William raised his hand." You do not want us to do evil or bad magic to each other" William told the professor.

That door was not going to be very happy with the teacher. That had been a loud slam, and Indy felt very sorry for that door. Whatever had it ever done to deserve that. Bad man. Bad man. Oh the bad man had asked a question. Our bad. Our bad. Wasn't it obvious why you did not kill your classmates. Indy frowned as she raised her hand. "Because it's not very nice..." She would hope none of her classmates wanted to kill her. She would be very offended if they did. "And like...you can go to prision. And they don't serve very nice food at prision. And it's cold. So yeah...killing people is not good...nor nice."

"Noo...." said Victoria immediately. How in Merlin's Beard would they know? They aren't mind readers. Realizing the inpoliteness and the power of the word 'no', Victoria apologized immediately afterwards. "Sorry professor. I think it's because you're about to tell us something really bad that will make us hate our classmates?"

Louisa was reading something in her schoolbook when the slam made her jump. She looked, startled, at the professor who held the paper in his hand and asked a question that was just as weird and creepy as always.

Raising her hand, Louisa spoke, "Because you're the one responsible in front of the adults about a dead body in your classroom?" That was the obvious and reasonable explanation. He better not take points from her for not liking her answer because he tended to mix FEELINGS with EDUCATION. Heh.

Minerva jumped at the slamming of the door. Professor Scabior did not seem like he was in a good mood. She wondered if students were fighting in front of him. She wasn't sure why he placed that on the door so she just sat and listened.

Excuse me. That is rather rude, yes? Slamming doors. Not good. It got Treyen's attention, though.

And...the boy chuckled. Lightly. Then his hand was up in mid-air. "I'm sure you wouldn't want to deal with the mess that may come afterwards, Professor." Yeah, SURELY, that was it, right?

"Plus, that would clash with the Headmaster's advice 'don't die'." True, as well. But the REAL reason behind Scabior's note...he didn't know.

Sky jumped at the sound of the door slamming and looked at the professor with wide eyes. Yikes! Whatever made him slam the door had to have something to do with the question he asked. "Has someone threatened a fellow student, professor?" she asked. Well it seemed like a logical conclusion to her…

While waiting for the professor to arrive, Nikolas was writing his name down on his notebook and when he heard the slam, he jumped slightly and looked up. Scabior was here and seemed willingly to take points...like always.

He asked a question and Nikolas had something in mind about that. He raised his hand "Because of last activity in class?" he said. It had been fun but everyone got too excited it felt like World War 3 was beginning.

Kourtney blinked in askance at the professor as he questioned them to the reason why he put the bit about not killing classmates. She hadn't a clue for she didn't share his brain and thus could not possibly know such a reason. Though, perhaps..."Does this have something to do with the last class with the apple game?" She asked, raising her hand.

Lexi gave a start and stopped prodding Orlando as Professor Scabs or whatever his name was came in and slammed the door. Nothing too unusual since |ALL of the professors around Hogwarts were crazy.

Raising her hand she said, "Perhaps it is part of our lesson for the day? Students that have been killed at Hogwarts throughout history." It made sense to HER... whether that was the case or not was a different story altogether. Heh.

Kurumi jumped in her seat when the door slammed shut. Merlin, what an entrance!

After her heart beat slowed and her breath returned, Kurumi merely looked at the man for a few minutes. Because you want to be the one to do it? But she obviously didn't say that out loud, the those merely crossed her mind.

"Because..." she began as she raised her hand. "...killing goes against human nature and is a way to earn a one way ticket to Azkaban? Or...you don't want anyone creating a horcrux?" It was possible, out there, but possible.

Kurumi wouldn't put it past a few Slytherins to try and pounce on her.

Adam had jumped slightly at the sound of the door slamming shut. He turned to look at the Professor who didn't seem unhappy, at least not from his facial expression, but that piece of paper had obviously been crumpled with some authority. Why did he put that on the board? Well....instinctively Adam thought maybe there had been some fighting amongst students at Hogwarts? "Did you put it on the board to serve as a reminder that it doesn't do any good to physically harm another student, no matter how much you want to or how appropriate it may seem to you at the time?" Adam offered. Really he had no idea if it had something to do with History or not...

