YAY! Go, go Arithmancy! Fyo was literally BEAMING as he half bounced into the classroom, very clearly in an awesome mood. Because this class, people, this class was SO the love of his life.

"Good day, professor," he said politely, sitting down in one of the front seats and opening his textbook as instructed. He couldn't wait for the lesson to begin, y'know - It was as good as chocolate, Arithmancy!

Arithmancy was FUN! Well if you focused more in class and liked numbers then yeah, it was really fun. Cam skipped and skipped all the way from the Gryffindor Common Room or now it was really the Slytherdor Common Room all the way down to the Arithmancy classroom--yes he could skip that much because skipping was one of his natural born talents! When he walked into the room, he a glimpse of Shackleton levitating things! OOOH. What kind of things? But she put it somewhere where he couldn't see it. HMPH.

"Hiiiii professaaaah!" He took a seat and opened the textbook he borrowed from one of the Gryffiesssss. Weee!

Arithmancy, one class William was beginning to love. Walking into the classroom he smiled a bright smile to professor Shackleton as he said, "Good day professor!" in a cheery voice. Walking towards the middle of the room he sat down, pulling out his textbook and opening it to chapter two. He has already read the whole book during one of his more bored moments so he knew he was more than ready.

A few days back Sydney attended her first Arithmancy Lesson & now she was standing at the door-step of the same classroom for her second lesson...Woah! Doesn't time fly?

"Good Morning, Professor" Sydney said, smiling. She paced towards one of the front row benches...she liked sitting in front. Placing her bag on the bench, Sydney sat down and started to dig inside her bag.."What? NO quill!" Sydney said frowning... "Errr...Excuse me.. Do you have spare quill?" She said politely to a student sitting on a near-by bench....

Sydney took out her book and opened the chapter indicated by the Professor, waiting patiently for further instructions..

Aaron walked into Arithmancy once again and saw his proffesor in the front of the room. He gave him a smile and a "Hello, Professor Shackleton!" He then went to a seat, sat down and opened up his book to chapter seven. Time for another fun lesson!

Victoria walked into her second arithmancy lesson, she found a seat and waited for her friends.

Jule was excited for Arithmancy. It caught her interest since the first lesson. She saw Vicky and went to sit next to her. She then opened her text book to the chapter on Destiny/Expression Number.

Mariel smiled upon entering the Arithmancy classroom. "Hello, Professor," she greeted cheerfully as she looked for a seat at the front of the classroom. Oooh, what was she doing? Mariel's steps slowed as she curiously watched Professor Shackleton levitating something colorful. She always knew such cool spells, which reminded her that she still needed to ask her about those hairstyling spells she witnessed last term. Shaking herself out of her reverie, the third year quickly sat down and opened her textbook.

Mariel glanced up from her chapter as a girl next to her spoke. Nodding, she smiled as she reached into her bag and took out two quills. She noticed the girl was a Slytherin, so it didn't surprise her that she might not have all her supplies since they were still displaced. Laying one on her desk, she handed the other to the girl. "Self-inking," she said with a grin. Those were her favorite and, in her opinion, the most useful. "Do you have enough parchment?" she added as she dug through her bag for some for her own note-taking. "I have plenty if you need some."

Entering the classroom, Lyra was having a inner thought fight, 'ok Lyra you may not be good at numbers but you can do it! yes.....no...yes!...yes?' She shook her head and without really thinking where she was walking, she found a seat at the middle of the classroom. "Good Afternoon, Professor" she greeted with a small smile while taking out her textbook and layed it on the desk. 'Destiny and expression huh?' she flipped the pages till she found the page she needed and decided to lean back in her chair before class started.

Stretching her back by twisting side to side, Professor Shackleton tried to release the tension from her body before beginning the lesson. She'd been hunched over her desk inspecting invitations and color swatches for too long. "Okay class, let's get started. Today's lesson is a continuation of our study of the Core - the Expression/Destiny Number. Are there any questions about what we covered last lesson or about anything in general before we get started?"

