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*PhoenixRising* · 01-22-2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Lex had to literally drag herself to this lesson. Numbers weren't her thing. They were never her thing and for as long as she lived they would NEVER be her thing. Now if only the Professor would realize this!!

Entering the classroom she was a bit taken a back by the semi-circles...she thought to ask about them but then something told her the answer wouldn't have been very epic then she would have wasted her curiosity. Not something she liked doing thank you very much so she would pretend it was perfectly normal.

"Hello Professor!" Her eyes glanced briefly at the desks...none of them had candy on them...didn't the woman think they might have liked a welcome back to school present. Chocolate frogs were perfectly acceptable and in fact some Professors already had that inspired idea. "How was your summer?" because, she did care about the answer; the child could be sincere at times.

But the smile quickly left her face when she saw the note on the board. The lesson hadn't even started yet but she was already not understanding. With a heavy sigh she took a seat riiiiiiight at the front where she would be sure to not miss anything and got out some parchment; at least she understood that part of the note.

Well this was a surprise; first one to enter her classroom was a familiar second year Gryffindor. No hard feelings over the start of last term then?

"Hello, Alexa! Welcome back!" She beamed, as she watched the second year look over the desks scrutinizing them. Had she done something wrong with the desk arrangement? Was one of them off skew a little? "My summer was relaxing, yes, thank you for asking."

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Arithmancy meant Hadley and there was no way Ella was going to miss a class with her, nope. And so the blonde smiled as she made her way into the classroom, noting the new seating arrangement. She also noted that her head of house seemed a bit busy at the moment. Hmmm. Approaching the desk, the fifteen year old smiled and greeted the woman. "Hi Professor Hadley, hope you had a nice summer. Oh! And hope Pao is doing well." Cause she missed the little guy, in case that wasn't apparent.

She then headed for a seat in the middle of the semi circle, plopping down before giving Lex a small smile and a wave. Reaching into her bag, Ella pulled out her quill, parchment, and text book, organizing them neatly on her desk. Right. Now she was ready for class.

"Hello, Ella!" She said back to the Hufflepuff. Oh, she asked about her nephew. "Pao is doing well, yes. He's glad to be home though, but rumor has it, he's going to miss playing Quidditch here." Why wouldn't he? He was one of the best keepers in the school last term.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Belle knew about Arithmacy but never took the class. Belle was excited. She was just excited for the class but also she heard the teacher was pretty amazing. Belle smiled and waved to the teacher and was also her head of house. "Hi Professor Hadley! How are you doing?"

When she waved, Belle sat down in her desk. She got out some parchment and quills and ready to start the task. She sat up in the front to learn the lesson better.

Aw! Her prefect HAD told her she was going to attempt Arithmancy this year. Good for her, accepting the challenge in her final year. "Hello, Annabelle! Welcome!" She beamed at the girl. "I'm glad you came." Because hopefully this would be a good lesson for her.

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Originally Posted by lemon

Arithmancy. Meh. It was DIFFICULT, and it involved numbers and effort, two things that Alice didn't enjoy very much. Obviously, she wasn't very thrilled about the class. But she did like Hadley— the lady was pretty cool— and she figured it wouldn't be too hard, yeah? So she didn't skip the lesson. And she wouldn't nap in it. No. The napping was saved for Muggle Studies, always. "Hullo, Professor Hadley. I hope you had a lovely summer and all," she greeted when she entered the classroom. What did professors even do over the summer? Plan lessons, probably. There wasn't anything better to do for them, what there?

After offering Hadley a smile— she even got a SMILE, she was so lucky, see?— Alice went and flopped down in the middle of the room. Numbers and Grammatica? What, even? Was that one of her textbooks? Sure enough, when the fourth year peeked into her bags, she found one labeled with the same name. Tugging it out of her bag, along with parchment and a quill, she set the things on her desk and STARED at Hadley.

Tick, tock. Were they going to start soon?

"Hello, Alice!" she said, beaming at the Gryffindor and her new badge she obtained over the summer. She had developed an appreciation for the sport over the last few years. "Congrats on Gryffindor Captain, by the way." Just hopefully it wouldn't affect her Arithmancy grades, because the girl possessed a decent aptitude for the subject.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Why was the room in a semi circle? Nigel did not want to seem surprised. But it was hard. He turned his head and saw Professor Hadley at her desk and the sheet of paper in front of him. Maybe , he was suppose to read it, after he said hello to Professor Hadley.

"Hello, Professor Hadley"

Nigel then looked and read the sheet of paper. Which basically just told him to take out a quill, parchment, and his textbook. He was going to do those anyway. So Nigel went to a empty seat in the semi circle and sat down. He took out the quill, parchment, and textbook. Once everything was out. He started to daydream until something interesting happened or class started. Which ever came first.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Entering the classroom she was a bit taken a back by the semi-circles...She would have asked but she thought it must have had something to do with the lesson...So instead of asking she ignored the weird classroom set up.

"Hello Professor!" Her eyes glanced over to the Professor, "How was your summer?" She cast a smile after the question. Nerida took a seat in the front, so she could maybe understand the class better...She took out some parchment and stared out into space waiting for class to began.

"Hello Nigel! Nerida!" Fina greeted as two Ravenclaws entered the room next. Yay for more people!

