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~New Year~

I'll SEEK you OUT
FLAY you ALIVE
One more WORD and you won't SURVIVE
And I'M not SCARED
Of your STOLEN POWER
I SEE right through you any HOUR

MARINA EUGENIE ALDRED
PROUD HALFBLOOD
SLYTHERIN THIRD YEAR

I won't soothe your pain: Neutral | I won't ease your strain: Review time again... | You'll be waiting in vain: Third Years | I got nothing for you to gain: History of Magic |Wearing

As usual, Marina's hand was immediately in the air. Just because History of Magic wasn't particularly interesting to her didn't mean she was above attempting to earn house points. She also just liked answering questions correctly. "Well, last year we learned about the Ollivander family and their impact on wizarding society through providing better quality wands. Each generation of the family built upon the knowledge of the previous in terms of wandmaking." The redhead was confident she was right and smiled slightly.

Prejudice is stubborn and ignorance is hard.

EYES on FIRE
Your SPINE is ABLAZE
Felling any FOE with my GAZE
And JUST in TIME
In the RIGHT PLACE
STEADILY emerging with GRACE

Shuffling into class, Dominic was far too preoccupied with quidditch to even be worrying about the days subject that was only half scribbled down in his parchment of notes so far. To be honest, he’d gotten instantly distracted the moment he dabbed his quill within his inkwell, and, at the first chance, began scribbling down notes of new plays he could run by with the captain, occasionally sketching a bludger down on the page as well.

His ear pricked each time he heard a voice, only to be sure that his name hadn’t been called out for some odd reason or other, there was nothing worse than having to look up from his notes of quidditch to realize he’d been pushed into the spotlight in class and the horribly fail. It hadn’t happened yet, and he was keeping his fingers crossed that it never would.

Adalaide sighed a little, leaning forward, quill in hand, doodling on the margins of her parchment. Review. Ick. How boring. Normally, she was really happy to come to History. It was a class in which the only expectation was that you pay attention. No pressure. She was good at remembering things, after all. But, if today was just a review... she really wished they were learning something new. Or taking a test on what they'd learned. Or something other than just simply going over things they already knew. Which, she supposed, was sort of silly, since that's all history class really was, but honestly, she didn't care. She just wanted to feel like there was a point to the lesson. Which, if they were just reviewing, she really didn't. She sighed again, looking down at her doodles. Or, sketches, she realized. She'd been drawing her cat. She smiled. It was a pretty good little drawing.

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I'll SEEK you OUT
FLAY you ALIVE
One more WORD and you won't SURVIVE
And I'M not SCARED
Of your STOLEN POWER
I SEE right through you any HOUR

MARINA EUGENIE ALDRED
PROUD HALFBLOOD
SLYTHERIN THIRD YEAR

I won't soothe your pain: Neutral | I won't ease your strain: How odd... | You'll be waiting in vain: Cameron and Nell | I got nothing for you to gain: | Wearing

Marina glanced up as first Cameron, and then Nell sat next to her. Nell she understood, they were close friends, but Cameron? She barely knew the boy, even after two years of school together. All the Slytherin really knew about him was that he was a muggleborn in Gryffindor, who sometimes needed help in his classes, and that he'd had a crush on Caitlin for a long time. Not anymore apparently, because word on the street- or corridor, rather, was that he was dating Elli McHalen, Michelle's sister and Gracie's cousin. Anyways, she could count the number of conversations they'd had on one finger. But, it wasn't like she was bothered by his choice of a seat or anything. She was just surprised. The redheaded girl gave him an encouraging look, because he appeared to be crossing his fingers under the desk. He was right, of course.

Prejudice is stubborn and ignorance is hard.

EYES on FIRE
Your SPINE is ABLAZE
Felling any FOE with my GAZE
And JUST in TIME
In the RIGHT PLACE
STEADILY emerging with GRACE

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Grayson Powell

Now where did I put that wand?

Grayson walked into the classroom, looked around to see that everything was ready, and picked up a piece of chalk. He wrote on the chalkboard, and when finished, turned to regard the class as a whole.



"Hello class. Last time, we went over the subjects you studied last year to refresh any knowledge you may have lost over the summer. Today, we are going to go ahead and study the witch burnings of the 1600's.

"Now, as you are very well aware, muggles nowadays don't know about the wizarding world, due to either ignoring magic when they see it or passing it off as merely fantasy for children. However, that was not always the case. The International Statute of Secrecy was only enacted relatively recently within the last several centuries, which of course hides magic from the rest of the world.

"However, wizards and muggles did coexist at some point. For the greater bit of history, they worked together. However, at some point muggles began to distrust wizards, and some even began to fear them. It culminated into the infamous witch burnings that basically ran like wildfire across the world.

"The witch burnings weren't specific in who they targeted. Mostly, they actually persecuted other muggles who they believed to be a witch. Unfortunately, that wasn't always the case. Many of the witches and wizards they grabbed were muggleborn, and they were unfortunate in that most of the time when they were captured, it was due to uncontrollable acts of random magic they had performed.

"Contrary to the name, burning wasn't the only way they got rid of witches. Stoning, throwing them off cliffs, and even drownings were also considered to be acceptable ways to get rid of witches. Most witches and wizards who were caught actually didn't die, as they were able to cast some form of magic to get them out of the situation. One witch in particular found it quite fun to get caught. Wendolyn the Weird actually was caught a grand total of forty-seven times, mostly in different guises, because she found that the tickling sensation of casting a fire-freezing charm was actually enjoyable."

He sat at the edge of his desk as he regarded the class with a bit of a grin. "As I'm sure you have questions, please feel free to ask them, or if you wish to discuss it, that's perfectly fine too."

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Location: History of Magic Classroom
State: Teaching
OOC: ...
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