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As the Fall weather in Britain was still comfortable outside, Professor Hadley had cracked the windows open a bit to allow a lovely September breeze into the classroom before double checking the room setup: Several neat rows, with desks pushed together in pairs.
Once the room was set up in a way she was somewhat satisfied, Fina resumed her customary seat at the front of the room, using her wand to flick the door open. And then another wand flick on the front board:
Please take your seats and take out your textbooks, quill and parchment.
We will begin shortly.
All she needed now was students.
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Kimalia followed a couple other students inside the classroom. Calmly stepping inside she smiled kindly at the professor. "Good day, Professor Hadley." She waved as well before walking towards an empty seat not too far nor too close to the entrance. Kimalia then took out the required materials before facing the front ready for class to begin.
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Walking in the corridor with a pretty happy and content air with the usual cool demeanor, Josh made his way to the classroom for Arithmancy which surprisingly had become one of his favourites. Yes, it was the ultimate fact that he mostly did not and would not favour classes however there was something he found pretty much fun with this class. Perhaps it was Professor Hadley herself. Hehehehe. He had no idea.
Another thing he had no idea was that the Arithmancy textbook, some parchment and a quill were going to be needed in this class. Well...right. He had participated in this class before and he had used all of those during it but that did not mean they were going to need them in every class, did it? Definitely not.
So being so free of the burden of a textbook, parchment and quill, the Gryffindor boy walked to the door of the classroom about to step inside yet totally halted when he saw that prettiness in Slytherin robes standing there. ''Hi!'' he said kindly before approaching the she-snake. ''You look as breathtaking as usual even before a class, in a school uniform'' and right after voicing the last word of his sentence, the lion boy leaned in and kissed her gently.
Then after a minute or so, smiling against her lips, he pulled away and glanced at the others walking in the classroom. ''Let's get inside before the class starts. And, well, i am sure you are tired of walking here all the way from the dungeons so...''
Grinning some at her, Josh moved and practically picked her up holding her in his arms. Then he went on his way walking into the classroom happily. ''Good day Professor Hadley!''
Now to choose a perfect desk for themselves...
Hmmm, there he was.
"Hi to you too." she smiled, frown and glares gone as she moved away from the wall a little bit. Breathtaking in a school uniform? She didn't particularly agree, since she was a bit against these school uniforms, even if she did enjoy seeing him in the Gryffindor uniform, she decided not to complain about it. Mostly because of the kiss she suddenly received.That was definitely a nice greeting before a class. Teehee.
Glancing at the others when he pulled away and done so himself, she was slightly tempted to just say they should ditch the class, but, well this was one class she was looking forward to compared to the others. Wait...what? "EEP!" Holding onto his shoulders, she giggled as Josh carried her into the classroom. Definitely her favorite class now.
"Hello Professor Hadley." she greeted, half smiling over to the Professor. Hmm, she still hadn't forgotten about the points loss from before. It was BURNED into her mind. So...she only got a half smile, and a 'hello' instead of her usual 'Good day'. Psshhh.
Huh. And apparently the desks were perfectly situated for them today. "We should take those back seats there." Yup, the one right there. In the back.
Selina bounced into her usual Arthimancy classroom, with her usual Professor, and her usual desk. There was no stink of Ministry in here and Selina was loving it. True, she did have another non-Ministry instructed class thus far, but it was Potions. That never put her in a good mood. With the start of Arthimancy Selina could feel the warmth of a new year beginning.
She went up to Hadley's office and said brightly, "Morning Professor. How was your summer?"
She then took her seat in one of the paired up desks and waited for the usual cookie-loving, Gryffindor Kurumi to join her. The pair sat next to one another in almost every class minus Potions. Kurumi liked to sit in the front, but in that class Selina refused.
Chloe was rather glad this would be her final year of arithmancy. Sure it always started easy but the work always got to be so tedious after a while. She rounded the corner and entered the classroom. "Good day professor Hadley". Still she had one year left is what was on her mind as she took a seat.
Serena sat down. She had finished her Ancient Runes Homework a few minutes ago, so had no work to do () She found a seat and waited for the lesson to begin
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Wow, Zara was the first one to enter. She entered the classrom and said to the professor, "Good day, Professor Hadley." with a smile. She took her seat up the front and fumbled in her bag for her textbook, ink, quill and parchment.
