Nolan had to admit, even if Ellie was a bit confused he was very proud of her showing some interest in the subject, since last term she'd seemed very...skeptic about it, as many students were. "Treyen is right...death does not literally mean DEATH in all cases. Many times it can just mean an end to something, perhaps a job or a friendship. Not necessarily meaning someone is going to literally die," he explained. No need for them all to act like they've seen a grim now!

He hoped for just a TINY second that they were back on track when...GIGGLING ensued. "Wait, what?" the professor asked in confusion. Why were they laughing at him?

It was PEEVES again wasn't it???!

Turning around quickly to see if the joker had written something else on his board, he completely missed the poltergeist as he flew up into the air. Ok, WHAT did he do to this board?? That HAD to be the reason they were all giggling. He messed it up somehow...but WHERE? All the notes still looked the same to him!

He was completely oblivious to his black framed glasses bobbing around near the ceiling.

"Ermmm, professor" JD interrupts, nodding toward the ceiling. Glasses could be fixed yes...but still he thought silently. He figured at least the professor should know what was going on.

Tapping his quill on the parchment, he glances back up at the ceiling, where the glasses were. It was a bit distracting...especially with all the titters and giggles ensuing around him.

Of COURSE he'd have taken the BOYS side! But, yeah. She got it. "Then why isn't there an 'end' card? Why 'death'? They COULD be separate, you know. So people don't go dying when they think they're ending something, or ending something when they think they're gonna DIE." That made sense, right?

Ellie cupped her hands over her mouth as Reynolds looked over at the board. Hah. Maybe... he was blind or something. Without those specs.

"I heard that a death card could also mean something positive. Like something old ends but in return something new comes into your life that is even better then that before", Fee said.

Kale listened to the girls confusion about the 'death' card. He had to addmit that at first he was confused as well. "Ending something isn't as dramatic as the death of something though." Kale added when the girl thought there should be two different cards. "Just to 'end' something doesn't always mean the same thing. There are many different 'ends' to something, where as the death of something is the only 'end'" Kale said out loud hoping to get involved in the conversation now. And hoping that Professor Reynolds agreed with him. But there was a good chance he wouldn't.

Huh? You talkin' to me?

Ellie spun in the older person's direction. "Which is WHY there should be two DIFFERENT cards!!" She looked back over at the professor. "Right? You should write into the company and complain."

Oh Nolan LOVED the debates going on right now! It was so cool that they were getting so into this. "As your classmates have kindly pointed out, death is simply 'the end'. It isn't literal at all. The end can sometimes bring on good things, such as new relationships or romances...and as for there not being a card for that, I'm afraid this is a very ancient practice that has gone on for years and years, and since they never established a separate card for 'end' during that time, I doubt they'll establish one in the future," he explained with a smile.

"Now we've covered all the cards of the Major Arcana, so who can tell me a bit about the Minor Arcana? It's a bit of a different layout than the Major deck," he explained.

Whaaa? Wrinkling his dark brows and looking up toward the ceiling, he saw...his glasses? Floating in midair? Fantastic.

"Oh for the love of Merlin!" Nolan exclaimed, running a hand through his hair in a huff. "Peeves! Put them down this instant or I'll REALLY go get the Baron!" he said.

Were there any spells one could use against a ghost? Hmmmmm.

Simon thought for a moment on an answer before raising his hand. "Isn't the Minor Arcana deck set up like a modern deck of cards where there are about 52 cards divided into 4 groups or suits," the Gryffindor supplied. He was hesitant on the number but he thought his words were right.

"But it CAN mean death, right? So how would you know?" She, Ellie, could DIE and not even know it.

THIS was just one reason Divination made no sense. Too many blurry lines. And in the end, is it REALLY real?

Sorry Reyn, but no.

And, she had no clue about this 'other deck' either. But she might learn to like it....

If it didn't have 'death' in it.

Diasy just sighed and sat back into her seat. She really hated Peeves right about then. This was class and she wanted to learn. "Can't you us Accio to get your glasses back rofessor?" It was somthing she would do. "The get the Baron to come and get him?" It would make her happier if Peeves would leave. What with the laughing from classmates and the Professor being side tracked she would never get the chance to go over Tarot Cards.

