Professor Iliana Lawson's Hut
 

Upon entering through the heavy wooden door, you step into a large, brightly lit room. The walls are painted in a warm, chocolate brown, broken up by sheer white curtains, while the plain wood floor is accented with a stark white rug. A sweet fragrance reminiscent of autumn leaves lingers here as a surprising draft comes through the open window.

Off to the side sits a large mahogany desk lined with pictures. Behind her desk, the wall is obscured entirely by floor to ceiling bookshelves. Her Meritorious Service awards from St. Mungo's hang on the adjacent wall surrounded by family photos. Next to her desk stands Vincent's cage, though you'll seldom find him inside.

From her desk, Professor Lawson has the most amazing view of the grounds. This is where you will often find her pouring over lesson plans or grading assignments. The small fireplace on the opposite wall is surrounded by oversized, cream colored leather chairs with soft, tiffany blue pillows.

Everything about this tranquil space seems to draw you to it. Don't fight it. Come inside and relax for awhile. Just remember to knock first.

Ellie found a... hut? Is this the Care of Magical Creatures office? Really?

She wrinkled her forehead in confusion. But she shrugged and sighed. There was no sign telling her to knock, but she did. Thinking it was rude to just enter someone's office. Or hut...

Knock, Knock, Knock.

She had told herself that she was looking for Ivory, but honestly she wasn't. If she had been looking for her best friend, really searching, then she would be up in the library where the Ravenclaw was most likely to be located and not out on the grounds were she could always be found. Maybe it was cause she was in no hurry to take all those stairs and pass the corridors that held bad memories, or maybe not, no one really knows.

Arya was glad to be back on the grounds, it was the one thing she missed the most about this castle. Chewing on a piece of gum, she idly blew bubbles as she slowly made her way to Lady Lawson's hut. How she went all of last term without visiting the woman was beyond her, but the second year was making sure she wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

As she neared the hut, she spotted a first year knocking on the door. Standing beside the younger girl, she joined her in waiting for the professor, smiling softly at her and popping another bubble before speaking. "Hey."

"Hi," Ellie said. She put on a polite smile. She really felt awkward. She didn't expect anyone else to be coming to see a teacher. At least not before class even started.

Lolz I found joo!!!! ^,^ Hope you don't mind her tagging along with her bestie
 

Of course I don't mind, after all she IS looking for Ivy XD
 

Arya smiled at the younger girl who didn't seem too talkative, then again she didn't say anything that would give her incentive to say more than a simple hello. Blowing another bubble she rocked back on her heels before introducing herself. "I'm Arya, second year. What's your name?" She didn't recognize the girl and seeing how she looked younger than her, Arya assumed that she was first year. It felt a little weird not being the youngest at the school, a good weird though.

As she waited for a response, Arya thought that she had heard someone behind her but passed it off as another student running around the ground. When she felt a pair of hands cover her eyes a grin crossed her face, of course she knew who it was. Had the hands been any larger she would have thought it to be Sabel or Raiden, but the small hands and the sound of the oh so familiar voice could only belong to one person, Ivory.

"Hmm, could it be my favoritest Ravenclaw?" Giggling she removed the hands and turned around, giving her friend a big hug. "I was looking for you."

Magnolia walked across the grounds admiring the huge lake, the forbidden forest and the view of the enormous castle. She was still in shock from the feast last night, and couldnt believe that everything here was actually real, actually happening to her! Magnolia regained her composure. She was on a mission, a mission to find the care of magical creatures teacher. Magnolia had always adored animals and was most excited about learning about the creatures she never knew existed! Finally she saw a small cottage and knew she had found the right place. Maggie was surprised to see a small group of students next to the hut. She walked over slowly, and knocked gently on the door.

Kevin wandered along the grounds to where the care of magical creatures professors hut was a saw there was a bit of a group already waiting outside so he stood with the rest waiting for the professor to show up

YAY but fail my short post
 

"The one and only!"

Ivory hugged her friend back tenfold while giggling. "So was I! I guess great minds do think alike."

Smiling, she turned to the other younger girl.

"Hiya!"

"Ellie. Nice to meet you." She said calmly. She watched as other student approached. Wow, I guess this teacher is a little more popular than I anticipated. she thought.

Haoto had managed to wander outside. He could hear Kioni calling from somewhere in the distance. The Philippine Eagle had found something and she wanted him to see it. He followed the whistling noises and heard a crowd of people outside what seemed like a small building. Cautiously he made his way over.

"Um... Excuse me... Where are we?" He asked the crowd hoping for an answer.

"The COMC professor's office..." Ellie answered him.

"Oh. That's why." Haoto said. No wonder Kioni was here. There was probably food around." Thanks for telling me. My name's Haoto I'm a first year. What's your name?"

"Ellie. And you're welcome." She said. She was using short, simple answers with this strange kid who doesn't know where he is or why he's there... then suddenly he does? Just doesn't make sense... Ellie thought.

Haoto listened around for Kioni She had gone silent." Have you seen a Philippine Eagle around by chance?"

Ellie shook her head. "Sorry."

"Sorry? Why are you apologizing?" Why was she saying sorry? Unless...He had done it yet again. It occurred to him not everyone noticed he couldn't see right away." Oh my bad. I'm blind so I can't see any movement. I'm sorry, I didn't realize I hadn't mentioned that."

Oh.

"I didn't know..." So nooowwwww it all made sense! That's why he didn't know where he was. Interesting... How did he manage getting around?

"I havn't seen an eagle." Ellie said.

"That's okay most people don't notice right away." He smiled at her.It was his fault in the first place."Are you sure you haven't seen her? She should be about 1m tall a bit hard to miss. Although she may have gone off to hunt in the forest."

