Divination I :: Oneiromancy
 

Professor Reynolds was sitting on the edge of his desk, waiting for the students to file in once he opened his class. Today however he looked a bit more exhausted than usual...his glasses had slid down the bridge of his nose and he'd made no effort to fix them, and he hadn't bothered to button up his navy sweater vest today either. Still, as the first students began to arrive, he made an effort to smile for them as they entered the room.

"Hello class...please take a seat, and we'll begin today's lesson shortly," he announced. "Keep chatter to a minimum, please!"


OOC: Class will begin in 1-2ish hours or so. Nolan IS in the room so please keep the chitter chatter down! Thank youuuu!

Arabella-Marie entered the classroom and said "Good Morning Professor" Arabella-Marie took a seat near the front she was interested in learning about divination and she wanted to get some points for her house

Jenny walked into the room nervously. Divination wasn't one of the subjects she was looking forward to, but maybe her mind might change after taking it. Quickly walking in, she said, "Good day, Professor." before walking around, looking for a seat.

Oh good, Rae was early. Even if Rae did think that Divination was a joke, she liked this class nonetheless. She greeted her teacher, which she normally didn't do.. "Hello Professor Reynolds.. Good day isn't it?" Yeah, she was is a happy mood. She found a seat over towards the front and waited for people to show up so the lesson could start.

Yes, it was official. She almost completely hated Divination. Whyyy did it have to be so high up huh?

Finally making it to the classroom though, the Slytherin leaned the door frame for just a moment before making her way into the classroom, mustering up a smile for the Professor. "G'day Professor." she muttered before taking a usual seat near the back. They were keeping the lights on during this lesson right? She made no promises that she'd stay awake if they went off! Oh, scratch that...Rae was here.

She could keep her awake right? Hehe. Changing direction, Evelyn took a seat next to the older Slytherin, right in the front. Well, that'd definitely keep her awake right there.

Enya slowly walked into the classroom, she really didn't know why she was hear she didn't even like the subject. Hell. She didn't like learning, but if it made Vanessa happy she would turn up. Maybe she'd learn something new. Sigh. Peeking round the classroom she had just walked into she stopped, standing in full view of everyone. She could tell this was going to be a good class. Sorta.

After a few minutes of 'posing' she walked over to a empty desk and poshly sat down. She was actually looking forward to the class now. Why? She asked herself looking around again. Shrugg, she'd never know. Maybe they'd be better then the lesson's she was taught at muggle school. The one's Vanessa took her too. The fact she wasn't aloud to use magic at those school's was more annoying then the actul lesson's. She actually had to work! URG!

Yay! Amy was ready for divination she stepped into the classroom "morning Professor" she said cheerfuly to Professor Reynolds she skipped to an empty desk and sat down

joey walk into the class room she found a seat next to amy .she was ready to take notes.

Oh my Gilderoy!

Divination was up! Treyen had almost run up the stairs in order to make it on time and be able to pick a seat. He, however, stopped at the door, so no one would notice the excitement he had while on the stairs.

But, wait. Was Professor Reynolds okay? He didn't look like he was.

Treyen sort of smiled, "Great day, Professor. Hope we can brighten it up for you" he said, with a nod, as he entered the classroom.

Meredith walked nervously into class. She passed the professor's desk. "Good morning professor." Meredith gave a little smile. She went and sat down in the middle area of the class room

While she didn't intend to attend Divination, she'd been slightly curious after listening to that Fletcher boy speak back in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Therefore, she had to come.

Danika stopped at the door, "Good day, Professor" she said, with a little bow of the head, the man looked...well, like he hadn't slept all night. The Professors they had at Hogwarts. Odd selection. "I vas told I could join a class of my interest, and I vould like to join this one" she said, as if saying 'this better not be a waste of my time and you should be totally proud that I chose this one'.

Lessons. Ugh. Hopefully they'd be more fun than they were at muggle schools. English and maths ? What was that about ? It was SO confusing and they Weren't aloud to use magic. Ridiculous no ? Callie walked into Divination and smiled at the professor. "Hello Professor." she smiled before taking a seat.