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Nessie waited for Zara to walk ahead . Then she walked in and said. "Hello Proffessor Hadley. She took a seat in the middle of the class and got her things ready. She was still kinda tired and was still not in the greatest condition, but she was startting to get just a liitle bit better. She hoped this teacher was just as awsome as the other teachers.
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Carter entered the classroom and was meet with the smell of the breeze. He smiled brightly. He knew exactly where to sit.
"Hello Professor Hadley." he said as he passed her.
He then sat down in a seat right next to the windows.
He then looked up at the board, which instructed him to have his textbooks, parchment, and quills ready. He placed everything he needed on his desk and awaited the start of the lesson.
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Helena walked towards the Arithmancy classroom, pretty much cheerful, even though she didn't know why. But... she was also nervous, because she didn't take this class last year. Buuut she'll do great.
Entering the room, she smiled at professor Hadley. "Good morning, professor," the girl said, smiling. Then, she eyed an empty seat, somewhere in the front, and sat down, waiting for the lesson to start.
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Cassie strut into the class room with her book bag slung over her shoulder and a pretty smile on her face. She really was not excellent in this subject but she had vowed to give it her best shot this year. Plus there was the fact that Professor Hadley was such a lovely woman, she couldn't bring herself to failing this class, nope.
She waved and smiled brightly at the professor.
"Good day professor." And she swished her way to her seat in the second row.
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Viola entered the classroom, feeling really good. Happy, in fact. She really hoped this lesson went well. She'd heard that Arthimancy was pretty hard. Anyway, she was sure that she'll do well.
She smiled at the professor and greeted, "Good Morning, Professor", before taking a seat near the front of the class. Okay. Now, she was ready.
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Arithmancy had been the lesson he had hoped to get. Daichi didn't know why but even though he was only a first year, he had the feeling he would be good at this subject. He just *knew* it. The snake walked towards the classroom with Mr.Duckles in his bag. He wasn't going to leave it anywhere, he HAD to have the plushed duck with him and entered the classroom without any hesitation. The classroom looked like an ordinary one, not strange..and hopefully a NORMAL teacher... His eyes found the professor and he greeted her with a "Hello professor~! I can't wait to start my first Arithmancy lesson" he then turned around to find a seat and picked one in front of the class.
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Oakey was exhausted, and he looked it too. He was up all night exploring the ship with Mordred plus he scared a boggart away earlier that day which really took it out of him. When he passed the suits of armor to get to the class he gave a weak smile at the one that was still badly dented.
*Yawn*Hello Professor Hadley, Oakey said and took a seat in the second row.
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Tiberius entered the classroom, nose buried in the arithmancy journal he'd begun as a first year and had meticulously added to since. He was reviewing old calculations since he wasn't entirely sure what might have been covered at Hogwarts in his absence.
"Good day, Professor," he offered, without looking up, still flipping page after page. Even when he didn't really know how useful any of it was, he was still rather good at it and had taken to the subject well.
Slipping into his seat, he placed the book down and took out his quill and text.
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Charlie entered the classroom slowly as she didn't know if she was in the right one. She saw some pupils sitting down, taking stuff out of their bags so she figured she was in the right place. "Good day Professor Hadley," Charlie said, nodding her head slightly. She took a seat in the middle of the class and pulled out her textbook, quill, parchment and journal.
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Luna entered the class aritmancy classroom ''Hello proffeser'' said Luna then taking a seat beside her friend charlie
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Ember walked into the class, Yes another one, she was liking classes, they were surprisingly fun. " Hey everybody, she saw Charlie and Luna and sat down next to them. "heya guys."
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Ella marched into the classroom, not in a good mood. 'Hello ~Professor Hadley!' She smiled even so.
She didn't know where anybody was so she found a spare table. Dumping down her bag, Ella brought out some parchment and a quill. She set them out infront of her, swept her long curls back and waited..
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Walking heavily into the classroom, Stella entered the room. She looked around the room for a moment and said, "Hello Professor." She sat on the closest chair to her. Getting comfortable she took out of her bag the textbook and a few rolled up parchments. "Arithmancy," she thought to herself, "Exactly like maths, but just magical."
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"Hello Professor Hadley."Zenobia said as she entered the classroom full of students.Noticing their where other first years her nerves begin to fade.Arithmancy was not Zenobia's best subject, having some other first years around is a comforting felling.Zenobia made her way to the back to avoid people,but still be noticed by the professor.As she pulled out her quill and two pieces of parchment paper Zenobia waited with her fingers crossed over one another trying to keep her hands still.
