Alexa Cambridge was early, but make no mistake, it was NOT because she was eager to learn the many 'wonders' of Arithmancy. Far from it. The young Gryffindor was naturally attracted to anything new and this Professor here was new, yeah? She wanted to know what he was like, learn his mannerism and see if he was just as much a headache as Professor Hadley had been with the subject. Don't get her wrong she was a wonderful teacher, Lex just wasn't a fan of numbers.

She turned sharply into the classroom. "Good Day Professor--hey are we painting the class today?? Are those blue cans of paint? If not can it not be yellow for just in case reasons? I learned how to change colours on stuff so it wouldn't really be a problem."

Lex stepped further in the room, gave the man a broad smile before she continued her inspecting.

"Is it more like finger painting. That didn't go so well last time. There was a man eating plant and everything." Or maybe he was after Professor Lafay's job...because we're totally eyeing the cauldrons too.

Mixing paint...? No numbers or mentions of textbooks. She approved.

Arithmancy was one class of many that Hannah did not look forward to. It didn't make sense to her and she was pretty sure that is was nothing but a big waste of time. She walked into the classroom figuring that she had atleast not be late to the worst subject ever. As soon as she cleared the doorway the blonde haired Slytherin was sure that she had come to the wrong place. Was that a potion brewing? Where was Hadley? Had she missed that much over the last few years when that terrible, awful thing happened to her? Did Arithmancy finally get cool? She could get down with some potion brewing. Maybe this new professor would help make the subject not so lame anymore?

The confused sixth year finally decided that she should at the very least say hello before the man had her admitted to St. Mungo's for being crazy. "Nice to meet you professor." Should she tell him her name? Her manners were screaming at her to do so. "I'm Hannah Lockwood." That was enough information for now yes? She made her way to a desk not too close to the front, she wasn't that eager, and waited for everybody else to show up.

The next class was Arithmancy. Kat still didn't know who this new Professor would be, because he wasn't at the Start of Term Feast. It wasn't Hadley either because they moved her to Muggle Studies. Meh. And to think Kat was starting to understand Arithmancy a bit more than she would have expected. Honestly, she didn't want to deal with numbers. Who did anyway? It always gave her a headache after solving for the corresponding 'numbers'. They always turn out wrong anyway, so she didn't know why. She did get a passing grade in this OWL during her fifth year though. It was luck. Pure luck.

Oh uhm. Hello, new Professor. Kat wished she could poke his belly.

"Hello Professor French," the Slytherin greeted with a small smile. He seemed oddly quiet for a Professor. More of the observant type of person, you know? Great, now she missed Professor Hadley in this classroom. Hmm... why were there cans of paint in the classroom? And a potion currently being brewed? Was there going to be a joint Arithmancy and Potions class? That would be awesome. Kat loved Potions. Maybe it would make up for her not-so-good skills in Arithmancy.

Seeing as Hadley now taught Muggle Studies, Tobias was TOTALLY lost as to who would be teaching Arithmancy. He wasn't nervous or anything though... after all, he'd never had a teacher he didn't like.

As he entered the room, Tobias was slightly taken aback by the message on the board that was written with both letters AND numbers. Oh no... they weren't learning a new alphabet were they? He'd only just mastered Elder Futhark, after all. But Arithmancy wasn't quite like Ancient Runes... so maybe it was just a funny-ha-ha joke.

He took a seat near to the front of the room but at the side, by a window, and made to get out his quill, ink and parchment.

"Hello Professor!" he said cheerfully as he did all this. "Welcome!" Or welcome back? He didn't know. "My name's Tobias Tempus."

Code for 'I either forgot YOUR name or didn't know it in the first place hi there hello hi'.

So West had actually decided to drop Arithmancy and not take it for his OWLs but he was curious about the new professor so here he was auditing the class and stuff. Yeah. Just showing up for fun, no big deal.

He went in and stopped to eye the message on the board. Okay.

Okay.

And that professor looked like Santa Claus. Did that mean he was an evil dark wizard?

West sat down near the back and stayed silent. Yeahhh close to the exit.

Laura walked into the classroom. "Good day Professor French." Laura smiled, she was having loads of fun but she didn't know what she wanted to do next. "How are you today?" Laura was hoping that everything was alright, she seriously couldn't wait to see what was going to happen in this lesson.

