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Originally Posted by JustAlice

Aurora made her way up to Ancient Runes straight after breakfast, she was determined to do well in her lessons this term and if that meant not hanging around in the Great Hall to talk to people so she'd be late then so be it.

She walked through the door... oh, first one here? Hmm. "Good morning, Professor." she said politely, taking a seat somewhere in the middle of the room. She took her quill from her back and wrote her name on the parchment in front of her.

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Aurora Stewart-Quinn
Seventh year Slytherin

The revision for his first lesson, where he was going to teach kids instead of grown-ups, was over just as the first kid walked into the classroom. Botros kept the parchments in front of him, his cane balanced beside him on the table, and smiled nodding at the red head. "Good morning." It was a relief she was alone, he wasn't going to hear annoying chatter sounds...

Text Cut: Alexa

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

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She was not amused.

Ancient Runes wasn't exactly just a few rooms down from the Great Hall yet it was her first class of the day. Couldn't they be a bit more considerate of lion students. She had to get up, walk all the down a long flight of stairs, get breakfast only to have to walk right back up. Lex would need to have a word with the Professor, things couldn't continue like this.

She walked into the class, feeling only slightly better about this year. Runes Guy was dead which meant a new Professor which meant...well she didn't know but it meant stuff!

"G'Morning Professor--" OLD MAN! Somehow she had a feeling this was all announced last night at the feast, you know, that he'd be the new Runes Professor but she hadn't been paying attention so YES she was surprized. And lookit! STUFF.

Lex quickly picked a seat riiiiiiiight up close to the Professors desk and eyed the things that she was supposedly not to touch. "Will you be showing us a bunch of squibbly lines today, Professor?" If so then she needed Jake! While she waited on an answer she kept moving her hand towards pile but kept pulling away before she actually touched it. The thing wouldn't get crossed at her teasing it, right?

... or not, really. The small Gryffindor had a strong dark brownish aura (which if you were as well-educated as Ab, you'd know to indicate fatigue or stress). "Good morning," making sure to stress every letter because her greeting didn't sound grammatically right. It's been a long time but he was one hundred percent sure eleven year olds knew how to talk.

He eyed her cautious hand and firmly but with his usual husky and soft voice replied, "Impatient Gryffindor, are we?" Besides "And 'squibbly' is not a real word." It appears that there's A LOT he had to teach them today.

Text Cut: Aquila

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

"Ancient Runes...."

It was the Ravenclaw youngun's first class-- and she was still trying to get used to schedules and uniforms, so it wasnt strange to find this little one struggling to read the parchment in her hand that bore her agenda for the day and looking for the right room with an armful of books and parchment sticking out oddly and close to falling off. She wandered down the corridor several times before finally entering this room and she saw the elderly MAN writing something on his desk.

Large soulful brown eyes gets even larger. This will be her FIRST class being taught by a MAN.

There was usually a greeting, at least back in her island. But at least she's figured out that her ways were much different from how things were done around here, and her gaze darted to that ginger in green robes, the little blonde Claw followed suit "Goodmorning Professor B-- " Sweet Hestia what was his name?? She struggled to look at her parchment which promptly triggered a collapse of all her books and materials towards the floor...

*flails!*

"Sorry!!" she whimpered as she hastily collected her things

He took his eyes off the screaming aura kid just in time to see a similarly small Ravenclaw having a dilemma holdin-- okay, that's it. He waved his wand and lifted all her things off the floor and even out of her arms, "Let me help." They floated through the air and were set down on a desk on the first raw, next to the impatient Gryffindor. "And good morning to you too." She tried to get his name but no worries, introductions are for a bit later.

Text Cut: Beezus

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora

After the gratifying breakfast at the Great Hall that lovely morning, Beezus promptly prepared herself for Ancient Runes. They had a new Professor, which meant a new environment to learn in and new rules to live and work with. In high spirits she walked into the classroom, tugging on her necktie as she entered.

Immediately, she saw the old man. "Good morning, Professor." the brunette greeted with a slight nod before taking a seat. Finding a piece of parchment on her desk, she scribbled her name. Also, here were some stuff next to her desk too.....and instructions on the board. Okay, no touching...just staring suspiciously.

He nodded back at the next Ravenclaw, took an extra moment to examine her badge and figure out she was one of the Prefects. "Good morning." He should try extra hard to remember this one's name, might come in handy if something required running since it's a bit hard to run with a cane.