Brittany raised her hand trying to stiffle a giggle. " it is a deck of 56 cards, divided into four suits, derived from the older Latin playing card suits most commonly named Wands or Batons, Cups, Swords, and Coins." She said smiling. She then thought about why the symbols could particuarly be those. "The symbols are usually associated with one of the four classical elements, with a common set of associations being Wands with fire (or air), Cups with water, Swords with air (or fire), and Coins with earth." She added. "But they also have many other asscociations." she said but none that were as fresh in her ind as the elements. That was one praticular subject she couldnt forget

Awww, look at the ickle brave firstie trying to save Professor Four Eyes' glasses! The spell wasn't strong enough to lift the glasses off the poltergeist's head, so he just clung to them, returning to VISIBLE to look at the girl and stick his tongue out at her. HEHE!

OH this was just so much fun, watching the professor get angry! And bad choice of words, poor professor, BAD BAD BAD choice of words. GIGGLE! This was going to be SO FUNNY!

"Of course, Professor Four Eyes!" he said, saluting the professor and taking the glasses off. He dangled them out in the middle of the air...come on, THEY HAD TO SEE THIS COMING...and simply DROPPED the glasses from the ceiling. CACKLE!

"WHOOPSIE! Bad Peeves! Butterfingers!!!!" he chuckled, watching the glasses land with a CRACK on the ground, giggling in delight as the lenses completely shattered.

Breaking things was FUN. WHAT ELSE COULD HE BREAK??? OOOOOH, those pretty crystal orbs stacked up along the windows were perfect.

He flew over to the window and, going INVISIBLE yet again, he simply TIPPED the first ball in the rack so that it knocked into the next one, creating a bit of a chain effect. HEHEHE!

As much as he'd like to stay and watch them try and stop the inevitable fall of the crystal balls, he remembered that the professor WOULD probably go get the Baron for REALZ after this when all the crystal orbs were KAPUTT...best not be around for that. Besides, there were a number of lovely baby Venomous Tentacula that he spotted this morning that just HAD to be unplanted in the greenhouses. HEHE.

With that, he stayed invisible and he was off to cause more chaos elsewhere.

Hmm, she was starting to get irritated of this silly debate over a stupid little DEATH card.

Perhaps there was a way she could cast a spell on the cards that the Ravenclaw would use and have them ALL turn up as death cards. Hehe. Wait, didn't she know that Ravenclaw girl. Eliza or something? Keeping her eyes on the hovering like glasses, Evelyn snickered when the Professor threatened Peeves AGAIN about getting the Baron. Really, Peeves should know better. No matter how awesome he was, Evelyn really didn't want the Baron in here. Creeped her out.

Sighing, she glanced over at Josh, seeing if he was awake or not before her attention was diverted elsewhere. "The Minor Arcana is-" Whaaaa?

Frowning, she watched the glasses fall to the ground, lens shattering and all. Ugh, sure, Peeves may be awesome, but he got on her nerves too! She was trying to answer the question! "...a deck of 56 cards with four suits in all-"

Hmm, nope. It seemed like she was not going to be able to answer. "And your crystal ball orb things are going to end up like your glasses." The little thuds and clinks and clangs of them hitting one another was enough to move her attention over there.

Eck. There was a Minor Arcana too? What on Earth was that? Viky had NO IDEAA, since her friend had thankfully only made her do one reading. She didn't want to know aaaaaaany specifics about her life and how she was gonna die or anything. Nope, no thanks. It would just freak her out. And anyway, why did they need two special sets? It was just silly! But still... points and all. Maybe she should guess?

She stuck her hand up in the air, realised she had nothing at all to say, and then put it down again. Simon, on the other hand, was obviously good at this. Hmmph. She was going to get him to tutor her! Yeah. That was an awesome idea. But, until then... the textbook. That would have to do! She reached out and grabbed it, flicking through the pages under the desk until she found the right one.

