Helena listened carefully to what professor Hadley was trying to explain about the Y, but she was also grateful that there was no Y in her name, even though her mother had been inspired to give her a long name.

Alright. Let's see this heart's desire number.



Eight? Was it alright?

O_O

Five minutes into the class, and Destiny was already confused. True, it didn't take MUCH to confuse her, but this was probably the fastest it had ever happened. She kept stealing glances over at Evelyn, frowning when she realized her BEST friend knew what the heck Hadley was talking about.

HOW!?

It was like she was speaking another language.

Heaving a sigh, Destiny pulled out her parchment, making a few notes at the bottom. Notes that said things like, 'Learn how to speak Hadley language.' and 'I have to find my shoelaces.' She even used a different colored ink, so she'd remember to actually do those things.

After another sigh, she began working on her Heart's Desire number.



Finishing, Destiny placed her quill down, picked up her parchment and re-read the meaning to the number four before showing it to Evelyn.

"This has no idea what it's talking about."

Willaim raised his hand. " Professor, I have two names, technically" Willaim told her.. " I was born William Adam Montcenaggio but I also use my dad's lat name, his nickname- Starr, so it would be William Adam Starr" he explained to the professor. " I do not know which last name to use and I am confused about the Hearts Desire Number and could you help me with it?" William explained and asked the professor.

Oh wow....

To say that Salander was confused was an understatement. The Slytherin lad just sat in his seat quietly, slackjawed and head tilted to one side, dumbstruck at trying to figure out what Ys and Ws had anything to do with calculating hearts desires-- well with calculation period. It was only by the sound of quills scratching on parchment from students hard at work did he realize that he needed to get something done... even if he wasnt quite sure if he should be doing anything since there isnt a Y or a W in his mile long name (of which he's grateful).

Craning his neck like a weather vane as he peeked at what his seatmates were doing, he grabbed a parchment and his quill hesitantly and started to write his name down and code the numbers in. Apparently the vowels are the important ones at this time. Cool, he knows vowels!



He leaned back, blinking at the numbers that he came up with on his parchment. Not only did he find it odd that he had so many 7s that a bookie would be so happy with, but according to the textbook it looked like he nailed another Master number. He read the text for 33 and couldnt help scratching his head. Why does these master numbers sound so messianic all the time? It embarrassed him a bit. He looked up 6 and read it few times. Alright this one he understood a little better, although also felt embarrassed for slightly different reasons.

Gwen decided to start calculating the heart’s desire number, but she started getting scared. What do I do with the Y? Hmm? Why do I have such a stupid name?!?!? She really tried to think about it, but still she wasn’t sure of what she should do. Maybe I won’t have so much luck this lesson too. Too bad… And-one more thing… why do I have so many vowels in my name?

Gwen's parchment:
Gwen smiled as she looked at the piece of parchment. Hehe- it looks like the thing you have to know to open those muggle objects-hmm -safes, maybe? So now, let’s see what it means… 4…Heart Desire Number 4: Stability, Consistency, Loyal, Hardworking, Stubborn. Gwen grinned as she read what it stands for. This is so me!


she read more about it. Yeah, matchy…

Ness listened carefully, she remembereed learning about the Y as a vowel or consonant in English, when she had went to a muggle school, but she didn't exactly remember the rules, so she just listened to what the class and Proffessor had to say instead.

Okay so they were going to calculate their heart desires, this shouldn't be too hard, thought Ness trying to encourage herself. She wasn't exactly the best when it came to Arithmancy. Ness took out some parchment, she then took her pen and tried to do exactly as Proffessor Hadley had done, but just using her own name instead. Ness hoped whatever she did was right, well it looked rightish atleast.

Daichi had trouble keeping his eyes open. He had no idea what everyone was talking about, maybe this was too advanced for him? His head snapped up when the Professor continued the lesson. Ah finally some own calculations. The first year always disliked hearing the theory, it made him sleepy specially when he didn't get it but when the practical came he was wide awake. He actually liked the practical calculations.

Daichi grabbed a piece of parchment out of his bag and wrote his calculations on it with his quill, occasionally biting the top feather in concentration.



He placed his quill down after a while and picked his arithmancy book. He flipped through the pages until he found his number.



Daichi scratched the back of his head and raised his hand in the air. Hoping the Professor would see him. "Ehm, Professor, i got number 1 but..it .." he sighed for a second. "Some of it are true, i mean the ambitious and willful thing but the others aren't. I'm on the quidditch team and here it says i should stay away from teams and i love my friends.." The first year snake placed his quill down and looked at the professor with confused eyes. "So..so does that mean i have to be mean to others? I don't want this heart's desire!" he pouted his lips as he held his arms over each other. Making a mental note to ask his father for a name change. This was not him and he wasn't going to be like it hmpf!

