As Callie waited for the students to arrive she had been looking at the bowl of stones on the desk but quickly lifted her eyes to see the first of the kids arrive, the little Ravenclaw that had come to her office after the first lesson asking how to become a Seer.

Glad to see that the girl seemed to be in high spirits, Callie smiled and gave her a greeting in return. "Hello Blue." That was her name right? She had mentioned it when they talked.
"Hello there Miss Bishop." It was good to see some of the younger students here, excited to learn about Divination. It made her smile.
"Welcome, good to see you again." Professor Elwood nodded at the boy as he took a seat.
As a Slytherin came in and greeted her, the blonde couldn't help but notice the attention the stones had created for her students. "Hello there, good to see you again." She said kindly to the girl she recognized from the last lesson.
Oh someone was excited to learn!

"Hello there, come on in and take a seat!" Callie chirped right back.
"Hello again. Welcome, welcome." The blonde professor said politely as she watched the Hufflepuff girl take a seat beside her friend.
A small nod and smile went to the Gryffindor girl as she quietly entered the room and took a seat.
The next Gryffindor to enter the room was one she didn't recongnize from her lessons but had passed some in the corridors and in the Great Hall; he had a Prefect's badge on his robes.

"Welcome Mister Prefect, you must be Kurumi's partner for Gryffindor House. It's good to have another one of Hogwart's leaders in my Divination class." She hadn't seen him in her first lesson but that was a while back and he was here now.
The next boy to enter after the Prefect was one of the crew that had flipped their wagon into the tree.

"Welcome back Mister Vickers. I trust you won't be throwing anything into the trees from way up here, correct?" She said with a teasing tone and a smile. She noticed him looking around but couldn't think of what he was possibly looking for.
"Hello there dear, its good to see you again." the Divination professor smiled as the girl took her seat.
Watching the small boy practically bounce across the room into his seat and give her an enthusiastic 'hi', Callie returned one to him and watched as he looked at the stones.
"Oh hello there Paulie, good to see you again." Professor Elwood like the Head Boy. He had been polite and well mannered in her last lesson and after they had run into each other in Hogsmeade the other day he had seemed to be quite the little gentleman and whatnot.

A theory, huh? She listened and when he finished she giggled. "Well, I shall have to ask him about that. Professor Scabior may be tricking us all with his hovering, he must be trying to beat us all down to the Great Hall for meals."
"Glad you like it. I can't stand how cold this Castle gets in some places." She said with a nod towards the fireplace that was sending waves of heat into the Classroom.
Calista turned away from the Gryffindor commenting on the room's temperature and then faced the Ravenclaw girl entering the room now. "Oh hello there dear. I am looking forward to the holidays, are you?" She didn't have any major plans but to stay at the Castle mostly, possibly go to Diagon Alley some or visit a few friends.
The trapdoor flung open and regurgitated a Hufflepuff boy who was gasping slightly as if he had been chased the whole way here.

"Good day to you too, are you alright?" She was just slightly concerned that she was going to have to call the Healer up here for him.
"Hello. I am doing quite well, thank you. I actually just got back from a walk around the grounds. It's so lovely up here in the Winter." She smiled at the girl and then looked to see who else was filing in.
The next student to arrive was the male Slytherin Prefect, the one she remembered from the previous lesson, Seirra's partner. "Hello Prefect Escalante."
More people to stare at the stones. heh.

"Welcome dear, we will be starting soon." she nodded at the Gryffindor.
Oh....here was Kimalia, the girl who liked to jump from trees.

"Miss Fanster, it's good to see you again, and I guess congratualtions are in order on your win against Hufflepuff Captain." She smiled and nodded for her to take her seat.
"Hello Kurumi, glad to see you haven't given up on the subject." She scrunched up her nose in a grin and showed her teeth, trying to supress a chuckle. She had remembered how the girl had answered a quetion or two in the previous lesson with not too much positives about the stuff.
"Hello dear, go ahead and take a seat and we will start soon." The class was starting to get pretty full after all. She couldn't keep them waiting to see what was going to happen today.
Another out of breath student.