Eino flinched when the door slammed shut and turned around. It was Mr. scary-pants. He gulped and followed the professor with his eyes until the man reached the front of the room. After listening to the man's question attentively, he raised his hand. "I ought to think that it is because students are very often forgetful, and small details such as that 'do not kill your classmates' may find a way out of their minds. Not that they would try to." The boy replied honestly and innocently. Eino was very forgetful, especially when it came to little, obvious details. Not that he tried to act them, that was also something that often escaped his mind. Plus, with so much information out there, how is anyone supposed to remember everything? Impossible task.

There was a "why" behind that part of the note? If that was the case, then it was probably deeper than just "because it's illegal," which was the first answer that popped into Vashti's head. Because that was obvious, wasn't it? Surely no one here would seriously consider killing a fellow student in class. So it was probably something else.

Vashti thought about it for several seconds before raising her hand. "Does it have something to do with what we'll be learning in class, Professor?" she asked. "Maybe some time in history - before the Unforgivable Curses were made illegal? - students would try attacking and killing each other if left unattended by an adult?" She couldn't think of a particular time when that sort of would've happened, but it was possible. Maybe.

Professor Scabior had asked them why they thought he didn't want them killing each other. What was up with that? MJ listened as a few people hazarded answers around her. Privately she thought it was because he didn't want a mess on the carpet, but she would never dare say that. Instead, she looked around, interested in her classmates opinions, and eager to find out exactly what their Professor was on about.

Would there be more throwing apples around today? Did somebody somehow get killed last time and nobody noticed?

Jonathan suddenly flinched when the professor slammed the door. What in Merlin's name was that about? He was not the only one with the same expression. Unless one of them was deaf and didn't here that door slamming.

So the first question was given and Jonathan doesn't know why the killing of the classmate is part of history of magic but in the past there has been a lot of killing too, both in the first and second wizarding war. But WHY exactly has he put it there? Jonathan raised his hand to answer "It's against the law to kill someone." well it's true. You'll be put in Azkaban for that. "Maybe someone from the past tried to kill his classmate?" he added.

Huh. Well...Professor Scabior shrugged. "Actually Mr. Montcenaggio I could care less if you guys used bad magic on each other." Bad magic? Dash didn't think there was such a thing. Maybe dark or banned magic. Hm.

Oh. First years. Scabior held back a smirk. "Thats...a good point. Not where I was getting at but you are right about the prison food and temperature.

He blinked a few times before shaking his head. "No. Not at all. Remember Miss DeCour this is History of Magic." Not something like Defence Against the Dark Arts...really now.

Well...that was obvious. Scabior smirked. "Well that is true. But it's not what I was getting at." Good thing to point out though. Hm saving his own butt.

He shook his head. "No. Thankfully that has not happened." And it wouldn't happen. Not in his class a least.

"No. I don't think apples can kill anyways." Well...they could but he didn't want to get into the technicalities of that.

These two seemed to have the same thought running through their brains. Huh. The Professor shook his head but his smirk grew. "No it doesn't." He probably should say something about that..but...he didn't care anymore.

Scabior nodded slowly. She was..getting somewhere. Good, seeing as how Denver was a seventh year, and they were the ones who he expected to be more creative with their guesses. "It has something to do with the lesson..yes."

Killing went against human nature? We'll..."Not entirely Miss Hollingberry. It actually goes against society's norms. It may very well be human nature to kill other humans." Of course..he was just making a point. "But no, that is not why I wrote that. And you children would not know how to creature a horcrux anyways." He rolled his eyes. No way was he worried about that

"No, that is not why Mr. Fitzgerald but good guess." Scabior nodded. It was a basic guess. Good. Made sense too.

Once again, because of a students answer he was unable to respond in anything but blinks. Slowly Scabior shook his head before giving a hard stare at the Ravenclaw. "No Mr. Uronen but..please try not to forget that." He was..going to keep an eye on you now.

