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On a grey mid-November afternoon, you make your way towards the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, ready to learn about all kinds of weird and definitely not wonderful forms of the dark arts. Everything looks normal from the outside, your usual windows, your normal dull corridor that you've probably walked past too many times. That is, until you walk into the classroom itself.

Maybe 'classroom' wasn't the right term for it because this room lacked anything a normal classroom would have. There were no chairs, no desks, nothing really, apart from a few mats and cushions here and there. But that's not the weirdest part of this set up, oh no! The complete lack of light in the room could throw you off, even if the weather outside is anything but sunny right now.

Confused? You might be.

But don't fret! Bluebell flames are hovering around the 'classroom' in small jars, illuminating enough of the surrounding space for you to see your way around. It also illuminates Professor Hirsch, who can be seen leaning against some kind of black wall. As always, the man was displaying an aura of cool and casual with the way his legs were crossed at the ankles and his arms were crossed across his chest.

So come in, grab a mat or cushion and wait for the class to begin!

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- What are some magical creatures that Muggles are aware of but don't know are magical?
- Name the creature in the picture
- Why does light work against the Gytrash but not fire?
- Mini activity
- Main activity
- That's all, folks!


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Oh! And please note that this is NOT your first DADA lesson of term, even if it's the first one being held by me this term.
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To Olly, the picture looked kind of like a patronus. It was white and all smokey like patronuses were, but apparently that's not what it was. Gytrash. That was a weird name. Gy Trash. Weird. As someone who had grown up in the wizarding world he knew most magical animals, but this one was new to him. He might have heard about it before, but briefly enough that it had never stuck. He just did not remember it, at least.

Doesn't like light, got it. If he ever came across one of those trash things he could just make a fire. Wait, no he couldn't. That wouldn't help. Why? That was what Olly was asking himself so how could he possibly answer? He thought hard, trying to come up with an answer. He had a few possible guesses but nothing that made a whole lot of sense. Finally he just raised his hand and decided to go for it. "Is it because they are fire resistant?"
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By now, she rather felt like Professor Hirsch ought to expect her to be quiet during the discussion portion of the lessons. It wasn’t that Brooklyn wasn’t paying attention, or that she didn’t know. She just preferred not repeating others’ answers and that was her reasoning behind once again keeping her thoughts to herself. As it happened, though, she was hardly interested in identifying a gytrash, when it was just a picture. Pictures were rarely threats, and as usual she had been only taking the barest amount of notes.

Her hand had lazily risen at the question of why fire didn’t work like light did, though. “Destruction,” she said clearly. “The gytrash enjoys darkness and fire destroys. In a way that makes it more connected to darkness than light.” Therefore making it perfectly clear as to why a dark creature wouldn’t fear fire. As far as she was concerned, they ought to feed off of it.
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Niomi had no idea why fire wouldn't work. It is light. She might as well take a guess. She raised her hand and said, "Could it be because of the element that fire had compared to light? Also, maybe the form?" Niomi honestly had no idea. This animal was something new to her. She wanted to learn more about it. Why wouldn't fire work?
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What that thing be? Vivian just squinted at the picture, really. It wasn't really as if she couldn't see, since she was actually in the FRONT row of the classroom. The entire squinting thing was for the dramatic effect, to be honest.

Because she didn't know what in the name of Merlin that creature was. LOL. She raised her hand, nevertheless. "Looks like a big bad dog to me, Professor," the Slytherin said. "As for the otherrrr question... it probably gets energy from fire? Like... thermal energy kinda thing, since light energy is different... although they're kinda connected..." Vivi's sentence slowly faded. Awkward. She didn't know. The dog didn't really look like a nice one either. Vivi preferred her husbandog Prancer. Ahem. Besides, wasn't this supposed to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts class? Oh well. The blonde decided to reserve the rest for a Creatures class.

So she continued to stare at Professor Hirsch. Ah, pretty professor. Pretty face. Pretty subject. Pretty everything.
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Her answer had been correct along with two others, Dot and Blaise. Even if she hadn't remembered it's exact name she had been able to recall what the creature thing was capable of.

As for the next question about why light would cause the Gytrash to disappear but not fire Hady had to agree with most of the answers the were already being given. The difference between light and fire was rather different therefore it made total sense that a creature would be affected by one and not the other. She was remaining quiet though for the moment not wanting to constantly repeat the same answers again and again.
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Esme had never heard of them before and quite frankly she wished to remain ignorant of them. Looked like she wouldn't be taking any midnight strolls in the woods... Not that she really WOULD have, but that was besides the point. Even more reason for her to avoid the Forbidden Forest and she already had a million reasons for that as it was.

Anyway.

She raised her hand to offer a guess as to the answer of the next question. "Does it have to do the with the properties of light? Light is 'purer' - that is to say brighter - and doesn't cast shadows. Basically it's stronger." That was the only reason she could think of.
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A Gytrash? Janelle had never heard of that creature before and now she was sorry to have learned about it. Ignorance was bliss and now she was afraid that she would never feel the same about being alone in the dark. Those things were creepy, creepy and scary.

