she noticed Eden move closer to her. "Eden?" Cue concerned best friend. She followed Eden's gaze and realised who was bothering her. Cutty. Uh, just typical. "Ignore him," she urged, stepping forward to block Eden's view of him. "Let's just prove how good we can be with this charm. Okay?"

Clara decided to go for a Hufflepuff yellow first. After muttering 'Colovaria' a couple of times under her breath she loosened her tie and pulled it off, tying it around one of the bridge's beams to give her something more practical to aim at. Now for the mental imagery. In her mind she pictured her Ravenclaw-blue tie turning a brilliant shade of yellow and kept picturing that. "Colovaria," she said, her wand pointed at the tie, and watched as it did exactly what she had imagined it would.

Ha, she still had it.[/QUOTE]

She just nodded at Clara and bit her lip. "Thanks. I'm trying." A little. Oh, were they supposed to do stripes? She glanced down at her tie...it was solid yellow. OOPS. She suppose she needed to make the color stripes...and not just one color...right.

Right.

Easy enough fix, though. "Colovaria!" she cried, and the tie suddenly had yellow and black stripes. GOOD. That looked a lot better. She smiled at Clara. "Good job." She wanted to hug her, but deemed that an after class activity. Hugging her would be weird.

Now to go for..Gryffindor! Red and gold. "Colovaria!" she cried, pointing her wand at the tie...and it instantly changed to yellow and gold. Wait-----yellow and gold. Eden raised an eyebrow. That was certainly...an ugly combination of colors, wasn't it? Ugh. She needed to fix it before her eyes bled. "Colovaria!" The tie changed that yellow to red. GOOD. Eden thought the Gryffindor colors would look good on her too. She had wanted to BE a Gryffindor for awhile when she started here. Thank Merlin she didn't anymore...she liked her house. Ravenclaw was...superior! Clearly.

She snorted to herself and moved onto the last set of colors...stupid green and STUPID SILVER. She didn't want to change her tie to Cutty's colors, but she tried to think of a snake she LIKED. Like..Grayson..Ruby...oh! Rorie! Okay. Hady, she liked Hady.

Not Cutty's house, but THEIR house.

"Colovaria!" she tapped her wand to the gold and red tied, the colors changing to green and silver. Well.

She did it. She practiced. Could she turn her tie back now?

[Symphora]

So there was a quick magical solution to her mother giving her ugly pink shirts and expecting her to wear them? This held her interest. He didn't say anything more on it yet and instead began answering the other students. Maybe her classmates were nicer than her. Maybe that was why she didn't make friends as easily. Maybe some of them just didn't want the rest of the class to think badly of them, she wasn't really sure. Her professor asked a question that he wanted an honest answer to so she obliged.

When she heard him mention her name, she perked up immediately. At least she had answered somewhere along what he had wanted. Colovaria.......hmmmm she knew she would be doing this to some things from her mother either once she could use magic outside of school...........or she'd pack them in her trunk and do it at school......




Ilia had been amused when Henric 'complained' about her poking him but what he said now......She his her lips behind her hand and was giggling. That wink and expression as he took his tie off. Eep she had a slight pink tinge on her cheeks as she giggled. Was that more corny, or charming, or flirty? She wasn't sure but her best friend being silly like this in class was enjoyable.

She looked at him with a small smirk and slowly untied the cloth around her neck and slipped it into her hand. She lightly snapped his arm with the end of her green tie and held it out to test the charm.

When she looked over at Henric though, the pose and grin make her shake her head and laugh. "There can be only one me Henric." She winked with a cheeky grin. "I don't think you could ever be a Slytherin, even with that sass in your pose." She tossed her long blond hair over her shoulder and concentrated on the tie in her hand.

"Colovaria." Her lovely, lovely green fade and shifted into the bright yellow of her best friends house. She draped the fabric back over her shoulders and posed like a model, but gave him a Barbie doll fake smile. Her doll like face only enhanced the expression and she thought it suited the color. "What do you think, do I look sweet as a Puff?" She joked , returning her smile to normal. Something catty and Slytherin came to her mind as she did this. She wondered if Leah's smiles at her were fake like that........was that how all puff girls were? She only had guy puff friends......

Henric did his infamous eye rolling at llia."Yeah yeah...lets see if you can do better then...go on..go on..."he chuckled, look at her flipping her long hair back and being all Slytherin worthy of her tie...uh huh...who was the sass now,hmm?! He didn't think he looked that bad being in Slytherin...the sorting hat almost wanted to put him there but he told the hat..he didn't care which..as long as he could get to the table fast so they could get on with the feast.The sorting hat snorted...he actually did....

Anyway, he waited for llia to finish with her colour changing spell on her tie. Oooh...hufflepuff eh? Henric blinked at his bestie for a moment when she posed with her big dolly eyes and smile, asking him if she looked sweet as a puff."Who are you? And what have you done to my bestfriend?"Henric asked, grinning widely while acting all seriously. She looked different...mighty different and he wasn't sure if he like this version of llia but woohooo...this was fun!

"But you know...you don't look as bad....I think being a Hufflepuff suits you too,"Henric replied, shrugging nonchalantly. He then took off his tie and held it back up again.

"Maybe being in Gryffindor fits me better?"Henric muttered.Henric cast out the spell again,"Colorvaria!" while thinking hard on the colour red on his tie. He should act brave and courageous next.hehe.

[FearlessLeader19]

"Better wake right up,'' Adi whispered and gave AJ a quick but sharp poke on the arm. No one could have seen that because he did that discreetly. Mhmm. Wakeeeee up, girlfriend. He went on raising his wand to his tie again though his eyes remained on AJ. She wasn't going to fall back to sleep right here, right now, was she? Nope! It didn't seem so for she continued with her practice. Goody!
...................

If Adi thought that making his tie go from red to green was difficult, he didn't have to wait long to find out it was going to get more difficult.

''Colovaria!'' Point!

''Colovaria!'' Point!

''Colovaria!'' Point!

Wheeee! All Adi got was a whole lot of NOTHING! He seriously doubted that failure to change the House colours had anything to do with him considering himself to be a part of the particular House though he had been told a few times he had Slytherin traits. Nahhh, it was all in his head. Anyway, he needed to think about blue more now... and this is what he did. ''Colovaria!'' Point! HelllOOOoooooOOO, Ravenclaw tie! Finally Adi had done all three colours and now it was back to his beloved yellow.

''Colovaria!'' Focus and point! Yaaaaay! He had his yellow tie back! And without a hitch, too. He pulled the fabric around his neck and knotted it. What next, Professor Catman? Adi was set for more activities!

[Sararara]

Norah held her orange tie up to the light, squinting at it to see if she could try really hard and it'd just look red. News flash: it didn't. Oh, well. Maybe she could invent her own Hogwarts house one day and IT could have orange colors and then really this wasn't even a mistake at all. Good plan, Kittredge.

Raising her wand again, she pointed it at the orange tie. What color next? Blue. Definitely blue, so then she could save green for last which was kinda the best 'cause plants were green and THEREFORE green was awesome. She grinned to herself. Therefore was a funny word to think in your head 'cause it made your thoughts seem all sorts of fancy. OKAY, SO. Blue stuff. The sky, that was easy. And those muggle candies that pretended to be raspberry flavored except they were blue which didn't even make any sense, and the ocean and and Culloden's walls and her favorite jacket with the little daisies. With all the blue things stuck in her brain, the fourth year cast "Colovaria!"

It was the RIGHT COLOR this time! Kind of! Huzzah! It hadn't turned purple (although that would've been lovely), and it HAD turned blue. Even if it was the wrong shade of blue it was technically still blue which was much better than last time, so there.

[Weasley174]

Angel was totally enjoying herself now and was looking at her Ravenclaw colour tie... she wished that she could keep it because it would come in useful but she knew that she wouldn't have been allowed to and she was sure the Professor would be able to tell the difference between a normal tie and the one she had.

"Colovaria!" Angel pointed her wand at her tie as she visualised the Slytherin Colours in her head. "Colovaria!" Angel watched as the tie turned colours once again and were now an exact copy of the Slytherin tie. How awesome was that? Angel was sure that she would be using this spell loads of time because it was easy and so much fun.

Angel then turned her tie back to the normal colour, she liked the other colours but well nothing would replace the Gryffindor colours in her heart, once a Gryffindor always a Gryffindor was the saying right.

[MudInMyBlood]

"I'm up. I'm up," she half yawned, half grumbled. The poke to the arm cut her off mid yawn. Hey. Thinking about a playful shove her mind went to Quigley and him not letting them work together the last time. Adi had just better be alert when the class was over. That was all she was going to say about that.

Her tie had been red, green and then yellow. There was only one color left and that was blue. The house color that her other sister belonged to. You know the one that wasn't good enough to be considered a lion. AJ was pretty sure that Angel barely made it. Most likely it helped that she was so lucky to share the same face as her. You were welcome.

Not letting her mind run completely away from her, she tried to imagine things that were blue. For good measure she even closed her eyes. Waves, the sky, and blue bubblegum ice cream all came to mind. Her breathing was getting deeper. Did she really just fall right back asleep standing up? Her mouth opened a tiny bit and a snore jolted her awake. What? Looking around she realized she was still in class. Whoops. Nobody saw that, right?

Back to her tie, she pointed her wand directly at it. "Colovaria!"
Nothing. This was probably why it was frowned upon to sleep in class. It was an honest mistake. Birds weren't even up at this hour. Only they really were. Focus!

"Colovaria!" Yellow was gone, and a pretty shade of blue took its place. There. She had done all the required practicing. Could she go back to sleeping while standing. That was an art. An art that she was willing to perfect!

[Felixir]

Admirable. People called him that a lot; did they maybe think that was what he was aiming for? Because admirable sounded like a good thing to be, but everyone always said it so... uncertainly, like Quigley was doing. Toby only watched, tried to gauge the professor's reaction, and nodded.

As usual, other people's answers were confusing him. He couldn't comprehend disliking anything someone got him. Even if it wasn't his kind of thing, the fact that someone had gifted it was the focus, wasn't it? And even if you truly DIDN'T like it... Toby didn't know if honesty was the best policy or if hiding it or trading it really was the best idea. It hurt his head to think about, considering it wasn't a scenario he ever pictured for himself. And as for mean gifts, like Zander had mentioned... the pure concept just went over his head. Why would anyone do that?

Okay. Well. WELL. He was not going to dwell on all that confusing stuff. A COLOUR CHANGING CHARM, then. That sounded cool, and Toby wondered what kind of adventure they could have with this. He listened to Quigley's instructions, wand already out and twirling between his fingers while he used his free hand to somewhat awkwardly loosen the knot of his tie and slip it off his head.

On with the show, then.

"Colovaria. Colovaria." Easy enough, right? And picturing colours was easy too. And a point of his wand? Nailed that wand movement years ago. He pointed his wand at the tie now, the green of Slytherin firmly in his mind (green was first purely because they were outside, and outside always made him think of green). "Colovaria."

It was difficult to determine whether it was EXACTLY the right shade of green, but it looked close enough to him. He might have asked a nearby Slytherin if he could use their tie as a comparison, except that everyone here was practicing the same spell so... that would be difficult.

... Toby squinted at the tie. The secondary colours were still black, probably because he'd not focused on changing them as well. A few more seconds of squinting later, Toby pointed his wand at the tie again, said "Colovaria," and, badabooooom. Silver. Silver and green. Nice.

[Holmesian Feline]

Alright so he was ready to try the spell out for himself. Benny ahd already noticed Adi beside him making his own tie Gryffindor red for a bit before moving on to Slytherin green. "So close..." he mused quietly with a chuckle. His bestie was the only one of the quartet that wasn't a lion in the grand scheme of things and it would have been cool to have him be part of the house albeit temporarily.

But they did have to cycle through all of the houses. The sixth year figured he might as well do it alphabetically for any sort of way to cover them. Benny already had the Gryffindor tie, now onto the Huffie. "Colovaria..." he cast when he was ready, pointing at his tie and focusing on a golden yellow color. The charm only half-worked at first, the changes working on part of the tie. "Colovaria!" he cast again with a bit more intent. This time he had a tie fit for a Hufflepuff.

Success!

[hermionesclone]

What in the freaking name of Merlin did colour charms have to do with the huge ditch down below? Dude did not understand this link one bit, and it was probably why he was looking between the two with a confused expression on his face.

Also why he was late in starting the activity. LOL!

Grayson reached up and pulled off his tie as seductively as possible. It wasn't a show for anyone per se, but taking your tie off the normal way was far too boring. You needed the poise and the smirk and the kinda messy haired look that looked cool. Dude knew all about that.

When the tie was off, he pulled out his wand, chanting the spell in the process. "Colovaria......... colovaria........... coooooloooooooovariaaaaaaaa," Chanting like the ones they did in Runes, occasionally. The wand movement was simple so obviously, that didn't need to be practiced. Who could get pointing wrong?

Here. We. GO!

With the colours of another house in his mind, the seventh year pointed his wand at the tie and cried, "Colovaria!" BOOM! Confidence!

And a teal coloured tie. Er.

"Colovaria! Colovaria!" C'moooooooon! CHANGE already! "Colovaria!"

WE HAVE A BLUE AND BRONZE TIE, PEOPLE.

[natekka]

She just nodded at Clara and bit her lip. "Thanks. I'm trying." A little. Oh, were they supposed to do stripes? She glanced down at her tie...it was solid yellow. OOPS. She suppose she needed to make the color stripes...and not just one color...right.

Right.

Easy enough fix, though. "Colovaria!" she cried, and the tie suddenly had yellow and black stripes. GOOD. That looked a lot better. She smiled at Clara. "Good job." She wanted to hug her, but deemed that an after class activity. Hugging her would be weird.

Now to go for..Gryffindor! Red and gold. "Colovaria!" she cried, pointing her wand at the tie...and it instantly changed to yellow and gold. Wait-----yellow and gold. Eden raised an eyebrow. That was certainly...an ugly combination of colors, wasn't it? Ugh. She needed to fix it before her eyes bled. "Colovaria!" The tie changed that yellow to red. GOOD. Eden thought the Gryffindor colors would look good on her too. She had wanted to BE a Gryffindor for awhile when she started here. Thank Merlin she didn't anymore...she liked her house. Ravenclaw was...superior! Clearly.

She snorted to herself and moved onto the last set of colors...stupid green and STUPID SILVER. She didn't want to change her tie to Cutty's colors, but she tried to think of a snake she LIKED. Like..Grayson..Ruby...oh! Rorie! Okay. Hady, she liked Hady.

Not Cutty's house, but THEIR house.

"Colovaria!" she tapped her wand to the gold and red tied, the colors changing to green and silver. Well.

She did it. She practiced. Could she turn her tie back now?

Before Clara Slytherinified her tie, she paused to watch Eden. Other than the ugly yellow and gold mix - which Clara made a face at - she did everything perfectly and the tie went from yellow, to red, and to green. "Nicely done," she said proudly, giving her friend a little nudge before turning her attention back to her own tie.

First, she pictured the red and gold tie turning green .... "Colovaria" .... and it did, then she envisioned the stripes, taking longer this time to make sure she got it just right. "Colovaria," she muttered and watched as silver stripes made their way across the. Piece of cake. Clara was proud of herself, despite that, especially as her mind was still foggy.

"We can change them back, right?" She asked Eden ........ well, sort of.

She was going to turn it back regardless, she just wanted to encourage Eden to do the same.

One final wand point. "Colovaria," she said after imaging the Slytherin-coloured tie turning back to the original Ravenclaw colours. Much better .... not that she had anything again snakes, just .... Cutty. Subtle glares for you, Cutty. Clara looked back to her best friend, checking again that she was okay, while untying her tie from around the bridge's post and replacing it around her neck.

[Felixir]

Merlin knew if the tie was exactly the right shades it needed to be. Fact was, it was now more or less Slytherin colours, the colours he'd been aiming for. That was a success.

Next up then, he was going to go for some awesome Gryffindor colours. This exercise was simple enough that he could just get on with it, of course. So Toby pointed his wand at the tie, envisioned the bold Gryffindor RED in his, and said, "Colovaria."

Except something distracted him at the last moment. Something that had him looking up and turning his head around to look for the source. No saying what it was, but when Toby looked back at the tie he saw that he had successfully turn it-

Um...

........... Ravenclaw colours.

Uhhh... huh. That was weird. And made NO SENSE, but Toby wasn't complaining. He just tried to ACT NATURAL, and wipe the confused look from his face. LALALA. TOTALLY MEANT TO DO THAT. And nobody could really figure otherwise, either, hopefully. Unless the CatMan could read minds.

Merlin. What if that CatMan could read minds?

[hermionesclone]

Right. New house tie colours.

Grayson tilted his head to either side of his head, like they would in fighting scenes when they're getting ready to show the other person who's boss. It kinda got him all riled up, you know? Kinda. That and not looking at what anyone else was doing was helping tons. No distractions and whatnot.

And it was freaking weird to be holding a Ravenclaw tie. This had been HIS tie and now it was all BLUE. Jeez, man.

Concentrating hard this time, the seventh year pointed his wand at the tie again and cried, "Colovaria!"

The change in colour occurred much faster this time. The boy knew that it had worked almost as soon as the spell left his mouth. Heh. Look at that blue tie slowly turning purple and then red. Yeah, you do that!

An his ego? Sky rocketing.

[Felixir]

So this time he really did need to turn the tie Gryffindor colours, and there'd be no working his way around the fact that he'd messed it up if he did it again. Unless nobody was actually paying any attention to him of course.

Cue a casual glance around at everyone else to see where everyone's eyes were directed. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm.

His brain was stalling. Toby realised that. He blinked a few times before looking at his now-that's-what-I-call-Ravenclaw tie. Gryffindor colours then. To be fair, he knew he could do it, just as long as he didn't get distracted again; he wasn't finding this spell to be too difficult.

"Colovaria," Toby said as confidently as possible, pointing his wand at the tie and picturing his head the many Gryffindor students he happened across every day and the colours of their school ties. And, just like that, he was an honorary Gryffindor. Red and gold tie. Awesome. He admired it for just a moment before he had to turn it back again.

"Colovaria." A point of his wand later and-... uh...

... nothing? Um. Right.

"... Colovaria..."

................................... pls.

"ColoVARia!" An aggressive wand-point later, and he had a yellow and black tie once again. Ahh, there. It looked more or less accurate, but Toby would probably cast a quick 'finite' on it after class was over, just to make sure he had it completely back to normal and all. But right now, he slipped the tie back on and let it hand from his neck all loosely, not bothering to tighten the knot again just yet, in case they still needed them.

[hermionesclone]

With his ego still soaring up in space, Grayson twirled his wand around his hand and looked up to see if anyone was looking. No? No one had seen his marvel? His spectacle? His amazing feat?

Freaking rude, man.

Maybe he'd gotten a little ahead of himself but the last Colovaria was proving to be difficult. He said the incantation the same way as before and he was still pointing his wand at the tie but the. Tie. Didn't. Want. To change. COLOUR!

"Colovaria!" No.

"Colovaria!" No.

See what he meant? Jeez. "Colovaria! Coooolooooovaria! COLOVARIA!"

HOLY FREAKING MERLIN. FINALLY!

The tie in his hands changed to an orangey colour before settling on the yellow colour of the Hufflepuff house. Huh. Maybe his lack of understanding of that house explained why he found this one difficult.

Eh.

[SilverTiger]

There were all sorts of ties changing colors around her, but Brooklyn was singularly focused. Not on changing the color of her own, but trying to decide what her mental comparisons were going to be for the other two changes. She refused to look at it as making either a Hufflepuff or a Ravenclaw tie. Gryffindor was okay, but even there she hadn’t thought of it as making a Gryffindor tie. In her head, she was fully in Westeros, thinking of the great houses there. It was a lot easier to focus that way, too. In essence, she could ignore everyone around her and not worry about them seeing her fail. She wouldn’t fail. She refused to fail.

Just by reason of being the next simplest change for her thoughts, the tiny redhead settled on yellow and black for the next change. Not Hufflepuff. Baratheon. She wondered if anyone would notice if she changed the badger into a stag, just because that would be funny. She’d really be able to have fun then…

Anyway. Pointing her wand at the red and gold tie hanging over the railing, which had formerly been her pretty green and silver one, she focused on the thoughts that had crystallized in her mind. “Colovaria!” Not the stag though. She figured that would have been another spell entirely, and she wasn’t going to ask Professor Quigley about that when it would mean revealing the plan. No, all she was thinking about right now were colors. Black and yellow, although as she looked at the tie changing, the yellow looked a bit more like gold than really yellow. It was good enough.

[Holmesian Feline]

One house done, two more to go.

Benny needed to switch the yellow tie Ravenclaw blue this time around. He tried to visualize the change taking place and how it looked on a normal eagle tie before he readied himself to cast the spell again. "Colovaria!" The sixth year used the same tone, clarity and hopefully intent as his previous attempt. It appeared to have been what he needed for the yellow deepened and darkened in color on the tie until he was a rich blue like the desired result.

A final house to do before returning it to normal.

Blue needed to give way to green to represent Slytherin house for the final change. One more casting of the new charm...he hoped anyway. Think Beverley or Caleb's tie he reminded himself as he pictured an emerald green example to guide his charms work. Breathe in....breathe out "Colovaria!"

Now he was a Snake.

[ArianaBlack]

A positive response. That one was new. Actually, it would've made Zander rather suspicious had it not been for certain circumstances. Certain circumstances meaning, Professor Quigley actually did believe in Zander Adair. Even if he only believed a little bit.

Anyways, activity time. Merlin. Professor Quigley wasn't wasting any time this morning. Normally vague question number one also led to vague question number two. But apparently not this time. So this was it then? They were changing their ties?.... But then whey'd they have to meet all the way outside? Merlin. This better had been worth the trek over here, 'cause Zander was not gonna be a happy camper otherwise.

Co-lo-va-ria.

Sounded easy enough.

Zander was visualizing it too. The blue tie. He was going for Ravenclaw. "Colovaria!" he tried, concentrating as hard as he possibly could given that it was so early in the morning."Colovaria!" He tried again, staring hard. As if squinting would make it look any more blue. (It didn't by the way. Still Gryffindor red).

[Expecto-Penguin]

After practicing his spell pronunciation and doing his wand movement, he was going to try and change the color of his tie. He tried to clear his mind or better yet he needed to clean his sleepy mind. He needed to be awake a little bit more. He shook his head and a couple more times more and then he felt more awake. Now onto the task of changing his tie to the opposite colors. He needed to change it to red, blue and green? Yup just the other houses colors. He pointed his wand at his tie and said, "Colovaria!" and nothing happened. Hmmm...he wondered what could be the problem? I mean he thought he did something right. He shrugged and went onto the task of doing it again. I mean others were having difficulty it wasn't just him.

He pointed his wand at his tie again and then said, "Colovaria!" and saw his tie change colors and then it faded. He was SO close. He would need to try again.

[Sararara]

It was going to work this time. It WAS. She had decided and she was in charge so there. Norah held up her pale blue tie and squinted at it. "You'd better turn the right kind of green, Mr. Tie Dude." Stern looks for YOU. The pale blue was pretty nice, though. Almost as nice as that orange from before. But y'know what was nicer? The color of VICTORY, which was Slytherin green this time, even though if it were up to her it would've been glittery. She still had to ask Quigley about that.

