Rinatta was a bit surprised at the answer ,but found it amusing and had to surpress a giggle. At first you would think it might not make much sense and be useless, but it did its purpose for Rin and helped her regain her train of thought. She shook of the feeling that she had and was able to think straight again, remembering where he mind had been and retracing her thoughts. "They are both splendid colours. Thank you Mrs. Lee." she said smiling at the other woman. "With the guidance of the planets in mind then...I am certain that it must be this one..." she said showing Mrs. Lee her answer. She had felt much more certain with just that simple sentence, curiouser and curiouser.

Nodding, Becca handed him a key "Well done!" she grinned. People were passing. Yaaay!

Turning to the woman with a smile, Becca looked at her answer and then nodded. "Hiii." she welcomed her and then laughed and gave the woman a key "Well done, good luck!" she grinned kindly at the woman.

Watching the woman suppress a giggle, Becca nodded with a grin and finally handed over a key. "Here you go." she grinned. "Well done" she giggled. Ah, this department was so much fun!

Laura looked at the planets and then at the numbers that they were represented with.
She had found three differences in the planets chart.The color of the Earth in the second was much blur,the color of Mars was completely different and the color of Jupiter was a bit faded.She checked the numbers with number of the parchments and they were coinciding with the last three,that was prophecy three,four and five...
She read the recorded prophecies again...
Prophecy 3
Prophecy 4
Prophecy 5
...

Laura read and sighed.Tapping the quill's end on to the desk and thinking she turned and asked
um...hi,i am Laura Thomas she introduced herself to the lady who was supervising the challenge,she didnt know her name unfortunately.
um...could i possibly know if Minister Taylor is married? she asked thinking how stupid the question seemed to be,but she had no idea about it.
As she read the fourth peice of prophecy she didnt quite get what did paw prints mean...she had a hunch that it would be fourth because Mars was the only planet which was looking different in both the charts and as for reading the prophecies and then deducing the answer she had a feeling that the fifth one should be the one but she waited for the answer from the lady nonetheless as she still had to work over her answer...

Pierre nodded his head as the woman explained what to do next. He looked back at the planets to double-check that 3 & 4 were the only planets with differences. He then looked at the list of prophecies they were given.

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SPOILER!!: Third piece of parchment

The one who waits will be waited on. Marriage comes to this most faithful person after a time of solitude. Ask not where this faithful one has been, but understand the reasons why they were gone.

SPOILER!!: Fourth piece of parchment

This is the one who lives a condemned life. The love of the condemned one will be an inspiration to all who know. But paw-prints in the sand must fade one day and that day will be a dark day indeed.

The two that he had picked out didn't make any sense to him. He didn't really no much about the Minister, which was kind of sad on his part. He stared at the two prophecies with a blank look on his face. He was so lost.

Pierre thought that the third prophecy would probably fit best, but he wasn't one hundred percent sure. He wondered if he was allowed to ask questions. He was going to ask something anyway. "Does the Minister have a significant other?" If she did, it would rule out the first of the two he was looking at.

Refraining from saying hi back...again...Lilah waited, completely missing the fact that the woman just nodded, but her attention focused more on the laugh. Oh no, she got it wrong. And it was funny to her! Well, this was embarrassing.

No, wait she didn't get it wrong? Looking at the key being handed to her, and finally realizing that she got it right, Lilah smiled and took the key, looking back up to the redheaded division head. "Thank you." she said happily before going on to the next floor.

Samuel walked into the next challenge room; the little present the canary from the last challenge had left on his shoulder was now gone. Thank goodness for magic! He stood by the doorway when the Department Head explained what they would be doing today and once she was done talking, he headed straight towards one of the tables with the five prophecies on them.

This probably wasn't going to be as easy as the last challenge had been for him, but he knew he could do it! He had complete faith in himself.

He settled down in his chair, and then he closely looked at the planets on the chart. Hmmm. He narrowed the prophecies down to at least three of them after looking at the chart for a few moments. Narrowing the prophecies down to three wasn't hard, now finding the right prophecy was going to be tough!

After minutes of just sitting there, he decided he would just guess. He placed his index finger on his best guess as to which prophecy was right and said, "Is this right?"

Turning to this woman, Becca smiled "Nice to meet you, Miss Thomas." she listened to her quest "Well, she's not married. Yet." That just made it too easy for people.

