Muggle Studies Lesson I

[feeheeheeny]

Professor Carter strolled into his classroom, propped the door open, then set down a stack of papers on his desk. "Ah. S'good to be back." He next layed down his textbook and opened it to a page roughly in the middle of the book for future reference during the class. Gazing at the chalkboard, he waved his wand and Welcome to Muggle Studies! appeared in a bright blue chalk. Hey, he wanted to mix things up sometimes. Normal white chalk was so overrated.

From his past experience teaching, Carter knew that holding a basket of treats at the door got tiring. He could always welcome the students from the comfort of his desk. So today, he walked around the classroom, setting a Muggle mint flavored chocolate candy on each of the student's desks. He just hoped no one would steal someone else's. Wandering back over to his desk, he leaned against it gently and patiently waited for students to arrive. He was so ready.

[Raquelin.]

Ellie opened the door of the classroom with a smile on her face.
"Hello professor." she said with a smile while she walked into the classroom then asked politely while she walked to her favourite desk . "How are you professor?"

[D.A Forever]

Entering the Muggle studies class room, the fourth year waved a warm hello to Professor Carter rather then saying anything, and took her normal desk towards the middle; figuring it be wise, Savannah took out her pen and notebook (pacifically for this class) and then set her bag at her feet, opening the orange cover to a clean white, blue-lined page.

[BanaBatGirl]

Rapunzel entered Muggle Studies and immediately found a desk near the front. She always fround learning about people like her family was more interesting from a wizard perspective. And plus, there were cute little mints on the desk.

"Yummmm," Punz murmured as she popped one in her mouth. "Theesh are good, Professhor!"

[jesusfr33ke2010]

"Hello professor" Austin said as he entered into the muggle studies classroom. He often found Muggle Studies interesting partly because he had lived as muggle for several years.

[Waterloo]

Clifford wasn't himself anymore. He didn't feel himself, and he was beginning not to look like himself either having shrunk dramatically. His robes now looked huge on him.

He hated being indoors with a passion, but was trying his hardest to fight against whatever it was that was happening to him. He loved Muggle Studies, and he was going to go. Even if he did feel a little - different.

Smiling shyly, he sank into the seat beside Ellie completely ignoring the muggle sweet that was there. Why couldn't the Professor provide acorns? "Your student is here Smelly Ellie."

[Raquelin.]

Clifford wasn't himself anymore. He didn't feel himself, and he was beginning not to look like himself either having shrunk dramatically. His robes now looked huge on him.

He hated being indoors with a passion, but was trying his hardest to fight against whatever it was that was happening to him. He loved Muggle Studies, and he was going to go. Even if he did feel a little - different.

Smiling shyly, he sank into the seat beside Ellie completely ignoring the muggle sweet that was there. Why couldn't the Professor provide acorns? "Your student is here Smelly Ellie."

Ellie noticed Clifford sitting next to her. She raised an eyebrow at him when he seemed to not notice the muggle sweet.
"Erm.. Hi Sweet Lemon.. I'm glad you are here.. But Carter is your teacher not me. " she told him with a small laugh. She had understood what the older boy was saying. Then she looked at him a little more concerned, the boy was weird today.. "Erm.. Cliff, there is a sweet in you desk..."

[demonchild32191]

Belle skipped into the classroom and smiled at the teacher. "I hope you can make this class more interesting than the other teachers." She said cheerfully, giggling slightly. "This subject never really interested me." She shrugged and turned on her heel, looking for a place to sit. Once she found one in the back of the room, she plopped down in the chair and pulled out her quill and parchment.

[nytingale]

Taylie walked into the Muggles Studies class room and immediately noticed the candy. She walked over to her desk and sat down. She picked up the candy and added it to the other candy in her bag. While she waited for class to start she munched on a chocolate frog the Liam had given her earlier.

[Waterloo]

Ellie noticed Clifford sitting next to her. She raised an eyebrow at him when he seemed to not notice the muggle sweet.
"Erm.. Hi Sweet Lemon.. I'm glad you are here.. But Carter is your teacher not me. " she told him with a small laugh. She had understood what the older boy was saying. Then she looked at him a little more concerned, the boy was weird today.. "Erm.. Cliff, there is a sweet in you desk..."

"Right Professor Carter." Clifford nodded and timidly looked toward the front of the class. He hoped noone else came in. Large crowds were scary, they made him feel paranoid and claustrophobic. "I think I need all the help I can get in this department though." It was true. And Ellie had been loads of help last term.

Nervously, he pushed the sweet toward Ellie and smiled. "Here, I'm not keen on sweets, you have it."

[feeheeheeny]

Carter smiled and nodded at each of the students that entered, greeting a cheerful "Good afternoon" to those who even decided to take notice of him standing there. One of his best Slytherin students seemed very distant today - he did not even acknowledge Kyle standing there. Ah, well. People have their off days.

"Hold tight, guys. We'll be starting shortly, I'm just going to give the ones who lost track of time a chance to get here before I begin," he told them cheerfully.

OOC: In the meantime, you could always read up on the class rules. It never hurts to refresh your memory. ;)

[Raquelin.]

"Right Professor Carter." Clifford nodded and timidly looked toward the front of the class. He hoped noone else came in. Large crowds were scary, they made him feel paranoid and claustrophobic. "I think I need all the help I can get in this department though." It was true. And Ellie had been loads of help last term.

Nervously, he pushed the sweet toward Ellie and smiled. "Here, I'm not keen on sweets, you have it."


Ellie smiled and nodded. "Sure Cliff. You know I'll help you if you ask for my help."
She had so much fun last term with this class, she hopped she would have just as fun, or even more this year.

Ellie raised an eyebrow, the older boy was definitively weird.. ignoring a sweet..something was really wrong in there.
"Thank you Cliff..." she told him with a smile. "I think I'll eat it latter."
She took the sweet and put it inside her bag.
She wasn't going to eat it, she was with the stupid obsession that she couldn't eat sweets because of Quidditch.. because she needed to keep her good shape until the match.
"Is everything alright Cliff?" she asked him.


Carter smiled and nodded at each of the students that entered, greeting a cheerful "Good afternoon" to those who even decided to take notice of him standing there. One of his best Slytherin students seemed very distant today - he did not even acknowledge Kyle standing there. Ah, well. People have their off days.

"Hold tight, guys. We'll be starting shortly, I'm just going to give the ones who lost track of time a chance to get here before I begin," he told them cheerfully.

Ellie turned her eyes to the professor and nodded with a smile.

[Angie]

"Hello Professor Carter!, How are you today?" Willow greeted, the moment she set a foot in the Muggle Studies Classroom. Obviously, Muggle Studies wasn't Muggle Studies without the candy that Carter gave them, so after taking seat and pulling her parchment and quill, she took the muggle mint with a grin and put it safely in her bag, so she could eat it once the class was over.

After taking a look around the classroom, Willow spotted Ellie who was sitting with weird Clifford, who for some reason, was looking weirder than usual. Regardless she waved at them both, and waited for the class to start.

[noodles]

Emily wandered into the muggle studies classroom. She smiled sweetly at Professor Carter and plonked herself next to Ellie and Cliff, unwrapped the chocolate on her desk and ate it. Yummy... “These are good.” She announced to no one in particular. She turned to Cliff and Ellie and grinned a chocolatey grin at them. Muggle studies was always interesting. “Lets hope we don’t have to do any sports today.” She whispered to the two… although she had quite enjoyed goof last year.

[Raquelin.]

The Slytherin girl noticed some more students walking into the class.
It was Willow and Emily.
She grinned to both girls. She really needed to talk with Willow.. last time they spoke the Ravvie was a little weird.
"I hope we have sports today.." she said in lower voice.

[XanaSnape]

Xana slipped into the class quickly. It seemed like she was always running late these days! She saw an empty seat and took it, smiling at the girls next to her- Emily, Willow and Ellie. She took out a parchment and eyed the candy on her desk but did not eat it. What was with all the professors handing out sweets lately?

[Waterloo]

"Yes - I'm fine." Clifford whispered, keeping his eyes on the Professor at the front of the class. He tensed his seat, clenching his fists when more yet more people walked into the classroom. This wasn't good. He felt trapped. Trapped and surrounded with no escape. The very thought caused him to twitch.

Attempting to maintain a steady breathing pattern he nodded. "I'm fine. Completely fine." He was trying to reassure himself.