Savannah is still a little confused about the Y being a vowel or consonent. But decided to leave that alone for a while and work on her heart number calculation. Savannah understood how to calculate her heart number. She picked up her quill and started scribbling on her parchment.



Wow. A lot of 1's. Savannah wasn't sure if the Y was a vowel in that case. She raised her hand slowly. "Professor...is the Y in Ruby suppose to be a vowel?"

Yay! Finally the ask and talk part was over and they were going to do the practical part! Yea, the practical part. Josh liked practical classes and exams the rest were all bored which was why he could never like the subject History of Magic. There was nothing one could practice there. Heh...whatever. Now to calculate this Heart's Desire;

Whaaaaaaaa!

NO WAY!

He was NOT that. Definitely not! Life in an organized manner? That meant like a Ravenclaw? Ewwwwwwww. No. He would never want a life like that. And for Merlin's sake, he LOVED surprised or instant changes in his life. He was not spontaneous...according to this number and....hah! Of course he was romantic! Go and ask Evelyn! She would tell you number!

Glaring at the page for a moment or so, the boy raised his hand for attention ''Professor. Professor Hadley, can you please have a look at this? This has NOTHING to do with me. Something must be wrong. I remember a classmate mentioning 'w' as vovel, hmm? it might the case here?''

Or whatever...all he knew that he was not THAT.

The "fun" part of the lesson arrived; checking calculations and numbers. Walking around the classroom, Josephina stopped every few desks as students set their quills down. "Yup. Good job," she said approvingly. And then she would hear the occasional inquiries over why a number didn't appear to describe them.

"This number, if you remember, talks of your inner, deepest most desires. Sometimes you're not fully aware or conscious of these desires which is why they might appear foreign to you." Obviously.


The brunette had to stifle a giggle when she arrived near the back of the classroom at Destiny's desk. She had thought the sixth year had dropped her subject but apparently now that she and Evelyn were friends again, they were inseparable as well. Which also meant going to classes she hadn't gone to before.

"Fine except that 'Y' in your first name acts as a vowel so your calculation is slightly off." Hadley language? Ha! If only she had her own language; that would have been SO cool!

"You should use your birth name." There were exceptions of course to the rule and occasionally the number worked out the same as evidenced with Eino, but this wasn't a nickname number. "If you feel rather inspired, calculate both, but your birth name is what should be used over a nickname. As for what you do, using the pythagorean number system in chapter two, assign a number to only the vowels in your name. As I've shown here on the board as an example," the brunette pointed toward her name on the board.

"Add the totals up for each name and reduce to a single digit. Then add those components up and reduce those as well." Apparently she was going to have to separate her lessons out with beginners and advanced...Because half the time she felt like she was already teaching things twice. But at least then she could go at two different paces.

"Um, Miss Greene dear, with your last name, you've made a minor addition error. It should be a 15, which you wrote, but that reduces to 6, not 4." So in other words, your heart's desire number is off.



Hearing two young first years complaining of their numbers, Hadley approached and first thing she did was check to make sure their calculations were correct. Which they were. "Your numbers are correct. Remember though that its your innermost desires, not your expression number. Not your personality number. This number shows your secret wishes. Your true motivation for being, but it is not talking about who you are as a person." So in other words, you might not have been conscious of these desires.

Hearing an inquiry regarding the 'Y', Fina hurried over toward the snake and glanced over her work. "The Y should be a vowel, yes, but Y is a 7 and U is actually a 3, so your calculation is incorrect."

Errr... had her ears been deceiving her or was Joshua Carter seriously upset over his number? Nonetheless, Josephina walked over and took a long look at the sixth year's parchment. "No... everything seems right... but maybe there's the chance of you using the name you go by, Josh, instead of Joshua. But like I've said before, this number represents your innermost desires. Not who you are as a person." There was a fine line between those two things; surely Josh was old enough to understand that.

"Right then. Now that most of us have calculated our heart's desire numbers," Fina began as she walked back toward the front of the classroom. "Let's take a look at what our first vowel, capstone, and cornerstone numbers mean. There isn't really a calculation involved in these numbers, but just use chapter 25 in your textbooks. Can anyone tell me how to find these numbers and what they mean? Please just give one."

Simon flipped to the appropriate chapter in the text now that he was sure what to look for and Professor Hadley herself pointed it out. He raised his hand to answer her question after briefly reading over what was given.

"You need to look at a particular letter in your first name, whether vowel or consonant as instructed and compare it to the number and description given for that letter. For example you look to the last letter of your first name for the capstone," he answered lowering his hand and feeling a bit better about his answer this time.

Kurumi smiled as Professor Hadley explained about the numbers that had just calculated and found it fascinating that perhaps these numbers could provide a deep look inside themselves and a peek into parts of themselves that they didn't even know existed yet. How fascinating...