Text Cut: Zhenya

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Ancient Runes. A lesson she didn't really do well in, but one that she didn't hate. She just wasn't good at it, although there had been a few lessons she had enjoyed. As she walked into the classroom, she noticed there was another Professor there. She wracked her brains but couldn't remember the last runes Professor's name, but had he been one of the ones who were eaten? Or did he leave during her third year? Shrugging to herself, she walked through the door and glanced at the Professor.

"Hi Professor Botros," she greeted with a nervous smile. She wasn't good at meeting new people, especially Professors. "I'm Zhenya." She wasn't sure what else to say, so she turned around and collapsed into a seat feeling quite embarrassed.

She took her parchment, dipped her quill in some ink, and wrote;

Aw, wasn't this Slytherin a lovely polite one? Botros' face softened as she approached, "Hello Zhenya. I hope you had a good breakfast." He was big on breakfasts when it came to kids. His own kids and their kids had their share of punishment and detentions for skipping that important meal. Watching the girl retreat back to one of the seats, the old man's eyes went to his watch.

Text Cut: Dylan

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Originally Posted by THE Govoni

After having a rather large breakfast, Dylan made his way up to Runes. It was bitter sweet because he was still bummed about Professor Jenkins no longer teaching the subject...even though that he been two years ago. Hmph. Dude had been cool.

As far as the Slytherin was concerned, however...as long as he could understand what the Professor was saying this year, they wouldn't have issues...

Entering the classroom, he quickly grabbed a seat, preparing for the lesson. Breaking out some parchment, ink, and a quill, he did the name-thing...

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Dylan Montmorency
Sixth year Slytherin

Folding it in weird ways, the Captain propped it up on his desk.

They needed an origami lesson at this school...

Oh, and as an afterthought...."Good morning, Professor."

A quiet one walked in, Botros acknowledge the boy and his shiny hair for a second before getting back to his parchments. Soon, the same boy seemed to remember that it was actually okay to say something to the old man behind the desk. Ab smiled and nodded at him, "Good morning... Captain." Another badge. This one actually might do him better than the Prefect girl. Boys were made for physical fatigue, and this one could be a perfect fit for Botros' running issue.

Text Cut: West

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Originally Posted by Tegz

West was WAY too excited for this class. He was a THIRD YEAR NOW and of course he'd chosen Ancient Runes as an elective. He'd only ever been to one class, and that was on account of Professor Jenkins had done an intro class especially for first years when he was just eleven. BUT NOW he could do runes properly!

"Good Morning, Professor." For reals. It SO was. He went ahead and sat down, with space on either side for friends and such, and wrote his name on the paper.



Did he need his house? Wasn't that obvious by his uniform? West didn't bother with putting Slytherin on there, instead he eyed the pile, wondering if the stuff underneath was for making their own runes. THAT WOULD BE COOL. He hadn't made a runeset in ages!

"Good morning," Ab's smiling face was getting more and more excited because everyone who walked in so far was fully awake. He expected sleepy heads, a lot of them. Apparently, though, university kids partied way too hard for his morning lessons.

Text Cut: Messer

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Originally Posted by Poolicious

Ancient Runes.

He has Ancient Runes for his first class of the day? Ugh. He's never really a big fans of ancient things so yes this lesson is never been in his favorite list. Messer practically had to drag himself from the Great Hall to the fifth floor.

Stairs, stairs, stairs and more stairs.

And finally the fourth year arrived in front of the classroom. He walked through the door and immediately he saw The Ancient Runes Professor. "Good Morning, Professor. Welcome to Hogwarts." Well, he didn't get a chance to welcoming the old man during the opening feast soooo yeah...

After Messer settled down on one of the empty seat, he took out his quill from his bag and wrote down his name on the piece of parchment.



There. Done.

The Hufflepuff uniform caught his attention before even the face that belonged to this Hufflepuff. Botros smiled, a bit nostalgically, at the robe and then up at the boy. "Good morning to you, young lad. Thank you, it's a pleasure to be here again." The professor's eyes continued to look at the boy as he claimed a seat and started writing his name and year. Aah, good ole' times.

Text Cut: Ivy

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Originally Posted by BethBeth

Ancient Runes. It even sounded scary.

Ivy entered the classroom nervously. Her first sight was the old man, who must be the teacher. "Good morning, Professor," she said. He looked strict and almost as scary as the lesson he taught. She went to sit down in the first empty seat she saw, which was the middle of three empty seats, meaning both spaces either side of her were empty. For now. That was a good thing though, because nobody would see how scared she was or how badly she was doing.

