Samantha entered the room, her schoolbag hanging over her shoulder. Around her neck was a cat necklace that had been given to her by her mother as a 13th birthday gift. "Hello, Professor!" she greeted with a smile. She undid the necklace and placed it into the basket whilst placing her proud moment into the tea cup.



Sam then found herself a seat and sat down, placing her bag next to her feet.

It was Divination timeeeeee! ... and he just hoped that he wouldn't be asked for Snow Whites head, cause, that wasn't happening.

Stepping through the trap door, Zeke wrinkled his nose at the lavender scent... that was something he wasn't going to get used to any time soon. Ugh. His nooooosseeee was itchiiinngggg!!!! Nevertheless, he proceeded forward so as not to block other peoples' way. He was curious to see what they'd be doing this lesson, especially since they had to bring a PERSONAL item. He ALWAYS had his personal item on his person, so that was easy enough to remember.

He was happy that the snap cup was missing, and disappointed all the same when Professor Cassie substituted it with a tea cup. Boooo... now he had to think of something.

On a scrap of parchment, Zeke quickly scrawled a modest message, and then went to submit it... along with his compass. He didn't want to give it up. He wanted to HOLD ON to it for dear life. He'd had it for ages, and never parted with it, only to shower and even then it was never at risk of being lost or stolen or... ANYTHING.

"Hi Professor Cassie!" he greeted, first dropping his parchment into the teacup, and then hesitating a moment before placing his compass into the basket. He wanted that back. WITHOUT other peoples' grubby fingerprints on them!

SPOILER!!: snap!tea cup message

I'm proud of being me, just as I am. And not failing all my subjects.

Holding his personal belonging in his hands , which was a potions book he and his mother used when they made potions together back at home in her lab, Kevin entered the Divination Classroom. Of course, there was that proud cup again although it looked different today. He read the text and grinned when he read that it was missing. LOL, someone stole that cup thing? Good. Anyways, the Gryffindor took out his pen and wrote down his proud moment.

No lie!

Then he placed his potions book in the basket and found an empty seat. He glanced towards the Professor and without saying anything , he moved his head in a 'sup?' movement and waited.

Time for another Divination lesson, and Lux was happy that it would be with a normal Professor Cassie.

Entering the room, she smiled at the woman. "Hello, Professor!" It was really nice to see her back to her cheery self again. Too bad about the missing snap cup though. Oh well. Quickly she jotted down her proud moment:

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I am proud of myself for improving in Ancient Runes.

After placing the paper into the make-shift snap cup she headed over to the basket to place her personal item inside. On first thought, she had wanted to place either the charm Bay had made her, or the necklace he had given her but she hadn't wanted to take either off or risk anything happening to them; they meant too much to her. In the end she decided on her teddy bear. She wasn't ashamed to have a teddy bear. She loved her teddy bear.

Finding herself a seat, she sat down and waited for class to begin.

It was time for Divination. Zhenya made her way to the Divination classroom and entered. The smell was almost overpowering, but it was pleasant enough. She had her things in her pocket, but she was a bit hesitant to give them up. She didn't want to.

There was the Professor, who Zhenya had not yet met. Mmm, she was sipping tea. Zhenya liked tea, and she hoped they would be drinking tea during the lesson.
"H-hello Professor. I'm Zhenya Burton, a fifth year Slytherin. I just wanted to introduce myself," she said to the Professor, hoping she was a nice one. She had a few awful Professors back in Russia, and the odd few here as well. At least she got to speak English here, though.

She walked to where she needed to deposit her items, and first pulled out her book. It was amongst the items her Grandpapi had left her in his will. It was a book about Herbology and Creatures, oddly enough, all in Russian. It was something he used almost every day to create his garden and his hobby farm. She placed it carefully into the basket, hoping no harm would come to it.

Now, her proudest moment. She took the piece of paper from her pocket and dropped it into the cup.

Yes, she was proud of that. She didn't want to, but she did. She braved the fact she wouldn't know anyone, would be hugely behind in her school work, and had a permanently damaged hand.