Ellie's eyes widened. That was pretty big... especially a bird! She didn't like birds all that much...

"Maybe it came by just before I got here.." she said, trying to help.

"Oh that's okay. As long as she isn't eating owls I guess there's nothing to worry about." Although the forest wasn't much better." So what's with all the people around?"

Ellie shrugged, "I'm not sure. I came because I had a question, but I don't know why everyone else came."

"Oh well I was wondering if it's okay for me to switch out of flying into CoMC. Being blind makes flying very difficult." Haoto smiled. It wasn't often he actually got to talk to people. Living in the middle of nowhere was not exactly helpful." I hope the teacher gets here soon."

Ellie crinkled her nose.

"That does seem dangerous." She couldn't help giggling as she pictured someone who couldn't see flying in all directions. Then they ran into a tree. Ouch.

Keeping an arm around her friend, she listened as the other girl began to talk to a boy who had just walked up.

Her eyes scanned the skies before looking back to him with a smile. She had never known anyone to have a eagle as a pet, but then again there was a lot of interesting things she found out while being at Hogwarts.

"Why were here to see the professor of course!" She responded to his question, as if there couldn't be any other reason.

Professor Lawson was in the back room of her hut when the students started to arrive. She had just laid Ava down in her crib when she heard the knock(s) at her door. Quietly, she slipped from the room and closed the door behind her, leaving it open just a crack in case the baby woke up.

Eager to see who had come to visit, the professor hurried over and flung open the door. WOW!! That was a LOT of students. Some she recognized; some she didn't. "Hello everyone," she said brightly. "Please come in."

Kevin smiled at the Professor and entered the hut and said "Hi Professor my name is Kevin McKay i am looking forward to your lessons this year"

Ellie walked in.

"Hi Professor, my name's Ellie Stone. I just had a question for you..." she said, looking around at all the other students? Really? Was it that hard to talk in private anymore.

As the Professor opened the door, the freaked out little boy barged through the hordes of people in attempt to reach the Professor. Apparently, he would need to repeat what he had said before - and Send was still shivering!!!

"Hold on, Send, just hold on - I'll get you fixed in no time... Though you should have eaten, you know, migh-" Ty cut his whispered rant off, figuring that giving his baby owl a lecture might not be the best idea right about now.

"Professor!" he began, squeaking up at her as he held out his injured out for her to see. "Something happened to her! She's just a baby, but she's always really tough and feisty and you know, ENERGETIC and healthy - but look at her wing, Professor, it's all weird and bent and she's shivering and she's only two months old, my Send, she was a gift and Professor help me, I don't want her to die!"

Ty stopped without taking a moment to breathe, not caring that he was interrupting other people. HIS OWL WAS DYING. And she was in PAIN. Send needed his help, and Ty would not rest until she was given the best care he could give her.

She was NOT going to die.

Ivory watched from beside her best friend as they were joined by more until there was quite a small bunch on the front step. Smiling at the newcomers, she had to admit that her curiosity was a bit piqued at the appearance of a boy who explained that not only was he blind but also had a pet eagle. Having a falcon as a pet herself, made her all the more curious but-

Suddenly her attention was draw to a more important fact however... the opening of the door and the appearance of her mother away from home and her favorite professor.

"Lady Lawson!" Not able to contain herself, Ivory gave the woman the biggest hug she could.

Many thoughts had run through Arya's mind, so many in fact that we don't have the time to go through them all. Just know that none of them had anything to do with the current situation. When the door swung open, she turned from the big group of students who had crowded around the professors door with a big grin.

"Hey Lawson!" She gave her a big hug with her bestie as well before letting go to explore the office. Since she had never been in here before, the second year started with the first thing that caught her eye, the same as when in Sir Lawson's office, the many pictures.

Magnolia hung back a little. She was feeling a little shy about meeting her new professor and the crowds weren't helping. She slid back out of the office and decided to come back later when it was less busy.

"Yeah.And I'd rather not try it."

An obvious answer.

"Well I mean other than just to hang out."

Ellie laughed.

"Yeah, that would be the smartest thing, I guess." she said. It would still be funny to watch. As long as he didn't hit a tree.

Josey walked over to Mrs. Professor Lawsons hut. Arya had told her that she was a pretty cool teacher, so she wanted to meet her. She walked up the steps and knowcked on tha door. Then she waited.

"Welcome Kevin, I'm Professor Lawson. Lovely to meet you," she said. "There are fresh cookies on the coffee table by the fireplace, please help yourself."
"Good morning, Miss Stone," she said, opening the door a bit wider to allow the students to file inside. Questions were easy enough. "Ask away, dear."
Iliana nearly jumped back when she heard the scared, little boy speak. He looked absolutely petrified, holding his tiny owl in front of her. "Sweetie, calm down," she said with a sorrowful look upon her face. Just by looking at the little bird's crooked wing, she could tell that it was broken.

"I'm sure that I can help her," she assured him. "Place her on my desk and we'll give her a thorough examination." Iliana found it always helped when the kids could watch over their injured pets as she treated them. It seemed to set their minds at ease somehow.
Seeing the dynamic duo, a smile stretched across Professor Lawson's face and she wrapped her arms around them. "Good morning, girls! I'm so happy to see you," she exclaimed, giving them both a big squeeze.

Before she could say anymore, she heard another knock at her door. She loosened her grip on the girls and said, "Make yourselves at home, ladies." Then she peered out the open door.
There, standing on her steps was another new face. She smiled down at her and waved her inside. "Good morning," she said. "Won't you come in."