Picking up her quill, Ivy wrote her name, year and house on a piece of parchment in her very neatest handwriting in case the Professor was really, really strict about that kind of stuff.



*Breaaaaaaath*

Aw, another Hufflepuff. This time she was way smaller than the boy before her. "Good morning, dear." Was her face always so pale and stressed? Abraham watched her for a second pick a desk, she wasn't about to run away, was she? He'd motion for the captain to run after her if she did because, really, Runes don't bite.

Text Cut: Jory

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Ancient Runes. The subject fascinated Jory but he was not too good at it. "Good day, Professor,'' he greeted the new teacher. He took a seat in the third row, eyeing the pile next to the desk.

Drawing his attention away from the pile, he took out his quill and wrote the necessary:

It was as if all the Hufflepuffs went up the stairs together! "Good day to you too, my boy." Ab extended his smile over to the hufflepuff boy and slowly grabbed his cane, preparing himself to stand up and walk down the few steps closer to the students' desks. Even if his knees didn't work well, Abraham never sat in his classroom until it was over.

Text Cut: Lilly

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Originally Posted by george is cool

Brilliant.

Ancient Runes. The worst of all lessons except Potions. But the Potions lesson itself wasn't so bad; It was all Lafay's fault. It was remarkable she was still at Hogwarts. Most of the other teachers Lilly had had last time she was here were long gone, it seemed.

The girl was glad she wasn't late. The stairs had been annoying her again. Stupid stairs. Lilly hated how they moved everywhere with no apparant pattern or anything. Seeing the old man at the front who was supposedly the teacher, she put on a nice fake smile. "Good morning Professor. How are you?" she asked politely.

Seeing the instructions on the board, she went to sit down at an empty desk next to a little girl, probably first year by the looks of her. Hufflepuff. Like Violet. Siiigh. "Hello," she whispered, before sitting down and taking her belongings from her bag. Lilly wrote down her name and such, using her pretty new quill with her pretty, shiny new ink.

Still holding on to his cane, Abraham used the desk to lift himself off the chair balancing his weight on both hands. A Gryffindor was approaching by the time he got his back up straight and moved a single step forward. "Hello, I'm doing great, thank you. I hope you had your breakfast, today." She looked like a good kid. Bony good kid. He ranted in his head about today's criteria for girls to get pretty. They encouraged them to starve themselves, those kids were soon going to look like matchsticks barely attached to their body.

Text Cut: Daichi

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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

Awww! Why did they have to put Ancient Runes as the first lesson of the year in his schedule? Daichi was horrible at this subject, they knew that! ...they knew ...right?

Still, there was nothing the Slytherin could do about it so he followed his fellow students in to the classroom. Once inside, Daichi's brown eyes found the new Professor sitting on a chair while writing something down.

Merlin that man looked OLD!

Checking if his badge was still pinned correctly on his Slytherin robe. Daichi walked to the front of the classroom while passing a few tables. He was a bit nervous because he wasn't a star in this subject but he still needed to set an example for the others cause of his Prefect badge. But...he was only human too right?

Part duck part human , i mean.

"Hello Professor" He greeted the man as his cheerful self and bowed. "I wanted to say Welcome to Hogwarts" The Slytherin smiled before waving his hand and after reading the instructions off of the blackboard he found a place to sit.

Botros, instinctively, bowed back to the back. He knew those traditions and respected them. "Thank you, Prefect." The name of the boy was missing but soon he'll try to memorize them. He set a goal for himself today, at least the student leaders' names should be memorized.

Text Cut: Oichi

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa

Oichi yawned as she got up and headed out to Great Hall for an early Ancient Runes lesson, ugh. She got to the Ancient Runes classroom and opened the door. Great, this place looks completely boring
She saw the professor and said, "Good morning Professor", Oichi said trying to not sound too groggy. She then took a seat at one of the normal desks which her head fell upon.

Oh yeah, that was more like it. Ab smiled and patted the girl's head. "Good morning, dear. I hope you had something to eat before coming to class." She looked like she JUST left her bed. That was no brain for this subject.

Text Cut: Oakey

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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE

Oakey did not eat breakfast, in fact he out right skipped going to the Great Hall at all. He woke up early and stayed in his Dorm room quietly figuring out what went wrong at the feast between him and Mordred Mordaunt. Occasionally he even reminded himself that Ancient Runes was his first class of the term, his favorite class, the class he was only ACCEPTABLE at!