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Gwen entered the room full of students. 'Good morning Professor', she announced shortly, and then went to a girl which was sitting alone and asked :'Um..sorry-is this seat free?'
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Ariadne didn't know what to expect of an Arithmancy class. Even if she was a bookworm, the girl was totally hopeless with numbers. Wishing to at least make a good first impression, she greeted politely: 'Hello, Professor Hadley.'
Then she looked around. Plenty of seats left. Ari finally decided on a desk towards the middle of the classroom. That was perfect, not too close, not too far. Now she could only wait and see if she'd fail miserably at this subject or not.
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Emily walked quickly to her seat pausing only to say a quick "Hi Professor".
She was not in the best of moods after the news she'd just recived. She was (for the first time in her life) not ready to learn. She didn't see the point anymore.
She dumped her stuff on her desk and put her head in her hands. She didn't want to have to speak to anyone today.
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Thomas walked into the classroom "Hello Professor Hadley!" He walked over to Ella and Ember and sat down.
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"Hello Professor Hadley!" Kyle smiled as she walked into the room, her personal arithmancy records in her bag. She was going to make sure she did well in Arithmancy as well as every other class this term.
She smiled and took a seat near the middle of the class.
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"Hey, Professor Hadley!" She grinned at the professor as she made her way into the classroom. Not her favorite or best class, but definitely one that she enjoyed attending cause of the professor. Arya tugged on her dark yellow sweater shirt as she made her way to a seat by the open window and slipped gracefully into it. If this lesson got to difficult, she'd just let the outdoors distract her. Heh.
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The only class Ellie actually used her textbook for was Arithmancy. So, yes, she had it. And she carried it in her hands rather than her bag to keep her camera safe. Priorities. Of course, the notebooks and quills wouldn't do the camera any harm, so they were allowed in there. Plus, it'd be a pain to carry those around. Textbook she could handle, though.
She walked into the classroom and greeted Hadley with a, "Hey!" Then she found her way to a desk. Which were in pairs, yeah, she noticed. So they were working in partners? Maybe? That only meant one thing to Ellie, she needn't have brought her text. She could've just looked off of her partner's. Thanks for letting us know, Hadley. Thanks.
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Kimalia followed a couple other students inside the classroom. Calmly stepping inside she smiled kindly at the professor. "Good day, Professor Hadley." She waved as well before walking towards an empty seat not too far nor too close to the entrance. Kimalia then took out the required materials before facing the front ready for class to begin.
All at once, the students seemed to be making their way into the classroom; quite a few young ones, Josephina noted as she sent a friendly smile in their direction. Though there were a few older students too, of whom she vaguely wondered if they were transfers and if they weren't, why she hadn't seen them in her lessons before? Had they just decided to pick up Arithmancy recently in hopes of turning to numbers for their future? Or ...?
Yea, no idea. Her leg bounced slightly in nervousness. Even though this was her fourth year teaching at Hogwarts, seeing all the new ones to the subject made her nervous. She, after all, wanted to leave them with a good impression of the subject.
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Having made her way up to the second floor, a little smile on her face (every time she didn't have to pass someone who she HAD to glare at) since this was one of her more favorite subjects, the Slytherin girl finally found herself right outside the classroom door. However, she didn't go inside just yet.
Nope, she was waiting for a certain someone. A certain someone who was not inside the classroom yet, and yes, she had took a quick peak to see if he was there. Leaning against the way, she glared stared at everyone who entered the classroom or walked by, just waiting for now.
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Walking in the corridor with a pretty happy and content air with the usual cool demeanor, Josh made his way to the classroom for Arithmancy which surprisingly had become one of his favourites. Yes, it was the ultimate fact that he mostly did not and would not favour classes however there was something he found pretty much fun with this class. Perhaps it was Professor Hadley herself. Hehehehe. He had no idea.
Another thing he had no idea was that the Arithmancy textbook, some parchment and a quill were going to be needed in this class. Well...right. He had participated in this class before and he had used all of those during it but that did not mean they were going to need them in every class, did it? Definitely not.
So being so free of the burden of a textbook, parchment and quill, the Gryffindor boy walked to the door of the classroom about to step inside yet totally halted when he saw that prettiness in Slytherin robes standing there. ''Hi!'' he said kindly before approaching the she-snake. ''You look as breathtaking as usual even before a class, in a school uniform'' and right after voicing the last word of his sentence, the lion boy leaned in and kissed her gently.