Maggie was so excited to meet the care of magical creatures professor that she basically skipped down the lawn to her office. She didn't know exactly what she was going to say, but maggie figured she would just be honest and hope for the best. She knocked on the door to Professor Lawson's hut and waited with baited breath.

Kevin smiled and said "Thank you Professor Lawson" Kevin made his way over to the fireplace where the cookies were and took one to eat he was excited about care of magical creatures this term for some reason

"Well," Ellie began, slightly annoyed she didn't have alone-time with the professor. "I'm very interested in this class, and was wondering if I could take it seeing as I'm a first year... And also, I had heard there was somewhere where you let students take care of animals..." She said this shuffling her feet. She wasn't shy. Just a bit embarrassed, wondering what the other kids would say, seeing as they could hear her.

"Good Mornin Lady Lawson." She beamed up at the woman before steping into the hut. Arya sliped out of her shoes(she said make yourself at home) and placed them beside the door before walking around the room.

She was of course slightly oblivious to the other students with the exception of her best friend as they spoke to Lady Lawson. She was much more interested in the items the filled Lady Lawson's hut, having never been inside it before.

Running her socked feet over the rug, she slowly began to work her way around the room, looking at all the pictures and awards before moving on to cage. "How are you doing Lady Lawson? How's Ava?" As she eyed the cage curiously, she didn't bother to question where the infant was assuming her to be with Sir Lawson.

Josey took a tentative step into the hut. "Hi," she said shyly. "I take it your professor Lawson?" Mrs. Professor Lawson that is.

And just as the professor was closing her door, there was another knock. Good Merlin she was popular today!

Reopening it, she looked out with a cheerful smile stretched across her face. "Good morning," she said. "Do come in."
Walking back towards her favorite chair, the professor nodded at Kevin and said, "You're very welcome. How can I help you today?"
Still standing behind her chair, Professor Lawson listened to the young girl's questions. She adored the way new students seemed to take an interest in her lessons. Thankfully, the rules had changed long ago allowing everyone to attend. "That's a great question, Miss Stone. And the answer is 'Yes'. Even as a first year," she explained.

Iliana glanced out her window towards the stables and smiled dreamily. "There is such a place," she answered, purposely vague. "More will be explained during my first lesson. I do hope to see you there."
Professor Lawson nearly giggled when she saw Arya pacing the floor in her stocking feet. She watched as she peeked inside of Vincent's cage and wondered just how high she'd jump if (or more likely WHEN) his tiny head came springing up at her. HA! She'd never see him coming.

"Just wonderful, Arya. We all are," said casually, holding back a yawn. "I just laid her down for a nap." She nodded her head in the direction of the back room and brought her finger to her mouth in a 'shhh'ing gesture. "How was the rest of your summer?"
"Good morning," she said, motioning the timid girl closer. "Mhmm, that's right," she answered. So she had heard of her. 'From whom?' she wondered briefly.

"Professor Iliana Lawson," she said, holding out her hand. "To whom do I owe the pleasure?"

Ellie was relieved.

"Oh, I'm so excited. I will definitely be there!" she said, enthusiastically.

"Josey Flow," she said as she shook professor Lawson's hand. "I was talking to Arya and I asked her about the professors." Speaking of Arya, Josey noticed that the older girl was there also. "She said you were nice, and I decided to visit." She blushed, and fell silent. She was shy, but once she got talking, she could really talk. She just hadn't gotten to that point yet.

Still peeking into the cage, she let her flicker to Lady Lawson when she vaguely answered the younger girl's question, a small smirk creeping on her face. The woman never did give away hints as to what they would be learning in her classes, she had learned that last term.

"It was good, we visited a lot of the sites in London." She said, lowering her voice as her gaze turned to the room Ava was in before falling back onto the cage. Arya leaned her head closer to the cage when she thought she saw movement, which was a big mistake. Once the creature inside finally took notice of Arya, he lept up to the front of the cage scaring the bejeebers out of the second year. She leapt back, almost stumbling, with a startled expression obviously not expecting it.

Arya looked at Lady Lawson with a sheepish grin, "You could've warned me." A hint of laughter in her voice. Gathering herself, she step closer to the cage and studied the golden creature with bright eyes. "Is this a......" She paused thoughtfully, "....Golden Snidget?" Oh yea, she knew her magical creatures. It is her favorite class, so of course she had opened up her book on creatures over the break. Spotting Josey, she gave the girl a little wave.

"That's wonderful!" Iliana said; the girl's excitement filling her up. "I'll be looking for you up front and center," she added with a wink.
"Well Josey Flow, it's very nice to meet you." Hearing Arya's name, the professor shot the older Hufflepuff a look. "Arya's good people. Keep close to her and I'm sure your years at Hogwarts will be some of the best in your life."
Luckily, Iliana was standing close enough to Arya by this point to steady the girl if she fell. "What?! And spoil the fun? Never in life," she teased, letting out a short, shrill whistle.

At once, Vincent zipped out of his cage and perched contently on the professor's shoulder. "That's right, Arya," she said, petting the snidget's tiny head. "This is Vincent. Would you like to hold him?"

CALM DOWN!?!?!?!?!???? NNOOOOOOO!!! EVERYONE said calm down when someone wasn't going to be ok. They'd tell them to relax and take deep breaths and stuffs - OH NO!!! Ty had gone as white as a sheet and he simply placed his Send down gently on the table, his tiny hands shaking violently in sync with her own quivering.

She was a present from Uncle James. She was HIS owl - his FRIEND. His feisty, loving owl friend. SEEENNNNDDD!! "O-Okay," Ty's squeaky voice shook, and his eyes wide eyes stopped blinking as he focused on what the Professor was doing.