Pointing her wand at the tie, she shut her eyes tight and imagined all the green things she could think of. Only dark green, though, which ruled out a lot of fun stuff but she was gonna get the RIGHT green this time, remember? After thinking of Christmas trees and snakes and more christmas trees and frogs and ivy and spinach and even more Christmas trees, the fourth year said, "Colovaria!" and opened her eyes. HELLOOO THERE turquoise? Excuse YOU. That wasn't right at all. With a determined glare at the tie, she tried again. "Colovaria!" It went darker, but not all the way to green. SIGH. "Colovaria!!"

Ta da! Norah beamed and hugged the dark green tie to her chest. Nobody had to know how many tries it'd taken, right? Right. Would this spell work on her hair, too?

[Expecto-Penguin]

After having two failed attempts not gonna lie he was getting discouraged. This wasn't his morning at all. He was usually pretty good at charms. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He just needed to change his tie colors. He got his wand in his hand and was prepared to do this. He recited the spell in his head. He just needed confidence that was his problem. He cleared his throat and began to say, "Colovaria!!" and then he pointed his wand at his tie and slowly but surely he saw the tie change colors. He pictured the other houses colors and he saw it turn red, blue and green. He grinned with glee and finally got the hang of it!

Now time for the next activity. He wondered what they were gonna do after this? I mean were they gonna change clothes or what?

[ArianaBlack]

Unfortunately Zander was still holding a Red tie in his hands, and Merlin he could not be more disappointed in himself. Why couldn't he get this right?! It wasn't like the spell was even all that difficult. There were plenty of younger students probably already on their second color change. And Zander was still holding a red and gold tie. Not even at his first color change. This was terribly embarrassing. Especially with all that added pressure of knowing Professor Q actually did expect great things. Merlin.

"Colovaria!" he tried again, this time looking at someone else's blue tie. He really needed to envision it. Especially because his tie was STILL red. MERLIN. What more did it take!? The Gryffindor let out a quick, hasty breath in frustration. He needed to clear his head was all. Forget about all the added pressure. Just breathe.

"Colovaria!" this time he spoke with a little more confidence and a little less of... well of whatever he was doing wrong earlier. And FINALLY the tie, it wasn't red anymore!!! Well, the shade of blue was still a bit off, but it was progress. A lot better than getting nothing done at all, right? Merlin. Maybe he'd just work on getting the Ravenclaw thing down before he tried something crazy like Slytherin green.

Yeah, this was already hard enough. Forget changing into every single house color. That's asking for a lot Professor Q.

[AlwaysSnapesGirl]

Seemed like a pretty okay class so far. Not too easy but definitely not too hard either, which was the right way to go with a morning class really. So Jenna was pretty happy with the way the lesson was going.

Colovaria was the spell. She said it softly to herself a couple times, just to make sure she had a good feel for the pronunciation, only trying out the wand movement once or twice because...well it was just pointing her wand - which was also nice, of course. Complicated wand movements could be annoying sometimes.

Now it was time to try it out though.

She took off her tie and held it in front of her with her free hand, pointing her wand at it with the other. So first...a Ravenclaw tie. Picturing the blue and bronze colors in her mind, she said, "Colovaria."

Well...it turned a little blue and a little bronze, but it definitely wasn't as vivid as it should've been. Hm.

She focused a little harder, keeping the proper colors in her mind as she tried again. "Colovaria."

Oh, excellent! That looked about right this time. Good.

[SilverTiger]

There was one problem with her plan, and that was the fact she didn’t know anyone other than Ravenclaw whose colors were blue and bronze. Brooklyn wasn’t about to accept failure though, and they’d been asked to cover all the houses. Professor Quigley didn’t need to know that technically she hadn’t done Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. It looked like she had, and she had the advantage of knowing Ravenclaw quite well. Considering she’d seen Lily’s uniform while her sister had still been here, and she’d seen the things her aunt and uncle had from when they’d been here. Way too many Ravenclaws for her not to be familiar with the colors. She just wished she could pretend that she wasn’t changing her tie to those colors.

Focusing once again, pointing her wand at the gold and black striped tie on the railing, she concentrated on all of that stuff. Lily’s, Aunt Elizabeth’s, Uncle Robert’s…all Claws. All not her, but at least she didn’t have to keep the tie Claw colors. “Colovaria!,” she cast, watching her tie and not looking away until it had transformed into a blue and bronze stripe. If she had to use sheer will to accomplish it, she was going to.

Luckily, the tie cooperated, but she didn’t let it stay Claw for long. Instead, almost as soon as it had changed and she’d checked to see if the lesson had moved on yet, she’d pointed her wand at it again. “Colovaria!” Back to Slytherin, but she left it on the railing for now. She could put it back on later.

[Cassirin]

So now she had a red tie. Pseudo-Gryffindor. Basically a lion. Dot tied the tie around her head and did a victory pirouette. Around and around and... oh, right. She was still practicing the spell. Very serious little future animagus at work here.

Ahem. How about a Hufflepuff party now? If red was possible, then surely Dot would make her tie turn to yellow. Double ahem. She removed the tie from her head and set it back on the desk in a messy red squiggle of fabric.

"Colovaria," she pointed her wand at the tie and thought about yellow things. The sun and a snitch and daisy-bellies and baby ducks. Yellow was soft and spring. Yellow yellow yellow. The tie went from reddish to maroon to orange to orange-yellow... to yellow. YELLOW, FOLKS.

"Badger Dottie," she whispered, draping the tie around her head again. Victory dance?

[Daydreamer11]

Changing colors. Now that could come in handy. Janelle could think of at least three things in her possesion that she could use the spell on. Before she could try it out on her tie, she needed to practice the spell a bit.. Janelle just had a feeling that she was going to get this one right.

Since pointing was pretty self explanatory, Janelle decided to tackle the incantation. "Co-lo-va-ria, Co-lo-va-ria, Colovaria." Satisfied that her pronunciation was correct, Janelle took off her tie and set it down. Then she picked up her wand and pointed it at her tie. She glanced over at one of her classmates for a moment. When the image of Hufflepuff yellow was stuck in her mind, Janelle continued to think yellow, yellow, yellow. "Colovaria", she said with authority. Then lo and behold, she now had a Hufflepuff tie. Cool.

Janelle thought that this might have been the first time that she had ever gotten a spell right on the first try. Nailed it. She couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face. But she couldn't spend too much time patting herself on the back because she had two more colors to try out. It was on to the next house color.

[Cassirin]

The last change was actually going to be the hardest. Not that blue was harder than red or yellow, but she was all emotionally tied up in her once-dashed dreams of being a Ravenclaw with her best friends. It might hurt a lot to make that tie blue... or it might just be a blue tie.

Either way, she was going to be very distracted casting a spell that needed FOCUS. BLUE BLUE BLUE focus. Cloudless blue skies and big blue eyes, calm water and the deep blue ceilings in the Ravenclaw common room. It was so pretty. She wanted her tie to be just as pretty.

blueblueblueblueblue

"Colovaria," she squeezed her eyes shut and cast the spell, hoping against hope that she'd make her tie change colors one last time. Dot opened one eye, and then another, and found a deep blue tie curled on her desk.

Yaaay? Dot was a color-changing beast.

[VRSCIKA]

Henric did his infamous eye rolling at llia."Yeah yeah...lets see if you can do better then...go on..go on..."he chuckled, look at her flipping her long hair back and being all Slytherin worthy of her tie...uh huh...who was the sass now,hmm?! He didn't think he looked that bad being in Slytherin...the sorting hat almost wanted to put him there but he told the hat..he didn't care which..as long as he could get to the table fast so they could get on with the feast.The sorting hat snorted...he actually did....

Anyway, he waited for llia to finish with her colour changing spell on her tie. Oooh...hufflepuff eh? Henric blinked at his bestie for a moment when she posed with her big dolly eyes and smile, asking him if she looked sweet as a puff."Who are you? And what have you done to my bestfriend?"Henric asked, grinning widely while acting all seriously. She looked different...mighty different and he wasn't sure if he like this version of llia but woohooo...this was fun!

"But you know...you don't look as bad....I think being a Hufflepuff suits you too,"Henric replied, shrugging nonchalantly. He then took off his tie and held it back up again.

"Maybe being in Gryffindor fits me better?"Henric muttered.Henric cast out the spell again,"Colorvaria!" while thinking hard on the colour red on his tie. He should act brave and courageous next.hehe.

Ilia wanted to giggle at him for his eye roll because she knew that he was joking. Honestly........he looked pretty good in green, at least in Ilia's opinion. They did start bonding over their mutual love of reptiles and amphibians.........which is one other reason she laughed about being sorted into the snake house. "You know that I'm an amazing snake, you don't look too shabby in green though." She winked at him playfully.

She couldn't keep her expression Barbie like for long , she was told she looked like a porcelain doll but didn't much enjoy that thought. To Henric's teasing she snorted a laugh almost. She couldn't see herself as a fake sweet doll, she didn't want to be anything like that at all. Being a Hufflepuff suited her though? Maybe it did.........she wasn't sure. Adi was an awesome friend and her best friend was a puff, but there were also puffs that she didn't care for. Houses really didn't seem to have anything to do with that really. "As much as I like badgers....." She nodded her head toward him. "I don't think that yellow is my color. It clashes with my blonde hair." No point in wearing a color that would outshine her golden locks.

Maybe Gryffindor fit him better than Slytherin? Green was so much prettier though.........She eyed him over in red and gave an approving nod. "Not bad, I am more partial to green though." She smiled a little and held out her own tie. "Colovaria." The brightness of the yellow gave way and smoothly blended into a sharper, warmer color. Ilia's tie also camouflaged itself to match that of the house of lions. She looked at her friend, matching him. "Rawr." She posed and moved her hands like claws, showing off for him.

[AlwaysSnapesGirl]

Now, which one to try next? Hufflepuff or Gryffindor? It didn't really matter since it'd be changed back to Slytherin colors again in the end, but still. Maybe she'd try the Gryffindor colors next though, just to get her brother's house out of the way.

So Jenna pictured those colors in her mind, red and gold, and imagined them appearing on the tie this time. And she decided to focus on that mental image for a few seconds before trying it. "Colovaria."

Instantly the blue and bronze transformed into red and gold...for the most part. There was still a little smidgeon of the Ravenclaw colors at the bottom. Probably not enough to notice if the professor was even inspecting every single one of their tie changes...but eh, even if he wasn't, mostly succeeding wasn't good enough to Jenna. So trying a second time was a thing.

"Colovaria." Yep, that was much better. Now it was entirely accurate - good.

[itsjustjesse]

Puck was focusing hard now, because she wanted it to be spot on. Sure, maybe the fact that this was the other house she had thought upon the Hat’s song or whatever you called it because it wasn’t exactly a song. It was more like cryptic poetry about houses and well, personalities mostly? Still, she had thought that she would have been a slytherin.

Well, she did think she had some of their traits. Still, as Professor Flamsteed had said the day after the feast she was fiercely determined and would stand up for people like how she did for Kevin. Still now she needed to make this color right. Just for her inner snake.

First she focused on the yellow hufflepuff stripe and visualized it turning a dark emerald green. Then, she pictured the black stripe and tried to visualize it sparkling and glimmering like the beautiful silver almost white in some light even. Still focusing on the color she pointed her wand at the tie in front of her. “Colovaria” She cast and watched as the colors shifted, morphed, blended and changed until a Slytherin Tie was there in her hands.

Putting it about her neck she just grinned. “How do I look?” She asked grinning over to Kace.

[Daydreamer11]

Next up, Gryffindor. Janelle was pumped and ready for try number two. She needed to focus on red so she thought of all the red things she could come up with.......fire engines, strawberries, the professor's apples, tomatoes and on and on. Janelle closed her eyes and made sure that she her mind was filled with red images. As always, concentration was key. She had to keep herself focused on the color red and imagine it transferring to her uniform tie.

When she was ready to cast the spell, Janelle opened her eyes and readied her wand. Pointing it at her yellow tie, she said, "Colovaria". Bam.....red tie. Oh she was on a roll now. She was eager to do her Slytherin green quickly, lest she lose her mojo.

Janelle was two for two and determined to go three for three. She took a moment to revel in her success before she moved on to green. Maybe, just maybe, she would actually get the hang of this magic thing one day. She just had to be patient and keep trying.

[AlwaysSnapesGirl]

So just one house left before she could change her tie back to normal. And surely this should be a piece of cake now. She'd messed up a little on the previous one, but only a little. So this time it should be totally perfect, right?

She was going to find out.

Picturing the tie turning yellow and black, she kept her wand pointed at it and said, "Colovaria."

And it...turned entirely yellow. The whole thing. Just yellow.

Really????

Merlin's beard.

Jenna narrowed her eyes at it and at her wand, wondering if they were doing this on purpose just to annoy her. Ugh.

She couldn't let them do that though - this would work perfectly at some point. So she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, opening her eyes as she exhaled.

Completely calm now. Okay.

Picturing the smaller stripes turning black, she cast, "Colovaria."

And...yes. Perfect. Yellow and black, just like the Hufflepuff tie. Good.

[lazykitty]

The other houses' colors.....? Yeah, Heather wasn't too thrilled with that. Mainly because she disliked Slytherin green. Nothing against the house itself, but that color was ugly.

Which meant that maybe she'd start with it and get the worst over with already. But what if she had trouble with the spell it was stuck like that? Nah, if first years could do it without trouble, she could too. Focusing on the hideous green, she slipped her untied (had to have some individuality aside from jewelry and shoes) tie from around her collar and held it in front of her. "Colovaria." Boom. Ugly green. Now to quickly change it......

[Symphora]

Ilia wanted to giggle at him for his eye roll because she knew that he was joking. Honestly........he looked pretty good in green, at least in Ilia's opinion. They did start bonding over their mutual love of reptiles and amphibians.........which is one other reason she laughed about being sorted into the snake house. "You know that I'm an amazing snake, you don't look too shabby in green though." She winked at him playfully.

She couldn't keep her expression Barbie like for long , she was told she looked like a porcelain doll but didn't much enjoy that thought. To Henric's teasing she snorted a laugh almost. She couldn't see herself as a fake sweet doll, she didn't want to be anything like that at all. Being a Hufflepuff suited her though? Maybe it did.........she wasn't sure. Adi was an awesome friend and her best friend was a puff, but there were also puffs that she didn't care for. Houses really didn't seem to have anything to do with that really. "As much as I like badgers....." She nodded her head toward him. "I don't think that yellow is my color. It clashes with my blonde hair." No point in wearing a color that would outshine her golden locks.

Maybe Gryffindor fit him better than Slytherin? Green was so much prettier though.........She eyed him over in red and gave an approving nod. "Not bad, I am more partial to green though." She smiled a little and held out her own tie. "Colovaria." The brightness of the yellow gave way and smoothly blended into a sharper, warmer color. Ilia's tie also camouflaged itself to match that of the house of lions. She looked at her friend, matching him. "Rawr." She posed and moved her hands like claws, showing off for him.

"Why thank you very much,Miss Valke...finally you admitted I can look pretty dashing in Slytherin,"Henric grinned, acting self-indulgently by spiking up his hair like he always do before class. Hair and grooming...lived by it people.

Henric shoock he head at llia, chuckling at her remark about her hair clashing with the colour of his house."No,it doesn't...we Hufflepuffs looks good in anything really,no need to worry, we just cool like that,"he boasted, waving his hand poshly. Of course, again he was being ridiculous.

--------------------------------------------------

Yasss...he turned his tie into one of Gryffindors! Score two for Henric at his surprising ability to turn objects into a different colour!Woots~ Oh, and llia a Gryffidor this time! He laughed when llia did the lion pose too. "It sounded to me more like a purr than a lion, more vibrato here..like this..."he pointed to his stomach and growled,"ROAWWRR..."" He made a face, flinching slightly at the end.

"Nope...that wasn't it...let's move on,"Henric fake-coughed and held up his wand again."Colorvaria!"he quickly cast before he made a fool of himself more. The red faded and turned to his favourite colour...blue!

"I think this house suits you more than me,llia,"he smiled, holding up his blue tie. Henric was a procrastinator, not a hardworking type at all but he was trying...really trying....

[lazykitty]

....to Hufflepuff yellow. Not that she would want it that way permanently. Hufflepuffs were much too sunny for her liking. Nobody could be that happy all the time, unless they were just ignorant.

"Colovaria." Boom. Success. Don't nobody mistake her for a bee now.

[Hera]

Interesting...

This lesson was INTERESTING.

Changing colours of things was fairly standard he thought, and he'd already dabbled with it, so practicing the charm some more wasn't something that phased him. Rather, grinning, Zeke pulled off his tie - pleased to be rid of the thing - and took out his wand.

Pointing at the garment, he stated clearly, "Colovaria," all the while focusing on a strong Ravenclaw blue.

Not surprisingly, he was successful. Of course he was. This was Charms! He was GOOOOOOOD at Charms!

A part of him wondered what it might have been like to wear the blue... though he had to admit he much preferred red.

[Kolyander]

So she'd been a Hufflepuff and also a Ravenclaw. Sure it might have just been for a few seconds and technically she hadn't been either just her tie had been but it was still pretty cool anyhow.

"Colovaria," Hady stated firmly with a point of her wand towards the tie her focus on changing it red. Right away the blue faded and changed to a brilliant red. Not just any red though, Gryffindor red to be exact. It was odd holding her tie this time when it was the Lions color and she couldn't help but cast a quick glimpse over at Zeke to see how he was doing with this.

Now that she had the color changing charm down it was time to go back to being a snake. So with a small smirk and a color image of her normal green color in mind she pointed her wand at the necktie, "Colovaria." As it changed once more and hopefully for the last time from it's red color to the way it was supposed to look she slipped her wand back into it's holster.

Holding up her now once again Slytherin tie she happily slipped it back over her head letting it remain there hanging loosely. As nice as it was to see the other colors she enjoyed being a snake much to much to be anything else.

[Hera]

Blue would have looked good on him, he decided, but then again he was sure ALLLLLL the colours would look good on him. Never mind though that he didn't want to be in any of the other houses, Gryffindor was his home.

"Colovaria," he cast for a second time, wand pointed at his tie.

This time it turned a bright Hufflepuff yellow, and he had to say yellow was perhaps one of the colours he would wish to avoid. Yellow, gold, it didn't matter what people called it, it was just too sickly happy. Not his style at all.

[VRSCIKA]

"Why thank you very much,Miss Valke...finally you admitted I can look pretty dashing in Slytherin,"Henric grinned, acting self-indulgently by spiking up his hair like he always do before class. Hair and grooming...lived by it people.

Henric shoock he head at llia, chuckling at her remark about her hair clashing with the colour of his house."No,it doesn't...we Hufflepuffs looks good in anything really,no need to worry, we just cool like that,"he boasted, waving his hand poshly. Of course, again he was being ridiculous.

--------------------------------------------------

Yasss...he turned his tie into one of Gryffindors! Score two for Henric at his surprising ability to turn objects into a different colour!Woots~ Oh, and llia a Gryffidor this time! He laughed when llia did the lion pose too. "It sounded to me more like a purr than a lion, more vibrato here..like this..."he pointed to his stomach and growled,"ROAWWRR..."" He made a face, flinching slightly at the end.

"Nope...that wasn't it...let's move on,"Henric fake-coughed and held up his wand again."Colorvaria!"he quickly cast before he made a fool of himself more. The red faded and turned to his favourite colour...blue!

"I think this house suits you more than me,llia,"he smiled, holding up his blue tie. Henric was a procrastinator, not a hardworking type at all but he was trying...really trying....

"Maybe so..........but still not as good as a snake." She joked back and posed her body with a smirk and a wink. Back to being slightly more serious. To her Henric looked fine in no matter what color..........just no pink please. A purr? He called her grr a purr? Tch. When he made a 'roawr' and flinched........she flinched a little as well.....not the best roar she had heard. She laughed as he said to move along and coughed. She wasn't going to call him on that one.

She pulled her tie back into her hand. Last color.....blue as the sheen on a Raven. "Colovaria." The red altered and shifted, the color cooling and turning from a warm red to a relaxed blue. When he said he thought the house suited her more than him, her cheeks got a soft pink to them. "Maybe so but, we can't say blue isn't fetching on you." She smiled sweetly, naturally and un-doll like. She couldn't help but look at him and make a sound. "Ca-caw.....Ca-caw." She said quietly and giggled. She was far too amused by that....Silent as the grave was her next sound ladies and gents.....

[Daydreamer11]

Janelle had gotten the spell right on her first two tries. There was no way she was going to mess up her third shot. It was time to channel her inner Slytherin. Green. Green leaves, green grass, green peppers, turtles, frogs.......hey, it worked before. No need to fix what wasn't broken, yeah? Janelle envisioned being surrounded by green and then she pictured her tie in a shade of Slytherin green.

That done, it was time to make things happen. Holding on to her green vision, Janelle directed her attention to her tie. She pointed her wand at it, took a deep breath and gave it a go. "Colovaria", she said, with total certainty this time. She had done it! Janelle had changed her tie into all three colors on the first try. She would have to write down the date because this was major. With her confidence boosted, Janelle tried the spell one last time. "Colorvaria." The tie was now back to her favorite color........Ravenclaw blue. Now Janelle wondered what else they would be doing in Charms class today. She felt ready for anything.

[Hera]

He was quick to change the colour again, this time to green. "Colovaria," he had performed in a timely manner, all his focus on Slytherin green, desperate to do away with the nasty peppy yellow.

To complete the activity, Zeke then shifted his thoughts to Gryffindor red... because as nice as the green was, it still wasn't red. "Colovaria," Zeke performed again, Larch pointed at his tie, returning it to its original state. Red was gorgeous. Yep.

[ArianaBlack]

So yes, the tie was a little too sky blue to pass for Ravenclaw, but it wasn't red and really at that point, it was all Zander needed to give him a little confidence boost. Plus, a funny thing always seemed to happen with spell work. Like when you get the spell right once, the rest of the times kind of come a lot easier? Maybe it has to do with seeing that you're actually able to do it... Or maybe just that visual you get from the final product done right? Either way, Zander had gotten it to work so this must've meant that if he could do it once he could do it a million times over.

Okay, maybe not a million.

But at least he could try another time.

And he was going for ACTUAL Ravenclaw blue this go around. He was pretty disappointed in his effort for this baby blue tie in his hand. So again, he pointed his wand straight at it and concentrated as hard as he could. "Colovaria!" TADAAAAAAA! Ravenclaw blue. This was GREAT. Only took him a million and three times to get it right, but the important part was that he did it and he had his health. Ahem.

"Colovaria!" he tried again, this time focusing on the color green that he noticed in someone else's tie. He was gonna go Slytherin! And, he managed to get it to work by the way. See, this stuff about getting it once really did make a world of difference. Zander was living, breathing PROOF.

Hopefully Professor Q only saw his successful attempts. Ahem.

[Edward Penguin]

Ian stared at his tie. He didn't really want to change it's colors. He loved his house and it's colors black and yellow. He was a proud badger and the idea that he needed to put another's house colors on it made him feel a bit of a turncoat. He didn't want to not participate though. He wondered if he could do something else. Perhaps....then he remembered he had a kerchief in his pocket he kept for little messes that needed a bit of a tidying up. He pulled it quickly from inside his robes and laid it before him. It was a simple white handkerchief his mum had given him as a parting gift.

