Astronomy 1
 

Honestly, it wasn't Josephina's top preference to teach this subject but she'd done reasonably adept in it during her school days, so she figured why not? Minus the fact that she totally missed Antares already; he always seemed like such the gentlemen at the feasts. Quiet and more the observational type, but nice.

Nonetheless, she'd agreed to help out and give the kids some type of astronomy lesson this term so here she was. After the long walk up to the tower and now some deep breathing, she opened the classroom door and practically collapsed into the large chair at the front of the room. Don't worry kids, lesson will begin as soon as the substitute professor catches her breath. She's not used to those stairs ;)

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Telescope Cleaning Procedures: Main Class Activity!

Riley walked up to the Astronomy tower after seeing the notice that class was going to be today. It had been a late start in the term but at least they were going to have one. The sixth year had grown fond of the subject and its teacher last term and when he walked into the lofty classroom he stopped in his tracks for a second.

"Umm Professor Hadley? Where is Professor Antares?" he asked worriedly. First the Herbology Professor now Astronomy, it was beginning to seem as if Aparecium was right about the man-eating plant and forgot to tell us....

IT COULD CLIMB STAIRS!

Huff ... and puff ... puff and huff.

Huh?! What was that?! Looking up to the arrival of the first student, Professor Hadley forced a small smile at the older boy. Honestly, she'd no idea, but she wished he hadn't disappeared. He seemed more adept in the subject than she was. Of course she'd manage though ... with those books she'd been reading the past couple days.

"Good question, Mr Sinclair. If I knew, do you honestly think I'd be here?" Really.

Riley looked at the Professor and watched as she tried to catch her breath, for he had literally walked in the door just behind her. "I guess your right Professor." he smiled at her and then sat in the front desk of the front row and just stared at her, waiting for class to start. The Gryffindor wondered if she was any good at Astronomy...Hoping to show her up

As she continued to huff and puff, Riley stared at her some more and then looked at her feet. 'It was probably because of her shoes, girls around here always wore the more impractical shoes.'

Kurumi walked into the Astronomy classroom and stopped dead in her tracks. Wait...WHAT?! Professor Hadley? Kurumi sure hoped that she wasn't staring with her mouth wide open like a fish gasping for breath, but she probably was. "Good day...Professor Hadley?"

Hmm, while she had not attended very many Astronomy lessons last term due to the fact that she wanted her brain to be...not melted...there was also the fact that she had not seen the astronomy professor around all that much and was wondering...what was up. Plus the fact that the herbology teacher was missing, and with the whole muggle stuff being added to the lessons, astronomy was becoming just a bit more interesting in her mind.

...And it just got more interesting.

Ehhh. "Good day, Professor Hadley." she smiled, pausing in the doorway as she glanced towards what her usual seat was in this class. Well...now she couldn't ask Professor Antares where he was all this time. Aw well. Hello to yooooouuuu Mr. Riley. Teehee. And...and Cookie girl...you get a glare.

Tooooo the back of the class!

Rose & Pixie
 

Watching each student walk into the door and stop in their tracks was actually quite amusing to Riley. It was as if they came to an ivisible wall blocking their way and infact it was just the sight of Hadley that was having the effect on them.

hehe.

Riley waved a hand at Evelyn and followed her with his head as she took her token seat at the back of the room and then watched as Kurumi, his fellow Gryffindor friend and known-know-it-all entered the room with a curious look at the Professor. "Hey Kurumi! Sit by me!" he said pointing to the desk next to him.

Like she was going to sit anywhere but the front...NOT!

Jacob walked in to the astronomy class expecting, mister astronomy teacher, whos name he had forgotten over break.

Instead, in the teachers seat sat Professor Hadley.

What? Why were there so many substitutions by other teachers? And why was it that all the teachers were professionals in mutiple subjects... Jacob could barely master a certain unit in a one subject, let alone 2 or three different subjects.

It was madness... it was impossible... it made Jacobs brain make a farting noise... or maybe he just needed to go to the bathroom. Probably the second.

but Jacob took a seat and waited to see if Professor Hadley actually knew both subjects. He greeted her with a nod, still a little shocked by the change in staff recently

Luin walked into the classroom, a bit out of breath from climbing all of the stairs up to the tower. She was happy with herself in being able to find the place, especially because it was rather late in the term to have a first class for a subject. She paused as she walked into the room, noticing the Arithmancy professor, she shrugged and then found a spot to sit down, bringing out her parchment and quill, "Hello Professor Hadley."