Adrienne entered the classroom suspiciously. She didn't trust this professor, not one ounce. He was shifty and hadn't shown up to the feast, and he had that weird locked door with the weird-looking note on it, and he was just... suspicious. He was definitely up to something weird. Which was why she was in class early- she wanted to scout out the room and see if there was anything suspicious-looking that he was trying to hide. Unfortunately, she wasn't the first there, and he looked totally ready for class- not that there weren't weird things in the room.

What was in those cauldrons? Was it poison? What Arithmancy class needs potions? Why was there paint; what was he going to do with paint? Why did he look so pleased with himself? What had he done? Adrienne narrowed her eyes at Professor French, then gave him a civil nod and sat down right in front of the class. She was going to be keeping an eye on this guy.

Class number two, and Sophie was starting to think that she now had this whole 'classtime' thing down pat. She walked with a cool and confident stride as she headed in the direction of what she hoped was the Arithmancy classroom. At least, she knew it was on the second floor, and there were others heading in the same direction.

She stepped into the room, and...well, everything looked just as she expected it to. Save for the paint and potion, which she assumed was just lesson set-up. She passed by the professor, who looked rather lounged back for someone who was about to start a class. More power to him, though. "Hi, Professor," she said. Then she noticed the way he was writing everything--sticking numbers in places where they'd make sense to go. Hmm... "Hope you're having ONE very awesome day TWO-day."

She grinned at her lame pun then took a nearby seat.

Ariana was here, which was a miracle despite things. Ariana was NOT an arithmancy fan at all, she just didn't GET it and it was hard and she didn't like it. Reluctantly she showed up though with a lesser smile then she bared in previous lessons.
"Hello Professor......" new professor.... hi.. she gave him a few looks over before deciding to finally go sit.. Next to West Odessa over there in the back.

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Alexa Cambridge was early, but make no mistake, it was NOT because she was eager to learn the many 'wonders' of Arithmancy. Far from it. The young Gryffindor was naturally attracted to anything new and this Professor here was new, yeah? She wanted to know what he was like, learn his mannerism and see if he was just as much a headache as Professor Hadley had been with the subject. Don't get her wrong she was a wonderful teacher, Lex just wasn't a fan of numbers.

She turned sharply into the classroom. "Good Day Professor--hey are we painting the class today?? Are those blue cans of paint? If not can it not be yellow for just in case reasons? I learned how to change colours on stuff so it wouldn't really be a problem."

Lex stepped further in the room, gave the man a broad smile before she continued her inspecting.

"Is it more like finger painting. That didn't go so well last time. There was a man eating plant and everything." Or maybe he was after Professor Lafay's job...because we're totally eyeing the cauldrons too.

Mixing paint...? No numbers or mentions of textbooks. She approved.

"Ah, yes. Of course. A Gryffindor. As I would suspect. A House founded by Jeremy Gryffindor in 1828. He, too, had an affinity for finger painting. But please, paint nothing until instructions have been given."

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Arithmancy was one class of many that Hannah did not look forward to. It didn't make sense to her and she was pretty sure that is was nothing but a big waste of time. She walked into the classroom figuring that she had atleast not be late to the worst subject ever. As soon as she cleared the doorway the blonde haired Slytherin was sure that she had come to the wrong place. Was that a potion brewing? Where was Hadley? Had she missed that much over the last few years when that terrible, awful thing happened to her? Did Arithmancy finally get cool? She could get down with some potion brewing. Maybe this new professor would help make the subject not so lame anymore?

The confused sixth year finally decided that she should at the very least say hello before the man had her admitted to St. Mungo's for being crazy. "Nice to meet you professor." Should she tell him her name? Her manners were screaming at her to do so. "I'm Hannah Lockwood." That was enough information for now yes? She made her way to a desk not too close to the front, she wasn't that eager, and waited for everybody else to show up.

"Yes, I suppose it is nice. N I C E. Four letters. One, two, three, four."

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The next class was Arithmancy. Kat still didn't know who this new Professor would be, because he wasn't at the Start of Term Feast. It wasn't Hadley either because they moved her to Muggle Studies. Meh. And to think Kat was starting to understand Arithmancy a bit more than she would have expected. Honestly, she didn't want to deal with numbers. Who did anyway? It always gave her a headache after solving for the corresponding 'numbers'. They always turn out wrong anyway, so she didn't know why. She did get a passing grade in this OWL during her fifth year though. It was luck. Pure luck.

Oh uhm. Hello, new Professor. Kat wished she could poke his belly.