He entered the classroom looking to the new Professor who looked a tad older than his GeeGee. "Good Morning" He said to the new Old Professor, and took a seat in the second row. No front row for anyone ACCEPTABLE in this class, he dropped his pile of Ancient Runes, and Nordic Myth Texts onto it and slumped into the chair.

His stomach growled loudly as he filled out the piece of parchment with his name on it, and sank lower into his seat.

This one's aura was awfully wrong. Ab's soft smile fell to a sympathetic one. "Good morning, my boy." He followed the Hufflepuff's heavy steps until he slumped onto a seat. Something was definitely wrong with him. Maybe he didn't like this subject? Poor dear.

Text Cut: Minerva

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva walked moved with the rest of the group as they filed into their next class. Ancient Runes. This class had to have had the most professor, maybe not, but it just seemed like it. This term was no different and Minerva hoped she could understand this professor, because Ancient Runes was not one of her strongest classes.

Looking around she found her seat and pulled her parchment to get ready for class. "Hello Professor, welcome to Hogwarts" after greeting the professor Minerva began writing the information that was asked of her so that she could be well prepared.



That's when it truly hit her. The excitement of starting a new term quickly went to a shock of realizing she was not just a younger puff anymore. She was a fifth year. Fifth year already, it didn't seem real, no, not until writing it on her parchment.

Now that he'd stood up, there was no need for his cane all that much. But as was his habit, he held on to it and moved to stand in front of his desk. "Good morning to you too and thank you." They were very nice and welcoming today. Hopefully they stay that way when he starts handing out homework and activities?

Text Cut: Sky

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Okay, so this was Sky's first true attempt at this subject ever. Sure, her tutor had gone over a few basic facts with her before their lessons ended, but for the most part she was completely in the dark. So, why had she decided to come? Her aunts urging really. Her aunt thought that it would look best if she was taking as many subjects as she could, for some reason. Of course, Aunt Roxi was crazy, but she loved the woman enough to actually do as she said in this case.

Sky entered the room as cheerfully yet politely as possible and took a seat. She glanced at the pile of..... whatever by her desk, then at the board. No touchy. That she could do. "Good morning, professor," she greeted before writing her name and stuff on the parchment in front of her. Once that was done, she set it up towards the front of the desk then sat there quietly waiting for class to begin.

Botros started walking between the desks, careful he didn't bump to touch the piles set between the rows. "Good morning," he said toward the Snake girl, and watched her for a moment write her name down.

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Originally Posted by WillowSeawinds

Ancient Runes. The one class Rowan truly dreaded and first thing in the morning too. Well, she was determined to work harder this year. "Good morning, Professor," she said as she entered the room and gave the professor a smile.

She quickly scanned the room to see who was here. Not recognizing anyone, she made her way to a seat at the very back. After placing her bag on the floor she took a seat and proceeded to write her name on the parchment.

Another pale-faced and stressed young girl. Ab's face softened as he greeted her back, "Good morning." They were so cute stressing over a subject in school. He was so glad he ditched changed the subjects of his teaching to children - they were so lovely.

Text Cut: Kat

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Ancient Runes. Well, the previous Professor passed away. Does that mean no more having struggles with the accent? She hoped so. With Christiansen's accent, it was a bit difficult to understand what he was saying. Hopefully the new Professor didn't have the same accent. It would be annoying. Kat walked in the classroom and smiled at the... old man who was now their Runes professor. "Good morning, Professor," Kat greeted, acting casually even if she kinda forgot the man's name. Then she took a seat.

Nodding and keeping his smile, Botros noticed the new Snake girl. "Good morning, dear." He saw her follow his instructions and satisfied moved his attention to the younger students trying to decipher the mystery that is the pile by their desks.

Text Cut: Nigel

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel walked into Ancient Runes and noticed the pile of stuff next to every desk.

Hmm.. Very mysterious. Nigel wondered what was that stuff. Well he guessed the Professor would tell them when class started.

"Good Morning, Professor"

Nigel walked to a empty desk and wrote on the parchment the required writing.

The professor moved back to his desk and leaned on its edge, "Good morning, young boy." Ravenclaws were usually the curious ones as this boy proved by staring hungrily at the pile. But he didn't attempt to touch it, that was good.