>___< This was SOOO scary!

Front and center?! Eh, maybe not. But she'd be there.

"Can't wait." Ellie smiled, "I'll see you then."

Then, seeing no point in staying, especially since so many people were coming in, she left.

"Thank you Professor Lawson, my name is Magnolia. I came to see you because i wanted to know if there was anything i could do to help out with any of the magical creatures?" Magnolia paused, she knew she sounded like a really big nerd but she just loved animals. Back at home she volunteered at a muggle animal shelter and she was always bringing home animals and helping to find them homes (much to her parents dismay). "I'm very good with most animals and i would like to learn as much as i can about the animals here as possible" she said smiling. Maggie could barely contain her excitement, she had been looking forward to Care of Magical Creatures since she saw it on her schedule.

Blushing at Lady Lawson's comment, she took a closer look at the Snidget. She had only seen them in pictures so the little creature was fascinating to her. Watching Vincent fly on the professor's shoulder, her eyes lit up at the offer to hold him. "Yes, please."

If the hut is too full, she can wait! :D
 

This was it.

Destiny was tired of his shenanigans, and if he didn't stop, she was shipping him to her grandmothers. One day there, alone, would whip him into shape in no time. But she did not want to resort to that, since he was still, technically a baby kitty. He may not look like it, but he was.

The only other person besides her grandmother that might be able to fix him would be, none other the Care of Magical Creatures Professor! Which is where she was...standing outside a hut she has never been into. Walking up to the door, with her cat, Sly, under one arm, Destiny extended the other to knock. She was going to knock very hard and very loudly, but stopped herself as she remembered there miiiiiight be a baby in there. She wanted to HOLD it and teach it how to say Lawsonator! That would have to wait until later though, since fixing Sly was top priority at the moment.

*Knock, knock, knock*

Hopefully Professor MorganLawson heard that.

Ooop oh so late Sowwies :)
 

So sorry. Please don't kill me for being gone so long. >_<
 

Carefully, the professor took the little bird into her hands. She leaned in close, muttering quiet, soothing words as she turned the owl this way and that. When she was done examining her, she took out her wand and tapped the broken wing gently.

With the wing mended, she reached into her pocket and brought out some of Vinnie's favorite treats. She handed the treats to over to the boy... (she still hadn't learned his name) and said, "I have a tonic I can give her to help her feel better. Why don't you feed her some of these while I run and fetch it?"
"Magnolia! Aww what a pretty name," she said, turning to face her. "It is lovely to meet you."

Hearing the young girl's question, Iliana leaned forward and whispered in her ear. "You're going to learn so much this term. I think you'll be VERY pleased." Then she stood back up and shook her head. "There isn't today. But I'll definitely keep you in mind if I think of something."
Iliana smiled and let out another sharp whistle. She pointed towards Arya's shoulder and within seconds, the tiny bird, fluttered over and gave her a happy chirp. "Oh I was right! He DEFINITELY likes you," she announced.

"Thanks," she said, smiling proudly. "I've had that little guy since he was a baby. Can you imagine he used to be even tinier?" She laughed quietly at the memory. Vincent had been her first 'baby' after all. And Ava was already just crazy about him. He was even smaller than her stuffed animals.

Ili reached into her pocket and pulled out the last of the treats. "Would you like to feed him?" she asked, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the last of the treats. "I'm so glad you girls stopped by," she added softly, dropping them into her hand.
Iliana turned slightly and looked towards the door. "Come in. The door's open," she cried out.

We love you Lisa!!
 

Gasping every single time the Professor moved little Send to and fro and almost exploded with worry as she took out her wand and... the wing went back to where it usually was.

YAAAAAYYYY!!!! Looking up with admiring eyes at the Professor who saved his owl's life, Ty took the treats from her and nodded. "Okay, Professor! Thank you so so so so much! You saved her life!" Ty gushed as he began to stroke Send gently, feeding her the tiny treats carefully. He wouldn't want her to be sick.

As the owl hooted in thanks, Ty beamed at her then back at the Professor. MIRACLE WORKER, she was. See!! Hogwarts Professors were AWESOME - there was no way his mother could have just tapped the wing and made it heal. AMAZING.

Grinning, she watched as the Snidget flew to her shoulder. He was so SMALL, Arya was almost scared to touch him, almost. Reaching up she gently stroked his chest with two fingers. "I like him, hey Vincent." She murmured.

Looking up from the Snidget, but still stroking him, she listened to Lawson. "Where did you get him from?" She couldn't believe that he was smaller than this.

Ellie came back to the nice COMC teacher's office. She wanted to ask her something. And she hadn't had her class yet, so she couldn't judge Ellie yet. So she was still that nice, sweet, girl Ellie ought to be.

KNOCK KNOCK.

It seemed awfully quiet in that hut. Destiny knew it was quiet because she had her and Sly's ear pressed riiiight against the door. Sly didn't like that much, but cats do have super hearing, right?

Or was that dogs? Ehh.

When she heard the Professor call out for her to enter, Destiny almost dropped Sly right out of her hands. The cat didn't like that either. She shifted him under her arm once more and opened the door. "Hullo Professor!" she greeted as she entered and shut the door behind her. Looking around the hut, her eyes fell on the yellow creature known as raccoon girl, and on the shoulder of that creature sat a bird! "Don't worry. Sly won't eat the bird. He only eats grass."

Which was the reason why she was there.

Iliana chuckled quietly. The owl was in pain but not quite dying. Still. She would take his gratitude graciously and give thanks for the kind words. "You are very welcome," she said, placing an arm around his shoulder for a little half-hug.