Oh mmyyyyy, today was SUCH a GOOD day wasn't it?? WASN'T IT?? It might not have been for anyone else but Alexa Cambridge had taken the potion Collarbin gave her, the one to mask all negative energy. Given the fact it was Divination, she might have taken more than the prescribed dose (because lol she'd need A LOT of that energy subdued) but who caaaaared? The world was alive and everything was sunshine and daisies.

The Gryffindor walked in with a grand 'ole pep in her step and a kneazle tucked in her arms. Given the fact she'd lost both her wand and her candy bag, this was all that was left of her things that held any value and were thus precious to her.

Had she been thinking before, she might have slipped him some of the potion too to make him happy happy happy. "Good morning Professor!" BEAM. Yes, good day it was, a very good one. Lex walked to the table with a piece of parchment and quickly scribbled her proud moment then tossed it in with the others.

Lex eyed the basket where everyone was placing their precious items but opted to keep hers on her for the fact he was destruction and shouldn't have been allowed around other things. It was a favour really on account of how incredibly and unbelieeeevably light she felt. The Gryffindor plopped down in a seat then grinned at the people already there.

HIIIIIIIIIIII!!!

Adi gazed around for a second or two after entering the classroom, noting the crystal balls and the mirrors. And there was the always happy Divination lady! She was sipping tea.

"Hello, Professor Cassie.'' She got a cheery smile before Adi turned his attention to the Snap- uh the regular cup. He dropped his written proud moment in then the Batman watch he had gotten ages ago from his parents .



The Proud moment was a referral to their duel in the Arena.

Now to find a seat. Oh, heeey, Zeke, Lux and Kevin.

No.

No.

NO NO NO!

Grayson had been under the impression that there wasn't going to be any snapping today. That today was the day when they didn't have to congratulate someone for something so ridiculous, it made him roll his eyes and fear for the human race. It was why he was kinda happy as he made his way up to the North Tower.

But nooooOOOOOOOOooooo! There was a freaking REPLACEMENT.

Deadpan.

Professor Cassie was lucky that he liked her as a teacher so much because if he didn't, he wouldn't bother coming here. There was also the matter of the OWLs and the fact that his mum would kill him if he so much as got a P for any subject. So, pulling out a small piece of parchment, Grayson scribbled down his proud moment.

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I'm proud of myself for being recommended to the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers by Professor Culloden

There. Done. He was dead proud about this tiny little fact and so, with a smug little smile spread across his face, the fifth year dropped it into the teacup. And did he bring his personal item? Yes, he did. He was kinda reluctant about this at first but he had high hopes resting on the fact that Professor Cassie would keep this tiny little thing anonymous.

Reaching into his bag, Grayson pulled out a miniature Chinese Fireball dragon. The toy usually roared and blew out a tiny jet of fake flame but at the moment, it was sleeping blissfuly, small furls of smoke blowing out from its nostrils as it snored. He watched it for a couple of seconds before gently placing it down into the basket. They were gonna get these back, right?

Shrug.

Making his way further into the classroom, the Slytherin smiled a little over at the Divination Professor and said, "Hey, Professor. Glad to see you back." Because the other evil lady had been pretty freaking rude and he hadn't expected it from someone who looked like Professor Cassie. He then waaaaaaaved and smiled at Adi, Lux and Lex before making his way towards an empty seat and sitting down.

Jasmine arrived at Divination class and was happy to see Professor Cassie back to her old self. Of all the Professors that had gone temporarily crazy, Professor Cassie was the scariest. That was because she was more unlike herself than any of the others. Thankfully, the Evil Queen was no more. "Hello Professor", Jasmine said as she walked by.

Then she saw the note and when she did, Jasmine smiled. Of course the Professor wouldn't let a missing cup keep her from her snaps. This time she had to think for a second about what to write on her parchment. Finally coming up with a proud moment, Jasmine folded the parchment and dropped it into the cup.