Would the Professor mind if he asked to be excused early? He was too afraid to ask.

[Prongs999]

James perked up when he heard Cliff say he wasn't keen on sweets. "What are you talking about!?" He exclaimed. This was TRULY a disaster.

[noodles]

Emily smiled warmly at Willow before looking back at Ellie. “You’re kidding.” She whispered. Being made to play muggle sports was even worse than being forced to play quidditch - Ellie was an odd girl. But then again, she was half muggle so what did you expect?

She grinned at Xana. “Hello there. You not gonna eat that?” she asked pointing at the chocolate. Which really meant, “Can I have it?” Ems had managed to skip breakfast today. Her brain always went a bit funny if she didn’t eat properly.

[Angie]

Deciding that she was not going to wait for the class to be over, Willow took out the muggle mints, and began to eat them. Muggles really know one thing or two about food..yummy

She grinned openly at Ellie, Emily and and older Slytherin girl that she was ure her name was Xana (Mostly because she was eating candies), and raised a curious eyebrow at the fact that Clifford wasn't eating candyyy?!

Odd

[Waterloo]

People were looking at him. He could feel gazes from all directions and it was making him tense. Grinding his teeth nervously, he hid his clenched fists under the table and took deep, slow breaths, choosing to ignore James' weird comment.

What was wrong with not liking sweets? Nothing!

He could do this. He would get through Professor Carter's Muggle Studies lesson then he'd go back outside where he felt happiest.

Hopefully his plan would work.

[feeheeheeny]

Professor Carter smiled especially brilliantly at the sight of Willow. She made him proud to be a former Ravenclaw. "All right class," he announced rather thoughtlessly, "I guess we shall begin." With a wave of his wand, the door swiftly shut.

He scanned the classroom for a moment, waiting for everyone to settle down a bit. It took him a second to gather his thoughts once everyone was relatively silent. "Well then. Welcome to Muggle Studies, guys! My name is Professor Carter and you may call me. . . Professor Carter," he stated with a simple shrug. He had aimed to come up with something clever, but he sort of lost it along the way.

"Some of you think Muggles are boring. I'm quite aware of that, but I'd like to advise you that I attempt to make this class as interesting and fun as possible. So just bare with me. I'm a pretty laid back guy, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to take advantage of me. I'm not afraid to take away house points. Participation is the key in this class, though. If you participate in the lessons, you will earn house points. It's as simple as that."

He shuffled his feet around and adjusted his positioning as he continued to lean against his wooden desk. "Since this is the first Muggle Studies class of the term," he began, "I guess we need to briefly discuss the basics! Can anyone tell me what is a Muggle? Who are they? Feel free to be as brief or specific as you desire. Just try not to give an extremely long speech," he chuckled, subtly glancing at Willow for a quick moment as she ate her chocolate.

[Waterloo]

Clifford timidly raised a hand, trying to ignore the people surrounding him. "Um - a Muggle is a person who can't perform magic like we can, right?" He was sure he knew that much.

[demonchild32191]

Professor Carter smiled especially brilliantly at the sight of Willow. She made him proud to be a former Ravenclaw. "All right class," he announced rather thoughtlessly, "I guess we shall begin." With a wave of his wand, the door swiftly shut.

He scanned the classroom for a moment, waiting for everyone to settle down a bit. It took him a second to gather his thoughts once everyone was relatively silent. "Well then. Welcome to Muggle Studies, guys! My name is Professor Carter and you may call me. . . Professor Carter," he stated with a simple shrug. He had aimed to come up with something clever, but he sort of lost it along the way.

"Some of you think Muggles are boring. I'm quite aware of that, but I'd like to advise you that I attempt to make this class as interesting and fun as possible. So just bare with me. I'm a pretty laid back guy, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to take advantage of me. I'm not afraid to take away house points. Participation is the key in this class, though. If you participate in the lessons, you will earn house points. It's as simple as that."

He shuffled his feet around and adjusted his positioning as he continued to lean against his wooden desk. "Since this is the first Muggle Studies class of the term," he began, "I guess we need to briefly discuss the basics! Can anyone tell me what is a Muggle? Who are they? Feel free to be as brief or specific as you desire. Just try not to give an extremely long speech," he chuckled, subtly glancing at Willow for a quick moment as she ate her chocolate.
"A muggle is a person who has no magic." Belle said, raising her hand.

[Angie]

"Muggles are people pretty much like us wizards!" She said at once. "The only difference, is that they are not magical. Some of them, not even know of our existance" She said quickly, answering to the question. "Oh!, and some of them don't even believe in magic, either!"

[D.A Forever]

Savannah's hand raised, "Muggles are human's just like us, except they lack the magical abilities we have."

[noodles]

Ems raised her hand, "Muggles are non magical people."

[Raquelin.]

"A Muggle is a person, human just like us except that, Muggles was not born into the magical world. A muggle is a person who does not have magical powers." Ellie said.

[BanaBatGirl]

Rapunzel raised her hand, a bit timidly, and swallowed her chocolate before she spoke.

"Er...Muggles are nonmagical folk, right? Just regular humans who usually have no idea the wizarding world exists." She emphasized usually....

[Prongs999]

Just then it dawned upon James. He needed to get to the headmistress. He raised his hand quickly stated "A muggle is a person that is incapable of making magic and are ignorant to the magical world. And Mr.Carter, I need to speak with the headmistress. It's super important." He said, his eyes glowing.

[XanaSnape]

"Muggles are our term for non-magical people outside our society, not to be confused with squibs, non-magical people within our society." Xana said.

[Torchwood]

Qaz was taking notes with her favorite gel pen. One of the things she liked about Muggle Studies was the chance to use Muggle Supplies. She got to play with her mechanical pencil and loved tearing pages out of her spiral bound notebook.

[moonchic07]

Alex raised her hand, and smiled, this class would be so easy for her. "A muggle is a human who can't not perform magic." She said, thinking back to the times when her mother was alive.

[feeheeheeny]

Clifford timidly raised a hand, trying to ignore the people surrounding him. "Um - a Muggle is a person who can't perform magic like we can, right?" He was sure he knew that much.
"A muggle is a person who has no magic." Belle said, raising her hand.
"Muggles are people pretty much like us wizards!" She said at once. "The only difference, is that they are not magical. Some of them, not even know of our existance" She said quickly, answering to the question. "Oh!, and some of them don't even believe in magic, either!"
Savannah's hand raised, "Muggles are human's just like us, except they lack the magical abilities we have."
Ems raised her hand, "Muggles are non magical people."
"A Muggle is a person, human just like us except that, Muggles was not born into the magical world. A muggle is a person who does not have magical powers." Ellie said.
Rapunzel raised her hand, a bit timidly, and swallowed her chocolate before she spoke.

"Er...Muggles are nonmagical folk, right? Just regular humans who usually have no idea the wizarding world exists." She emphasized usually....
Just then it dawned upon James. He needed to get to the headmistress. He raised his hand quickly stated "A muggle is a person that is incapable of making magic and are ignorant to the magical world. And Mr.Carter, I need to speak with the headmistress. It's super important." He said, his eyes glowing.
"Muggles are our term for non-magical people outside our society, not to be confused with squibs, non-magical people within our society." Xana said.
Alex raised her hand, and smiled, this class would be so easy for her. "A muggle is a human who can't not perform magic." She said, thinking back to the times when her mother was alive.

Carter grinned at the variety of answers and chuckled at a select few. "Good, very good! Points to all of you." He turned to a Ravenclaw student that requested to speak to the Headmistress. "Can it wait until class is over? I mean, you're already here..."

Kyle tilted his head to one side at his glowing eyes. If the boy needed to speak to the Headmistress, why didn't he just go before class? It did not make sense. And plus, in Carter's opinion it was probably more important to be earning points for Ravenclaw, considering the fact that they were in second place.

"So yes," he continued for the moment, "Muggles are non-magical humans, to put it quite simply. They cannot perform magic in anyway. And yes, Muggles generally have no idea that we exist, or they simply don't believe in magic. But that's just the way they've been educated, so don't hate them for not knowing the truth." He was really into making these kids like Muggles after hearing that a vast majority of the students believed they were dumb.

