A turtle?

Ethan sat back in his chair as he tried to find the correlation between Divination and the turtle that Professor Cassie was holding. Was there something so special about turtles that they can predict the future? Does it have anything to do with moving in slow motion? Or is it...something about their shell? Its shell pattern perhaps?

Hmm. It was worth a shot.

Ethan raised his hand and waited for his turn. “Turtles have fancy patterns on their shells, and there are actually marking on them which indicates their growth...like, the rings you’d see on tree trunks when you cut it.” The Slytherin placed his hand down and got his parchment and quill ready. Seriously, that turtle that the professor was holding looked like it was judging the class.

They are not going to dissect it into bits, right?