Originally Posted by emjay

Arithmancy... A class he didn't necessary excel in, but it wasn't a class he did poorly in either. At least that's the way it was at Beauxbatons and Ethan didn't have reason to believe it would be any different here. As long as interruptions were kept to a minimum, he thought as he recalled the near-constant presence of either ghosts or house elves in nearly all the lessons.

The fifth year strolled into the classroom, his gait slowing as he entered. First one here? The Ravenclaw didn't exactly pride himself on being early... but at least he wasn't late. "Good morning, Professor," Ethan greeted the woman as he walked past he desk, and then, "Thanks for the candy..." as he noticed the message on the board and aforementioned sweet on the desk he chose.

Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter

Lily was early, and she knew it. But there wasn't anywhere else that she could go to kill a couple more minutes before the Arithmancy class. So she readjusted her black robe before stepping into the classroom. "Hello Professor Hadley." the redhead said simply as she stepped over the threshold. Quietly, she then made her way to a seat off to the side and towards the back.

After reading the board and slipping the candy into her bag, she pulled out her parchment, quill, and ink and started to doodle on the edge of her parchment. Maybe she would talk to someone if they decided to sit next to her but for now her doodles were enough to keep her occupied.

Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella entered the Arithmancy classroom, textbook under her arm. Spotting Hadley, the third year smiled widely at her Head of House. "Hi Professor Hadley." Beam. "Hope you're doing well."

Taking a seat in the middle of the room, Ella looked around and noted she was still pretty early. Her eyes fell on Oakey and she smiled, having not talked to him in a while. "Hey Oakey." She greeted quietly, waving at her fellow badger. Oh! And Alec and Laura were here too? The small blonde smiled, waving at them as well. She then removed her quill and parchment, setting them neatly on her desk. The peppermint humbug made her grin, and she popped it into her mouth eagerly. She also made a note about it being Hadley's favorite. Good information, that was.

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva walked into class with a smile on her face. She wasn't really great at this subject, but her head of house and one of her favorite professors taught the class made it worth being at. She also was feeling good about her classes and being a little bit of a loner was proving to be beneficial with no drama around her at the moment. She smiled at Professor Hadley, "Hello Professor, hope you are doing well."

She then turned as she went into the room and smiled at a few people she knew already there, "Hi Oakey" she said as she walked to find a place to sit, then there was Ethan.. smile again, "Hey Ethan" Oh and there was Laura, "Hi Laura" she smiled as she found a seat near them and pulled out her book and parchment getting ready for class. Oh and there was candy, of course Min opened it and popped it in her mouth. Yes this was a good start to class. Then she realized two others were there, "Hey Alec, Hello Ella" she smiled at her housemates. It was great to see so many badgers in class.

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Having never paid much attention in her Arithmancy classes back in France and completely avoided the topic last term, Emmanuelle walked into the class feeling slightly apprehensive. After all, she wasn't familiar with the professor, so Em didn't know if the teacher was tough or not. Add that to the fact that the subject had always intimidated her anyway and yikes! But as she read the instructions on the board, her apprehension eased. How could a teacher who leaves them candy be? She chose a seat towards the middle of class and sat, pulling her textbook, parchment and a quill out of her bag and setting her bag under her chair so that no one would trip on it. She picked up the peppermint humbug and unwrapped it, popping it in her mouth. Yep, nothing could be bad about a class where one got free candy...

"Hello, professor!"

Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was not sure about Arithmancy. He always good at book research. But not at numbers. He was just not that great at Math.But he did like Professor Hadley.

"Hello, Professor Hadley" Nigel said walking in. He went to an empty desk and saw a note on it. Why would Professor Hadley put a note on their desks when she was here in the room. Well whatever. He took the candy, put it in his mouth, and read the note. Okay, just take out his textbook and a piece of parchment. Sounded easy enough. Nigel took out the required materials, sat down, and waited for class to start.

Originally Posted by DeathEater1

Cardigan was quite excited for today's Arithmancy lesson!! She had no idea why, though. Usually, this was one of the classes she got bored easily in, no offense. It wasn't the teacher, it was the subject really. It was pretty much like Maths back in muggle schooling, which she totally flunked. Not fun. Not fun at all.

She entered the classroom, quite surprised to find sweets on all the desks. Now, had a teacher ever done this before?? Not saying that it's not cool. IT'S AMAZING!! Though, we might have a little trouble controlling Cardigan, seeing she gets on a high with even the littlest amount of sugar. It can get quite out of hand... "Good day Professor Hadley! Thank you for the sweets," She said, smiling as she walked over to one of the desks closer to the front, slinging her backpack over the back of her chair and sitting down, looking at the Peppermint for a moment. Should I eat it now, or later.... Well, it's not always the best idea for me to eat candy at a time to learn, she thought, unzipping her backpack and slipping it in. Whew! That was a close one!