Text Cut: Jake

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Originally Posted by Syd

Jake was... exhausted. Having not slept well the night before, he was a bit irritable and very sleepy. And, to make matters worse, one of his worst subjects was held first thing in the morning. Why he didn't just give up on it he had no idea. That would be the smart thing to do. But it was too late for that now.

As he walked into the room, he took a quick scan to see the decorations. It was usually pretty interesting to see what professors did with their classrooms. This one, though, was just desks. And... piles on floor. Glancing to the front, Jake saw instructions on the board and nodded to himself. No touchy. Also, at the front, a figure caught his eye. The old man. Lovely. That pretty much guaranteed that this class would mean extra sleep hours.

"Good morning, Professor," he greeted politely with a slight wave. He turned toward the desks, yawning, and took a seat in the first empty desk his eyes fell on. Which also happened to be right next to Alexa. "Hey," he mumbled to her under his breath. He didn't want to get in trouble for talking on the first day, so that would be all he said. So instead of saying more, he dug out parchment and a quill and followed the instructions given to them.

An interesting note would be most of the sleepy heads today were Gryffindors. And Gryffindor prefects. Botros kept his smile and nodded back at the boy, "Good morning." He wanted to mention breakfast, too, but the boy has probably JUST dragged himself out of bed. There was no point. Maybe the feast from the day before still had its effect on them.

Text Cut: Nessie

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Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh

Yawn. First class of the day and it was Ancient Runes? That was Nessie's least favorite subject and for that reason it was hard for her to smile brightly as she entered the classroom. The new Professor looked just as ancient as the subject and that didn't exactly excite Ness, but what did excite her was what she saw by each desk.

Things covered in cloth? Interesting, for a change.

The red head wanted to take a peek, but it was a good thing she read what the blackboard before had done anything. She walked past the ancient looking man and gave him a nod along with a greeting and introduction. "Morning Professor, I'm Renesmee Dixon, Hufflepuff Captain." She felt a bit weird saying the end bit. She didn't feel it was that necessary to mention she was Captain but for some reason she did. Oh well. Not the end of the world.

The Hufflepuff then sat down in the last row. The last row, in case she wanted to fall asleep that was. Next Nessie took a piece of parchment, wrote her name and year down and lastly folded it in half so it could stand nicely on her desk.

A passing Hufflepuff kid. "Good morning, Caprain Dixon." Another captain to use in case of emergencies. This one was a soft girl, though, Ab's first option was STILL the boy captain. Merlin's beard were all the leading roles taken by females in this school?! Hopefully there was another captain boy.

Not that he had problems with females in leading roles, but his nature always got the best of him and he rarely let himself ask a tiresome task of a female. They were like glass, easy to shatter.

Text Cut: Juliet

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Originally Posted by hjhm

New day, new lesson....

...and apparently new professor as well. Juliet saw him in the feast but wasn't quite sure which one is he. There were a handful of new professors for this term, not that Juliet had a problem with it. Change is good probably. However, Ancient Runes is not a subject that she can promise to keep her mind focus at. Sigh.

Upon entering the classroom, everything seemed to be in order and students were trying to find themselves their seats. Juliet sat down in one corner, near the window. She hopes this would keep her alive. Yes, she's that motivated. She glanced over to the Professor and greeted him with a smile "Good day professor" and then she placed her bag on the floor and sat down on the vacant seat. She then took out her parchment and quill, then began writing:



That should be good.

Another bony kid. Abraham inclined his head at the Slytherin, "Good morning, dear." He really, really hoped this one had some breakfast before getting to class. She looked as though she was about to faint any moment.

Text Cut: Ethan

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Originally Posted by emjay

Ethan had almost wished he failed his Ancient Runes OWL just so he wouldn't have to take it at NEWT level. The class was so incredibly dull to the boy, but the truth was he was actually quite good at the subject not that he'd admit it. And now, at the insistence of his parents, he was here again this term.

He certainly wasn't looking forward to class as he trudged along the fifth floor corridor. He knew there would be a new professor this term, but he was sure this guy wouldn't be able to make Runes any more exciting than the next guy. Pausing at the entrance of the classroom, he gave a small smile to the old guy sitting there. "Good morning, Professor," Ethan told him with a nod as he walked past. "Welcome to Hogwarts."

Walking through the classroom, he noticed how full it was getting and recognized a few familiar faces, giving smiles or nods to each. The sixth year soon found a seat, then glanced at the covered pile on the floor next to him. Shrugging lightly to himself, he turned his eyes to the notes on the board, then began writing his information on the parchment.