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

The next class was gonna be with the Puff!Queen Hadley and she taught Arithmancy. Well, the class wasn't that bad right? Okay maybe it was bad because Kat hated what happened during the finals last term. At least she was able to save Elise and run away from the bloody dementor who threatened to eat away happiness and UGH. Okay. Kat was NOT gonna reminisce that.

Forget it. Arithmancy was scary now even if the numbers were just trying to test her brain cells. But, of all, she didn't hold grudges against Professor Hadley. She was an awesome professor who was skilled in the field she taught. This term, Kat made a note to do better in the class cos OWLs were nearing and she hadn't made progress. Not at all. MEH.

When the Slytherin entered the room, she first sent a smile straight at the Professor. She had to act happy for... reasons. ~~Heartaches~~. "Good day, Professor Hadley," she greeted. "I bet you had a splendid summer, yes?" Then Kat's eyes fell on the board in front. Oh, they had an assignment this early in the course of the lesson. *derp* She sat down on her usual seat and took some parchment out of her bag... and also her quill and ink well and book.

.. And now we wait.

Another returning face! Returning faces were always a good thing. "Good day, Katrina," she replied. "It was pretty splendid, yes, spending time with family and all." Something she didn't take for granted now that she was closer to them geographically again. Though she was a bad sad that Pao hadn't continued, but he would do well at his new school....

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Originally Posted by Macavity

Ellura wasn't sure about arithmancy. She tended to fair far better with letters than she did with numbers... writing came easier to her than mathematics did . However there was always a first time for everything so the third year decided she didn't want to discredit the class right of the bat.

So there she was, making her way down from the seventh floor to the second when the time was right for the lesson. The notice having been placed up on the bulletin board to announce it. Coming to the correct classroom, Ellura stepped inside and took notice of the room. A few students were there already as well as the woman she took to be the professor. At least she had seen her up on the staff dias rather than the candidate table.

"Hello Professor," she greeted with a polite smile as she made her way further inside, taking a seat at an empty desk. Following the request, the Gryffindor took out her borrowed textbook as well as parchment and quill, quite prepared for the class to begin.

And a new student. Who seemed slightly hesitant about being here. Hopefully she wouldn't be by the end of the term. "Hello dear," she replied politely back. "Welcome to Arithmancy."

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa walked into her Head of House's classroom. Arithmancy was not one of Alyssa's best subjects so she was glad that she still had an Acceptable for her OWLs. She noticed Professor Hadley sitting behind her desk, so she walked up to her and greeted her.

"Hello Professor. It is good to be back in your class again." Alyssa said with a smile. She then turned around and finding an empty desk, sat down and pulled out her journal and writing materials and placed them on the desk in front of her. Then she pulled out her textbook, opened it and began reading it while waiting for class to start.

"Hello, Alyssa! Glad you think so!" Fina smiled, nodding at the sixth year. Hopefully some of those who were new and unsure would see the enthusiasm from the returning students?

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Originally Posted by jujune29th

There she was again! Arithmancy lesson... it had been a while. But Sophie needed to please her dad in any way possible now, so there she was!

"Hello, professor Hadley!" The badger said cheerfully. It would be nice taking lessons from their Head of House again! Not that it would make her like the theoretical part, but at least the numbers were fun! Sophie did like the numbers, yep!

The girl took a seat in a random place, pulled the book, parchment and quill out of her bag and kicked her legs slightly, waiting for class to start.

Oh. There was a student she missed last term. She was pretty sure Sophie had been in her lessons before, but had taken a year off, for some reason? "Hello, Sophie! Welcome back to Arithmancy!"

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Even though Alex wasn't super fond of Arithmancy, he wanted to impress his Head of House in his last term at school. Maybe he'd even attempt the NEWT for this class! Maybe. Probably not. But whatever.

He walked in to the room and smiled at Hadley. "Hello Professor!" he said happily before taking a seat near the back as always. He tried whenever possible to not block any students with his crazy height.

And there was one Greingoth .... the male one .... the Hufflepuff one. So where was the other one, because no doubt the Slytherin Prefect WOULD be in attendance? "Hello Alex!" She said to the ~~cheerful~~ male "sibling", as he made his way towards the back.

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Originally Posted by Eriin

To say that Addy Kennedy was NOT impressed with Arithmancy was something of an understatement. BUT seeing as she still had no idea what she was going to do after graduation she attended the class anyway. Who knew when this crud was going to come in handy, no?

PFFFFT. The ginger SERIOUSLY doubted that she would ever use this wishy washy nonsense in her life. EVER. Yet, here she was entering the room and nodding toward the Hugglepuff Professor. "Good day, Professor." That was it by way of greeting. Indeed. She was still convinced this lady professor GAVE AWAY points to her precious Hufflepuffs so they could win the cup last term. OF COURSE SHE NEVER LET ANY OF THIS SHOW. Instead she gave a bright smile as she looked around the room and made her way to the semi circle ROW thingy furthest from the lady professor woman. MHM.

Oh yay! Another new Arithmancy student, who from the look of things was another new older student, like Annabelle. Except this one she didn't know, sadly, except that she was in Ravenclaw. Giving the girl a bright smile, she nodded at her. "Good day and WELCOME to Arithmancy!" Because she was happy for all new students attempting the class. Anyone who attempted at least one Arithmancy lesson during their time at Hogwarts was good in her mind.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Another year and more Arithmancy. Not one of Jory's best subject but he really did try to get better at it. "Good day, Professor Hadley,'' he greeted his Head of House when he entered the room.