"As you returning students remember, last term's topic was Muggle sports. This term, we shall not be doing so many stressful activities," he chuckled upon remembering a few Slytherin students who did not approve of playing sports at all. "Instead, we will be learning about Muggle transportation. Today's lesson is about land transportation."

He cleared his throat, waved his wand, and glanced at the chalkboard that now read Muggle Transportation on Land. "If you plan on taking notes, I suggest you prepare your materials if you have not done so already." He waited a few moments, then went on.

"All right. To start off, can anyone name some forms of transportation that Muggles use to get from place to place on land? Anything you can think of. Somethings you may think of wizards may use too, and that's okay. Go ahead and name some."

[Angie]

"Cars, bikes.." Willow said once more, with her hand in the air.

[Prongs999]

James gave in. Fine. He would wait. "Buses, trams, and trains" he said, hand raised.

[moonchic07]

Alex took out her materials and raised her hand. "Some muggles who have a license can drive an automobile, or cars. Those you don't, mostly younger muggles will ride bicycles around." She said.

[Waddles]

Juniper raised her hand. "Muggles use cars, trains, buses, their own feet, bikes, motorcycles, and other things too," she said. She may have been raised strictly pureblood, but she knew plenty about Muggles too.

[DeathEater24601]

"They use airplanes and ships as well, sir." Dia answered.

[Torchwood]

Qaz raised her hand and added, 'They also use scooters, skis, ice skates, roller skates, skateboards, snow shoes and dog sled.'

[jesusfr33ke2010]

"Most muggles use automobiles such as cars or buses, but there are also more physically active transportation methods such as bikes, rollerblades, and skateboards. Althought wizards and muggles have some similar transport methods such as the Knight Bus, wizarding transport uses spells to enhance the travel. There are also unconvetional methods such as riding horses and scooters." Austin's knowledge of both worlds seemed helped him in this class

[beautifulmine]

Alexis raised her hand "muggles have many forms of transportation trucks, cars, bus's, trains, chairlifts etc... but my favorite is the scooter, there so cool."

[Lissy Longbottom]

"There are also things called Mopeds, which are a lot like scooters," Emma added as she raised her hand, "They fit two people and are a lot like motorcycles, only they go slower and are used in more European countries," she explained.

[XanaSnape]

Muggles use all kinds of transportation. They often use cars or mini-cars and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) to get around as well as Segways, and rollerblades or skates, bicycles, motorcycles, subways, light rail, riding horseback, horse-drawn carriages, ferryboats, cable cars, and so much more.

[relly1611]

Jess raised her hand: Muggles have got various means of transport; they use cars very often, and as for public transport, busses and trams are the most common. Motorbikes and bikes are popular among young people. Other means of transport, for longer distances, are trains, planes, helicopters and ships.

[Miss Poirot]

Bess raised her hand and said, "Apart from the mordern means of tranport like buses, cars etc., muggles earlier used to use bullock carts .... even tractors in the rural areas. Bullock carts are cart like things driven by animls ... poor things .... tractors are huge machiene like vehicals that are used in the farms."

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon racked her brain for a Muggle mode of transportation that hadn't already been mentioned. She mentally cursed the fact that her remaining family, even though her uncle was a Muggle, hadn't really done a lot of Muggle things. Especially since her uncle was away a lot.

Ultimately, she gave up trying to come up with anything, and just started taking notes.

[Waterloo]

Transportation? Clifford knew some stuff on muggle transportation, well, he thought he did. "They use flying machines." He said eagerly, raising a hand. "But that's not land.." He corrected himself thoughtfully.

"Ooh! That crazy machine that shoots around tunnels under the ground!!" His last words came out some strange high-pitched squeak and he clamped a hand over his mouth, embarrassed. Okay, that was strange. Wasn't he voice supposed to get deeper as he got older? Not squeakier!

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon looked at the third year Slytherin who had just spoken. He had sounded kind of weird when he finished speaking, but she ignored that for now. She was happy she finally knew something, and spoke to him. "You mean the subway?"

[noodles]

Ems raised her hand, "Erm... muggles travel by donkey ...or er... camel?"

[Waterloo]

Rhiannon looked at the third year Slytherin who had just spoken. He had sounded kind of weird when he finished speaking, but she ignored that for now. She was happy she finally knew something, and spoke to him. "You mean the subway?"

Still a little shocked at the sound of his own voice, Clifford shook his head as an older girl spoke to him. She seemed harmless enough ... for now anyway, and he removed the hand from infront of his mouth. "No." He said quietly, afraid his voice would come out strange again. "I mean the long machine that goes around the tunnels under ground."

[Raquelin.]

Ems raised her hand, "Erm... muggles travel by donkey ...or er... camel?"

Ellie turned her eyes to Emily and bit her lower lip hardly not to laugh at her friend." That was a long time ago Em.Muggles still use them but... not that much. They have more develop transports.. like cars.. and the subway." she smiled at Emily. "Remember my dads car?"

Still a little shocked at the sound of his own voice, Clifford shook his head as an older girl spoke to him. She seemed harmless enough ... for now anyway, and he removed the hand from infront of his mouth. "No." He said quietly, afraid his voice would come out strange again. "I mean the long machine that goes around the tunnels under ground."

"Sweet Lemon. That is called the subway." she told him with a smile in lower voice. "Or you can call it tube too...and... You are squeaking! "

[noodles]

"Ooh! That crazy machine that shoots around tunnels under the ground!!" His last words came out some strange high-pitched squeak and he clamped a hand over his mouth, embarrassed. Okay, that was strange. Wasn't he voice supposed to get deeper as he got older? Not squeakier! Emily looked down at her desk and began to chuckle. What the heck had happened to Cliffs voice? She looked over at the poor boy. "You alright there, Clifford?" He sounded like a chipmonk or something. She started giggling again at this thought.

Ellie turned her eyes to Emily and bit her lower lip hardly not to laugh at her friend." That was a long time ago Em.Muggles still use them but... not that much. They have more develop transports.. like cars.. and the subway." she smiled at Emily. "Remember my dads car?""I wondered where you kept your donkey." Emily said sarcastically. "Of course I remember your dads car. How could I forget? Her eyes widened a little at the thought of the scary muggle contraption.

[Raquelin.]

"I wondered where you kept your donkey." Emily said sarcastically. "Of course I remember your dads car. How could I forget? Her eyes widened a little at the thought of the scary muggle contraption.

"We don't have a donkey Em." Ellie answered to her friend with an eyebrow raised and a smile. "You simply couldn't"

[Prongs999]

James knew it was happening to Cliff. The same thing happened to Excelsior. He would tell the teacher right about now. "Um...sir....it's about missing students... one that hasn't disappeared yet..." he said, hand raised.

[Waterloo]

"Sweet Lemon. That is called the subway." she told him with a smile in lower voice. "Or you can call it tube too."

Clifford wrinkled his nose as Smelly Ellie corrected him. Subway, tube, long machine that shoots around tunnels, they were all the same thing. Did it matter what it was called?

Emily looked down at her desk and began to chuckle. What the heck had happened to Cliffs voice? She looked over at the poor boy. "You alright there, Clifford?" He sounded like a chipmonk or something. She started giggling again at this thought.

Clifford heaved a sigh of frustration when Emily asked if he was alright. That's all he had been getting the last couple of days? 'Are you alright? Are you sure you're okay? What's wrong?' "I'm fine." He said through clenched teeth.

Jumping slightly, he turned to James as he addressed the Professor. Missing students? One that hadn't disappeared? Okay, what was going on here?

[Prongs999]

"Of course you are Cliff" James said sarcastically, but he was strangely happy at that moment. James was going into another mood swing. Everyone, watch out...

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon had been quietly talking to herself, listing more modes of transportation. "Subway, cable cars, monorail . . ." She didn't necessarily care if anyone heard her, but also wasn't trying to speak to tha class as a whole. She wasn't that sure of her responses.

She hears a third year from her house bring up something about the missing students. And one who hasn't gone missing yet. What? Maybe I should pay attention. I can let Amelia or Josh know later what I heard, she thought quickly. She waited to see what was going to happen next.

[Prongs999]

James looked around the class, seeing people looking attentively. "What do you want from me peoples!" He exclaimed. This was getting weird. "Stop looking at me!" he was starting to get shifty.

[xtonksx]

"Muggles use cars, trains, buses and the subway," Jade said after raising her hand.

