First Years, Lesson Six

LESSON SIX
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Noel was ready for the lesson of today. Instead of giving his lesson in the classroom he had led his students down to the lower levels of the castle for their final Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson of the year. Their final lesson with him was going to be a short one. A semester's worth of teaching three classes was kind of heavy for his first year as an professor. But he liked it, that was the most important thing. And next year it would go even more easy. But exams were still there too. Besides, this lesson was all about letting the students decide what they wanted to do, he would give them the opportunity to leave and study in the library if they didn't want to practice their wandwork.

''Right, everyone come in, there's plenty of room for everyone,'' Professor Waldgrave said excitingly. It was the last lesson for the first years and they could decide for themselves where they wanted to spend their attention too. ''I'm going to keep things short and simple today. The room we're in right now is the Duelling Chamber and is open to all students. You may freely practice your wandwork here,'' Noel wondered why he had never participated in dueling when he was an student. But he had other stuff like quidditch and classes, leading the brotherhood and later on being an head boy to be busy with. He than waved his hand toward the many dummies and practice targets throughout the room. ''You may also try to duel with other students but keep in mind that professor supervision is required to do so. If you are interested in learning how to duel, you may want to consider joining the Student Defense Association. Hogwarts also gives its students the opportunity to duel one another competitively by organising a school duelling tournament, these are open to second years and above.'' He than told them. ''You are free to use the rest of the class period to prepare for the end-of-semester exam if you want. Feel free to practice your wandwork or leave to study in the library.'' He knew that not everyone wanted to practice the spells they had learned in class this semester, so figured that some of them would leave the Duelling Chamber in favour of studying in the library or somewhere else that was quiet enough. Both parts were important, for the exam.

If some decided to leave here and do whatever they pleased would be their own loss. It wouldn't be his fault if those students failed their end-of-semester exams. ''Remember that the exam will consist of a practical and a written portion, meaning that you will need to study both.'' And with that he let the students do as they pleased while he stayed behind to supervise those that wanted to practice their wandworks.​

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Roleplay the lesson. Tag @Professor Noel Waldgrave if you want me to interact with your character!

 

[Elijah Edogawa]

As soon as he heard they were heading to the duelling chamber, Eli grabbed both his brother and his cousin so they could walk down together. The idea that the duelling chamber was open for duelling practice but that they needed professors supervision did seem a little silly because what was the point of even having a duelling club like SDA if they couldn't call on someone from the SDA to do it? Would the SDA club president have been a good enough proctor? When the professor mentioned they could leave to study in the library, he checked with Jonah and Eury if that was what they wanted to do, because it honestly might have been easier to do that than to hang about in the duelling chamber since as first years, they weren't really allowed to duel anyway.

@Eurydice Nightray @Jonah Edogawa ​

 

[Daiki Saito]

Daiki arrived at the duelling chamber, where they needed to be for this lesson. He looked to the professor as the man explained what they were doing, though it did feel pretty obvious. He nodded along with what the professor said and demonstrated before partnering up with Kairi and then beginning to practice the spells. He wasn’t very good at it, partly a reluctance to hurt his friend, but he was managing both spells, so felt fairly happy about how he’d done in the lesson.

 

[Eurydice Nightray]

Eurydice walked with her cousins as they followed the rest of the class down to the lower level of the castle. Eury was familiar enough with the lower level having been in the area quite several times in the last year. After all, the kitchens were here and so was the Slytherin Common Room. The only area she didn't really venture to was the Duelling Chamber and that was because they weren't really allowed to duel as first years anyway. She listened with half an ear as the professor talked about the place, which was weird since apparently they didn't actually need to stay here anyway. She agreed with Eli and they dragged Jonah between the two of them to slip away from the chamber and to the library.​

 

[Lilith Ilves]

Lilith looked around the Chamber with wonder in her eyes, it was quite amazing honestly. Seemed like something out of a movie or a book and she quite loved the vibe it had. Her gaze shifted to the professor who was explaining the agenda and options, looking around for a bit she decided to divide her last lesson in half. Lilith took to one of the training dummies and started firing spells at it, honing her technique and getting more comfortable with the idea of using those spells. For the rest of her time she moved to the library for reading, figuring her time could be spent well by practicing both practical and written.

 

[Kairi Kennedy]

Kairi was almost a little sad that the school year was almost over. She liked it here- it was warm, and comfy, and there were her friends here. She sighed, dragging herself out of bed and making herself get ready for the day. She stretched as she left the dorm. Lessons that day were simple- review her spellwork. She smiled at Daiki as they partnered up, but she didn't try her hardest. They both got in a few spells a piece. After class was dismissed, Kairi decided it was time for snacks. She hurried after Daiki, determined to try and talk him into raiding the kitchens with her.