Then after a minute or so, smiling against her lips, he pulled away and glanced at the others walking in the classroom. ''Let's get inside before the class starts. And, well, i am sure you are tired of walking here all the way from the dungeons so...''
Grinning some at her, Josh moved and practically picked her up holding her in his arms. Then he went on his way walking into the classroom happily. ''Good day Professor Hadley!''
Now to choose a perfect desk for themselves...
It hadn't failed to escape Josephina's gaze the shadow of a figure waiting outside her classroom, peeking in every so often, no doubts who she was waiting for. And then he showed up, right in the knick of time. Sending a brief smile toward the sixth year couple, she decided it was time to begin.
Rising from her seat, she walked around to the front of her desk. "Good morning, everyone and I'd like to personally welcome those of you who are new to Arithmancy, as well as those who are returning, Welcome back." Another smile. It eased her anxiousness. "Though most of you are all aware, I am indeed Professor Hadley and this will be my fourth term teaching at Hogwarts. Yes, Arithmancy is indeed a challenging subject, but I do hope that with my guidance, you should all develop at least a basic understanding of the subject."
Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"
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Legend sat somewhere in the back, in his usual seat. He tried to pay attention to Hadley's words but his mind was seriously else where. He had also yet to have his talk with the professor. His hand rose quickly at her question. "Falling down one of the moving staircases and tumbling on and on and on down more moving stair cases until you finally land on one that's not moving and then not breaking anything." Coincidence right? Or lucky yeah. "Oh..and the day before your numbers said that you were not going to get hurt or something." Did numbers say that? He was too rusty in this.
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Err. What? That wasn't to do with numbers. That was silly. But still. Finlay would answer it. That was what good headboys did right? "A coincidence could two different events happening that seem to have a connection to each other..." Finlay suggested, raising his hand. "Like I might have the life path number of 1 which says my life might take me down the road of indepedence. My life could go that way, but it could just be a coincidence, and not just because of my life path number."
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...Alex was already confused. WHY had he chosen to take a class on numbers again? Math was his most horrible subject! Still, it sounded kind of cool...he wanted to learn more about this number mysticism stuff. BUT that was not the question at hand right now.
He tried to think of a good answer in his hand, and after he figured out what he wanted to say, he raised his hand. "Well, a coincidence is like...when you say something like 'Oh, I've never broken a single bone in my body!' and then that same day, you break your arm and think maybe that happened cause you jinxed yourself or something. But really, it was just a coincidence and a bunch of bad luck," he explained.
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Ariadne was puzzled already, and the class had just started. She tried to find an answer for the question Professor Hadley had just asked.
'A mere coincidence could be...meeting a childhood friend on the street after many years in which you hadn't seen each other?' she replied, after having raised her hand. That's what happened to her mum on Diagon Alley, she had bumped into a friend she hadn't seen in 10 years or more.
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Rising from her seat, she walked around to the front of her desk. "Good morning, everyone and I'd like to personally welcome those of you who are new to Arithmancy, as well as those who are returning, Welcome back." Another smile. It eased her anxiousness. "Though most of you are all aware, I am indeed Professor Hadley and this will be my fourth term teaching at Hogwarts. Yes, Arithmancy is indeed a challenging subject, but I do hope that with my guidance, you should all develop at least a basic understanding of the subject."
Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"
So... it was just welcome for Helena, unfortunately. She kind of regretted that she didn't take the class last year, but better later than never. And professor Hadley was lucky if it was her fourth term at Hogwarts. Because... Helena remembered about those professors who vanished last year.
But anyway. Number mystiiii... what? Ah, Pythagoras. Helena knew a few things about him. And... mere coincidence? She quickly raised her hand, even though she was not completely sure that her example would be a good one. "Let's say that I'll wear tomorrow a blue scarf, and someone else is going to wear a scarf that looks exactly the same. Is that a mere coincidence?" She asked, a bit nervously.
Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"[/COLOR]
"Erm.. Proffesor isn't a coincidence when something happens to you more than twice without you expecting it too." Said Ness as that was her opinion. So far she kinda liked Proffessor Hadley. She seemed very sweet and kind. It deffinately made sense why she was in Hufflepuff.