"And as promised," she said, pulling a tiny phial out of her pocket. "Put 2 to 3 drops into her water each night before bed. You can expect her full recovery."
"Actually Arya, before coming to work at Hogwarts, I worked at Modesty Rabnott's. Do you know what that is?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

Was it evil of her to ask CoMC questions during social visits? She thought not. There's never a bad time to teach/learn.
And once again, there was the door. Leaning against her desk, the professor lifted her head and called out, "Come in. The door's open."
When Professor Lawson saw Destiny enter, she didn't even attempt hide her shock. "Well what do you know? Do thine eyes deceive me?" she asked playfully. "Miss Shepard, to what do I owe the pleasure?"

It was normal to see Destiny loitering around whenever Marcus roamed. Evelyn too for that matter. But this... Well it was the very first time she had EVER graced her with her presence. Outside of class at least.

With her statement, she eyed the cat and grinned. "I'm not worried," she replied nonchalantly. "There's not a cat on this planet that could catch him."

She... hugged him. o_O Blinking a few times, Ty finally decided to pretend like it had never happened. Yes, that would work. Because violently pushing her away and telling her to stay AWAY from Tyler Adams physically, would not be a very polite thing to say to his owl-saver.

Not at all. "Right, thank you Professor! Thanks a LOT!" he nodded, still pretending that hug hadn't happened and took the phial from her. Two to three drops - got it. Picking send up gingerly and perching her on his shoulder -where she thankfully stayed and didn't fall- Ty shot a last beaming grin at the Professor before leaving the room to go back to the owlery.

He'd use one of the school owls this time. Send will get better soon enough.

Ellie peeked inside.

"Er.. Hello again, Professor Lawson." she said, smiling all innocent- like. No, she didn't do anything bad. She just thought the teacher might think it weird for her to be back.. so soon...

Scratching Vincent's belly, she mused over the place that Lady Lawson had mentioned. Sure she read a little about magical creatures over the summer, but it wasn't that much. It was still summer after all. And she only skimmed over the section about Snidgets, though now she would go back and read it properly.

Still, she knew enough to make a somewhat educated guess. "Um, some kinda Snidget reserve or sanctuary?" Professors, they were always trying to teach, weren't they?

Kate was wondering what staff member she could ask for help. She haven´t meet CoMC´s Professor yet, but this was a good chance to do it before class.
She reached the.... hut´s? door and knocked twice "Hello, Is someone in there?"

Professor Lawson cocked her head. The girl looked nervous. Being timid around her was just silly. She smiled widely and waved the girl inside.

"Don't be shy, dear. Come on in."
"Very good, Arya. It IS a snidget reservation," she answered. "And you see when Vincent was born, his mother was injured. She died shortly after and so I cared for him. He's been with me ever since." She had been walking towards them as she spoke and reached out to pet Vincent's head. "He thinks I'm his Mommy now." And well... she was.
Turning from the bird, Iliana cleared her throat and called out. "We're here. Please come in."

Ellie smiled. No weird looks. That was a good thing.

"I was wondering if you'd help me with my Arithmancy homework. We need to ask a staff member to find their personality and destiny numbers." she explained, parchment and notes and quill and ink and stuff in her hand.

Kate crossed the door timidly. "Good day Professor. I'm Katherine Pots, first year, gryffindor." She said that really quickly damn! I AM nervous...
Almost shaking she added "I...I wanted to read you something about numbers, I don't know if you heard about the Core Numbers, and if you have some minutes to listen..." Kate said, smiling. Then, looking down at the floor "it's for homework..." she added.
Why my hands can't stop moving???

Eeep! This is sooo late. *ish sorry*
 

Professor Female Lawson looked REALLY shocked to see her there..it was either shock, or that's how the woman looked all the time..No, Destiny never seen her look like that before. Buuuut, she was in her house, so perhaps the woman just didn't have make-up on..hmm.

She blinked a few times as the Professor spoke in some old lady language. Destiny had no idea what the woman was talking about, something about her eyes? Heh. Nodding to whatever was asked, she took a few more steps inside, and smiled. The hut was nice and..cozy-ish. Looking around, she heard Female Lawson ask what was owed and, whaaaat? "You don't owe me anything.." she mumbled turning her attention to the Professor. She blinked a few more times, and realizing what was REALLY meant, shook her head. Hehe, oops. "It's him!" she pointed to the cat under her arm, "He eats grass and shoelaces. Can you fix him?"

Because he was obviously broken.

Her eyes flickered to the little bird as Professor Female Lawson said no cat could catch him. Good thing, too for Destiny really didn't want her cat to drop birds on her face..like he did with the grass he ate.

Aww, poor little Vincent! She felt bad for him and his mommy, but thought it was all good in the end since he got to have Lady Lawson as a mommy, not a bad deal if you asked her. Stroking the creature she came to realize to things, one that she was hungry and two that Destiny. The little puff prefered to stay away from the girl if it could be avoided, but really it seemed like an immpossible task.

"Um, I'm gonna go to the Great Hall now and eat, but it was great to see you again. Maybe next time I'll be here when Ava wakes." She beamed up at the woman. Yes, she wanted to PLAY with the cutie pie. She gave Vincent a few strokes then waited for Lady Lawson to call him off her shoulder.

"I'd be happy to help, girls" she said without hesitation. It would be easy enough. And she was pretty sure she knew what the girls needed. She HAD taught Arithmancy herself, after all. "My FULL birth name is Iliana Aurora Morgan."
The professor gave Destiny at confused look. "The grass eating I understand. Some cats will eat grass to help soothe an upset tummy. But shoelaces?" she paused. "Really? The poor thing."