Aw, more polite students. Ab should keep track of those. "Good morning, dear. Thank you. Welcome to Ancient Runes yourself." He should've said this to all the previous welcoming kids. Oh well, he was about to say it in a few moments.

Text Cut: Mackenzie

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Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn

Mackenzie slowly entered the classroom, she looked around at the other students. As she passed by the professor she smiled "Good morning professor." Quickly Mack took her seat near the front of the room.

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Mackenzie Jones
First year, Gryffindor

"Good morning." At least this Gryffindor wasn't so sleepy. He smiled softly at her as she walked over to an empty seat and started writing her name and year.

Text Cut: Dylan

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Originally Posted by MagicalWorld

Dylan entered the class and looked around, darn the professor was there so he couldnt prepare for a prank he may..or may not have had in his head. Oh wells no worries he would leave that for another day or another professor. But first things first greeting the old man "Hey Professor.. how are you?" he greeted before looking at the class, it was getting quite full already.. but there was a seat near the back of the class. So he made his way over to it "Hello to you all" he said to everyone that was currently there in the class even if he didnt know them. Cause he was excited and couldnt wait to start doing spells and stuff

But when he got to his desk he saw a pile next to it that was covered, he was about to ask the professor when he read the blackboard. Do not touch? Ok he wouldnt touch it



He then looked at the pile again that was next to him after he had written his name out, but he was really tempted to touch it and see what was underneath. After a staring contest with the pile he gave in and decided to see what was underneath, afterall it couldnt hurt to just get a peek at the items underneath.. right?

... oh look. "Don't touch the pile. The instructions on the board are clear." Ab's voice boomed in the silent room, his eyes sternly looking at the boy. Disobeying rules in the first five minutes through school year was definitely not a good impression on your teachers. wait at least a couple of days

Text Cut: Eliza

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

Even though it was her second year, Eliza was still a bit nervous about her first lessons for the term. She'd gotten up extra early that morning to make sure everything was in order in her pack. She'd straightened her quills, smoothed her notebooks, and bookmarked pages in her text books the night before so that in the morning she could just get dressed and go. She did not want to be late like she had nearly been so many times her first year. This year she would be better and she was betting the professors would be expecting her to be as well.

She walked into the Ancient Runes classroom with a somewhat full stomach from breakfast. She hadn't wanted to overfill herself, lest it came back to haunt her with her nerves. She saw that the professor from last year was no longer there. Someone new was in his place. That's odd, I wonder what happened to Mr. Christensen... She approached the new man and with a bright smile she greeted him, "Good Morning Mr..." Shoot, what's his name? She gave a desperate look at the blackboard but saw no indications. "er, Professor," she finished as she blushed and awkwardly rushed her way to a seat.

Well that was graceful, she thought to herself. She wrote her name on some parchment as instructed, and also took note not to touch the things under the canvas by her feet. Odd...What could we need to decipher runes with?



She looked around the room and saw some familiar faces, which was more than she could have said last year. Whew, at least I don't feel as alone as last year. That should help with the jitters. And with that realization, she already felt less nervous and started looking forward to the lesson.

After willing his face to go back to its normal softness, Botros nodded at the little girl. "Good morning to you too. Take a seat and don't touch anything but your parchment." His eyes went back to that kid who almost touched the precious things under the cloth. Baddie.

Text Cut: Natalie

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Originally Posted by Zoe

Natalie was ready to head off to her first class ever at Hogwarts after enjoying that rather satisfying breakfast. With an apple at hand and her messenger bag slung over her shoulder, the short girl followed a number of students into what she assumed was the Ancient Runes classroom. A little frown appeared on her face when her eyes fell upon the professor. Would it be rude of her to give him the apple? Only the best students brought apples for their teachers, but … he was old. She definitely would have brought him some applesauce had she known his age.

Turning that frown of hers upside-down, she walked over to the man and said, “Good morning, professor.” The girl left the apple on his desk and took a seat near the front row of the classroom without saying another word. As she took a quill out of her bag, Natalie took a quick glance over at the professor before writing her name and year on the parchment. Hopefully he wouldn’t be offended if the apple was too hard for him to chew. She was just being friendly.

