Beth pulled the initialed rocks closer and perked up at her classmates answers, raising her hand. This was something she sorta knew about, at least. "Yeah that's true, like a foreshadow." She said eagerly, nodding. "My grandmother once told me that omens can be good or bad, they're like signs. Maybe knowing about them helps people make better decisions about the future."

She'd stayed unusually silent up until that point in fear of the hooded people, mainly because of the errr...badly hexed faced of the Slytherin girl across the room. But hoods be darned, she was already scared of walking through the halls at her own school, she wouldn't be scared away from this too.