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PhoenixRising 
Well someone at least had the courage. Even his answer hadn't been entirely complete. "Except you forgot one thing. Where you get the numbers. Which of course, you get the the numbers from the Pythagorean Number System." But as per usual, they wouldn't be doing their own surnames just yet.
"Because your family that you've formed here at Hogwarts is so important," at least Fina thought it was. "I'd like you to pick a famous historical figure from your house, be it your house founder, or just simply someone from history who was in your house who you find .... inspirational, and calculate their Family Name Number. Knowing that this number reveals one's inner subconscious response to life, how do you think their family name number fit in with the way their life led?"
Sierra looked from Gert to the professor as both of them started to explain the Family Name Number. It sounded easy enough, which was the good thing about Arithmancy. Sierra didn't think there were many good things about the subject, but at least the calculating part was easy.
Even if it did take
years to do...
Okay, so she needed someone in her house, someone really
old... Remembering one of the portraits hanging up around the castle, Sierra began to calculate the Family Name Number for
Elizabeth Burke.
B U R K E
2 3 9 2 5
2 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 5= 21
2 + 1 = 3
Sierra double-checked her calculations then looked back to see what a number three meant.
THREE (3): You inherit a fun-loving, optmistic nature, a sense of humor, and a creative spirit.
Hmm. Sierra really didn't think the number three fit in with what she'd heard about Elizabeth Burke.
Supposedly, Burke was a pureblood who encouraged other purebloods to make fun of Muggles and call them a mudblood. I don't think a number three fits in well with her personality... Somehow, I just don't think many people would agree to her being fun-loving, optimitic, having a great sense of humor, or having a creative spirit.