Now to find a seat. The boy looked around and spotted Alyssa. "Hi, twin sis,'' he said when he reached where she was sitting. "Mind if I join you?'' He indicated the seat next to hers.

"Good day, Jory! Welcome back!" she said to another returning Arithmancy student.

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Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy

Arithmancy. Kaiden frowned. He was not looking forward to this class. Math had never been his favorite subject. But Professor Hadley was his head of house, and he was going to do his best. It would help right? "Good morning, Professor." he said taking a seat. Reading the board, he followed directions and pulled his stuff out.

Another new student. Another hesitant one. She gave him a comforting smile. "Good morning and welcome to Arithmancy, dear." Hopefully she would turn that frown upside down by the time the year was through in his thoughts about the subject.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

Arithmancy. Eh. Penelope was still pretty indifferent to the subject. At least, as long as they didn't have to do too many spells - or any spells, preferably - she liked it well enough, even if it was a bunch of numbers and things.

"Hi, Professor," she greeted the woman behind the desk before taking the nearest empty seat in the middle semi-circle row. She plopped her bag down beside her and pulled out the required materials and set them on the desk. Now...to wait.

"Hello Penelope! Welcome back!" She said to the young Gryffindor as she took a seat somewhere in the middle.

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Originally Posted by Good-looking man number one.... we mean Atticus *ahem*

Atticus had been looking forward to getting to sit in on a Hogwarts lesson. It had been years since he had had them - since he had had any classes really, as university was quite a number years ago too - so it should be interesting. Arithmancy had never been his best subject while at Hogwarts, but that was also part of the reason he looked forward to this. He could find out whether a different professor's teaching style, especially someone who had been a classmate from his Hogwarts days, would improve the subject's appeal and interest.

Entering the classroom, he smiled to see there were already a number of students in their seats. That was good. And there was Fina behind her own desk, who seemed to be writing on some parchment. Whatever it was, he wouldn't disturb her for long. A simple greeting to let her know he was here and then he would head over to one of the chairs he noticed were available.

"Good day, Fi- Professor Hadley," he corrected himself quickly, though still smiling kindly. Best to keep it formal and professional, no? "I hope you do not mind me sitting in on your lesson today." Given the extra chairs, it was perhaps safe to assume she didn't, but it was still nice to be polite. Then with another polite smile and a nod, he let her get back to her writing and headed for the chairs, waving slightly to Penelope when he spotted her and she him. Good to see her in the lesson. He then took his seat.

And shortly after the Gryffindor entered and took her seat, a man followed in and made his way up to her desk. She looked up from her parchment and her cheeks may have flushed slightly when the very familiar former classmate of hers almost used nickname. Yes she knew she might have visitors sitting in on her lesson, but she totally did NOT expect it to be him. But she was an adult and she would not refuse him ~~just because he was good looking and posed a distraction~~.

"Atti - I mean Mr Aldredge," she said, smiling warmly at the former Department Head and Ravenclaw. "No, no, of course I don't mind. I'll even try to go slowly for your behalf," she added the last comment as an afterthought, with an almost sly smile. Yes, she knew numbers weren't necessarily his strong point while they were students, but he wasn't half-bad either.

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Originally Posted by DH Vixen

Arithmancy. Now that was a class that Lana liked. Numbers and her did seem to get along well, well as well as numbers and a person could get along that is. Numbers did seem to make sense to her and the lesson had always been one she did enjoy.

Heading into the classroom, she took notice of how the room was arranged and scoped out a good spot, before heading in completely.

"Good day, Professor," she smiled as she settled into her seat in the front and read the board. It was all right there and she pulled out all her needed supplies.

Parchment, check.
Quill, check.
Numerology and Grammatica, check.

Yup, she was ready now.

"Good day Lana," Fina said to the Ravenclaw Hyde sister.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Time for another class. Now that Selina was Head Girl she was trying to make it a point to go to every class that she could. Because, well, wasn't that part of her job now? Ugh, she just wanted to polish her beater bat and ickles, but APPARENTLY that wasn't becoming of her badge now. Well WHY NOT?

Anyway, that had nothing to do with Arithmancy. Nope, nope. Arithmancy was numbers and stuff. So she had to get her head into the proper mindset for numbers. Walking into the classroom, she grinned at Professor Hadley and said nicely, "Morning Professor Hadley. How was your summer?" Good she hoped.

Oh and Selina had even made it to her class too?! Yes she had seen the now Head Girl in Arithmancy before, but in the past she'd always had Kurumi by her side to help with questions on the numbers.

"Morning Selina. Welcome back! And congratulations on your new badge, by the way." Oh, she'd asked her a question. "My summer was fine thank you." And she didn't need to ask Selina about her summer; getting a shiny new badge over the summer was enough to make it good, yes? Probably.

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Originally Posted by THE Govoni

Dylan was NOT a fan of numbers. NOT. AT. ALL. However, he'd achieved an "O" on his Arithmancy OWL...and otherwise felt obligated to attend.

Obligation. Ugh.

Entering Professor Hadley's classroom, the Slytherin found his seat quickly. No need to mess about. Besides...for whatever reason, this woman made him extremely uncomfortable. It was not something that could easily be explained...

When he spied the board, the Captain fished down into his bag; Parchment, quill and ink, and his textbook. All things that joined each other on his desk. Hmm...Promising start, yes. What would they be doing today?

"Professor Hadley." Yes, it was a greeting...because Dylan really didn't feel comfortable saying anything else.

