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First lesson after lunch

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The first years settled after lunch, and whatever amusing anecdote that they had been guffawing about began to lose their interest. That was lucky, since they'd been tasked with putting the four events chalked on the board into the correct order, and then assign or estimate years for each. Did they think they could fall asleep in Hildegard's classes?

1. Birth of Harry Potter.
2. Azkaban Uprising, the reclamation of Azkaban by aurors.
3. Birth of Tom Riddle, later to be known as Voldemort.
4. British Werewolf Register created by New Scamander.
5. Werewolf code of conduct written.

At the front of the room, their Defences Professor unlocked a series of boxes peering inside them and wrinkling his nose at the musty scents that were rising from some of the wooden cases. The hand was looking worse for wear, looked like it was drying out a bit. But what was hiding in the next box reminded him of a funny story that he wouldn't be telling eleven year olds. Ahh... Georg.

"Your time is up. Who would like to propose a solution for the order?" He called to the students, stepping down onto the classroom floor from where his desk was. As he did, the trunk at the side of the classroom which had been causing trouble all day gave a heavy bang.
"Ignore it." He instructed the first years. "The order, or I will select someone who clearly hasn't a clue to ridicule."

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1 = 1980, 2 = 2004 (AO canon), 3 = 1926, 4 = 1947, 5 = 1637

Pax had a twisty feeling in his stomach as he copied down the list of events from the blackboard. Two of the events had to do with werewolves. Two of them tied into the Wizarding Wars; Voldemort, who had started them, and Harry Potter, who had ended them. The other event was one Pax didn't know much about, other than the fact that he remembered his dad talking about it when he was younger, but you didn't need to think about the phrase 'Azkaban Uprising' for too long to know it was a Bad Thing (TM). What was Professor Storm going to be getting at with these dates? Was he going to bring up the role werewolves like Fenrir Greyback played in the Wizarding Wars? I'm overreacting. Maybe he'll mention Remus Lupin!

Pax's pondering over the order of events and their relevance to today's lesson were interrupted Professor Storm requesting an answer to the problem on the board. So engrossed was Pax that he barely registered the noise the old trunk made. Sensing an opportunity to educate the rest of the class a little on the topic of werewolves, Pax shot his hand into the air before checking to make sure he knew where each of the events fell.

'The Werewolf Code of Conduct came first, in 1637,' he said in a rush. 'That was back before the Wolfsbane Potion was invented though, and I haven't been able to find out if it's been updated since them, though I would've thought it would've been... Um. Then... Then the Werewolf Register, that was made in the late... forties? I think?' Pax floundered a little, starting to doubt himself. 'And um... Voldemort was born after that? And then Harry Potter,' he went on, regaining his confidence a little as he glanced down at the hastily-scribbled sum he had written to work out The Boy Who Lived's birth year. 'That was 1980. And the uprising happened last, I think it was only a few years ago.' Realising that he had left his arm extended, he slowly lowered it, watching Professor Storm tentatively.

"Wintergreen." Professor Storm remarked, and the Hufflepuff student addressed the class.

'The Werewolf Code of Conduct came first, in 1637," Pax began, and Professor Storm gave a nod to confirm that, encouraging the young man to continue. His classmates hurriedly began to scribble dates or change the order of their guesses.
'That was back before the Wolfsbane Potion was invented though, and I haven't been able to find out if it's been updated since them, though I would've thought it would've been... Um. Then... Then the Werewolf Register, that was made in the late... forties? I think?" Pax sounded less sure, and Professor Storm gave no indication of the response being correct or incorrect.

"And um... Voldemort was born after that? And then Harry Potter, that was 1980. And the uprising happened last, I think it was only a few years ago." He dropped his left arm.

"Absolutely correct with the first one, and the date at least of Harry Potter's birth." Professor Storm agreed, crossing to the blackboard to chalk on the years. The items moved themselves to the top of the board, being an enchanted board had its perks.

5. 1637 Werewolf code of conduct written.
1. 1980 Birth of Harry Potter.

2. Azkaban Uprising, the reclamation of Azkaban by aurors.
3. Birth of Tom Riddle, later to be known as Voldemort.
4. British Werewolf Register created by Newt Scamander.