Nika walked into the classroom and looked around. Nika saw her professor and walked up to her. "Hello Professor!" Nika smiled and noticed that she was there astronomy teacher. "So are you going to teach two subjects?"

It was ridiculous that Astronomy had to be thought so high up. Sure, some smarty pants would say the closer to the sky the better but logically why go so high up when the sky was so vast? Could you not see the sky wherever you went? So, why the need to make students climb staircase after staircase until their legs cramped and they had to crawl the last floor and have their GOOD FRIEND GREER MCKENSIE ignore their pleas for aid? WHY?

Not that any of that had happened to Lulu Patterson. She didn't suffer from leg cramps because she was INVINCIBLE. Whoever thought otherwise deserved to be forced bogeys, that's what.

Lulu stood at the door, blocking the doorway. She regretted the fact that the door was open, leaving no room for a dramatic entrance. Unable to go forward as planned, the girl stomped her way into the classroom and dropped to sit cross-legged next to Greer. "Stop talking, Greer," hissed Patterson. "You abandoner! You have no right to speak."

Samira walked into the Astronomy classroom and waved cheerily at the teacher. She spotted her Gryffie friend not too far away. Sneaking up behind her, Samira whisper-yelled into Nika's ear.

"Hello!"

Strolling into the classroom, Patroclu like many others was taken back by the presence of Professor Hadley, but he made no mention of it, instead moved to the back of the room and sat with Evelyn, smiling at the professor as he past her,
"Lovely to see you Professor Hadley!"
Patroclus had to admit, he was rather happy to see her here, Antares was a lovely man, however he confused the LionBoy like there was no tomorrow!

Cross fingers for a straighforward lesson!

McKensie, as usual, had retreated to her own little world of sunshine, rainbows, sunflowers and glitter-covered unicorns. It wasn't a hard thing to do given that Greer did it all the time, and it was especially easy given by how most people seemed to prefer to sit anywhere but in the front of the class with her.

This quickly changed, however, when Lulu arrived and shattered her small fantasy. A small crease formed in the blonde's brow, and she pursed her pink lips. "Lulu," Hissed the Gryffindor second year back, "You are being very rude. You didn't even greet--" What's-Her-Name-Arithmancy-Teacher "--the professor. And it's not the only thing you would be able to beat on a race is a seventy-year old slug!"

And OOOOHH Sabel Dakest, who may or may not be a Veela had joined the class. Golden-brown eyes sparkling, McKensie wriggled her fingers at him as a form of greeting, and turned back to look at Lulu.

Of course she was; honestly though, Antares was a far better expert in this subject matter than she was. She hadn't so much as picked up a book related to the subject since ... her NEWT studies.

Smiling back at him, she looked at others walking in. She seemed to be breathing a bit more normal now.

Must be one of Antares' students, Josephina noted at the unfamiliarity of this girl. Nodding at her and her happy-go-lucky personality, she made a note to get to know this girl.

"Good day, girls," Josephina said to both Kurumi and Evelyn, not the least bit surprised that they took Astronomy too. Actually, she wouldn't be surprised if they both attempted EVERY subject offered at Hogwarts. They seemed like the over-achievers enough to dare to do it. And funny thing was that neither was a Ravenclaw. Like herself ... hmm.

Hmm what?! "Hello, hello. Nope. I don't usually teach two classes, but well Professor Antares seems to have disappeared suddenly, so I've been asked to teach a lesson or two in his subject matter." Not exactly her specialty, but she'd so her best to make it interesting. "So Yes, I'll be teaching this subject this term, but my standard teaching something is first and foremost, Arithmancy."

Josephina nodded and greeted the students, noting familiarities in most of them. Except for one... who oddly enough seemed to know the other unfamiliar face, but the happy-go-lucky one. So just two girls seemingly unfamiliar but the rest she knew; not bad at all.

"We'll begin in another few moments... Just waiting for those last minute stragglers to make there way up," Hadley noted, as she looked over some scribblings on some of the parchments. Oh ... who knew that Risu was such a nerd? Clearly Arithmancy wasn't the only nerdy subject.