Janelle took notes on the scary creature and was relieved to know that there was some kind of defense against it. They could hold them off with light. This was good, good to know. Light could even make the creatures disappear. This was very good. Then the bad news. Fire would not have any effect on the Gytrash. And there was the question, why not? Why wouldn't fire work against the creepy dogs? Um........yeah. Good question. Janelle thought about it and came up with a theory. It was lame, but she gave it a shot. Raising her hand, Janelle jumped into the conversation. "Welllll, maybe fire doesn't work because of the heat that goes along with it. Something about the heat might negate the whole light effect." Ok even to Janelle that didn't make sense. You would think that the heat plus light would be more effective than just plain light. Oh well. Janelle just listened to her classmates replies and waited for the professor to reveal the real answer.
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Fiyero scratched his head, staring blankly at the picture. He has absolutely no idea why light could affecta gytrash but fire couldn't. He knew he'd better come up.with something and fast so Professor Hirsch wouldn't think he wasn't participating.

He had to think for a long while before something finally came to him. "Maybe it has something to do with the gytrash being intangible," he guessed. "Light can pass through it but fire can't..." He hoped his answer didn't sound too stupid; it was the only one he could think if.
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Yep, Kitty knew lots about vampires. Vampires was one of her all time favorite subjects, though she had yet to meet a real one in the flesh. Her love for vampires went as far back as her love of all things Gothic.

Phantom dogs not so much. Kitty remained silent as everyone else gave their answers. It looked cool in a creepy sort of way. She slowly took her camera out from her bag and snapped a picture of it. Then she put the camera away and listened as the professor explained that the creature was a Gytrash.

"I really don't know why light would affect a Gytrash but fire wouldn't," replied Kitty, thoroughly stumped. "But I guess Esme's answer sounds the most logical. Some of the other students here said that light doesn't give off heat, but that can't be the answer because light DOES give heat. For instance, muggle made lightbulbs burn you if you touch them when they've been on for awhile." Yeah, she had experience with that back home. "So I agree with Esme."
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Emma had heard of these creatures briefly while at Durmstrang. One thing she remembered about them was that they were sort of like the ghosts of animals, dogs in particular. They were possibly the spirits of crups, which contained a similar forked tail if she recalled correctly. So why did light affect them, but not fire. That was an interesting question indeed.

Thinking back to her studies Emma tried to come up with a good answer. "Professor, does it have to do with the form of the Gytrash. Aren't they believed to be the ghosts of animals, possibly crups because they share the forked tail?" Emma questioned. "Because they are a ghost form, fire would not affect them the same as light. As some people have mentioned, fire can be blown out, while light stands strong and doesn't waver." Emma had no idea if what she said was right, she would have to wait and see.
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Echo raised her hand "Professor, the main difference is the degree of brightness, fire gives off a nice glow sure...... but pure light is so bright that it can be blinding" she chimed in with the rest of the students.
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Hadley was a bit bummed about missing the question. Sure she didn't know the magical name of the creature, but surely that was still what muggles called the black dog, right? No point dwelling on it, she'd just get the next question right. Hads thought long and hard about that. Why would light work, but firelight not work? Shadows maybe? "Is it...is it because they're function like shadows, Sir? Non firelight tends to be stronger and drives shadows away. But firelight is softer and often makes more shadows while flickering?"


Now that she said it out loud, she was sure it was a wrong answer. But, maybe that last part was the key. "Or is it because firelight flickers, and isn't consistent in its brightness?" Hmmm, yeah, the second one sounded like a better answer to her.


……………. Shadows?!

Hirsch considered her answer. And not in the way someone would consider someone else’s answer just to be nice: he really thought about the concept she was putting forward, furrowed eyebrows and all. Shadows. "You could say that. I mean, they’re not physical beings, they're rather ghosts of an animal that can disappear so I understand how you came to that conclusion. Good guess, Haddie." Smile.

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Not Gally-trot then. Jaemin made a face when the real name was revealed, because that was really close to Gally-trot... but then, when the professor told them more about the creature, it was really not close to Gally-trot.

Gally-trot was very obviously not a gytrash.

The small boy watched the picture move and tilted his head curiously; with one not being here, and their only talking about it in theory, he wasn't all that concerned. It was all good right now. He chewed his lip thoughtfully and raised his hand when the professor posed the next question.

"Natural light and firelight are really different. You can't grow most kinds of plants by firelight because it's made up of different wavelengths than natural light is, and it doesn't have all of the ones plants need... maybe the gytrash gets repelled by blue wavelengths?" Which firelight didn't have. Which was why Jaemin couldn't grow his plant patch in his dorm. Which sucked. "Or it's just... not bright enough..."

That could be a thing too. Less sciencey, though.


In all honesty, Hirsch was blown away. He stood there, blinking a few times at the boy, silently wondering if he actually was a second year or if he was, in fact, older. Because this was not something that twelve/thirteen year olds often thought about.

