Hogwarts Subjects «2025-2026»

At nine in the morning, the Transfiguration classroom smells of polished mahogany and singed whiskers. Professor McGonagall taps her wand, and a teapot shudders into a tortoise. “You,” she says, eyes like flint, “will do better by Friday.”

Defense Against the Dark Arts changes teachers like socks, but the curriculum stays: boggarts in wardrobes, red sparks for distress, and the slow, terrible lesson that darkness has many faces. One year, a werewolf teaches you to laugh at grindylows. The next, a toad insists on theory only. The practical always finds you anyway. hogwarts subjects

Care of Magical Creatures happens in the Forbidden Forest’s shadow. Hagrid beams as a hippogriff bows to a trembling student. “See? He likes yeh.” The bow is slow, formal, terrifying. Then the leap — wind screaming past — and for one breath, you fly without a broom. At nine in the morning, the Transfiguration classroom

History of Magic, Binns drones on about goblin rebellions. No one listens. But hidden under the desk, a Slytherin passes notes, a Gryffindor sketches a Firebolt, a Ravenclaw reads ahead. The ghost floats through the blackboard, indifferent. One year, a werewolf teaches you to laugh at grindylows

Here’s a short creative piece inspired by — capturing the magic, challenge, and wonder of each. The Spells We Carry