Anna actually made a bit of effort not to show her true feelings about History of Magic solely because she liked professor O'Hara. She had chosen to stand near Jackson as they waited for further instructions for the same reason as the boy - so there wasn't any risk of her falling asleep, especially with the heating charms and general cozy atmosphere.

As soon as the older witch said what they'd be studying that day, however, the Gryffindor perked up a little. Practical lessons like that - as in, they were about to go around walking and attend a party or sorts!? - were much better than just sitting down and discussing pointless things of old.

The sixth year was about to take the lead when professor O'Hara asked prefects to bring up the rear. Hm... fine, she could do that. It'd mean she wouldn't have to pretend to be super engaged with the topic just to be polite.

But she did know a thing or two about her House ghost, actually. All those conversations in the Common Room when she was supposed to be doing homework instead were becoming more useful than she'd expected! "Nearly-Headless Nick was decapitated because he didn't get a spell right." She told anyone who was listening. Anna had always thought that was a bit wild because she had seen many, many, maaaannyyy people get spells wrong - and sometimes with pretty bad consequences - but to kill someone over that sounded horribly... unfair to say the least.

Annnnd they were standing again. Okay. Vita moved towards the back of the group and did as instructed, making sure to shoo any stragglers along.

The bloody baron wears chains in penance for what he did to the grey lady." Vita knew it was a horrible, tragic situation and she didn't care to add much more than that.

Not pleased that they were leaving the classroom just when he had finished setting everything on his desk, Dorian let out a small yet frustrated sigh as he placed his stuff back inside of his bag. He didn't feel comfortable having his stuff lying around for anyone to grab, and he was sure that not every student at Hogwarts was as honest as they said they were.

As he pushed his chair backwards to get up, the Ravenclaw slung his bag over his shoulders and pushed the chair back against the desk.

As he followed the professor to the death day party, his first thought was that it sounded pretty boring. First of all, there was no food at such party and whsn there was they couldn't eat any of the food because it would be spoilt. So what was the point? And second, he knew that ghosts did not grow character wise. They were forever stuck in the loop of how they were before they died. Always the same stories, always the same grudge on how they died. It sounded like a real party killer.

Though, Anna's words about her House Ghost did spark his interest a bit. He had known that the ghost had died from a failed decapitation by a blunt axe but he had never bothered to find out the reason he had been decapitated. "That's horrible..." he said as a shiver ran through him at the thought of having your life ended because of not getting a spell right. He had made a lot of spell mistakes before last year...the thought alone! Yikes

"The Grey Lady is intelligent yet very evasive and shy. But she is there for us most of the time when it doesn't require her to open up much. I heard her offering help to one of the fifth years to help with their exams in the common room." he said. There. A positive fact.

Indigo had been sitting next to Vita as he waited for the lesson to start, but now that they were moving that might be more complicated. She was supposed to be in the back, since she was a prefect. Indigo was tempted to drift that way as well, but he was worried about getting in trouble. He was still near the back, but decided that if he couldn't be next to Vita he could walk with Nina. He gave his friend a small smile as he fell into step beside her.

What did he know about the school's ghosts? Not much, to be honest. Indigo didn't really pay them much attention, beyond what was polite. He hadn't been there since his first year, either, so it wasn't like he'd been among this school's ghosts his entire school career. If he was asked about ghosts at Beauxbatons that might be an easier question, but she had asked specifically about Hogwarts, so he tried to come up with a fact he knew about that. "The Grey Lady's name is actually Helena Ravenclaw, and her mother was Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the founders of Hogwarts." That was probably pretty common knowledge, but it was really the best Indigo could do.

Standing up Patrick glances around taking in all of the students. He could only assume the others were as excited about going to something out of the classroom for once. He knew that he was. During the winter he absolutely hated being stuck in the castle and always in classrooms. And it was getting cooler so he knew it was truly difficult to do anything outside.

Moving toward the back of the pack he found himself beside Anna she quickly mentioned something about Nearly Headless Nick before anyone had a chance. She called him a nerd, his eyes rolled at her answer. “And you call me a nerd.” he whispered under his breath to Anna. He glanced over to find his co prefect Vita was also in the back of the pack.

Speaking up when he felt he wasn’t going to get docked points he stated “to my knowledge the bloody baron is the only one who can contain Peeves.” he was 100% certain of that after peeves pelted them with water balloons in muggle studies. He hated that class. He absolutely did not like Peeves and tried to avoid him at all costs

They were going to be talking about GHOSTS? Hmm. Interesting. Nettie was suddenly much more invested in this class. History of Magic was hit or miss for Nettie most of the time, but this could be headed in a good direction. Despite the fact that they had to get up and move somewhere...

She raised her hand. "The Grey Lady assisted Harry Potter during the Battle of Hogwarts and told him about the diadem," she said. The Grey Lady seemed to be a popular topic of conversation here.

They were going to a.....Death Day Party? A curious activity for a class. Avalon followed Professor O'Hara and the group of students into the corridor, pulling her hair into a ponytail as she did so. She wasn't too familiar with the ghosts of Hogwarts other than the ones from her own house, and The Grey Lady seemed to be a popular conversation topic thus far. But she liked learning about them. For some odd reason, history was quite fascinating to her.

