Sixteenth Spell

[courageous_wit]

[Hermione has taken her radio down to the music room. Hard Harry suggested they use it to broadcast music. So she is going to do just that. She taps the radio until she gets a good frequency, then begins to play the piano.

It's a simple piece but she still sounds a bit out of practice. Not much chance for music when you're on the run]

This has been the musical stylings of Hermione Granger. Thank you for listening.

Comments

[wizard_redfive]

Not really. Not by humans at least.

[courageous_wit]

Real magic isn't known to most humans in my world, either. Except for those who are witches and wizards, of course.

[wizard_redfive]

Naturally. [Keeping wizardry secret was part of the job.]

So I'm guessing you're a witch then.

[courageous_wit]

I am. I didn't know until I turned eleven and got my letter.

[wizard_redfive]

That's funny. I started when I was eleven too.

[There was no letter though.]

[courageous_wit]

That is funny. Maybe that's the age when magic is most easily defined in people?

[wizard_redfive]

Dunno, I started pretty early for a wizard.

[courageous_wit]

No, eleven is the age when wizards start out in my world, too!

[wizard_redfive]

No late starters?

[Granted it's rare even in Dairine's world, but still...]

[courageous_wit]

Not that I know of. Some schools may start you at a different age, but for Hogwarts it was age eleven.

[wizard_redfive]

Oh, so you have special schools for witches and wizards?

[courageous_wit]

We do. They're all hidden, of course. Non-wizards never even know about them.

[wizard_redfive]

[By all the Powers that Be, why did no one think of that back home??]

As you'd expect. [It takes a lot to get non-wizards' attention.]

So what do you do in Hogwarts?

[courageous_wit]

Most of us just take classes on different kinds of magic. We have Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology... And older students can also choose to take classes like Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes...

Then we have clubs and a sports team you can join if you like.

Sorry! This got lost in my inbox. ;_;

[wizard_redfive]

Sounds great, learning all that in school, with other wizards.

[Unlike being stuck in normal school with annoying people.]

no worries :)

[courageous_wit]

Yes, it's quite nice. It can be a bit dangerous, of course, because we are still children. Students cast spells on each other all the time.

:)

[wizard_redfive]

Of course. Wizardry - er, magic, always has its dangers.

But you have adults supervising and a controlled environment. That must make learning so much easier.

[courageous_wit]

Erm... well... not always. I wouldn't exactly call Hogwarts a "controlled" environment.

[wizard_redfive]

Maybe not. [Dairine can only imagine what chaos a large group of young wizards can create.] A closed-off environment then. Somewhere where have the time and resources to learn, without worrying about being noticed. [Or killed.]

[courageous_wit]

Yes. Though I wonder about the young wizards whose parents choose not to send them to a school.

[wizard_redfive]

Probably they're home-schooled or self-taught.

Personally, I don't have the option of an all-wizards school, so I go to a regular public school.

[courageous_wit]

My friend Harry and I both went to a regular school... until we found out we were wizards, that is. I think with us, it was safer to go to wizard school since magic is supposed to be hidden from non-wizards.

[wizard_redfive]

Probably. [Course Dairine has to hide her magic too, and she does just fine in muggle school.]

[A sigh] It must make juggling wizardry and school assignments so much easier.

[courageous_wit]

Yes, it does.