[SilverTiger]

James looked around the class, seeing people looking attentively. "What do you want from me peoples!" He exclaimed. This was getting weird. "Stop looking at me!" he was starting to get shifty.

Rhiannon raised an eyebrow as her fellow Ravenclaw started freaking out. "Maybe if you don't want people looking at you, you shouldn't say things that pique their curiosity. Like talking about the missing students when we're supposed to be discussing Muggle forms of transportation."

[moonchic07]

Alex stopped doodling as she heard a fellow student burst out. She looked up and saw Ravenclaw student getting annoyed from everyone spending their attention on him. She shook her head and went back to doodling, she sort of felt sorry for him, though she doesn't remember what it felt like getting attention. Maybe that's why she likes to getting into fights or why she tends to get into trouble lately.

[Prongs999]

Good point. "Well....well....it...its's im-important!" James yelled/talked, as if that would fix everything. Ravenclaws like this one were so smart. That is why James could never figure out why he was there. Erm.....

[Flipper]

"Apart of everything said before, muggles can also use motor bikes to transport themselves." Eva answered.

She saw Bess and offered her a smilled. She hadn´t seen her in a long time.

[Disneymaniac]

Marco sighed, "It is called the tube." Where were these people from? "This is Britain the only subways we have are the sandwich shops, and the walkways that go under roads. The thing Clifford is talking about is the tube."

[xtonksx]

Marco sighed, "It is called the tube." Where were these people from? "This is Britain the only subways we have are the sandwich shops, and the walkways that go under roads. The thing Clifford is talking about is the tube."

"Well," Jade said, "forgive me for not being a British Muggleborn."

[Prongs999]

"Yes...we know" James practically yelled at the Slytherin captain. "I mean...sorry ....about that....uh...." this was NOT good.

[Disneymaniac]

"Well," Jade said, "forgive me for not being a British Muggleborn."

"I am not a muggleborn either. But if you are going to live in Britain, you should at least speak the lingo. Like I would if I were to move to the States," Marco said raising an eyebrow.

"Yes...we know" James practically yelled at the Slytherin captain. "I mean...sorry ....about that....uh...." this was NOT good.

Did that kid just shout at Marco? He had a nerve. Rude child. "There was no need for that. I don't appreciate being shouted at."

[moonchic07]

Alex looked up as Marco started arguing with two people, and she wasn't one of them! She grinned, this could be entertaining. She leaned back in her seat, he doesn't like being yelled at? Well, he certainly likes yelling at younger students. She thought back to the common room when they had their fight, okay, so she started yelling at him, same differance in her book.

[Prongs999]

"Well I said I was sorry....I'm just...I'm just...er..." He said, voice level strained down but with hands flailing.

[xtonksx]

"I am not a muggleborn either. But if you are going to live in Britain, you should at least speak the lingo. Like I would if I were to move to the States," Marco said raising an eyebrow.

"I'll keep that in mind, thanks," Jade snarled. She was starting to get very angry.

[Prongs999]

James knew this kid would go on...and on...and on...until he one. He shot a look at the Hufflepuff firstie that said, I need help, so if you help me, I'll help you. Now, James could always send the look that said Wanna team up?. It was practically the same thing, but James was more modest. Wait a minute, he was modest? Since when?

[Disneymaniac]

"Well I said I was sorry....I'm just...I'm just...er..." He said, voice level strained down but with hands flailing.

"Because that explains the reason why you are acting like you have PMS," Marco smiled, "I would calm the temper, that way we can all be happy."

"I'll keep that in mind, thanks," Jade snarled. She was starting to get very angry.

"You are welcome," he smiled at the little girl, "I am Marco Denver, Seventh Year Quidditch Captain. And I am guessing by your uniform you are a Huffie, and by your attitude a first year. What would your name be?"

[moonchic07]

Alex's grinned fell slightly, 'and by your attitude a first year'?? Alex tried to calm her nerves slightly, she made the promise to Devin and L.J. she wouldn't do anything to him. "Don't mind him." She said to the first year hufflepuff. "He's like that with all first years, even those in his own house." Well, so much for trying to stay out of it.

[SilverTiger]

"I am not a muggleborn either. But if you are going to live in Britain, you should at least speak the lingo. Like I would if I were to move to the States," Marco said raising an eyebrow.

Rhiannon turned her head as Marco, who she remembered from his acting out in other classes, started lecturing everyone on British words versus others. Starting to get a little annoyed herself, she said, "Well, I'm not even close to a Muggleborn. But I did grow up with some halfbloods. And I'm sorry if my parents' death when I was four caused me to have to leave my home over here and go to the States, as you called them, and so, pick up their language." She was really starting to get irritated by people thinking she was inferior because of her past.

[xtonksx]

"You are welcome," he smiled at the little girl, "I am Marco Denver, Seventh Year Quidditch Captain. And I am guessing by your uniform you are a Huffie, and by your attitude a first year. What would your name be?"

Jade raised her eyebrows when the boy introduced himself and told her her attitude proved she was a first year. "My name is Jade Pencel. Nice to meet you," she told him indifferently. It would be best not to start a fight, especially with a seventh year.

[Prongs999]

James calmed down "Please be considerate to other people" He said, falsely sweet.

[Disneymaniac]

Why was it every time he said anything he would get ganged up upon? "Actually I will have you know I am not like that to all first years. Only to those that are like it to me first. I was just stating that since we are in Britain we should use British words, thats all. It is nothing for everyone to get in a fit about." He played with the ring on his finger subconciously. "Geez. And Rhiannon I was not saying anything about your parents or that fact that you moved. Please don't get offended." He shook his head, and held it in his hands, "You are telling me to be considerate James. Then why don't you tell the others, since you are obviously the over ruling power here. Not Professor Carter at all."

[moonchic07]

Alex smired, why did she always get a joy out of fighting with others? "Just because we live in Britain doesn't mean we must say the British words. If someone wants to use the American word for something, so be it." She said to him.

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon sat back as Marco said he felt like he was getting ganged up on. A corner of her mind said, Well, that's what happens when you say things like that, but she refrained from speaking it aloud. She decided to accept his statement that he wasn't saying anything against her, but still wasn't exactly sure what she thought about the Slytherin Quidditch captain.

Looking around, she realized that class seemed to have stopped. Or at least, no one was concentrating on Muggle Studies anymore.

[Prongs999]

"But I'm not the over ruling power, that would be horrible and anyone under my rule would hate me" James said, eyebrows raised, head cocked. This boy was going to be surprised at him insulting himself. Or at least he hoped.

[Maxilocks]

"All right. To start off, can anyone name some forms of transportation that Muggles use to get from place to place on land? Anything you can think of. Somethings you may think of wizards may use too, and that's okay. Go ahead and name some."
Shel frowned. Cars, bikes, ships... Others had already named them all. Even skateboards. Inwardly, he chuckled at that lost means of transport.

"Submarines, Professor," he added, hand raised. "Oh, and there are Electric and Steam road carriages, too. Diving chambers, hovercrafts, the like...." he trailed off, noting down what others had said as he did so.

[Cosmic]

Kate sat,with a note book,writing all the transport she could think off,that muggles used,and which she had used once or twice too.With her father mostly,her mother didnt like Muggle transport,she said it wasnt safe,but Kate never listened to to her mother anyway.She and her dad had spent hours in London,going around on different sorts of Transport.

She sighed and carried on noting down notes...

[Maya Ellwood]

Maya was kind of bored. This class was rather simple right now. Raising her hand, she replied to the question - "Muggles travel by all sorts. Some walk, some ride automobiles, some ride motorcycles, some ride horses and donkeys and camels, some ride the underground, some ride bicycles, ecetera, ecetera, ecetera. I mean, it all depends on their nationality." She said, smiling sweetly. She had wore her school robes - she had come to realize that he was picky about school attire.

[Anna Banana]

Anna rolled her eyes and threw her head back in frustration. There were students all over the room discussing a variety of topics, most not even related to the topic at hand. Some of the students had even started to argue. If this is what talking about muggles did to magical people, Anna wasn't too sure she wanted to have too many "muggle conversations," even though she had two great-grandparents who were muggles.

Deciding to join in on the conversation, Anna raised her hand and replied with, "There are many forms of muggle transportation. They can't fly on brooms, apparate, or disapparate, but they do have cars, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, bicycles, and, well...their own feet," Anna explained.