.... okay, so far the naughty boy did not cause a riot of any kind. That was good. "Good mor--" He paused, looking at the apple the girl just left on his desk. His smile was back instantly, it was for him, right? He loved this kid. Not only did she bring food this early in the morning (which meant she was one of those who had breakfast) but she brought a healthy kind of food. Could he go and pat her head? He didn't, seeing as the girl already was seated. "Thank you for the apple." And he took a bite off it to make her happy. It was polite, too.

Text Cut: Belle

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Belle was keen on trying Ancient Runes this term. This will be her first time ever doing this class. As Belle entered the room, it reminded her of an old fashioned classroom back in her hometown. As Belle entered the room, she nodded to the professor, "Good morning professor, how are you?" she asked polietly.

Then once she found her seat, she found a piece of parchment and wrote on it


Then she looked at the pile she was not allowed to touch. It seemed weird but she knew she couldn't touch it without permission. Belle got out her notebook was ready to take some notes.

Ab nodded and smiled back at the girl. "Good morning, I'm doing great, thank you." Oh and she was another Prefect. He was glad the student leaders showed interest in this subject.

Text Cut: Cassia

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

It was early..VERY early that Cassia was dragging herself to this early lesson. She couldn't understand why couldn't they delay this lesson. School just started and Cassia needed some time to get used to waking up early. She didn't know about the other students but ehh....Her rest was more important now.
With her bag slung over her shoulder, Cassia entered the classroom. She stood and cast a general look around and noted that the class is different from last year's class. Probably because the professor died and all. HOWEVER, the snake despite her tiredness was eager to see what was this new professor all about.
Wow, he really was old! Was Cassia's first thought when she looked at the professor sitting. The third year shuffled further inside and stood near the professor and spoke. "Good day...." The girl paused to find an enormous YAWN. Because it's not cool to yawn at someone's face especially a prof . "....Professor..." She managed saying. He might have heard and might have not. Moving along , the thirteen years old looked around waved at her friends and walked towards a seat at the back. Settling in, Cassia retrieved a piece of parchment and scribbled down her name and year,

Finishing Cassia leaned back in her seat and yaaaawned hoping this lesson will fly by.

Not only Gryffindors, apparently. Botros stared, amused, at the young girl as she yawned and dragged herself through the classroom. "Good day to you, dear. Hopefully you managed to get something into your open mouth this morning." It looked as though it stayed open for too long.

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter

Wade firstly looked in juuuuust to make sure he didn't oversleep.. Good, he wasn't late, that was all that mattered to him. Hands in his pocket he casually whistled softly while walking into the classroom, only stopping at the sight of well, an elder-looking man.

Clearly he was a Professor in Wade's mind, coupled with how intent the man looked at the parchment he was writing, to disturb him or not.. well, it was proper to greet your teacher. "Lovely day, Professor..." Pausing since he didn't know his full name, yet. "Writing something important, sir?"

Then he went to take his seat, his attention fully on the pile by his seat.. What was that? Turning to ask the Professor did Wade notice the clear instructions on the board.. Hmm, he wondered why it was there if it wasn't meant to be touched.. Ah well, sitting down he wrote on the parchment his name and year.. but couldn't help glancing at the pile next to him that was desperating calling him out to touch.


Looking back at the Professor, then at the covered pile again.. Maybe a little peek won't hurt, it's not exactly touching..He reached a hand over about to remove the cover from it.

Botros nodded at the boy, "It certainly is." A good day, that is. "Everything is important enough if we look deep enough." He smiled and after a short moment continued to eat the apple from that girl, not moving his eyes off the Hufflepuff boy - which turned to be quite the wise decision.

"[b]I will ask you not to touch that yet, young boy./b]" His voice came just as loud and firm as before. "The instructions are clear." He waved his wand and the writings on the blackboard grew significantly bigger.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa entered the Ancient Runes classroom and noticed the new Professor busy writing at his desk. She walked up to him and said with a smile,"Hello Professor. Welcome to Hogwarts."

She then quietly took a seat, picked up her quill and wrote down her information on the parchment in front of her.



Then she put down her quill, opened up her textbook and started reading as she waited for the class to start.

The apple was almost gone now, as was his frown and firm face. Just in time to nod and smile at his new student. "Hello my dear. Welcome to my class." He watched her settle into a seat withOUT touching the pile. Good girl.

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Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Christmas entered the Ancient Runes classroom and said "Good Morning Professor" Christmas took her seat quickly and picked up her quill and write down her information on the parchment in front of her



Christmas put her quill and quickly looked through her textbook

He nodded at the new Gryffindor. "Good morning, young girl." He waved his wand and made the apple's core disappear before shooting the apple girl another bright smile. He was so proud of her.