Salander trods heavily towards the Divination classroom, trying to catch his breath and keep his heart from exploding. Seven floors, a deep dungeon, two or three different towers-- and no one thought of an elevator around this place??!?

He collapses onto a seat closest to the door, barely able to mutter a Hello to the Professor. The most he can do is glare stare.

Divination hmm??

Well it was one of the subjects she had got her O in so why not be happy about it? The Blonde made her way into the classroom, smiles all round. This shouldn't be bad at all now should it? Spotting her cousin already in the classroom, Trixie made her way over before addressing the Professor. "Hello Professor. Good summer?" she asked with a charming smile. It was strange how polite the students really were when entering classes.

She took one glance at her, now blonde, cousin before turning to the front. Did they need anything?

Rubiey walked into the class. She was insanely excited for her first lesson at Hogwarts; Divination. She smiled at Professor Reyolds. "Hey, sir. How are ya?" She asked taking a seat, practically bouncing up and down in anticipation.

Rex waits for the class to start.

Taylor walked in to the classroom. She walked over to an empty seat, set her stuff down and sat down. "Hello Professor." She said as she was getting the stuff she needed.

Fee entered the classroom for her first lesson of Divination.
"Good morning,Professor", she said smiling.
Dang, this was exciting.
She took an empty seat near one of the windows and took out her parchement and her pink pen.

"Good morning," Nolan said with a smile to the Gryffindor girl near the front before smiling and nodding at the young girl looking for a seat as well.

The truth was Nolan was NOT very well today, but he had promised himself he wouldn't let his social life get in the way of his classes, so once again, he grinned politely at the girl. "I'm fine, thank you Miss Ainsworth," he told her.

"Yes, the weather is rather pleasant outside, isn't it?" he said with a smile, looking at the window. He was quite sure she wasn't talking about the weather, but nevermind that. "Good to see you Miss Rae."

"Good day Miss Flores," he said to the Slytherin, remembering that he needed to keep a close eye on this one. He still had the gong in the desk drawer if anyone fell asleep, he wasn't afraid to use it!

Nolan nodded at the Slytherin boy who entered the room...hmmm, he seemed a man of very few words. He then turned his attention to the Slytherin who entered right behind him and smiled. "Good morning to you too."

Nolan couldn't help but genuinely smile when Treyen entered the room. The boy had shown great promise in his classes last year, and he was really hoping that would be the case again this year. "Hello Mister Lockhart," he said, choosing to ignore the comment about his mood. Clearly, he needed to ACT happier. Yes. he could do that!

"Good morning to the both of you," Nolan said with another small smile as two students entered the room. "I'm doing well, thank you."

Ahhh, one of the visiting students! Nolan perked up immediately, sitting straighter on his desk and nodding at the young girl. "Of course Miss Malik, feel free to take a seat anywhere you'd like. I hope you enjoy the lesson," he said with a smile. This was so exciting! He glanced around the room for a few moments, hoping that the presence of one of the Drumstrang students would convince them all to behave, or he'd have to be the strict, boring professor...

"Hello," Nolan said to one of the new Slytherin students, before catching a glimpse of another Slytherin who looked extremely...exhausted. Maybe he hadn't gotten enough sleep?

Oh wait. He looked out of breath. Those poor Slytherins having to come all the way from the dungeons! "Good morning," he said to the boy, even though the look he was giving him was clearly suggesting the exact opposite of a good morning for him.

"I've had better summers," Nolan said with a shrug, but he kept up his smile as he sat on top of his desk once more. "How was yours, Miss Malfoy?" he asked. Just a few more minutes to let the stragglers arrive, and then he'd get started.

Viky strolled happily into Divination, looking around for either Simon, or Josh. No one yet. Oh well... they'd get there later. Hopefully. Cause she didn't want to be alone this lesson. 'Hi, Proffessor Reynolds. Are you alright, Sir?' she asked with a friendly smile, as he looked a bit... upset, perhaps? Giving him another smile, she sat down at one of the desks, next to Jack, whom she'd just noticed. Flashing him a smile, she took her books out of her bag and placed them on the desk.