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Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"[/COLOR]
This was a tricky question, Kimalia thought. Clearly numbers can predict what happens, but maybe not how and everything that happens along the way.. Kimalia decided to raise her hand and give her guess a try. "Perhaps coincidences are all the little things that can happen along the way of pursuing a goal." She bit her lip, she needed to add in an example to this vague answer. "Like, numbers could spell out that I'll be going to the shop for a specific item, but maybe along the way to the shop I come across a shortcut to get there faster or find some money to purchase more than one of the same item?"
Ellie grinned when Hadley mentioned it was her fourth year. She liked sharing her Hogwarts experience with the Professor. They were in the same boat. Only Hadley GAVE the homework and Ellie had to DO it. Unfair, that was.
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"Is that why the chart in our book's called Pythawhatever?" Cuz of Pythagoras? That made total sense now. Ellie had just assumed it was a word Arithmancy people made up to confuse others. Mostly her. It was a personal offense.
Coincidences were...everything. Because the fourth year firmly believed that you can't predict the future. Even if Reyn insisted you could. Silly man. She loved him. "Coincidences are like...when you say something, and then it happens. Liiiike, if you say that you haven't had Drooble's in forever, and then there just happens to be a piece lying on the street. Coincidence. I wouldn't eat it, though..." No. Eating things lying on the ground was probably a bad idea...
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Rising from her seat, she walked around to the front of her desk. "Good morning, everyone and I'd like to personally welcome those of you who are new to Arithmancy, as well as those who are returning, Welcome back." Another smile. It eased her anxiousness. "Though most of you are all aware, I am indeed Professor Hadley and this will be my fourth term teaching at Hogwarts. Yes, Arithmancy is indeed a challenging subject, but I do hope that with my guidance, you should all develop at least a basic understanding of the subject."
Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"
Knox, who was gazing lovingly down at his every so pretty phoenix feather quill looked up when Professor Hadley started talking. Something about number mysticism and Pythagoras and coincidences. All rather confusing.
"It would've been a coincidence if we'd worn the same the same outfit today, ma'am." Macnair said, hand in the air. Except.. well, chances of them wearing the same outfit was incredibly slim. But still. You never know!
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Tiberius couldn't help but smile, nodding as he heard her mention that number do not control events. He thought he might rather like her perspective on Arithmancy.
Placing down his quill and raising his hand, Tiberius offered his definition. "It could be a mere coincidence if you, say, missed a train and, as a result, met someone that you ended up dating. Others might call that fate, though you'd have to believe things are entirely pre-determined for that to be the case. But, if you were looking for a definition, I'd say a mere coincidence is something that happens as result of something else, unrelated. Because X happened, then Y was able to happen. Y is the coincidence."
Did that make any sense?
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Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"[/COLOR]
Jamie had been sitting at the BACK of the classroom for the whole introductory thing. Arithmancy wasn't his subject, at all. When the Professor began the lesson, the boy came out of his daze and sat up straight, finally listening. Pythagoras sounded very familiar, but he had no idea that it was a relevant person.
Errrrr.. the question meant nothing to him, but led him to think of all the coincidences that had occurred in his life.
Maybe he would just mention one of the more important ones, so he raised his hand. "A black cat tried to kill me once, you know, the ones that are bad luck." Everyone knew they were bad luck, right? "So, yeah... that was a coincidence... seeing as it was a BLACK cat." Or maybe they really were bad luck?
What was the question even? And what did it have to do with numbers? He shut up now and kept his head low.
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Wisteria brushed the end of her violet quill against her cheek thinking of where this was heading. This was her first year in taking this particular subject, she wondered why she never signed up for it before.
She, personally didn't believe in coincidences at all, she felt it was an excuse for anyone to use to make sense of what was unknown to make them feel better. Mysteries of the world don't get any credit, but rather substituted for coincidence. That was her theory at least.
With some effort, though, she raised her hand, "A coincidence is when you say something and soon after it actually happens. For example: I wish I could have seen the Weird Sisters and that night they end up at the three broom sticks having butterbeer, while you're hanging with your friends."
At that moment she wished she could have been there now... lets not get off track, she thought.
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Third Year
Rachel thought about this question, "A coinsedence is when you say that something has never happened to you before and then the same day it does. Or if you are wearing something brand new and your best friend is wearing it too." beacuse that happened to her the other day.