[XanaSnape]

Why was it every time he said anything he would get ganged up upon? "Actually I will have you know I am not like that to all first years. Only to those that are like it to me first. I was just stating that since we are in Britain we should use British words, thats all. It is nothing for everyone to get in a fit about." He played with the ring on his finger subconciously. "Geez. And Rhiannon I was not saying anything about your parents or that fact that you moved. Please don't get offended." He shook his head, and held it in his hands, "You are telling me to be considerate James. Then why don't you tell the others, since you are obviously the over ruling power here. Not Professor Carter at all."

Xana listened to the bickering, bemused. "Marco's completely right, though! It's 'the tube' here, and isn't it appropriate to use the proper terminology for their transporation if we're going to learn? After all, this is Muggle Studies, and as most of us do already or will likely live in wizarding Britian much of our lives, it only makes sense that we study the muggle terminology used in our homeland, so if we should have to interact in Muggle society and therefore come across it here, there is no confusion as to what the Muggles are talking about. If we only learn foreign terms we're going to run into problems if we must interact in muggle society in our homeland." She shrugged... "If Marco hadn't brought it up it's likely that a lot of us would be confused if we heard the term 'the tube', thinking they meant some kind of large straw or pipe, or perhaps the thing that goes inside a muggle auto tire, or some such thing."

[Lissy Longbottom]

Xana listened to the bickering, bemused. "Marco's completely right, though! It's 'the tube' here, and isn't it appropriate to use the proper terminology for their transporation if we're going to learn? After all, this is Muggle Studies, and as most of us do already or will likely live in wizarding Britian much of our lives, it only makes sense that we study the muggle terminology used in our homeland, so if we should have to interact in Muggle society and therefore come across it here, there is no confusion as to what the Muggles are talking about. If we only learn foreign terms we're going to run into problems if we must interact in muggle society in our homeland." She shrugged... "If Marco hadn't brought it up it's likely that a lot of us would be confused if we heard the term 'the tube', thinking they meant some kind of large straw or pipe, or perhaps the thing that goes inside a muggle auto tire, or some such thing."

Emma rolled her eyes. She was sick of this whole argument and had kept her mouth shut as long as she could, "I think the point Jade was trying to make was that other countries call it different things. There isn't any harm in learning both terms, you know. Besides, how many times are wizards going to be referring to 'the tube' anyways?" she asked, putting air quotes around "the tube". "Besides, I'm guessing that a good number of Muggles in London know that it is called a subway in America, just as I know that a lot of American's are familiar with British slang terms like 'loo' and 'the pond'. So I doubt that you'd run into any catastrophic problems when interacting with Muggles."

[Cosmic]

Kate had been listening to the argument,it was quite amusing she thought,but it had gone far enough,over what? Different words and terms,this was just silly,although she thought the little first year had made a very vailid point,and she was quite impressed.She simply smiled at the little girl..Hmmm..Interesting Lesson

[feeheeheeny]

"Cars, bikes.." Willow said once more, with her hand in the air.
James gave in. Fine. He would wait. "Buses, trams, and trains" he said, hand raised.
Alex took out her materials and raised her hand. "Some muggles who have a license can drive an automobile, or cars. Those you don't, mostly younger muggles will ride bicycles around." She said.
Juniper raised her hand. "Muggles use cars, trains, buses, their own feet, bikes, motorcycles, and other things too," she said. She may have been raised strictly pureblood, but she knew plenty about Muggles too.
Qaz raised her hand and added, 'They also use scooters, skis, ice skates, roller skates, skateboards, snow shoes and dog sled.'
"Most muggles use automobiles such as cars or buses, but there are also more physically active transportation methods such as bikes, rollerblades, and skateboards. Althought wizards and muggles have some similar transport methods such as the Knight Bus, wizarding transport uses spells to enhance the travel. There are also unconvetional methods such as riding horses and scooters." Austin's knowledge of both worlds seemed helped him in this class
Alexis raised her hand "muggles have many forms of transportation trucks, cars, bus's, trains, chairlifts etc... but my favorite is the scooter, there so cool."
"There are also things called Mopeds, which are a lot like scooters," Emma added as she raised her hand, "They fit two people and are a lot like motorcycles, only they go slower and are used in more European countries," she explained.
Muggles use all kinds of transportation. They often use cars or mini-cars and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) to get around as well as Segways, and rollerblades or skates, bicycles, motorcycles, subways, light rail, riding horseback, horse-drawn carriages, ferryboats, cable cars, and so much more.
Jess raised her hand: Muggles have got various means of transport; they use cars very often, and as for public transport, busses and trams are the most common. Motorbikes and bikes are popular among young people. Other means of transport, for longer distances, are trains, planes, helicopters and ships.
Bess raised her hand and said, "Apart from the mordern means of tranport like buses, cars etc., muggles earlier used to use bullock carts .... even tractors in the rural areas. Bullock carts are cart like things driven by animls ... poor things .... tractors are huge machiene like vehicals that are used in the farms."
Transportation? Clifford knew some stuff on muggle transportation, well, he thought he did. "They use flying machines." He said eagerly, raising a hand. "But that's not land.." He corrected himself thoughtfully.

"Ooh! That crazy machine that shoots around tunnels under the ground!!" His last words came out some strange high-pitched squeak and he clamped a hand over his mouth, embarrassed. Okay, that was strange. Wasn't he voice supposed to get deeper as he got older? Not squeakier!
Ems raised her hand, "Erm... muggles travel by donkey ...or er... camel?"
James knew it was happening to Cliff. The same thing happened to Excelsior. He would tell the teacher right about now. "Um...sir....it's about missing students... one that hasn't disappeared yet..." he said, hand raised.
Rhiannon had been quietly talking to herself, listing more modes of transportation. "Subway, cable cars, monorail . . ." She didn't necessarily care if anyone heard her, but also wasn't trying to speak to tha class as a whole. She wasn't that sure of her responses.

She hears a third year from her house bring up something about the missing students. And one who hasn't gone missing yet. What? Maybe I should pay attention. I can let Amelia or Josh know later what I heard, she thought quickly. She waited to see what was going to happen next.
"Muggles use cars, trains, buses and the subway," Jade said after raising her hand.
"Apart of everything said before, muggles can also use motor bikes to transport themselves." Eva answered.

She saw Bess and offered her a smilled. She hadn´t seen her in a long time.
Shel frowned. Cars, bikes, ships... Others had already named them all. Even skateboards. Inwardly, he chuckled at that lost means of transport.

"Submarines, Professor," he added, hand raised. "Oh, and there are Electric and Steam road carriages, too. Diving chambers, hovercrafts, the like...." he trailed off, noting down what others had said as he did so.


Maya was kind of bored. This class was rather simple right now. Raising her hand, she replied to the question - "Muggles travel by all sorts. Some walk, some ride automobiles, some ride motorcycles, some ride horses and donkeys and camels, some ride the underground, some ride bicycles, ecetera, ecetera, ecetera. I mean, it all depends on their nationality." She said, smiling sweetly. She had wore her school robes - she had come to realize that he was picky about school attire.
Anna rolled her eyes and threw her head back in frustration. There were students all over the room discussing a variety of topics, most not even related to the topic at hand. Some of the students had even started to argue. If this is what talking about muggles did to magical people, Anna wasn't too sure she wanted to have too many "muggle conversations," even though she had two great-grandparents who were muggles.

Deciding to join in on the conversation, Anna raised her hand and replied with, "There are many forms of muggle transportation. They can't fly on brooms, apparate, or disapparate, but they do have cars, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, bicycles, and, well...their own feet," Anna explained.

Professor Carter accepted many hands and many different answers. "Good, good. Points to those who answered properly. Remember - I said land transportation, so those of you who mentioned forms of air or water transportation are getting ahead of themselves, here."

Turning his attention to James who seemed very antsy and uncomfortable, Kyle simply shook his head. "You will have to wait until after class," was the only comment he made. It was definitely not a good thing that so many students were catching on... "Clifford," he said, tilting his head slightly in the boy's direction, "do you need to go to the nurse? You don't sound so good." His voice was heavy with concern.

As a riot seemed to break out over terms for British Muggle and American Muggle things, Carter listened for a few minutes before deciding to end it. Boy, a lot of them sure knew their Muggles. "All right, everyone. Settle down. You have all made your points, and that's the end of it." Maybe he'd get around to clearing things up if the students weren't so chatty for the remainder of the lesson.