*is a straggler*
 

Destiny was having a hard time breathing by the time she had made it to the Astronomy Tower. After five very long years at Hogwarts, she would have SWORE the steps wouldn't have bothered her. But they did. And it seemed like they bothered her with the more chocolate she ate as she got older. It was true then. Older people's bones become more brittle and that is the reason Grandmum Tole walks around with a cane.

It helps her walk and she likes to hit Destiny people over the head with it. Destiny couldn't wait until she got a cane of her own.

Dragging her VERY tired feet into the classroom, she spotted Professor Hadley instead of whatshisname. Sweet Merlin, this lesson better not have anything to do with numbers! "Hello, Professor!" she wheezed at greeted the woman as she continued to drag her VERY tired feet to the empty seat next to Evelyn.

Hiiiiiii, Evelyn!

Lulu didn't have to greet anyone! She had to be present for class so there she was. She gave Greer McKensie a very affronted look before looking next to her and behind her just to make sure Greer-Niagara-Falls-McKensie wasn't talking to some poltergeist she didn't know about. "Har har har. You got new material? Congratulations!" whispered-hissed Patterson with a feigned smile. It soon disappeared and was replaced with a mocking grimace.

"So much for being a Gryffindor. You are in the wrong house. The wrong house."

Lulu always thought Greer was more of a Puffin. She didn't get to speak her theories on how Greer had cried and cried until the Sorting Hat placed her in her house of choosing just so she could stop blubbering on the chair and holding everyone up. LEGEND CHOSEN HAD ARRIVED!! HE STILL OWED HER A GOBLIN!!

A GOBLIN!!!

AND HE WAS SPEAKING SOMETHING RATHER RUDE.

Lulu coughed, keeping her amusement at bay. How blunt of Legend Chosen to state the obvious. It was the stupid in him, Lulu was sure, that made him speak out this way. At least she wasn't going to be bored this lesson.

K-Lee strolled into Astronomy, expecting to see the usual teacher, stopping dead as she saw... Professor Hadley? What was going on? Another professor teaching a subject they don't usually teach?

"Hello Professor Hadley." K-Lee said. She was confused, but might as well go with the flow. Something was definitely up. She quickly sat down on a seat in the middle of the classroom.

Cedric walked into the classroom, panting a little bit as was expected. Who wouldn't pant during their hike to this tower? His muddy brown eyes wandered about the classroom and soon fell on a certain professor. Hmm. "Good day, Professor Hadley," he greeted, a frown later forming on his forehead. "You're... teaching... Astronomy?" This was weird. It was like seeing an unlikely apparition of a dead person.

His usual seat would be in front but this time could be the best time to seat near the back. And so he tottered toward the back of the classroom, and jammed himself into one of the seat of the last row.

He was lounging... lounging on his seat. The seat in the back was comfortable, you know. It was far from people's scrutinizing gazes and he couldn't be seen being a little bit jittery about the sight of Professor Hadley in the Astronomy tower. Cedric eyed this Gryffindor boy who JUST told them that they should leave. Really? Maan, he would be sorry if Professor Hadley break down and cry because they boycott her class! "We should all give Professor Hadley a chance. A chance would never hurt." Cedric uttered, authoritatively.

Janie Hartford was going to be an awesome astronomer. It even sounded good, she thought to herself as she sort of ran up the stairs to her class. Now, Janie didn't know...anything about astronomy, but she was in Ravenclaw. Cleverest of the clever, smartest of the smart. How could she NOT be amazing at astronomy?

The door was open and she trotted through, giving a quick greeting to the professor. " Hello Professor, "She said, her demeanor calm...for the moment. The moment she spotted Lulu and Greer, she sort of forgot a sense of propriety and scrambled over, shoving herself into a seat nearest to them.

Janie's mouth opened wide in preparation for her usual greeting but at the last moment she remembered they were in a classroom, so she sounded a bit awkward. " HE--hey," She began and then trailed off as she watched Greer staring at that BOY. Casting a worried glance at Lulu, she then stared down Greer. " Just what are you doing wavingathimheisaboydon'tyouknowthattheyaretheenemy ?!?!" All of this was delivered in a quick whisper, with a stare puncuating the sentence.

DID GREER NOT GET IT?