All at once, the students seemed to be making their way into the classroom; quite a few young ones, Josephina noted as she sent a friendly smile in their direction. Though there were a few older students too, of whom she vaguely wondered if they were transfers and if they weren't, why she hadn't seen them in her lessons before? Had they just decided to pick up Arithmancy recently in hopes of turning to numbers for their future? Or ...?
Yea, no idea. Her leg bounced slightly in nervousness. Even though this was her fourth year teaching at Hogwarts, seeing all the new ones to the subject made her nervous. She, after all, wanted to leave them with a good impression of the subject.
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It hadn't failed to escape Josephina's gaze the shadow of a figure waiting outside her classroom, peeking in every so often, no doubts who she was waiting for. And then he showed up, right in the knick of time. Sending a brief smile toward the sixth year couple, she decided it was time to begin.
Rising from her seat, she walked around to the front of her desk. "Good morning, everyone and I'd like to personally welcome those of you who are new to Arithmancy, as well as those who are returning, Welcome back." Another smile. It eased her anxiousness. "Though most of you are all aware, I am indeed Professor Hadley and this will be my fourth term teaching at Hogwarts. Yes, Arithmancy is indeed a challenging subject, but I do hope that with my guidance, you should all develop at least a basic understanding of the subject."
Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"
Thomas had no idea what a mere coincidence would be.
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Simon thought about what was being asked, the meaning or an example of coincidence. It seemed a little odd since arithmacy tended to focus on what WILL be based on simple numbers and process but it did seem somewhat appropriate as well. He listened to the answers before raising his own hand to speak himself.
"A coincidence can be two people being in the same place at the same time maybe after not seeing each other for a while. Or if one of them had been thinking about the other and then bam he or she is there. Some might even say a lot of stuff deemed intuition or forms of divination are meerly concidence," he answered lowering his hand. One could never be certain for it was more based on belief then certainty.
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[spoiler="Hello, hello!"]Rising from her seat, she walked around to the front of her desk. "Good morning, everyone and I'd like to personally welcome those of you who are new to Arithmancy, as well as those who are returning, Welcome back." Another smile. It eased her anxiousness. "Though most of you are all aware, I am indeed Professor Hadley and this will be my fourth term teaching at Hogwarts. Yes, Arithmancy is indeed a challenging subject, but I do hope that with my guidance, you should all develop at least a basic understanding of the subject."
Enough of those logistics though on her history. "Number mysticism began in Ancient Greece, hundred of years ago in the sixth century B.C. Most of you are probably aware that it began, ultimately with a man named Pythagoras." She paused, contemplating where to lead her lesson. "Numbers have power, but numbers do not control events and coincidences do happen." On that note, she decided to start with a non-numerological term. "But what exactly can be classified as a mere coincidence?"
Wasn't Pythagoras the guy who invented Phythatgorean theorm? Savannah only knew that because her little sister's a math genius.
Savannah looked counfused when the professor asked the first question. Uhh...not an arithmancy expert for sure, Savannah. Not a termology expert for sure too. "I'm sorry professor, but I have absolutely no idea." Savannah admitted. She felt a bit stupid, but at least, honest.
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Legend sat somewhere in the back, in his usual seat. He tried to pay attention to Hadley's words but his mind was seriously else where. He had also yet to have his talk with the professor. His hand rose quickly at her question. "Falling down one of the moving staircases and tumbling on and on and on down more moving stair cases until you finally land on one that's not moving and then not breaking anything." Coincidence right? Or lucky yeah. "Oh..and the day before your numbers said that you were not going to get hurt or something." Did numbers say that? He was too rusty in this.
Looking towards the voice of the first to speak, Fina listened and contemplated. "Not really...." But actually, "Well, yes, when you add that last bit about the day before, then I would say that would make it a coincidence for you to not get hurt. Without that though, then it's probably more luck."
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Err. What? That wasn't to do with numbers. That was silly. But still. Finlay would answer it. That was what good headboys did right? "A coincidence could two different events happening that seem to have a connection to each other..." Finlay suggested, raising his hand. "Like I might have the life path number of 1 which says my life might take me down the road of indepedence. My life could go that way, but it could just be a coincidence, and not just because of my life path number."
Leave it to the Head Boy and a Ravenclaw to relate it to numbers. "Precisely! Very good connection!" She smiled at Finn. "And exactly what I was going for; numbers do have power but they might not have anything to do with an event." She reiterated upon her previous statement.