Stepping into the classroom, JD looks around for an empty seat, hoping not to end up anywhere near Ellie, he didn't no reminders of that one again. Finding a seat in the corner, he puts his bag down next to him, on the floor.

Hi Professor Reynolds" Rex told him.

Amy smiled at her "Hi" she said as she put readied her quill and parchment for notes

"Hey Rubiey", Fee smiled,"come sit with me if you want."

Salander blinked. He finally got some breath reaching his brain for the Professor's greeting-- as well as his exhausted appearance-- to register. "'Mornin' Chief"he greeted back still huffing slightly.

'Morning, Sir' Eliza said politely, having forgotten the Proffessor's name. It began with a 'R', she was sure. But she couldn't remember the REST of his name. Ah well, Si would do quite well instead. Giving Mr. Proffessor Dude a smile, she sat down at a front-row seat, placing her books and quills neatly on the desk in front of her.

Treyen grinned, and immediately head over to a front row seat, away from Fletch boy.

Yeah, as far away from him as possible. And as closer as the Professor as possible, because he was going to focus here. Focusing time was on.

Tory walked in and sat down at the back. "Good Mornin' Sir" she said politely.

Carin walked into the Divination classroom, excited about the first lesson of the year. She was determined to pay attention and win back some of the points she'd lost her house, too.

"Good morning, Professor," she smiled at her teacher and looked around for an empty desk. She was feeling cheerful and hopeful, sure that this day would be better than the previous night, and...

Or not. Carin's eyes narrowed as she recognized Enya's arrogant posture sitting by herself. Part of her wanted to approach her, sit next to her even if only to spite her housemate, but the part that still remembered her conversation with Professor Kingsley forced her to look away and take an empty seat at the opposite end of the classroom.

How could she have forgotten they'd have most of their classes together? They were in the same house, and year! It seemed like Carin's temper and self-control really would be put to the test this year.

Hehe. Firsties were so adorable. Nolan smiled and nodded. "I'm sure that someone can draw one up for you...I'll admit I'm not entirely familiar with some parts of the castle, but I'm sure the Headmaster can assist you there," he explained. Directions were not really his forte.

Ahhhh. The boy who'd gotten stuck in a plant last year. Nolan smiled and nodded at him. "Morning Mister Fletcher," he greeted him.

"Hello Miss Rubiey, I'm doing alright," he said with a smile. Hehe. Another excited first year!

"Good morning to the both of you," Nolan greeted to the two girls who walked into the classroom next.

Gah. He was SO not good at this pretending to be happy thing. He needed to try harder. He smiled and nodded. "I'm alright, just a bit tired," he explained. Not entirely untrue, he was EXHAUSTED from staying up all night writing and rewriting certain letters to people.

"Hello Mister Trigwell," Nolan said with a smile to the Gryffindor boy as he entered the room.

"Good morning," Nolan greeted with another smile to the students. "Would you like some water?" he asked the poor boy who still looked like he was ready to pass out from lack of hydration.

This was why Nolan didn't play Quidditch. Wizarding sports were CLEARLY not good sources of exercise!

"Good morning," Nolan said once again as the last of the students entered the room. That looked like it was going to be the last of them, so he hopped off his desk and headed over the chalkboard.

"Alright, I'm going to get started with class now, since it seems the last of our final arrivals are here. As some of you recall, I asked you last term what some of your interests were in Divination...I find all sorts of branches fascinating, but just because I enjoy Tasseography doesn't mean everyone else does," he said. He did LOVE those tea leaves. "Now, while I can't promise that EVERYONE will find EVERY lesson incredibly interesting, it did help me get a feel for what you all wanted to see, so I'm hoping I've better tailored my lessons to make them more enjoyable for you...and hopefully they're interesting enough to keep you awake," he added with a slight smirk in Rose's direction.

"Now, can anyone tell me what Oneiromancy is?" he asked.

Danika smiled, and nodded.

Oh, but look who was already taking a seat. The sole person that got her interested in this class. Fletcher.

Well, Danika took a seat next to him, perhaps when he wakes up he'll notice.

