Harshing sat at his desk, killing any insect life that filled the air whilst admiring a skeleton on the wall next to him. This lesson was about Macabre. He waited for his class.

Erika walked into the DADA classroom. At first look in she saw Harshing which made her advert her gaze away and around the class as she took a seat waiting for everyone else to show up.

*Kiley reluctantly walked into the room and sat in the back of the class. She slumped into her chair and sighed, looking away from harshing, hoping that weston or mel would show up soon.*

*Melanie walked into the classroom. She was immediatley ready to run out..again. She tried to remind herself why she came anymore. Because the school says I have to. she thought. Damn them. She looked down at the ground but still managed to find her way to her normal seat in the middle of the classroom.*




~Mel

Kiki walked in behind Melanie, and took a seat next to her, and silently mouthed "Hi" to her, and then same to Kiley.

Like fluid, slick and sharp, harshing withdrew his wand turned like a dancer and fired a blasting spell at her that would throw her across the room.

"SILENCE IN THIS CLASSROOM" He roared, baring his teeth.

*Melanie thought that the spell was for her, so she had ducked, but when she noticed that it was aimed for Kiki she looked panic stricken, hoping she wouldn't get hit.*



~Mel

OOC: Ok, I really need to carry on the lesson so lets say Kiki got hit.

BIC:

Harshing smiled cruelly and turned to the rest of his class.

"Macabre" he said simpley, rolling the rs on his tongue. "Define." He looked around wanting hands in the air.

*Melanie raised her hand*
Melanie:"Something that represents or brings death, or horror. Like...mass killings or attacks, or anything along those lines."



~Mel

Harshing pointed his wand at her and shot a pulse of electricity at her.

"It is common manners for me to choose whom I want to answer. If Gryffindor had points they would all be gone" He snarled at her. "Looks like its detention you pathetic little carcinogen"

OOC: Hehe. CARCINOGENS HALUCINOGENS MEN AND PEEWEE HERMAN!

Haha, I have no idea if I spelled Halucinogens right but oh well.

Yeah. Never say Carcinogens in front of me or I start singing.


IC:

*Mel almost dodged the electricity, but it ended up singing some of her hair. Melanie sat back up normally and felt bad for being so stupid. She was stupid. Liam would agree, after all, he hated her.*


OOC: Yeah, Mel still believes that Liam hates her.



~Mel

OOC: haha, sorry I was playing toontown for two days straight. Arn't I a Dork :P
IC:
When kiki got hit with the spell it mad her desk fall backward. She silently jumped out of it, and pushed it back up and sat.

OOC: crappy post

*Melanie looked over at Kiki, not willing to speak and ask her if she was okay, knowing she'd get both of them in even more trouble, but trying to ask her just by looking. Which was hard....*



~Mel

Kiki saw Melanie looking at her she tunred her glaze over to her, and gave a small, but slight nod saying that she was.

*Melanie felt better now. Her friends were okay and as long as they were, she didn't care about any stupid detention she had*



~Mel

*Kiley sat back in the back silently, taking notes so harshinf wouldn't yell at her. Maybe she could get out of there with the same amount of blood she'd come in with......fat chance, but maybe.* Maybe he just won't notice me.....that'd be nice...

"Ah Kiley" he breathed, gliding over to her, his eyes rattling red raw. "You are familiar with macabre. Please, tell us what it tastes like to feel ones own blood trickling from a wound caused by this wand" he smiled in satifaction as he held up his own wand.

"And, how it smells to scent the tears of your friend" he turned to mel and licked his lips. "Perhaps you should watch her detention."

Then he came out of his little world and went back into the class mood. "Yes, Macabre is a crucial weapon of the dark arts. For example the dark lord uses macabre symbolism to present death."

"The serpent - the devils form, biblical in essence. And, the skull- what is revealed when a man has died and rotted" he took a pleasure out of the words, his eyes shimmering.

"Who can name me another macabre symbol?"

*Kiley silently looked back at harshing, her eyes cold and hard. She refused to let him in.....she didn't want him to win from mentioning him hurting her. She tried to block the images from her mind*

Harshing twisted his wand through the air to perform the strangling curse on Kiley.

"Perhaps you can help us out Kiley" he taunted her knowing that she wouldnt be able to speak whilst being strangled.

*Kiley immediatly sat up, her hands moving to her neck. She couldn't breathe or even cough. Kiley thought of weston and how they held their breath and counted how long they could do it. She could hold it for a little over a minute....Kiley looked up to harshing, pleading with her eyes*

"Well?" harshing snarled cruelly keeping the curse on.

*Kiley was beginning to feel lightheaded. A minute had come and past. She grabbed a quill and wrote on a sheet of parchment very large so he'd see 'A RAVEN' as an answer to his question. She wasn't sure if that was right but she needed to guess.*

Harshing removed the curse and flicked his wand to produce a Raven patronus, his own patronus. It shrieked like a banshee and swooped around the room before vanishing.

"A Raven is the bird of darkness, a harbinger of death. I am surprised that your mind was able to contain such information" he sneered at her.

"ANd it is the bird we will be studying for the next few lessons." A box appeared beside him, he opened it and 30 or more large ravens burst out and began to shriek and coo. One landed on each desk.

"All of you will have this raven for 3 days, you will observe its needs, patterns and communication and write down why the bird is considered a bringer of darkness with your evidence from observation. I am expecting 6 feet of parchment by next week, you will have the lessons to work on your report."

Harshings own raven came to his shoulder, it was battered and had, unlike the others, sparkling red eyes and a longer, sharper beak. Also in its tail was a silver feather. "Your ravens will vanish after 3 days."

"You may begin your work!"

*Kiley gasped for breath as soon as the curse was lifted. She closed her eyes and rested her head on her dask to catch her breath while rubbing her neck*

*Melanie backed away from the desk, afraid that the raven was going to peck her face off. She laughed a bit, thinking that it was some kind of joke*
Melanie:"You want me to carry around a blood thirsty Raven that could try to hurt my son for 3 days?"

*I'm putting it in a cage. She thought.A very very very secure cage, preferably with no airholes so it dies.



~Mel

"SILENCE" Harshing roared in her face, "You pathetic filth, why do you think I am allowing you to study one? A raven is STEREOTYPED as evil, its just a large blackbird - do you really think one of these could hurt your pathetic child?"

He smiled. "But I could." - "Watch each and ever step you make because I own many instruments that your child may want to play with."

*Mel felt sick to her stomach.*
Melanie:"I am, but even if I just stand here and exist you hurt me so it's rather hard."



~Mel

Harshing grabbed mels face with his hand and clenched tight. He left a soft, delicate kiss on her forehead then bit her skin harshly hoping to draw blood.

*Melanie screamed, not only because of the pain, but because....he was scary...and he was close to her. He did draw blood, but Mel was too busy screaming and crying to notice it*




~Mel

Harshing released her, specter-like and pale white in macabre. He turned and walked through the wall.

OOC: Thats the cue for the end of the lesson.

Kiki was just sitting there watching it, wanting to stop it, but of course didnt have the coarage to do it