And now two captains in her class; yay for Quidditch fanatics taking Arithmancy! Now where were Renesmee and Milton?

"Dylan. Welcome. And nice job on your OWL results." She was impressed, to say the least. Clearly dating a Ravenclaw was motivational.

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Originally Posted by Erik Vinteren

Erik slipped into the room alongside some students, travelling unnoticed through the castle as usual. He didn't make for the seats in the back this time. No, today he was an evaluator of Professor Hadley, so he was due to introduce himself.

Also, the semi-circle arrangement of seats confused him. He didn't like them. Rows were much better. Much more organized. Much...safer.

"Professor Hadley," the foreigner approached her desk and interrupted her writing, not really caring that he was a bother. Observers were always a bother to professors, no? So he might as well start the bothering now. "I'll be evaluating your lesson, madame. Vhere vould you like me to sit?"

Oh no. Why did all the ~~good-looking~~ male board candidates have to observe her? They were so distracting. And that accent too. Oh my. Just hopefully he didn't speak much and all would be okay.

"Mr Vinteren, welcome," she said to the candidate. Because yes she'd read up on the candidates and she did know who most of them were and there weren't too many 'foreign' ones. "Of course, of course. Uh... take a seat wherever you'd like. Blend in with the students." Because it would be less distracting that way, for both her AND the students. And it would be a more fair evaluation, yes?

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Hooray for not being late. Or even close to. And since Sky wasn't even close to being late, she got her choice of seat. She chose one towards the middle of the second row of desks, pulled out her parchment, quill and textbook before stuffing her bag under her chair and sitting down. "Hello, professor," she chirped before deciding to spend the time before class started doodling. Not that she was any good. In fact, the best she could do were stick figures. Oh well, it wasn't anyone was going to see them.....

Another new student. Smiling at the cheerful Slytherin student, she nodded. "Hello dear. Welcome."

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Originally Posted by Tegz

First time in Arithmancy. West was looking forward to it but he wasn't TERRIBLY excited, so it would be interesting if the professor would make it fun or not.

What was her name again? Hadley?

"Morning Professor Hadley." Paaaaaaause, "I'm West Odessa." Y'know, because he'd not been in her classes before. Probably she knew his name from Qudditch though. She watched didn't she? And he HAD broken a few 'puff noses. But it was just Quidditch, not personal. He noted the instructions and did exactly that. Book. Parchment. Quill. Sit down.

Another new student; only this one (as many new and unfamiliar faces should do) introduced himself. Though she'd seen him around before, mostly because he was a Quidditch player. "Good morning, West." she smiled at the boy. "Welcome to Arithmancy. You're quite the chaser on the pitch...." Mmhm. Seee, she KNEW what the positions were now; thank you Treyen Lockhart and Eliana Stone. So let's see how that energy and endurance on the pitch holds up when it comes to numbers, yes?

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora

Professor Hadley. Yes. Arithmancy. No.

With a small sigh, the Ravenclaw Prefect walked inside the classroom and upon seeing their Professor for the said lesson, she forced herself into a tight smile and bowed slightly, "Good day, Professor Hadley." Beezus said before paving her way towards a seat. She badly hoped that this term numbers weren't going to give her a hard time. She'd have enough for the past terms running. In fact, she'd have probably given up on the subject if it wasn't for Kurumi Hollingberry, who, with abundant patience, had been very helpful every time she was battling with numbers.

Alas, there was no more Cookie!girl this time around.

Nope.

Heaving another sigh, Beezus read the writing on the board and did as it instructed. Parchment, book, and quill out. Now, to wait and wallow in severe self-pity. Meh.

"Good day, Beezus," She said as the new Ravenclaw Prefect made her way into the classroom, who seemed so ..... disheartened to be here? But the girl wasn't terrible at numbers.

"Welcome back. Congrats on the Prefect badge, by the way." She was proud of her. Her and Ira and Alice and yea..... so proud of all those ickles growing up who she remembered when they first came to Hogwarts (and Arithmancy) as shy little first years.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Min wasn't feeling chipper. She had been feeling down lately and it was showing as she quietly walked into class. Looking around she noticed many students already there. Where to sit she wondered, stopping for a second she gave the weakest smile "Hello Professor" giving a small nod to the man she had seen around the school, Minerva turned and went towards the back area of the circle.

Usually sitting as close to the front as possible, Min found a spot to just try and blend in even if her pink hair wouldn't let her blend at the moment.

"Hello Minerva!" She beamed at the young badger ... or well, not so young now; the girl was a FIFTH YEAR?! Weird. "Welcome back, dear!"

Full house today, Hadley noticed as she glanced around the classroom. After a few more minutes of waiting for the last minute stragglers to make their way into the classroom, she rose and inconspicuously flicked her wand to shut the door.

"Hello and welcome all to another year of Arithmancy!" She began, as she stood up and walked around to the front of her desk. "Or for those of you who this is your first time attending.... I hope you will find the subject to be enjoyable and educational. For those of you have never met me before, I'm Professor Hadley," and she'd been here awhile.

"As there are quite a few new faces in here, can you all please take a piece of parchment and fold it in thirds to make a namestand for your desk? So write your names on the side facing out." Because she wanted to learn all their names.