"About how many times, would you say?"
Still slightly weirded out by the "shoelaces dilemma", Iliana didn't pick up on the new tension in the room. Or take notice to Arya's hastiness to leave . Instead, she just smiled and whistled for Vincent to return to his cage. "I'm sure she'll be awake next time," she said. "I'll see you soon."

Smiling, she hugged the CoMC professor. "See ya later, Lady Lawson." She glanced at the shoelace eating cat (what kinda cat eats shoelaces?) as she let go of the woman and left the hut, steering clear of Destiny and heading for the Great Hall.

Approaching Lawsons hut Alex knocked on the door hesitantly. He needed to ask her some questions about caring for the Clabbert and he needed to find someone to do his History of Magic homework on too. Maybe, if he was lucky she'd be willing to oblige both.

Destiny smirked as Ayra decided to leave. She tried to see around the little Huffie, looking for a gaze of raccoons to be trailing her, but there were none. She must have left them in the Forbidden Forest, where they belong!

As the girl left, Destiny turned her attention back to Sly and the Professor. "Cats are supposed to eat grass? For upset tummies?" Heh. No wonder why he had an upset tummy, he ate GRASS! It seemed the grass eating wasn't that big of a deal, and she made a mental note to tell this to Evelyn, but the shoelaces..she glanced down at her own shoes with no laces in them.. "Only once I think. I haven't seen anyone else walking around without shoelaces."

Which reminded her, Marie had an extra set of laces in her trunk!

catching up and reading
 

yay :woot: Professor Lawson agreed to help! Hip Hip Hurra Professor! :woot:

"Thank you so much Professor! If you could wait a few minutes so I can do the math part...Then I would read to you the meaning of the result." yay! Kate was so excited!! I love Arithmancy!
She took out a notebook and a quill and said: "I will calculate your Destiny Number"

Tic tac Tic Tac

“I’ve just finished!” Kate showed the parchment to Professor Lawson

“See, your Destiny Number is the two.” She said, pointing the digit in the parchment. “Now, this means, according to the Textbook, that…..”

Kate took out the Arithmancy book and searched the meaning she was looking for.

“Found it! Number two: Your mission in life is to engender harmony. Your purpose is to seek cooperation, find balance, and be a patient team player - all to develop your sense of relationship. You need to learn compassion and to be emotionally receptive. Being adaptable and persuasive will bring you closer toward your destiny. You're destined for peacemaking. Go forth and share it….Wow, you’re kind of a Magic Mahatma Gandhi...He was a peaceful muggle, very loved by people, and also very hated. But we all love you, Professor! What do you think about?” She added….

But suddenly….

“Wait! Your Destiny number turned to be 2 because I have to sum 1+1…That’s 11! And there’s a special mention to that number, see?”

Kate showed her Professor what she was talking about:

“Hey! You sound more like Gandhi now…It’s a hard work to lead…”

Kate looked at Prof. Lawson and waited for her opinion

Ellie nodded and took out her parchment to write on. Then she pulled out her textbook to help her with her calculations

"I think this is right..." Ellie said. "So your Destiny number is 8, and that means," she flipped through her textbook before quoting it, "'Your mission in life is to acquire command of self. Your purpose is to accomplish and flourish, using your skill at business and organization. Learning to embody your authentic nature and discover your own power and being visionary will move you toward your destiny. You're destined for material success. Get out there and be the masterful leader you were born to be.' How does that sound, Professor?"

Iliana walked over to the door, opened it and propped it open. The fireplace was roaring inside and she had to get a little air circulating. "Good afternoon, Alex," she said. "Come on in."
Now for the "technical" explanation. "I hope this doesn't gross you out," she said before beginning. "Cats aren't capable of separating the meat from the fur and bones before eating. So they're stuck eating the digestible parts of their food along with the indigestible parts. Eating grass triggers the natural process of regurgitation of indigestible foods which would otherwise obstruct the system. It can be very beneficial to the cat," she paused, looking down at Destiny to make sure that she understood.

"The shoelace was probably an accident. I'm sure he ate the grass to feel better."
Iliana listened closely as the young Gryffindor interpreted her Destiny Number. She was highly impressed!

"That was a wonderful reading, Katherine. Great interpretation," she said. "I haven't done my own numbers since I was married. It was so nice to hear."
With the door still propped open, Iliana glanced over and waved Brody inside. "Hey, hun," she said.

It didn't take her long to notice the Gryffindor colors that had been added to her attire. "Nice hair clips."
Now that was the Destiny number that she'd grown used to hearing and learning about. "That was great," she said when Ellie had finished.

"Why don't you two return to your Arithmancy professor and ask her whether or not a person's destiny number changes after they take on their married name." Of course, she knew the answer to this but it was something interesting that the girls might like to learn.
Iliana turned towards the door just in time to see William walk up and knock. "William!" she exclaimed, happy to see him. "Well this IS a surprise," she said. "Please come in."

"Hey Professor" Brody beamed as she stood before her favourite teacher. Hehe. She really did like Profesor Lawson an awful lot. She giggled as the teacher mentioned her hair clips, as she automatically felt them in her hair with a little grin. "Gold..." She shrugged, she loved her best friend, and so she wanted to prove it. hehe.

But then she remembered what she was really here for. "I was wondering if you would help me with my History of Magic Homework?"

"Gold, huh? Giving you a little Gryffindor pride? Well, I'll have to remember to thank my prefect later for doing such an outstanding job in supporting her House." Iliana smiled brightly and clapped Brody on the shoulder.

Hmmm... more "History of Ili" questions, she thought, hearing Brody's request. "Well sure," she answered. If she could help Arya, then surely she could help Brody too.