Ian unfolded the fabric and looked at the square before him, pointed his wand at it and imagined the emerald green color of slytherin house. Colovaria. He watched with some wonder as it went from it's pristine white color to a deep, emerald green. It reminded him a bit of his friends from the Emerald Isles. That made it a bit easier to deal with than the idea it represented a house where so many evil wizards had come from. He rather liked the color. If he wasn't a proud badger, it might even be his favorite color.

[Stormdancer]

Having arrived with two apples [one red and one green] in a napkin to keep them fresh, Marsha had smiled at their Professor and then found somewhere close by that she would be able to see him… What? She was tiny, there was no way she would be able to see over the top of the older students if she went to the back of the bridge.

Listening to the Professor as he started the class, she grinned. Oh, that was easy. ”Mostly I love my presents. My parents know me really well.” That and she was easy to please with gifts, in general. ”Though, generally if I don’t like something, I will tell people. I don’t like lying to the people I love.” Yup.

Oh, you could change the colour of something? That was… awesome. Did that mean that she could change the colour of something in her room instead of having to buy new things? That would be amazing! She could rearrange her room whenever she got bored without costing her parents a single knut. Hehehe. Bedroom lookout when she got home for Christmas!

Colovaria… Colovaria.

[laurange]

Brian took a breath. Charms was never really his best subject. Okay, he'd admit it: he was rubbish at anything that actually required a wand. Charms, transfiguration, the occasional potion that required charming. He was really starting to feel like maybe they'd made a mistake and he wasn't really magical at all.

NO. Of course he could do it. He was Hufflepuff; Hufflepuffs worked super duper hard until they got the hang of everything they were working at. He wasn't going to disappoint his house! He was going to turn it red. Gryffindor. Timmy'd be proud. Pulling off his tie and setting it on the floor in front of him, he pointed his wand right at it. Inhale deeply, then incantation: "Colovaria."

Nothing.

"Colovaria!" he said, a little louder and more convinced. The tie's colour shifted gradually from its original yellow, darkening until it reached a bright and very happy orange. The whole tie was orange. No stripes, nothing. Just ORANGE. It wasn't even all red.

Oh, dear.

[Stormdancer]

”Colovaria. ColoVARia. CoLOvaria. Colovaria.” she rolled the words over her tongue, until she figured out how to say it properly. All of the time, she concentrated on what she wanted to do; to change the colour fully from one colour to the other. Cutty (and their professors) were always reinstating that the intent was as important as the spell and the wand motion.

Okay. She had this.

Reaching upwards, she took off her tie (what a shame! HEHEHE) and placed it over the rail of the bridge. She kept her second hand close to it so that she could stop it from blowing away if need be, but she doubted it as the fog hadn’t even risen fully yet.

Okay. Picturing a tie like her Aunt Autumn’s, Marsha pointed her wand at the tie and said clearly, ”Colovaria.” Nothing. She repeated the spell again, this time only picturing the shade of a Slytherin tie. Slowly, the tie changed to the dark green of Slytherin. Hmmm. Could she add the silver stripes as an addition? ”Colovaria!” She said, Nope. No stripes for her. Sighing, she tried two more times to add the stripes to her tie but failed each time. Okay, so she would try stripes on the next tie.

Okay, Benny. Benny’s tie was a deep blue, not as dark as navy but a dark blue all the same. ”Colovaria!” The young Lion said, aiming her wand once again at her own tie. This time, it changed from green to blue, but once again regardless of trying for a striped tie she got a simply plain one. Griffin.

[Edward Penguin]

Ian was pleased with himself for the first go round. He decided it would be best if he went ahead and tried again with the next color. Of course it would have to be Ravenclaw. He would save the gryffies for last because if he wasn't a huffie, he'd probably like to be a gryffie. They seemed to be good folks (even if there was some issues with sisters from time to time) and they got him chuffed pretty well often.

He focused on a lovely shade of red. He thought perhaps it seemed like a nice crimson or cardinal. He wasn't sure. He just knew that it matched rather well and reminded him a bit of a football team from Manchester. Focusing on that shade of red, he spoke the charm Colovaria! flicked his wrist and watched as the kerchief changed from the lovely emerald color and just as it started to change he remembered he was going to go with ravenclaw and his mind shifted quickly to blue and he ended up with an odd shade of purplish black. It wasn't an entirely displeasing color.

[SlytherinSistah]

"Thank you, Professor Quigley." He said with the air of a boy who had more money to his name than did Cutty. And probably more ignorance. Little rich boys never knew how it worked. They just knew they could never spend it all. Poor consumers. Bad for the economy.

Colovaria. Where was this spell when Sonea Duvessa had turned the common room pink all over. He'd managed with some transfiguration, but this would've been helpful too. It never hurt to have many weapons in ones arsenal. These were the thoughts as Cutty Mordaunt tugged at his tie and pulled it off from around his neck.

"Colovaria." He said letting it take shape in his mouth before trying it out for real. "Colovaria." He gripped the end of his wand. He pointed the wand directly at his tie. "Colovaria." And as if someone had spilled a heavy drop of red ink that spread all over the fabric quickly, Cutty's green & silver warmed up to hues of red and gold.

He held his Gryffauxdor tie up to his neck and looked at little wee Marsha Hannover. "Hannover, what d'yer think? Do I look like I could pass for one of yew lions?"

[laurange]

Maybe he wasn't focusing enough on what colour he wanted. Sure, he wanted it to turn red but maybe the visualisation wasn't enough. Hmmm. Red like Gryffindor, the crimson red of his best friend's school tie. It was a colour he saw frequently enough, so he should be able to visualise it well. Red and gold. He could do this.

Pointing his wand at the tie, he closed his eyes and concentrated. "Colovaria," he said, his hand twitching just a little. It was enough to miss the tie entirely and hit the floorboard, turning the whole thing crimson with specks of gold. Brian groaned, covering his face with his palm. What even? "WHOOPS."

He shook his head and pointed the wand back at the tie. He could fix it once he nailed the spell. "Colovaria," he said, eyes open this time but full of intent. The tie changed colour slowly, but surely, until there was a red tie with ONE gold stripe. Not too shabby.

[SlytherinSistah]

He finished his small amused laughs then put his tie down in front of him. H'mm...what house combo to do next? Cutty thought it practical to move from gold and red to gold and black. The vision was an easy one as he tapped his wand to the tie and said, "Colovaria."

He watched as the black took to the article of clothing, looking like he'd burned it strategically sending a spread of ash across the surface covering what was once read and contrasting sharply the hotter shade of gold that had taken over for the Gryffindor red.

"H'mm." He picked up the tie and looked across the room at Adi and wondered why. Just why? :|

[DaniDiNardo]

There might have been a few hiccups here and there but for the most part, Maddox stood munching his apple, pleased with what he was seeing. So what if it took them a few tries. Only thing that mattered was that they DID get the spell. Otherwise...well...it would only hinder them later on...and their house.

Shame you couldn't choose your housemates.

"Right then I think that's enough practising. Ties back on." The man leaned against the railing once more, glancing down like he'd been doing while the majority of them were still arriving. Could he take the entire barrel down there with him? Would he need to? It wouldn't be impossible to make them all climb down on their own while he stayed put; simply irresponsible.

When he considered the distance down there...the height involved, suddenly being irresponsible didn't sound half bad.

But if he didn't he'd have to use sonorus and eh, loud noises, no thank you. With a heavy sigh he launched away from the railing once more, nicked a few apples and headed to the end of the bridge closer to them. "Alright everyone, follow me. Down we go." The terrain leading down to the ditch of sorts was slanted and rugged enough to allow for adequate grip. He was confident they could make the climb down.

Maddox eased himself down the edge, feeling out the area so they could see all the safe places to make their descent. "And no," he called up even as he continued, "staying on the bridge is not an option. Single file, follow my lead. Don't break anything." Referring to their own bones. The man was seriously considering point reduction for the reckless among them.

Would have been easier descending as a cat but he needed them to SEE so they wouldn't fall. Occasionally he tapped at the ground with his foot before continuing to make sure the soil wasn't loose but his balance allowed his descent to be easy enough.

You'll only really need one well developed post for this part but you're free to make others if you feel better splitting the descent. RP your charrie heading down the side of the ravine/ditch/whatever you wanna call it then just pretend the Professor is already down there standing and waiting on the rest of them to join him. If you need to know the terrain in order to comfortably RP this, take a look at the picture in the description post. Rocks, trees, bushes, all that along the sides. I should move this class sometime tonight, or possible tomorrow morning.

[feeheeheeny]

...Time out. They were... like... LEGITIMATELY going to hike down into the ravine? INTO it? That was something Sophie had never done before, and she'd done plenty of things out and about on the grounds. What was even down there? Creatures? A massive collection of old Honeydukes wrappers? Did Quiggley have a secret hide-out down there that he took catnaps in when his office wouldn't suffice?

Whatever the case was, this Ravenclaw was psyched. IT WAS ADVENTURE TIME.

She instinctively wanted to move toward Tobes or Zander and hold one of their hands as they adventured down into the depths because she preferred having an adventure partner, but Quiggles said SINGLE FILE. That was potentially disastrous, though, wasn't it? If SOMEONE fell from behind... they would knock everyone down with them. An absolutely AWFUL idea. ALL KLUTZES NEEDED TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE.

But she wasn't going to announce that. Instead, she just side-eyed a few clumsy people and hoped they wore suitable shoes for this downward climb today, as they'd been instructed to do so. But... it'd be proper to ease the minds of those who were scared of slipping, right? Quigley was already on his way down, so Sophie addressed the people who hadn't started their decline yet.

"Anyone who's worried about the bottom of their shoes slipping as we go down, try using Henshu - y'can aim your wand at the bottom of your shoes, give it a twist and a horizontal flick," she demonstrated, waving her own wand in the shape of a sideways candy cane, "and say Hen-shu. Helps with the traction on your shoes." It would essentially be like having proper hiking shoes, she imagined, so she went ahead to cast the charm on her own shoes with a twist and horizontal flick of her wand, "Henshu."

If anything, it at least gave her peace of mind as she started following in the single file line down into the ravine. SHE didn't want to be the one having her foot slip on some rocks and send the whole line tumbling down.

[FearlessLeader19]

Ties back on? Adi's was already on. He had figured they wouldn't be needing those anymore. Anyyywayyy... they were moving on! Ohh! They were to head off the bridge! COOOOOL! He always wanted to go down there but never really took the time to make it happen. He walked ahead before AJ, figuring he'd let her follow in his footsteps. After all, it WAS a treacherous descent.

So far, so good. Adi was onto his... what? Tenth step and so far he was climbing safely over rocks and side stepping bushes, using both his arms to keep his balance by thrusting them out on either sides of him. Wheee! This was fu- WOAAAH! Loose soil, loose soil! Flailing a great deal, the Hufflepuff struggled to keep his balance as his right foot skidded along the soil. This was the end of him surely!

But nope! Mercifully, it was not to be. Adi somehow managed to keep his balance and regained his footing. AJ had seen what happened to him, right? She would know where to avoid walking. Just then, he came upon a tree which he used to help him continue his descent by clinging to it. Hey, he would use anything that would keep him from breaking his neck. Or his leg. He didn't need THAT happening again.

Down, down, down Adi continued. Occasionally, he would paused to step cautiously on rocks to ensure they were secure in the soil. He did NOT need those coming loose. A few times he had to climb over smallish bushes that were in his path. That was a lot better than wasting time by climbing around them though once he nearly pitched forward. A heart stopping moment that was.

Adi FINALLY made it down to the bottom where Professor Quigley was waiting for them. He arrived in style, actually, by sliding on some more loose soil and nearly crashing into the student in front of him. PHEW! He has made it!

Thank Merlin!

[MudInMyBlood]

How many apples was Quigley going to eat? A bet sounded like a fun thing to make with her friends. Mental note made, AJ slapped her tie back on and tried her best to pay attention to what was going on next. Wait. They were really going to be able to climb down into the ditch looking thing? Wicked. Beyond cool really. This wasn't something she had thought about doing before, but she was glad she was getting a chance to do it today.

AJ laughed as Adi made a point to go down before her. Protective much? She wasn't the sister that would be having problems with this trek. Nope. That would be Angel. Hopefully Benny would stay with her because AJ was ready to get this show on the road. Keeping Adi's figure in view she began to make the descent down. Her thoughts immediately went to Lux as she looked at how far they had to go. That poor girl was really being tested in practically every lesson with heights.

One foot in front of the other was the best way to go. As much as she wanted to rush and beat everybody to the bottom, she didn't. No need to ruin whatever fun Quigley had in store for them by breaking off a limb or several bones. Not to mention that the healer was supposed to be evil.

Little rocks fell to the bottom as she walked. Better them than her. Only a step behind Adi, she noticed him almost eat it. "Are you okay?" She didn't want to make a big deal with him almost DYING, but she cared. He seemed to be all right because he was back to climbing down. Phew. Not having to visit her boyfriend in the hospital wing would be a plus.

A bush scratched at her exposed ankle, but it didn't even phase her. A few steps proved to have some lose soil, but there were trees that she was able to sort of cling to as she made her way to better land. Goodness, this was exciting. Would they be able to hike back up this once it was all over? Because this lion was so down.

All too soon she had made it to where both the professor and Adi stood. Would everybody else be so lucky? It would be kind of cool to see a domino effect happen, but she didn't want any of her friends to get hurt. Her thoughts were fully focused on entertainment value.

[Edward Penguin]

Ian heard the professor instruct the class to put their ties back on. He gathered up his handkerchief, debating whether or not to turn it to gold, but decided he could do that later. He carefully folded it and returned it to his pocket. He pulled his tie from the other pocket he'd slid it in and quickly tied it to return it to it's proper look. He wished he had a mirror to make sure it was straight, but he decided he'd just need to depend on a quick glance down.

He followed his classmates, who were following the professor, and started to head down. He wasn't terribly worried about the descent until he noticed the large amount of soil and grass and other items that had been been shaken loose by the volume of footsteps following a single path. He looked to the left and right to see if there was a more sturdy path, but it appeared that this was a lightly traveled portion of the earth that most students had probably never ventured to. Probably a good thing as well. One never quite knew what was living under hard to observe areas of Hogwarts and after all that had happened during his time here, he didn't take anything for granted.

He gingerly stepped here and there, careful to be sure of the footing as he did. He tried to keep one eye on the ground and one on his fellow students in line with him. No need to fall because another student wasn't quite as sure footed. He had spent many hours exploring rocks near his family's home on the seashore, but this ground was less sturdy than that so it was a hit or miss kind of proposition. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally made it to the level area where the professor and other students had found a place to stand.

He looked around to see what he could see. never knew if a bridge troll might be about

[Sararara]

Norah looked up from her Slytherin-y green tie at the sound of Professor Quigley's voice, moving to tie it back on again. Could she stay a fake Slytherin for the rest of the lesson? Technically he hadn't said she needed to change it back to yellow, so there. The green was going to stay. Apparently in all her thoughts on the VERY important subject of tie colors, she'd missed some instructions 'cause all of a sudden Professor Catman was going down into the ditch. Hold up. They could go down there? Three entire years and a bunch of months at this school exploring the grounds and she'd never ever been under the bridge. This was a TRAGEDY, did he know? She'd have to get Hayden to go exploring with her down there, 'cause MAN this was going to be good. Maybe there'd be cool plants down there and everything!

The fourth year bounced from foot to foot as she waited for the student in front of her to start down the side of the ravine. Single file was SLOW. Slow was boring, and very unfit for stuff like the exploration par-TAY that was going to be happening. She swiveled her head around in a million billion directions as she placed one trainer in front of the other, trying to discover something radical on the way down. But all she saw was trees and rocks and that type of normal on-the-grounds stuff. Not that trees weren't exciting, but y'know. This was under a BRIDGE, there had to be something crazy, right? A chocolate frog factory maybe? That'd be even better than having to go all the way to Honeydukes to stock up. Or maybe there'd be lots of cats! That'd be a good reason why Quigley knew about it and she didn't 'cause SOMEBODY (cough Mum cough) hadn't liked the idea of Norah becoming a cat any more than she'd liked the idea of her getting one. Maybe even less. Mums were weird.

As she peered over the shoulder the student in front of her in search of cats or chocolate or chocolate cats, the heel of her purple trainer slipped on the uneven ground, sending her stumbling into a bush. And not just any type of bush, the poke-y kind of bush with the poke-y stuff that, well, poked. "Ow," she said, frowning at the bush. Meanie bush. What'd she ever done to you? With a small shrug, she turned back to the front and continued down the side of the ravine, concentrating harder on the plants in her way than what was down there because she was capable of learning from mistakes, y'know. The Hufflepuff finally got to the bottom after only one more episode with poke-y plants, and what felt like five hundred years.

More trees and rocks and plants? No chocolate frog factory? No CATS? Quigley had better have something exciting planned or Norah was going to have to give him a good talk about getting people's hopes up for no apparent reason.

[Felixir]

If there was one important need-to-know fact about Toby, it was that, when it came to thinking about himself, he didn't really seem to understand the concept of 'danger'. It rarely applied to him, in his mind, if ever. Other people? ABSOLUTELY. He was all about making sure other people were safe. But him? Basically invincible, really. Immortal until proven otherwise.

So this descent was really no big deal to him. Quigley's words about not breaking anything was surely more to do with the plants and nature on the way down. Like, don't break nature. A sentiment Toby could get behind.

Soph was talking about that one charm for shoes, but Toby just went right on ahead and started down the rather large hill with big, confidence strides, mostly following the path the chain of students in front of him had gone but mainly just stepping wherever looked good. No big, just a stroll to the bottom. If he wasn't still twirling his wand as he trod his way down the hill, Toby might have had his hands in his pockets, even, strangely cavalier. But as adventures went, if this was what they were meant to be prepared for, it was still super cool. Toby had always wanted to come down here.

It wasn't like Toby made his way down so easily. With such overly confident steps, he still stumbled and skidded a little a few times, occasionally ending up on the floor of the slope, which was so steep it wasn't even like a proper fall at all. Every time, he just grabbed for a hold in the terrain with his free hand, pushed himself back up, and continued on. He'd probably be a little bruised from that later, but hardly seemed to notice. After all, he was making it down in one piece, and nobody had been knocked down like bowling pins. It was all good.

When he got to about ten feet or so from the bottom of the ditch, Toby just went ahead and ran down that last part, as he was close enough and it felt like the instinctive thing to do.

See? All in one piece. Toby turned and looked back up at those still descending, then back at his surroundings at the bottom of the ditch. What were they gonna do down here that involved the colour changing charm? He was intrigued to find out.

[feeheeheeny]

Now that she was all set and had been a good little leader by offering a helpful tip to the group, Sophie hopped into the line and... well, frankly, she wasn't too apprehensive at all. She was pretty content with her foot placement and agility - she'd climbed plenty of hills before, both up and down, and this terrain didn't deter her at all. No, she was confident and cool as a cucumber.

It helped that there was someone in front of her, though, and she wasn't the leader - good on Quiggles for being brave to lead the way and possibly sacrifice himself - and she watched their foot placements to gauge where she needed to put hers next. When a rock under the person's foot in front of her seemed to wiggle, Sophie found a different place to put her foot, careful and deliberate in her movements, but still with an air of confidence. As tricky as it was to dance around a little to find good footholds, this was a breeeeze.

The only thing that even threatened to shake her confidence a little was the possibility that someone behind her would tumble into her and send her down with the group, too. She didn't trust ANYONE. Besides maybe Tobes, who she knew firsthand to be good at stuff like this. It was just what they did.

Avoiding the bushes and trees was easy, as Quigley was deciding their path and it was just a matter of following the one he chose, and before she knew it, they were ALMOST TO THE BOTTOM. It was leveling out, and Soph eyed EVERYTHING as they reached the bottom because this was UNCHARTED TERRITORY. WHAT WAS DOWN THERE?

...Just in case Quiggles was a mad man and was luring them into some sort of trap, Sophie had her wand back in her hand, now that they were at the bottom. Constant vigilance, right, Bunz?

[Holmesian Feline]

Woops...they were moving on and his tie was still green. "Finite," he cast quickly on it in hopes the spell would stop the charms currently on it that made it the other colors. Thankfully it seemed to work and Benny managed to slip it back on around his neck as the professor showed them just what would be their next step in the matter of the class progression.

For all the man's gazing down over the edge of the bridge, Benny should have registered they would be going down beneath the bridge at some point. But then he had been that way that day when they had met before the butterfly plan in Bellaire's office took place. Always looking out or over. Regardless, they were now going down...on foot. The Gryffindor would have prefered by broom the way he and Zeke had talked on their own examination of the bridge his first year.

Quigley was the first but both Adi and AJ, even Ian were quick to follow. There was a bunch of stumbling and picking among the uneven ground that let down the ravine. Benny eventually moved to follow with the rest of the students, careful of his movements and any loose points along the way. He occasionally fought the urge to grab onto a bush or something in passing, but eventually he was at the bottom and could stand beside his friends on relatively level ground once more. The professor there waiting for them all to arrive before he continued on it appeared.

[WhittyBitty]

Professor Quigley wanted their ties back on, soooooo Lux was going to do just that. Not like he had asked her to change it back or anything. Hehe. Red tie for the rest of class.

Happy, she smiled to herself...though what he said next made the expression falter. Down we go? ...As in climbing off of the bridge? Or jumping? Or any number of crazy Gryffindor things??? Yeah. That wasn't on the agenda for today, but he wasn't taking no for an answer.

Welp.

Looks like a dangerous climb down a ravine(?) for her then.

Lux sighed and got into line. She was scared already. Really scared. Why did these Professors insist on terrifying her every lesson? EYES ON YOU, QUIGLEY AND BELLAIRE. Only plus was that because they were heading down together, if she fell someone could catch her. The Professor would catch her, because part of his job was looking out the welfare of his students.

Mostly she just wished Bay was there to help her.

Her turn. Lux slowly and super carefully made her way down. Looking anywhere besides the ground was not an option and she was seriously shaking because terrified. At least she had pretty shoes to look at. Maybe she could focus her attention on them while also looking out for the rocks, trees, and bushes. Sounded like a plan!

Was she half way done already??? Lux would rather be rid of this place, but at least she wasn't crying even if she wanted to. A few stumbles here and there didn't improve matters, but at least she hadn't fallen and hurt herself. UGH, this was horrible and too many stones were in her path, but there didn't seem to be any tree roots.

And... was that solid ground under her feet??

Lux had made it AT LAST after what felt like a million years. Still shaking, she headed over to her classmates and Professor Quigley. She didn't even want to think about how they would get back up to the top right now, but it seemed like the torture wasn't over yet.

[natekka]

With one last reassuring smile throw in Eden's direction, Clara fixed her gaze back on Professor Quigley and listened intently to what he had to say. She was more alert now than she had been earlier and her mind seemed to be clearing along with the fog that lingered in the areas surrounding the bridge. The grumpiness remained, but, with it being only barely past 9AM, that was to be expected. Said grumpiness was only increased by the prospect of having to partake in exercise. Ugh.

Was she going to huff and puff the whole way down this, in her eyes, unnecessary climb? No, probably not. What she was going to require when they finally did get down there was answers ...... answers to questions like 'why?' and 'why?' and 'WHY?'

And it had better not include some frightening beast.

She'd had enough adrenaline and the like in, well, pretty much every other class she'd attended.

"Stick with me?" Clara asked Eden, looking to her friend for reassurance(?). It wasn't that she was feeling particularly anxious today, and it definitely had nothing to do with the walk down the ravine, but something made her want to stay close to Eden. Perhaps it was her protective best friend instincts kicking in in relation to Cutty ..... all of that evidently continued to bother Eden.

