Sarah did not know why she was coming again, she loved Arithmancy... Maybe it was the part of her that was hoping the professor had been replaced, or at least his brain replaced. She had owled two letters one to the BoG and one to the Headmistress after that first lesson had had not yet seen a response.. Maybe he had changed...

He was blocking the doorway. This was not even an ice cream term, so why was he fat? Maybe it was a fat suit, or he was hiding something underneath it... She was small enough to make her way past, pressing near the post so she would not have any physical contact with him. She chose a desk and sat down.

What was her lucky number? Was it seven, as she was the seventh child? She was not the kind of person that had favourites, too scared to leave any number out. She wrote on the board
After six boys, the seventh was a princess after all. She went back to her seat. It was another Frenchie who was sitting by her. Maybe they were not so bad after all. "Hi, my name is Sarah Edwards, what is yours?" Sarah asked. The class had not yet started so she was allowed to talk. Not that class being in session had really stopped her from talking