'Sir, the Minor Arcana is... um... fifty-six cards, and they're supposed to add to and give detail about your Major Arcana readings. It says here that they 'flesh out the big story of what's going on in our interpretive experiences, read by the Major Arcana.'' hmm. Maybe qouting the book wasn't such a great idea. Now he'd know she'd read it from there.

BAD PEEVES. Very naughty Peeves! Viky frowned, thinking that it had gone a Not that there was a need to be careful, afterall, since all the glass was gone and it was just.. frames. But surely Proffessor Reynolds could fix it? There must be a spell for it. She offered a small smile as she handed them to him 'Perhaps a Reparo spell, Sir?' she said, glancing down at the frames. Perhaps not. 'Or you could just keep your contacts... or something...'

And now the Crystal Balls were going! Viky was far too far away to even do anything about that, not that she'd have a chance of stopping them anyway. She just watched as they rolled... and rolled... and rolled. Wow. She hoped they weren't all really expensive or anything. That would be rather unfortunate...

Keefer saw the glasses hit the floor. Well, Peeves may be having fun, but breaking a Professor's personal possessions? That was going too far. He was about to get out of his seat and go to pick up the glasses and repair them when he saw another student moving to do the same thing. Good. Someone is helping thwart Peeves at least.

He was just thinking this when he saw Peeves make his way over to the crystal balls. NOT GOOD!

Thinking fast, he pointed his wand and said "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" He levitated the ball that was hurtling towards the ground.

Brittany was horrified at the ight in front of her. all feeling to giggle madly had deceased. Wow what was the professor going to do about this. He was a ghost after all it wasnt like he could be put in detetion of take away any house points. She didnt think it could get anyworse after the shattering of the professor glasses but she was worng. It was like it was all happening in slow motion or something all the orbs starting to fall over one by one with not doubt at the end results.... DESTRUCTION.

Daisy watched as the glasses hit the floor and the lense shattered. She pulled out her wand and was going to fix them when she watched as the crystal balls started falling over. Thinking as quick as she could she waved her wand and said," Spongify," putting up a cushioning charm to stop the others. A second later she sad, "Wingardium Leviosa," Just incase that the charm hadn't worked and watched as a few of them levitated, but the rest continued to fall.

Kale was slightly annoyed with the girl, but then again, she was just curious. "Well yes it could mean death, but that's why you study more Divination so you can read the cards and what ALL of them are trying to say, not just the 'death card'" Kale hoped the professor wouldn't mind him answering the questions but he couldn't handle this girl snapping back at the professor like so.

He then decided it was best to move on and answer the professor's next question. He opened his Divination book and began flipping through the pages hoping to find the answer.

All though he didn't have much time to answer before Peeves starting causing more destruction, Kale whipped his wand out ready to help...

With the continuing conversation between the professor and Peeves, it had become impossible for Simon to ignore the poltergeist anymore, watching the ghost float on the ceiling with Reynold's glasses as he became visible again.

Oh this can so not end well he stated to himself just in time to see the glasses fall with a crash causing the 5th year to wince thinking of the professor and having to deal with broken glasses.

But that wouldn't be the worse problem he'd have to deal with as Simon noticed Peeves' next actions and just imagining the results of the many crystal balls falling and breaking. He wondered if they had any type of charm to prevent that but then his wind wandered to thinking of how to stop it or at least help.

"Spongify!" he cast aiming for the floor around where they would wall so that if they did there was a chance of them being cushioned and safe.

"Good answers!" Nolan said with a smile. Despite Peeves buzzing around like an annoying mosquito, he was still going to try and continue the lesson. "They're much more closely related to the playing cards many of us are familar with, since they have four suits of 13 cards each. Can anyone give the meanings of some of these cards? Anyone will do, just pick one from your textbook," he explained.

Then, his attention was drawn to a small CRASH next to the chalkboard.

UGGH. Typical Peeves. He should have known he'd drop them...thankfully that was just a back up pair, he had others in his office, so HA! Joke was on Peeves! Nolan 1, Peeves...erm, probably a little more than one, actually, at this point. "Reparo, excellent suggestion!" Nolan said. It was a spell that any witch or wizard with spectacles seriously needed to learn perfectly. He'd used it many times now...once last term, in fact.

