Yea! She was learning laws! Sweet! Virgi was so excited.

Fallon thought about it. Two things came to mind: The Ministry of Magic and the Statue of Secrecy. She didn't know if either of those were right, but she wanted to try and gain some house points. She timidly raised her hand and said, "The statue of secrecy, sir?" It was posed as more of a question than a statement.

Matheu saw in the corner of his eye the girl next to him smile. Appearently she was interested in laws as well. And Ravenclaw!
"You're welcome," he whispered, smiling. He too was excited.

Carter raised his hand. "The statute of secrecy, Professor." he said.

"Professor" Damon said " my thoughts center around a secrecy law and the fact the fidelius charm is also available to hide our world from muggles." Damon thought that second part could be correct.

William thought for a moment, thinking back to a time when he wasn't around. "Well professor, one thing I do know if that everyone has their own opinion and when one person says one thing, the others might disagree, wanting to disprove that persons ideal." he began, his voice sounding a little bit hesitant. "Then there's peopel wanting to prove they're better than everyone else by saying something completely out there and not listening to those who know better. I mean, if we all listened to each other properly, I'm sure those disputes wouldn't happen as often. Though no one is ever 100% perfect right?" He went on, his voice sounding more normal now that he was getting into the swing of things.

As he listened to the professor replying to the other students who had answered, his mind began wandering off. Mirror huh? He shook his head, getting back to the topic at hand, "Well Sir, I know that folk tales are one thing that keep our world from the muggles, even if it's changing one of our true stories and adding a bit of things to it, to make it sound majestical or dangerous. Then of course there's the Statute of Secrecy." he replied, knowing he was going on and on but not really caring.

"Indeed," Jake replied again, feeling a little stupid when he did. "Cool beanz."

Cool beanz indeed.

As Truebs went on, Jake was suddenly struck by a mental image of looking through a two-way mirror, whilst a clone of his was on the other side, seeing only a reflection. Hmmm. That metaphor didn't work when you put clones into it.

He pointed at Tibi with one hand as he raised the other. "Like Tibi said, something about the statute of secrecy. And... didn't the magical and muggle world used to live in harmony, until apparently the muggles started wanting magical solutions and everything, and then wizards went into hiding, and that thinger of secrecy was put into place. The International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy," Jake paused for a moment. "Basically... doesn't that mean we're selfish?"

Seemed about right.

"But now... and then of course, with the witch-burning, we'd face prosecution, and maybe like, lab testing," Jake shuddered, realising he'd gone on a bit.

'A mirror?' Whit knew he was only using it as a metaphor but seriously, how was she supposed to know what this mirror was? She sat there thinking about it and heard a couple of students mention the Statue of Secrecy. That could be what Professor Truebridge was talking about but she felt it was something more than that. Like, for instance, whenever you wanted to go to Diagon Alley you had to go through the Leaky Cauldron. More students continued to mention the statue but instead she rose her hand and answered with, "Would it be something like the magic brick wall in the Leaky Cauldron, rather than the statue of secrecy. Anyone can tell a muggle about Wizards but the only way a muggle can get to Diagon Alley is if they go with a wizard, right?" A guess never hurt anyone.

Magenta smiled mischieviously at the girl who had laughed at her little slip before turning back to look at the professor. "Uh, ministry of magic?" she asked rather than answered. She looked around quickly to see what the others said, hopefully she wasn't way off.

Tori sat down beside Carter and took out her books. She wondered how good she would be in this class.

Matheu raised his hand. "Is that how Muggles formed the science Cryptozoology? It's the equivilant of Magizoology to the wizard kind. My father is Muggle and he and my step-mother work in the Muggle world to show that magical beasts do exist." Matheu wasn't too sure how much he said, but he wanted to know. He needed to know! "They have permission by the Ministry, of course. It's just something that my step-mother got my father into doing."

Arrick looked thoroughly lost. Everyone could have made up everything that they had just said, and he wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

That didn't make any sense. You weren't supposed to see on either side of a mirror, just a reflection.

"You mean tinted glass," Arrick blurted, unable to let the inconsistency slip by. "Like a limo or sunglasses. People ernt see into the tinted side but you can see out. You can't see out the backside of a mirror."

She decided to take notes since that was her useful way of learning history, well at least for now.

Yay, Evan was right! He had feared this lesson the most, but his first answer was right! Now the next one...

He again raised his hand hesitantly. "The mirror is the Statue of Secrecy... and their strong belief that magic is unreal. Even if someone told the magic was real, they're so determined it is not that they wouldn't believe anyway..." He trailed off and waited to be called "wrong".

Kloe raised her hand and said, "The Statute of Secrecy and I am adding the Ministry of Magic to my answer also because they are the ones that inforce the Statute of Secrecy and without the Ministry involved the Statute of Secrecy would have no purpose." Kloe hoped that her answer was right.

"Isn't it the Minisrty of Magic, Proffesor? The Mirror of Secrecy is the main thing but without the Ministry of Magic there would be no purpose for the mirror." Virgi said.

Herminny raised her hand and said, "I believe thats the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy which is a law in the wizarding world that was first signed in 1689 then established officially in 1692. The law was laid down by the International Confereration of Wizards to safeguard the wizarding community from Muggles, and hide their presence from the world at largeThe Statute states that each individual Ministry of Magic is responsible for hiding the presence of the magical community in their own country. Each Ministry is held responsible for, among other things, the control of magical beasts, curbing public displays of underage magic, and ensuring that magical games and sports are played without fear of discovery.
Breaches of the Statute, such as using magic in front of Muggles for no good reason, are dealt with by the Ministry, with a variety of punishments available to be enforced upon the offende .".

"The Ministry of Magic and the Statue of Secrecy" Anya said, happy that she finally knew the answer to a question. And she was learning laws, and it was pretty interesting.

This is a simple question. "The mirror between wizards and muggles, is, well, magic! We use spells and charms to create a mirror." It seemed pretty straightforward.

Evidently the Statute of Secrecy was working too well, because Arrick still wasn't convinced he wasn't just sitting in an old castle bursting through the walls with special effects and movie magic machines.

He frowned. There was a Ministry of Magic? Run by balmy codgers, it had to be, considering a good half of all the wizards and witches he'd met so far were just a little off.

Emalyn's heart quickened for a brief moment. She had heard of this only moments before the class, from Kazimeriz.

"What keeps us a secret from muggles is the Statue of Secrecy, professor." she said, trying not to scowl. So many times she had come close to breaking that law. Living in a muggle neighborhood was NOT good for a curious fourteen year old...

Fia took notes with her quill and parchment as everyone spit out the same answer she would have said. There was no use in being one of the students following another in their answers. When finished, she looked up to the professor and waited.

Mina quietly continued to take notes, it was probably best to just listen and absorb all the information. Giving it time to settle in before just speaking out. She wasn't clueless about the history of magic but she wasn't completely informed either. This class was going to help her see the over all picture. One can't know the present and future without understanding the past first. She glanced back up at the professor and waited for the next important piece of information.

Anya just kept sucking on her sugar quill, absorbing everything the other classmates were saying.

"Hmm.." Ella noted, "Not in pie form. Alright," she laughed, hearing the professor's comment.

Ah, she was in love with this class. This was going to be one fun year. Hehe.

"We okay now?" Ella hissed at Virgi, poking her playfully. A smile lit up her face. Boy, she smiled a lot. The muscles at the side of her face were aching.