Sigh. With Eden right behind her, Clara stepped into the line near the back and begun her trek down.

[Symphora]

Henric raised an eyebrow at llia's comment about him turning into a Raven didn't look quite as bad too. Booksmart to go along with the look,hmm...why not. Oh dear...did she just cawed...Henric tried his best to suppress his laughter but nope...it was too funny. "Nice...very nice,llia.."Henric chuckled, giving her a thumbs up.

After changing his tie to his original house colour and put it back on, he glanced towards the ravine below. His eyes grew larger at the thought of climbing down steep,narrow and uneven looking ground.He felt his heartbeat quickening, doubtful if they could make the descend but he trusted Professor Quigley's decision.

He sighed,why couldn't they magically conjure up stairs instead? Or take a broom and fly down. Wouldn't it better by risking your whole body into this? Alright, enough pondering... he needed to train himself to be brave...he would do this again in the future by hunting dragons,right... why not be prepared now or never.

Henric thoughts flew right out of the window as he began to trail carefully behind the others. He needed to put all his concentration fully onto this, he wouldn't want to miscalculate his steps and lose his balance in the process. Merlin...he mustn't look down too, his vision went blurry for a split second upon discovering more jagged rocks lying at the bottom. He quickly grabbed a low lying branch in case his legs decided to give way at any moment. Henric called for llia who was one step ahead of him, "Be careful, there's rocks below!" Well duhh...obviously, there were rocks everywhere, he was stepping on one now. Henric mentally smacked his head, she seemed to be fine...good...but his heart was not. How long further did they have to go?

When his feet finally landed onto soft ground, he couldn't help feeling the relief he got from successfully conquering his mild fear of heights.He was glad he didn't stumble onto his feet or anything like that. Henric glanced back up and immediately regretting it. After their activities over, wouldn't they be climbing back the same route again?

[natekka]

Clara found that walking down the ravine was more difficult than it looked, and it looked quite difficult to begin with.

Remind me, Professor, why we need this sort of exercise at 9AM, she thought bitterly, sending him all the displeased looks when he wasn't looking, while trying to avoid falling to her death. She might love charms, and she might not hate exercise, but this mix was odd and left her feeling befuddled. What could they possibly be doing in a charms lesson that required being at the bottom of a ditch and also involved a colour-changing charm? She couldn't think of even one possible scenario.

........... Half way down.

Perhaps Eden had an idea of what they could be doing. After all, she had a much bigger imagination than Clara did. Clara was often too short sighted for her own good. So, while keeping as close an eye as possible on where she was standing, she twisted round to shoot Eden a questioning look. "Do you have any idea what this could be?" There. Done. Now she could resume her hyper vigilant state. It didn't look like they had far left to go.

From then on, Clara kept her gaze glued to her feet (not literally, she needed to assess her surroundings, too) because it wouldn't do to fall at the final hurdle. She stepped over small broken branches, avoided bushes and trees, evaded rocks ..... so, so many rocks, tried not to drag her feet, and, finally, after far too long, reached the bottom. Well, that hadn't been traumatic at all. Now that the terrain had evened out, she sped up somewhat, with Eden in tow, to gather around Professor Moxley. She daren't look behind her ..... she knew that the climb back up would be so much worse than the one down.

Whatever their class activity was had better be worth it.

[ArianaBlack]

Okay to be completely honest, it was probably his fault that he didn’t notice the group walking ahead. But Zander was still working on this tie thing. He had just managed to get a good Slytherin Green color, but it didn’t feel right compared to the Gryffindor red and gold. And it looked like people were changing theirs back now, so it wouldn’t do him any good to keep a green tie. Might give people some conflicting signs with the Slytherin tie and the Gryffindor robes. And Zander didn’t want to confuse anyone, y’know?

So he quickly pointed at his tie, doing his best to envision the one he had been holding up before with the Gryffindor colors on it. ”Colovaria!” Luckily it didn’t take more than one try to get it back to normal and Zander was pretty pleased with himself, actually. Huh. Practice did make perfect, huh? And it looked just about the way it did when he— Oh Merlin!! Everyone was already moving ahead!!

The sixth year only had time to pull his tie over his head, leaving it dangling lazily on his neck. He’d fix it later. But for now, he had a group to catch up to! He didn’t even hear Sophie explaining the charm, which would’ve been very helpful considering he didn’t have the best balance in the world, but he wasn’t scared or anything. The trek down wouldn’t be too bad, hopefully. Nothing to fear, Zander Adair could do it… Probably.

So the Gryffindor began walking down (a little too fast, even) trying to catch up to Professor Q who was heading the front of the line. Even though he was straggling way far back behind most of the others. He forgot to be extra careful as he was making his way down, but the focus on catching up took away any hint of unsureness. Maybe it was for the better, huh? The only moment where he suddenly realized how high up they were was when his foot got caught behind a rock. Luckily he was able to keep his balance and it was only a mild hiccup as he quickly continued to walk down.

This wasn’t all that bad, actually. Still he had to maneuver his way around some obstacles, paying a little more attention to the rocks on the ground this time. It seemed like the path down was taking FOREVER, but Zander looked way down there towards Professor Q to see that he had already made a stop at the end. And it wasn’t too far down for Zander either. So the Gryffindor continued on his way, making sure to avoid some bushes and trees as he went. And theeerreeee…. Sophie had her wand out, why? Should he have his wand out as well? Uh. Yeah, okay. Maybe.

If Sophie Brown did it, then it must be the intelligent thing to do. And that’s the last thing Zander wanted, took look unintelligent. So he took his wand out as well, resting it and his hand by his side as he looked around curiously. He had never been down here before! Well, you know… Obviously. Um. Yeah, anyways Q why take them all the way down here? What was the point?

[lazykitty]

Tie back on, Heather listened to what Professor Quigley was saying. And got excited. She was going to get to climb! She hadn’t done that in awhile. But wait.....where were the safety precautions? Because climbing could be dangerous, even with ledges and hand holds this ravine had. They should at least have ropes and harnesses. I mean, they weren't all cat animagi. Nope, that was just the professor.

As an experienced climber, she wasn't going to buck on her safety precautions. "Incarcerous," she casted at the nearest tall tree, hurrying to unwrap it once she was done. Rope now in hand, she found a sturdy rock near the edge and tied it to it. The other end she threaded through her belt loops before knotting it off. Now she was ready.

She carefully lowered herself down the ravine, following the professor's path as closely as possible. Of course, there were a few deviations as she found stronger foot holds. But basically the same path. Once she'd reached the bottom, she untied the rope from around her waist and looked around. What now?

[SilverTiger]

’Down we go…’

Brooklyn found herself staring at Professor Quigley as if he’d lost his mind, as soon as he’d announced they were going down into the ravine below the bridge. She’d known from the start that she’d find out what he’d been looking at without asking, but she hadn’t figured it would have involved physical effort. She’d rather not, but then, he’d said they weren’t allowed to stay up on the bridge. That was just stupid. Anything that needed the warning not to break anything was stupid and she didn’t want to do it.

Maybe someone would let her catch a ride? She’d glanced around, at the very least thinking that maybe Benny would let her. Like he’d done when they’d discovered the swamp had filled the corridor during the mapmaking. But no luck. Everyone was just starting to file after the professor, single file as he’d requested. At that, she sighed, grabbing her tie from the railing and draping it around her neck. Apparently nobody realized they shouldn’t make her go through with actually hiking down the ravine on her own. Stupid, she thought, knotting her tie again as she’d walked along the bridge to the point where everyone was starting to descend.

She ignored the Ravenclaw prefect’s suggestion to cast a spell on her shoes, too. It’d be everyone else’s fault if she got hurt. Starting to follow the others, she picked her way around the rocks and brambles, looping around bushes as they showed up in her path. Every step she took was delicate, nearly like a small animal. Maybe even like Tywin, she thought, slipping on a patch of loose pebbles and grabbing onto a tree to right herself. Just because she didn’t want to be doing this didn’t mean she was going to let them see her fail. She’d manage it, if just to be able to guilt people afterward for making her expend the energy.

There was one more near-miss, saved by a bush that caught at her uniform, but she managed to get to the bottom relatively unscathed to join the rest of the class. A small scratch on her arm, and another on the side of her face where she’d been hit by a branch. She ignored those, though. All things she could use to guilt people, after all.

[Hera]

Tie back on, tie back on.... as much a he loathed it... ugh - though he didn't tie it as tight as he might otherwise wear it for class. Ties were awfully constricting of airways, didn't the Professor's know this? It didn't do much for their learning 'environment'.

But as his mind drifting back to thoughts on what they were doing HERE, Professor Quigley made his day. THEY WERE CLIMGING DOWN THE GORGE THING. Epic. Best lesson EVER. By hand, no magic, awesome!

He spared Heather a glance as she tied herself to a rock. HAHAHAH. Funny. Nevertheless, he wanted down, so he got in line and followed.

It was FUN, and also easy, or easier than he would have thought if he'd have tried to do this on a random day by himself. Speaking of, WHY hadn't he done this before? Did he now have permission to do it ALL THE TIME?... Interesting.

One foot, one hand in front of the other, he made his slow descent - held back by those in front of him. But once he was at the bottom, he hopped down, both feet on the ground and dusted off his hands on the back of his pants. What next Professor?

[SarcasticStrawberry]

Ohhhh, time to get the ties back on. Well then. Cinna slipped her back over her head loosely. There that was better. It wasn't choking her like before, Nah she just didn't like wearing it. So it was going to wear it just like this.

Cool. They had to go down there? Wayyyyyy down there? Her brown eyes looked then up and around at the others. She wanted to see there reactions as well. Cinna was pretty excited about having a chance to do so rock climbing. Or they were they jumping. Okay so this wasn't one of those fake you're in a harness walls. There wasn't a harness for this was it Quigley?

Lol. No harness. No bungee-cord. No cushioning charm at the bottom.

Grinning the Lioness got into the line. Seriously This was like her definition of fun. FUN. Clearly Quigley was a Gryffindor. Clearly. Only a Gryffindor professor would set such a task. A dangerous task. Climbing down the bridge.

When it was her turn the sixth year slowly slipped down the side of bridge. Carefully she found her footing. Then a place for the other foot. Making sure she was stable before she moved her feet again. Her hands were wrapped tight around a beam. She slid her hands down and started looking for a new spot for her feet. Placing her foot on where she thought was a good place she stepped down. The ground crumbled under her foot and she quickly placed that foot back where it was before.

PHEW! That was a close one. Now she just needed to find another place to put her feet. Finding a spot it seems to be smooth sailing most of the way down, A few slips and replacing feet here and there. Tripping over some of the tree roots, but nothing where she had She was at the bottom on. Flat ground.

She looked up, Dang looking up it looked much much farther than looking down. Sooo What were they going to do down here now that they were here? And how were they going to get back up? Climb back! It was always easier to climb up then climb back down. But this might be the exception to the rules. Maybe. Who even cared about the rules. Rules? What Rules? Yolo....Mmmm Nah, Just kidding.

[Cassirin]

Even as she was climbing the first few, scrabbling steps, Dot glanced over her shoulder at those climbing below her and called out, "Wheeeeeeeeeeee." Just to keep 'em on their toes, y'know? She wasn't falling or free falling or even being uncautious (this girl was no Gryffindor).

But she was interested to see if anyone panicked and tried to jump out of her way. So far... no movement. Apparently, her classmates had a steadier head than she would have anticipated. That was a shame.

Oop, and it was time to pay attention, since Dot's left foot had hit air and she was clinging to some tall grass and tiny pebbles and desperate prayers. No one was going to catch her if she went rolling down into the ravine, and she'd probably actually take someone(s) with her. Bad enough to crush all your limbs, but crushing someone else was unacceptable.

Her foot found the ground, and Dot made like a jarvey and stayed close to the ground. She also thought some unkind thing about the professor, but at least she didn't say them out loud. So not exactly like a jarvey, then. Or like a very private jarvey with a color vocabulary only in her imagination.

Dot felt again for the next step and inched down further into the ravine. Getting out of this place was going to be a beast. Ugh. Terrible. She felt yet again for a step and found that she didn't have any further to go. This was... the bottom of the ravine, and she hadn't died horribly. Or taken anyone with her. Success.

[sarahlooo]

Wait, they were going down there? Why? It sounded fun, yes, but she wondered what stumbling down a rocky, brushy terrain had to do with color-changing charms. Trusting that it would make sense when they got down there (and also just wanting to climb down there for the first time), Evangeline went to the edge and slowly began her descent down the rocky slope.

Her feet slipped occasionally, but she was able to catch herself each time. She DID hear Sophie announce that handy charm, but she was being stubborn and independent and ignoring her advice. The other problem was that she was in a SKIRT and the brush stuff was rubbing against her legs and making them itchy and scratching them up. Regardless, Evie trekked on with the rest of the class.

By the time she got to the bottom she was TIRED. Who knew one could be tired from walking down hill? Clearly, Evie was not one to hike. Or exercise at all in general. She tried that with Eden once and she nearly died. Merlin, how in the world were they going to get back UP?!

[VRSCIKA]

Henric raised an eyebrow at llia's comment about him turning into a Raven didn't look quite as bad too. Booksmart to go along with the look,hmm...why not. Oh dear...did she just cawed...Henric tried his best to suppress his laughter but nope...it was too funny. "Nice...very nice,llia.."Henric chuckled, giving her a thumbs up.

After changing his tie to his original house colour and put it back on, he glanced towards the ravine below. His eyes grew larger at the thought of climbing down steep,narrow and uneven looking ground.He felt his heartbeat quickening, doubtful if they could make the descend but he trusted Professor Quigley's decision.

He sighed,why couldn't they magically conjure up stairs instead? Or take a broom and fly down. Wouldn't it better by risking your whole body into this? Alright, enough pondering... he needed to train himself to be brave...he would do this again in the future by hunting dragons,right... why not be prepared now or never.

Henric thoughts flew right out of the window as he began to trail carefully behind the others. He needed to put all his concentration fully onto this, he wouldn't want to miscalculate his steps and lose his balance in the process. Merlin...he mustn't look down too, his vision went blurry for a split second upon discovering more jagged rocks lying at the bottom. He quickly grabbed a low lying branch in case his legs decided to give way at any moment. Henric called for llia who was one step ahead of him, "Be careful, there's rocks below!" Well duhh...obviously, there were rocks everywhere, he was stepping on one now. Henric mentally smacked his head, she seemed to be fine...good...but his heart was not. How long further did they have to go?

When his feet finally landed onto soft ground, he couldn't help feeling the relief he got from successfully conquering his mild fear of heights.He was glad he didn't stumble onto his feet or anything like that. Henric glanced back up and immediately regretting it. After their activities over, wouldn't they be climbing back the same route again?

Ilia grinned as he chuckled and gave her a thumbs up. She turned her tie back to its original , beautiful green and may as well have gotten a twinkle in her eye at what the professor said next. They were going to march down and play in the ravine? She wondered what he had down there waiting for them.

She didn't balk in the slightest at hiking down the ravine, she lived near deep forests and mountains prior to this and was accustomed to making her way through this sort of terrain. Happily trailing down with the other students she could have walked down as quick as a mountain goat. Henric seemed a bit less comfortable with the idea though......."There are a lot of rocks everywhere. Henric, the rocks won't bite, just don't make eye contact." She smiled back at her best friend. Maybe if he saw how calm she was about it, he would loosen up.

Down ,down, down they went, past trees and shrubs and the concerning rocks. Ilia simply made sure her feet placed soundly and strolled down as easily as if it were a side walk. She did look back frequently to check on Henric though. He seemed to be alright despite his nerves, maybe it looked daunting if you had never done it before. Considering they weren't using protective charms or brooms, it was an indicator that it wasn't that bad as far as she was concerned. They had shot each other in the air through hoops in the last class. Professor Cat might be slightly different in how he did things, but he would still get in trouble if he got them broken.......

Once she made it to the bottom she waited for Henric and stood beside him with a grin. "You made it past the rocks, for a minute I was worried that one would charge and get us by surprise." She teased playfully, smiling at him. Hopefully he wouldn't get mad at her teasing.....

[Kolyander]

Oh My Gob!

Awesome!

They were going down into the ravine! This was some seriously epic stuff right here. She didn't care why they were doing it really or well not right then but just the idea of getting to go down without the use of magic had her grinning. It reminded her of home and the adventures in the forests she'd have. Without question she was ready to get going not even bothering to preform any spells on her shoes like some of the others had or tie herself to a rock? What? Did someone really just do that? Raising an eyebrow in silent question of that she shook her head, ignored it and got moving.

Having had her tie already placed back around her neck hanging there loosely that was one thing she didn't have to worry about. So making her way over to the Professor she got in line behind him and took the first step downward into the ravine. With one foot in front of the other she edged her way down the large sloop carefully making sure she knew where she'd be placing her feet as she went. It really wasn't all that difficult if she paid attention.

Being small also helped out a little when it came to all the trees surrounding them on every side. Hady was able to duck under most of the branches and easily slip around the bushes. However that didn't stop anything from occasionally snagging her hair and then her having to stop and untangle it. Then there was also those pesky branches that would scratch her...one evil shrub had managed to leave a thin scratch across her cheek. Not that she'd even noticed.

However despite being scratched by a branch and slipping and sliding over loose pebbles and rock she soon found herself nearing the bottom of the ravine. Keeping her hands out in front of her a little for some balance she jumped down the last little ledge area and onto the flat ground at the bottom. She'd made it! Now what did they Professor?

[DaniDiNardo]

Given the lack of coordination he'd seen in the first lesson, the whole 'don't break anything' rule needed to be said. The man didn't need a trip to the Healer and wouldn't like a lecture from her either. It was hard work, sure, but it wasn't impossible to make it down the side of the ravine--his agility aside, they were proving this more and more.

Maddox watched the last of them coming down, decidedly not willing to comment on the rope and rock technique or the way Miss Wojack tried freaking everyone else out. Make no mistake, his eyes had shot up in case he needed to do some quick spell work but it was a relief to know that no one was actually falling. No injuries please.

"Now that you're all here, we can put this spell into real practise...but first." Squinting at everyone who hadn't changed their ties back to their original colour. "I do believe I said to practice the spell on your ties then have them return to normal right after. 5 points from anyone still wearing the incorrectly coloured tie in the next 10 seconds." So they'd better move quickly, he was actually counting.

Ten...nine...eight...seven...six....

Tick tock.

Maddox stepped a little further into the clearing at the bottom. It wasn't OVERLY spacious but there was plenty of room with rocks and bushes and trees closing in on all sides. Perfect terrain. "Let's play a little game of 'Capture the Fort'." As he spoke, he did some wand work and had flags popping up on either side. To the left, Gryffindor and Slytherin banners flew, waving in the light breeze that graced them down here. To the right, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff banners seeming to mirror their counterparts. On either side, the flags were not always easily gotten to as some were half hidden behind the natural landscape. Some further into the thick trees. They would need some fort infiltration to get to the ones not easily displayed at the front.

"Don't think I have to tell you how to split up." Hah, no, the flags made that obvious. "Few rules before we begin: Aim at the flags not each other, boundary crossing is allowed," so no, the clearing was not some great divide they were not allowed to cross, "and on that same note, so is returning your flag to it's original colour should you find it's been tampered with." Of course that meant they would have to choose between staying behind to defend their own or go forth attacking and hope for the best but he wouldn't be telling them how to play their game. "Once you have taken out an entire house's banners, that house belongs to your team and will now help you eliminate the one team left. Three on one's hardly fair, I don't recommend you becoming that one." Kinda meant helping your war buddy even if they weren't IN your house, didn't it? Meant mostly for those who wouldn't see a problem with their partner's banners being changed so long as it wasn't THEIRS.

"Split up, wait for my signal, then go." He would be getting out of the way of the cross fire soon enough.

OOC: Final activity guys! SO most of the instructions have already been said above. 5 posts minimum. Pretend Maddox gave the signal once your charrie is in position. Please indicate the colour you are attacking and what colour you changed it to. A few things to keep in mind, you can't aim at the same house consecutively, you must alternate. You can RP Fixing your flag and in the same post attack ONE other flag but you cannot RP attacking more than one 'enemy flag' in your post. You cannot fix a flag twice in a row. I already determined how many of each flag exists and Maddox will announce when a house is to change it's loyalties. You have until Monday around 6 pm GMT -5 to get this done. Unless the flags run out first and the game ends. If something is still unclear, feel free to VM/PM/IM me. Have fun! ^^

[FearlessLeader19]

Yes, Adi was quite alright despite the near tumbles he had on his way down. He smiled reassuringly at AJ then turned to watch the last of the students make their way down. Right! Everyone had made it safely. Phew! His attention was back on Quigley just as the man started talking about their ties. Adi's was all yellowy. Yep. He absently patted the fabric.

Ohhh! Lookit all the flags! It was pretty obvious Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were a team for this one. The Puffer tried to have a good look at all the flags around the territory as Quigley gave his instructions. It didn't seem too difficult though there seemed to be a few flags among all the trees and bushes.

Sigh. Adi was against the two Houses he liked best after Hufflepuff. Buuuut Ravenclaw did have some awesome people too! Mhmm! "You're going down, AJ!'' he whispered to her before scrambling off to join the other Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. LET'S GO, TEAM! WOOT!

Annnnd now, the wait! Oh, there went Catman's signal! Wasting no time, Adi raised his wand and took aim by pointing his wand at a green flag. ''Colovaria!'' It was a HIIIIT! In that flag's space, now stood a blue one, fluttering proudly in the breeze. YEAH! Adi pumped the fist with his hand. Of course it was just the beginning but here's to a great start. To his team mates, he managed to say rather loudly, "I can stay and defend if some of you want to go out to get closer to the other team!'' Obviously, he would need others to help him defend too.

[Stefan]

Go down? Not a problem really, but he’d let the eager beavers go first. That way the rest of the class will make the soil more compact, and easier to step on. Also, since he’s one of the tallest in class, he’d stay behind and look after the smaller Snakes—to freeze them in case they trip or something. Way to save a face, you know? Ethan then descended down the ravine and held on to thick branches and boulders for support. True enough, the terrain was already more stable and defined as he went down, making his descent accident free. Good!

Ethan joined the rest of the class, and crossed his arms across his chest as he listened to the professor’s instruction. Capture the Fort? What...fort? The Slytherin looked on as flags suddenly appeared. Oh...oh. Of course. Gryffindor and Slytherin’s banners were on the same side, and the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs on the other side. That too was no brainer. The splitting of houses was pretty obvious, but he was quite surprised that they are to work with the lions. Based on Ethan’s observation, other professors liked their house being partnered with another house, except Gryffindor. The scene before him looked odd for some reason.

Okay, so positions? Ethan jogged and stayed behind a Slytherin banner away from the first layer just like a good senior student. The Slytherin already had formulated a plan inside his head as he stood by one of his house’s banners that were half covered by a tree. He’d let the junior kiddos attack the other side of the clearing because they were smaller, and were much quicker.

Oh and for the record...he’d wait for the enemy to attack, so he can fix a flag right away then attack.

...

See? It pays to wait. Ethan grinned, his eyes sparkled with excitement as he pointed his own wand at the tampered banner, and turned it back to Green. “Colovaria!” And now to counter-attack. The Slytherin moved forward a bit to get the right angle, and aimed for a banner that was beyond the enemy’s first line of flags. “Colovaria!” he said as he turned a Yellow banner into Green. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth was the theme of the day.