"That’s very advanced thinking, Jaemin. I'm impressed." He might have to mention something to Julien about this. "You’re very right. Blue light is exactly what repels the Grytrash, mostly because of the structure of the light itself. Very well done." He would have to explain this a bit more in a while.

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Um...so...that wasn't a very good answer Professor. It...it's the kind that makes a kid decide that even WALKING close to the Forbidden Forest might not be such a good idea. Like what if there were six of them waiting for him one day--because obviously they would be after him and make deliberate plans to get him without ever meeting him before. Then you had to consider...if they were scared of light...and light was everywhere and...and...how impressive you might seem for catching one. Wouldn't have otherwise crossed his mind but with them SO CLOSE, it would almost seem a shame not to at least try.

But now the Professor was asking more questions he didn't know and just when he was on a roll too! Ugh. The boy twisted in his seat, waiting to hear what the Slytherin Prefect said next but when she didn't immediately speak up, Blaise could see how slow on the uptake he was beginning to look.

Welp, only one thing to do about that.

Hand up once more. "The answer is whatever Dot says it is, Sir. Just as soon as she offers her answer, I want you to know that I agree with it whole-heartedly because she seems well versed on this topic--failing that option, I'd like you to change my answer to whatever whoever gets it right says."

Just saying.


What in the name of?!

A part of Hirsch was very amused by this way of thinking while another part of Hirsch simply wanted to facepalm and pretend that these sentences had never been said to him.

Okay, Blaise, okay. You do you.

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Interesting. Rooney continued to note things down, giving a look at his peers when they answered in turn. He raised his own hand, looking typically unsure of his answer, but knew enough that it was always better to answer than to not. Besides, what if the idea in his head was exactly what was right? Then he'd look stupid. "What about the oxygen levels, Sir? And the fumes from the fire? Does that counteract the light element of it?" If not, did it even do anything?

Now he was thinking about the smell of fire and how much he missed camp fires at camp and the one at his birthday party, with Liv and Char at his side.

Memories, yeah.


This was another interesting response and one that got a smile from the man. "I’d say so. Oxygen would only feed them and since fire releases it, you'd need a lot more fire to counteract the Gytrash in comparison to light. Light’s just stronger." So yes, he was along the right path.

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Juno raised her hand and waited to be called on. Once she was called on, she replied, "Is it because they a ghost or specter like, meaning they don't really have a physical form so fire wouldn't really affect them?" She wasn't sure that this was the right answer but she really hoped it was.

She didn't know much about this animal, in fact she had never heard of it before today. It made her wonder how often her father had to deal with animals, being an Auror and all. She then remembered, to circle Gytrash in her notes as the animal they were talking about.


"Yes!" His eyes were sparkling and a wide smile was in place because this was exactly it. "That’s exactly the answer I was looking for. Well done, Miss Darcy."

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Hirsch pushes his glasses up his nose, Cornelius pushes his up his nose.

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Cornelius knew the name of the creatures. His mum had made sure to educate him on them after that incident. Even Rosie and Johnathan (who was a grown man) was there. The perks of having a beautiful former Ravenclaw for a mother meant she loved to share her knowledge. Knowledge that Cornelius will use towards his success.

Why a gytrash was defenseless against light and not fire? Cornelius bit his lip. Damn. To be honest, he had not been listening closely to his mum because Rosie had been telling him about Vanessa from primary school, and how she had stolen Mr Kenna's sandwich the day before Easter break. Double damn. Cornelius raised his hand slowly this time.

"Light is solid...like it's bright and in your face unless you move it. Fire is unsteady and can be blown out." Poof and you were dead.


What a sweet boy. Hirsch would have to make a mental note to ask the boy about the glasses a little later on, not in the middle of class where it would ruin the vibe. So yes, expect questions about the glasses, Cornelius.

For now, the man nodded along to the answer being given and said, "To put it in simple terms, yes. Fire can kill but it can also be blown out more easily than light. Very good.”

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Blaise got a look. Another one. He was racking up Dot looks these days, and he was very close to his limit. She hadn't even said anything yet, but he agreed with her? What if she said something crazy on purpose just to see what he'd do?

"It must be the property of light that the gytrash doesn't like, rather than the heat of the flame. Maybe a bright enough flame would work, but a lighting spell would be brighter and more effective."


As soon as the Slytherin Prefect piped up with her answer, the man turned to look at her, fully expecting a great theory to be put forward. And he wasn't disappointed, either. "I have to say, you're on a roll, Miss Wojack." He would've said she was on fire but given the context of the class, that might not have been appropriate. "A bright enough flame could work but it requires more force and energy than a simple light charm. Well done!"

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To Olly, the picture looked kind of like a patronus. It was white and all smokey like patronuses were, but apparently that's not what it was. Gytrash. That was a weird name. Gy Trash. Weird. As someone who had grown up in the wizarding world he knew most magical animals, but this one was new to him. He might have heard about it before, but briefly enough that it had never stuck. He just did not remember it, at least.