"I am not surprised you knew that one Wintergreen." He dropped the chalk back down and slipped his hands into his suit trouser pockets,
"As I reminded you all, you should have all attended the talk by the two speakers, pity some of you decided to overlook what wasn't a suggestion." With a scowl still lingering from that, he added "Two points to Hufflepuff."

 "Who else believes they may have the correct order for these dates?"

Near the back of the room, Tynan was flipping through his notes, which he'd been trying to take lately, in light of exams nearing - and Hannah's encouragement. He wasn't having much luck finding his notes on the subject. He wrote these things down somewhat haphazardly and his handwriting was best described as 'primitive'. It was still easier to write if the paper  had lines on it.

It was towards the back of his potions notes that he finally found his History and DADA notes, and after a sigh - having realized his notes were hampered by the fact he often dozed off gently in History - he raised his hand, hoping the scribble of "LV b. 31D 1926" meant what he thought it did. He hoped this was the right thing, since his mixed notes didn't note any difference between the subjects they were from...

"Professor - Lord Voldemort was born on December 31rst 1926," he said more confidently than he felt.

"MacFusty?" Storm called upon the Gryffindor, surprised he should offer a solution, it never struck him to be Tynan's strong point. Still, students did surprise him...

"Professor - Lord Voldemort was born on December 31rst 1926,"

"Excellent MacFusty!" Professor Storm exclaimed with surprise. "Well recalled, or..." he tilted himself to view Tynan's desk, "well retrieved. A point to Gryffindor."

Scribbling the year onto the board, he paused to let the dates rearrange themselves again.

5. 1637 Werewolf code of conduct written.
3. 1926 Birth of Tom Riddle, later to be known as Voldemort.
1. 1980 Birth of Harry Potter.

2. Azkaban Uprising, the reclamation of Azkaban by aurors.
4. British Werewolf Register created by Newt Scamander.

"Nobody to achieve the full five points this week then, well, a fresh challenge next lesson." He sighed to himself, before scribbling the two remaining dates in for them.

"The Azkaban Uprising in 2004 is considered to be the last event of the second Voldemort uprising, when Azkaban was claimed back by the aurors. The Werewolf Register was created in 1947, while Newt Scamander was head of the department, and contains a list of werewolves known in the country to monitor them."

5. 1637 Werewolf code of conduct written.
3. 1926 Birth of Tom Riddle, later to be known as Voldemort.
4. 1947 British Werewolf Register created by Newt Scamander.
1. 1980 Birth of Harry Potter.
2. 2004 Azkaban Uprising, the reclamation of Azkaban by aurors.

Returning to his desk, he picked up the foe glass and brought it down to the front row of student desks, before scooping it up above the heads of the students so it was visible to everyone. The glass remained empty mostly, though depending on who was looking into the glass, there were unidentifiable figures in the back of it, not quite clear enough to see whom.

"Today's lesson with focus on a few magical artifacts that have significance to our subject. Does anybody here recognise this object, and can you explain its function?"

One of the best parts about being friends again with Eirene was the fact that she could now sit next to the Ravenclaw girl in class once more.  Noriko squirmed in her seat as she worked to order the events, inconspicuously sneaking a peak at Eirene's parchment whenever she was certain that no one was looking.  It wasn't that she was cheating, exactly - she certainly wasn't copying the other girl word for word, which was what equated to cheating in Noriko's mind - but she desperately wanted to do well in Defense class now.  She had to get the answers right to impress Professor Storm!

Even with the unknowing help of Eirene, though, she was not nearly confident enough to volunteer her answers before the rest of the class.  Noriko shrank down in her chair, waiting as first Pax and then Tynan (she eyed him - she still hadn't forgiven the Gryffindor for trying to make her switch groups in Potions class) volunteered information.  With a quick dash of her quill, she corrected her answers, adding in the proper dates.  It didn't seem as if Professor Storm was collecting their lists to grade them, but if he changed his mind, she wanted to be ready!

The focus of the lesson shifted as Professor Storm brought an object forward and asked what they thought it was.  Noriko looked around uncertainly at the rest of the class.  It couldn't be that easy, could it?  But then, putting the events in order had been pretty straightforward based on what they had learned from History of Magic class.  Maybe now he was testing them on what they knew about Muggles?