"So good, very good. Many of you named cars, trains, buses, motorcycles, scooters, and other ways to get around like walking, riding a bicycle, and things like that. These are all correct. But first off, we'll discuss what is probably the most popular form of transportation in the Muggle world - the automobile.

"I'm sure you've all seen a basic car before, and have more than likely ridden in one. Leonardo da Vinci - a well-known Muggle inventor, painter, sculptor, and artist - first created the models and designs for a motorized vehicle. In the mid 1880's, a German inventor by the name of Karl Benz brought the first true gasoline automobile to life."

Carter hopped back up onto his desk and scrutinzed a few of the students in the class that had been extra chatty before. "Of course, there are more than one type of automobiles. There are steam, electric, and the common gasoline-powered automobiles that we see today. You probably are also aware of the fact that unlike any charmed cars you have seen, Muggle automobiles cannot fly." He grinned at this bit of information. "They can only go from one place to another on the ground."

He now took a break, letting the students get a chance to catch up in their notes. It was quite a bit of information for them to copy down, especially after their conversation they just had, which many of them still had their thoughts directed towards. Carter really was not sure of how many of the students were actually paying attention anymore.

[Mell]

Kayla wrote down everything the professor had said only because he expected them to, she already knew all this stuff on muggle transportation having grown up with a muggle father and watched him tinker with the car on numerous occassions.

[moonchic07]

Alex sighed and copied down her notes. She was enjoying the little arguement, but knew it wasn't smart to continue a fight in front of a teacher. She also was starting to get a little bored, she had already knew this much, except for the Leronardo or whatever his name was. She had a muggle mother, and knew a lot about muggle inventions, this was going to be an easy class.

[Cosmic]

Kate listened to what Professor Carter said,and then started to catch up on the notes that she needed to make.

[Angie]

She took notes of everything that professor Carter had said. She had to admit that she was quite surprise that there were so many kinds of cars! And to think that she had only been on a car two times. Her father didn't like cars; He thought they were dangerous and even lethal.

"Professor, I have a question" She said raising her had, "This Benz man, was he the one that created that brand of cars the german one er--" It was the name of some spanish womana she had met once, she was sure of that "Mercedes Benz?" She asked tentatively, remembering what she had read once in the Muggle section of the library.

[beautifulmine]

Alexis took notes of what Professor Carter had to say and was very inserted that there was different powered cars.

[Disneymaniac]

Was there even a question in what Carter had just said? Marco frowned. All he knew about was trains, and the tube. It was how he got to London. Something was surely wrong with this guy. Why was he on top of his desk?

[squidnie]

Sahrina had sat quietly the whole class so far, too shy to say one word. She thought for a second after the teacher was done talking. Was there a question anywhere in that? she thought. She decided no, and waited for a real question.

She didnt even know why she had stayed quiet, her dad was a muggle after all.

[feeheeheeny]

She took notes of everything that professor Carter had said. She had to admit that she was quite surprise that there were so many kinds of cars! And to think that she had only been on a car two times. Her father didn't like cars; He thought they were dangerous and even lethal.

"Professor, I have a question" She said raising her had, "This Benz man, was he the one that created that brand of cars the german one er--" It was the name of some spanish womana she had met once, she was sure of that "Mercedes Benz?" She asked tentatively, remembering what she had read once in the Muggle section of the library.

Carter smiled at Willow's cleverness. "You're exactly right, Miss Kovac. Like Willow here said, there are many brands of cars. Mercedes Benz," he nodded in the direction of Willow, "as well as Bentley, Ford, Pontiac, Renault, Volvo, Toyota... things like that. Of course, there are many other brands too, but it's not really that important to know your brands of cars, so we won't go into that any further.

"Now, there are many parts to a car. There are the simple things like the motor that keeps the car running, the steering wheel which helps to control the direction of the car, and the headlights which help the driver see at night." Carter paused, looking at the bored faces of his students. He chuckled quietly. "All right. So it seems you all know this already. But I bet you didn't know that London's taxicabs, which are just Muggle cars that will transport them from one place to another for a fee, had such high ceilings because of the gentlemen who wore high top hats," he muttered his useless information. "But that's fine. We'll move on then. Enough of automobiles."

Carter glanced at Marco for a moment, intimidated by the student's look. Wait, he was not supposed to let a student intimidate him. So he quickly shook off any thoughts he had and continued on. "Buses. I'm sure we've all seen a bus before. The first bus ever invented was a horse-drawn bus located in Nantes, France. Can anyone tell me when both the first electric and motorized buses were invented? Extra points if you can come up with how much the fare was to ride," he added. Since these students seemed to know everything, why not challenge them some more?

[Mell]

Kayla raised her hand. "I think it was 1905 that the first motor driven bus was introduced, phasing out the electric tram, unfortunately I'm not too sure how much the first fare cost"

[Cosmic]

Kate rose her hand."I believe that the first bus was invented by a frenchman called Didier Lapiscine,in the 1800ths Professor.."she said"1873 if im exact.."she said,not so confident in her answer as she sounded

[XanaSnape]

"The first electric electric buses were invented in 1900 with a fare of 5 cents. The first motorized bus was invented in 1905."

[beautifulmine]

Alexis rasied her hand " My cousin told me once about John Greenwood, in 1824 he operated the first "bus route" from Market Street in Manchester to Pendleton in Salford."

[moonchic07]

Alex raised her hand. "The first motorized buss was in 1895 and was a modified version of the Benz." Alex said, remembering when her mother had thought her about automobiles, as for the fare, she couldn't quiet remember how much it was.

[Angie]

Willow grinned at Carter's reply, and took notes of all the brands of cars that he mentioned and of all the rest of thie things he said, such as the reason why the london taxicabs had a high ceiling. It could all come in the exam, so she wasn't taking chances.

At the moment he heard his question, she shot her hand to the air and replied, "The Electric bus' fare was of 5 cents, and it was first invented in 1900 if I'm not mistaken" She said with a little frown. She better not be mistaken, "Meanwhile, the world's first motorized bus was first invented on 1905 I think, and it was sometimes refer as autobus" Bless the Muggle section of the library! "Oh, and the brand of it was Benz, I believe"

[Waddles]

Juniper raised her hand. “I think the first bus in England was used sometime around 1830. It was called an omnibus, which means for all. That’s where the word bus comes from,” she said. “The first motorized bus, though, was first used sometime after 1905. That was called an autobus. It probably cost about three cents to ride the first buses. Cents are sort of like Muggle sickles, but they were worth pretty much back then.”

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon quietly took notes as class had continued. So far, her brain had been tapped of anything she might know about Muggle transportation. Unless something happened to jog her memory. But the only thing Carter had brought up that had perked her up was da Vinci. And information about the Italian artist from the Muggle Renaissance didn't seem to be relevant to the discussion.

[Eclipsed]

Shayna scribbled down furiously, tearing into her notepad with her biro in her haste. She looked up in awe at the students' avid replies, her mouth hanging open slightly. She definitely needed to keep on track with her work. And Muggle Studies was meant to be her best subject!

First thing, straight after this lesson, I need to get myself to the library. Boy, have I got a lot to catch up with, she muttered under her breath, before returning to her notes.

[Deadmau5]

Hitachi thought about the answer and scratched his chin. "I think the first bus was invented in the 1890s!"

[Eclipsed]

Hitachi thought about the answer and scratched his chin. "I think the first bus was invented in the 1890s!"
Shayna turned to the voice which had just piped up, from behind her. 'Well done, you.', she joked, sticking her tongue out.

Woah! Shayna thought to herself, backtracking. She haven't been in such a good mood in ages. Who would've thought going to lessons would help, of all things? Shaking her head ruefully, she continued to observe silently.

[marfamarfa]

Torie sat near the front of the room, feeling a little spaced out today. Her head was resting in her hand, which was propped up on the windowsill to her left. Her eyes were not focused on the lesson, but rather the large windows to the side of the classroom. Snow was falling and Torie was lost in a daydream about skating on the frozen surface of the lake in the nearby future. She could picture herself, bundled up in the new sweater her mother had made her, gliding on the smooth ice. Her red and gold Gryffindor scarf was flapping in the breeze and her red hair whipped her in the face as she circled around and around....

