Emmylou skipped all the way to her Divinations class. The third year lioness was so darn happy, not only was it Valentine's Day but it was also twelve days until her birthday and it was time for Divinations class. Emmylou couldn't contain her happiness. AS soon as Emmylou walked into the classroom she beamed at her professor and gave her a little wave. "Hello, Professor Morgan. How are you today?" She said cheerfully. She looked to see what she had to do. Crayons, parchment and she had to write what she was proud of. That was going to be easy for the third year. She knew what she was proud of. Emmylou looked around the classroom to find that she was the first one here. She took a seat in the middle of the class. Then she took a bright purple crayon and wrote down what she was proud of.

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I'm proud of having such a loving family.

Emmylou got up and placed it in the cup and sat back down in her seat.

Lux was so happy as she skipped into class. It was Valentines Day!! The first Valentines Day she had a boyfriend for. It was so very exciting!! Something else that made her excited was that this was her first Divination lesson and Lux was really liking Professor Morgan so far. That woman was super NICE.

"Hello, Professor Morgan! I love the set up in here. How are you today?" BEAM. Emmy got big smiles too. Grabbing a box of crayons, she went to sit by her friend. Hopefully Bay and Kace would come soon as well. And Cinna and Bart.

Hmmm, what was she proud of? Taking out some parchment, Lux thought about it a little before grabbing a pink crayon. Generally she would have gone with blue, but it was VALENTINES DAY, so pink would be better. Gosh, she was loving this holiday so much. Where was boyfriend? Biting her lip, she wrote down what she was proud of:

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Today I am proud that I could walk in heels without falling over.

Because she had so been doing that earlier on in her dormitory. Hehe. Skipping over to the cup, she dropped her paper in before sitting down to enjoy her tea and cookies. Would they be available for every class? Because if so Lux was all for it.

EVERYTHING WAS PINK IN THE ROOM.

Too pink. Way too pink. They needed some blue and green in here. Pink was too infectious. Simon eyed the room suspiciously before he took another step in. Why was it all pink? His eyes widened when he remembered the post about the class on the noticeboard. He narrowed his eyes. Eugh. Valentine's Day. A very scary day for the young Snake.

Taking a deep breath, he entered the room and overheard a Hufflepuff girl telling the Professor that she loved the set-up. Seriously? he thought. He could've been sick because of the over sweet set-up. Anyway, he dismissed the thought and hid behind his cool façade. He gave the Professor a friendly nod and wave. "Hello Professor Morgan. How are you?" he asked before taking a box of crayons. At least they got some cool crayons from this. He glanced about the room and saw Emmylou and the other Hufflepuff girl sitting up at the front. He gave them both a friendly wave and then took a seat at another table. Where were Cutty and Ethan to save him from all this pink? This was Madame Pudifoots all over again minus the snogging.

He took out a piece of parchment and then wrote down what he was proud of:
Without another moment's hesitation, he put the piece of parchment into the cup and then went back to his table. He picked up a cookie and took a bite of it. Mmm.. Those were really, really good. Then he took a sip of tea and began slightly to regret his initial thoughts about the class.

But it was still way TOO pink in here.

Trying to be the cool dude, because it’s Valentine’s day, Ethan made his way towards the Divination Tower strutting. He feels good today, and his confidence is just oozing. Heck, if girls’ got this ‘I-feel-beautiful-today’ attitude, so does he. He really should stop acting like a child and be a super smooth guy.

Upon reaching the entrance, he saw their professor wearing red from head to toe. A grin was plastered on his face and offered her his smooth greeting. “Helloooo, professor.” Ethan had to fight the urge to wink at her. “Get a grip, Mordaunt. She’s your professor! No winking if you don’t want to die.” With that thought in mind, he gave up on his super smooth attitude and waved at the woman.

Well. Fail.