"It's...it's a mirror?" she squeaked once she was called on.  Speaking up in Defense class was still terrifying, but at least she didn't think Professor Storm would try to eat her.  Most people were considerably less scary once you had splinched their hand away. 

"You look into it, and it shows your reflection.  You can use them for scrying, and they're usually in bathrooms.  And Aglaia really likes them," she added anxiously, sneaking a look at her housemate to make sure that this mention was all right.

" Actually, it's a Foe-Glass. It is a mirror that shows the faces of nay enemies that someone has, although only identifiably so when they present an immediate threat[1]. Dad used to have one, but it broke due to there being too many enemies." Charles said, with a wry smile at the last tidbit.

1.	inferred from the fact that until he was caught out, the fake moody's for-glass didnlt have identifiable faces.

Pax cast a glance at Noriko that was partway between worried and pleasantly surprised. On the one hand, he was fairly sure that wasn't a mirror. Looked a lot like one, but when he caught a glimpse of the glass surface, it didn't seem to him to reflect the room properly. It looked fairly empty, in fact. On the other hand, Noriko was speaking up! She had always seemed so terrified of Storm. Maybe realising first-hand (ha) that he's human just like the rest of us helped her get over that, he thought, lips twisting as he tried not to smirk at his own personal pun. Pax snuck a surreptitious glance at Professor Storm's previously-splinched hand, curious to see if it still looked, well, like it had been splinched. (He wondered if Madam Nagde had managed to reattach it, or if Professor Storm had someone managed to magically grow a new one. Pax wouldn't put the latter past him.)

Though Pax didn't know anymore than Noriko did what the magical item that Professor Storm held up was, he started noting down Charles's answer with confidence. He wouldn't say this to Eirene, but Charles was one of the smartest in the class; when he spoke up, you could usually bet he knew what he was talking about. Pax looked over at him, a little awe-struck at Charles's dad having enough enemies to break a foe glass. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to have an auror for a parent; he'd probaby fret for their safety all the time.

He was just jotting down the part about enemies only being identifiable when they were an immediate threat, when something Noriko had said beforehand suddenly registered. 'Wait, scrying?' Pax whipped his head around to face the Slytherin girl, fully forgetting in his excitement that he was in the middle of class-- Professor Storm's class, at that. 'You can use mirrors for scrying?' His face lit up. He knew about tea leaves, and crystal balls, and scrying pools... But he hadn't known about mirrors! He was already making plans to seek out the nearest bathroom mirror during the next break-time.

Eirene had been so focused on writing down the events and dates as neatly as she could (just in case Professor Storm collected their parchment), that she hadn't had time to answer any questions. She felt an unpleasant rush of jealousy when Pax answered first, but she reserved her glare for Tynan, who had remembered a detail she hadn't noticed.

Noriko surprised her by offering the next answer, and she looked at the foe-glass with interest for a moment. She had never actually seen one before.

When Pax piped up excitedly, Eirene flung her hand in the air, desperate to prove that she knew something. "There's a difference between regular scyring and using a foe-glass, isn't there?" Eirene glanced at the professor. "Scrying is supposed to tell you the future and a foe-glass is supposed to tell you the present, the immediate threat." Like Charles had said.

She didn't know much about Divination, but that didn't stop her from pretending like she did.

"Wakahisa?" Professor Storm asked, pleased and curious to see Noriko's hand up.

"It's…it's a mirror?" She asked, more a query than a fact. "You look into it, and it shows your reflection.  You can use them for scrying, and they're usually in bathrooms.  And Aglaia really likes them,"

Professor Storm winced inside.
"It is a type of mirror, yes, but I seek something a little more specific, Wakahisa, however enchanting the fact Aglaia is vain enough to stand hours before one is to your classmates."

Harcroft's hand hovered, Storm gave a nod.
"Actually, it's a Foe-Glass. It is a mirror that shows the faces of nay enemies that someone has, although only identifiably so when they present an immediate threat. Dad used to have one, but it broke due to there being too many enemies."

"Correct Harcroft, point to Gryffindor. It is indeed a foe glass."

He was about to continue when Pax suddenly spoke up.

"Wait, scrying?" He turned to look at Noriko "You can use mirrors for scrying?"