***
But for now, the class had started. And it was time to take in how the Professor conducted his class. No, she wasn't answering any questions, unless she found it completely necessary.

Emmaleigh managed to find her way up to the divination classroom. She entered the back of the room, and looked for one of her friends to sit with, but she didn't see any of her Hufflepuff friends. "oh, but look over there" she thought as she spotted Fee.
She made her way over to her and took a seat. "Good morrning," she said to the other girl. She sat down, and removed some parchment and a quill from her bag.

Keefer bounced into the room and immediately spotted Treyen. He headed over towards him and sat down. "First Divination, should be good, eh?"



As per usual, Keefer raised both of his hands into the air. "I believe Oneiromancy is dream interpretation, usually used to predict the future if I'm not mistaken."

Rubiey smiled and moved next to Fee. "Hey Fee."

Rubieys hand flew in the air. "A form of Divination based on dreams, sir. Most commonly known as dream interpretation." She reeled off.

Arabella-Marie listened to the question and had no idea what it meant or even what it was so she was ready to take notes of what her fellow classmates were saying and what the professor was asking

Ella smiled once again at the Professor. He still looked a bit meh, but obviously she wouldn't carry on bugging him with questions. Now was time for work and she sat silently for a few seconds. Divination....... not one of her strongest subjects. But that was probably because she rarely participated last term, this time was different. She needed high grades.

She raised her hand at the first question, might as well take a stab. "Is it the type of divination that is based on dreams, sir?" For someone who was rubbish at this lesson, it was quite a good guess. In her opinion.

Scarlett hurried into the class and found a seat.
"hello professor." she smiled.

Treyen raised his hand, after giving a smile to Keefer, who'd just taken the seat next to him, "Oneiromancy, the interpretation of dreams, in which we use our dreams to reach out to the future" he nodded, and didn't notice his hand was still up, though, now that he did he took it down.

Oneiromancy? Oh, no way! "Dream interpretation..." she muttered more to herself, (though since she was sitting right in the front, the professor would probably hear to), as she pulled out her notebook and quill. Just, a regular quill this time. Plain, boring, and brown. Pffft. Well, she didn't so much want to use the other crazy ones. They were too special to her now.

But, back to the subject. Probably one of the topics she'd actually pay attention to. Unless, of course, it had to do with fire, and her not getting burned, then she'd pay attention to that too.

Lexi stared at the side of Finn's head for a moment and then shook herself out of her trance like state. Heh. She had never really been one for Divination in the past, but she had promised herself she would give it a try this term... so here she was. She was about to say that the form of Divination he asked about was like interpreting dreams, but someone had beaten her to it while she was staring. Heh. She scratched some things down on her parchment and listened for moooooooore stuff... Divination stuff... whatever.

Joshua's mouth shaped itself into a perfect O at the Professor's suggestion. The Headmaster could draw him a map of Hogwarts?! THAT WAS SO COOL. His own, personalised map of Hogwarts! YUPPE!! "Oh, thank you, Sir!" Beaming happily at the much taller man, Joshua walked over to one of the last empty seats and got ready for lesson.

Onei - WHAT?!

Blink.

Daniel was just about to settle down and try to fall asleap when the guy started the lesson. Couldn't he wait 5 minutes? But oh well Daniel had plenty of other lessons to sleep in.

Onerwhatamy? Daniel was suprised with himself. This was something familiar. He didn't know what the professer had said but he knew what it meant. Dad had kept a dream diary for his therapist. " It's a divination based on dreams. People belive dreams can tell you about the future. But their kind of weird. I mean seeing a mushroom could mean your going to pass something" Yeah they were weird like that.

Having managed to make it to the class before the class started, Simon took a seat on the other side of Viky just as Professor Reynolds went to start speaking. He gave her a small smile before turning his full attention to the professor, staying quiet at the moment as he was new to the topic. The boy wasn't entirely sure why he was taking the class but he figured at the very least it would be a nice break from the harder required classes.

hmm, Emmaleigh had flipped through her book for class. Hadn't she seen "oneiromancy" in there? She raised her hand to answer. "I think it has s-something to do with d-dreams Sir." she stamered.