"When you're done, please tell me, what is one thing you already know about the subject of Arithmancy?"

ooc: class has begun officially, so please do not announce your late arrival but pretend as though your character has been here the whole time ~~unless of course you WANT to lose points~~

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 58,875 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia Adara Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Montmorency (#301199) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da) Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Third Year x12 x8	YAY! We like NEW faces! And we see a few of them =) <33 YesJess! \| Captain Goggles \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers SPOILER!!: Student Replies and Welcomes <3 Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Lex had to literally drag herself to this lesson. Numbers weren't her thing. They were never her thing and for as long as she lived they would NEVER be her thing. Now if only the Professor would realize this!! Entering the classroom she was a bit taken a back by the semi-circles...she thought to ask about them but then something told her the answer wouldn't have been very epic then she would have wasted her curiosity. Not something she liked doing thank you very much so she would pretend it was perfectly normal. "Hello Professor!" Her eyes glanced briefly at the desks...none of them had candy on them...didn't the woman think they might have liked a welcome back to school present. Chocolate frogs were perfectly acceptable and in fact some Professors already had that inspired idea. "How was your summer?" because, she did care about the answer; the child could be sincere at times. But the smile quickly left her face when she saw the note on the board. The lesson hadn't even started yet but she was already not understanding. With a heavy sigh she took a seat riiiiiiight at the front where she would be sure to not miss anything and got out some parchment; at least she understood that part of the note. Well this was a surprise; first one to enter her classroom was a familiar second year Gryffindor. No hard feelings over the start of last term then? "Hello, Alexa! Welcome back!" She beamed, as she watched the second year look over the desks scrutinizing them. Had she done something wrong with the desk arrangement? Was one of them off skew a little? "My summer was relaxing, yes, thank you for asking." Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Arithmancy meant Hadley and there was no way Ella was going to miss a class with her, nope. And so the blonde smiled as she made her way into the classroom, noting the new seating arrangement. She also noted that her head of house seemed a bit busy at the moment. Hmmm. Approaching the desk, the fifteen year old smiled and greeted the woman. "Hi Professor Hadley, hope you had a nice summer. Oh! And hope Pao is doing well." Cause she missed the little guy, in case that wasn't apparent. She then headed for a seat in the middle of the semi circle, plopping down before giving Lex a small smile and a wave. Reaching into her bag, Ella pulled out her quill, parchment, and text book, organizing them neatly on her desk. Right. Now she was ready for class. "Hello, Ella!" She said back to the Hufflepuff. Oh, she asked about her nephew. "Pao is doing well, yes. He's glad to be home though, but rumor has it, he's going to miss playing Quidditch here." Why wouldn't he? He was one of the best keepers in the school last term. Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 Belle knew about Arithmacy but never took the class. Belle was excited. She was just excited for the class but also she heard the teacher was pretty amazing. Belle smiled and waved to the teacher and was also her head of house. "Hi Professor Hadley! How are you doing?" When she waved, Belle sat down in her desk. She got out some parchment and quills and ready to start the task. She sat up in the front to learn the lesson better. Aw! Her prefect HAD told her she was going to attempt Arithmancy this year. Good for her, accepting the challenge in her final year. "Hello, Annabelle! Welcome!" She beamed at the girl. "I'm glad you came." Because hopefully this would be a good lesson for her. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Arithmancy. Meh. It was DIFFICULT, and it involved numbers and effort, two things that Alice didn't enjoy very much. Obviously, she wasn't very thrilled about the class. But she did like Hadley— the lady was pretty cool— and she figured it wouldn't be too hard, yeah? So she didn't skip the lesson. And she wouldn't nap in it. No. The napping was saved for Muggle Studies, always. "Hullo, Professor Hadley. I hope you had a lovely summer and all," she greeted when she entered the classroom. What did professors even do over the summer? Plan lessons, probably. There wasn't anything better to do for them, what there? After offering Hadley a smile— she even got a SMILE, she was so lucky, see?— Alice went and flopped down in the middle of the room. Numbers and Grammatica? What, even? Was that one of her textbooks? Sure enough, when the fourth year peeked into her bags, she found one labeled with the same name. Tugging it out of her bag, along with parchment and a quill, she set the things on her desk and STARED at Hadley. Tick, tock. Were they going to start soon? "Hello, Alice!" she said, beaming at the Gryffindor and her new badge she obtained over the summer. She had developed an appreciation for the sport over the last few years. "Congrats on Gryffindor Captain, by the way." Just hopefully it wouldn't affect her Arithmancy grades, because the girl possessed a decent aptitude for the subject. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Why was the room in a semi circle? Nigel did not want to seem surprised. But it was hard. He turned his head and saw Professor Hadley at her desk and the sheet of paper in front of him. Maybe , he was suppose to read it, after he said hello to Professor Hadley. "Hello, Professor Hadley" Nigel then looked and read the sheet of paper. Which basically just told him to take out a quill, parchment, and his textbook. He was going to do those anyway. So Nigel went to a empty seat in the semi circle and sat down. He took out the quill, parchment, and textbook. Once everything was out. He started to daydream until something interesting happened or class started. Which ever came first. Quote: Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Entering the classroom she was a bit taken a back by the semi-circles...She would have asked but she thought it must have had something to do with the lesson...So instead of asking she ignored the weird classroom set up. "Hello Professor!" Her eyes glanced over to the Professor, "How was your summer?" She cast a smile after the question. Nerida took a seat in the front, so she could maybe understand the class better...She took out some parchment and stared out into space waiting for class to began. "Hello Nigel! Nerida!" Fina greeted as two Ravenclaws entered the room next. Yay for more people! Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife The next class was gonna be with the Puff!Queen Hadley and she taught Arithmancy. Well, the class wasn't that bad right? Okay maybe it was bad because Kat hated what happened during the finals last term. At least she was able to save Elise and run away from the bloody dementor who threatened to eat away happiness and UGH. Okay. Kat was NOT gonna reminisce that. Forget it. Arithmancy was scary now even if the numbers were just trying to test her brain cells. But, of all, she didn't hold grudges against Professor Hadley. She was an awesome professor who was skilled in the field she taught. This term, Kat made a note to do better in the class cos OWLs were nearing and she hadn't made progress. Not at all. MEH. When the Slytherin entered the room, she first sent a smile straight at the Professor. She had to act happy for... reasons. ~~Heartaches~~. "Good day, Professor Hadley," she greeted. "I bet you had a splendid summer, yes?" Then Kat's eyes fell on the board in front. Oh, they had an assignment this early in the course of the lesson. derp She sat down on her usual seat and took some parchment out of her bag... and also her quill and ink well and book. .. And now we wait. Another returning face! Returning faces were always a good thing. "Good day, Katrina," she replied. "It was pretty splendid, yes, spending time with family and all." Something she didn't take for granted now that she was closer to them geographically again. Though she was a bad sad that Pao hadn't continued, but he would do well at his new school.... Quote: Originally Posted by Macavity Ellura wasn't sure about arithmancy. She tended to fair far better with letters than she did with numbers... writing came easier to her than mathematics did . However there was always a first time for everything so the third year decided she didn't want to discredit the class right of the bat. So there she was, making her way down from the seventh floor to the second when the time was right for the lesson. The notice having been placed up on the bulletin board to announce it. Coming to the correct classroom, Ellura stepped inside and took notice of the room. A few students were there already as well as the woman she took to be the professor. At least she had seen her up on the staff dias rather than the candidate table. "Hello Professor," she greeted with a polite smile as she made her way further inside, taking a seat at an empty desk. Following the request, the Gryffindor took out her borrowed textbook as well as parchment and quill, quite prepared for the class to begin. And a new student. Who seemed slightly hesitant about being here. Hopefully she wouldn't be by the end of the term. "Hello dear," she replied politely back. "Welcome to Arithmancy." Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa walked into her Head of House's classroom. Arithmancy was not one of Alyssa's best subjects so she was glad that she still had an Acceptable for her OWLs. She noticed Professor Hadley sitting behind her desk, so she walked up to her and greeted her. "Hello Professor. It is good to be back in your class again." Alyssa said with a smile. She then turned around and finding an empty desk, sat down and pulled out her journal and writing materials and placed them on the desk in front of her. Then she pulled out her textbook, opened it and began reading it while waiting for class to start. "Hello, Alyssa! Glad you think so!" Fina smiled, nodding at the sixth year. Hopefully some of those who were new and unsure would see the enthusiasm from the returning students? Quote: Originally Posted by jujune29th There she was again! Arithmancy lesson... it had been a while. But Sophie needed to please her dad in any way possible now, so there she was! "Hello, professor Hadley!" The badger said cheerfully. It would be nice taking lessons from their Head of House again! Not that it would make her like the theoretical part, but at least the numbers were fun! Sophie did like the numbers, yep! The girl took a seat in a random place, pulled the book, parchment and quill out of her bag and kicked her legs slightly, waiting for class to start. Oh. There was a student she missed last term. She was pretty sure Sophie had been in her lessons before, but had taken a year off, for some reason? "Hello, Sophie! Welcome back to Arithmancy!" Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Even though Alex wasn't super fond of Arithmancy, he wanted to impress his Head of House in his last term at school. Maybe he'd even attempt the NEWT for this class! Maybe. Probably not. But whatever. He walked in to the room and smiled at Hadley. "Hello Professor!" he said happily before taking a seat near the back as always. He tried whenever possible to not block any students with his crazy height. And there was one Greingoth .... the male one .... the Hufflepuff one. So where was the other one, because no doubt the Slytherin Prefect WOULD be in attendance? "Hello Alex!" She said to the ~~cheerful~~ male "sibling", as he made his way towards the back. Quote: Originally Posted by Eriin To say that Addy Kennedy was NOT impressed with Arithmancy was something of an understatement. BUT seeing as she still had no idea what she was going to do after graduation she attended the class anyway. Who knew when this crud was going to come in handy, no? PFFFFT. The ginger SERIOUSLY doubted that she would ever use this wishy washy nonsense in her life. EVER. Yet, here she was entering the room and nodding toward the Hugglepuff Professor. "Good day, Professor." That was it by way of greeting. Indeed. She was still convinced this lady professor GAVE AWAY points to her precious Hufflepuffs so they could win the cup last term. OF COURSE SHE NEVER LET ANY OF THIS SHOW. Instead she gave a bright smile as she looked around the room and made her way to the semi circle ROW thingy furthest from the lady professor woman. MHM. Oh yay! Another new Arithmancy student, who from the look of things was another new older student, like Annabelle. Except this one she didn't know, sadly, except that she was in Ravenclaw. Giving the girl a bright smile, she nodded at her. *"Good day and WELCOME* to Arithmancy!" Because she was happy for all new students attempting the class. Anyone who attempted at least one Arithmancy lesson during their time at Hogwarts was good in her mind. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Another year and more Arithmancy. Not one of Jory's best subject but he really did try to get better at it. "Good day, Professor Hadley,'' he greeted his Head of House when he entered the room. Now to find a seat. The boy looked around and spotted Alyssa. "Hi, twin sis,'' he said when he reached where she was sitting. "Mind if I join you?'' He indicated the seat next to hers. "Good day, Jory! Welcome back!" she said to another returning Arithmancy student. Quote: Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy Arithmancy. Kaiden frowned. He was not looking forward to this class. Math had never been his favorite subject. But Professor Hadley was his head of house, and he was going to do his best. It would help right? "Good morning, Professor." he said taking a seat. Reading the board, he followed directions and pulled his stuff out. Another new student. Another hesitant one. She gave him a comforting smile. "Good morning and welcome to Arithmancy, dear." Hopefully she would turn that frown upside down by the time the year was through in his thoughts about the subject. Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Arithmancy. Eh. Penelope was still pretty indifferent to the subject. At least, as long as they didn't have to do too many spells - or any spells, preferably - she liked it well enough, even if it was a bunch of numbers and things. "Hi, Professor," she greeted the woman behind the desk before taking the nearest empty seat in the middle semi-circle row. She plopped her bag down beside her and pulled out the required materials and set them on the desk. Now...to wait. "Hello Penelope! Welcome back!"** She said to the young Gryffindor as she took a seat somewhere in the middle. Quote: Originally Posted by Good-looking man number one.... we mean Atticus ahem Atticus had been looking forward to getting to sit in on a Hogwarts lesson. It had been years since he had had them - since he had had any classes really, as university was quite a number years ago too - so it should be interesting. Arithmancy had never been his best subject while at Hogwarts, but that was also part of the reason he looked forward to this. He could find out whether a different professor's teaching style, especially someone who had been a classmate from his Hogwarts days, would improve the subject's appeal and interest. Entering the classroom, he smiled to see there were already a number of students in their seats. That was good. And there was Fina behind her own desk, who seemed to be writing on some parchment. Whatever it was, he wouldn't disturb her for long. A simple greeting to let her know he was here and then he would head over to one of the chairs he noticed were available. "Good day, Fi- Professor Hadley," he corrected himself quickly, though still smiling kindly. Best to keep it formal and professional, no? "I hope you do not mind me sitting in on your lesson today." Given the extra chairs, it was perhaps safe to assume she didn't, but it was still nice to be polite. Then with another polite smile and a nod, he let her get back to her writing and headed for the chairs, waving slightly to Penelope when he spotted her and she him. Good to see her in the lesson. He then took his seat. And shortly after the Gryffindor entered and took her seat, a man followed in and made his way up to her desk. She looked up from her parchment and her cheeks may have flushed slightly when the very familiar former classmate of hers almost used nickname. Yes she knew she might have visitors sitting in on her lesson, but she totally did NOT expect it to be him. But she was an adult and she would not refuse him ~~just because he was good looking and posed a distraction~~. "Atti - I mean Mr Aldredge," she said, smiling warmly at the former Department Head and Ravenclaw. "No, no, of course I don't mind. I'll even try to go slowly for your behalf," she added the last comment as an afterthought, with an almost sly smile. Yes, she knew numbers weren't necessarily his strong point while they were students, but he wasn't half-bad either. Quote: Originally Posted by DH Vixen Arithmancy. Now that was a class that Lana liked. Numbers and her did seem to get along well, well as well as numbers and a person could get along that is. Numbers did seem to make sense to her and the lesson had always been one she did enjoy. Heading into the classroom, she took notice of how the room was arranged and scoped out a good spot, before heading in completely. "Good day, Professor," she smiled as she settled into her seat in the front and read the board. It was all right there and she pulled out all her needed supplies. Parchment, check. Quill, check. Numerology and Grammatica, check. Yup, she was ready now. "Good day Lana," Fina said to the Ravenclaw Hyde sister. Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Time for another class. Now that Selina was Head Girl she was trying to make it a point to go to every class that she could. Because, well, wasn't that part of her job now? Ugh, she just wanted to polish her beater bat and ickles, but APPARENTLY that wasn't becoming of her badge now. Well WHY NOT? Anyway, that had nothing to do with Arithmancy. Nope, nope. Arithmancy was numbers and stuff. So she had to get her head into the proper mindset for numbers. Walking into the classroom, she grinned at Professor Hadley and said nicely, "Morning Professor Hadley. How was your summer?" Good she hoped. Oh and Selina had even made it to her class too?! Yes she had seen the now Head Girl in Arithmancy before, but in the past she'd always had Kurumi by her side to help with questions on the numbers. "Morning Selina. Welcome back! And congratulations on your new badge, by the way." Oh, she'd asked her a question. "My summer was fine thank you." And she didn't need to ask Selina about her summer; getting a shiny new badge over the summer was enough to make it good, yes? Probably. Quote: Originally Posted by THE Govoni Dylan was NOT a fan of numbers. NOT. AT. ALL. However, he'd achieved an "O" on his Arithmancy OWL...and otherwise felt obligated to attend. Obligation. Ugh. Entering Professor Hadley's classroom, the Slytherin found his seat quickly. No need to mess about. Besides...for whatever reason, this woman made him extremely uncomfortable. It was not something that could easily be explained... When he spied the board, the Captain fished down into his bag; Parchment, quill and ink, and his textbook. All