And then, Peeves decided to pull out all the stops..Nolan watched in horror as one of the crystal balls tipped off the rack, shattering on the ground with an even louder CRASH! Not the precious crystal orbs! PEEVES HAD GONE TOO FAR! He was going to call in his old buddies at the Ministry and get him carted off to Azkaban or something...if that was possible!

Sighing with relief as the next orb fell onto the charm that a very resourceful Gryffindor had just cast, and then another Hufflepuff caught one of the orbs with a levitating charm, Nolan thought of only one other spell that could stop them and promptly cast it.

"Immobulus!" Nolan exclaimed, pointing his wand at the falling orbs. Only one more made it to the ground before the spell hit but now...they were all out of their nice little holders on the rack and if he took the spell off now, they'd all fall in a matter of seconds.

"Students if a few of you would be so kind as to please move the orbs back into their respective holders on the rack," he said, panting as he realized just how close he'd been to having a flipping HEART ATTACK! Those were his most prized possessions!

And hopefully they moved quickly. His arm wasn't going to stay in spell casting mode for long.

Kurumi slowly crawled out from under the table where she had been hidden as the ghost began to have a field day. She went over and starting picking up orbs and putting them back. "I'm glad you got your glasses back, Professor," Kurumi smiled. The poor guy looked like he had been through the war in dealing with that ghost.

Daisy jumped up and still held her wand levitating the crystal balls. She walked over to them and started placing them back in their proper spaces. She then proceeded to get the ones that she wasn't levitating. Poor Professor Reynolds. All this stress just wasn't good for anybody. She then started to get the ones he had frozen.

Despite the little chaos Peeves caused within the classroom, Josh was still sleepy. So he continued resting on the desk however he opened an eye to glare at the poltergeist since with all the unncessary noise he caused, it was much more difficult for the Gryffindor boy to fall asleep.

But this was too annoying. That creature was making it impossible to sleep and if any of those crystal balls shoudl hit someone (especially Evelyn) the poltergesit was going to pay for that. Ooooor he was going to pay for that right now!

So standing up in a sudden, he handled his Hazel wand and aimed it at Peeves. He did not know it the spell would work yet he did not care. He did not even care what Peeves would do to him if the spell would not work on him. ''Immobulus!'' he yelled his wand still aimed at the poltergeist. Then he glanced at Evelyn to see if she was okay. She seemed to be all right. Good good.

How mean of Peeves. Viky couldn't help feeling a tiiiny bit guilty, since she'd played rather a few pranks on various teachers at Durmstrang. Although they'd never gone as far as this, of course. Never... noooo. Of course not. She smiled a little at the Proffessor as he said Reparo might work, though she had her doubts. She'd never be able to fix glass that shattered, if it had been her glasses. But they wreen't, and she was sure the Proffessor was a much better spell caster than her. He was a Proffessor, after all.

And he was obviously a good spell caster, because he'd stopped those Crystal Balls! A few had fallen onto the floor and shattered, though. She hurried over to the shelf as he gave the instructions, bending to pick up one hovering just above the floor. That was close! She set it on a little stand thing, and bent down to pick up another. The she realised, there were going to be lots of people doing that, so stepped back a little. She was going to clean up all the glass. 'Accio broken Crystal Balls!' she called, and one or two with little cracks came zooming towards her, as well as a whole load of glass.

She put the more-or-less intact ones on her desk for the time being - there was only one, actually - and then focused on the glass shards. She directed them to Proffesor Reynolds' desk, figuring he could fix them with magic. Or maybe superglue, who knows?

YESSS!!!!!!!!!! Oh how Ellie wished she could hug that ghost! That was EPIC!!

Clapclapclapclapclap. She applauded.

Haha. WHY didn't she own a camera! "Your face was PRICELESS there!" Priceless.

Next Hogsmeade trip, she was getting a camera. And bringing it EVERYWHERE.