"Yes! It does have to do with what we'll be learning in class." He nodded. It had..little to do but it did have something to do with it. "That is a nice guess- but that is not why Miss Greenwell."

"It is against the law and it may have happened in the pass but that is not exactly where I am getting at." Not quite. Not really something that obvious.


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Scabior looked around the classroom. MUCH better desk arrangement. "So I didn't actually expect any of you to guess why I really wrote that in the note." They weren't mind readers, so it was almost impossible for them to figure it out. "However it does have something to do with today's lesson, but it is not really about killing curses." This wasn't DADA. He didn't need to teach them all of that.

"I wrote that killing any of your classmates was not allowed not because all of you are physically able to use the killing curse." No. Because that too extreme anger...and skill. "But because all of you have the equipment too." He paused. "What do you think I mean by that" This question should be easier to answer.

EDIT: OOC: Alright guys! Taking a break. Class will continue again tomorrow at around 4pm EST. Try not to be too chatty please! Also no editing posts.

William raised his hand. " We can use wands and our minds" William told the professor.

Jayden raised her hand slowly. "Is it because we have wands, sir?"

Wait, what?

Evelyn was startled by the sudden slam of the door, words failed her for the question about killing...people. She half expected it was so Professor Scabior wouldn't get into trouble with the Headmaster, what with him having the 'don't die' rule and all, but then again, weirder things had happened in classes. So...much...weirder.

Blinking finally, the Slytherin girl finally took a deep breath and raised her hand. Because they all have the equipment to do so? She would've said because they had wands but... meh. "Anything could be used to harm?"

Alyssa had wondered about that last statement in his note about the 'not killing your classmates' part. She suspected that the Professor had a reason for putting it there, and that it wasn't a side comment or a joke. So she had been thinking about the reason while they were waiting for him to return. "He sure looks like he's bothered about something. I do hope someone didn't do something that was against the wizarding law." Alyssa thought to herself.

But now it was time to concentrate on the lesson.

Alyssa raised her hand, stood up and answered,"Is it because throughout history there have been many deaths, some which may not have been intentional, and as history tends to repeat itself, you wanted to warn us that even if it's meant to be a joke or we are playing around, accidents do happen, and the end result may not be good. That whenever we cast a spell we need to realize what the outcome is going to be, before doing it?"

Then Alyssa remembered the time when a lot of students had died and how some students had almost killed others, during the period when Lord Voldemort had risen again. She was suddenly afraid that something like that was happening again. History repeating itself? "Oh Merlin!!I hope not," she thought to herself.

Even before she had settled in her seat, the Professor was already asking another question.

Alyssa raised her hand again and answered,"Is the equipment you are referring to our knowledge, our wisdom (or lack thereof), and maybe the means to carry out the act like for example using our wand?"

Rubbing his eyes, the seventeen year old tried to make sense of what the professor was talking about. Killing?

Whaa-?

He watched as the usual students - who always had some answers jumped and said stuff. He listened to them and yet it made no sense. And then the professor spoke. Oh.

Raising his hand to answer, Orlando spoke: "Well .. we have lots stuff here that we can use to kill. The wand .. for starters but we can even use the ordinary stuff around us" It would be better if he didn't go into gorey details of killing someone with a desk. There were girls around!

Harvey raised his hand "Is it because we have the equipment such as wands to do it?" it was probably wrong anyways, these teachers sometimes ask trick questions.

Kourtney raised her hand slowly. "Do you mean...literally killing? Or 'killing' in a way that isn't physically killing? Like killing the mind...by using hurtful words and such?" She really wasn't sure what the professor was getting at, but she could at least try...right?

So this was getting confusing and confusing. What was the professor trying to let them unravel for today's lecture.

So far they knew it's nothing about the killing curses, nothing to do with horcruxes and what not. And now, he's asking what makes them equipped of killing a person. By looking at it this way, equipped means.... does that mean a certain thing like a wand? "we have wands sir?" he guessed but he's not entirely confident with that answer. Every wizard has their own wands, right? So what did he mean by because all of you are physically able to use the killing curse.