[FearlessLeader19]

Adi had suggested himself as one of the defenders, right? So just WHY was he inching towards the side of the Gryffindors and Slytherins? Hehe. EEEP! A spell zoomed by narrowly missing his head. Gosh, if it had hit he might have had a yellow or blue head. LOL. In his haste to duck out of the way of the 'enemy' spell, alsmost lost his footing -__- That was definitely not happening for the last time in this class.

Adi looked around at his team's flags. Oh, yeah. There were already a few that had changed colours. Hehe. Not bad. Both teams had gotten off to a great start. Anyway, it was time to turn his attention to the red flags! The Puffer clung to one of the flag poles. He was securing his balance, yo!

He pointed his wand at one of his honourary House's flags, his mind firmly focused on the bright yellow of his beloved Hufflepuff House. ''Colovaria!'' Another round of red light shot from his wand straight towards the red flag he had aimed at.

Now there was a yellow one standing in it's place. AWESOMEEE!

[Stormdancer]

"Thank you, Professor Quigley." He said with the air of a boy who had more money to his name than did Cutty. And probably more ignorance. Little rich boys never knew how it worked. They just knew they could never spend it all. Poor consumers. Bad for the economy.

Colovaria. Where was this spell when Sonea Duvessa had turned the common room pink all over. He'd managed with some transfiguration, but this would've been helpful too. It never hurt to have many weapons in ones arsenal. These were the thoughts as Cutty Mordaunt tugged at his tie and pulled it off from around his neck.

"Colovaria." He said letting it take shape in his mouth before trying it out for real. "Colovaria." He gripped the end of his wand. He pointed the wand directly at his tie. "Colovaria." And as if someone had spilled a heavy drop of red ink that spread all over the fabric quickly, Cutty's green & silver warmed up to hues of red and gold.

He held his Gryffauxdor tie up to his neck and looked at little wee Marsha Hannover. "Hannover, what d'yer think? Do I look like I could pass for one of yew lions?"
”Colovaria!” The lion said, aiming to change her currently blue tie to the golden yellow of her Aunt Alyssa’s tie. The same as Adi’s. On the first try this time, it changed colour to the gold. GRRIIIN. Yeass. OKay, now to add stripes. ”Colovaria!”. Nope. No. Never. SIGGGGGH. She just wanted to add the houses black stripes. Why was that so hard?

SIGH.

Looking over at Cutty as he called on her, she grinned at the sight of his red tie. ”I don’t know, could suit you… But it looks really weird!” She giggled at him, as she once again looked back at her tie. Gosh, how was she supposed to get her tie back to the right thing. Gosh.

”Colovaria!” Hi red tie. But sigh. No stripes. ”Colorvaria!” She tried again, and again… but nothing. No stripes. Sighing, she put her tie back on, figuring that she would talk to the Professor when he had a second.
There might have been a few hiccups here and there but for the most part, Maddox stood munching his apple, pleased with what he was seeing. So what if it took them a few tries. Only thing that mattered was that they DID get the spell. Otherwise...well...it would only hinder them later on...and their house.

Shame you couldn't choose your housemates.

"Right then I think that's enough practising. Ties back on." The man leaned against the railing once more, glancing down like he'd been doing while the majority of them were still arriving. Could he take the entire barrel down there with him? Would he need to? It wouldn't be impossible to make them all climb down on their own while he stayed put; simply irresponsible.

When he considered the distance down there...the height involved, suddenly being irresponsible didn't sound half bad.

But if he didn't he'd have to use sonorus and eh, loud noises, no thank you. With a heavy sigh he launched away from the railing once more, nicked a few apples and headed to the end of the bridge closer to them. "Alright everyone, follow me. Down we go." The terrain leading down to the ditch of sorts was slanted and rugged enough to allow for adequate grip. He was confident they could make the climb down.

Maddox eased himself down the edge, feeling out the area so they could see all the safe places to make their descent. "And no," he called up even as he continued, "staying on the bridge is not an option. Single file, follow my lead. Don't break anything." Referring to their own bones. The man was seriously considering point reduction for the reckless among them.

Would have been easier descending as a cat but he needed them to SEE so they wouldn't fall. Occasionally he tapped at the ground with his foot before continuing to make sure the soil wasn't loose but his balance allowed his descent to be easy enough.

You'll only really need one well developed post for this part but you're free to make others if you feel better splitting the descent. RP your charrie heading down the side of the ravine/ditch/whatever you wanna call it then just pretend the Professor is already down there standing and waiting on the rest of them to join him. If you need to know the terrain in order to comfortably RP this, take a look at the picture in the description post. Rocks, trees, bushes, all that along the sides. I should move this class sometime tonight, or possible tomorrow morning.
Marsha was just finishing tying her tie when they got told to put them back on again. With a smile she listened to the Professor before grinning. SO COOL. This would be amazing. Looking down at her sensible clothing, like asked for she smiled. As far as she could see, Quiggley seemed to like everyone in trousers with sensible footwear and that was perfect as far as Marsha was concerned.

It didn’t take her much effort to follow behind the line of students to the bottom of the ravine. She was pretty light on her feet, with pretty good balance. She thought that was all from her Tad personally, but horseriding had helped with her balance in the past. Slipping past some trees and large prickly bushes, the first year was glad for her trousers. THANKS PROFESSOR.

Given the lack of coordination he'd seen in the first lesson, the whole 'don't break anything' rule needed to be said. The man didn't need a trip to the Healer and wouldn't like a lecture from her either. It was hard work, sure, but it wasn't impossible to make it down the side of the ravine--his agility aside, they were proving this more and more.

Maddox watched the last of them coming down, decidedly not willing to comment on the rope and rock technique or the way Miss Wojack tried freaking everyone else out. Make no mistake, his eyes had shot up in case he needed to do some quick spell work but it was a relief to know that no one was actually falling. No injuries please.

"Now that you're all here, we can put this spell into real practise...but first." Squinting at everyone who hadn't changed their ties back to their original colour. "I do believe I said to practice the spell on your ties then have them return to normal right after. 5 points from anyone still wearing the incorrectly coloured tie in the next 10 seconds." So they'd better move quickly, he was actually counting.

Ten...nine...eight...seven...six....

Tick tock.

Maddox stepped a little further into the clearing at the bottom. It wasn't OVERLY spacious but there was plenty of room with rocks and bushes and trees closing in on all sides. Perfect terrain. "Let's play a little game of 'Capture the Fort'." As he spoke, he did some wand work and had flags popping up on either side. To the left, Gryffindor and Slytherin banners flew, waving in the light breeze that graced them down here. To the right, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff banners seeming to mirror their counterparts. On either side, the flags were not always easily gotten to as some were half hidden behind the natural landscape. Some further into the thick trees. They would need some fort infiltration to get to the ones not easily displayed at the front.

"Don't think I have to tell you how to split up." Hah, no, the flags made that obvious. "Few rules before we begin: Aim at the flags not each other, boundary crossing is allowed," so no, the clearing was not some great divide they were not allowed to cross, "and on that same note, so is returning your flag to it's original colour should you find it's been tampered with." Of course that meant they would have to choose between staying behind to defend their own or go forth attacking and hope for the best but he wouldn't be telling them how to play their game. "Once you have taken out an entire house's banners, that house belongs to your team and will now help you eliminate the one team left. Three on one's hardly fair, I don't recommend you becoming that one." Kinda meant helping your war buddy even if they weren't IN your house, didn't it? Meant mostly for those who wouldn't see a problem with their partner's banners being changed so long as it wasn't THEIRS.

"Split up, wait for my signal, then go." He would be getting out of the way of the cross fire soon enough.

OOC: Final activity guys! SO most of the instructions have already been said above. 5 posts minimum. Pretend Maddox gave the signal once your charrie is in position. Please indicate the colour you are attacking and what colour you changed it to. A few things to keep in mind, you can't aim at the same house consecutively, you must alternate. You can RP Fixing your flag and in the same post attack ONE other flag but you cannot RP attacking more than one 'enemy flag' in your post. You cannot fix a flag twice in a row. I already determined how many of each flag exists and Maddox will announce when a house is to change it's loyalties. You have until Monday around 6 pm GMT -5 to get this done. Unless the flags run out first and the game ends. If something is still unclear, feel free to VM/PM/IM me. Have fun! ^^
Wheeee. Next!

Oh no! She didn’t want to loose points. ”Professor?” She asked, her hand shooting into the air. I couldn’t get my tie to change two colours… I can’t get my stripes back.”[/b] She was frowning, something that didn’t happen to the Welsh girl very often, and she didn’t really like it. She wanted her smile back but she REALLY didn’t want to loose points for Gryffindor.

However, she figured the Professor (or one of the older students) would help her out. So she listened to the task and looked around the hills at the two split sides. Gryffindor and Slytherin. Awesome. At least the flags were a single colour. That was good. As she moved back towards the others in her team, she hoped that she would be able to keep up - but regardless, this was going to be fun! It made her think of the first astronomy lesson she had had with the sandcastles. Hehe, Gryffindor had won that, maybe they could win this too!.

Oi! Adi! Don't be mean! Hehehee. "Colovaria!" She said, pointing to the very flag that the Hufflepuff prefect had just converted to gold.

Oh griffin. Where was the fun in staying behind? Besides, it was payback time. Hehehehehe.

Grinning, she moved towards the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff side of the ravine. Once she was close enough that she thought her spell would work, she pointed at a Hufflepuff flag and said the charm. ”Colovaria!”. With a wide grin, she watched the flag turn red. AWESOME.

[DaniDiNardo]

Wheeee. Next!

Oh no! She didn’t want to loose points. ”Professor?” She asked, her hand shooting into the air. I couldn’t get my tie to change two colours… I can’t get my stripes back.”[/b] She was frowning, something that didn’t happen to the Welsh girl very often, and she didn’t really like it. She wanted her smile back but she REALLY didn’t want to loose points for Gryffindor.

He was all set to be out of the way, far far out of the way when one of the smaller voices caught his attention. One of the tie offenders...or in this case not such an offender as she was merely having problems getting the dual colour back in.

"Not a Problem, Miss Hanover." Mostly because she'd bothered to say something instead of keeping quiet til he got annoyed.

Instead of re-colouring the tie once more, he simply cast a finite to end the charm completely and return the tie to its normal colour. Might have told her to run along but she'd already gotten that part covered, just look at her go! The first of the set with the idea to leave her base. Perhaps the war would really get started.

Maddox stepped further away, this time staying human (just in case) but plopping down on a large rock to watch.

[ArianaBlack]

You know, thankfully Zander had gotten a hang of this whole color change thing because he was a highly competitive person. Which meant, Gryffindor COULDN’T lose. So he had to put in as much work as he could to get everything red. That was the point of the game, right? Not to lose their own flags and to change all the others to theirs? … Maybe? Zander sort of missed that part of the explanation, but no matter!

The show must go on, right? Plus WOAH was it already time to start?!?? Zander contemplated staying back and defending Gryffindor flags, but there NAH he wanted to switch some other colors up. Speaking of which… He was going to get going now. Ahem. And no offense, Sophie Brown, but he was going for the BLUE.

Zander ran all the way over to the other side, pointing his wand straight at the flag straight ahead, ”Colovaria!” BEAMING at the fact that it changed right away! First try and everything. See, this was what you’ve gotta call improvement. Zander was getting there.

[Stefan]

Ethan wasn’t sure if Quigley was wise to partner them up with Gryffindor, or he was trolling them big time. The Slytherin found it hard to focus on the enemy’s flags because some of the yellow and blue ones would turn into red, and it’s as if Ethan’s brain was wired to fire on the red ones too automatically. He figured, it’s either because of the house rivalry, or the fact that Slytherins are simply born to be individualists, and that they should always win.

Shooing away the thought and theories, Ethan moved to where the Gryffindors are, and aimed at a blue flag from where he stood. He needed to get a good angle to get that pesky blue flag turn green. “Colovaria!” And just like that, the blue turned to green.

Next target?

[FearlessLeader19]

With two successful spells, Adi was all set to toss another one back at Gryffindor House. But not before he noticed the pole he was clinging to to save himself from had been changed to green. Oh no, you didn't Gryffindor or Slytherin! "Finite!'' The Colour Changing Charm ended and he was now looking at a yellow flag. WOOT!

Anyway. Back to the task at hand! Adi took aim at another green flag that was still somewhat at the front of the Lion/Snake side. ''Colovaria!'' He focused, as he had done with the very first spell, on blue. He was gonna get a Snakey flag!

Annnnnnd yes he did!

There went ANOTHER green being replaced with blue!

[Cassirin]

Oh, oh, oh! THIS WAS WAR, right? Dot tucked her long hair into her collar and shoved up her sleeves before darting towards the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff flags. There needed to be some strategy to this game, right? Like maybe if they tried really hard to get out one team first, that team would have to help them.

"Mordaunt." Related to Cutty Custard, right? Dot trailed the older boy and gave his sleeve a tug. "If we get out the Ravenclaws first, they'll help us take out the Puffers. We should all work on just blue at first." Just a thought. Not that she was good at strategy or anything, but it just made sense.

She left him then, darting toward the nearest Ravenclaw flag. Um um um. "Colovaria," she focused her attention on making the flag turn to vibrant green.

[Stefan]

Madness. This is madness! Where are his foot soldiers!? And why was he holding on to a blue banner?! No no no. This can’t be. Letting out a low grunt, Ethan retaliated quickly by shooting the spell at a nearby yellow flag, "Colovaria!" and turned it into green. He then quickly turned the tampered green flag back from its blue shade. "Finite!" Rah rah rah!!!

Take that Ravenpuffs / Huffleclaw!

He was in the zone to let out a battle cry, mouth open and all, when somebody tugged on his sleeve. “Eh?” Ethan had to look down to see who it was and recognized her immediately. “...uh, sure.” The older boy watched her walk away to do her thing.

It was clear what his next target was. Ethan moved back and switched places to see if he can get a nice, good spot to get a blue banner to green, as requested by...what’s her name again? Dot, right? Right...

[WhittyBitty]

Awww.

Lux had really wanted to keep her Gryffindor tie. Didn't Quigley know that she was an Honorary Lion? Somehow she got the idea that he wouldn't care if she told him, so her mouth was staying shut on the matter. Sadly, she reverted the tie back to yellow and gold before the ten seconds were up. Oh well, she still had the Gryffindor uniform that Puck had given her.

AND ACTIVITY TIME.

This game sounded fuuuuuuun. And an added bonus was that there was no flying or being propelled into the air involved. YAY. Besides potentially falling to her death, this lesson was turning out to be pretty cool. She still didn't want to think about how they would be returning to the top of that ravine unless Quigley had a safer alternative up his sleeve.

Anywho...it was time to change some flag colours. Why was Hufflepuff ALWAYS pitted against Gryffindor? No offense to Ravenclaw, but that was her other House. Oh well. The Lions knew that she loved them.

As Quigley gave the signal, Lux pointed at one of the Slytherin flags. She wouldn't be attacking Gryffindor right off the bat. "COLOVARIA!" There. Now it was all pretty and yellow. Hehe.

[Cassirin]

That Mordaunt kid wasn't much of a strategist, and that was saying something, CONSIDERING. Dot grunted in his direction, since he had done as she'd asked, even if he wasn't showing much enthusiasm for it. Maybe they needed a battle cry or something? Some way to rally the spirits or whatever.

What would the Slytherin rally cry be? Hissing at each other? Not very invigorating.

She hissed quietly as she inched along toward another Ravenclaw flag. "AND NOW YOU ARE MINE," she pointed her wand at it and took a moment to enjoy her vicotry before casting the spell. "Colovaria." Just like that, the flag turned green. She was a pro at this by now.

WHAT WAS THAT HUFFLEPUFF DOING?

[MudInMyBlood]

Whoops. AJ was one of the students that still had their tie the wrong color. It wasn't her fault. That blame was completely put on the fact that professors insisted on having early morning classes. Was he really counting down? Nothing like pressure of losing precious house points. He was already on 5... Merlin. "Colovaria!" There, she was a lion again.

Another awesome activity was about to go down! There was nothing better than a competition. The lions had come out on top during the activity in Astro, and AJ had total faith that they would be able to bring another victory to the lion pack.

Somebody seemed pretty confident. "I'm pretty sure I'll be kicking your butt again!" Yup, again because this wouldn't be the first time, and it definitely wouldn't be the last time either.

For the first time during this lesson AJ was fully listening because this was the important part. Other houses were going down... got it! Could they go now? AJ was chomping at the bit. She watched as all of the flags appeared and when Quigley gave them the okay she shot off in the direction of the flags that didn't belong to her house.

Since Adi was so sure he was going to win it was tie to show him exactly why that dream was far fetched. Seeing a yellow flag AJ made her way over to it. The only thing on her mind was red. "Colovaria!" Hit! Oh yeah, she was definitely in the zone. A once yellow flag was now red.

[Stefan]

The battle was starting to intensify, therefore, staying behind was slowly becoming NOT an option. Given that most of the students were attacking the front, Ethan figured it would be effective if he could infiltrate the other camp without treading the crossfire. Er, no, he’s not a Gryffindor to pull that kind of act.

The Slytherin may or may not have stuck some broken small branches in his hair to help him camouflage with the foliage around them, crouching; he silently crossed the boundaries through the side and went further back the enemy’s camp. Seeing that the coast was clear, he aimed his wand at a blue flag and changed it to green, "Colovaria!" non-verbally of course. He didn't want to attract attention to himself.

Teehee. They will NOT be able to see it because he’s at the far back. Little do those Ravenpuffs know that they have a green flag amongst them now.

Now THAT, is strategy. Besides, Slytherins are great when it comes to attacking from behind, eh? Yep. Winning.

[feeheeheeny]

CAPTURE THE FLAG! ... FORT!

Quiggles was AWESOME for this activity, did he know? Sophie was SUPER into this and was even MORE pleased when it turned out RAVENCLAW AND HUFFLEPUFF WERE A TEAM. THAT MEANT SOPH AND TOBES WERE ALLIES.

Gryffindor and Slytherin, prepare to meet your DOOM.

When they were all set to split up, Sophie actually deviated from the group to find the nearest patch of dirt or mud - there was slightly damp soil right there, and Soph cast a quick "Aguamenti" at it to turn it muddy. Then the prefect promptly took a fingerful of mud and traced a horizontal line under one eye, then the other.

WAR PAINT. ALL SET TO GO NOW.

Sophie got into a battle stance, waiting for the professor's signal, and when he let them go, Sophie didn't even have to think - she RAN for the opposition's flags, freely and uninhibitedly because Quiggles said they couldn't aim at each other, which meant NOTHING COULD STOP HER. She only had to worry about the Slytherins and Gryffindors changing her chosen flag back, but there were ways of getting around that. Probably.

There were plenty of green and red flags in plain sight, but Sophie thought everyone on her team would go for those instinctively, so Soph kept her eyes peeled for a splash of green or red anywhere on the landscape - Slytherin actually had the advantage here because the green flags blended in with the landscape, didn't they? IT WAS RIGGED - but she caught sight of the green fabric sticking out from behind a tree and targeted that one. "Colovaria!" she cast, changing the green flag to blue, then she RAN back toward her home base to check on her team's flags.

Her daily running came in handy here - she could play BOTH SIDES and RUN BACK AND FORTH. She had plenty of stamina for this. And as she returned to her side, she saw ZANDER TARGET A BLUE FLAG AND CHANGE IT TO RED.

HOW.

RUDE.

"ZANDER ADAIR," Sophie scolded her best friend and WAGGED A FINGER AT HIM. "FRIENDS BEFORE CLASS ACTIVITIES." She was just kidding - well, mostly - and she pointed her wand at the blue-turned-red flag to change it BACK to blue, "Colovaria!" Aaand her house's flag was restored to its original color.

[Edward Penguin]

Ian watched the intensity of the initial flurries. It appeared that the gryfferins had a bit of advantage in speed and numbers. It was time to help out his buddy Adi and the others at were around. Fortunately he'd not used his tie, so it was the proper colors.

He looked at the opposing flags and found. A green one and decided to start there. He lifted his wand and aimed, Colovaria! focus in in the yellow of his own house. He watched with satisfaction to see the flag change to his house color. He hoped he'd be able to handle a flag change for his own house. He looked up just in time to see one of the ravine flags change to green. He pointed at it and then yelled COLOVARIA at it thinking of the blue shade of Ravenclaw.

[WhittyBitty]

Wow, her first flag!

Lux was excited to change another one. These were the activities she liked the most; the ones where there was friendly competition going on between her and her friends.

For instance right now, when AJ had just changed one of the yellow flags to red. As much as she loved seeing the red, they were going against each other so it couldn't exactly stay. Pointing her wand at the flag, she reverted it back to yellow. Maybe someone would change its colour again, but for now everything was as it should be.

On to changing another flag!! Once again she pointed to a red one, but this flag was on the Gryffindor/Slytherin side, not her own. As much as Lux didn't want to get rid of Gryffindor flags, this was a game. "COLOVARIA!" Now it was a pretty Ravenclaw blue.

Yay for her favourite colour!

[Stefan]

Lurking.

Lurking.

Lurking. Yes, his decision was right. The targets were easier to capture now that the people defending their camp was turned towards his camp. Muehehehe. Grinning to himself, he crouched again and slowly picked a random yellow flag as his next target and changed it to greeeeeeeen! “Colovaria!” Yes, yes. He was hitting two birds with one stone with the activity. He gets to practice the spell AND his nonverbal spells, the latter as a precaution of course. He didn’t want the people of Ravenpuff to know that he’s been lurking around their area for a few minutes now.

Oh. OH.

Did someone change the pretty green flag into yellow??? No no no. That’s not right, and that can’t be. “Finite.” And bam. Yellow flag back to green. Uh-HUH.

Now, moving on.

[feeheeheeny]

Having giving Zander a PROPER reprimand and hopefully made him realize he should be betraying his own house and turning flags blue for her - ahem - Sophie set her sights on more green and red flags to target. She actually started climbing up the side of the ravine again, taking the outside route to get around to the enemy's side, darting around bushes and trees and ducking down behind them occasionally so the opposition wouldn't see her coming. Totally strategic.

This whole game was about being fast, and taking down the other houses' flags before they got yours. That was all it really came down to, and Slytherin and Gryffindor were incredibly unlucky to not have Sophie on their side because she was TINY AND FAST. They were no match for her.

It was too bad that Ravenclaws were stereotypically not super athletic and competitive in activities like this - same for Hufflepuffs, who were stereotypically too nice and fair to want to seek out a ruthless attack on the other team. On the opposition, Gryffindors and Slytherins were both known to thrive in activities like this, so even more than Slytherin's green flags blending in with the scenery... this activity seemed more and more tilted toward a Slytherdor victory. Pffft to you, Quiggles.

Behind enemy lines now, Sophie peeked out from behind her bush, seeking out more green flags - since those were probably the hardest to spot - and surveyed the battlefield for one that was well-hidden. She didn't see one at first, but as she moved to hide behind a tree now, she spotted one flag behind a nearby tree, and stealthily cast, "Colovaria!" at it, successfully changing the flag from green to blue.

WOOP WOOP. GO TEAM.

