(DADA) Lesson One

[kenna]

Professor Darling unlocked her door in the morning for those that wished to arrive to class early. She sat at her desk patiently waiting for those that came. On the bored was written a single word, "Welcome." She had intended for her students to guess what their first lesson would be about. She also needed to see how much they knew about DADA and what she needed to go over with them again or for the first time.

Kenna folded her arms across her chest and stared at the door with kind eyes. She knew her students would think it was some sort of joke at first. She was probably only a year older than some. What a surprise it would be to most of them.

[Sarie Thimble]

Sarie ran to her first DADA class with the new teacher she wanted a good seat. She arrived at the door and went inside. The Professor was very young either 18 or 19 at the most but she could teach Sarie was willing to learn. She looked at the board as she sat in the front row. It only said "Welcome". This confused her. Did the teacher want to guess what they would be learning or something or where they not covering any that and it was just to help her get to know them.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn walked in to the classroom and stopped to stare at the teacher for a minute. Was that really her, she looked barely out of school herself. "Umm.. Mornin' Sarie.. Ma'am.." He said, unsure of their new teacher's name, and took a seat in the back.

Who else would show up, Bray wondered and hoped one of his friends would pop in soon before he ended up sitting by himself. He'd seen Bry had signed the list, and Maria and also Nikole while Shay hadn't bothered, typical. So he was probably going to end up sitting with girls as usual. "Rather quiet, I didn't think I was this early." Bray said generally, just to get some conversation flowing.

[phantom]

Adam walked into class, his usual smile upon his face. "Morning everyone." he greeted the occupants of the room, as he took a seat in the front.

[maura]

Kasey skipped into the room. She nodded to a teacher and threw her a grin, before turning to take a seat somewhere. Kase settled on the back row, away from most of the other people. Her gaze traveled to the board for a moment, one eyebrow arched up. No lesson plan today? Or maybe it was a free day. Doubtful, but very possible.

Kris glanced around the room, eyeing all of the students. Well, she knew some faces, but none of her friends were in the class as far as she could see. She really should've payed more attention to the list. Kasey fidgeted in her seat then finally rested her chin on the table. "Dang."

[vampireangel]

Erika strolled into the room, smiling at the new teacher. "Good miorning ma'am." Erika took a seat in a the back near the windows and waited for the class to begin.

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty walked down the corridor munching on a slice of toast, she was not late, but neither was she early. In Girty’s eyes she was onto the perfect timing system and as she entered the classroom this theory was proved correct. The professor was sitting waiting (also she was still smiling which was always a good thing) and the rest of the class were just getting ready talking in a low murmur to each other.
Quickly finishing her toast Girty weaved her way in between the tables and found a table and chair that look comfortable enough and sat down next to it.

As she started to pull her stuff out she looked over at the professor to wish her good morning but all the Hufflepuff could do was stare at her with a small smile on her face. You know you are getting older when the Professors look the same age as you, and this was one of those situations. Rubbing her nose Girty grinned at the Professor and lowered her head, laughing softly to herself.

[vampireangel]

Erika looked up as the door opened once more. Seeing her friend Girty, she grinned and waved. "Girty, over here!" she called.

[briar]

Briar walked into class with a smile on her face. This would be the second lesson she had ever made it to! Big deal for her. She glanced around the room to see where she could sit. She spotted Girty and gave a wave to her. She also spotted Sarie and Bray. Bry walked over to Bradyn and sat in the chair next to his. She leaned over and smiled, "Hey," she whispered.

Bry looked at the teacher in confusion. She didn't look much older than Girty. Having someone thats closer to your age isn't that bad, she thought. At least she could relate to her students better than the old bats that teach them.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bray woke up from his daze when Bry came. Apparently he should've gotten more sleep last night. "Hey, I didn't expect you to actually show. Guess you really wanted to see the new professor." He glanced back at Professor Darling, still skeptical about her being their new teacher. This would obviously be her first class to ever teach.

He glanced around at the people that had arrived, Girty did of course and a quite a few Gryffindors. "Guess all the 'brave' Gryffindors have to take DADA..." He said, rolling his eyes. Bray just really wanted a few hexes to take Shafer Bourke down with after his annoying pranks.

[kenna]

Professor Darling stood up and looked at her class. At least most of the students that signed up had attended. "Good Morning Class" she said, a thick Italian accent falling from her lips. "First, I'd like to introduce myself and tell you all why I had asked you to sign up instead of just show up. I'm Professor Kenna Darling, you can call me whatever you prefer as long as its appropriate. For example, I know I'm just older than some of you so for those that feel a little akward calling me Professor, feel free to use my first name. Second, the reason you signed up was for the sake of keeping attendance. You didn't really have to sign up for the class, I just needed to know who would be a regular in my class," she said with a smile.

Kenna walked around her desk and leaned against the front of it. "Now, who can tell me the name of the Blasting Curse? It's just a quick question so I know how much you know."[/color]

[vampireangel]

Rikki raised her hand to answer, "The name of the Blasting Curse," she replied, "Is Confringo and the purpose of the Blasting Curse, is to of course, make the target explopde."

[Sheba Snow]

Sheba gave a half smile as the first person to answer Professor Darling was a fellow Gryffindor, an ellusive girl who she thought might be called Erika. She was proud to see a majority of the class were also Gryffindors.

It had been a long time since Sheba had attended a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, which were always unusual in one way or another - and this time was no exception as Professor Darling was particularly intriuging. She can't be more than twenty, surely? How did she get a job? Sheba thought suspiciously. She couldn't have known much more than any seventh year. What kind of experience did she have...?

[Edward Niven]

Edward stared at his wand with a flicker of familiarity. He smoothed his fingers over the ridges and bumps that he'd grown accustomed to, before lifting his gaze to stare at the Professor. He'd used a blasting curse many times before, and he frowned at the thought that he was most-likely better at wielding it than she.

Nudging his wand aside with the tip of his ring finger, Edward slowly raised his unoccupied hand. Gazing at their professor challengingly with his dark eyes, he let the corner of his lip crawl up in a smile.

"I would like to see a demonstration please." He said politely, then dropped his arm and his eyes.[/i][/color]

[vampireangel]

Erika looked hopefully at the professor? "May I do the demonstration Professor?" asked the young vampire, making sure not to sound too eager.