Avalon remembered learning more about Moaning Myrtle during one of her first nights in the Ravenclaw common room. Perhaps she could talk about her! "Moaning Myrtle was killed by Salazar Slytherin's basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets," she said. Maybe that was common knowledge, but she felt like it would be a valuable tidbit to add to the conversation.

Um. Wait, they had to leave.. already? They had only just entered, gosh. Lenora sighed dramatically as she stood up, slinging the strap of her bag over a shoulder. She followed the students out of the classroom, kind of wondering what the professor had in mind. Something to do with ghosts.. obviously. And they were asked to name a few facts about the ghosts... uh, well.

“The Fat Friar was supposed to have been a very talented healer.. so I’ve read.” ..and that was her contribution. She really didn’t know all that much but she answered so that was something.

Rylee smiled warmly at Dorian. "It's going by alright. So far the stress isn't a huge factor... it's just a matter of balancing my time between lessons, activities, studying and still having a bit of downtime for myself." Anyone that truly knew her though, would know that this was normally the case anyhow. No matter how hard she tried each term, it seemed that she was always busy even when she cut back on activities.

They would be talking about ghosts today AND attending a Death Day party. This was surely about to be a different twist on the usually history of magic lesson, that much was for sure. Grabbing her bag and slinging it over her shoulder, Rylee rose to her feet following Professor O'Hara out of the classroom and into the corridor. Raising her hand she offered her own bit of knowledge that probably wasn't all to interesting to anyone other than the first years maybe but at least it hadn't already been said. "Dolly Dopple was the charms professor last term. She was eaten by furry pink mutants and continued to teach her lessons until the end of term." A really cheerful old women she was, Rylee had rather liked her. Maybe she would be attending this party?

A Death Day Party? It sounded morbid but Taddy was excited at the same time to see how they were. He had never been to a Death Day Party before after all. So he got up with the others who had sat down and followed with the other students out the classroom to where ever they were to be headed.

Hmm.. Something about a ghost he knew of here? Well, everyone knew about the house ghosts and Taddy felt it redundant to repeat something everyone like knew already so he went a different route. "Sometimes Duncan Ashe appears in the boy's bathroom. He was a very mischievous Slytherin over a hundred years ago who got on well with Peeves." He thought for a moment. Was there anything else? Maybe someone else knew?

Okay, two things: 1) why had they not been warned that they were going to a party? 2) why were they going to this particular ghost's party? He wasn't exactly an important piece of wizarding history, as far as she knew. Also, it would've been nice to have been warned, so they could dress up if they wanted instead of just showing up in their uniforms. Uniforms weren't exactly what people wore to a party....unless they were waiters. Anyway, they were discussing ghosts, more specifically the ghosts of Hogwarts........which she didn't really know much about. She really hadn't bothered to read much of Hogwarts, A History since she'd transferred, beyond what was assigned of course. Nor was she really one to seek out the castle's ghosts themselves. Not that she was rude to them or anything. Just wasn't one to make a habit of having conversations with ghosts.

"I know that you don't need a ghost sniffer to sniff them out..." And that was all she could offer on the topic.

Cassidy was more than a little excited. A Death day party sounded like fun. I mean, if it was anything like birthday parties were it should be super fun. The little firstie was just bouncing with excitement. Oh and she could so answer this question. It was super easy. She raised her hand nice and high, still bouncing. "I know that most of them are super nice and love talking to us students." Which was true. She held conversations with 3 of them since she'd gotten here...if only she remembered their names. She was so bad with names.

Why wait for class to commence? Vivienne sat up straight. Torches? What torches?
History was an important aspect of defence. Today was a beautiful day.

She entered and sat with Fairfield. O'Hara sat up started to lecture. Role models were the best.

Castillo did look weird. Was he sick? What did she have up her sleeve?

Vivienne stood up. Ghosts! She knew it! Time to jump right in!

Then they were in the corridor. She had no choice but to follow.

She perked up her ears and listened. She stuck to Rousseau. Ghosts were an interesting subject.

She raised her hand and said, "Moaning Myrtle likes to haunt the Girl's Lavatories, miss."

Cordelia found history of magic interesting because she hadn't known about the magical world for the first half of her life so most topics in this class were new to her. So they were going to a Death Day party? That was certainly not something Cordelia had ever experienced. Was she supposed to know who Edgar Cloggs was? What was the spirit room? There were many secrets of Hogwarts the second year lion had yet to learn. "Sir Nicholas was mostly decapitated, but the execution was botched so his head is still partially attached." Cordelia offered more information on the Gryffindor ghost to supplement what Anna had said. Sir Nicholas was, of course, one of the ghosts she was most familiar with. Maybe the Gryffindor ghost and some of the other castle ghosts would be making an appearance at the death day party. Most of the ghosts were pleasant to be around. Moaning Myrtle was quite annoying at times, however. Probably not the sort of ghost who got invited to parties.