Crystal balls, huh? Ella smiled a little and eyed the trunk, curious. This was the type of 'fortune telling' that she'd been exposed to as a child, in stories and on television. It was really excited that she'd get to experience it first hand right now.

After Professor Elwood gave them the instructions, Ella slipped out of her seat and carefully made her way to the trunk. A larger crystal ball would probably be best, especially since the shapes or whatever she was meant to be seeing in the ball would likely be distorted anyway. At least with a larger ball the image would have more space to take form. She grabbed a towel too and then headed back to her seat, ready to clean.

Polish. Polish. Pooolish. Merlin, these crystal balls needed a good scrubbing.