NEWT Class One

Belle smiled at Remy, "Thank you Professor. I must say I love yer take on tha whole non-magic approach, some Professors would be appalled." Belle thought of a certain DADA Professor who had been annoying her as of late in more then just class. "I love workin' without magic all the time, it keeps tha mind and reflexes sharp."

Belle growled at herself for that, so much for hiding her Irish accent. Andrian since finding out loved it so she let it slip more at home...but apparently she was letting it come out more in public as well.

"Well i can non-magically do alot of things, but taking care of billywigs is not one of them." commented Mariana smiling considering this to be a rather good choice for a Professor. When she saw Remy first she would never even imagine that one day she would think that. Who would ever imagine it.. she thought for herself as Professor Devaul was about to turn into one of her favourite teachers even though she dated her ex boyfriend. Or at least that was what Mariana thought. "What do we do Professor? Collect some more billywigs? Not that i like them, but i don't mind." she asked putting in a comment here and there.

Remy had to keep herself from cringing at Belle’s Irish accent. Men with accents were alluring; women with accents merely showed their secrets. The Irish in her voice gave away her hometown and traced her to a specific location; it was a pity that a Potter had fallen for someone with such a foul way of speaking. But the professor kept her face pleasant and perfectly imitated a flattered smile. The girl had, after all, complimented Remy’s teaching style, which the dark-haired woman had not anticipated. Belle’s reasons for working without magic were a mystery to Remy, but anyone who voluntarily chose to work without magic must have a reason to do so. Remy could only hope that that secret would reveal itself as easily as Belle’s upbringing had.

Even Mariana seemed to be coming around to the idea of today’s lesson. She was smiling instead of looking as though she wished she were anywhere else, which was a pleasant change. It meant that Remy wouldn’t have to work as hard to get what she wanted, which was always part of her agenda. Remy returned the girl’s smile and even managed to answer the next of what seemed like an endless line of questions without letting the Professor ruse fall away in the slightest.

“Well, I think you may win by default if no one else chooses to participate,” Remy answered her pleasantly, speaking pointedly at the other students, most of whom were dodging and ducking away from the tiny insects instead of making attempts to catch them.

Yeah. Great Death Eater’s they’d be, Remy thought to herself, Sandra would probably eat them alive in the first five minutes.

“But you are welcome to make more attempts if the mood strikes you. There are only five minutes remaining,” she reminded the girls and the rest of the class, thankful that at least something worthwhile had come from this haphazard group of students that attended her first class.

((You have until tomorrow night to reply to this topic. If no one does, I will be ending the class. Points will be awarded in my closing post.))

Mariana was perfectly in the mood for one final attempt. After all these classes and quiditch were what were keeping her thoughts busy by something else apart from the usual. "Who would think i will have a good grade from Care of Magical Creatures.." she murmered under her breath hoping no one noticed that. After all this class and Transfiguration were her bad sides. Unlike Defence Against the Dark Arts and Herbology which she did as an expert.

She was about to get her wand out when she remembered not to use wand and decided to take Belle's advise for catching Billywigs. "Here you go.." she said taking some nice smelling powder she had in her pocket since a while ago though remembered it only when Belle used sweets to catch her billywigs. The powder was glowy, pink-coloured with sweet aroma. It flew through the air making Billywigs slow down a bit.

Mariana grabbed gloves from the supplies quickly waving with her hand managing to catch a fair lot of Billywigs at once placing them where they previously were taking care they were safely inside before she would close up. "Not bad for a begginer. Thanks for the tip." she said winking to Belle using a bit of American accent she picked up while she lived in America though that rarely happened.

In the five minutes that remained, the scene looked dreadfully similar to the way it had appeared in the first fifteen. The other students who had bothered to show up to class had been more afraid of the tiny creatures than interested in catching them, which had resulted in an overwhelming victory for Belle and Mariana, the latter of which had managed to round up most of the remaining Billywigs. Only four of the blue insects still swarmed about, not having managed to sting anyone because Luke and Elizabeth had been cringing near the fringe of the Forbidden Forest and Belle and Mariana had been altogether successful in their task.

Without blinking an eye, Remy turned from the scene and turned to survey what was left of the tools in her box. Seeing a poor number of choices, she averted her attention to the fringe of the forbidden forest, where a different type of tool caught her eye. A branch on which a spider had spun its glossy web would serve as a perfect round up for the last of the Billywigs, and after removing the branch Remy swept it in the air around the remaining four Billywigs, moving only as much as she had to in order to catch the lot of them and return them to the box with the others.

Her task complete, Remy dusted her hands off on the thighs of her jeans and turned, plastering a smile on her face for the benefit of Bell and Mariana. The girls had, surprisingly, lived up to their famous last names – though Belle wasn’t born into hers and was really only borrowing it from her husband – which meant they had become prime targets for Remy’s attention and for her report to Sandra.

“Well, girls,” Remy said approvingly, “It seems you are the uncontested winners of today’s contest. Congratulations,” she applauded, then directing her attention to the students as a whole as she dismissed them.

“This less is adjourned. I will see you all next week,” Remy said dismissively, adding, “And hopefully some of you will be more willing to participate at that time,” in the direction of the embarrassed looking pair who had only now come out of hiding.

And with that, she began to clean up the tools which had been removed from the box, replacing them from where they had come. By hand, of course.

((Points awarded:

Elizabeth Eplee: You haven’t posted since the beginning of class – and I very much doubt that you are even an active member of this site any longer – but your posts were solid. 10 points to Ravenclaw.

Luke Night: I am not sure it is even worth mentioning that you came to this class. Your posts were brief and not exceedingly well thought out, but they did advance the progress of the class. 5 points to Gryffindor.

Mariana and Belle: You both did exceedingly well in your actions in the class. You participated to the fullest of your abilities, and you both came up with creative ways to catch the Billywigs. Your posts were of good length and were well thought out. I am slightly disappointed that neither of you roleplayed being stung by a Billywig, because I think that had potential for entertaining roleplay, but you did well nonetheless. 25 points to both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

See you all next class.))