Doesn't like light, got it. If he ever came across one of those trash things he could just make a fire. Wait, no he couldn't. That wouldn't help. Why? That was what Olly was asking himself so how could he possibly answer? He thought hard, trying to come up with an answer. He had a few possible guesses but nothing that made a whole lot of sense. Finally he just raised his hand and decided to go for it. "Is it because they are fire resistant?"


Fire resistant? His eyebrows were furrowed once more as he thought about this answer from the young Slytherin. "That’s a good way of remembering it. The fire would have to be really bright and exceptionally strong to work but otherwise, it won't keep the Gytrash at bay or make them disappear altogether. Oxygen levels, you know. If you want to remember them as being fire-resistant, then I have no complaints against that."

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By now, she rather felt like Professor Hirsch ought to expect her to be quiet during the discussion portion of the lessons. It wasn’t that Brooklyn wasn’t paying attention, or that she didn’t know. She just preferred not repeating others’ answers and that was her reasoning behind once again keeping her thoughts to herself. As it happened, though, she was hardly interested in identifying a gytrash, when it was just a picture. Pictures were rarely threats, and as usual she had been only taking the barest amount of notes.

Her hand had lazily risen at the question of why fire didn’t work like light did, though. “Destruction,” she said clearly. “The gytrash enjoys darkness and fire destroys. In a way that makes it more connected to darkness than light.” Therefore making it perfectly clear as to why a dark creature wouldn’t fear fire. As far as she was concerned, they ought to feed off of it.


Well if this wasn't a Slytherin way of answering, he didn't know what was.

In fact, it made the man a little worried about the girl’s way of thinking but, then again, this was Brooklyn. She wasn't one to be messed with, remember? "That’s an interesting concept, Miss Andrews. I've never really thought of it like that before." Huh. Interesting.

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Niomi had no idea why fire wouldn't work. It is light. She might as well take a guess. She raised her hand and said, "Could it be because of the element that fire had compared to light? Also, maybe the form?" Niomi honestly had no idea. This animal was something new to her. She wanted to learn more about it. Why wouldn't fire work?


Oh, someone had mentioned elements and form! "Yes, yes exactly. One’s a physical form and one contains wavelengths. So even if some of the properties are similar, one is vastly better than the other at defeating them." Smile. Good, Miss Kelly, good.

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What that thing be? Vivian just squinted at the picture, really. It wasn't really as if she couldn't see, since she was actually in the FRONT row of the classroom. The entire squinting thing was for the dramatic effect, to be honest.

Because she didn't know what in the name of Merlin that creature was. LOL. She raised her hand, nevertheless. "Looks like a big bad dog to me, Professor," the Slytherin said. "As for the otherrrr question... it probably gets energy from fire? Like... thermal energy kinda thing, since light energy is different... although they're kinda connected..." Vivi's sentence slowly faded. Awkward. She didn't know. The dog didn't really look like a nice one either. Vivi preferred her husbandog Prancer. Ahem. Besides, wasn't this supposed to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts class? Oh well. The blonde decided to reserve the rest for a Creatures class.

So she continued to stare at Professor Hirsch. Ah, pretty professor. Pretty face. Pretty subject. Pretty everything.


Hirsch kept his eyes on the girl, expecting her to continue her sentence, but, she didn't? Er? "Why did you stop? You were on the right track." And from such a young mind, too. "Thermal energy is different to light energy. The creature feeds off of the oxygen in fire but light has no such thing."

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Gytrash?

Esme had never heard of them before and quite frankly she wished to remain ignorant of them. Looked like she wouldn't be taking any midnight strolls in the woods... Not that she really WOULD have, but that was besides the point. Even more reason for her to avoid the Forbidden Forest and she already had a million reasons for that as it was.

Anyway.

She raised her hand to offer a guess as to the answer of the next question. "Does it have to do the with the properties of light? Light is 'purer' - that is to say brighter - and doesn't cast shadows. Basically it's stronger." That was the only reason she could think of.


Light’s purer? "That’s an interesting way of putting it. You’re right, it's brighter and stronger and much more effective than fire but light still casts shadows." Unless he was mistaken by her words.

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A Gytrash? Janelle had never heard of that creature before and now she was sorry to have learned about it. Ignorance was bliss and now she was afraid that she would never feel the same about being alone in the dark. Those things were creepy, creepy and scary.

Janelle took notes on the scary creature and was relieved to know that there was some kind of defense against it. They could hold them off with light. This was good, good to know. Light could even make the creatures disappear. This was very good. Then the bad news. Fire would not have any effect on the Gytrash. And there was the question, why not? Why wouldn't fire work against the creepy dogs? Um........yeah. Good question. Janelle thought about it and came up with a theory. It was lame, but she gave it a shot. Raising her hand, Janelle jumped into the conversation. "Welllll, maybe fire doesn't work because of the heat that goes along with it. Something about the heat might negate the whole light effect." Ok even to Janelle that didn't make sense. You would think that the heat plus light would be more effective than just plain light. Oh well. Janelle just listened to her classmates replies and waited for the professor to reveal the real answer.