[Sararara]

He'd SAID that? Norah shot a panicked look at her green tie and whispered "Finite" with her wand aimed at the cloth. Okay. All good. That was less than ten seconds, right? Right. She held on tight to her wand as Professor Quigley explained the activity, her eyes widening when he made the flags appear. MAN, where could she get one of those? Imagine a big Hufflepuff banner for above her bed. Radical.

As soon as Quigley gave the signal, the fourth year took off running after AJ, casting "Colovaria!" on the Yellow flag she'd turned red and turning it back to yellow. The BEST color, obviously. Sticking her arms out like a Hippogriff, she grinned as she ran in the opposite direction. Flag flag flag? FLAG! She came to a bouncing halt in front of a red flag and raised her wand. To yellow with you, flag dude. "Colovaria!" She only paused for a moment to admire her yellow handiwork before turning to run in the opposite direction.

[DaniDiNardo]

Slowly he could see more and more of them catching their taste for war, crossing enemy lines and getting things done. That was the way it was meant to be. From where he sat, he couldn't quite make out the strategy any of them had up their sleeps but it was all the same to him.

Maddox was waiting for that brilliant moment when he could order three houses to attack one. It would be the highlight of the lesson for him.

For now though, he would watch.

OOC: Remember you can't attack the same house twice guys. Also, when it comes to returning a flag to it's previous colour please consider the logistics. If your charrie is on the other side of the field, it becomes less possible, especially the further they venture into enemy territory. At some point they would have to run back if they want to get a clear shot because there are literally trees everywhere blocking not only the flag, but your shot depending on where you stand. Everything before this post will be counted but not after.

[Cassirin]

No. No way, Sophie Brown. It was NOT okay to play the friend card in the field of battle. There were no friends, just MIGHTY FOES. And making someone feel bad about playing the game as it was intended was just dirty playing, unworthy of the older Ravenclaw.

"FINITE," Dot turned the flag that Sophie had turned right back to green and gave the girl her evil-pirate-glare. "All is fair in love and war, and this is war, Sophie-daisy. You gotta be strong enough not to take war personally."

Oh, and also? There was a yellow flag right next to the one that Dot had just reverted back. "Colovaria." And now it was green.

[feeheeheeny]

BEHIND ENEMY LINES AND TAKING ON THE WORLD. Yeah, Sophie Brown was feeling PRETTY GOOD. It seemed that the majority of the Slytherins and Gryffindors were back attacking the blue and yellow flags, which meant... SHE NEEDED TO MOVE QUICKLY AND GET THEM ALL. OR... TRY TO.

AS THE CURRENT LONE RAVENCLAW BEHIND ENEMY LINES.

Seriously, WHERE WERE HER BLUE TEAMMATES?

It didn't matter, though. No. She was a one girl revolution. So she pressed on, sneaking further and further into the ravine, darting behind trees and bushes with swift agility--

THEN SHE SAW IT. A flash of crimson caught her eye directly to her right behind the tree she'd just ran past, and Sophie pointed her wand at it in close proximity and cast, "Colovaria!" with great enthusiasm. If no one had been guarding that flag, they were just ASKING for her to change it, weren't they? The flag changed from red to blue in a brilliant flash of color, and Sophie let out a cackle of victory.

Feeling PUMPED, she continued her sneaky trek further behind enemy lines - how far could she even go back, until there were no more flags? SHE WOULD FIND OUT.

[Stefan]

Ethan moved further back, determined to get ALL yellow and blue flags way behind the enemy’s camp. There were still a few of them left of course, and he would love to get more of his comrades to the other side to speed things up. They’ve got a house to crush, whether it was the ‘Claws’ or the Badgers’. Upon observation, it was rather easy to spot the yellow and blue flags. They very well stand out against the greens and browns of their environment.

Ah. Right there, a blue flag just behind a big boulder.

Pointing his wand at it, the Slytherin changed it to green. “Colovaria.” See, green and gray look good together. Totally complements that big old rock. Grinning himself, he looked over his shoulder to assess if he should go back to his camp now.

He probably should, seeing that he’s got the enemy’s back area partially covered. He’d leave some enemy flags for his teammates.

[WhittyBitty]

That done, Lux decided that she would hit another Slytherin flag. She was going to make it yellow. This activity was fun, and either the Snakes or the Lions were going down even if she didn't really want the Lions to.

SHE WAS BEHIND ENEMY LINES.

It was a little hard to spot some of the flags with all the obstacles in the way, and a lot of the ones she DID see were red. That added to the challenge, and nature was pretty so she was not complaining. Give her an outside activity any day so long as it wasn't cold and heights weren't involved.

Moving through the trees, she spotted a green flag. Yessss. This was what she wanted. Smiling to herself, Lux pointed her wand at it. "COLOVARIA!" There. Now it was yellow.

[natekka]

Clara had been observing silently for a few minutes, taking in the game of Capture the Flag Fort. This ........ heh, was better than it could have been. It didn't involved anything too dangerous, that was for sure, and it also answered the question of why they had needed to learn the colour changing charm ..... but it did involve exercise. Minus points for that.

Nevertheless, she decided to dive straight in.

Especially as nobody seemed to be doing any planning or strategy.

The redhead winked at Eden before sprinting - if you could call it that - across the clearing, avoiding tripping as best she could, into enemy territory. One could say she was going into the lions' den. Haha. She aimed her wand at a red flag, envisioned it turning blue, and muttered the incantation. "Colovaria." The flag immediately changed colour before her eyes. Perfect.

She head back across the clearing to guard her own flags. The excitement of using charms 'practically' was gradually wearing down her grumpiness, as was the exercise she was doing. Thank you very much, endorphins.

When she reached 'Claw territory, she immediately noticed a green flag amongst the blue. Ew. She had better rectify that quickly. "Colovaria," she said, wand pointed at the flag and with the colour Ravenclaw blue in her mind. Once again, the colour of a flag changed, and it was now its rightful blue colour. All was as it should be.

Now, should she stay and switch more flags back or strike a counter attack?

TACTICS, PEOPLE. They were important.

[Symphora]

"Har..har...very funny llia,"Henric replied to her teasing. She was enjoying it, he could tell. He shook his head and crossed his arms at her. He pretended to be mad at her but not for long when he heard the professor's voice called for attention. Henric immediately glanced down to check on the colour of his tie, fuu...it was still yellow.He wouldn't want to lose 5 points again for not properly listening to instruction...nope.

Woots! It was time for war, this time protecting their fort banners from incoming capture. The Hufflepuffs were on the offensive now, giving their all in attacking. The last time they played a somewhat similar fort war activity game was in Astronomy class and the Gryffindors won.No...not this time....he should help out the Slytherins, because they were the first to be eliminated at the end. He would made an alliance with them for now,time for some payback reds!

He spotted a lone red banner behind a tree, he aimed his wand right at it and shouted,"Colovaria!" He saw the red banner changed to green in a matter of seconds. Brilliant!

[ArianaBlack]

Zander was super proud about changing the blue to the red, but then he heard Sophie yelling his name and OOPS. Sorry? But he HAD TO. The flag was RIGHT THERE. It was calling to him. It was asking for it, y'know? He couldn't just NOT do anything! And then she was gaining on him. UH OH. "BUT SOPHIE," he gave her a saaaaad look. Heh. "HOUSE LOYALITY IS IN MY NATURE!" Ahem. Nevermind the fact that he was technically in class and yelling at the top of his lungs while running in the other direction to get another flag.

Had he not been so focused on winning this thing, he would've probably had more shame. Ahem. So it's a good thing that his mind was else where. And speaking of else where... YELLOW. This one's for GRYFFINDOR.

"Colovaria!!" he pointed straight at it, and BOOM. Heh. It's a good thing he got the hang of things before this game started, huh? If anything Sophie Brown should've been PROUD of his color changing abilities. 'Cause Zander was making some progress, okay?

[Holmesian Feline]

Good thing his tie was a proper red once more.

Benny certainly didn't want to get into trouble or lose points and he would have had to rushed to fix it. He doubted the rush would help him get the spell right, regardless of his previous success. His magic didn't work that way. The ten seconds were soon up and Professor Quigley moved on this time explaining what their final activity for the lesson was.

Capture the flag.

Slytherin and Gryffindor...

...versus Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

Why was it Adi was almost never paired with him, AJ amd Angel? Gotta loved forced friendly competition between friends. And he heard the yell Sophie gave to Zander. If only it were true, but it was clear the Hufflepuff was after Gryffindor House as much as Slytherin. He wasn't sure of how it was all going to turn out, but the one thing he was sure of was...he was going to be a defender. Stay safe in his home territory rather then venture to the other side.

Oi...Henric was after them too.

"Nice try..." he mused as he moved closer to the switched flag and took aim, preparing himself to cast. Green back to red...Green back to red. "Colovaria!!" Yes, he was successful and the younger Hufflepuff's change was reverted. The red flag was back to normal.

For good measure, he looked around for the nearest yellow flag. Time to fight back too. "Colovaria!!" Yellow flag turned to red to support the lions now. Take that guys!

[Symphora]

Ohh nice, another red banner discovered not far from where he stood. This time slightly hidden from view behind a huge boulder, nope...sorry Mr.RedBanner, time to change your loyalties to one of Ravenclaws.He thought of the colour blue, again his favourite colour of all time..."Colorvaria!" Wohoo! He was having fun avenging for his other housemates, time to run back to his fort and play defensive again.

Henric was stunned to find his yellow banners were almost diminishing in front of his eyes. Noooooo! He rush to the scene, but he accidentally tripped on a rock while running. Thankfully, he broke his fall by putting his arms in front of his face. Oww...

Henric examined the small scratches on his arms. It was not bad, just a little red...he hoped it wasn't bleeding too.Henric reached for his handkerchief in his pockets and started dabbing on it. He hoped nobody saw his embarrassing fall, he got up onto his feet again and walked this time. It would be no good to run in this terrain.Nope...no good at all.

[Hera]

He was going into enemy territory... because, WHY THE HECK NOT!?

Wand in hand, and grinning, Zeke proceeded forward away from his teams fort - he wasn't much in the mood for defending, he was totes in a mood for attacking. ATTTAAAACCCKKK!!! He could have gone for the Slytherin fort, leaving him close enough to return should they need back up, HOWEVER, the lure of TWO enemies over the way was just too appealing.

So with that, Zeke made a bee-line for camp Hufflepuff.

When he was close enough to get his target, he pointed his wand and called out, "Colovaria!" his intent focused on changing the nasty yellow to a brilliant red... and so he did.

BAHA! Gryffindor strikes again!

[Cassirin]

It was nice that both sides had ventured deep into each other's territory, because it meant that Dot could keep an eye out for people turning green flags. It was a little dash to make it back across the line, and perhaps not worth it, since she could just stay over here and keep turning flags rather than flying back and forth.

Also, Sophie Brown was ignoring her. That was rude.

Dot crept the perimeter further, pleased to see a Ravenclaw blue flag flapping in the wind just a few feet away. It was a cheerful thing, but green was even MORE cheerful. Just ask trees and grass and hopping frogs. Those were cheerful things. More importantly, this was war, and that flag had to go.

"Colovaria." One blue flag was now green.

[Hera]

The second he saw he succeeded, he was off and running again. Gotta keep moving, gotta keep attacking, ATTACK! ATTACK ATTACK!!!!... ahem. Obviously stealth was not something that was going to be happening here, because, it just wasn't going to happen, and as he moved toward the Ravenclaw fort, he watched as others moved around him. He watched as Dot captured one of their flags also, and it amused him. Bye bye Ravenclaws!

"Colo-" he'd started as he aimed his wand at one of their flags... however he wasn't able to get out the rest of the incantation because his toe had snagged a rock and sent him crashing to the ground.

...

"Ow." Yeah, something like that.

He didn't stay down for long, his wand was fine, he wasn't dead, all was well.

Back to attacking!

Rising from his feet, he pointed his wand at the blue flag and cast the charm. "Colovaria!" thus turning it the bright and handsome shade of red he had imagined. Excellent.

[Sararara]

Norah, who had slowed to a halt by now, narrowed her eyes at the surrounding trees. She wasn't even sure whose territory she'd ventured into, 'cause apparently trees had a horrible tendency to start looking the same after a while. Rude. After all she'd admired the trees on the grounds this is what they did for her? Maybe it was an under the bridge thing.

As she marched past a particularly green tree, she caught a flash of blue between the branches. She marched backwards three paces and squinted hard at the tree again. Nothin'. She took another step back and caught a gnarled root with the back of her trainer, and landed flat on her bottom on the hard earth. Strike two on the meanie under the bridge trees. The fourth year looked up from her spot on the ground as she wiggled her bum to make the ache-y stuff go away. There it was again! The blue! Real live Ravenclaw blue from between the branches.

Norah pushed herself up from the ground and brushed the dirt off her clothes, pulling her wand out to point it at the flashes of blue on the other side of the tree. "Colovaria!" There was no sign of a color change. Aw man. She started up her running again, making her way to the other side of the big tree to get a better shot at the big Ravenclaw banner. "Colovaria!" A few precisely chosen images of yellowness and TA DA! Pretty Hufflepuff flag. THAT only took several centuries.

[MudInMyBlood]

Was it just her or was Hufflepuff and Gryffindor always going up against each other? It made AJ think the professors liked seeing her and Adi always going up against each other. Most likely that didn't have a thing to do with it, but it made sense in her eyes. So far she had only managed to turn one yellow flag to red, and that one had been changed back. She needed a better strategy. Everybody was kinda doing their own thing. Normally AJ was all for this, but right now it was pure chaos and this wasn't how to win the competition.

Deciding that maybe it would be a good idea to stand guard of her own flags instead of charging after the others, AJ made her way back to where the red flags stood. She doubted anybody was really paying any attention to her, but she hid behind bushes every so often as she made her way back.

There still seemed to be several red flags left, and she jumped behind another bush to keep her eyes peeled. That way when somebody did come over here to attack, she would be ready.

Sure enough Ravenclaw's very own prefect made her way over and turned one of the lion's flags blue. Now that simply wasn't okay. AJ popped out from behind the bushes and ran over to the newly blue flag...

"Colovaria!" It was back to its rightful color, red. Much better.

[Hera]

He did it, and now he could move again. Zeke took a few paces back in the direction he came from, but paused after a few moments and leant against a tree. He needed to catch his breathe, assess the condition of his knees, and then decide is he was going to double back to the Hufflepuff Camp of if he was going to go farther than that and cross back over to his camp, or the Slytherins.

...

Firstly, he had his breath back. Secondly, his knees were fine, and his pants while dirty were not damaged wither. And thirdly... he would walk, and see where his legs would take him. Granted he wasn't 100% sure on WHERE in all of this he was, but if he walked in one direction he'd find something sooner or later.

His steps were quick, so he wasn't at all taking his time - this was a competition after all, but it wasn't so fast that he was going to trip up again.

Weaving between the trees, Zeke was sure he'd have reached the Hufflepuff camp by now if he was heading in the right direction, so he concluded that he must be heading back to base.. or, with any luck, Camp Slytherin.

A flash of colour caught his eye as he realised he had neared the Slytherin Fort after all. Now all he had to do, was capture the flag - or well - change it's colour. WEEEE!

Walking closer, and closer, and closer still, he pointed his wand at the flag-ish.

"Colovaria," he said clearly his mind on Gryffindor red.

The charm was successful, but the hit was not... instead of his intended target, he managed to change a few of the leaves of the tree. Whoops.

"Colovaria!" he tried again after moving more into view.

Second time was a charm, as the green flag changed to a striking red.

[Jessiqua]

There might have been a few hiccups here and there but for the most part, Maddox stood munching his apple, pleased with what he was seeing. So what if it took them a few tries. Only thing that mattered was that they DID get the spell. Otherwise...well...it would only hinder them later on...and their house.

Shame you couldn't choose your housemates.

"Right then I think that's enough practising. Ties back on." The man leaned against the railing once more, glancing down like he'd been doing while the majority of them were still arriving. Could he take the entire barrel down there with him? Would he need to? It wouldn't be impossible to make them all climb down on their own while he stayed put; simply irresponsible.

When he considered the distance down there...the height involved, suddenly being irresponsible didn't sound half bad.

But if he didn't he'd have to use sonorus and eh, loud noises, no thank you. With a heavy sigh he launched away from the railing once more, nicked a few apples and headed to the end of the bridge closer to them. "Alright everyone, follow me. Down we go." The terrain leading down to the ditch of sorts was slanted and rugged enough to allow for adequate grip. He was confident they could make the climb down.

Maddox eased himself down the edge, feeling out the area so they could see all the safe places to make their descent. "And no," he called up even as he continued, "staying on the bridge is not an option. Single file, follow my lead. Don't break anything." Referring to their own bones. The man was seriously considering point reduction for the reckless among them.

Would have been easier descending as a cat but he needed them to SEE so they wouldn't fall. Occasionally he tapped at the ground with his foot before continuing to make sure the soil wasn't loose but his balance allowed his descent to be easy enough.

You'll only really need one well developed post for this part but you're free to make others if you feel better splitting the descent. RP your charrie heading down the side of the ravine/ditch/whatever you wanna call it then just pretend the Professor is already down there standing and waiting on the rest of them to join him. If you need to know the terrain in order to comfortably RP this, take a look at the picture in the description post. Rocks, trees, bushes, all that along the sides. I should move this class sometime tonight, or possible tomorrow morning.

Zhenya was a bit confused as to why they were now leaving the bridge. What was the point of being there just to practice changing colours of their ties? But... ahh, they weren't going back inside, they were going DOWN. Zhenya looked down with slight excitement. She wasn't scared of heights, and she loved to go on hikes, and this was as close to hiking as she had come during her time here. She followed Professor Quigley and everyone else down, down, down. She took it very slowly and carefully, like she usually did when she hiked down a ravine. All the trees, rocks, bushes, grass and dirt. Slippery and rough. She made sure to plant her foot and make sure nothing was going to collapse or slip from under her as she slowly made her way further down to where Professor Quigley now stood. Not much further. There were a few sticks she had to step over, and rocks she was able to use as stepping stones, and finally she reached the spot where Professor Quigley was. What would they be doing here?

Zhenya stood and listened to Professor Quigley's instructions. Capture the flag! But... colour the flags. AWESOME! Zhenya listened to the rules and watched as lots of flags popped up, for each house. Zhenya thought she might like to try a bit of both, changing things back to green and changing other flags to green. But first she went to stand at the Slytherin end, with all the green flags. She watched as some of them turned different colours, and watched as some of them were changed back to green. Wicked job snakes!

After a while of watching and figuring out others strategies, she went for a flag just as another of her housemates did, and watched as they fixed it back to green. Never mind. She turned around to try and go after another house's flags, but came face to face with a RED flag. OH NO! Zhenya marched up to the red intruder flag and pointed her wand at it. "Colovaria!" She said, picturing the familiar green and silver Slytherin colours, and smiled with delight as she saw the flag change back to green.

[MudInMyBlood]

Was Slytherin and Gryffindor supposed to be on a team? It seemed like some people were teaming up, and despite everything that she thought only moments ago, this was a bad idea. Perhaps a free for all was the best bet. Total chaos was bound to confuse some people, and confusion could definitely work to her benefit.

Deciding it was best to switch up between guarding flags and attacking, AJ came out from her hiding spot and decided to go forth in destroying any flag that wasn't red. The lions were her only allies, mkay? Hopping behind tree after tree she spotted a green flag. Well, well, well. IF they were allies earlier, they weren't now. "Colovaria!" All was fair in love and war, yes?

She needed to get deeper. All of the houses had to go down. Getting a tad bit ahead of herself, she slipped and totally ate it. Were talking feet to her head kind of body slam on to the rough terrain. Picking herself up she decided there wasn't any damage. A quick pat of her hands to wipe the dirt off and she was good to go.

[Symphora]

Once reached to his side again, he didn't think he could go out in the field again. His best decision was to stay put and make sure their flags colour stay unchanged, if it did he would simply turned it back to his own house colour.

"No you don't! I'm changing it back,Benny!"Henric called to his Gryffindor friend. "Colovaria!" he casted. Wait...he forgotten the Slytherins were on the same side as the Gryffindors! He realised he was unintentionally helping the opposite teams win by changing one of the red flags to green earlier!Whattt! Darn it Henric...oh well...it was very confusing...you know..everyone was running everywhere, it was chaotic and when you at war,we didn't have time to stop and think. Moral of the story...he really should think before it act rashly.

[FearlessLeader19]

Everyone was just waiting on an opportunity to revert their own flags, weren't they? Adi didn't really see the sense in it. At some point ALL the flags for one House or the other would have to be changed so... yeah. Reverting the colours just prolonged the game. Shrug. Oh well!

Back to taking aim. More flags on the front line for Slytherin and Gryffindor were being changed to either blue or yellow so it was kind of difficult for Adi to actually find a target. Ducking to avoid flying red light, he side stepped rocks and bushes to inch closer to the other side.

Excellent! There was a red flag nice to a HUGEEE tree. Point! "Colovaria!" The Puffer focused on yellow, causing red light to shoot for the red flag. It hit and promptly turned into a yellow flag. WOOT!

[Jessiqua]

Having fixed one flag back to green, Zhenya decided to be offensive. She snuck across the middle, trying to act casual. Yeah, with her green tie and green robes and all. She snuck to the side and took cover behind a tree, then poked her head out the side, trying to catch a look at what was going on in the Ravenclaw side. She felt a bit bad turning yellow flags green, because some of her good good friends were in that house. Still, if it came to it... she would choose Slytherin first, obviously.

Once the coast was clear, she popped out, stealthily sneaking up to a flag, where she squatted to try and keep clear. Obviously she could be seen, but her head would be low. Hopefully. She pulled her wand up, pointed it at the blue flag, having the green flag colours in her mind, then "Colovaria!" She changed the blue flag to green.

She snuck back behind the tree then darted back to the Slytherin side to see what mess awaited her there.

[MudInMyBlood]

Having all the trees was both good and bad. It was nice to have some cover if you wanted to go the sneak attack route, but it really sucked when you were trying to aim from a distance. It was really disheartening when you were busy taking down another house and you turn to see one of your own flags being tampered with. A girl can't even change her own flag back to the original color. For the most part she didn't have a clue what was going on with her own houses flags because she was now deep in enemy territory. There was no turning back for her just yet.

Her current game plan was to take out as many flags as she could before she worried about her own flags. If the lions go down... well, all of the others houses were going to go down with them. How did they like them apples, eh?

A yellow flag was in her line of vision. Zig zagging around the trees that seemed to pop out of nowhere when she was on her "take down Hufflepuff mission, AJ finally was close enough to turn that bad boy red.

"Colovaria!" BOOM! Just like magic the yellow turned into a much nicer looking red. Was Quigley ever going to clue them in on the house standings? A girl needed to know that sort of information. Did she need to attack a certain house more than another? Answers! She needed them.

[Hera]

He couldn't bare to head back to Camp Gryffindor, he was CONFIDENT that his housemates had the situation under control there, leaving him free to scout around for enemy flags. Oh how he LOVED enemy flags. They were such fun to get.

Pausing behind a tree, Zeke peered around it to where he suspected there might be something for him to get at. He wasn't wrong, he was sure that was a flag fluttering over there, partially obscured by another tree.

Stepping out confidently, Zeke side-stepped a rock and then a bush, his hazel eyes trained on the blue flag over yonder.

Nearer, he stepped nearer, closing the gap between him and his teams victory. Or well, so long as they could get ahead of the game.