Kurumi's had shot up once more when Professor Hadley asked a question to the class. "The capstone is found by examining the last letter of your first name. Your full first name. It tells you about your capacity for and philosophy toward finishing projects that you start."

It was a good day when Professor Hadley walked past you after looking over your work, because, of course, it meant you had done it correctly. When she didn't go away, however, that meant a headache. A really, really, really big headache. And lots of numbers floating around. Eino flipped through the pages until he reached chapter twenty five. Blah, blah, blah, first vowel, capstone, and cornerstone. There they were. Tracing the description with his finger he raised his hand then said: "The cornerstone reveals our manners and how we approach and deal with obstacles and opportunities. And... It's the first letter of the first name." So this one didn't have to do with vowels? Well, it didn't matter since the first letter in his name was a vowel. He shrugged and waited for the Professor's reply.

She listened to everyone else answer and just decided to remain silent this round. This was all common knowledge, anyway.

Besides, Marilyn enjoyed the practical side of lessons much more.

Nika stared at her calculations then back at Hadley as she addressed the class. So does this mean that Nika just desires, somewhere deep down-- and I mean DEEP, DEEP down, to be organized or something? Hmm... Nika opened her eyes widely as she listened to the question. WAIT. What was she asking exactly...? "The capstone is the last letter of your first name. It determines your thoughts and how well you're able to finish tasks or ambitions that you have started?"

Caroline flipped through her book to Chapter 25, and read her first vowel, cornerstone, and capstone.








She smiled sligtly now that sounded more like her, then that other thing they just did. As others started to answer she raised her hand. "You can find the cornerstone, by the looking at the first letter of your first birth name."

Everything seemed right? No. She had not just said that. Nothing was right here. Oh, how he wished that he had done the calculation wrong. But as Professor Hadley went on speaking a little gleam of hope appeared in the boy's dark brown eyes. Yes, that could be! So, nodding at her, the Gryffindor quickly began calculating the new version...with Josh instead of Joshua.

Well...now this was way better. Yup, better. It looked like it did fit better as he knew himself. But for some reason he was not feeling like he got the right number anyway. Because...because...eh. He knew why he was feeling like that Joshua was his birth name. Josh was only the shortened form of it that people liked to call him. So, the true name was Joshua, no Josh.

THEN SCRATCH IT ALL!!

Sighing with anger Josh scratched all the words and numbers on the parchment all in a sudden


And what the Arithmancy professor said next did not help him at all. Innermost desires? Innermost? Desires? Seriously? Taking a deep breath, he looked up at the woman, disappointment could be read all over his face. ''But professor, that makes it only worse. I don't want to be a person whose innermost desire is THIS...'' he waved the original parchment wildly in his hand at this point. ''...i would prefer jumping off the Gryffindor tower!''

And here he might be whining over the number yet...the class was going on with the next question Hadley had asked. But, Josh had no apetite left for the class right now for one of his favourite classes had just betrayed him.

Rebecca was a little confused with the method used to find the Heart's Desire number. But, like any good student, she was going to try it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebecca's parchment

Rebecca Marie Hammer
-5-5--1 -1-95 -1--5-
5+5+1+1+9+5+1+5=32
3+2=5

Heart's Desire number~ 5

Meaning~
FIVE (5): Your primary desire is to be entirely unrestricted, followed closely by a passion for travel and change. You can't stand to feel confined or lulled by routine. You love to experience variety and the stimulation life can offer. In matters of the heart and friendship, you are exquisite and extraordinary, adventurous and ready to risk. But most of all, you crave variety.

Now for the other things. Rebecca didn't know how to answer the question, so to say, but she knew what her's were so she wrote it down.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebecca's parchment again

First Vowel~
E (5): Highlights curiosity, investigation, fascination with the mystery of life, resourcefulness

Capstone~
A: You are ambitious, independent and have great drive, you are not easily influenced. You are mental and direct. You want to take charge. You have willpower and are resolute and purposeful. You have courage and boldness but may also be stubborn and willful. Be more flexible and willing to listen to others.

Cornerstone~
R: You are highly emotional and carry an intense inner power. You are lively and can work hard. You must try to stay balanced and even tempered. You must also learn to be less critical and more tolerant. You can be gentle, kind, and helpful. You are willing to sacrifice time and energy for a good cause. You tend to lose things and may have a bad memory.

Now all Rebecca had to do was wait for Professor Hadley to check over her work...

Oh.

Well.

That was embarrassing. Not really, but Destiny put on a sheepish grin anyhow. Everyone knew that she was HORRIBLE at Arithmancy and she was just glad mistaking the letter Y in her first name for a consonant instead of a vowel was her only mistake. She could have done something worse! Like..forget how to spell her name.

Pfft, not like that had ever happened before.

Moving the parchment from out of Evelyn's face, Destiny slammed it down on her desk, and picking up her quill, she began crossing out all of her WRONG work. All that writing..FOR NOTHING! And now she was going to have to write even MORE..