Hugo hadn't a clue. Another lesson he was expecting to shine in, but turned out not pretty. He listened and took notes.

Fee smiled at Rubiey widely.
She had become really important to Fee. Sweet.
As she noticed another girl sitting next to her she turned her head.
Oh it was Emmaleigh.
"Hi", she said smiling. Fee raised her hand.
"As far as i know Oneiromancy is about dreams and to figure out what they meant."

Luna raised her hand as the professor asked the question. "Oneiromancy is thinking that what happens in your dreams is going to happen in the future, sir," Luna said.

Wow all these questions was going over poor Brittany's head. She thought DADA was going to be challeging but she could tell that this class was going to keep her in the library. Sigh!!!. Better pay attention now then

Just as Jenny found a seat and was pulling out her quill and parchment, she looked up at the professor and blinked.

What? What did one...onei...one-iron-mency mean? Sighing, Jenny figured out that this was going to be one of her worst classes anyway. Even DADA was better than this.

Jenny prepared to take notes as a few other people (who were quite interested in Divination, she noticed) answered the professor's question.

"Oneiromancy?" "what on earth is that" she thought, she listened as other students answered ....Oneiromancy....Future.......Dreams, she scribbled down notes on her parchment

Thankfully Chloe hadtaken divinations at her previous school so she was not completely in the dark for this class. Even so, she had never heard onoiromancy. Thus, she took her book out and turned to the index and found the answer cause she certainly was not gonna let herself fall behind. she raised her hand and answered, "Oneiromancy is interpreting one dreams in hopes of predicting the future.".

Lina raised her hand, not sure if she was bored or interested. "Oneiromancy is the practice of interpreting dreams. This is usually done using a set list of symbolism in which to derive meaning, or by personal interpretations which could be more or less accurate based on the sensitivity of the person... either in knowing themselves or being able to sense the meaning and feelings behind a person's dream. Some say that the definition of imagery is set, while others believe that it's a matter of what the symbols mean to you. The latter belief better explains why different dream 'dictionaries' from different cultures have different definitions. The way a dragon can be seen as evil and connected to the serpent in one culture, but a sign of luck, prosperity, and wisdom in another culture."

Arabella-Marie wrote quickly on the parchment what her fellow classmates were saying and was thinking to herself that she would enjoy learning about Divination quite a lot

Salander gave the Professor a half-smile. His heart was still racing slightly but he's pretty much caught his breath by now. "No thanks Chief, I'm good." he replied. He appreciated that this Professor was nice enough to offer him something to drink, the only other thing his past teachers offered him was detention or dismissal. boo.


Oh no, big words... not good. Salander brow furrowed as he struggled to listened to other students giving the answer to the Professor's question. "Uh yeah, what they said." he answered casually, nodding his head and pretending that he knew what the answer was all along. But the lad started to feel uneasy. He knew he will get lost in the lesson very quickly unless he had something to follow the discussion with, since he knew his brain doesnt have a fool's hope in providing the answers. Quietly he opened his bag and rummaged it for the Divination book. Where is that thing that had a lot of fog?....

Renesmee sat in the corner doodling on her parchment and taking notes. She was going over todays events and what she had to do. To much!!

"Hello," Nolan said with a smile. "We've already begun the lesson, so please take a seat and try to be on time next lesson or it'll cost you points," he reminded her politely.

OOC: If the lesson has already started, just pretend your character has already entered and pick up where the lesson last left off! :]

"You're welcome," Nolan said with a chuckle as the boy took his seat.

"Yes, points to all of you!" Nolan said with a smile, hopping off his desk and heading over to the chalkboard to jot down the definition for their notes. "As many of you said, Oneiromancy is the art of interpreting dreams to find out about future events, or even to uncover certain personality traits hidden deep within your unconscious mind," he explained. "The best way to do this is through the use of dream diaries, where people record their dreams in a notebook of some sort before they forget them, usually right when they wake up."


Nolan chuckled and nodded. "Yes, sometimes symbols can have very...random meanings. Although at times this can be good...the stranger the dream, the more you have to interpret!" he explained.