There were a lot of heat answers here. Good. That meant that they were thinking along the right lines. "You’re absolutely right. Fire is weaker than light because of the presence of heat and oxygen there." He would go more in depth in a short while.

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Fiyero scratched his head, staring blankly at the picture. He has absolutely no idea why light could affecta gytrash but fire couldn't. He knew he'd better come up.with something and fast so Professor Hirsch wouldn't think he wasn't participating.

He had to think for a long while before something finally came to him. "Maybe it has something to do with the gytrash being intangible," he guessed. "Light can pass through it but fire can't..." He hoped his answer didn't sound too stupid; it was the only one he could think if.


Intangible. Good word, that one was. "That’s precisely it. They're not physical beings so why use physical objects against them that they can easily defeat?"

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Phantom dogs not so much. Kitty remained silent as everyone else gave their answers. It looked cool in a creepy sort of way. She slowly took her camera out from her bag and snapped a picture of it. Then she put the camera away and listened as the professor explained that the creature was a Gytrash.

"I really don't know why light would affect a Gytrash but fire wouldn't," replied Kitty, thoroughly stumped. "But I guess Esme's answer sounds the most logical. Some of the other students here said that light doesn't give off heat, but that can't be the answer because light DOES give heat. For instance, muggle made lightbulbs burn you if you touch them when they've been on for awhile." Yeah, she had experience with that back home. "So I agree with Esme."


He did like someone who questioned a way of thinking, as long as it was done tastefully. Meaning, nothing that made him look incompetent which, thankfully, this wasn't.

But to answer her question, "Well, it's like you said, isn't it? Lightbulbs get hot after it's been on for a while. It's an after effect, not something that makes up the bulb. Light is the main function there. But fire is made up of heat and light, meaning that it shares functions. Light in fire is weaker than light your produce with a Lumos spell." Make sense?

"And fire is a physical object, light isn't."

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Gytrash.

Emma had heard of these creatures briefly while at Durmstrang. One thing she remembered about them was that they were sort of like the ghosts of animals, dogs in particular. They were possibly the spirits of crups, which contained a similar forked tail if she recalled correctly. So why did light affect them, but not fire. That was an interesting question indeed.

Thinking back to her studies Emma tried to come up with a good answer. "Professor, does it have to do with the form of the Gytrash. Aren't they believed to be the ghosts of animals, possibly crups because they share the forked tail?" Emma questioned. "Because they are a ghost form, fire would not affect them the same as light. As some people have mentioned, fire can be blown out, while light stands strong and doesn't waver." Emma had no idea if what she said was right, she would have to wait and see.


"Yes, they’re the ghosts of crups and other dogs that wander lonely roads and feed on human prey. Excellent thinking!"

And there was more to be had along the excellent thinking route. Hirsch smiled at the girl and pushed his glasses further up his nose. "That’s exactly it! Light can't be put out but fire can. Very well done."

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Echo raised her hand "Professor, the main difference is the degree of brightness, fire gives off a nice glow sure...... but pure light is so bright that it can be blinding" she chimed in with the rest of the students.


And here was another mention on the degree of brightness. Had these kids read his mind? Or was the question too simple? "You could say it is, yes. A nice glow isn't as strong, is it?"

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See, Rula was usually very excited for her DADA lessons, because Handsome Hirsch was the professor and it was also kind of a fun and interesting class. But she didn't do creepy. She only liked Halloween for the dressing up part - the scary, creepy parts were definitely NOT her cup of tea.

And the current look of the classroom kind of fit more in the potentially scary category right now. So she was not enjoying this lesson as much as usual, which also meant she remained pretty quiet while questions and answers were given. The only thing keeping her focused and taking notes was Handsome Hirsch's face. Still looked pretty handsome even in the creepy bluebell flame lighting.

The gytrash, on the other hand, was NOT nice to look at in this lighting. The sudden appearance of the picture had startled her a little, and she quickly averted her eyes to her notes to avoid looking at it. But then her imagination ran a little wild and pictured it staring at her, or creeping up behind her, and she just had to look up again to make sure the picture was still where it was supposed to be.

Of course it was. Merlin. Her imagination was so dumb sometimes.

At least one of the bluebell flame jars was much brighter now. Could they have even more light now that they were talking about it? Please and thanks.
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Probably Char should be answering questions given she did know some things about the gytrash, but honestly she was far too caught up with shooting SIGNIFICANT looks at Chloe. For reasons.

Carry on Hirsch.

Hirsch.

Hirschy.

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Her answer had been correct along with two others, Dot and Blaise. Even if she hadn't remembered it's exact name she had been able to recall what the creature thing was capable of.

As for the next question about why light would cause the Gytrash to disappear but not fire Hady had to agree with most of the answers the were already being given. The difference between light and fire was rather different therefore it made total sense that a creature would be affected by one and not the other. She was remaining quiet though for the moment not wanting to constantly repeat the same answers again and again.