Cardigan spotted her friend Lily across the classroom, and gave a little wave, not wanting to scream and possibly disturb anyone. Though, she wouldn't need to. Just in case...

Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter

Sutton was SO excited!

No, really, she was VERY excited. She had been waiting and waiting for this lesson ever since that day Professor Hadley had found her in that study room. Practically bouncing her way into the room, she walked right up to Professor Hadley. "Hello, Professor!" she said cheerfully. "I am really, REALLY looking forward to this class." And she was not just saying that to suck up either.

Numbers. Math. WHEEEE!

Taking a seat at front and center, Sutton arranged her things to be ready the moment class started.

Originally Posted by kayquilz

Elliot...had never been to this class before. EEHhh! She was a bit nervous...numbers. She was always more of a...words person? But she thought she might as well give this a try!

She walked in, her blonde hair plaited down her back. Her blue eyes shifted over, trying to spot any familiar faces. Oh, there were some.

But it was only Minnie and Laura, so all they got was EVIL!glares from her. She made her glare at Minnie meaner, though, since her feelings for Laura were weird right now. But still. HUffelpuffs...

She plopped down in a desk next to Ethan..."Hey, Ethan. I know you want to sit by me...so lucky for you!" she said with a smug smirk. She examined the peppermint on her desk..peppermints were okay. Better than chocolate or something...she undid the paper and popped it into her mouth.

Yuuum

Originally Posted by lemon

Alice entered the Arithmancy classroom with a hop in her step and a textbook under her arm. After catching sight of Hadley, the third year smiled brightly the Professor, making good use of her pearly whites. "Good day, Professor Hadley." Beam. "Hope you're doing well."

Taking a seat near Ella and Alec, the lioness looked around and noted she wasn't late.. at least, she didn't think so. After giving her friends small salutes of acknowledgement, she removed her quill and parchment, setting them neatly in the corner of her desk. The peppermint humbug made her smile. What? She was pleased if any type of candy was in her sight. Alice eagerly popped it into her mouth. She also made a mental note about Hadley's candy preference. It may come in handy some day, she never knew.

Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

Landon Hughes walked into the Arithmancy classroom with a bored look upon his face. He was tired, really tired, and he blamed that on the people who snored in his dorms. Though the real reason was because he ate too much candy. He waved to the person who he thought was the professor and said, "Hello, Professor. I'm Landon Hughes." He gave a big smile at the end and turned, reading the board. Once he got to where it said the part about candy, he knew this Professor was going to be his favorite. "Thanks for the candy!" He said, looking like a little boy who was really excited.

This was already turning out to be a good day.

The fifteen-year-old walked over to an empty seat and sat down, watching as all the other students filed in. He unwrapped the candy and practically swallowed it in one bite. YUM. Would there be more?

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Arithmancy. The REAL sort of Divination that made sense. You didn't see this Gryffindor calling this professor Professor Hagly or something like that. Nope, Arithmancy was like a security blanket to this seventh year and she was glad for another lesson - just not so glad that this was her last term of it seeing as, if things went well, Kurumi wouldn't be continuing her studies in the subject too much.

"Good day, professor," Kurumi smiled as she made her way towards her usual seat riiiiiiiiiiight in the front and set her things down. Candy? Okay, maybe now the professor got a little bit of an eyebrow raise, but nothing too rude. Kurumi just had things about eating in the classroom...and a certain Muggle Studies professor was making her flat out protest it entirely in her own quiet way.

So, Kurumi gently pushed the sweet to the side as she set her things out on the desk. She would nibble on it later, just not right now.

Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

"Good day, Professor Hadley,'' Jory said when he entered the classroom. He wondered what they'd be learning today as he made his way to find a seat.

After selecting one, he helped himself to the peppermint humbug. Then he turned his attention to the board and read the message. "Text book and blank parchment.'' The Badger reached into his bag and go them out. Now, to wait for the lesson to begin.

Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Shoving an extra roll of parchment into his book bag, Vickers hurriedly made his way from the Ravenclaw Tower down towards the Arithmancy classroom. As he passed the threshold he nodded his head politely at the Numbers Guru "Good day Professor Hadley." he greeted politely before settling into a desk near the front. Taking his glasses out he slipped them on and spotted the sweets. He shifted around in his seat-- was this table reserved for someone else? When he finally turned his attention to the board a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. This was a nice touch. And he was just about to unwrap it too when he paused and wondered what the candy was for. Were they supposed to count the stripes or something?

You know what, he's counting the stripes anyway. Totally not an OCD thing.

Originally Posted by SilverTiger

Originally Posted by nups21

Arithmacy... was becoming fun. Atleast, it was becoming less boring than before for Ira.

She had to admit that the class was growing on her, even if some of the calculations weren't quite accurate when compared to how she really was. But of course, they couldn't all be right all the time.