Meh.



And it still didn't make any sense!

Either did that question Professor Hadley asked.

O_O

Ah, here we go. Now they were getting to the easy ones.

Vashti raised her hand. "The First Vowel is just that - the first vowel in your first name. It's related to the Heart's Desire Number because it's also supposed to show something about your deeper self, as well as how you naturally handle life." So were they supposed to "calculate" their First Vowel, Cornerstone, and Capstone numbers now? She glanced around and it seemed most of the others weren't working on it yet, so she left her quill alone for now.

Fallon looked up at Professor Hadley as she made her way around the room. She was glad to see that she'd done the work correctly. Fallon nodded as she explained. She looked back down at her meaning and realized that it might actually hold some bit of truth...

Other students had already answered the question so Fallon turned to the book and quickly wrote down hers so that she had it handy.

SPOILER!!: other numbers

First Vowel: A (1): Highlights individuality, creativity, leadership, and the value of one

Capstone: N: You are intuitive, creative and original. You are unconventional. You are quite opinionated and change your mind only after much discussion. You like to keep track of your life, by writing in a diary for instance. You are sensual and may be involved in many love affairs during your life.

Cornerstone: F: You are responsible, self sacrificing, loving, hospitable and friendly. You have a warm heart and are very compassionate. You feel the pain of others and are considerate. You are helpful but must be careful not to interfere in the lives of others. You also have to guard against a tendency to indulge in melancholy and depression.

Fallon read over them. Yeah...arithmancy was really starting to scare her now. She always seemed to find some grain of truth within it.

William hopefully figured it out. William- I=9, I=9 A=1 = 19, then 1+ 9= 10= 1. Adam- A-1 and A-1= 2 Montcenaggio O- 6. E-5. A-1 I-9 O-6=27 =9 1 + 2 + 9= 12 and 1+ 2=3. William's heart Desire is 3.

First Vowel - I (9): Highlights a deep emotional nature, a humanitarian approach, a global consciousness, creativity, a highly developed intuitive skill, and the desire to help and heal.

Cornerstone: W: You have intuition, determination and a strong sense of purpose. You like to be involved in many activities. You need change and like to meet new people. You have charisma. You provide stimulating company. You have excellent self expression and are very creative. There is, however, a tendency to procrastinate and cut corners.

Capstone: M: You are energetic and hardworking with a touch of the workaholic. You are efficient and do not tire easily. You likely have a strong physical constitution. You are domestic and want financial security. You are tolerant and can endure hardships. You have to be more patient with others.

What? What? WHAT? Come on… I loved this number!, Gwen thought, getting a bit upset. However, she was more angry because she did something wrong, rather than because she had to ‘give up’ the number.

This time, Gwen frowned while reading the meaning of her heart’s desire number. Did I make another mistake? This sounds worse than the first one! As I think about it, I guess the heart’s desire number that describes me best is… 1? Yeah… how come I didn’t get that?


Moving on now… Gwen decided to start finding out the other 3 things: First Vowel, Cornerstone, Capstone. Now, let’s see how wrong these turn out…


And now I should see what they mean…

Ness was starting to understand it better now. So basicly it wasn't her personality it was her inner wish, but Ness didn't exactly think her inner wish was that anyway. Ness decided to just leave it, She didn't want to interrupt the Proffessor too much. Ness just nodded in understandment, and smiled at the Proffessor."Thank you Proffessor!" said Ness politely.


Ness listened to the Proffessors next instruction, she then looked in her textbook hoping to find some answers. She wasn't exactly sure what she was looking for, but the Proffessor said to turn to chapter twenty five, so Ness did so, She then listened to some students answers and then she finally got the idea. Ness raised her hand and waited her turn."Proffessor the first letter of your first name isThe Cornerstone . It gives you an idea of your character, especially the way in which yoo would approach opportunities and challanges." said Ness. Nessie then took out her parchment and started to copy out, from the textbook her first vowel, her cornerstone and her capstone.

Aaaand back to the theory...
Daichi rested his head in his palm as he stared to the front of the class. His eyes started to fall close but he stubbornly held them open. Maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to stay up late at night... He heard what the professor was saying but not much was processing through his mind. He liked the subject, yes. But right now he wanted..what did he want? food? ooh yeah food! hmm wonder what's for dinner?

The first year let his mind wander towards dinner time. He was getting hungry now. His thoughts were interupted when he heard the scraping of feathers on parchment and he looked around. Wait, they were writing? What were they writing?! Daichi tried to look at the parchment from his neighbour... cornerstone first vowel and capstone? They had to calculate them? but how? Daichi dared to look again and saw a textbook lying open on chapter 25. He smirked to himself as he grabbed his own textbook. Maybe he could find out for himself.



Daichi placed his quill down and wondered if he did the right thing.