Anyway, as instructed, he got himself a box of crayons and picked a seat. Oooh. Tea and cookies! Ethan’s really loving this school. Almost every class he’s attended got free food! But first things first. The third year got himself a parchment and paused as he thought of something that he’s proud of doing…or someone else. Hmm.

Scribble, scribble.

Ethan smiled as he recalled Mordred’s recent letter to him. He’s back safe and sound and is currently doing his university stuff. The third year stood up and placed the parchment inside the pink cup and returned to his seat, sniffing his tea and cookies. Maybe he should wait for his fellow Snakes to arrive, before stuffing his face with food, yes? Yes.

Oh..and hai Simon. "You're early." he said as he got up from his seat and joined his fellow Snake. Ethan watched Simon carefully as he took a bite of his cookie and a sip of his tea. Well? It looks like it isn't poisoned or anything. So yes, stuffing his face with cookies.

Nomnomnom.

Valentines day. Also known as the day when all the couples could be found snogging in the towers. When all the singles would be moping. And when Zander would still be hopelessly crushing on someone way out of his reach. What a day it would be for sure.

Walking into the classroom Zander-- WOAH. Holy pink.

This place was crawling in all that hearts and reds and valentines day stuff. It was actually really overwhelming. And super intimidating. Woah. Zander didn't even know what to think at this point. All of this stuff kind of creeped him out... Professor Morgan was super nice and all, but she was way too girly and way too happy. All the time.

Walking into this room was like taking a walk into her mind. Weird.

Even though he just wanted to run out of the room and take shelter in somewhere less... frilly. He forced a small smile upon his face. "Uh hi Professor, I see you changed the place up." But unlike Lux he did not love the set up. So he'd just leave it at that. AH SO UNCOMFORTABLE.

He noticed both Lux and Emmylou had arrived and gave them both a small smile. And ooh, Simon and that other kid,Ethan got a smile out of his utter relief to see the two there. He needed some men to save him from this frilly mess! Because he was still all intimidated by this room. If anything it was kind of setting him on edge a little bit. He couldn't possibly last the entire lesson in here. Okay, for once Zander actually wanted the lesson to continue outdoors. Woah. Never thought he'd ever say that... Anyways... He noticed the instructions that Professor Morgan had clearly put up and raised an eyebrow in response... Uh. He had no idea what to write.

And what exactly is a "snap cup"? Was this some weird divination thing? Because they had never done this before.... Okay this set up is making the Gryffindor super itchy and super uncomfortable and super WHY WHY PROFESSOR WHYYYY!

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I'm proud that I woke up on time for the lesson

Meh. it was a start.

He continued to stare at his surroundings. This was definitely Madame Pudifoots... He did not like Valentine's day.. Oh well. He continued to drink his tea and wait.

Out of nowhere, Ethan had appeared. Simon glanced up to see his friend taking a seat by him. He chuckled when Ethan told him that he was early. "Or maybe you're just late," he teased before taking another sip of his cup of tea. Then he demolished a couple more cookies. Could they get some more cookies. Raising his eyebrows at his friend, he smirked ever so slightly. "Someone's in a good mood. I'm glad to see that. What have you been up to today?" said Simon.

Then Zander appeared and came over to join them. By taking one look at his Lion friend, Simon could tell that Zander too was sort of overwhelmed by all the pink in the room. "Hey Zander! Super pink, huh?" he said to his friend.

Thank goodness Simon was there to save the day because Zander didn't know if he could take any of this by himself. It was all just so girly. And really weird. And verging on insanely creepy. Valentines day was hardly a real holiday anyways. Why put this much effort into it? Not like it's Christmas?! "Hi Simon," Yes. Super relieved that he didn't have to stand around alone. Alone in this world of pink. Ever consuming world of pink. "Yeah... It's everywhere." He felt as if he'd start turning pink himself at any given moment. Yep. Definitely did not like this one bit. His voice trailed off as he took another look at the overwhelming room.

Maybe a cookie would make it better?

Yes. Certainly doesn't hurt to try.