Ira was pretty excited about this lesson. Why? It was funny, because she didn't know really. Maybe Arithmancy was more of a relaxing type class for her. She walked into the classroom, her school bag slung over her shoulder.

"Hello, Professor Hadley." She pipped up. Ira quickly took a seat at a pair of empty desks and started pulling out her textbook, parchments and kept her quill ready, and waited for the lesson to start.

Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Louisa had a yummy wand in her mouth as she made her way down to the Arithmancy classroom, it wasn't her brightest subject but professor Hadley did make it a bit easier and less boring. Upon walking into the professor-less room, the Ravenclaw paused in the front and read the board. Okies, head to a seat and enjoy candy. Sounded cool, minus the candy thing because last time Louisa accepted candy from Hadley's class it was spicy chocolate icky thing.

She beamed and waved at Vickers as she claimed a seat nearby, not close enough to suffocate the boy (because she can be suffocating) but close enough to say HEY BOYFRIEND I'M HERE.

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Originally Posted by Macavity

Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

Cassia entered the classroom hesitatingly. Because she really felt that Arithmancy was a HUGE subject and she wasn't sure whether her small limited mind could handle it. But she took the risk and entered the classroom. Her bag slung over her shoulder the second-year stepped near the Professor and nodded at her. She really wasn't ready to talk she was keeping all her concentration and words and everything for the HARD lesson.

She chose a chair that is far away from students, well the furthest one in the corner. She didn't want to be distracted. She sat there ,eyes widened watching the older students who were at ease talking among each other. How could they manage to do that when a HARD lesson was about to start!

The second-year was looking around her as if trying to decipher the furniture in the room or something and she suddenly jumped noticing that there was something on the desk. WHO PUT IT? She thought feeling alarmed. Cassia squinted her eyes at it. What's thisss....oh Candy hehe. She reached for the candy but stopped her hand inches from it. Why is there candy on my desk.

She got suspicious and decided not to eat the thing. WHAT IF IT WAS A TRICK. Yup. She gets all paranoid when trying to concentrate and think.

Originally Posted by DH Vixen

Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Arthimancy...so not Hannah's favorite. She hoped this class would go by as fast and painless as possible. She looked around for any familiar faces and didn't spot anybody that was important. She spotted the professor. "Hello Professor." She wondered what it was like being the head of house over the puffers. She wondered if she was ashamed on the inside about it.

She took a seat and turned her nose up at the candy. Hannah just was not i a good mood today. She wanted to go up to her dorm and just be left alone. Apparently that was too much to ask at the moment. She took out her textbook and parchment and waited for what ever hard task was in store for them. Ugh...she hated Arthimancy...it just didn't make sense to her.

Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu

Originally Posted by MagicalWorld

Dylan entered the classroom a little hesitantly, this was going to be not so fun. Having to work with those number thingies, he had done a bit of that before just for fun and it was not fun! Here he was attending one of those number classes, he just hoped that it wouldn't be too hard for his first number class. Cause he was not good with numbers, so the professor would have to go easy on him since he had no experience doing all those complicated number stuff.

He looked up and saw the professor was standing there, so he stood up straight couldn't show him not happy about the class. "Hi Professor! Here I am all ready to start the lesson" he said as happily as he could before he went to find a seat and sat down. Ooo what was this? looked like one of those humbug thingies that his dad had given him once, that was good tasting candy. Well he loved candy and his was no different so without hesitating he ate popped the candy into his mouth. Well if this was the professors way of welcoming him into the class then she was going the right way about it. Hmm candy his favourite!

Originally Posted by hpluvr037

The first year wasn't sure what to think. He loved anything having to do with mathematics, to be sure. But this class... Well, when your AUNT is the professor, things aren't quite as straightforward.

Nevertheless, he walked into the classroom and was pleased to see that it was pleasantly full, though there was no sign of his Auntie Fait-- NO, Pao, it's Professor Hadley here. He didn't want to be the first one there and look over eager. But he didn't want to be the last one and look like he didn't care. And now I'm way overthinking this.

Step one was to find a seat. He made a quick scan of the classroom, not really expecting to see anyone he knew. The only person he'd really ever talked to before was... Kurumi! With a slightly queasy -- yet good -- feeling in his stomach, he made a beeline towards her. With five desks to go, he noticed a boy sitting next to her. A good-looking boy. And he looked quite comfortable with her. Too comfortable. He was.. stroking her arm! A twinge of jealousy colored his stomach now, but it was too late to turn back. They were sure to have seen him coming right towards them.

His heartbeat quickening slightly, he slid into a desk by Kurumi. And her boyfriend. He spotted a badge. Oh! That's our Prefect! And it explained why Pao recognized him from somewhere. What was his name..?

"H-hey, Kurumi," he managed to get out somehow before quickly turning his attention up to the front. He began to appear earnestly engaged in reading and following the directions in an attempt to cover up his embarrassment.