Daphne raised her hand. "Well, brooms are used to sweep floors, and are common here. But in the middle east, it would have stood out to have a broom laying around, so bewitched carpets made more sense for the region."

"Why would you want a carpet if you live in a tent?" Vindictus asked because Lucas was getting warm.

"Cos you don't want to get sand in your bum when you are doing sleepings," Theo smiled, "And also you can roll people up in it and push dem down a dune."

Dominic raised a brow skeptically at the Professor when he questioned the young boy next to him. Sighing thoughtfully, the fourth year raised his hand. "For comfort and to fly... transportation!" duh...

He blinked when Professor Vindictus asking him a direct question. He had never had a professor ask him a direct question before. "Because tents don't have floors." He had no idea really and he hoped he wouldn't get yelled at for such a stupid answer.

Anna raised her hand. "Brooms are used to sweep dirt off floors and such," she said. "If the floor is dirt itself, then there is no need for a broom. There is, however, a need for a carpet to cover the dirt you would have to sit on, sleep on, and live on if you lived in such a tent."

"That is correct, Cale!" Vindictus grinned.

"Very good, Theo! Carpets were used to cover the floor of the tents," Vindictus said. "Many of those living in the East lived a nomadic lifestyle, so it was easier to roll up a rug and fold up your tent whenever you had to move from oasis to oasis. What many of us forget, is that carpets have been in use for thousands of years, but it was a collection of stories that brought the mystical side of the so-called Muggle artifact to the attention of the West. Can anyone tell me the name of the book which contains the story of Aladdin?"

"It is called Da Book of 1001 Nights or Arabian Nights," Theo said, "I readed it when I was little. I love Aladdin it is my favrit."

Daphne raised her hand and said, "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights."

She raised her hand again. "A thousand and one nights was the book", she said confidently. She just hoped no one asked her how she knew that. That would just be embarrassing.

Anna raised her hand to reply. "It's called 'Arabian Nights,' or 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights," she said.

"That is absolutely correct, Dominic!" Vindictus grinned and the blue tarp breathed behind him. "Why do you think that the Ministry decided to outlaw magic carpets in Britain? I'd love to hear everyone's opinions."

"I fink it is cos da west people don't like da east people. So da west people don't want to do da same fings as da east people. And dat is why it has carried on, but now has been forgotted by Lorraine and peoples," Theo said, rambling out the things in his head.

"Because the ministry is full of big ol' poo-poo heads..." Cale murmured before he and his lily sneezed. A bit of yellow pollen now covered the corner of his robe's lapel curtsy of his lily. The ministry after all, had a lot of rules and regulations about pointless stuff, such as cross breading muggle plants with magical ones.

Hmm. Didn't she answer this already. She raised her hand. "Well, they are classified as muggle objects and so the misuse of muggle artifacts department of the ministry petitioned to have them banned and won. I suspect the motive behind this was that they were worried about endless pranks involving muggles and their carpets. And of course, what if a muggle saw a flying carpet and took their own carpet and jumped off of a building with it. That would not be good, to say the least." She was just guessing, of course. It didn't actually make sense to her because brooms could cause the same problems.

Lucas raised his hand. "Because in popular muggle culture witches ride brooms anyways so its easier to explain that away if you are caught with your broom, but a carpet is a lot harder to hid and explain. And many of the carpet companies were outside of the UK and it was hard to regulate the quality of the imported brooms." Lucas explained.

"I sense that many of you are biased against a good, old fashioned flying carpet. There are enchantments that can be placed on the flying carpets that makes them and their cargo invisible to Muggles, plus you can carry more on a carpet," Vindictus said and grinned. He pulled out his wand and with a flick, the blackboard disappeared and with a second flick, the blue tarp vanished. "Ta da!"

There on the grass of the practice area were flying carpets hovering two feet above the ground. Each carpet was large enough for one person, and were decorated in many different colors with different designs. But aside from being enchanted, they were all simiilar in the fact that they were trimmed in thick fringe on each end.

"Put your notes away and go sit on a carpet," he said and the boyish grin never left his face. Yes, Professor Vindictus had defied the Ministry and broke who knows how many laws and regulations, just to bring a unique educational experience to Hogwarts.