things that joined each other on his desk. Hmm...Promising start, yes. What would they be doing today? "Professor Hadley." Yes, it was a greeting...because Dylan really didn't feel comfortable saying anything else. And now two captains in her class; yay for Quidditch fanatics taking Arithmancy! Now where were Renesmee and Milton? "Dylan. Welcome. And nice job on your OWL results." She was impressed, to say the least. Clearly dating a Ravenclaw was motivational. Quote: Originally Posted by Erik Vinteren Erik slipped into the room alongside some students, travelling unnoticed through the castle as usual. He didn't make for the seats in the back this time. No, today he was an evaluator of Professor Hadley, so he was due to introduce himself. Also, the semi-circle arrangement of seats confused him. He didn't like them. Rows were much better. Much more organized. Much...safer. "Professor Hadley," the foreigner approached her desk and interrupted her writing, not really caring that he was a bother. Observers were always a bother to professors, no? So he might as well start the bothering now. "I'll be evaluating your lesson, madame. Vhere vould you like me to sit?" Oh no. Why did all the ~~good-looking~~ male board candidates have to observe her? They were so distracting. And that accent too. Oh my. Just hopefully he didn't speak much and all would be okay. "Mr Vinteren, welcome," she said to the candidate. Because yes she'd read up on the candidates and she did know who most of them were and there weren't too many 'foreign' ones. "Of course, of course. Uh... take a seat wherever you'd like. Blend in with the students." Because it would be less distracting that way, for both her AND the students. And it would be a more fair evaluation, yes? Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Hooray for not being late. Or even close to. And since Sky wasn't even close to being late, she got her choice of seat. She chose one towards the middle of the second row of desks, pulled out her parchment, quill and textbook before stuffing her bag under her chair and sitting down. "Hello, professor," she chirped before deciding to spend the time before class started doodling. Not that she was any good. In fact, the best she could do were stick figures. Oh well, it wasn't anyone was going to see them..... Another new student. Smiling at the cheerful Slytherin student, she nodded. "Hello dear. Welcome." Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz First time in Arithmancy. West was looking forward to it but he wasn't TERRIBLY excited, so it would be interesting if the professor would make it fun or not. What was her name again? Hadley? "Morning Professor Hadley." Paaaaaaause, "I'm West Odessa." Y'know, because he'd not been in her classes before. Probably she knew his name from Qudditch though. She watched didn't she? And he HAD broken a few 'puff noses. But it was just Quidditch, not personal. He noted the instructions and did exactly that. Book. Parchment. Quill. Sit down. Another new student; only this one (as many new and unfamiliar faces should do) introduced himself. Though she'd seen him around before, mostly because he was a Quidditch player. "Good morning, West." she smiled at the boy. "Welcome to Arithmancy. You're quite the chaser on the pitch...." Mmhm. Seee, she KNEW what the positions were now; thank you Treyen Lockhart and Eliana Stone. So let's see how that energy and endurance on the pitch holds up when it comes to numbers, yes? Quote: Originally Posted by xXxPandora Professor Hadley. Yes. Arithmancy. No. With a small sigh, the Ravenclaw Prefect walked inside the classroom and upon seeing their Professor for the said lesson, she forced herself into a tight smile and bowed slightly, "Good day, Professor Hadley." Beezus said before paving her way towards a seat. She badly hoped that this term numbers weren't going to give her a hard time. She'd have enough for the past terms running. In fact, she'd have probably given up on the subject if it wasn't for Kurumi Hollingberry, who, with abundant patience, had been very helpful every time she was battling with numbers. Alas, there was no more Cookie!girl this time around. Nope. Heaving another sigh, Beezus read the writing on the board and did as it instructed. Parchment, book, and quill out. Now, to wait and wallow in severe self-pity. Meh. "Good day, Beezus," She said as the new Ravenclaw Prefect made her way into the classroom, who seemed so ..... disheartened to be here? But the girl wasn't terrible at numbers. "Welcome back. Congrats on the Prefect badge, by the way." She was proud of her. Her and Ira and Alice and yea..... so proud of all those ickles growing up who she remembered when they first came to Hogwarts (and Arithmancy) as shy little first years. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Min wasn't feeling chipper. She had been feeling down lately and it was showing as she quietly walked into class. Looking around she noticed many students already there. Where to sit she wondered, stopping for a second she gave the weakest smile "Hello Professor" giving a small nod to the man she had seen around the school, Minerva turned and went towards the back area of the circle. Usually sitting as close to the front as possible, Min found a spot to just try and blend in even if her pink hair wouldn't let her blend at the moment. "Hello Minerva!" She beamed at the young badger ... or well, not so young now; the girl was a FIFTH YEAR?! Weird. "Welcome back, dear!" Full house today, Hadley noticed as she glanced around the classroom. After a few more minutes of waiting for the last minute stragglers to make their way into the classroom, she rose and inconspicuously flicked her wand to shut the door. "Hello and welcome all to another year of Arithmancy!" She began, as she stood up and walked around to the front of her desk. "Or for those of you who this is your first time attending.... I hope you will find the subject to be enjoyable and educational. For those of you have never met me before, I'm Professor Hadley," and she'd been here awhile. *"As there are quite a few new faces in here, can you all* please take a piece of parchment and fold it in thirds to make a namestand for your desk? So write your names on the side facing out." Because she wanted to learn all their names. "When you're done, please tell me, what is one thing you already know about the subject of Arithmancy?"** ooc: class has begun officially, so please do not announce your late arrival but pretend as though your character has been here the whole time ~~unless of course you WANT to lose points~~ __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