Ah, silent students. Once again, he glanced over at them but said nothing. It wasn't the simplest of questions so he understood the silence. Some people preferred to be silent in these situations rather than make wild guesses. Just pay attention, okay?


Was everyone done guessing? Yes? Good. Now, he could continue. "Those were some very clever guesses from you all to a very tricky question. Well done!"

The actual answer? "There are a number of reasons why light works but fire doesn't. Or doesn't work as well as you need it to. Simply put, light is stronger than fire. Light is pure light energy which is the exact counterbalance to the darkness that the Gytrash prefers. Gytrashes feed off of the heat and oxygen in fire so you need a really strong, bright flame that gives off more light energy. This requires more energy and let's face it: no one wants to use more energy than they need to, do they?" Perfect for teenagers.

"I mean, think about Patronuses. Why do you think we produce a patronus against Dementors and Lethifolds, your personal light shield, rather than a ball of fire that you can fling at the creatures?" Good comparison? He thought so! "Gytrashes are ghost creatures. They can easily extinguish fire, just like Dementors and Lethifolds can, because it’s a physical object but light? Not so much."

"What really repels Gytrashes is blue light. Light appears in wavelengths, small wavy lines that travel in the air. The wavelengths for blue light is shorter and can be scattered around more, which makes it work better against them. It's small and fast and can travel more efficiently." Too sciencey? Maybe. "So, you need to use blue light against them."

Breathe.

"Lumos works well, and you can use it if you're comfortable with it but Lumos uses white light. If you want blue light, you need to use……." A flick of his wand and a large piece of parchment appeared that noted down the following:

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LOO-mos, Lee-VEN (silent s)

Wand movement: clockwise circular movement with a flick at the end


"....... Lumos Livens. It produces a blinding blue light that works very well against the Gytrashes."

Wow, this was a lot of talking.

"Okay, so you've probably gotten sick and tired of hearing my voice by now so I'll let you all take a rest from listening to me. Before we move onto the activity, I want you all to practice this spell or the Lumos spell, whichever one you prefer to work with. Both still worked, after all.

"In the meantime, get up, have a small shake to free up those muscles and group yourselves into small groups. If you prefer working alone, that's fine too." And he was done talking. Lucky them?



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So yeah, mini activity! YAY! Just practice the spell and get into groups, if you want to. That's all! There are no post number requirements to this so feel free to go crazy ^^

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Hadley stood eager to practice the spell. She found it easier to get the hang of a new spell when standing. Had it gotten colder in here? It might have been her imagination after all the ghost dog talk, but it definitely felt colder.

Hads stepped a bit closer to one of the Blue bell flames, hoping it would give her a little warmth and drew Kira. She started by practicing the wand movements that Sir Knight showed them. A quick clockwise circle in the air and a flick at the end. She practiced it several more times before moving on.

Clockwise circle with a flick. "Lumos Leeven!" She was careful not to pronounce the s at the end. Nada. Seriously? What was up with her? It's like she was worse at casting spells than she was last year when she was a first year. This spell wasn't particularly harder than a standard Lumos spell was, and yet, nothing. Which a frustrated sigh, Hadley tried again. Clockwise circle with a flick. "Lumos Leeven!" Nothing. Clockwise circle and a flick, "Lumos Leeven!" That one got a faint burst of blue. So she was almost there. "Lumos Leeven!" Now her wand was producing a strong and steady blue light.

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Matt would've been snoring by now if this was ANY other subject. But this was DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS, so even though he was sitting comfortably on a cushion, Matt was ALL EARS and EYES and BRAINS and EVERYTHING. As soon as the wolf-like creature was shown to them, he let out a 'COOOOOOOOOOL' and immediately started thinking what he would do if/when he encountered one of those things. They looked WICKED and Matt really wanted to see a real gy-bin. The Gryffindor was now verbalising his wishes to see the real creature someday when the question about fire vs. light came up. Matt had no clue about the answer and he also didn't reeeally care what the real difference was. All he wanted was to SEE A GY-RUBBISH!!

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"Lumos Leviens. Lee-VEN. Lee-van. Lee-ven. Liveeeenns." He could already cast the Lumos spell, so he was confident he would have no trouble with this one. Matt waved his wand in a clockwise circular motion and flicked it at the end while saying "Lumos Livens!"

BLINDING BLUE LIGHT! "RAAAHHHHHH!!!" BOOM. "Nailed it."
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He was right? Jaemin was not quite prepared for that answer to have been right. The small boy blinked in surprise at the professor, only half-listening to the responses he gave everyone else. His plant knowledge came in useful in Defense class! That was... awesome. He bounced a little on his mat and did his best to tune back in as the professor started talking about why blue light, and why certain spells.

NEW SPELLS.

He did love new spells, especially when they had practical applications. Light always had practical applications. The second year dug his wand out of his robes and immediately went to work practicing the movement. It wasn't difficult... clockwise circles with a flick at the end. Easy peasy. He completed it a few times over, humming to himself.