People were asking the same question which obviously meant they weren't using the planets. "She's not married, but she's not lonely either." she replied kindly and patiently.

"No problem!" Becca grinned, watching her leave happily. It was nice to see people using their heads and understanding things.

Looking over this sitting man's shoulder as he pointed out a prophecy, Becca shook her head "No, sorry. Why don't you look at the planets and work it out" she smiled, putting the picture of the planets in front of him "See which ones are different. It might not be obvious, but you need to be able to see the slightest of changes." she informed him, smiling.

Laura looked at the lady and then nodded with a small thank you smile.
Looking back at the planet chart and the prophecies she thought again
the fourth planet shows a huge difference but i cant make out what the prophecy means...paw prints on sand? she thought and shook her head
Looking at the other planet which was looking different and then reading the prophecy related to it she thought.
well,this prophecy seems to make some sense but the difference in the planets isnt that huge she thought
but i think i will take a chance she thought and then looked up and around for the lady and said
um...i think this one could be the prophecy pertaining to our Minister she said and pointed towards the prophecy she thought was the right one.

Pierre was kind of lost now. That was the one he thought had to be true. He looked back at the planets again, hoping to maybe catch a difference he had missed before. There wasn't another.

He looked closer at the fourth planet and noticed that it's change was greater than the other. The fourth prophecy still didn't make a whole lot of sense to him though. He still thought the third seemed most probable. Still he decided to go with his gut. "Excuse Mrs. Lee," he thought that was the name he heard other people using. "Is this the correct prophecy?"He asked as he pointed to the one that he thought was right...

DH then walked to the next level and smiled when he saw Prophecies and Planets.

It is the Department of Mysteries.

Alas! He thought. Or should he be worried?

He looked around and saw Becca among the others. He looked at the prophecies and the planets and listened to the instructions.

Hmmm, this is though. he thought.

He pondered a little and re-reads the prophecies again. Just to be sure.

Watching her obviously trying to work out which prophecy it was, Becca smiled and waited for an answer. "Yep, well done!" she handed her a key with a smile and gestured to the exit door "Good luck!" she smiled kindly.

Turning as she heard her name again, Becca walked over to the man and then shook her head. "No, read the prophecy and see if it fits with the Minister's life." she hinted, smiling at the man kindly.

"DH!" Becca laughed as her division head for the Planet Room walked in. "This should be easy for you" she grinned "And I want an explanation as to why you chose which prophecy you choose." she warned him with a smile.

Samuel glanced down at the planets. GAHHH. This was the reason he didn't join the Department of Mysteries; he couldn't do this kind of stuff! Well, he could. It just took some time. He was pretty sure the Department of Mysteries employees she waltz right on in here and finished this task in minutes, just like he had done with the last challenge.

"So if one of the top planets on this chart," he pointed to the chart on top, "is clearer than the same one on the bottom, does that mean that that prophecy will be the correct one?" Did what he just say make any sense? He sure hoped it did!

DH looked as Becca called his name with a laugh. Not good! he thought.

He waved at her and walked closer to her, and then she said that this would be easy for him. He smiled and scratched his head.

"Ok, according to my calculations, this one is the Prophecy." he said pointing at the prophecy of choice.

Rinatta gave her a warm smile and graciously accepted the key given to her. "Thank you so much." Mrs. Lee looked to be in as good of a mood as Rin herself ,which gave her an infectiously good feeling. She was amazed with how good of a time she was having with the challenges.

Laura sighed and then nodding and smiling a bit she took the key and
Thank you she said and then walked out of the room
what's next? she murmured aloud
only after reaching there will i know she answered back and headed towards the next challenge.

Turning back to the man who spoke again, Becca shook her head "Two of the planets are different" she smiled "Then you'll get two prophecies and you then have to interpret them and see if they fit in with the Minister's life." she explained with a smile.

Haha, DH! Surely he'd get it straight away! Looking at the prophecy he pointed to, Becca's expectant smile stayed on her face "Not quite. But close. Look DH, look at the planets." she hinted, showing no disappointment. People got things wrong sometimes!

Watching the two women go with a smile, Becca nodded "Good luck, both of you!" They'd need it. Turning back to the people in the room, she waited for another question, comment or answer.

DH looked again and laughed. He pointed the wrong number.