A clamour of shouts about tubes and trains snapped Torie's attention back to the present situation. With a sigh, she turned to look at those causing the disturbance. She frowned at them, her mouth twisting into a scowl. 'Who cares!' thought Torie to herself in annoyance. 'It's all the same thing anyway!" Feeling particularly intolerant today, Torie returned her attention to the front of the classroom and the professor. She needed to be engaged if she wanted to earn Gryffindor some much needed house points.

[ravenclawrox*_*]

Lily listened as the professor asked the question, and she took notes of her classmate's answers. She needed to have full concentration on the class, if she wanted to earn house points and get good grades.

[AYOCutie]

Kyler, who was placed around the back of the class, tapped his mechanical pencil loudly against his desk. Clearly, this was not helping him with his answer to carter's question. And he was good with this muggle stuff! What was his problem today, anyway? With Lima on his mind half the time.

And that's when the answer hit him; and his hand flew up in the air like A rocket. "The motorized bus, I think, was made around nineteen-oh-five," A fare grin was placed on his face. Even though half the class already shouted out the answer, he was proud of himself for actually speaking up and answering the question, instead of sinking into his seat. "And im positive the electric bus thingy was made in the nineteen-hundreds, with A fare cost of five cents, I believe." Woah, did he sound smart or what! With all this fancy talk. Hah! In your face Vannies! Calling him A fool..

[McSainty]

Eliza, who sat unnaturally silent in the back of the classroom, simply listened as many different answers floated around the room. She didn't not have the slightest clue as to the answer to the question. She couldn't help but feel a little lost, since she didn't seem to understand the topic being discussed. Which was very weird since she knew a lot about muggles.

Sinking deeper into her seat, her mind began to wander to other unimportant things. She usually did so well in this class and yet she was completely in the dark when it came to this topic. The feelings of disappointment began to feel her stomach as she listened hopelessly to what everyone else was saying. She bit her lip as she tried to find the answer to the question, but still nothing came. Glancing out the window, she watched silently as the snow fell with such grace and a peacefulness. 'Woah I'm so utterly lost.' she thought to herself as she looked down at her paper which was filled with doodles and other random things.'Which is very very sad.'

[Lissy Longbottom]

Kyler, who was placed around the back of the class, tapped his mechanical pencil loudly against his desk. Clearly, this was not helping him with his answer to carter's question. And he was good with this muggle stuff! What was his problem today, anyway? With Lima on his mind half the time.

And that's when the answer hit him; and his hand flew up in the air like A rocket. "The motorized bus, I think, was made around nineteen-oh-five," A fare grin was placed on his face. Even though half the class already shouted out the answer, he was proud of himself for actually speaking up and answering the question, instead of sinking into his seat. "And im positive the electric bus thingy was made in the nineteen-hundreds, with A fare cost of five cents, I believe." Woah, did he sound smart or what! With all this fancy talk. Hah! In your face Vannies! Calling him A fool..

"Did the trolley come first?" Emma asked as she raised her hand, "That was kind of the first real type of mass transportation, wasn't it?"

[beautifulmine]

Alexis shook her head and looked around, class was still going and she had dosed off! She quickly wrote down some notes

[Tommehbell]

Tommy was in class taking notes. She was totally lost when it came to anything dealing with muggles. Until she came to Hogwarts, she had never even met a wizard who was half and half, let alone a muggle born. She raised her hand.

"Um, what is mass transportation?" She saw a few people look at her, and she blushed at the simple question she had to ask.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

I think the trolley was first and I think it came from Italy not London. I think it was in the 1900's." Jason said in Muggles class.
" Mass transportation means busses and trolleys and in later times, subwayss which are underground trains" Jason Potter Weasley told the other student since he is half muggle

[Tommehbell]

Tommy looked at the boy, she still had no clue what a busses was nor a train underground. She didn't know if she should ask these questions.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

"Ask me what you want Tommy" Jason told her.

[Tommehbell]

She didn't want to be rude and hold a conversation while the professor was talking, she pulled out a fresh piece of parchment, and began to scribble out a note

What is a busses?

she folded the sheet and handed it to the Gryffindor boy

[Jason Potter Weasley]

Well busses are more than one vehicle. A bus has four wheels, a stick shift, wide steering wheel and has one driver. Muggles pay to take them through their city if they do not drive muggle cars or choose not to drive cars. They carry a lot of Muggles. Here, they have Double Decker busses- two level busses and in Muggles in America have only one level.

[Tommehbell]

Tommy nodded her head. She felt so stupid and out of place, in a muggle studies class. Her mother would kill here. And here she was learning how muggles got around without floo powder.

"Thank you." She whispered to him.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

" No problem Tommy, anytime for a freind" Jason tells her.

[noodles]

She was pleased that she had managed to get some points for Slytherin with her answer about muggles travelling by donkey or camel (even though Ellie had laughed at her... hmph! - just shows what that girl knew!). But Ems was utterly confused by the class now - her mouth fell open as she listened to the other kids. How the heck did they know this stuff!? She was obviously surrounded by muggleborns. It seemed completely unfair to her that they should even be allowed to attend this class. It put the ignorant purebloods at a distinct disadvantage, even if she had read her textbook several times from cover to cover – it was all too confusing. She picked up her muggle pen and jotted down a few nonsensical notes just to make it look as if she knew what she was doing. What a bloody joke.

[Tommehbell]

She looked over and saw a confused look on Emily's face, and she was glad that she was not so far behind some of her classmates. She started taking some more notes.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

Jason sneered and laughead at the Slytherin's complaint about Muggleborns and claases about them. Jason Potter Weasely is half pureblood and half Muuglle. Jason thinks to himself, this is why I do not like a lot of purebloods- always about themselves and being rich in money but not knowledge.

[noodles]

Emily looked over at Jason as he started to laugh. Was this aimed at her? She looked behind her just to make sure. It appeared it was. What the heck!? She was just sitting there quietly trying to understand this lesson! Maybe it was her confused expression that had done it - well that was just plain mean! She couldn’t help it if she was confused by muggle transport. Hmph! She narrowed her eyes at the boy before looking back at Professor Carter – she was trying to concentrate as best she could – she didn’t need stupid Gryffindorks adding to her confusion by laughing at her.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

Jason looks at Emily and knows all she is is a Slimy Slytherin not like a good Slytherin like Tommy. I will help Tommy but who cares if Amelie is confused, she should be because Gryffindors are better at everything in the real world. Plus all she is a second year brat.

[Disneymaniac]

Marco eyed the cheating Gryffindor. How dare he laugh at Emily. And he didn't even know why. He gave Emily a smile, trying to say that he didn't understand either.

[baybgal6735]

Alandra glared behind her as she heard some third year laughing.

'Gryffindors, they're so immature.' She thought as she rolled her eyes, trying to pay attention to the lesson. She looked upon the second year that was near to her.

"Don't worry about those stupid Gryffindors, they're so annoying." She said as she smiled at her.

[noodles]

Marco eyed the cheating Gryffindor. How dare he laugh at Emily. And he didn't even know why. He gave Emily a smile, trying to say that he didn't understand either.Ems looked over at Marco and was taken aback to see him smiling at her. She was a little confused as to why, but smiled back shyly and for some reason found her cheeks had flushed a little. She looked away quickly. Marco was obviously just as confused as to why Jason was laughing at her as she was.

Alandra glared behind her as she heard some third year laughing.

'Gryffindors, they're so immature.' She thought as she rolled her eyes, trying to pay attention to the lesson. She looked upon the second year that was near to her.

"Don't worry about those stupid Gryffindors, they're so annoying." She said as she smiled at her. Ems chuckled lightly at the older girl's words, “Thanks.” she whispered, pleased for the support from her and Marco.

[baybgal6735]

"No problem. My name's Alandra." Alandra whispered as she smiled, bright blue eyes gleaming. "What's yours?"

[Jason Potter Weasley]

Jason thinks to himself, just like slimy ugly sucking up Slytherins, one on one they can't handle it and so they need three or four or more on one and that is why Gryffindors are so much braver and know more in class than Slytherins plus Slytherin will not get the Quidditch cup.

[noodles]

"No problem. My name's Alandra." Alandra whispered as she smiled, bright blue eyes gleaming. "What's yours?"“It’s Emily. Emily Greenwood.” She replied with a sweet smile. “Or just Ems will do.” She looked back towards the Professor, not wanting to lose house points for chatting too much.

