Class #1: G&S / 4&5

[Professor Aurora Sinistra]

INTRODUCTION

Group #1: Gryffindor Fourth & Fifth Years
Group #2: Slytherin Fourth & Fifth Years
Discussion: Phases of the Moon

Teaching the younger years was something Aurora Sinistra despised. It wasn’t a secret. It also wasn’t a huge secret that she tended to dislike Gryffindors, because they were just so silently arrogant. The lot of them, almost entirely. If they weren’t, than they were the obnoxious ones that wouldn’t shut up. Combining the two elements into a single lesson was always the misfortune of her weeks; at least they were lumped with Slytherins, just as high and mighty but with the actual actions to back it up. However, as a trained professor, she was required to treat them equally. Aurora turned her sharp nose upwards just thinking about it, striding through the hallway with such quickness that no student dare stand in her way. They had all since learned she always appeared in a hurry, regardless of whether or not she truly was. With her robes sweeping behind her and a thick, ancient-looking book held in her hands, Aurora reviewed her lesson plan. Tonight they would be their second class session spent on the moon’s cycles. If the little miscreants had done their homework, each of them should be ready to have the beginnings of their chart reviewed. For a solid month she had them mark down the position and cycle phase of the moon, as well as comprise a small sketch. It was easy work – and she knew that. It was also easy to grade, unlike the essays they would be assigned before the evening was up. The arrogant Gryffindors would just adore her then. Aurora scoffed in the dim light as she climbed the stairs. She could hear movement already inside, pushing open the tower’s door to reveal a few students. They eyed her apprehensively, and she ignored them. Walking to the designated “front” of the circular room, Aurora rested the book on the windowsill and pulled out her wand. A single wave of it brought the rolling chalkboard closer and then she kept her back turned to the student, writing wistfully across the board. The sooner she started class, the sooner it could end. That required prepared notes.

[chace]

Chace liked Astronomy, for the most part. It was a class that was sometimes outside, at night which was pretty cool, and to his surprise, it wasn't too difficult to see the stars and constellations and do his work efficiently. The subject itself sorta bored him, but it was an easy grade and, hey, it was outside. How many classes were outside, anyway? Like, none. And this class itself was in a classroom because it was all theory and note-taking, which kinda sucked but whatever. It was still easy. So yeah, of course he liked it. And this particular Astronomy class was definitely one of his favourites. It was with the Slytherins, which some of the Gryffindors seemed to hate, but Chace actually rather liked. Most of his friends seemed to be in Slytherin, anyway. Isaac and Tori and Kiki and Skye and... and yeah. His girlfriend. Audrey. Audrey Bingblott. She was already at a desk, and Chace grinned as he approached and sat down in the seat next to her. The moment she'd turned to look at him, he'd leaned over, gently cupping her chin and planting a small peck on the corner of her mouth. "Hey." Sitting back, he fumbled through his book bag until he found what he was looking for. He'd been... well, fairly efficient at keeping up with the cycles of the moon for the past month, and anything he missed he'd guessed at or copied from someone else. Sinistra wouldn't notice, the old bat, so it didn't matter much anyway. Setting it on his desk, he looked over at the one the student on his other side had filled out and tilted his head. Oh. Shit. Hers were labelled differently. "Wait, I thought 'waning' was when it was beginning to show."

[/color] He turned to look at the one behind. Same thing. Oh. Damn. "Audrey, what do you have?"[/color] God. Could he already have screwed up his first real homework assignment of the class? Bugger.

Oh well. It was just Astronomy.
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[audrey]

Audrey had never been particularly studious. Oh sure, she showed up too all her classes - in fact, she almost never skipped one lesson - so she supposed that showed an image of caring. But she honestly didn't. All she wanted to do was get the good grades. She hadn't even considered what she wanted to do beyond Hogwarts that didn't include having a wealthy husband and having a nice, lavish life and -- well, that was pretty much it, really. She wasn't particularly strong at any subject except for Charms, and she wasn't very interested in most jobs - Healer, Auror, banks. Maybe she'd end up in the ministry or something. She really didn't need to think about it at the moment, though. She was only fifteen years - she had a few years yet to worry about the future. For now, she would focus on the present. Like getting through this Astronomy lesson. Shifting in her seat, Audrey took out her books and glanced at the empty seat beside her. She'd purposefully taken a seat at an empty desk, knowing that they were sharing this class with the Gryffindors. And, well, she savored every minute she could spend with Chace, to be honest. Sure enough, when she turned back again it was to see the man himself. A grin lit up her face at once and she leaned forward when he did, happily accepting the light peck and wishing she could go in for seconds. Unfortunately, they were in class. "Hi," she replied brightly, beaming at him and feeling quiet ridiculous for doing so, but not really caring either. She pulled out her charts and crossed her legs, looking over her labels. Hearing Chace, she peered over at his chart and bit her lip, tilting her head a little. "Umm. I think you got them mixed up or something."

[/color] Astronomy had never been her strongest forte, sure, but she still prided herself in being good enough to pass with pretty good grades without that much effort. "Here. You can look at mine and compare,"[/color] she told him, tilting her parchment towards him so he could see, pointing out the differences and starting to explain in a low voice where he went wrong.

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[camerontroy]

Cameron wasn't a big class person. He didn't like having to sit and learn, especially about stars in the sky. Who cares about how the stars and moons appeared in the sky? It wasn't like they were learning about how to stop meteor showers with magic. Cameron snarled, he hated everything about this class. It might have helped his mood for this class if it happened to be located right by the Gryffindor common room. But no, it had to be way up here. The climb was annoying, he hated it. Usually he would have Chace to do it with him, but currently he was occupied with miss Audrey. Cameron had nothing against the girl, he just missed his friend. It might help if Cameron had someone, but the fact was, he didn't. He didn't even know anymore if he was truly going after Emme anymore. Imogen just came out of no where. It was irrelevant. This stupid topic of girls didn't even matter. However, this stupid climb made him think of stupid things. As he finally he reached the classroom, his gaze shifted over the two lovebirds in front of him. Greeeeat. Cameron ignored them though and took the seat directly behind Chace. Setting down his stuff, he shuffled through his bag until he found his homework. Lets see, it was crumpled, marked up in random places, and of course, not done. Cameron rubbed his chin. Well, there goes that good grade he wasn't trying to get. Doing the best he could, he tried to smooth out his homework and finish the last two moon cycles that he had failed to record. His ears pricked to the two students in front of him, Audrey and Chace were talking about the answers. It wasn't exactly a surprise Cameron got the last two answers from Audrey, he would have found the answers anyway. Looking up to the professor, he found it hard not to smirk at her. Oh it was no surprise that Cameron wasn't her favorite student. He'd have some fun this class.

"Ey Chace." He called from behind. He was leaned back in his chair, enjoying every moment of this. He had come in here expecting hell, but then realized he could be the one to make it the way he wanted. He smirked at Chace. "This will be fun."

[Professor Aurora Sinistra]

POINT COUNT

TALLY	Gryffindor	Ravenclaw	Hufflepuff	Slytherin
Attendance	10	00	00	05
Earned	00	00	00	00
Total	10	00	00	05