Meanwhile, Eirene flung her hand in the air, as if some invisible force had yanked it towards the ceiling.
"There's a difference between regular scyring and using a foe-glass, isn't there? Scrying is supposed to tell you the future and a foe-glass is supposed to tell you the present, the immediate threat."

"Wintergreen, raise your hand and wait until you are called on to speak." Professor Storm warned. "But to answer your query - Wakahisa was correct in mentioning scrying can be performed with mirrors - but oddly enough, this isn't divination class, so keep those thoughts to yourself for the time being." His tone was warning.

"Antonopoulos, foe glasses do not require any kind of inner eye, they are enchanted mirrors which perform the task for the owner instead. Foe glasses do indeed tell you imminent, present threat, which if you are a half decent human being, you would already be aware of. Foe glasses of course - provide detail on human threat, individuals whom despise you and pose a threat."

He turned the glass round and took a moment to look.
"The glass is most keenly tuned to its owner, though anyone else looking in will see their foes - but not as clearly as if they owned their own, and also tainted with the owner's foes." This one in particular did belong to him, though second hand, he had picked it up earlier in term for this lesson.

Turning it back, he chose a victim at random to place it before and see whom they saw.

While her classmates were speculating on the nature of the mirror, Cyhirae was entertaining her self with something she rarely ever did, sketching. Well ,it was more of a doodle than a proper sketch, but she was having fun none the less adding stripes onto the flower pattern that was expanding over her notebook page.

Startled out of her doodling Cyhirae glanced up at Professor Storm and then at the foe-glass that he had placed in front of her. Cyhirae uneasily pulled a stray lock of hair behind her ear, standing off to the edge of the mirror was a faint shadow. It seemed to be a man but beyond that she couldn't make anything more out.

Looking up from the mirror she glanced towards the Professor. "There is someone," she bit her lip, "but he's very, well I think it's a he, he's very faint." She looked back towards the mirror, "But no one else." She met Professor Storms eyes, "Do you think he's one of the previous owners?"

"There is someone, but he's very, well I think it's a he, he's very faint." Cyhirae Trishna observed and shared with her classmates. Her eyes resumed searching.

"But no one else." Young student looked up and met his eyes "Do you think he's one of the previous owners?"

"Unlikely, possibly the foe of one of the previous owners, they take a while to fade out." He turned it to look at him a moment and sniffed, "Or one of mine." He deposited it again on someone else's desk. "You're all a little too young in the world to have any very strong foes, though undoubtedly it will arrive in your life. What might be the problem with relying on a foe-glass?"

Before the fancy mirror was deposited onto his desk, Erik had casually swiped it into his grasp and started to look at it curiously, and from various angles. He was convinced Ayla would be in there, because of how much he lectured him, but he didn't see anything.

He was sitting backwards in his chair now, leaning back on his desk when Storm posed a question, "Paranoia?" he asked rather casually.

"And what's the point if we can't see anything?" Erik could hardly see his reflection let alone any shadows, "I could name five people off the top of my head who'd probably throw me to the squid," If it ate students. Ayla was at the top, Storm was probably second on the list, considering their last lesson, and then other people who just didn't get jokes.

"Relying exclusively on a Foe-Glass has four main disadvantages. the first being that it can cause paranoia, as Erik said, the second being that unless you are looking inot it, you can;t see anything, which is probably what causes the paranoia. Third it doesnt tell you what direction the enemies are approaching from, so unless you are somewhere with only one avenue of attack,  there is a limit to what you can do. Which is nearly impossible, might I add. Fourth, unless you are in an enclosed space, by the time the enemies are identifiable, it could easily be too late for you to respond effectively." Charles said, breathing fairly heavily after saying all that in one breath. Charles wondered if a couple of students might not see themselves in the foe-glass.[1]

1.	he's wondering if someone who can be described as their own worst enemy would see themself in a foe-glass.

Tynan rolled his eyes at Erik. "If ye cannae see anyone, then ye dinnae have any enemies. A ken why that would be useful," he said, as if that was the most obvious thing in the world. Good news was useful, wasn't it? And if you did have enemies, then you knew about them, natch. 

He looked to Storm, single eye slightly narrowed, and raised his hand after Charles read from the book. "So, when yer enemies are clearly visible, that mean they're about tae get ye? But if it's too late, when do they become visible? It is like Divination?"