“I…can’t be possibly late, there’s just…the four of us.” He said as he leaned on their table chuckling. “Come on, Simon. I’m always in a good mood.” He said as he nudged his fellow Snake and took note of his…reservation about…his surroundings? “What’s up with you though?” he asked as he too looked around.

Yes. Too much pink and stuff, but they need to survive this class, no? As he looked around, he caught sight of the blond boy and gave him a nod in acknowledgement. “Hey.” They…haven’t met formally, yet right? Simon however mentioned his name. “Zander. I’m Ethan. Hi. Sup?” he said as he extended his hand for a handshake. Oh and was he going to join their table? Cool, because right now, it looks like all the boys should stick together. Unless of course Josie walks in, then he just might detach himself from the boys. Ahem. “I wonder what’s up with the Zodiac Signs, though.” He said addressing to both boys, hoping to distract them from all the pink stuff. “…are we going to learn…sign compatibilities and such given that it’s Valentine’s Day?”

Ethan looked at his fellows and waited for both boys to squirm. Hehehehe.

Arista loved Valentine's Day, not because the love stuff because that was just ew but because of all the chocolate that was always around. Being small she could usually sneak a few. Professor Morgan she liked so far and there was a theme lesson!!!

"Hello, Professor Morgan! Happy Valentine's Day!! I am loving the Pink and everything!!" Arista gave the Professor a huge smile as well. Grabbing a box of crayons, she went to sit down at a table that was empty at the moment.

Hmmm, what was she proud of?!!! Proud of. A small grin started to form on the fisrt year's face as she remembered what she had done. She grabbed a pink crayon because it was Valentine's Day so that was warranted. Taking out some parchment, Lux thought about it a little before grabbing a pink crayon. She wrote down what she was proud of:

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I am proud of pulling a prank on those girls today!

Skipping over to the cup, she dropped her paper in before sitting down to enjoy her tea and cookies. Yummy!!!

He chuckled. "Mhmm," he said with a chuckle. He nodded. Yes, Ethan was always in a good mood. The boy was amazed at how his friend could always seem so lively and outgoing almost all the time. It was impressive. Yeah, Simon was a little bit off today. He had stayed up rather late the night before searching through various books about why the weather could have been so freakishly cold. "Sorry. I just am a bit preoccupied about the whole Lake freezing over. It's weird, mate." He didn't have any other words for it.

He nodded in agreement with Zander. It was everywhere. It was infectious. "Like Madame Pudifoots," he said with a wry smile before he shuddered. Yeah. He was never taking a girl there. Never ever ever. Simon's eyes widened when Ethan mentioned the Zodiac signs. "Hmm.. Me too." Then he could have DIED when Ethan teased him next. Sign compatibilities? Oh for the love of Merlin..... He snorted. "Maybe. Let's see if you and Josie match up. I'm pretty sure that you two would." Hehe.

Ethan sat back as he eyed other students coming in. “Now that you mentioned it, I don’t think I’ll ever have a good night’s sleep.” He said as he sat back and crossed his arms. “It’s a good thing that the bottom of the lake isn’t frozen yet. Can you just imagine how cold it will be in our dorms?” It’s too cold back down their chambers, and if the lake completely freezes up until the bottom, then them Snakes are doomed.

The Slytherin’s jaw dropped slowly as Simon mentioned Josie being compatible with him. It would look like he was shocked, but really, he was amazed by Simon’s…semi-sorta foresight on things. “And if we are, then I will take her to Madame Pudifoots.” Hahahaha!

Cris made his way up the Divination room, still fidgeting with his black bow tie. When he read the notice Professor Morgan had put up requesting that they wear red, Cris remembered rolling his eyes. Sure he was all for dressing up for Valentine's Day...if he happened to be out on a date!! But he wasn't eager to be seen wearing something red in class.

