Lesson 1(3rd-5th): Egyptian Wizards

[Matilda Wentworth]

Matty took down the notes that Alexander had written upon the board. She had to admit, the class was very casual, but she liked it. Despite the creepy light. 'The eye of Rah - Powerful pendant that was used to bring up the first curses in the ancient pyramids of Egypt by the first and most powerful Egyptian wizard, Tuhkep.' The Hufflepuff copied down the notes onto her parchment, and even managed to get a quick, rough sketch of the pendant itself. Matty also made a note never to touch odd necklaces like so. When Seth burst into the room, apparently covered in flower, the Hufflepuff couldn't help but snicker. She totally believed him about Peeves, for the girl had seen that terror at his best.

Matty then proceeded to copy the next set of notes, finding that his 'show and tell' theory was refreshing from the lectures she had expected. 'The cup of torture - Used by Tuhkep's granddaughter to trick thieves and punish those who aught to be punished.' Again, the fifth year managed to get a small sketch of the cup. The girl cringed when Alexander was harmed by the cup. She knew these things were cursed, but that still looked painful. Then there were three more. Some third year Matty knew by name only from Quidditch, Artemis. Then her best friend Tee, followed by Ryan. The girl smiled at her friends as they joined her, finally happy to have some mates in the room.

The last artifact the man brought out didn't interest the Hufflepuff as much as the previous two. Probably because understood the concept and reasons of it more, and therefore it wasn't as intriguing. 'Time Pyramid - used to make the old into the new. She scrapped the last sentence and drew a quick a sketch of the small gold pyramid once more. The girl sighed in content as she put down her quill. Only to be totally caught off guard by Alexanders next comment. 'Matty, please tell them what we did.' What the heck? He wanted her to review what they did before? Obviously, for he had just walked out of the classroom. "Uhm..." she mumbled, grabbing her notes and slowly walking to the front of the room. She cleared her throat somewhat uncertainly, before glancing at the notes in front of her. The girl leaned on the teachers desk, looking out to her classmates. This was weird.

"Profes-" she paused, remember what he had said about his name. Matty spoke clearly and loudly, hopefully for all to hear. She didn't wanna get a detention or anything for not doing as the man asked... how hard could it be? "Xander, or Alex started off by showing us this cursed pendant. He couldn't touch it, 'cause if he had it would have cursed or harmed him in some way or another. As you can see by the notes, uh, it was used to help protect the pyramids. I guess it was founded, by an Egyptian wizard called Tuhkep. This is him," she said, following what the man had done, and pushed the projection of the Hawk-like man onto the projector. "Tuhkep looked like a hawk, because he transformed into one. Almost all Egyptian Wizards looked kinda like their animagi's. However only the Pharaoh's magicians turned into an animal. Tuhkep was the Pharaoh's right hand though. That meant he was basically second to the Pharaoh." Gee, was the fifth year glad she had taken enough notes. Next Matty slid the picture of Tuhkep's granddaughter, whose name wasn't pronounceable, onto the projection. "This is Tuhkep's granddaughter. She was a squib. She made this 'cup of torture' that was used to punish some, and trick tomb thieves. When touched it makes several nasty cuts on the holder hand, as Alexander showed us." the girl said, scratching the back on her neck. "And yeah, thats about it." Matty said, shrugging with a small smile, before returning to her desk.

At least she hadn't choked.

[Alexander Griffiths]

Alex had to hurry towards his office though, he didn't know if he could catch Matty's summary of it if he didn't hurry. He placed the two items on the desk and then hurried back towards his classroom. Alex was in a hurry, he was hoping to give Matty a reward for it. Alex halted just outside his classroom door as Matty was half-way through her summary. He smiled and just stayed there until she finished.

"Well done Matty, and I'll be giving you a reward for that" he said, walking back in and smiling at her. He then walked over to the jar on his table still and conjured a small pouch, then he dipped it into the jar and filled it half way with the Egyptian powder. He then tied it close and walked over to Matty, he held out the pouch and said "Here you go Matty, a reward for that Excellent summary" Alex then turned to the other students and smiled at them. "Since Matty did an excellent summary, Here is your Assignment." he tapped the board and large words formed:

HAVE FUN

Alex winked at the students and then he took a pinch of powder and spread it on the floor, little puppies the same number as the students there appeared and started running around towards the students. "The rest of the class is for you guys, have fun with the illusions and make some." he said, then he conjured a small container and poured an amount of powder there. "This container is open for anyone who want to do illusions, but he better close the door or the illusions might get out" he then flicked his wand towards the door and it closed, but didn't lock. "Like the board says, have fun" he said, closing the jar and putting it in the crate, along with the pyramid and putting it at the corner of the classroom, behind his desk.

[Artemis Tayern]

Arty quickly adjusted his clothes but they wouldn't iron themselves now would they? The scruffy look would be one he bore all day unless the elves actually cleaned his laundry for him. He took his seat and the professor told them about the pyramid which Art observed with a bit of awe. I wish I had one of those! he thought quickly to himself knowing that if he did his clothes wouldn't be wrinkled and messy today nor any other day and several of his broken objects would be good as new like the alarm clock he had smashed yesterday.

The puppies were everywhere and Art didn't want to know anything but how that powder made them appear. when the professor told them to have fun it was like Christmas had indeed come early. He ignored the puppies not really interested in them but the powder that could be fun. "Professor, we jsut take some powder and throw it?" he asked tring to make sure he knew what to do. He slid his small pale hand into his messenger bag trying to find a vial he had from potions so he could keep some powder it could be fun.

[Alexander Griffiths]

Alex turned to Artemis and smiled at him "Well... no, you have to think of what you want it to be. Like now, I was thinking of puppies and there, puppies all over here. And I'm sure there is no puppy with this color" he said, picking up a blue colored puppy. "Also... since they are illusions, they can be whatever you want them to be, like this blue puppy I'm holding... you will notice some minor changes in the puppies, be observant and pick one up. Tuhkep and his predecessors used these to fool the people of Egypt, and this offers great amusement not just to the people, but to the makers as well" he eplained, scratchign the puppy behind it's ears.

"Come here art, the can is open. You can keep some of the powder here in this can, I expect it to be empty by the time we finish the lesson" he said, smiling at the boy and then turning at the other students there as well. "Nothing is stopping you to take some of these with you, this powder is not a rare find, you wouldn't believe how much of them we have in the office. Historians get to have fun with them" he said, putting the puppy down and letting it run around the classroom.