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...Alex was already confused. WHY had he chosen to take a class on numbers again? Math was his most horrible subject! Still, it sounded kind of cool...he wanted to learn more about this number mysticism stuff. BUT that was not the question at hand right now.
He tried to think of a good answer in his hand, and after he figured out what he wanted to say, he raised his hand. "Well, a coincidence is like...when you say something like 'Oh, I've never broken a single bone in my body!' and then that same day, you break your arm and think maybe that happened cause you jinxed yourself or something. But really, it was just a coincidence and a bunch of bad luck," he explained.
Oh that boy looked kind of familiar, yet not... Did he have a relative or something at Hogwarts? Fina shrugged it off, figuring she would find out sooner or later. What was with all the talk of bone breaking though? Apparently Hogwarts had a bunch of violent students... or was it mere coincidence to Tate's not mentioning his usual 'do not die'. "Yes, I'd say that is a coincidence." Fina agreed.
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Ariadne was puzzled already, and the class had just started. She tried to find an answer for the question Professor Hadley had just asked.
'A mere coincidence could be...meeting a childhood friend on the street after many years in which you hadn't seen each other?' she replied, after having raised her hand. That's what happened to her mum on Diagon Alley, she had bumped into a friend she hadn't seen in 10 years or more.
"Yes, that could be a coincidence, indeed," Fina nodded at the young Gryffindor.
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So... it was just welcome for Helena, unfortunately. She kind of regretted that she didn't take the class last year, but better later than never. And professor Hadley was lucky if it was her fourth term at Hogwarts. Because... Helena remembered about those professors who vanished last year.
But anyway. Number mystiiii... what? Ah, Pythagoras. Helena knew a few things about him. And... mere coincidence? She quickly raised her hand, even though she was not completely sure that her example would be a good one. "Let's say that I'll wear tomorrow a blue scarf, and someone else is going to wear a scarf that looks exactly the same. Is that a mere coincidence?" She asked, a bit nervously.
Smiling at the young Slytherin and her suggestion, in which she was unsure about it, she nodded. "Yes, that could indeed be considered a coincidence." These kids were so smart!
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"Erm.. Proffesor isn't a coincidence when something happens to you more than twice without you expecting it too." Said Ness as that was her opinion. So far she kinda liked Proffessor Hadley. She seemed very sweet and kind. It deffinately made sense why she was in Hufflepuff.
Looking next toward a young Hufflepuff, Hadley nodded yet again. "Could be, yes."
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This was a tricky question, Kimalia thought. Clearly numbers can predict what happens, but maybe not how and everything that happens along the way.. Kimalia decided to raise her hand and give her guess a try. "Perhaps coincidences are all the little things that can happen along the way of pursuing a goal." She bit her lip, she needed to add in an example to this vague answer. "Like, numbers could spell out that I'll be going to the shop for a specific item, but maybe along the way to the shop I come across a shortcut to get there faster or find some money to purchase more than one of the same item?"
Another unsure Slytherin; and Professor Hadley thought that Slytherins were supposed to confident oh wait, no that was Gryffindors. "Yes, could be...." Hadley said contemplating. "Coincidences are little things that happen in relation to our desires, I'd go with." Sort of similar to the goal thing, sort of not.
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Ellie grinned when Hadley mentioned it was her fourth year. She liked sharing her Hogwarts experience with the Professor. They were in the same boat. Only Hadley GAVE the homework and Ellie had to DO it. Unfair, that was.
GASP.
"Is that why the chart in our book's called Pythawhatever?" Cuz of Pythagoras? That made total sense now. Ellie had just assumed it was a word Arithmancy people made up to confuse others. Mostly her. It was a personal offense.
Coincidences were...everything. Because the fourth year firmly believed that you can't predict the future. Even if Reyn insisted you could. Silly man. She loved him. "Coincidences are like...when you say something, and then it happens. Liiiike, if you say that you haven't had Drooble's in forever, and then there just happens to be a piece lying on the street. Coincidence. I wouldn't eat it, though..." No. Eating things lying on the ground was probably a bad idea...
Oh good; Ellie had decided to return for another year of Arithmancy! Smiling at the fourth year, she smiled in amusement about the girl's reference to the chart in their textbooks. "Yes, that is exactly why it's called the Pythagorean Number System."
"Yea, that would be a coincidence, but I'm with you on the not eating gum or candy lying around, unless you know where it came from." Because no one wanted to eat stuff from strangers... Vigilance, people.