Cris had hemmed and hawed worried that he wouldn't find anything red to wear when he remembered the red jacket his mother had made him bring. So that was what he was wearing now. To his utter dismay, the first thing Cris noticed when he walked into the room was that besides Professor Morgan and he, no one else was wearing red. Had he misread the notice? Cris blushed a deep red...to match the suit he was wearing.

He wanted to turn around and run back to the dorm to change back but he knew that he didn't have time to do that, so he shook his head and walked right in. Well at least the room was pleasantly decorated. Cris hoped that his red suit wouldn't stand out to much in all this pinkness. Walking up to the Professor, Cris managed a smile, albeit an embarrassed one.

"Good afternoon, Professor Morgan. Happy Valentine's Day to you. The class looks really nice." Cris greeted the Professor, before leaning to whisper in her ear, "Um...you didn't change your mind about us wearing red did you?" Cris hoped that she hadn't and that he had somehow missed that message.

Then he turned to look at a poster on the wall and read the instructions. Something he was proud to have done. Cris didn't have a problem figuring that one out. He walked over and picked up a box of crayons, before finding an empty desk. Then he sat down, pulled out a parchment, picked out a red colored crayon and wrote down what he was proud of.

Then he got up and walked over to the pink cup and dropped the parchment into it. Tugging on his red jacket, Cris ducked his head down and made his way back to his desk, and sat down. He looked at the plate of heart shaped cookies and shrugged. What the heck! He picked up a cookie and bit into it.

Not bad...not bad at all.

Cris looked longingly at the entrance to the room. Please Jasmine. Please be wearing something red.

Jasmine was excited because it was Valentine's Day, her first real Valentine's Day. She put on her favorite red dress for the occasion and headed off to Divination class, wondering what Professor Morgan had in store for the class.

When she reached the class, she saw that the classroom was decorated in a perfect way to celebrate the day. "Good Morning Professor. Happy Valentine's Day." Jasmine figured that If anyone would appreciate the holiday, it would be Professor Morgan.

Seeing the class' instructions, Jasmine knew that she would have to give some thought to her answer. She took a red crayon and went over to sit by Cris. " Happy Valentine's Day!, Jasmine said to her boyfriend. She could not possibly have been beaming any brighter at that moment. "You look very festive in red. I like it."

Suddenly remembering her assignment, Jasmine took out a piece of parchment and began to write with her crayon.

Valentine's day...just UGH.

He knew that the annoucement board had said to wear red and that was exactly what Kevin had done. Maybe not in the way how people expected it but he still wore something. Dressed in a dark BLUE sweater, BLACK pants and a dark blue hat on top of his head which was turned to the side, Kevin had ONE thing that was red. His socks. Which were currently hidden underneath his pants and in his shoes, obviously. So if someone should point out his dress code, he would pull up the sleeve of his pants and BAM RED SOCKS!

He entered the Divination Tower with a tissue in his hand in which he coughed now and then, ignored the Professor and grabbed a crayon before sitting down. He then grabbed a piece of parchment and began to think. What was he proud of today?



Because he had seriously debated staying away from all this.

What the...?

Michael stood in the doorway to the Divination classroom and looked around the room with a mild expression of disgust. It was bad enough that it was Valentines Day, but did the Professor have to advertise it especially since he had forgotten to get Zahra a present. Awesome! Now he was going to have a very annoyed girlfriend.

He made his way slowly into the classroom, picked up the box of crayons, muttered a small "Hello" to the Professor and sat down at an empty table. He rolled up his sleeves so that the Professor could see the red watch band that he wearing before pulling out a piece of parchment and wrote:

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I am proud that I have not managed to puke since entering this classroom.

Monday. Valentines day. Cinnamon had to admit that she was pretty excited about a being Valentines day. Even with the brownie drama that unfolded this weekend. She still kept up a happy front. At least a great Divination lesson would keep her in high spirits. She still hadn't talked to Bart since she yelled at him yesterday. So hopefully he would be here and they could talk it out or something. It was the day of love so anything was possible, right?