Aaron was still a bit confused about the last lesson. So he raised his hand. "Professor, could you please give a brief review about the last lesson. I'm still a bit confused. A small summary would help." It is unlike Aaron to be confused about a subject. But, it was the first class of the year, he must have been overly excited and not paid attention that mcuh.

Professor Shackleton nodded, "Of course, though it will be brief because I don't want to take up too much of this lesson with a review of last lesson. We discussed the Life Path Number, which is a number of the Core that tells you both the road you will follow throughout your life and the talents and abilities that will help you along that road. It is calculated by adding the reduced day, month, and year you were born. I realize that is very brief, but if you have other questions, the textbook will likely help. Or you can ask a classmate for some help."

She wished she could have gone into greater detail, but they'd already covered that material and she couldn't spend too much more time on it. "Alright, so let's begin. What is the Expression/Destiny Number? What information can we get from it?"

Demetria's hand shot up. "The Expression/Destiny Number describes your life's purpose and what you are destined for." she explained. She wrote her answer down in her notes after she said it.

Fyo raised his hand, managing - with difficulty, mind you - not to beam. GAH! Why couldn't he be less happy about being in Arithmancy?

"It's one of the elements of the core, professor," he said politely. "As the name says, it details our destiny - the aims and objectives of our life; the expectations we must live up to, and the work and lifestyle choices we need to adopt, during it; and the place or places we are fated to, or can, reach."

Cedric raised his hand,"It shows your life purpose,the target you are aiming for means to the things you want or aim for in life and also the field of work that will get along to your life path and it also shows what kind of opportunities that will be best for you."

"Thank you, sir." Aaron apreciated that he did that for him. He was probably the only one who forgot. Ughhh...

AAron took a look in his book, reworded it a bit, and raised his hand. "Sir, it is an element in the Core that describes your purpose, opprotunities for success, qualaties you should develop, your destiny, and the work that would be natural for your life path." Ugh! Right out of the book. Surely he would get a big WRONG for just copying the answer right out of the book.

Herminny raised her hand and said, "You're expresion/destiny number represents what one is meant to do in life and what sort of skills one should achieve in order to use those skills to persue a career meant to be good for one's life path number.".

Satine was beginning to love this class and shot her hand into the air, "Professor, your destiny/expression number helps you determine what your future holds for you and what you should do with your life." she finished with a smile.

Ivy flipped in her text until she found the correct chapter. She liked the idea that numbers could help her figure out her life goals. She took out her quill and began taking notes.

"Professor, isn't the Destiny number what you should work for in your life. Like it says what you should work for and what your life mission is? Ash askes rasing her hand

Expression Number? This shouldn't be a problem as Sydney had read her Arithmancy book thoroughly last night.. Sydney raised her hand..

"Professor, Destiny Number describes the talents and attitudes at our disposal in this lifetime, if we choose to develop and use them. It is sometimes referred to as our potential or destiny. Living up to virtues of this number may not be easy, but it is our goal & Unlike the Life Path number which reads as we ARE, the Destiny number more correctly reads as we MUST" She said, slightly out of breath & hoped that her answer wasn't too far-fetched..

Natka raised her hand to answer the question, her hand holding open the textbook for reference.

"The Destiny or Expression Number symbolises your utlimate goal in life, it gives you the reson that you're alive in the first place. It also indicates any chances you might have of being successful, and they way you should live your life to achieve these," she replied.

Varius raised his hand, "Well, just going by the name miss I am sure it will calculate someoness thoughts and feelings toward a particular someone or something . For instance, I coud go OH MAGIC NUMBERSIES! TELL ME! WHAT DOES PROFESSOR SHACKLETON THINK OF MY SPIFFY TIE!" He grinned, "And I am sureeee, the number would tell me you LOVED it. Hm? Is that right???"

Lyra raised her hand in the air.

"Professor, doesn't the Destiny/expression number describe the talents and attitudes in this lifetime?" she asked