He KNEW teaching a lesson would cheer him up! These kids had such clever answers.

"That is true of MANY forms of Divination," Nolan explained, beginning to pace in front of his desk. "For example, in tea leaf reading, people will always see different shapes. What looks like a spoon to one person may look like a frog to another," he said. "However, I've often found that if people take their interpretations seriously, along the line they find that their predictions are correct. That's not to say that EVERYTHING in this class you interpret will be correct. That is both the beauty and downfall of Divination...you never know if the prediction is right until it actually happens," he explained.


Nolan nodded. "Right you are...for simplicity's sake, we're going to have a set list of symbols and their meanings when we do our readings, the same one we used last term," he explained with a smile.

"Dream interpretation is one of the oldest forms of Divination...one of the oldest and most unique examples of this was the Ramesside Dream-Book. Does anyone know which ancient culture that book was from?" he asked the class. Yay history!

Trixie raised her hand to answer the question, a grin on the sixth years face. She really did actually enjoy Divination a lot. "Was it the Ancient Egyptians Professor?" she asked but it was almost stated as a fact. She thought she had it correct, in fact she was pretty certain but it was always good to get things checked wasn't it? "From Deir el-Medina to be more specific" that was if he wanted detail.

Writing down the topic on the top of the page in her notebook, glaring at her writing utensil for it's boring-ness, the Slytherin leaned back in her seat before writing down what the definition of oneiromancy was. Ooh question, she knew the answer to. "The ancient Epgyptians." she said, raising her hand slightly before putting it down after answering. That was right...right?

Woooot, she got the question right. She was getting good at this.
Hmmm, Ella definitely rememebered reading about this kind of Divination somewhere. The Ramesside Dream-Book.......?
"Ancient Egyptian culture?" She said with her hand raised. That was the only culture that sprung to mind really.

Yeah! Points for Huffies. Awesome.

And then, hmmmm, Treyen wasn't sure, but he raised his hands nonetheless, there were one sort of people that liked dreams and stuff, "Egypt, Professor" he said, and if he was wrong, then that's what he was here for, to learn.

OH! She knew this one. Moving schools a lot, meh seemed she had actually learned something. She stuck her hand up before opening her mouth and saying "Ancient Egyptians ?" she said before putting her hand down at looking around at the rest of the class.

"Wasnt it Egypt?!", Fee raised her hand.
She wasnt quite sure about that but she had decided it wouldnt be to bad to say something wrong. She was there to learn.

Riley had been sitting there writing down as much notes as he possibly could. He had NO divination expereience at all at his old school and he had met Professor Nolan in Diagon Alley and he wanted to look good for the guy who saved his shoes.

He listened and watched as a few other people raised their hands and he thought he had heard that name of the book before, when he was reading his Divination textbook. "Professor I think the oracles and priests used that book in Ancient Egypt and the Nile River civilizations." he said with a bright grin, yep he knew that answer!

She looked interestingly at the teacher. She was very curious as to what it was, but history wasn't really her fav subject.

Lina raised her hand more excitedly, being able to go into history and culture instead. "The Ramesside Dream-Book, also called the Ramesside Dream Manual, and sometimes just the Dream Book by enthusiasts, is from the pre-Hellenistic Egyptian era. The papyrus it was translated from was found in Deir el-Medina, and is dated to the period of the reign of Ramesses the second, around 1275 BC."

Amy thought for a moment about the question... she had no idea! she listened intently to the lesson and continued to scribble down notes about the dream book

Adeline deeply payed attetion. Her grandma was a seer, and her mom always told her she had a special gift. Hmmpp. She didn't know any answers so she just staired at the proffesor and her classmates, letting the information soak into her brain taking notes with her chocolate flavored ink.

Daniel smilled smugly to himself . He was right for once. But he didn't agree that it was fun having more to interpret.Having less seemed better to him. It would give him a headache interpriting dreams.