Brody giggled at what Iliana was saying. "She loves her house....almost as much as she loves me." The blonde giggled at her favourite teacher. "But...she could give me a red and gold dress and I'd wear it. She's my best friend." Hehe and he loved her.

Yeey. She was going to help her yey. "Oh...you're brilliant." She assured the teacher with a big grin. "I jusstt need to know about your history here at hogwarts."

"Thank you, Professor." She said, very proud of herself...

"Personally, I think that the fact that you get married is a LARGE change in your Destiny number, not your Personality number, but the Destiny one...loving a person the way married people do changes everything in ones life, our hopes, our wishes...sometimes it changes our own person. So, why wouldn´t change, arithmancy-ly speaking, the adding of a surname to our name?...Sorry about the speech, but a have been thinking about this a while and that´s how I decided to include the "Lawson" name" She said, politely. "I would ask Prof. Hadley anyway. Thank you for your time, Profesor. See you next class."

William smiled as he nodded, "Hello professor, I thought I would come in and say hello." he said cheerfully, removing his sugar quill and putting it away for later. He'd missed coming here, it always relaxed him coming here and breathing in the fresh air. "How have you been?" he asked politely, wanting to have a chat before he asked what he came to ask.

Ellie listened to the other person who also asked about Professor Lawson's Core numbers, first before answering.

"I agree, though, it does say in the textbook to use the name on your birth certificate, correct? Because... well, that's when you have a destiny. When you get married and such, you're only taking steps to fulfill that destiny, I think." She was surprised she had even managed to say what she was thinking into words. And it made sense! At least to her it did.

The other girl calculating Professor Lawson´s Destiny number gave her opinion about the matter, like a debate. She turned to talk to her.
"I know! But I couldn´t pass out the fact that Prof. Lawson IS married and that interfere with her destiny...I do agree with the birth certificate thing, but I would ask Professor Hadley about it, anyway." Then she turned to Prof. Lawson "What do you think, Professor?"

I'm RPing this as if no other students are there, if that's okay?
 

Aiden finally made it to the small hut. Over the duration of his first year at Hogwarts, he had actually never been in the hut that belonged to his head of house. Well. Perhaps that was a good thing, seeing as this meeting wouldn't exactly be the greatest. He cleared his throat and knocked on the wooden door, waiting for Professor Lawson to open the door, perhaps with a friendly smile which he would eventually wind up erasing by the end of his visit.

Sorry, Cedric. I can't kick everyone out now.
 

"Could you be more specific?" Iliana asked, hoping to get an idea of what Brody wanted. "I'm more than happy to answer any questions you have."
A smile seemed to have taken permanent residence on Iliana's face. She was elated that William had come by. "I have been... " Fantastic, exhausted, happier than she'd ever been "... good," she answered at last, trying to avoid getting too personal. She highly doubted he wanted a repeat performance of his last visit. She'd been an emotional wreck.

"How have you been?" she asked in return.
"You've obviously put a great deal of thought into this assignment, Katherine." And when you got right down to it, that was what learning was all about. "I commend your efforts."

Professor Lawson gave Ellie a quick nod. "That's correct," she said. "As it appears on the birth certificate," she quoted from memory.
She motioned Katherine towards her so that she could address the girls together. "Girls, in Arithmancy, a commonly asked question is what effect name changes have upon our destiny. Your "official" Destiny number, the one based upon the officially recorded birth name, suggests what you must achieve. Your birth name, and the number associated with it, stays with you throughout your life."

"Though that's not to say that Katherine isn't correct in her calculations. You see, each different name that we choose to use during our lifetime can send out its own meaning. When your name changes, by marriage, even a new nickname, your talents and abilities are enhanced or modified by the new Destiny number. Both numbers will be accurate to you." Goodness she hoped she was making sense. Arithmancy was much easier taught with a blackboard.

Allowing the information sink in, the professor excused herself to answer the door.
"Good afternoon," she said. "Please come in."

Ohh..

It was time to get technical and stuff.

Ignoring the fact that this explanation might be gross, Destiny looked up at the Professor, nodding as she talked. Well, it wasn't as gross as it was weird. Why did the cats eat things if they couldn't digest it? "So..basically, they eat grass so they can throw up, right?" she asked, now looking at the cat in her arms. See? Sly was not being bad when he ate grass, he was making himself feeeeel better! She was sooo going to tell Evelyn this.

At the mention of shoelaces, she glanced down at her feet then up to the Professor. "Do you have an extra pair of shoelaces?"

She was quite tired of walking around without them.

As if he could get rid of his smile right now as he was in his element, well one of them it seemed. He remembered all too well the last time he had been here, it had been strange at best. But he was glad to see she was now a lot happier than before, which was good. If she was happy he was happy. "That's good I'm glad." he replied, tilting his head as he smiled once more.

How had he been? Well that was a loaded question he mused, pondering the truth. "I've been good I guess. Kind of disappointed with the lack of Potions. But that's not your problem." he stated, crossing his arms as he stood there easily. "Actually I came to speak to you about Graziella. The Crup you let me have a few terms back" he said, reminding her of his charge from previous times, getting to the point since it seemed she was rather busy.

What was she saying?

"So, we're both right?" Ellie asked. Well then...

Hmm. More Specific. Well Brody knew that she wanted to like ask her teacher questions that some other people wouldn't ask...and she had a feeling that most students would probably ask about when Professor Lawson had been a teacher...so She'd ask something else hehe. "Umm...can you tell me about some of the moments you've had here as a teacher?"

