[Library] Give me your hand [Term 7 Lesson I]

[Prof. Hannah Edgecombe]

Hannah hadn't felt so good in a long time. There was a little bounce in her step, her cheeks were once again rosy, and her mood had severely improved. Of course she knew what it had to do with, but she didn't want to say too much about it since it might not last. Will, could turn on her any minute but for now she would take what she could get because no matter what she still cared for him. At this point she didn't think she could stop caring about him, Hannah had somehow lost her heart to a former Hufflepuff no less. She could see her parent's faces when she finally told them. Her father would go ballistic and her mother would go into hysterics. The thought brought a huge smile to her face as she entered the room.

It was hard to believe she managed to keep her job at the school for this long, her and the headmaster did not see eye to eye on a lot of things, but there were also things that Hannah knew, things that might prove detrimental to his marriage if they were to come to light. So far Hannah manged to keep her mouth shut though she did think she was being unfair to Dia who she had come to regard as a friend. Perhaps that had something to do with Dan's unwillingness to let her go, or maybe it was because the school was going to pot and he knew he wouldn't be able to find someone else to teach this class.

No matter she was still there and she was about to teach the first class of the term. Before any of the students arrived she grabbed her wand, pointed them to a pile of books on her desk and sent them flying over to the other desks lining the room. The students would be prepared when they came in. Then she turned and pointed her wand at the board, where writing started to appear. Please turn to page 97 and read the chapter on palmistry.

Hannah was a huge fan of palmistry it wasn't an exact science and sometimes well a lot of times people would read palms wrong. You had to have a keen eye read in depth about the subject before thinking they could simply look at someone's palm and tell their future. No matter it was part of divination so she would teach the students about it, as much as she could anyway. Hannah was a seer so she relied on her visions to see the future, unfortunately not everyone had her gift so she had to teach them other ways of telling the future if that is what they wanted to learn.

Sitting down at her desk opening her copy of the textbook to page 97 she read quietly waiting for the other students to arrive so she could begin her lesson.

[Dean Hogarth]

Coming from a Muggle background Dean was always interested in different forms of magic as he had no knowledge of any 6 years ago and he was more then willing to try anything once. Divination was one of those subjects that had always interested him seeing as there was something similar to it in the muggle world. As a result, unlike most people, Dean headed off from the Hufflepuff common room with his bag slung over his shoulder and he made his way up to the tall Divination tower.

Climbing up the ladders Dean poked his head through the trapdoor and looked around at the empty classroom, as always Dean was one of the first people there; his keenness even surprised him from time to time. Keeping his head low so that he did not have to make eye contact with the Professor Dean gave her a small mutter of greeting before sitting down at an empty desk and pulled out his textbook flipping the book open to page 97. It seemed it was going to be an interesting lesson, he just hoped a few more people showed up.

[Harrison Greg]

Glancing down at the sheet of paper in his hand Harrison’s eyes fell on the word ‘Divination’ and he could not help but let out a small groan in disappointment. He was convinced it was going to be a fun lesson like Charms or Transfiguration but alas it would be the bogus subject of helping the young develop their ‘inner eye’. With an eye roll Harrison picked up his bag and slowly made his way over towards the Divination tower trying to work out why on earth he had decided to take such a soppy subject in the first place. He honestly could not remember, there must have been a mix up in the timetable department (was there such a place within the school?) and mixed his timetable up with some Hufflepuff who was scared of things that went pop and bang.

Glumly Harrison climbed the ladders that led up to the classroom and as he popped his head through the trapdoor he could not help but let out another groan as he just saw that sappy Dean Hogarth sitting down in the classroom on his own. “It’s going to be a long lesson.” Harrison muttered to himself as he entered the classroom and flashed Professor Edgecombe his best smile. “Hello Professor, nice day ain’t it?”

He saw the message on the board and reached his hand into his bag and pulled out his text book letting out another sigh when he saw they would be looking into palmistry. Great, they were going to be trained how to be those creepy gipsy women on the side of a beach in a tent reading palms for gold. Oh lord…

[Prof. Hannah Edgecombe]

So far only two of her students had shown up, Hannah was not pleased by this not one bit. Divination was a rather important subject whether these children wanted to realize it or not. Without divination a lot of natural disasters wouldn't have been avoided, many injuries wouldn't have been stopped before they happend, people missing from loved ones wouldn't have been found. Divination was a very powerful branch of magic something Hannah knew all too well. She had been able to predict the future ever since she could remember. To her it was always a blessing and a curse, but no matter it was apart of her a very important part and she expected everyone else to respect it as well.

Looking around at the two boys who had bothered showing up Hannah sighed softly. It seemed as if she was going to have to start this term proving that she was as evil as a lot of the students thought she was. Staring down at her watch she figured she would give two more minutes after that she would start doling out detentions with no qualms.

Looking over at Harrison Greg Hannah couldn't help but smile at the cocky Gryffindor boy "Yes nice day for those of us who are in class on time not so nice for those who dare to show up late to my class." Smiling she eyed her watch "Time is such an amazing thing you can have too little or too much of it" she muttered on still watching, her temper rising.

((I will post once more after this and anyone who rps coming to class after that will be considered late and will receive detention))

[Ellie Rook]

Divination never seemed like a complete waste of time to Ellie, but she couldn't get herself to believe in int completely. It wasn't that she thought it was all a hoax, she had learned growing up in the wizarding world that so many things that seemed impossible could be done. Divination was just another one of them.

Ellie climbed the ladder carefully, the last time Ellie enter the classroom in a hurry, she had slipped and fallen rather comically down the ladder. Well, Ellie didn't think it was comical, and neither did the fifth year under her. She entered the tower her robes neatly tucked and pressed, her badge pinned just as neatly. Only three people were in the room. Professor Edgecombe counted among them. Ellie walked in and took a seat. "Hi Professor. Hey Dean...Harrison." Ellie said smiling at her fellow Head boy. "Wonder where everyone is, it must just be one of the those days." She mentioned as she reached for her book and opened to the page written on the board.

Palmistry. Could be worse. Ellie was just happy the tea leaves were over, the smell of wet leaves had been getting to her.