Now came the hard part. They were asked to bring a personal item to class that was special to them. Jasmine had lots of things that were special to her for various reasons. The most special thing of all, well there was only one thing that fit that description. The question was, could she bear to part with it, even for a short time? Jasmine reached up and unfastened her necklace and took it from around her neck. She held it in her hand for a moment, deciding if she could go brought with it or not. Her special item was the ballerina necklace that Cris had given her for Valentine's Day.........right before he left. She had never taken it off since that day, but now she carefully closed the clasp and placed it in the basket. Then she found a seat and sat down.

Ian came up to divination class, grateful for the chance to spend time with Professor Cassie. (He may or may not have developed a little crush on her throughout the term).
He noticed the snap cup was missing and mirrors and crystal balls were out and there was a basket for the personal item. He looked up and smiling his BEST smile at the professor greeted her. Hello Professor Morgan. You look very nice today and I'm glad to be here in class with you. He looked around, slightly blushing hoping no one heard what he said.

He took the parchment and quill quickly and scribbled a proud moment.
He read what he wrote and decided passionate might make it sound like he loved the professor and scratched it out and replaced it with something a little less lovey. .

He quickly folded it up and looked in his satchel. Pulling out a fishing hook that he had added a label with his name to, he dropped it in the basket. It was the first hook from the first time his dad had let him bait and catch fish on his own. It made him feel more responsible and that his dad trusted him more.

He turned and waved to the class before finding a seat and taking out the things he needed to take notes with. He closed his eyes and tried to clear his mind of all the thoughts that raced through it.

There were a few things that Toby owned that were special to him. His pogo stick and skateboard, for example, although he'd sort of had to talk himself out of bringing those with him. There was also certain gifts from his parents that he'd gotten on his birthday and Christmas, but Toby was unwilling to part with them for even a moment. In the end, it had actually been remarkably easy to choose what to bring along.

"Hi Professor," the Hufflepuff grinned at Professor Morgan, noting how happy she was and feeding off her positive energy at once. He found himself giving her a little salute that was usually reserved for professors like Airey.

Tobias now paused at the snap!teacup, getting out a scrap of parchment and a self-inking quill to write his proud thought down. After a few moments of writing, he threw in his contribution, the first unfiltered thought that came to mind:

Then, the Hufflepuff rifled through his schoolbag for his personal item, finally pulling out the pair of fairy wings he'd received from Wade from his thirteenth birthday. They were human-sized, of course, and the ones that Toby could occasionally be seen wearing around the castle, and also dropped glitter all over the place. They were incredibly special to Toby.

After carefully tucking the wings into the basket (and maybe probably sorta accidentally getting a little bit of residual glitter on the desk and basket and some of the things in the basket), Toby went off to sit down. He found himself drawn to a seat right by Grayson, his fellow fifth year, and flashed the Slytherin a smile in greeting.

Who else was here? Toby couldn't see Soph yet, but he figured it was possible that when she showed up she'd be taking a seat by him. The Hufflepuff got out his note-taking things and surveyed the room, absently brushing away the glitter that was still on his hands.

Another divination lesson was here again. Hopefully less eventful than the last one. Sighhhhhhh. Cinna was excited as always for divinations. But today she just didn't want it do anything. Including classes. Just being lazy. Nothing wrong here. But here she was going to lessons.

She headed up the trapdoor and into to the divination classroom. She was moving so slow. She walked by professor Cassie. With a big smile "Helloooo Professor Cassie." Maybe the little walk from the Gryffindor common room to the divination tower helped out her laziness and general ehiness.

She stopped by the snap tea cup. Good impromptu on the snap cap, professor. She quickly wrote down her proudest moment and placed a sketchbook into the basket with the others personal items. Then she headed over to Lux to it sit with her.

Sophie's personal item wasn't all that hard to pick out, as she had LOTS of personal items that meant a lot to her, so really, it was just a matter of picking the one closest to her on the way out of her dorm. Her choice ended up being the Mickey Mouse plush on her bed, the one she received from Caterina Moretti earlier in the term, and she was incredibly unashamed as she entered the Divination classroom with it tucked under her arm.