When he was near enough, without anything obscuring the flag before him, he glanced around to make sure there wasn't anyone here to stop him... and then he did it. HE DID IT. He was going to TAKE OVER this flag with all his Gryffindor pride.

"Colovaria," he cast, wand pointed at the blue flag, which quickly turned red.

[WhittyBitty]

Okay, Lux was on the hunt for more flags!!

There were loads of them here on the enemy side, but of course some were now blue and yellow because of her awesome team mates kicking butt. Part of her, however, wanted to change them back to red. Look at her being a rebel.

Moving along as stealthily as possible, Lux darted her eyes from flag to flag. There had to be some nice red or green ones lying around here somewhere... Quigley sure had done a good job hiding them, so kudos to him.

Oooh, there was a big rock up ahead. That would be the perfect place to stick some flags.

YESSSS, a red one.

Sorry Gryffindors. She was on their team in spirit at least. Pointing her wand at the flag, Lux cast the spell. "COLOVARIA." Another small victory for Hufflepuff.

[SilverTiger]

So now they were playing capture the flag. At least, that was how Brooklyn was looking at the whole thing, as she’d remained where she’d been ever since she’d arrived at the bottom of the ravine. She didn’t see why she had to actually expend any more energy, not when it could have been just as interesting to convince everyone else to change the flags for her. She could be convincing when she needed to, but everyone was dashing around and acting like secret agents. Not stopping to give her a reason to bother to try and convince them. She’d heard Dot’s suggestion to Ethan, though, shortly before she chose to go into action. Sort of. She’d taken advantage of some of the chaos, as well as the trees, rocks and bushes around the clearing, to sneak across no mans land until she managed to gain a position behind a bush near a lot of the Claw flags.

Dot’s plan had its merits after all. Get the smart house to work for them, and it looked as if for the most part a lot of the Lions were cooperating just as much. Aside from the fact they would have to turn on them to ultimately have the Snakes win. Brooklyn had no issue with that part, as she peered through the bush to spy a blue flag several feet away. Poking her wand through the branches, pointing it straight at said flag, she quickly spoke. “Colovaria!” Her spell blended into the others being yelled all over the clearing, but the flag in question changed just as quickly to green. So there. One more down, and she was going to keep an eye on it even as she searched for another from her position.

[Stefan]

Yes, yes. He needed to go back NOW to their camp because he just saw a GREEN flag turn to RED. Hold up, Gryffindors! They were the ones who’s supposed to be SNEAKY, not you. Ethan eyed all the Lions in his perimeter and jabbed his wand at the nearest red flag and changed it back to green. “Finite!” The Slytherin was too busy giving the red people the stink eye. They were supposed to turn the yellow and blue flags into either green or red. They were supposed to be a TEAM. Was that...was that even hard to understand?!

Merlin, Gryffindors and their hate for the Snakes. He knew it. It's way too real.

Grunting, Ethan saw another yellow flag just a few steps away, and turned it to their house colour “Colovaria!” Green.

[Symphora]

Henric watched as his teamates charged to the other side. He spotted Ethan at the corner, changing one of his house flags into Ethan's own house colour."Yo Ethan! Change it back to yellow please!"Henric shouted to him.He shook his head and sighed.He looked back just in time to see one of the gryffindors changed the slytherin flags into one of their.Aha! There was a traitor amongst them...hehe...Gryffindors and Slytherins working together as a team...how unlikely...there were bound to be conflicts.

But Henric still not liking the green flag at their side.No no...not good...sorry green flag, you had to go. "Finite!"...He shrugged at Ethan, sorry man..."I think the reds are gaining power,mate,are you sure you guys a team? I would worry about your house more than mine,"Henric grinned before heading off to the Ravenclaw side so he could help change back their house colour.

[Kolyander]

Oh they were going to play a game! It was a bit different then any capture the flag or fort game she'd ever played but this sounded pretty cool as well. Teams though, really? Gryffindor and Slytherin together as a team. That was quite peculiar but alright then this third year wouldn't be complaining...at least not right yet.

With her bright hazel eyes slowly scanning their team base while making her way over to it she did a quick judgement of whom was keeping back to protect their flags and whom was moving onto enemy territory. So far it appeared to be somewhat even to what she could tell. Alright then...she'd hang back for a bit before venturing forward. Either way she'd be helping out her team.

Shifting her weight from one foot to the other she removed her wand from it's wrist holster and slid it into her hand closing her grip around the piece of wood. She was ready to get moving the moment they were given the word. Having positioned herself slightly behind a large tree near one of her teams green flags she was able to spot a flapping enemy flag along the way that was rather well in her range. Without having to move much Hady raised her wand firmly fixing her mind on the color she wanted as she called out, “Colovaria!” effectively changing the flag from it's once yellow color to the now bright green of her own team.

One down and many more to go.

[Weasley174]

Angel hadn't been able to move far she was still scared from the walk down to this place... she wasn't normally scared of heights of anything like that but the climb down here had scared her so she had got her breath back before even thinking about moving she was just about to move when she saw a red flag being changed to yellow, well that wouldn't do she loved the colour red oh and pink but she wasn't keen on yellow.

Angel pointed her wand at the flag. "Finite!" Angel watched as the flag changed back to red, now what she had to do was go and find a flag she could change to another colours, she had a feeling the professor wouldn't let her get away with playing defence all the time though technically in a game like this that would be the best idea but maybe it would be cheating, now which colour was she going to go for.

[Stefan]

So...were there other traitors amongst them? Ethan roamed around their camp to see if he needed to fix more flags from their side before moving on. And...who in their right mind would call out someone’s name DURING a war? Seriously. “Eh...no.” Ethan replied as he turned to see Henric fix the flag he just fixed. And what about the side comment he just made? True, the Lions were getting stronger, and that’s exactly why he’s taking advantage of it. “Oh you should be worried about your house, Henric. Good. Luck.” Once the Gryffindors and Slytherins get the Ravenclaws, Hufflepuff will have to fight them on their own.


Now now, back to business. The Slytherin silently followed Henric and infiltrated the enemy’s camp once more. He was, again, at the very back, and continued to hunt for more blue flags. Yes...yes. Ravenclaw should just give up and join them. That way, they’ll win too. Soon enough, he spotted a blue banner and immediately claimed it. “Colovaria.” Blue to Green.

Next?

[laurange]

Capture the Fort? HE WAS SO DOWN FOR THIS. He especially loved it when they did games in the lesson. Made him a lot more motivated to learn the spells being taught. Brian looked around, and noticed a GREEN flag where a yellow once stood. Now that would just NOT do.

"Finite," he said, pointing his wand at it and positively beaming when it changed back to yellow. There was no way Hufflepuff was going to go down.

And was it just him or was there a really worrying amount of red around? He sighed, making sure that there were people manning the Hufflepuff fort before he dashed across the clearing towards the Gryffindor and Slytherin side and heading for the trees by the Gryffindor fort. He grinned. There were a bunch of flags hidden around, and he was going to make absolutely sure that at least half of them weren't red anymore by the end of the day. And there should be a lot more yellow. It was a sun colour.

"Colovaria," he whispered so as not to attract too much unwanted attention. It was turning yellow. GREAT. Now he'd just run back to the Hufflepuff fort. Can't have people turning them colours that WEREN'T YELLOW.

[natekka]

Not long after Clara switched one of the flags back to its original blue, she spotted several more being changed to other house colours. She had only changed two flag colours herself, so far, and she could already tell this was going to be tedious. One of Ravenclaw's flags had been turned to Slytherin-green and one to Gryffindor-red.

She eyed them both up, but red was closest.

Quickly, she jogged her way over to the red flag, dodging a few trees and bushes on the way, with her wand at the ready. As soon as she got there, she aimed her wand at the flag, imagining the colour she wanted it to turn. Blue, blue, blue, blue. "Colovaria!" It took slightly longer to change this time, but it changed nevertheless. Another blue flag rightly returned.

Clara weighed up her options again; stay and return more flags back to blue, or go out and make more blue flags.

She decided to go with the latter.

[Holmesian Feline]

Oooo Benny had seen that fall by Henric. Though thankfully the Hufflepuff seemed to recover well from it. He didn't want the boy injured, even if they were technically competing against each other. He wasn't that mean, if he was even mean at all. Wait...was he supposed to not care if one got changed to Slytherin since they were supposed to be working together? Ooops. It was to save a flag of his so hopefully it was alright. And thankfully his team on the other side was helping against the likes of Lux and Adi and the rest.
Fair was fair. He didn't want Gryffindor absorbed.

Alas the younger boy had changed another nearby red flag, this time to his own house color. Nope....it was going back. And it was revertion not attacking the same house twice in a row....right? He was playing a defender after all. . "Colovaria!" he cast, aiming at the new traitorious flag. It changed, but not to a solid red. . "Colovaria!!" the Gryffindor tried again more determined. This time the yellow flag was now completely Gryffindor red.

Now onto a Ravenclaw blue...

Oh lookie...he mused to himself as he moved along the Lion/Snake territory, careful of anything to trip him. Just what he was looking for. "Colovaria!!" Ravenclaw blue changed to Gryffindor red. Were they onto the next stage yet?

[Weasley174]

Angel decided that it was time for her to go out and find a colour to change, she looked around and suddenly decided on the Ravenclaw Flag, she felt really sorry for her sisters Abby's house but well this was a game and her competitive side was coming out just like it had when she had played football in her second year... she had tried to curb her competitive side but she had failed.

Angel looked around for a flag and smiled when she suddenly saw a blue flag, well time to get changing the colour. Angel thought about the colour red as she looked at the flag. "Colovaria!" Angel pointed her wand at the flag and watched as the Blue flag turned into a red flag... this was so amazing and now she had to figure out what she was going to do next.

[Kolyander]

Seeing no one close the flag she was currently guarding Hady slipped around the back of the tree that was keeping her hidden from view. Inching forward several steps she slipped through some high brush making her way closer towards neutral ground still keep her teams flags in sight.

Ducking under a low branch and pulling a strand of hair free that had gotten snagged it Hady spotted something. A flag? She couldn't be sure just then as it had just changed color. Clearly at that she knew it was a flag and an enemy one that someone had turned back to it's proper color. With a small smirk the young girl inched closer towards it her want held firmly in her grasp.

"Colovaria!" She called out casting the charm at her chosen flag watching it go from blue to red now. Green may have been her favorite color and house but she was paired with lions. So switching back and forth back and forth wouldn't be so bad for a little while. House unity and all that you know.

[Weasley174]

Angel was trying to figure out if she should go back and check on the red flag when she was weaving in and out of the trees, she didn't want anyone to see her sneaking around... she was suddenly looking around on her way back when she saw another blue flag and since it seemed a few other students were going after blue flags she decided that she might as well go after another one.

"Colovaria!" Angel pointed her wand at the blue flag as she thought about the colour red, she had thought about checking to see how green looked on blue but in the end she decided that it had to be changed red, she just loved the colour red. Okay so she didn't like it as much as pink but she loved red more that green so the flag was being changed red and she smiled as she looked back again and saw that the flag was now a nice Gryffindor shade red.

[natekka]

Off she went into enemy territory. Snake territory.

Oh, look how tempting it was to hex Cutty in the midst of the action.

But, obviously, Clara wouldn't do that. For many reasons: she didn't want to actually cause physical or mental harm to another person, it wasn't worth the punishment, and she wanted to set a good example. Odd as it was to her, she did find that she wanted to be a good role model to younger students, and not just be remembered as the scary redhead who happened to be pretty and smart.

ANYWAY. Flags. Concentrate, Wilde.

She hid behind a tree for a minute, pointlessly surveying the land, and chose her target: a lone flag with no one guarding it. All the snakes seemed too busy attacking other flags to notice - ahem, rude - so, she rushed forward to the flag. "Colovaria," she muttered once again, envisioning the green turning to blue and smiled when it happened.

Turning back towards her own area, she looked at her options again. Take out another teams' flag or recover one of their own. She noticed that quite a few Ravenclaw flags now were Gryffindor-red and that ..... that bugged her. Whenever she thought of lions, she thought of Phoenix. So, taking all of that into consideration, she jogged back over to the Ravenclaw zone. Wow, all this exercise had been be worth it. Clara pointed her wand at one of the blue-turned-red flags. "Finite." There. Back to blue.

[FearlessLeader19]

Adi had seen Hady sent a spell to his team, changing a blue one to a red. Now, since Adi had only changed one flag so far, he figured it wouldn't be so bad to change another one back to its original colour. "Finite!'' he shouted, raising his wand and darting back carefully to the direction of Hady's target. He had said that a little louder than usual because remember he had made his way closer to the Gryffindor/ Slytherin line.

Right! Now that the green flag was back to blue, Adi edged closer once again to the other team. Gosh, it was getting somewhat difficult to see flags. It seemed as fast as one team reverted them back to original colours, the other team changed it back. Yep, he was right. At this rate, the game would last a reallllly long time, yo!

Taking his time so as to avoid breaking any limbs, Adi would occasionally pause to find a red or green flag. And he did! It was hidden practically all the way behind a tree but he could see the darker green fabric against the lighter green of the leaves. Gosh, Quigley sure had found the real good places for these flags. Hehe.

This would take careful aim. Adi hated to miss soooo... careful aim it was! He waited until the breeze blew the glad some more so that there was even more fabric was visible. "Colovaria!" He focused on the bright blue of Ravenclaw. Annnnd just like that, there was one blue flag!

WOOT!

[ArianaBlack]

Zander thought about going back and playing defense… But doing this attacking stuff was far too much fun. Plus he was starting to get good at the color thing, so might as well take advantage of it while he could. AND he had definitely caught Sophie Brown changing his flag back to a Ravenclaw one, so revenge was very necessary. Hehehe. After having just struck at a yellow flag, the Gryffindor ran through a crowd of people… Trying to be as careful as he could not to shove anyone—just so you know.

And there were definitely some claws trying to play defense and guard their flags. Merlin. Of course Ravenclaws WOULD think of that. It was an intelligent move really. You know, having people at standby. But what was the point if they could just magic all the flags to their own color. That’s why Zander was pretty darn proud of the Gryffindor team. They were all about this offense playing.

And that’s what Zander intended to carry out as well.

So still he searched for an unguarded flag, because those that were guarded would just be a waste of time and OH YES THAT ONE!! Zander practically jumped for joy, but he restrained himself ‘cause that’d be such a dead give away. ”Colovaria!!” he flicked his wands towards the blue flag and POINTED.

Huzzah.

Fifty points to Gryffindor.

[MudInMyBlood]

Were her eyes deceiving her? AJ was pretty sure she just witnessed her own boyfriend changing a flag to a color other than yellow. Was she missing something here? Obviously he had teamed up with Ravenclaw, but why? Was this some kind of strategy to gain up on the Gryffindor's because they were just too awesome to fight house on house? Probably so. We see you, puffers. And since the ravvies were on their team it meant they had to go down as well. Really, they all had to go down, but now AJ was going to make sure that they did first.

Getting even deeper into enemy territory she spotted a couple of blue flags that were spread out pretty nicely. Obviously she was going to try for the one closest to her. Work smarter not harder. Man, attacking the blue flags was kinda turning her into a ravvie, huh? No? Okay.

Rocks were flying beneath her feet in every direction as she ran her way over to the intended target. No time to watch what her feet were hitting. Hopefully not being extra careful wouldn't end up blowing up in her face. She would cross that bridge when she got there.

So close. In fact she was close enough to make things happen. With her handy dandy wand she screamed... "Colovaria." Blue was no more. Another red flag for her team. They had this in the bag, she just knew it.

[natekka]

........... Blink, blink.

So many people were moving, and so quickly, it was hard to keep up with everything. Clara's options were still very much open, though. She could go and change another flag or stay and protect her own flags. Okay, they were the same choices as before, but she was still struggling to decide. She so desperately wanted to think logically, but this game seemed to be one without logic, much to her dismay.

But, wait ..... someone was close by ...

Clara peeked out from behind the tree and saw a Hufflepuff (Adi) changing a red flag back to blue. Good teamwork. She was tempted to shoot him a shoot, but one, she wasn't a smiley person, and two, she was already off again. She watched as he bounded over to the snakes and produced another blue flag.

She could, possibly, repay the favour. The redhead glanced across to the Hufflepuff side of things, looking out for any odd flags. AHA. When she spotted one, she headed straight for it, grateful that there were no obstacles in her way, such as branches or rocks. "Finite," she cried, as soon as she was close enough, and the red flag returned to its original yellow colour.

With that done, Clara looked for another target.

A Gryffindor flag would do nicely, as they also seemed to be causing quite a bit of trouble for the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff teams.

She jogged across the clearing, trying to keep her head in the game and not on the slight burning in her thighs. It might only be game, but she was technically being judged on it and she didn't want Professor Quigley to think she was slacking. As soon as a red flag was in range, she didn't hesitate. "Colovaria," she said, wand pointed at her target, an image of a blue flag in her mind. The spell was becoming almost second nature to her now. On to the next target.

[ArianaBlack]

Merlin this game was moving quickly. All the colors flying around, Zander was bound to get a headache at some point... But hopefully not anytime soon, ‘cause he had a game to win. Uh, Gryffindor had a game to win. Ahem. Anyways.

Merlin. He sure was getting competitive.

Also, how come people were changing flags into colors other than their own? Didn’t that defeat the purpose? Like, Zander knew that Gryffindor and Slytherin were on one side of the field… But did that really mean they were a team? ‘Cause what would happen when all the Gryffindor colors ran out, but there were still green flags? Would Gryffindor still lose? He didn’t get it. So yeah, gonna stick to his familiar red thankyouverymuch.

Speaking of which, unguarded Hufflepuff flag twelve o’clock!!

Zander SPRINTED all the way in that direction until he was sure he could get a good shot at it. Ready, aim, FIIYAAAAAAH!! Ahem. So basically, point and ”Colovaria!”

Nailed it.

[WhittyBitty]

Lux felt that Ravenclaw needed some more love from her, since the last two flags she found had been changed to yellow. This time she would go with blue. An added bonus was the fact that it was the best colour ever.

Time to enter the line of fire once more, and Lux ran from behind the rock and back into the war-zone. Haha, this class was so much fun. She wished that they could play these games more often because they were awesome. Too bad Bay wasn't there to enjoy it with her...though on second thought he would have been on the opposite side. Nothing wrong with a little friendly competition in a relationship.

OH, HELLO GREEN FLAG.

She had almost missed it - and in fact had to double back. Perfect target, and it would look amazing in blue. Pleased with herself, Lux pointed her wand at the flag. "COLOVARIA" Much better.

[natekka]

............... Team RavenPuff?

So, Clara definitely couldn't read minds, not at all, but she had thoughts on this 'team' thing.

She wasn't sure it they were in two teams or four, but Hufflepuff seemed to be saving an awful lot of Ravenclaw flags, so that led her to believe that they were a 'team' ..... and, well, if they weren't, it made sense to be. Especially now. More and more red was creeping across the field, so they were the immediate threat.

Speaking of which, Zander had bagged yet another red flag. Ugh. It was at this point in games when Clara began getting bored - when it was obvious they weren't going to win. Yeah, yeah, she was a sore loser, she knew.

Time to switch another colour to blue.

This time, she headed for an open Slytherin flag and repeated the colour changing process again. "Colovaria," she muttered, and watched the green flag morph into a blue one. Blue was quite a pretty colour, wasn't it?

[ArianaBlack]

Gryffindor was on FIRE he could feel it. Even though he wasn’t actually paying attention to how many of their flags still remained red behind him. There wasn’t any time to look behind, y’know? He had to focus on all of THESE ones right here! Maybe after hitting a few more of the Yellow and Blue variety, he could make his way back towards home base and play some defense or something.

Surely it would’ve been a better idea to strategize. But then again, since when did any one of his strategies ever work out properly? Never.

So with that in mind, he payed very little attention to strategy and went with his gut. How these things normally worked out in their best way. By random. Speaking of random… This entire mess of flags was starting to look pretty random as well, which meant they HAD to be doing a good job. It was starting to get hard to tell between which section belonged to Ravenclaw and which belonged to Slytherin and vice versa.

So of course Zander HAD to help with it. Was like his duty or something. ”Colovaria!” he pointed quickly at one of the blue flags changing it into a red one and ran in the opposite direction in hopes that someone like Clara hadn’t seen.

Maybe class was fun sometimes. Maybe. But homework would definitely ruin that sentiment, he was sure.

[natekka]

EXCUSE YOU, ZANDER.

She had seen everything. Ev-er-y-thing. Clara had been heading back to the sea - now more a pond - of blue flags when she spotted Zander or their turf. He had claimed a Ravenclaw flag as his own, and may even have looked her way after doing so.

That was just not on.

....... Now it felt personal.

She sprinted - again, sort of - back to base, going straight for the soiled flag. "Not this time, sweetheart," she muttered, and aimed her wand at the flag. "Finite." There. Red was now blue, and everything was as it should be. Now ...... targeting the lions seemed appealing. Usually, Clara wasn't the revenge type, but these were special circumstances, and her head was definitely too much in the game now.

She went straight for the nearest red flag, dodging a tree, wand at the ready. "Colovaria," she said, the colour blue in mind, and watched the red flag turned Ravenclaw-blue. Ha, in your face, Zander.

........... Now could she stop pretending to enjoy this game? Ahem.

[ArianaBlack]

Of course Zander had been running back in the direction of Gryffindor/Slytherin/Slytherdor?Gryfferin? camp, so Clara’s words were hardly audible given the distance he had managed to make between them. He wasn’t even running away, just going back to play some good ol’ defense. He’d sort of neglected that side of the game. And he actually wasn’t planning on going back to change that until he noticed one of their flags suddenly turned BLUE.

OH NO SHE DIDN’T.

He quickly whipped his head around to try and figure out WHO had been responsible for that and we see you, Clara. We SEE YOU.

Of course it was probably his fault for starting the whole thing since he had just switched a blue to red. But that didn’t mean she was allowed to switch a red to blue. Not on his watch, at least. Merlin. Ahem. He was just slightly competitive. That’s all. No big deal. Nothing to see her. Nothing to see except for a blue flag changing back to it’s rightful RED. Heheheee.

”Colovaria!” he pointed up at his flag, imagining a nice shade of deep red. In hindsight, a simple ‘finite’ could’ve sufficed, but he needed all the color changing practice he could get. Especially since he was in the middle of a war now. It meant that he had to be on his A-game. Which he was, clearly. See how quickly he managed to switch up the colors? Zander Adair was on a roooooll.

[natekka]

She was serious about being bored of this game, honest. There was too much physical exercise involved. Though, if she really wanted to go down her desired career path, she would have to get used to reasonable amounts of physical exercise.

HOWEVER, Zander had set off something inside her, and she couldn't just ignore that.

It was like ...... a desire to not to back down. Ever. If she backed down and stopped changing red flags to blue, he would win and she would lose. It wasn't even about Slytherin or Hufflepuff, or even houses, any more. It was him and her, war-ing it out.

She briefly locked eyes with him across the clearing, and ....... headed towards the Slytherin flags, hopefully putting him off her scent. He wouldn't suspect a thing. Okay, so, she didn't actually believe that, but it was worth a shot. Once there, she pointed her wand at one slightly hidden green flag. "Colovaria," she muttered, imagining it turning blue. Clara smirked a little when it did. Success.

