kate had sort of let her Divination homework assignment slip up on her, but she still had time to complete it and time to do a good job. She'd been making pretty good scores so far, and she planned to keep that up. At least this was a fun homework assignment. Well, hunting down stray cats was sort of fun. She wasn't keen on doing many more readings, but at least she only had to do three.

Her search found her wandering the fifth floor, which was a floor she didn't find herself on too many times. She'd actually started out at the seventh floor and then the sixth floor, but she'd had no such luck on either floor. Hopefully the fifth floor had at least one or two stray cats. With her luck, she'd find three and get everything done all at once.

Kate continued her walk down the corridor, slowing every once in a while to look for a cat. About halfway down, she finally found one. She felt kind of like she'd won the Muggle lottery or something! She took out her parchment and quilt and started to observe a little more.

Homework Reading #1

I finally managed to find a stray cat wandering down the fifth floor corridor. I was the one doing the wandering--not the cat. The cat was swatting in the air at something I never did manage to see. I tried to creep closer to see if maybe it was a small insect, but it didn't look like anything but air. Flipping through my textbook, I saw that this actually means something! It means that I'll get good news soon. Awesome! Thanks, cat! I can't wait!

Putting away her quill and parchment, Kate headed off in search of a second cat.