That was the easier part. The hard part was making sure he could say it right... He stared at the pronunciation on the parchment, squinting just a bit. The first part was easy enough, he knew Lumos... Lee Ven. Without the S. Silent letters were so silly.

"Lumos... Lee Ven. Leeeeeeeeee. Vennnnnnn." He chewed his bottom lip lightly. "Lumos Lee-VEN."

Not too difficult. Now he just had to put them together. The boy traced his wand around in circles a few more times before finally pairing them off, staring at the tip of his wand intently. "Lumos Livens..."

The light didn't come out nearly as strong as he hoped it would, but it did come out, bright and full of blue wavelengths. The small boy grinned, holding his other hand in front of it. With some work... it would totally be stronger than what he could do with Lumos alone.
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A new spell to produce light? Niomi didn't know this. She already knew about Lumos. She has used it many times. There was no need to practice that.

Taking her wand out, Niomi took a deep breath, turned her wand clockwise and said, "LOO-mos, Lee-VENS." Nothing happened. Looking up at the parchment the Profess provided for them. Oh yes, the 's' is silent. Time to try again. "Lumos Livens," Niomi pronounced, this time the right way, with the turn of her wand with the flick at the end. All of a sudden a light appeared. Lumos Livens is smilar to Lumos, but an extra word and wand movement. Niomi could grow to like this.

Once more she tried again. A bit loudly this time, "LUMOS LIVENS!" If it was possible the light grew a bit stronger than before. A smile grew upon her face.
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No.

Nope.

Naaaaah.

Cornelius had not grown tired of hearing Hirsch's voice. Contrary, he wanted the man to keep speaking and pushing his glasses up the way Cornelius had copied. See. It was like they were meant to be bros. They both had glasses AND dimples. Case proven.

At the mention of getting up off his seat, the boy did not hesitate. His legs were like, growing or something because he had pains. Growing pains? Maybe. So he needed to stand and stretch, which he did. The curly haired boy stretched his leg, bending at his waist to touch his toes. Then repeated on the other leg.

Ahhhhhhhhh. There we go.

Now to practice how to be a kicker of butt.

"Lumos Liveeennnns," the boy dragged out. No mention of the S. He could do that. Brandishing his wand up like a music instructor, Cornelius traced a circle from right to left, then gave it a flick at the end. Not baaaad.

"Lumos Livens!" he said sharply, tracing the wand movement a bit faster to go along with his tone. The end of his wand lit up brightly, then faded in a slow pulse. Well. Okay. Screw you, too.
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A new spell, built off the traditional Lumos spell? It wasn't a bad spell to know, although awfully specific for general use, but the upside... it was probably easy. Very easy. Variations of Lumos generally were.

The motion was easy. Dot drew a circle with her wand, flicking it at the end. Easy as pie. And the incantation? "Lumos Livens. Luh-mos Lee-van." With the silent s and everything.

Could they cast it yet?
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Echo was just so happy that her answer seemed to be right! yay! go Echo!!

Smirking she listened to the Professor and the reasoning behind why the light is better than fire. Totally agreeing she payed close attention to this spell, she might need it for later for the challenge thingy she entered her self into, and not to mention her OWL's this year.

She already had enough stress on her plate, but she knew that she had to focus.

Standing up and giving herself a little shake she sat back down and took out her wand. twirling it in her hand she started to practice the wand movement in the air. while practicing the spell in her head. She had to work on her non-verbal spells as well. "Lumos Livens" she thought over and over again while they waited to continue the lesson.
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Oh Merlin. Pretty DADA Professor kept his eyes on her. Even the more reason for Vivi to fade away with her previous answer. Vivian tried not to blush much. Ehe. This was insane. She had a ridiculously good-looking Professor.

Must. Stop. GAH.

Taking a deep breath, she concentrated on the LESSON and not on the Professor, thank you very much. So, they were to practice now huh? Well, at least it would give Vivi a whole lot more reasons to distracr herself from appreciating Professor Hirsch's face too much. Can't help it, though. He was a great physical definition of beautyyyyy.

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AHEM. Vivi took out her wand. Lumos Livens? Maybe this was easy, sort of. It didn't seem that complex anyway. Pretty much everyone nailed it so psssshhh this would be no big deal for her then. She practiced the hand movement a bit. A clockwise circle with a flick at the end. It seemed okay. "Lumos Livens... Lumos Livens... LOO-mos Lee-VEN..." A tiny immature giggle followed because... loo. HEHEHE.

"Lumos Livens!" Vivi said, with the hand movement. Hmm... A couple more attempts and she might master this. Also, she was ready for any gytrash destroying! Hoohaaaa!
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She could have taken that response as an insult. Brooklyn really could have, yet she didn’t. Interesting just meant it wasn’t the same answer as anyone else, and that was what she’d been aiming for. Not to mention interesting wasn’t wrong. Plus, Professor Hirsch hadn’t snorted, so it was an advancement in their relationship. A professor/student one, of course. She wasn’t that naïve. It didn’t make her take any more notes than she had been, once the discussion had turned to light energy and patronuses and the like. She was getting the basic ideas down, and she figured she’d pay more attention when they got to the practical aspects of the lesson. Especially if it involved actual gytrashes or simulated ones.