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Knox, who was gazing lovingly down at his every so pretty phoenix feather quill looked up when Professor Hadley started talking. Something about number mysticism and Pythagoras and coincidences. All rather confusing.
"It would've been a coincidence if we'd worn the same the same outfit today, ma'am." Macnair said, hand in the air. Except.. well, chances of them wearing the same outfit was incredibly slim. But still. You never know!
Josephina had to snort at the next comment. Well at least they moved on from violent, breaking bones to clothing. "It would be a strange coincidence, indeed."
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Tiberius couldn't help but smile, nodding as he heard her mention that number do not control events. He thought he might rather like her perspective on Arithmancy.
Placing down his quill and raising his hand, Tiberius offered his definition. "It could be a mere coincidence if you, say, missed a train and, as a result, met someone that you ended up dating. Others might call that fate, though you'd have to believe things are entirely pre-determined for that to be the case. But, if you were looking for a definition, I'd say a mere coincidence is something that happens as result of something else, unrelated. Because X happened, then Y was able to happen. Y is the coincidence."
Did that make any sense?
And now they were talking about dating? Looking at the unfamiliar older boy, she actually sort of liked his description about coincidences. "Could be destiny, yes. Or coincidence. But yes, very true."
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Jamie had been sitting at the BACK of the classroom for the whole introductory thing. Arithmancy wasn't his subject, at all. When the Professor began the lesson, the boy came out of his daze and sat up straight, finally listening. Pythagoras sounded very familiar, but he had no idea that it was a relevant person.
Errrrr.. the question meant nothing to him, but led him to think of all the coincidences that had occurred in his life.
Maybe he would just mention one of the more important ones, so he raised his hand. "A black cat tried to kill me once, you know, the ones that are bad luck." Everyone knew they were bad luck, right? "So, yeah... that was a coincidence... seeing as it was a BLACK cat." Or maybe they really were bad luck?
What was the question even? And what did it have to do with numbers? He shut up now and kept his head low.
"Not sure how that's a coincidence..." Josephina started, looking at the Slytherin. "But unless you're referring to the fact that because it didn't kill you, then that would be a coincidence." She smiled at him.
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Wisteria brushed the end of her violet quill against her cheek thinking of where this was heading. This was her first year in taking this particular subject, she wondered why she never signed up for it before.
She, personally didn't believe in coincidences at all, she felt it was an excuse for anyone to use to make sense of what was unknown to make them feel better. Mysteries of the world don't get any credit, but rather substituted for coincidence. That was her theory at least.
With some effort, though, she raised her hand, "A coincidence is when you say something and soon after it actually happens. For example: I wish I could have seen the Weird Sisters and that night they end up at the three broom sticks having butterbeer, while you're hanging with your friends."
At that moment she wished she could have been there now... lets not get off track, she thought.
"Yes, that would be a coincidence and a rather strange one at that, considering the Weird Sisters are like really old by now," Josephina mused at the mention of the infamous band from like seventy years ago.
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Rachel thought about this question, "A coinsedence is when you say that something has never happened to you before and then the same day it does. Or if you are wearing something brand new and your best friend is wearing it too." beacuse that happened to her the other day.
Josephina nodded at the young Ravenclaw. "Yes, all very true of coincidences." But that wasn't the point of the lesson today, so they were going to move on. It was the point though to bring up the fact that numbers didn't have to control one's life events. They did have meaning yes, but they weren't the sole participant one's life path. In fate, as Tiberius mentioned.
"You all seem to have a good idea that coincidences happen in daily life," Fina began again, as she flicked her wand again at the board, in which her initial welcoming message was replaced with a single word: 'Paragram'.
"Today, however, we'll be working to understand the coincidences associated with a minor art form that has sadly disappeared from daily usage. Though minor, it provides us with another example of the power of numbers. An art form that sprang from Gematria, which is the practice of assigning numbers to letters and thus words to better understand their mystical significance."
Flicking her wand again, her last name appeared on the board:
H-A-D-L-E-Y
8-1-4-3-5-7
"As you can see, the numbers in my name add up to 28, which would be the value associated with my surname. But before we go further, can anyone tell me what exactly is a Paragram?"
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Rebecca thought about the question. "Isn't a coincidence something like when you and someone else have the same schedule or something like that?" she asked from the front row. She was really good at math but Arithmancy seemed hard to her...
Arithmancy Lesson One: Paragrams {Pythagorean-style} 
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