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Originally Posted by jujune29th

Ancient Runes, what?

That was far from Sophie's favourite subject and she had no idea what it was all about, even though she had taken lessons on this before. That stuff just never made sense in her head.

The main reason why she was here today was that she wanted to please her father as much as she could now. And what better way to do that than attending as many classes as possible and getting... well, at least some acceptable grades. Her dad did know she was no good at Ancient Runes, but he'd be proud if she at least tried, right? Right.

Walking in the classroom, the brunette looked around and quickly spotted Oakey. That was one of his favourite classes, wasn't it? Great! He would be able to help her!

Hurrying over, Sophie smiled at the unknown professor. "Hello!" She greeted the wizard as she sat down next to Oakey and gave him a quick grin, not noticing his bad mood. It was a bit too early to be noticing things anyway. Reaching to her bag, she pulled out some parchment and quill and copied what everyone else was doing.

He returned the girl's smile and felt the excitement radiate off of her. "Hello, dear." He loved those energetic kids when they knew when to speak and when to stay quiet.

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Originally Posted by SweetPeea

Thankfully class hadn't begun yet, which made Violet rather relieved. She was a little late waking up this morning, only because she couldn't find her new bracelet that she wanted to wear, and because she couldn't find it, she practically turned her whole dorm upside down. BUT thankfully, it was where she leave it...in her bag. Silly Violet! But NO matter!

She walked into the classroom and saw the Professor by his desk. Violet of course went up to the Professor bowing her head slightly in respect saying,"Good morning Professor, welcome to Hogwarts.." Violet smiled politely and then turned on her heels walking to take a seat. She placed her books neatly on her desk and pulled out her usual peacock feather quill. Violet then almost instantly wrote down her name on the parchment for the Professor.



She then sat properly in her desk waiting patiently for the class to start. But of course in the process, she couldn't help but begin to twirl her hair a little bit. And for her hairstyle today, Violet had managed to figured out how to a fishtail braid, which she's never done before! She had seen it in an article in Witch Weekly, so she figured why not try it out! And she had to say, that she was QUITE pleased with the result.

"Good morning and thank you very much." Botros smiled and nodded at the next excited girl walking into his class. This one, though, liked her hair apparently. Girls.

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Originally Posted by Emzily

After two years of Ancient Runes, Theo still didn't get it. So he was hoping that this term would be THE term. Did anyone actually care about this subject? Bleh, anyway... he made his way to the classroom and slooooowly sat down.

"Morning." He said to the oldie teacher.



He jotted it down messily, then rested his chin on his hands and gazed off somewhere. Boredom, boredom, boredom.

Not an enthusiastic one. No worries, Ab believed he had the remedy for this. "Good morning." The boy better be one of those who had breakfast.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura sat down in her seat, this was seriously not her favorite subject as the last professor found out, but she was going to try and do her best and see if she could improve on the subject, to her if something was ancient, it was in the past and you couldn't really change anything about the past so why they were talking about it she had no idea but well she was going to try and pay attention today.

Laura smiled at the Professor. "Good day Professor." Laura really was looking forwards to seeing the Professor in action, so now it was time to sort things out, she then copied what everyone else was doing.

Abraham smiled at the Hufflepuff girl, "Good day to you too, my dear." He lifted himself off the desk and took a few steps forward to face the kids. It was time for class.

"Good morning everyone and welcome to your first Ancient Runes class this term." Botros started, giving looks to those not paying attention to him. The piles were obviously too intriguing for young people. "I'm Abraham Botros, your new Runes professor. Before we start I'd like us all to take a moment of silence in honor of the unfortunate professor before me." He bowed his head and clutched the cane with both his hands.

....

One moment was done. He raised his head slowly and continued, "This subject, as you all will see, is mostly a theoretical one which tends to give the wrong impression on most scholars" Tsk tsk tsk, shame. "Together we'll try to take small gradual steps in order to understand the sacred runes of Odin - Runic magic, in particular." They were wizards and witches afterall. So no, they were not about to learn how to write in runes. That was too boring.

He moved to the side and waved his wand at the blackboard, removing the earlier instruction. "Runes of Odin, runic magic, runic inscriptions. I keep repeating the word rune. Who knows what are runes? Or what does the word rune mean literally?" Positioning himself on the middle of his desk, he leaned on it and waited. "Raise your hand first, please."