Sixth Years, Lesson Three

"Good Morning sixth year," He said, as he fixed a few things on his table and then turned to face the class. He flashed them all a small smile. "I hope your week is going well." He took his coffee and took a small sip, before placing back on the table, as the final few students arrived. Misha walked to the door and closed it. He knew that most would not enjoy this lesson, it was largely theory based, but because he believed in practice being the best thing for all students.

"I hope you did the reading I set, or none of this will make too much sense." A few people nodded, and well, Professor Haden was not convinced that they'd all done the reading. He knew some might just know what it was, but he felt like asking anyway, "Let's test it, who here can tell me what a Disillusionment Charm does?" He chose a student who appeared to be confident in the answer. "Yes, you!" Professor Haden picked the student and waited. "The Disillusionment Charm is a charm that hides the true, magical nature of something" the student replied. Well, Misha was happy, at least one person had really done the reading, and actually knew what they were doing. That was good!

"Exactly! Take a couple of house points!" He said with a smile. "Now, the Disillusionment charm is one of my personal favourite Charms, it causes an object or a person to become like a chameleon, and I trust that all of you sixth years know what chameleons are famous for." he paused. picking his wand up from the table, waving it, and then his desk, and everything on it took the appearance of the wall behind it. While the desk was more or less gone, if any of the students were really looking hard enough, they’d be able to make out, the outline of the table. He gave the desk a quick tap, and it came back. "The Disillusionment charm is mostly used to hide magical creatures from muggles. Because we hardly want the muggles knowing that dragons or hippogriffs exist." he gave the class a warm smile.

"When casting the charm either upon yourself, or on others, it will feel like someone has cracked an egg on their head. To cast the spell upon yourself, you must wave your wand around yourself, like so," Professor Haden demonstrates this by waving the wand around himself, and then he blended into the background. "To remove the charm, cast Finite." He said, as he reappeared. "Now, it's your turn. I'm giving a couple of options, since you are sixth years and no longer need constant supervision. You can, practice here, on anything in this classroom, on each other, or you can leave, and practice else where. All I ask is that you attempt to disillusion something before the next lesson. But please, do not go around disillusioning the younger students, because I will end up getting into trouble." He said picking up his tea, while smiling at his students. He knew that they hadn't probably had the idea until he'd brought it up, but he knew it wouldn’t go down well if his sixth years were going around making people almost completely invisible. "That’s all for today, and for next week, as well as a bit of practice, read the chapter on hover charms. Thank you, have a great rest of week sixth year. I'll be here, if you have any questions!"


- RP Lesson. Attendance post is fine!

 

[Callie Cardoso]

Callie walked into the charms classroom and took his usual spot in the room. His gaze moved towards the professor at the front of the room as she got started on what it was they would be covering within this lesson. She nodded along, taking a couple of notes from what was being said and then the professor let them try it. Callie took her wand and pointed it at her textbook and then tapped and after a few tries the spell worked and the book vanished - seemingly so. She practiced it a couple of times, doing and then undoing it until the professor packed up his things and left the room.

 

[Enoch Goldewyn]

Enoch walked into the charms classroom and took his usual spot in the room. His gaze moved towards the professor at the front of the room as the man got started. He nodded along to what was said, making sure he understood it and then the professor was handing the lesson over to them. Enoch nodded along, eagerly taking in what was said. Eventually they were allowed to do the spell and he immediately got to work. He practiced the spell a few times on inanimate things and then did it to himself, feeling the odd sensation the professor talked about. He removed it from himself and then headed out of the room.

 

[Aurora Chase]

Aura knew about the disillusionment charm because she’d spent quite a bit of the summer reading ahead in most of her books. What else would she do when she had them so early? Unlike some people who seemed to like to wait until the last minute to get their books, Aura wasn’t silly and she’d gotten hers early. So when professor Hadan asked a question, Aura immediately raised her hand. "The Disillusionment Charm is a charm that hides the true, magical nature of something". She wasn’t surprised she was correct as it was right out of the textbook and then she moved on to taking notes. She knew what a chameleon was, but she wasn’t sure she would have equated it to that, more to the way the shimmer on water could make someone seem to disappear. Looking at someone under disillusionment almost made you not want to. Not gone exactly, just bent and blurred. When they were invited to practice she partnered up with someone and smiled at them, inviting them to go first, it was easy when they already kind of knew what they were doing, which was helpful, muggleborns learning things for the first time was just annoying.​

 

[Teddy Pirrip]

Teddy was very excited to learn the Disillusionment Charm in class today. He listened to the lecture and to Aurora answer, interjecting to hopefully get a house point or two for himself, "It doesn't so much hide, but disguises, Aurora." Teddy corrected, because there was a difference in his opinion. He listened to the lecture, then was looking forward to trying it out for himself. Teddy practiced in the classroom a few times but he was struggling to fully disguise himself, sometimes a few fingers or a foot not covered by the spell. He decided to take a break then continue practicing later on that evening. He did eventually master it later in the day.

 

[Lucy Montague]

Lucy entered the classroom, taking a seat. She liked charms a lot, and had done her readings. She raised her hand but wasn't chosen, though Lucy didn't mind too much. She tried not to snicker at Teddy's correction - it was a little pedantic, but a little true at the same time. The lesson continued, Lucy taking notes and wondering how difficult the charm would be. She decided to stay in the classroom to practice, trying to use the spell on her supplies. It didn't work that well the first time. She puffed out her cheeks slightly, focussed harder, and the second time she got it. She had the knack now, and managed to vanish everything she owned. Then she did the mundane task of casting the counter-charm on everything. With the lesson over, Lucy packed up her now visible supplies and went on her way.