She made a beeline for where the other personal items already were since she thought she was cutting it close to class starting, dropping off hers with the rest of them in the basket, and offering the professor a smile and a little wave of her hand. "Hi, professor."

There was no proper snap cup, she saw, so she jotted down a little note and added it to the teacup with the others.

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I'm proud of all of us for surviving to this day and being alive.

They WERE students of Hogwarts, so really, it WAS pretty impressive that each and every one of them in the room currently had their health and weren't already dead or something. She was super grateful for that. Heh.

Taking a seat next to Tobes, she gave him a big ol' grin and got out her class materials. READY TO GO.

As Kace made his way to divination, he saw students already made their way here. He smiled to all of them and nodded. As he made his way to sit with all of his friends he saw Professor Cassie and he nodded and greeted her. "Hello Professor Cassie, I am glad to see you are back to normal." I mean the Queen was quite a character but he prefered Professor Cassie better. He saw the SNAC cup being used and he chuckled and sat down in his seat and filled out his parchment...

As he smiled and liked what he said he put his parchment into the SNAC cup and then he placed his sketchbook into the basket as for one of his personal items.

Zahra decided to give this class ONE MORE SHOT. But if Professor Snaps-A-Lot hated her face again for touching balls in Divination, Z was out. She'd thought about putting a booger, a ONE OF A KIND, ZAHRA HOME BREWED booger, into the "special item" thingy do. You didn't get more "SPECIAL" than that.

But also Zahra was pretty proud of her house points so she threw in her helmet from Toby instead.


Man. All this work. Snap Tea cup thought too... uhm....

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Originally Posted by SnapCup

Zahra threw herself down on a pillow IN THE BACK ...and hung out, cool like, like a Gryffindor.

Mope.

Marigold drifted into the classroom wearily, blinking a whole lot because there was an eyelash in her eye.

Or was that lack of sleep? Hmm?

Either way, she dropped her proud thing into the teacup.

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I'm proud of the fact that I will hopefully do well on my OWLs.

It was getting closer, after all, and she really didn't want to be thinks about the present moment. She also dropped a note from Moo into the prized possessions pile. She didn't really have any material items, so she figured that would do. She plopped down next to Z and covered her mouth as she yawned.

Eden had skipped up to class holding her snake bracelet she had gotten for her birthday this past year. SURE. It was a RECENT present, but still. It meant a LOT to her. It was from Phoenix--so maybe she should have picked someone else--but still. She loved it and wore it almost every day.

Anyways.

Here she was, yet another Divination class. They were so relaxing to Eden-except for those few with the EVIL Morgan. She slipped into the classroom, waved at all of her friends------she had too many. She decided that she needed to start being meaner to people because picking who to sit by in class was too hard. But whatever--she chose to sit next to Cinna after to smile at Grayson, Jasmine...Toby...KEVIN even though she was pretty sure the lion HATED her...ehehehe. It amused her to no end.

"Heeeey--" she winked at Cinna and poked her playfully before thinking of what the heck to put in the makeshift snapcup.

Well well well.

Hmph.



Was that too much? Was it too.......sad? Eden shrugged and just thought she'd submit it anyways--since it WAS true. She scooted up to the front of the room to place it in the teacup, unsnapped her bracelet and dropped it into the basket, and hurried back to Cinna, siiiighing as she sat down. "Hoooow's you?"

Divination wooot! Norah hugged her stuffed lion to her chest as she entered the classroom, calling "Hello, professor!" as she passed. Pausing at the replacement snap cup, she extracted a quill from her bag and scribbled a proud moment on the parchment...
That WAS an impressive feat, y'know. Reaching up to feel her TOTALLY smooth hair, the second year walked up to the basket of special things. Bye-bye Larry. She gave the lion a swift kiss on its furry head and patted him softly before placing him in the basket. Nobody had seen that, right? She was THIRTEEN whole years old now, and thirteen year olds did NOT kiss stuffies in public. But Larry was special, so he deserved it. Duh.

Skipping over to find a pillow, Norah plopped herself down next to Ian and whispered a quick "Hey!" before leaning over her bag to take out everything she needed. She turned to face the front again and began to bounce up and down on the cushion. WHEN could she get Larry back, hmmmm?