Oh new question. He'd seen this himself on a muggle school trip to some museum. It was strange how much he remembered " Well sir it's from the Ancient Egyptians. It had something to do with Ramesses II so it was probably made during his rein?" He could live with that answer

Arabella-Marie listened to the question that the professor asked and raised her hand and said "It is Ancient Egypt sir"

"Hmm," Emmaleigh thought, "I don't remember that from the book." But as she sat there thinking about the word, something sparked her memory. "Ramesside, Ramesside," she repeated in her head. Could it have anything to do with muggle history? She raised her hand before saying. "Does it have a-anything to do with the R-ramesses, from muggle h-history?" she asked before adding. "He was a E-egyptian Pharaoh."

Alice hurried into the class and took a seat next to Rubiey and pulled out her belongings. She smiled at her friend reassuringly, more for herself than Rubiey, and focused her attention to Professor Reynolds who looked very tired. Poor guy. "Hi Professor Reynolds," Alice said with a small wave and just loud enough so he could hear. She was ready for class

Alice had no clue what that was, so she just sat and listened to everyone else answer. She had a feeling this was going to to be a class she really needed to pay attention in.

Victoria was making notes and listening to the Professor, the questions and the answers. She wondered what she will need for her exams.

Adeline heard the question and said like a geiness brains "Ancint Egypt, pretty sure" she said with a confident look on her face. Ahh, she loved divination with all her heart.

Jason stared at the professor as though she had just murdered his cat... He had no clue what it was, and as a matter of fact he didn't care much either. Divination was Jasons least favourite subject, he didn't even know why he was here - but he was. And so he just listened to the other pupils all copy each others answers right infront of him...

"Well," Daisy said raising her hand. "I think it's from some where in Egypt."

Scribbling away, Keefer looked up from his notes and raised both his hands. "I believe that would be the Ancient Egyptians, Professor Reynolds. Hopefully their book is more reliable than their idea of worshiping cats."

What was there on this planet that was more annoying than a cat?

Jenny looked up once again. This sounds like a question worth answering; Jenny likes reading about ancient cultures sometimes. Hm...the Egyptians seem to be superstitious when it comes to their gods and all that stuff, so why not?

"Ancient Egypt?" Jenny replied nervously. Hopefully that was a good guess.

"Yes, points to all of you! Ancient Egyptians definitely used that book for dream interpretation, showing just how far back this certain form of Divination goes. Even people in the ancient world knew their dreams held some importance in their everyday lives." he explained. He turned around to scribble some more notes on the chalkboard for them. Hopefully they understood that the notes would be VERY important.

Nolan let out a hearty laugh. "I'm sure it was discovered in the pyramids, since I'm fairly certain that most artifacts were discovered there...even though I can't say that for sure, since I'm no historian," he said with a chuckle. "I'm sure the book was not found with a mummy though. They probably held onto their gold necklaces and such instead," he told him.

"One thing that people need to be careful of when interpreting dreams is a false awakening. Can anyone tell me what that is?" he asked them. It was very important they knew what it was before interpreting dreams of their own!

Great Brittany finally thought she knew something. She smiled Brightly and raised her hand "Professor i think it is A false awakening is a vivid dream about awakening from sleep." She said hoping it was right. "sorta like a double dream i guess."

False... awakening? Umm.. Cameron hazarded a guess. "Sirrr." She put up her hand and spoke. "Would that be.. like, when people are having a dream and then they wake up from within that dream and believe they're awake? And they dream.. like.. normal everyday events happening? Is that right?" It didn't really sound right. The Prefect made a face. Hmm..

Trixie raised her hand once more. This dream business was VERY interesting, well it was to her at least. "Professor. Is that when you have a very vivid and life like dream that you are waking up from your slumber?" she started. "It's quite common to also dream yourself doing your usual tasks, so it really feels like you HAVE actually woken up when in fact your are still dreaming" she continued. "It could be rather confusing or even distressing to whomever it is happening to. It's pretty much a dream within a dream" she explained further.

Cora thought about it for a minute and seemed that the answer was fairly obvious. She raised her hand and said, "Professor, isn't that when you are dreaming and you thing you have awaken. You usually dream that you are in the same room that you fell asleep in and you go about you normal morning business just to actually wake up and figure out that you were still dreaming?