Cinnamon straighten up her RED DRESS out before climbing through the trapdoor. "Good afternoon Professor Morgan! Happy Valentines Day." she said in a happy voice or the best happy voice she could get. She was happy but no overly. The first thing she noticed was the crayons. She grabbed a box.

She spotted her friends Emmy and Lux. Taking a seat near them. "Hey, girls. Happy Valentines Day." She put on her happy face and grinned at them.

She got a piece of parchment. What was she proud of today. Was it that she hid the fact that she was sad today so well? Or that hadn't cried today? Or was it something else. What was it? She quickly scribbled

She folded up that parchment and put it on the cup. She debated writing that she was proud that she wasn't showing how upset she really felt today. But to her admitting that was admitting how she really felt.

She was supposed to wear red, and as much as she didn't want to because it symbolized the whole love thing on this day, she did anyways. Pink wasn't going to happen so red was going to have to do. If anybody asked though AJ would just say that red was because of her gryffindor house. ROAR!

As she made her way into the classroom she had to suppress a shudder. Was with with all the decorations? If things got super weird she would have to fake a sickness and get out of there asap.

"Hello professor." Did this woman love this day or what? She was all decked out in red, and AJ was pretty sure her face was hurting from all that smiling. As she read the sign she saw that they needed crayons. Was she five? Reading further showed that she only needed it to write something down so she grabbed her a box and scanned the room. She would be lying if she said that she wasn't looking for Adi. This whole classroom set up made everything that happened between them come rushing back to her mind.

The coast was clear. AJ snagged a spot not too close to anybody, and picked out a blue crayon. She pulled a piece of parchment out of her bag and thought about what she was proud of. Hmm... nothing really came to mind today. There was plenty of things that she was proud of in general, but nothing spectacular about today. AJ blew out air and put her crayon to her parchment.

Yup. That was all she had. AJ got up and placed her note into the cup. It was then that she noticed the cookies and a few of her friends. "Hey Arista and Ethan." As she sat down she started to munch on her cookies.

Mack climbed the stairs, her eye widen significantly as she takes sight of all the pink. "Seriously, pink... Gag me" She stepped up into the room and she read the board, walking over to the cart she grabs a box of crayons before taking a seat in the back.

Taking out the parchment she pulls out a black crayon, and started thinking...
"What am I proud of today? Hmmm... I'm proud that I still haven't gone crazy..... I'm proud that I live alone already



There she folds the piece of parchment and places it in the cup, she smiles at the professor and nods at her. She liked this class just not the pink.

Why in the world did they have to wear read to this lesson? Adi thought that if he didn't like Professor Morgan and all her cheeriness, he would have definitely skipped this lesson. But he had made up his mind to do as best as he could since she was so nice to them all.

"Hello, Professor,'' the Badger said. "You're looking great.'' He grinned then turned his attention to the hearty poster with instructions. What was he proud of? He wasn't sure. But he grabbed the crayons and headed off to find a seat. For once Adi wasn't looking around for Benny.

His eyes finally found her. He didn't know if AJ had seen him or if she was ignoring him still because he saw no sign that she his presence. The boy found himself a seat, got a piece of parchment and scribbled:

Adi placed the slip of parchment in the cup then headed back to his seat. Cookies. He didn't mind having cookies during every single Divination lesson or SNAC meeting. He bit into one, still occasionally glancing at AJ. He thought she looked extra pretty today.

Bay made his was through the two door and was instantly shocked... Pink and flowers.... Looking at the front of the room he spotted the professor "hello professor, I hope your well. " he said as he spotted the board.

Looking around the room he saw Lux and Emmy and more of his friends as he went to go sit at Lux's table. " hey Ladies " he said while bending over to write on the parchment.

Walking back to the professor he placed the note in the container and made his way back to his friends and girlfriend... Because the board said he could have cookies right... Looking back to the board he smiled yup he was a lot happier now. Sitting down he picked up a cookie and jammed it in his mouth. " these are really good " so far he was looking this class!!