So Divination was back to semi-normalcy since he knew Professor Morgan was thankfully back to her normal self. Yet Ben was still curious as to how the latest lesson would be, even without the missing snap cup damaged by the Evil Queen. Stepping up the last steps into the tower classroom, he noticed the professor herself present as well as several students including Adi already there. "Good day, Professor," he greeted making his way over to the table where a tea cup was stationed with a note.

Missing snap cup...wasn't it outright gone?

As in maybe it didn't make sense to hold out hope of it being found. But then maybe he was mistaken in all the drama of that crazy lesson. Whatever the case, he took up a piece of parchment and soon his quill was scratching out a thing he himself was proud of. His school work so far this year.

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I've managed to do better in classes this term.

Placing it in the tea cup, he then added his personal item to the collection within the basket...the stuffed dragon from Angel. It was all he could think of to bring as a personal item when remembering the notice last minute. He then moved to take a seat besides Adi. "Hey..."

Penelope was here for divination! And this time Professor Cassie wasn't possessed! "Hello, Professor Cassie!" Penelope was disappointed to find that Professor Cassie hadn't found the snap cup. She stared at the sign on the tea cup in disbelief. No! The snap cup couldn't be missing! "No snap cup? Have you tried summoning it?"

She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out the smooth stone that she liked to rub when she was thinking. That should do for a personal item to put in the basket. After putting it in the basket, Penelope found a seat and sat down.

She was giving this class one more chance. Mostly because she was bored, tired and ready to go back home. But then, everyone was feeling like that right now, weren't they? Since it was close to the end of term and all.

Heather entered the classroom and quickly jotted down her thing for the snap cup, which she still found silly. But when she went to slip it in, she noticed that the cup was.....a tea cup instead. What? Oh, the snap cup was missing. Hmm...... interesting. And they were supposed to place their special item in the basket? No thanks! Not that she didn't trust Professor Cassie, she just didn't trust her classmates. She knew that there were some kleptos in the school and her item was just too precious. The last birthday present she ever got from her mom. So, instead of taking it off and putting it in the basket, Heather took her seat with it on, fingering it as she did.

The Gryffindor was somewhat reluctant about this class today. It wasn't that he still had ill feelings with Professor Morgan, only he wasn't really sure what to expect. AND if they were still doing that scrying thing he didn't want anything to do with it. So of course, the whole going to the lesson thing was completely on a whim.

As he walked in, he smiled at his Professor and waved a quick hello before making it to the usual table with the snapcup thing. Except, didn't she break that while erm, under whatever influence that she said she was under? Yeah. Pity. Except... They still had to write something? Merlin. And he thought he'd gotten away. Quickly scribbling something onto the paper, he slipped his sheet on top of the others in the pile.

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I'm proud that I forced myself to come here today.

It had taken a lot of will power, okay?

And then. Then he saw the other pile. The pile of things. OH merlin. In his rush to get to class, he had COMPLETELY forgotten all about the special item they were supposed to bring. He hadn't double checked the notice board before running out, okay!! So instead of a personal item per-say, the Gryffindor Quickly removed one of his shoes and pulled off a sock. Carefully slipping it into the pile he threw his shoe back onto the ground, slipped his foot back in and ran to go take a seat by Kevin.

A sock could be pretty personal too, right? For all Professor Morgan knew... It could've been a lucky one? Had he a lucky sock of course. Uhum. Right.

Giving Adi a nod as greeting as he walked passed, Kevin turned his attention to the trap door when it opened again and saw Zander. He kinda hoped the guy would sit with him but he didn't mind it either if he didn't. Watching his friend curiously, he snickered when he saw that he added his sock in the basket of personal belongings.

He shook his head when his friend sat at his table and looked at him. "If your stinking sock is touching my potions book..." he said in a jokingly threatening way.

Angel had a feeling the Professor didn't know she had broken the cup at a lesson when she had been the evil queen now though there was a replacement and she had to write something down.