"Thank you," Aiden said as he walked into the woman's hut. He glanced around the place, catching glimpses of books and moving photographs. But his eyes returned to Professor Lawson when he noticed the lull. Guess it was his turn to speak to her. "Right, erm.. well, I suppose I better just get to the point." He rubbed the back of his neck. Here goes.

"See, this guy Patrick Dubois.. well, he and I got into a fist fight. We were both pretty beaten up by the time our friend Ella, whom we both were actually fighting over, happened upon us and broke it all up." He linked his fingers together. "After Healer Moretti fixed us up in the hospital wing, Professor Truebridge came and deducted points from our houses and gave his Slytherin students punishments.. I say 'students' in plural because Ella and another Slytherin also were in a fight that I was unaware of." Eh.. So much talking on his part. He wasn't used to it. "In the end, Professor Truebridge deducted ten house points from Gryffindor and Healer Moretti docked five." He figured the punishments and house deductions for Patrick and the girls were irrelevant, so he neglected to mention the specific amounts. "Professor Truebridge then sent me here, to you."

Aiden kept his eyes on hers and drew a breath. Gahh. "I understand that I was in the wrong, so if you would give me my further punishment, I'll accept it with no controversy." He slipped his hands in his pockets. Wow. Only now did he realize that he had been standing this whole time.

Hearing the faint cries from the back room, Iliana excused herself momentarily. When she returned, she was carrying a sleepy-eyed, little Ava on her hip.

"Sorry about that, Destiny," she said, hoping they hadn’t found her too rude for hurrying out of the room.

"To answer your question, Yes. Nothing at all is weird about your kitty eating grass." She smiled, watching Ava try to reach out for said kitty. "Though if you see him doing it again, feel free to bring him by my office. I have a tonic that will settle his tummy."

She pulled out a neatly wrapped pair of shoelaces from her pocket and held them out to her. "I grabbed these while I was in the back room. I hope they'll work."
Iliana nodded and smiled. "I'm sure potions will resume," she said confidently. Things always had a way of working out at Hogwarts. Even in the strangest of times.

"Right, Graziella. I remember," she replied. "How is she getting along?"
Iliana had LOTS of memories of Hogwarts. Some bad but most were wonderful.

"Most of my memories are of you lot," she said. "All the things we've learned together. The way your faces light up when you learn something new."

She went a bit glassy-eyed, running her fingertips through the curls of Ava's hair. "I think the one that will stick with me forever..." she said softly as if lost in thought. "... was the Dragon lesson. What a truly breathtaking creature." ALL of the Hogwart's students seemed to love the experience. Along with some of the professor's as well.
Iliana sighed. She was appreciative of his honesty though wondered if he'd have been so forthcoming had he not been ordered to her by Professor Truebridge.

After a long, even stare, the professor finally cleared her throat and spoke. "What disturbs me most is this tendency for violence. Points can be earned back... bad choices, on the other hand, can hold a much higher price." Explanation aside, she wanted to know WHY. "Am I correct in assuming that you realize younger students look up to you?" she asked, holding Ava closer as if protecting her from his answer.

Dylan took a deep breath and knocked on Iliana's door. He hadn't really seen her yet, and he could do with a random talk.

Hearing the door, Iliana put her index finger up and said, "Hold that thought..."

She carried Ava over to the door and opened it slowly. "Why hello, Dylan!" she said, brightly. "Please come in."

"Professor Lawson," Dylan smiled. She had a baby. How cute. "What an adorable child." This was hers right?

Awwwwww! That baby was SO cute. "Awww...she's so cute Professor Lawson." Like totally cute. mhm...better keep away Torin wouldn't really appreciate her wanting a baby right round.

"You did a lesson with a dragon!" Her eyes widened, before she giggled a little. "Oh I wish I'd been here for that lesson!" Professor Lawson should totally do it again haha. "It's so cute that most of your memories are of us lot...because like it shows that you really care." And she liked that hehe. She was pretty sure that Professor Lawson was the most caring teacher at the school. "So I assume you've made lots off friends here?" She asked, because she was sure of it, she was such a friendly woman.

Aiden blinked as she stared at him. Though it didn't seem to be in a mean way.. more in that way that inevitably made one feel guilty. Heh. He listened silently to her words of wisdom. Okay, she was right. But, Patrick was such a git! He wasn't just going to lie down and take his rubbish. "I suppose so," he answered her question. He hadn't ever really given much thought to the fact that younger kids would look up to him; he was nothing out of the ordinary.. perhaps her just figured they'd have plenty of celebrities and quidditch captains to idolize instead.

Hearing a baby cry, Destiny couldn't help the smile that formed on her face. She hoped, as Professor MorganLawson went back to check on her, she would be able to FINALLY see her! The smile turned into a grimace as the Professor returned with the "baby" on her hip, and she waved off the apology.

"Professor?" she started, as she staaaaaared at this "baby", "Are you SURE that's a baby? Isn't it kinda BIG!?" Destiny knew what a baby was, and that thing that she was holding was NOT a baby. It was a miniature ADULT!

She hardly cared for the information about her cat anymore. She was too busy staring at the miniature adult. When she went to grab for the cat, Destiny held him out for the "baby" to touch. Sly..he had to be the laziest cat on the planet, and no matter what this "baby" person would do to him, he wouldn't move..at all. She nodded as the Professor mentioned bringing the cat back, "Don't worry. I just won't let him outside anymore." she told her. Not until the cat learned his lesson.

Ohhh! Professor MorganLawson was the BEST! Destiny smiled and graciously took the shoelaces from her, "Thank you, Professor!" she said, then plopping right there on the floor, she opened the laces and started threading them through her shoes.

Shoelaces! Finally!