[baybgal6735]

"That's a nice name." She eyed the professer, not wanting to get caught either she added. "I guess we can talk later." Alandra smiled as she turned her attention back to the front of the class

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon glanced around out of the corner of her eye to find out who was laughing. When seh saw it was Jason, she narrowly avoided rolling her eyes. That boy had a serious case of ego going on. She was glad she didn't have to say he was in the same house as she was.

She returned her attention to the professor, waiting for class to continue.

[Tommehbell]

Tommy was sitting on the row with Jason, and she narrowed her eyes at him. What in the bloody hell was so funny? He was laughing and making fun of one of her housemates and that she would not stand for, and plus Emily was a friend.

She gave him a piercing stare. Gryffindors maybe brave, but Slytherins are smart enough to know that 4 ganging up on 1 always has better odds, she thought.

[Seeker_Seven]

Tag frowned at the younger students' scuffling in front of him. He recognized the Griffindor, Jason, from their last Quidditch match. Tag felt his annoyance rise. What a git. "Oy!," he hissed in Jason's direction. Tag took his Muggle Studies textbook and thwacked the back of the offender's head. "Snot-head! Quit being such a donkey."

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon is distracted again when she hears someone hiss. Glancing over again, she is in time to see Tag whack the back of Jason's head with his textbook. Slipping a piece of paper out of her bag, she quickly writes something on it and then crumples it up. She tosses the note in the direction of the Ravie Quidditch captain.

It reads:
Well done captain. Certainly wasn't something I would have thought of doing.

By the time the crumpled up ball lands on Tag's desk, Rhiannon is already back looking toward the front of the class, like nothing had ever happened.

[noodles]

Ems giggled as older Ravenclaw boy whacked Jason over the head with his textbook. Jason, it seemed, was not all that popular – hardly surprising really with that attitude.

She looked over at Tommy and gave her a smile, noticing the look she was giving Jason – her housemates were really coming out in force here – they certainly didn’t need any encouragement to unite as a house this year. She smirked and looked back towards the professor.

[Angie]

Willow had been doodling absentmindedly, with her muggle pen, on her muggle sheet of paper, for a while, when she heard someone laughing in a way that she thought sounded as if the person was moking of somebody else.

Forest green eyes scanned the room for the source of the laughing. Her eyes narrowed when she realized that it was that Jason kid. Apparently, he was laughing of Emily for some reason. "Obnoxious Gryffindor boy" She muttered under her breath.

The second year was starting to get distracted again, when with the corner of her eye, she saw Tag, smacking the back of Jason's head with his book.

Brilliant! Wait--Nooo... Ravenclaw could lose points for that! However, she could not help but to laugh at the whole thing. Yet, her fingers were crossed under the table, hoping that Professor Carter wouldn't take points for that.

Serves him right for being so annoying..

[Prongs999]

James was furious. This kid was a git who was known for his un-successful love life and over sized ego. He scowled, but would deal with him later.

[Raquelin.]

The slytherin girl was bagging her pencil softly on the table with her head far away from that place.
She wasn't really playing attention to what was going on inside that room.

What in Merlin..
Ellie stopped banging her pencil and turned her brown eyes, that were now a little more green than usual, to the Gryffindor boy with an eyebrow raised.
She recognized him from somewhere but she wasn’t really interested to know from where.
What she was interested to know was, why in Merlin was he laughing at Emily?!
There was no apparent reason for him to laugh.
She rolled her eyes while she pressed her lips against each other avoiding do open her mouth and say things that she shouldn't.
Gryffindors.

[moonchic07]

Alex looked up as she saw pretty much the whole class teaming up against Jason. She looked back at her notes, not really wanting to get involved. This was surprising coming from Alex, she always was looking for fights and always joined one that was already taking place. Though if he even dare say something about her friends, or even about the Slytherin house, she was going to bring herself in it. She looked up again when she heard a thump and saw an older Ravenclaw hit Jason over the head. She smirked as she looked at the front of the room at the professor. This was by far her favorite class so far, first the whole class teaming up on a Gryffindor, then a Ravenclaw hits him over the head with his book, the only thing that would make this a better class is if Ravenclaw lost some points. Though, it wasn't like they would catch up to the Slytherins anyway.

[feeheeheeny]

Professor Carter accepted all the students answers and nodded slowly. "Good, everyone. Most of you are at least around the general answer... so points for each of you that tried," he smiled. Hey, he was just happy they were taking part rather than simply sitting there, staring up at him blankly. He was often very proud of his classes.

"All right, sorry for the mild delay, but I'm afraid we'll have to end class now. I planned on getting more covered, but it just didn't happen. So now for your homework... it should be relatively easy." He paused for a moment, observing the Ravenclaw captain as he bonked a Gryffindor student on the head with a book, and he resisted the urge to chuckle.

"Hey, boys. Play nicely," he ordered, looking more at James than Tag. Turning away, he continued on with what he was saying, "I suggest copying this down." Carter waved his wand and the assignment appeared on the board.

Your assignment for this class is to write a two parchment essay(roughly two paragraphs) about what a Muggle is and how they get around on land. You may use forms we discussed in this class, or you may choose a different way of transportation. Be as descriptive as possible, because you will be graded on content and how well you explain yourself.

After pausing for a moment to let the students write at least most of it down, Carter cleared his throat and spoke once again. "Your homework will be due in a little less than one week. Check the announcement board for more details and requirements. Class dismissed!"

[Cosmic]

Kate couldnt believe some Ravenclaw his Jason over the head,this was ridiculas! What was this world coming to.She thought she should say something,she looked around at the class,they seemed to be having fun,bet poor Jason wasnt she thought,he was taking it a bit over.She sighed.And thats why people dislike Gryffindors..She shook her head,some people dont know when to quit.She looked at the assignment and got up off her chair to leave

[moonchic07]

Alex looked up at the teacher again and was disappointed when he didn't take points from Ravenclaw. She let out a sigh when the professor decided to end the class. She copied down her homework and gathered her things back into her bag. She got up from her seat, swinging her bag onto her shoulder and started for the door. When she passed Jason she mumbled 'Gryffindors.' under her breath and then left the room.

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon almost lost it when Tag got away with hitting Jason. Go Ravenclaw!, she thought as she started to write down the homework assignment.

After she packed everything up in her school bag, she stood up to leave. Even thogh she had had no idea how to answer half the questions that were asked during class, she actually had to say she had had fun. That surprised her. As did the fact that it seemed like no one had noticed the note that had flew through class after the Jason incident. She was almost willing to think that she would never manage to get in trouble. On her way to the door of the classroom, she glanced over to see if it looked like Tag had gotten the note.

[Angie]

Willow could not help but to sigh in relief, and grin openly when Professor Carter didn't take points from Ravenclaw for what just happened. Carter was definitely a cool teacher.

Quickly taking notes of what he had said, and copying the homework on her paper. "Bye Professor Carter, Have a nice day!" She said happily, before walking out of the classroom.

[noodles]

Emily copied down the homework and sighed to herself. As much as she enjoyed watching the older Ravenclaw attack Jason with a textbook, she couldn’t help but think that if it had been any other house involved, Professor Carter would have taken away points.

She packed up her things and exited the classroom, making sure to glare daggers at Jason on her way past.

[Seeker_Seven]

Tag quickly stashed the note in his pocket while collecting his books. Catching Rhiannon's eye on his way out of the classroom, he winked. Professor Carter knew vigilante justice when he saw it. And now it was time to hit the library for what should be a fairly simple assignment.

[SilverTiger]

Rhiannon catches Tag's wink as he leaves class. I guess he got the note, she thinks. Continuing to walk, she gets out of class and tries to figure out what to do next. Her day seemed pretty clear. Except for homework, and she felt like waiting a while before doing that.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

Jason did not even get hurt but we know why Ravenclaw was upset, no cup for them. Jason just got his homework assignment and will out do them all

[Tommehbell]

She looked at the teacher. Oh, if she had hit James Professor Carter would have taken like 20 points from Slytherin.oh well, at least she got to see someone get hit with a book, and a Ravenclaw did it no less.

She scribbled down the homework, groaning at having to go to the library and read up about muggles getting around without magic.

[Jason Potter Weasley]

Jason walks out maybe ready to do extra work to outdo Sltherin and RavenClaw.