[Sararara]

Waaaaaaaait a second. Norah brought her running to an abrupt halt at the sight of a yellow flag. She was still on THEIR side? Her she was thinking she'd made a heroic entrance onto the enemy side and it turned out she'd come right back to where she'd started. LAME. Why did the forest-y stuff down here have to make everything so confusing? But then....that meant that blue flag she'd turned yellow back there was her partner house's flag? Whoooopsies. She reached a hand up to push some curls out of her eyes and let out a loud huff of air. Way to have a good memory, Kittredge. Chewing on her lip as she contemplated her options, she then turned on her heel and raced right back to where she'd come from, in search of that blue flag turned yellow. You couldn't just stab your partners in the back, y'know, that was MEAN.

The fourth year kept her eyes on the ground as she ran, more in search of where she'd fallen than in an attempt to keep herself from falling AGAIN, 'cause who needed safety, anyways? Not her, apparently. Aha! She skidded to a halt right in front a particularly pokey-outy root on the ground right next to a perfectly bum-sized area of disturbed ground. That HAD to be it. Looking up, she saw a familiar yellow through the branches and pointed her wand at it as she approached. "Finite!" There! All better and back to blue. Now she wasn't a traitor at all, so THERE. And now she had to run alllll the way into enemy territory, right? If she could find it, anyways. Who knew if she'd be able to do that.

Norah put her wand flat on her palm and said "Point me" just like she'd read in that book when she was trying to learn to be a real live detective. The wand spun to point somewhere to her left, but it didn't take long for her to realize that just 'cause that was was North it really didn't mean she had any idea where to go. WHATEVER, it was a cool spell, okay? Okay. She took off in the direction of the wand anyways, 'cause maybe North was just a good way to go. Sure. That sounded right.

[DaniDiNardo]

Eye. Twitch.

Why were the lions and snakes attacking each other? What part of being on the same team did they not understand? It was poor strategy if you asked him and they clearly forgot that should one of them go down the other would be completely decimated. To each their own. Wasn't like the other team was faring any better.

Maddox noted the dramatic fall in the blue flags left on the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff Fort. Wouldn't be much longer now--unless they decided to keep aiming at each other instead. Never could tell with these children.

He stretched where he sat and gave a yawn but was otherwise attentive. With the exception of the occasional munch, nothing could distract him.

OOC: Another reminder you can neither attack the same house twice NOR fix a flag twice in a row.

[Felixir]

Ah, see. Toby had remembered to change his tie back when they were still up by the bridge. He'd not noticed that anyone else hadn't changed theirs back, but then he barely really looked at anyone else's ties or whatever unless he was specifically trying to work out or remember what house they belonged to. Casually super unobservant, y'know.

CAPTURE THE FORT, THOUGH! THAT... was something Toby had never heard of before. But it sounded like a game, and games were fun, and fun meant happy, and he could definitely get behind that. He listened to the rules, blinking and processing and looking around the big ditch as he worked out what... was going on. Basically, he knew the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were on the same team. Basically... he needed to turn flags yellow. In fact, if he was on a team with Ravenclaw, it meant maybe turning their flags back to blue if he'd found they'd been tampered with? Toby could do that. Helping was protecting, and he was a Protector.

He was still trying to work out the finer points of the game and the rules when Quigley started them off, and he looked around wide-eyed with a 'wait I'm not ready' look, before finally jumping into action.

Of course, Toby wasn't one to stand around much. There wasn't much protecting he could really do, as there was no stopping people from changing the colours of the flags, after all. His plan was to just keep sprinting back and forth, on the offensive, and then back to do damage control. It was good for expending energy.

The red ones were easier to see, what with the green flags being hidden by natural camouflage (well... kinda), but it was a GREEN flag that Toby happened across first, completely by accident. He'd actually been running for a red one before spotting his new target through the trees. Though it was more of a pain to reach, Toby immediately changed course and pushed his way through to that flag instead.

"Colovaria!" he cast, pointing his wand at the flag and imagining the same yellow of the tie that still dangled loosely around his neck. Toby stood there long enough to watch the green fade and change to yellow, then turned heel and started sprinting back the way he'd come, to go back and see if there were any Hufflepuff flags that needed saving.

[WhittyBitty]

Turning her attention back to the Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw side, Lux couldn't help but notice that there was a severe lack of blue flags. Pout. That wasn't cool. She wanted to revert them all back to normal, but had no idea which ones were originally blue since she had been too busy attacking enemy flags

Hopefully a few of her teammates would have this covered, because she was not leaving enemy lines just yet.

Biting her lip, Lux scanned the area some more. Problem was there were only so many places flags could be and she was running low on new ground to cover. Maybe heading back into the trees would be a good idea. So long as she didn't head more than a few feet in things would be okay. Lux was smart enough not to wander into wooded areas alone even with the help of magic. Maybe she was just paranoid because of the Forbidden Forest - and with good reason too given what happened there.

Curiously she peeked around tree trunks right at the edge of the clearing.

AHA!!

Pleased, she pointed her wand at the red flag. "COLOVARIA!" There. Now it was yellow

[natekka]

Okay, so, Clara couldn't see where Zander was any more, but he didn't appear to be in RavenPuff territory. It had been a little while since they had made eye contact and became enemies, so, surely it was about time to attack Gryffindor flags again, no?

She'd had her little breather. It was time to get stuck back in.

Clara took the time her time surveying the land, finding it ridiculous that she was even bothering to do so. What had gotten into her? Those thoughts aside, and focusing back on the game, it definitely seemed to be Gryffindor that were holding their own. Currently, at least. She didn't like that at all, but she wasn't feeling up to any more jogging, and certainly not sprinting. Instead, she strolled across the clearing like she owned it, right up to an unguarded red flag. "Colovaria," she said after a beat, wand pointed at the flag, and her own house colour in her mind. Instantly, the flag switched from red to blue .... she felt triumphant.

[Holmesian Feline]

Alright, so Benny was deciding that fixing the flags was becoming hard. As soon as he managed to get one back to red there was another away from the color. And Zander and an opposing team member seemed to be all intent in swapping the same flag back and forth. Now that was just crazy. The Gryffindor was beginning to think that there was no point defending and they should all go after the other teams.

So that meant Huffie and Ravenclaw for him...the latter getting fewer and far between. He was about to go look for a blue one to finish it off except he remembered that had been his last one. AND the nearest enemy ones were all yellow. It looked like those would be what he wanted to go after then, the sixth year getting up close and taking aim at the nearest one. "Colovaria!"

One new red flag to add to their number.

[Symphora]

"Fine,Ethan...I will worry about mine too, but we are not going to give up on our forts!"Henric told Ethan before pointing his wand at a red flag which was supposed to be originally a Ravenclaw flag. "Finite!"he casted. There...well he just hoped Ethan won't change it back again.But Henric had a feeling that Ethan would so when he spotted one green flag barely visible behind a tree over at the other side, Henric automatic response was to run towards it. He was not going to save the green flags anymore, because you know...he forgotten that they were his enemies in the first place. Time to rectify the matter once and for all! And when he finally got nearer, he took aim and recited the spell over to the flag,"Colorvaria!" Poof! It magically changed to his house colour.

[Stormdancer]

He was all set to be out of the way, far far out of the way when one of the smaller voices caught his attention. One of the tie offenders...or in this case not such an offender as she was merely having problems getting the dual colour back in.

"Not a Problem, Miss Hanover." Mostly because she'd bothered to say something instead of keeping quiet til he got annoyed.

Instead of re-colouring the tie once more, he simply cast a finite to end the charm completely and return the tie to its normal colour. Might have told her to run along but she'd already gotten that part covered, just look at her go! The first of the set with the idea to leave her base. Perhaps the war would really get started.

Maddox stepped further away, this time staying human (just in case) but plopping down on a large rock to watch.
She smiled at the man, only to sigh. ”Oh, I didn’t think of that… I didn’t realise that would work.” Marsha sighed. There was just SO much that she didn’t know yet. WHY didn’t she know it? She wanted to know everything. Maybe instead of just reading, she should take her books with her and use some of the practise rooms, this term. After all, her Tad always told her that practise made perfect… or as perfect as anyone could get. Nodding to herself, she made the promise to start doing more practising as well as reading.

However, for now. It was battle time, which meant more practise anyway. Hehe.

As she darted towards the enemy lines, she smiled as her first flag took colour. Wasn’t that awesome? Hehehe. As she looked around, she figured any flags that weren’t Green or Blue were fair game. So, from where she was, there were three suitable targets within close-ish range. Looking around her for Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs, she sneaked up the ravine a little bit towards a blue Ravenclaw flag. As soon as she was close enough, she held her wand out and said ”Colovaria!”.

[feeheeheeny]

Sophie was deeeeep behind enemy lines still, reaching the far back and... actually, the further back she went in search for flags, the less she saw, which meant... oops. Had she gone TOO deep into the ravine? Was she out of bounds, having strayed too far from the group?

It seemed so. Whoops.

So Soph started her trek back toward the Ravenpuff's own base, but she still had to get all the way through the Slytherdor's playing field first. So the prefect moved with quick, light feet through the ravine, hopping over rocks and ducking under low-hanging branches on trees and dancing around bushes, all the while looking for another flag to target. She could see a few bodies through the trees - ones belonging to Slytherins and Gryffindors who were undoubtedly guarding their flags - so Soph kept away from them and looked for ones that weren't being actively protected.

Her gaze was on her shoes and the ground beneath her as she navigated a particularly tricky area of terrain, weaving around rocks to avoid twisting her ankle and that's when she saw it - a green flag whose fabric was sticking out just underneath the bush she was just about to pass. Hah. Tricky, but not tricky ENOUGH. "Colovaria!" Sophie cast, envisioning the green flag changing to blue, and stood a bit taller and more proudly when the charm was successful.

Aaaand then she continued her speedy trek back toward the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff side. No one had been defeated yet, right? HER HOUSES WERE STILL GOOD?

[Stormdancer]

Hehehehe. That was one Hufflepuff flag and one Ravenclaw flag… Now, it was only fair to aim for a Hufflepuff flag next. She didn’t want to be biased but it wasn’t like she could aim at the Slytherin flags; they were on the same team as the Gryffindor’s after all. Okay, there had been no red flag over here originally and there was nooo way she could aim at their original flags and turn them back to redness from here, so she simply had to hope that some of her team mates were focusing on turning their flags back to green or red.

She, on the other hand was going to continue turning flags! Lalalala. This was so much fun. Hehehe. Sneaking up on a Hufflepuff Gold flag, she held her wand up once again and said ”Colovaria!” as she did the correct movement. WHEEEE!!! Watch that gold bleeeed into RED! Wasn’t it just amazing.

Sighing slightly, Marsha once again wished that she had known about this charm before. It would be so cool to be able to redo her bedroom at home… though, why hadn’t her Mama thought to do this before now. Hmmmph. Silly pink room. Her room would be red as soon as she could make it happen. Why hadn’t she learnt of this charm BEFORE Christmas, then she could have redecorated over the break. Now, she would simply have to wait. SIGH!

BUT. Back to the game!

[Jessiqua]

Once Zhenya was back in SlytherDor territory, she noticed there was a YELLOW flag in amongst all the green. Well, as well as a few other colours. But she wasn't the only SlytherDor playing defence, so she would just pick at one, and someone else could try another one. Teamwork and all - YEAH!

She walked up to the yellow flag, being in her own territory she didn't have to move with stealth anymore - woo - and she pulled out her wand, which she had put away to sneak back to her territory, and pictured the familiar green colours, "Colovaria!" she said, pointing her wand at the yellow flag. It turned GREEN! Smiling, she looked around and saw that, whilst a few other colours remained on the SlytherDor territory, she would bugger off to try changing some more enemy flags.

[Stormdancer]

Marsha was having sooo much fun. She climbed further up the ravine, going higher than any of the flags were situated. She cut back down in front of a large boulder before using it to steady herself behind a large tree. As she crouched down she spent a few minutes waiting to try and see which Ravenclaw flag would be the best to get to.

She noticed a few members of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw moving around between the flags keeping them safe and trying to turn them back to their own house colours. Frowning at the sight, she looked up to keep an eye on the Green/Red side. Hmmm, maybe she would go over there soon, and turn some flags back… though she was so little she could easily hide behind the bushes and attack flags. Hmm…. Maybe later if the game kept going.

Having sneaked around the back of three - THREE - more bushes, a rock and a tree, Marsha finally came across a lovely, isolated ravenclaw flag. Holding her wand out towards it, she said softly, ”Colovaria.”. With a grin, she smiled as it changed colour to red and she slinked away from it. Moving back up the cliff so that she could hide before large boulders and bushes.

Teeeeehhheeeeee. Finallly being small was coming in useful.

[Stefan]

Now they’re talking. The pace was faster now, and Ethan could not help but grin with excitement. Crouching, and swatting away small branches away from his face, he emerged from the deepest area of the enemy’s camp, and spotted a yellow flag right away. Not his fault that the colour stood out, and that it was an easy target. “Colovaria!” Yeaaaaaaaah. Hufflepuff just got owned. For now.

Ethan quickly made his way back to their camp and saw Sophie Brown change one of his flags into blue. Ehehe. EHehehehehehe. No no no, you can’t do that missy! “RESISTANCE…IS FUTILE!!!” Ethan called out, and quickly pointed his wand at the proud blue banner and changed it back to green. “Finite!”

Ah yes. Yes. Better.

[Jessiqua]

Having decided to try and sabotage the other team, or... play the rules, really, Zhenya proudly marched across the battlefield. No more trying to hide. She was a proud SlytherDor! If only she could get some red battle paint and smear it over her cheeks. But she didn't have any, so she would just proudly wear her green colours. As she approached the RavenPuff side, she darted towards the yellow flags. Muahaha!

"Colovaria!" she said, pointing her wand at a yellow flag, picturing the green colours in her mind. The yellow flag changed to green, and Zhenya turned around to dart back to the SlytherDor side.

Back at the christmas coloured fort, she looked around at the flag she was about to change back from blue to green, but saw that Ethan had got there first. All good, she looked around for another flag to change back.

[PhoenixRising]

So all of a sudden the game was in full swing and honestly, Tia found herself growing BORED. Not that she didn't want to help her house, because she totally did and the fact that they were partnered with Hufflepuff was cool too, but just all this physical exertion was exhausting!

So many obstacles. She was not climbing all over the place on the hunt for green and red flags. NO way, she would just stay right here on her home camp and DEFEND her flags.

Like when she spotted that Gryffindor firstie lurking - oh no she did NOT! "Colovaria!" Tia shouted, fixing the red flag back to blue, as she scoured for the search of other flags needing fixing.

[DaniDiNardo]

Welp, that was the last of it, wasn't it?Maddox watched with a controlled humour as the last of the Ravenclaw flags was taken down.

Shame that, they put up a noble fight while it lasted but now there were none left. Rules were rules--especially when he'd been looking forward to this bit. Maddox climbed the rock he was sitting on so he was now standing on top, facing the battlefield. Quite reluctantly he cast a sonorus charm, bracing himself for the damage it would no doubt cause.

"The time has come. Ravenclaw, you have been eliminated. That being the case..." and a pause for dramatic effect while he allowed the smirk. This would be his favourite part.

"Everyone attack Hufflepuff."

OOC: There are no more blue flags remaining on the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff Fort which means Ravenclaw/Gryffindor/Slytherin will now all be aiming to take out the rest of the flags on the Hufflepuff side <3

[Jessiqua]

Zhenya was looking around on Christmas fort to see if there were any other flags to change back to green, but she couldn't see any. So, she went to turn around and attack, but was stopped by the voice of Professor Quigley. The loud voice of Professor Quigley. She did notice there were no more blue flags. Oh, too bad for them. Well, it didn't matter. They were now SlytherDorClaws!! GO TEAM!

Zhenya ran towards the yellow flags; SORRY ADI AND LUX, and whipped her wand out at the first yellow flag she saw. "Colovaria!" she said, pointing her wand at the yellow flag, and smiling at the now green flag.

[lazykitty]

Sooooo, Heather had basically stayed behind a tree for most of the game because, well, she found the instructions confusing. But now that they were teaming up against one house, it was pretty clear.

Moving out from behind the tree, she crept over to a yellow flag. "Colovaria!" Boom. Yellow flag was now red. What, she was a Gryffindor. It only made sense.

[feeheeheeny]

...Dude, where had Ethan Mordaunt even come from? Sophie was STILL pretty deep in the ravine on the Slytherdor's side when the Slytherin boy came BOUNDING past her and changed the flag she had just turned blue. How... had he even seen her do that when she was so far in? Hadn't she seen him back all the way at the other side of the ravine attacking the blue and yellow flags when she left it? Hadn't he been PRETTY DEEP IN THE RAVENPUFF SIDE? WHERE HAD HE EVEN COME FROM? IT WAS A CONSPIRACY.

Soph just shook her head at her friend and kept her mouth shut. He'd saved her life once before so he was forever immune to Sophie making playful jabs at him. It was only fair. But she was STILL certain that something mega fishy was going on here because this whole game STILL seemed to be tilted in favor of the Slytherdor side. Was there an Ethan clone? Was THAT it? Had to be.

Making quick work of getting AWAY from Ethan, Sophie ducked behind bushes and trees and got away from people once more - still slowly but surely headed back toward her own side - and, when she headed toward an untouched red flag, she raised her wand to cast at it... but then she heard Quigley's voice.

WHAT? All the Ravenclaw flags were gone? WELL MERLIN. If Sophie was the only one that she'd seen out and about in enemy territory attacking... she just assumed that meant her comrades were behind taking care of the flags and keeping them blue. But it seemed that... well, she had no idea where her housemates were. At least the Hufflepuffs had done a good job of holding their own, though they'd neglected to keep their partner's flags blue. And... now that meant Tobes and the Hufflepuffs were her enemies.

Sigh.

There was no real use in holding back now and being sneaky, so Sophie just ran at full-speed to get back to her once-home base, but now it was enemy territory. Hufflepuff was heavily outnumbered, so it was best to just go all-out and do what she could. They didn't need to protect the green or red flags either because... really, if all the Ravenclaws, Slytherins, and Gryffindors just were on the offense and attacked the Hufflepuff ones, it would be game over in no time. If she was a Hufflepuff, she would've just been trying to defend her flags and keep them alive, but... really, there was no point. Hufflepuff was going down, and that was the end of it. There was no coming back after this.

It took her about half a minute to get back to the dividing line between the two opposing sides, but once she got there... Merlin, it was madness, wasn't it? Quigley looked all too pleased with himself, too, and Sophie tried to catch his eye to give him a knowing grin as if to say you're enjoying this far too much before hurrying along to find a yellow Hufflepuff flag to target. And she very much hoped she didn't pass Tobes along the way. She felt BAD that she wasn't on his side anymore. But... she did all that she could.

The main thing she noticed as she made her way into Hufflepuff territory was that the yellow fabric on the flags stood out so much more than the Slytherin's flags had, and so did the blue, for that matter. STILL RIGGED. But it really was easy to catch a glimpse of yellow as she moved further into the terrain, and when she spotted an unguarded, bright shade of sunshine yellow out of the corner of her eye, Sophie moved toward it, and didn't even hesitate to point her wand at it. "Colovaria!" she cast, and the yellow became blue.

Sorry, Badgers. No mercy. This was what just had to happen.

[Stormdancer]

Marsha had a smile on her face as she heard Professor Quiggley point out that they had no Ravenclaw flags left. YESSS!!!! THEY WERE WINNNING THE WAR!!! Bwahahaha. Lets go guys. Only the Hufflepuff flags to go now. Hehehehe. They were sooooo going down.

From her stand point behind the enemy lines, hidden firmly behind some form of bush… thing. Hmmm, maybe she needed to pay attention to her family when they were trying to teach her about trees and plants and nature and things… buuuut the Welsh girl couldn’t help it. As soon as she saw animals she wanted to talk to them over the trees. Whoops.

However, slipping form behind the bush to move down the ravine towards the base of the bridge again. Climbing quickly down a steeper section, she managed to tuck behind a tree and then a boulder as she waited for one of the Hufflepuff’s to pass her. Then she darted to the left and pointed at one of the Hufflepuff flags, before she said ”Colovaria!” quickly. As soon as she saw it changing to red, she turned around and slipped back behind another shrub… bush, thing. Hehe. She suddenly was liking being small.

[natekka]

EVERYONE ATTACK HUFFLEPUFF?

That meant Ravenclaw had 'lost', then? That meant that the game was coming to close, right? She hoped so. While Clara wasn't the most unfit person in the world, she had done more exercise than usual during this game and she was beginning to tire out. She was also conscious that she still needed to get back up the ravine once it was all over. So much exercise, and so early in the morning, too.

With all that in mind, Clara figured it would speed up the 'ending the game' process if she went against her instincts and targeted Hufflepuff. They were nice, but, do you know what was nicer? Naps. Not having to be outside at 9 ..... okay, more like 10am. But, again, she wasn't going to be doing any more running. She wandered across the field, easily avoiding sticks and rocks, into Hufflepuff territory. Yawn. "Colovaria," she repeated, wand pointed at the flag, and this time with the colour red her mind - the lesser of two evils.

Ew, but if it ended the game faster, then so be it.

[laurange]

WAIT, WHAT?

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE EVERYONE ATTACK THE MOST GENTLE AND LOVING OF HOUSES? Was Quigley mad or just cruel? Brian flailed a little, sprinting back to the Hufflepuff fort and pointing his wand at a now-red flag. NO. He would not stand for his house being trampled on. GRRR. Badgers growled, right? Badgering along.

"Finite!" Yesssss, turn back to yellow. Good flag.

Now he'd just run over to the other side and pointing his wand at a green flag, he tried to catch his breath. COUGH. SPLUTTER. This was just inhumane. "Colovariaaaaa!" he said, dramatically turning the flag yellow before running back to the hufflepuff fort. He was not going down without a fight.

Pant. Heave. The things we do for love.

[Sararara]

As she sprinted through the trees, Norah had begun to doubt she'd ever find the enemy side, when all of a sudden she was back where they'd all started, right in front of Professor Quigley. Was that good timing or WHAT? Magic.

She immediately wished she hadn't found Quigley 'cause he was the carrier of VERY bad news indeed. All attack Hufflepuff? That wasn't very nice, y'know. While she had paused to listen to the announcement, the fourteen year old sprinted into enemy territory at lightning speed this time, waving her arms frantically 'cause this was the REAL DEAL. It was probably hopeless if you thought about it rationally but she didn't because since when was being rational any fun? That's right, never. Or not that she'd ever experienced and fourteen years was a lot of years to be experiencing stuff, okay? It took a good minute of weaving through trees before she saw the dark green of Slytherin standing out against the duller green trees. AHAAAA! GOIN' DOWN, MEANIE GREENIE FLAG. "Colovaria!" she shouted, much louder and more dramatically than was necessary. Well, Norah thought it was necessary but normally that wasn't a good enough excuse for yelling. With the formerly green flag now bright yellow, she didn't stop (for THAT long) to admire her handiwork before shooting off in the opposite direction with a loud battle cry.

[laurange]

Brian came back only to find that Clara was turning their flags red. What betrayal! Brian gave her the most hurt look he could muster and ran over to the once-yellow flag. How could you, Clara? Shure, Quigley had made them do it but did she really HAVE to listen? Loyalties. Hmph. No wonder she wasn't a Hufflepuff.

"Colovaria!" he proclaimed before running to the other side of the field, saluting a fellow Hufflepuff Norah as he went. They were in this TOGETHER. A TEAM. Hufflepuff spirit, yasssss.