She walked those stairs everyday and never got that out of breath. Maybe she should make them run up and down a few times? Nah. No time. "Welcome dear, I am doing fine. Yourself?"
"Welcome Prefect Greingoth." Callie smiled to the girl. She may not have enjoyed herself as much as Professor Elwood would have hoped but she had helped her out in the fiasco of a wagon in a tree.

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Locating energy? Professor Elwood thought for a moment over the Slytherin girl's answer but had to shake her head. "Not exactly, but a good guess."
Calista turned and called on the Gryffindor Prefect she had just met a few minutes ago and listened to his answer, which was slightly off. Perhaps he had just mispoke?

"Not litmacy but Lithomancy. Close enough though, perhaps you just read the word wrong?"
Oh the ideas children come up with. Callie couldn't help but smile.

"No, unfortunately these stones will not help us find our lost things but wouldn't that be nice?"
"Yes, that's a really good way of putting it Kurumi!"

She should have known the Prefect would see what it was they were doing, the blonde had heard that Professor Jenkins had done lots of handson stuff with them in Runes. She didn't catch the marbes comment though.
"Excellent thoughts Miss Bishop, we will be tossing these stones and dechipering their shapes and position." It was quite the guess but correct. The young Hufflepuff was actually on the right track.
"Good Miss Potter." Another well researched answer from the Hufflepuff girl. She even got the part where things were represented.
"It certainly does have to do with Lithomancy Miss Reed." Callie nodded at the Slytherin because really it had EVERYTHING to do with Lithomancy.
Bird Patterns?

Callie looked at the girl for a minute trying to think of how that would be used for that. Did they throw the stones at the poor birds?! "No, that is not what these stones are for but good guess."
"A talisman is a great guess and would definately be fun, but not what we are doing today Mister Vickers." She nodded politely at the boy before moviing on to the next student.
"Gem stone Divination is a good idea and is very similar to what we are doing but we are going to stick with the basic Lithomancy for this lesson. Gem stone Divination not only has a few different ways to read the stones it also, the name sort of gives that away, only uses gem stones and is more strict with what stone can be used as which." She would keep in mind the other variations and such for furture lessons possibly or to add to her notes for them to look at.
"Yes, good." She nodded at the Hufflepuff boy and his answer.
"Lithomancy is what we are doing today, what you read about is correct." She grinned proudly at the Ravenclaw and turned to the next student.
Hmmm....

"Well, we won't be making the stones spark, but we are reading them. Their position when the fall is what will make up our readings." The young girl was definately interested it seemed.
Watching the Gryffindor girl searching in her book, she nodded when she found the answer and gave it. "Good work, yes, Lithomancy is what we are going today."
This boy made Calista laugh.

After a small chuckle, the Divination Professor spoke to him, reassuring him that they were not going to be building anything else for a while. "No, we won't be building any patios, but you may certainly do that in your off time if you'd like."
"That is correct Mister Kim." Callie nodded at the Slytherin's answer.
"Lithomancy is what we are doing today but usually it isn't used for daily readings but for a longer period of time. There are some smaller readings for shorter periods of time but they typically aren't as accurate." The Gryffindor had been on the right track.
Sarcasm was NOT appreciated. Only when she, the Professor, did it. She had used it when doing that part of the last lesson to make a point of how dressing WASN'T really the most important part just what many people thought.

"No Miss Odessa, we are not making jewelry. And I am glad you remember the superficial mistake that many people make when thinking about Divination."

Callie looked at the Ravenclaw girl, Aspen Odessa, the one some of the other Professors had mentioned in passing for being rather bright.

"Yes, Lithomancy is correct." The Divination Professor nodded at the Gryffindor.
"Not an energy persay, but just for a reading." Although energies did help power Divination. Good guess.

"That is the basic idea, yes. Although we sort of just let them fall, throwing won't be necessary." Callie certainly didn't want them to throw rocks in her classroom, there were too many things to be broken doing that; kids might get hurt too.