This was going to be the best class ever! Valentine's Day was amazing, not as good as Halloween where you get lots and lots of really yummy candy but honestly just as awesome. The third year shrugged a little, she had forgotten to bring her candy with her. She wondered if Professor Morgan would have minded if she munched on candy before class? Emmylou bounced in her chair, when was class going to start? She wanted to know why she had to write down what she was proud of on the piece of parchment. Maybe it had something to do with futureisty stuff? That made Emmylou even happier. It was Lux, now she wanted to know if she had any candy. "Hey Lux!" she said a little loudly, not really meaning it. Maybe it would be best not to ask? Not that long after Lux had arrived there was Zander! Emmylou waved over at him. "Hey Zander!" she said almost falling out of her seat. Emmylou looked around to see if there was anyone else that she knew. Simon, she had met him over by the Black Lake when she almost felt in. She owed him lots of candy for that letting her fall in."Hey Simon!" Almost little to no candy intake and she was still hyper. More people she knew were arriving, eeeeppppp! Cinnamon was the next to walk into the classroom! "Cinna! Happy Valentine's Day!" Then there was Bay not that long after Cinna had joined them. "Hey Bay." Now where was Kace?

Divination Time! He heard there was a new professor in town. As he climbed up the stairs into the classroom, he realized how out of breath he was. He could never get used to the climb. But once he took in his surroundings, he noticed everything was PINK. Pink everywhere!? He shook his head to make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. Nope it was Valentine's Day. He would have to get Emmy her gift soon. But back to the task at hand. He saw the professor and said, "Hello Professor! How are you liking Hogwarts so far?" He wanted to know her opinion. Then he took a sheet of paper and wondered what he was proud of. Then he saw his friends all sitting together, Lux, Emmy, Bay and even Zander and Simon. He greeted his bromance lover first with a one armed hug, "Hey Bay!". Then he scared Lux and went around her and squeezed her sides and said, "BOO!" He saw his beautiful girlfriend sitting there and he crept up behind her and whispered, "Hello beautiful...happy early valentine's day.." he kissed her cheek and sat down.

He gave Simon and Zander a curt nod in return and a wave. He began to write on his parchment....



After he wrote it, he went back to the front of the classroom and dipped it in the cup.

"Happy Valentines Day, Emmy! You look amazing." BEAM. Her besties were both gorgeous. Yay, more people were coming in now! Zander, Jasmine, and Adi got friendly smiles and waves. It was funny to see how the boys weren't digging the Valentines Day decorations. Oh well, she could doubly enjoy them because they were spectacular.

Look, it was Cinna! "Happy Valentines Day! You look so nice in your dress." Dresses were amazing; she herself was wearing a pretty red one. And there was Bay. "Happy Valentines Day, my Lion." She was so happy that he was here now. Watching him take a cookie, she giggled. "They are really yummy."

Grabbing another cookie, Lux could see Kace from the corner of her eye. Him trying to scare her was funny. "Haha. Nice try, Penguin."

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"Cassia we're leaving. Let's go. We can't stay here. Absolutely not. Do you see this room? I'll die. You can't expect me to sit through this. The kitchen's not that far from here," complete lie, it was seven flights down but eh, "we can still make it." Didn't Cassia like elf food? Lex liked elf food. They could ditch real quick. The Professor would never even know they were here, wasn't she busy doing...whatever it was she was doing.

The class had a decent turnout of brainwashed students actually into the rubbish that was Valentines Day. TWO MISSING STUDENTS WOULDN'T BE BAD.

Lex grabbed Cassia's hand and gave it a hard tug in case she wasn't listening. "Cassia Somerlad! This room is pink. There is pink everywhere and I'm about to pop that balloon. Come. On."

Was her bestfriend not listening? This class wasn't mandatory. Divination wasn't even real. CASSIA!