Lesson 3 All Years

The woman bit her lip as the hand the held the colored chalk to the board finished writing out what the subject matter for the class was going to be. She'd talked it over with the headmistress and had been approved for what she was going to discuss. Hopefully her little minions would like this subject since most children have read or had them read to them. It would be a common factor no matter what family the child had been born into; wizard or muggle. Hopefully this session wouldn't be as much as a disaster as her first class.

"Right," she muttered and set the chalk down into the holder and turning to look at her empty classroom. "Right," she said again and went to open the door before going and sitting at her desk. Pushing the nervousness aside, she opened her bag and pulled out two stuffed animals which she lined up on the desk with a few other objects. It might have looked weird for a woman to have a rabbit, hedgehog, an egg, and a glass shoe on their desk. If anything it would give the students pause and maybe have them at least try and connect the objects on her desk with the words on the board which she'd written. Pleased with herself she sat back down in her seat biting into an apple for a snack. On the board behind her was written:

Janet glanced at her schedule with a sigh. History of Magic was usually one of her least favorite classes, but Janet couldn't bring herself to skip the lesson, no matter how bad she wanted to. That's what finally lead her to trudge down the hall to her classroom. Before entering she composed herself, taking a deep breath and pasting on a smile.

She entered the room with a soft "Good morning Professor Locke." She waved to the other people in the class and paused at the desk to look at the objects spread out before taking a seat at the front of the class. This might actually not end up being a horrible lesson. She read the board with a little nod before turning her attention back to the objects on the desk as she pulled out her book and things to take notes with.

If this lesson was to be about fairytales then the items must be related somehow. As she looked at them she grinned, understanding the meanings. The rabbit for the tortoise and the hare, the egg for Humpty Dumpty, and the shoe for Cinderella would be her guesses, though she had no idea what the hedgehog could be for.

Bethany smiled at each girl as they came in and warmly returned their greetings. Finished with her apple and seeing that they were ready to start the lesson as well, the woman stood up and gave them a smile. Hopefully this lesson wouldn't disappoint anyone least of all herself. "Well, I'm sure you've each either read some kind of fairy or folk tales, or had them read to you, or maybe have even just heard about them from a friend."

She glanced at them and noted their reactions and continued on. "Just about every culture weather magic or mundane have tales like these and more often than not, they involve some form of magic."

After learning about them herself, she sought out every tale she could find and hadn't stopped with those just from her own country but from everywhere. The researched helped now that she had her own child to tell them to. Hopefully, her class had enjoyed having heard or read them as well.

"And am I correct in assuming you all are curious as to how what I'm saying and the objects on my desk relate. No, your professor hasn't lost her mind." Pretending to think about she amended, "Well, not yet least ways. Would anyone care to give an example of a folk or fairy tale you know that has one of these objects in it?"

Janet nodded as the professor spoke, she had heard plenty of fairy-tales from her parents and the rest of the village. As with her teacher she had taken an interest in them and had gone through the village, knocking on doors and asking for stories. That's where she learned about a collection of movies the muggles watched, called "Disney movies" this is where she found her love for these moving pictures and watched more and more of them.

Janet chuckled at the small joke the older woman made, honestly in her mind, everyone was a little mad in their own way. She asked if anyone knew what the collection of items could be from and her hand shot up.

She pointed to the shoe, grinning. "The glass slipper is from Cinderella." Cinderella was a beautiful movie and Janet hoped they would discuss it further. So far this class wasn't turning out the way she had expected.

Bethany took note of her students tardiness but didn't say anything other than a nod and soft smile to let them know it was forgiven. While she knew that it was generally looked down upon and some punished for it, her view was quite different. At least they made it to class and that was what counted and mattered was it not?

Beaming at Janet for getting the glass slipper she picked it up transfigured it to so it was no longer made of glass but of silk and silver before handing it over to the girl. "Correct. Five points to Slytherin." She was happy that someone got that one. She knew that someone would catch that one right off the bat and she was thrilled.

Giving the other girl a proud smile at her correct answer as well, she nodded. "Correct again for another 5 points for Slytherin." Picking up the rabbit she tossed it to Tess.

"And the question Mr. Moreau, was if you could name a fairy or folk tale that had one of these items in it." Her tone let him know that she wasn't scolding but rather teasing him. She would rather a student ask or have her repeat a question rather then bluff their way through without understanding the topic. If they still didn't understand she would try and explain it another way. She didn't want any of her students to be left out. Giving the boy a mischievous look she asked, "I'll give you ten points if you can tell me why I changed the glass slipper."