Besides, she hardly cared about the physics behind light waves and all of that stuff. Blue light, white light…if light was the important part, she didn’t see why the color made a difference. She did wonder if they could create green light, though she kept that to herself. Blue was a Claw color, and she liked green better.

Light wasn’t a defense, either way. Learning a new charm was intriguing though, and she slowly stretched out her legs and stood up. She took her time stretching her body out, rolling her neck and nearly looking as if she was about to start a ballet warmup before she bothered to take her wand out. She was perfectly fine working alone, unless anyone desperately felt the need to work with her. “Lumos Livens,” she said softly, listening to her pronunciation as she repeated the incantation several times to herself. It nearly sounded French, which she found interesting. The wand movement wasn’t difficult at all, either. A clockwise circle with a flick at the end.

“Lumos Livens,” she said once more, tracing out the movement with her wand as she visualized the light being conjured. After a moment or two, her little domain was lit with a pale bluish light, and she readied herself for whatever was next. Even as the light faded again.
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Hady had no problems with the fact that she hadn't answered the last question. She had answered the first two which was fine by her and she was indeed paying attention right now, might've even pulled out a sheet of parchment and quill and was taking note. Okay, there was no might've there on that one since it was fact. The girl always took notes, it came in handy.

Listening silently and taking down whatever was being said between the difference of light and fire, why one worked but the other did not. It wasn't the most interesting of information really but it did make sense which was enough for her. Plus knowing how to get rid of something the fastest way was a BIG deal in her eyes. Which is why when told to work on Lumos or the new spell she of course opted for the new one. Hady was never one to pass up a chance to learn anything new.

Returning her notes and quill into her bag she took out her wand. "Lumos Livens...lumos livens...lumos livens...," she whispered a few times under her breath getting a feeling for it. It was easier then many of the other incantations she had learned. Now for the wand movement. A clockwise circle with a flick at the end. Simple enough. Giving it a try a couple of times, she was ready to go.

Rising to her feet and flexing her fingers around the smooth wood of her wand she made her way a few feet from the others. If she got this to work she wasn't about to be blinding anyone with the light. Aiming her wand at a corner of the room she focused her mind on the blue light and spoke clearly, "Lumos Livens!," as she preformed the clockwise circle with a clear flick at the end.

The first time nothing happened but when she gave it another go a bright blue beam of light burst forth from the tip of her wand effectively lighting up the corner of the room. At least this was a charm that didn't take her ages to learn.
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The anxious tension in her chest didn't leave, but at least it didn't get any tighter and the pain was bearable.

Just breathe Azura! She mentally whispered as she tried to concentrate on the Professors next words.. Why did light affect them and not fire?

Her hand want into the air as she spoke. "Light is stronger than fire, it's more focused. And has more wavelengths." She said as she listened and then looked up at the new spell they were going to learn!

Yay! New spell!!

"Lumos Livens!" she said as she moved her wand in a clockwise circular movements with a little flick at the end! Okay! This didn't seem to hard!!
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The boy did absorb all them things professor Hirsch was saying and now he had a QUESTIAHN! "PROFESSAH!" Matt shot his hand up in the air. "You said something about Patronuses and how they're light and stuff. So, would a Patronus work against a gy-rubbish too?" Matt WAS SO READY to cast a Patronus not. He totally could if wanted to not.
Well if this wasn't an interesting question, he didn't know what was. It was certainly enough to gain a rub of the stubbly chin out of the man.

Patronuses? Instead of light? "I don't see why not?" Shrug. "I don't think it's ever been used against them before but the concept makes sense. Even a non-corporeal form should work. But you have to think about the spells: any variation of Lumos is very easy to cast." Even a first year could cast it. "But the Patronus on the other hand, that's a much more advanced spell and is one that requires a lot of energy and force behind it to get it to work." And not everyone could cast it but let's not potential ruin the boy's dreams, okay?

"In that situation, where you need a good enough quickly, I'd suggest Lumos because it's easier to cast and you can use more of your energy on trying to get away. But if you can cast a Patronus and find it easy to do so, I don't see why it shouldn't work." Good enough, kid?

As for the rest of the class, he couldn't help but wonder why there were hardly any groups being formed. Surely, they wanted an excuse to pair up with their friends and chat? No?

Fine. They could do it later as well. In the meantime, he cleared his throat and called out, "Fifteen minutes left and then we move on to the main activity!" Oh, how excited he was for this one. Could they tell?
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Echo smiled and stopped practicing, 15 more minutes left. Standing up from her area she looked around for someone that needed to be in a group still or even her friends of they were around? was her eyesight that bad because she could barely seen anyone? rubbing her eyes she sat back down at still continued her search for a team. speaking up a little bit she said

"anyone want to team up?" it wasnt too loud to get everyones attention because she didnt want everyone to look over at her but meh! hopefully that caughts someones attention.
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