"Oh my, that is disturbing." he giggled a little. "That's medications for you." he said jokingly referring to the previous medications he had after that blast in the Planet Room.

"Well considering the Planets. It is this one." he said slowly checking if he had pointed the right one now.

Leaving the crazy mop room, Dorian fingered the teeny pygmy puff in his pocket. He wasn't exactly sure why he'd taken the offer to take it, since he really had no reason why he'd need it, but if the man hadn't wanted it anymore . . . At least his test hadn't made the man angry, although he'd been fairly certain it wouldn't have. There were enough of the giant ones that his wouldn't make much difference. And maybe he could come up with something to do with it later.

He blinked, though, as he walked into the next room and encountered a reasonably dark room, lit by strategic spotlights and the glow from orbs that were obviously prophecies. He'd never really dealt with them before, but he figured anyone who'd studied Wizarding history had to recognize those. Listening to the explanation, he shrugged and then headed over to the prohecies to look them over. May as well start there first, he thought, before pulling his hand out of his pocket and setting the shrunken pygmy puff toy on the table by the parchments. Ignoring the planets for the time being, he tried to eliminate some just with logic.

"Well, obviously this one is the old prophecy that was deemed to involve Harry Potter," he murmured to himself, before eyeing a couple of the others. "Hmm, this one seems related to that one, so that's out too." So that left him with three others. Mulling over what he thought were the most pertinent details of each, he shifted to glance at the planets. Curiouser and curiouser . . .

Rolling the pygmy puff around in his hand, he sat back and glanced at the woman who seemed to be running this party. "Excuse me?" May as well make a semi-educated guess. Worst case scenario, it would eliminate another prophecy.

Nodding, Becca smiled and sat down next to DH "Yeah, feeling okay now?" she asked softly, looking down at the planets. "Wow, umm, you took a big knock. No, still wrong DH. Try again." Becca smiled "Look at the prophecy properly." she encouraged him.

After smiling kindly at DH, Becca got up and moved over to this new man in the room "Yeah?" she smiled, looking at which prophecy he'd chosen. "Oooh, so close! Try again." she smiled, nodding at him.

DH shook his head and then nodded. Based on the idiosyncrasy that he is feeling and the twice that he got it wrong, he got the winning prophecy.

"Now, I am positive." he said pointing to the last choice in his mind. It is now refreshed why he is not in the Hall of Prophecy department.

Nodding at DH, Becca smiled and handed over a key "Well done!" she nodded encouragingly "Good luck!" she waved him out of the room, smiling but not asking for his explanation.

"I knew it, I wish I should have stuck to my first hunch." he exclaimed.

"Thanks, Becca" he said before proceeding to the next level.

Dorian smiled as the woman came over to him, quickly shooting down his first guess as to the correct prophecy. Tossing the shrunken pygmy puff toy into the air for a second, he shrugged. "Well, guess that counts another one out," he said with a grin. "This would probably be why I'm not in this department." Not really, though. He knew he had the capabilities of figuring this out. It was just a matter of eliminating prophecies until there was only one left. That old tenacity thing.

Or just more guessing, he thought wryly, returning his attention to the prophecies. And the planets, just for good measure. He still didn't quite think one of the prophecies fit the minister, though. Even though things seemed to point to it. Easy was rarely ever good, or at least he'd come to believe that over his lifetime. Glancing at the woman again, he indicated the other of his two options (that he was giving himself). "How about this one?"

Samuel glanced back at the planets, and then he looked at the prophecies. He stared upon the prophecies for a few moments before officially just looking at two. He had taken away the one that he had known was wrong, and the other two he had taken away just didn't seem like the Minister.

Okay, now he had narrowed it down to two, but now he had to...interpret them? "Did the Minister have a boyfriend?" He asked. If she did, that would help him with deciding between the two prophecies for sure!

Nodding with a smile, Becca watched DH leave the room and shook her head at her thoughts before turning to the other people in the room.

"Haha, it's a learning process. The man who just left is the division for the planet room. And it took him three times." Becca nodded encouragingly. When he pointed at another prophecy, Becca nodded and handed over a key "See? You did it! Well done!" she praised him happily, glad that people were learning so quickly. "Good luck!"

Turning to the man who asked a question, Becca nodded "Apparently so." she smiled. Well, that question made her give the answer away! Clever people.