"Hello Professor French," the Slytherin greeted with a small smile. He seemed oddly quiet for a Professor. More of the observant type of person, you know? Great, now she missed Professor Hadley in this classroom. Hmm... why were there cans of paint in the classroom? And a potion currently being brewed? Was there going to be a joint Arithmancy and Potions class? That would be awesome. Kat loved Potions. Maybe it would make up for her not-so-good skills in Arithmancy.

"Oh ho! A Head Girl! A post of honor! Do you know how the post of Head Girl came about?"

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Seeing as Hadley now taught Muggle Studies, Tobias was TOTALLY lost as to who would be teaching Arithmancy. He wasn't nervous or anything though... after all, he'd never had a teacher he didn't like.

As he entered the room, Tobias was slightly taken aback by the message on the board that was written with both letters AND numbers. Oh no... they weren't learning a new alphabet were they? He'd only just mastered Elder Futhark, after all. But Arithmancy wasn't quite like Ancient Runes... so maybe it was just a funny-ha-ha joke.

He took a seat near to the front of the room but at the side, by a window, and made to get out his quill, ink and parchment.

"Hello Professor!" he said cheerfully as he did all this. "Welcome!" Or welcome back? He didn't know. "My name's Tobias Tempus."

Code for 'I either forgot YOUR name or didn't know it in the first place hi there hello hi'.

"Yes, alright, hello. All right now. Tempus you say? I knew a Tempus once. A Dementor Whisperer of all things."

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So West had actually decided to drop Arithmancy and not take it for his OWLs but he was curious about the new professor so here he was auditing the class and stuff. Yeah. Just showing up for fun, no big deal.

He went in and stopped to eye the message on the board. Okay.

Okay.

And that professor looked like Santa Claus. Did that mean he was an evil dark wizard?

West sat down near the back and stayed silent. Yeahhh close to the exit.

"Yes, well done there."

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Laura walked into the classroom. "Good day Professor French." Laura smiled, she was having loads of fun but she didn't know what she wanted to do next. "How are you today?" Laura was hoping that everything was alright, she seriously couldn't wait to see what was going to happen in this lesson.

"All right, all right. Yes, good day, hello."

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Adrienne entered the classroom suspiciously. She didn't trust this professor, not one ounce. He was shifty and hadn't shown up to the feast, and he had that weird locked door with the weird-looking note on it, and he was just... suspicious. He was definitely up to something weird. Which was why she was in class early- she wanted to scout out the room and see if there was anything suspicious-looking that he was trying to hide. Unfortunately, she wasn't the first there, and he looked totally ready for class- not that there weren't weird things in the room.

What was in those cauldrons? Was it poison? What Arithmancy class needs potions? Why was there paint; what was he going to do with paint? Why did he look so pleased with himself? What had he done? Adrienne narrowed her eyes at Professor French, then gave him a civil nod and sat down right in front of the class. She was going to be keeping an eye on this guy.

"The loo is just outside, I believe if you need it? Better hurry before the lesson begins."

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Class number two, and Sophie was starting to think that she now had this whole 'classtime' thing down pat. She walked with a cool and confident stride as she headed in the direction of what she hoped was the Arithmancy classroom. At least, she knew it was on the second floor, and there were others heading in the same direction.

She stepped into the room, and...well, everything looked just as she expected it to. Save for the paint and potion, which she assumed was just lesson set-up. She passed by the professor, who looked rather lounged back for someone who was about to start a class. More power to him, though. "Hi, Professor," she said. Then she noticed the way he was writing everything--sticking numbers in places where they'd make sense to go. Hmm... "Hope you're having ONE very awesome day TWO-day."

She grinned at her lame pun then took a nearby seat.

"And the same TWO you, times infinity and ONE."

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Ariana was here, which was a miracle despite things. Ariana was NOT an arithmancy fan at all, she just didn't GET it and it was hard and she didn't like it. Reluctantly she showed up though with a lesser smile then she bared in previous lessons.
"Hello Professor......" new professor.... hi.. she gave him a few looks over before deciding to finally go sit.. Next to West Odessa over there in the back.

"Yes, well done, hello good day alright."

Another class! Adi happily bounded into the room which was slowly filling up with students. He noticed the pretty girl, Sophie already seated. Gosh, she was pretty!

Glancing around, he spotted the Professor. "Hi, Professor!'' the excited firstie greeted. "I'm Aditya Rehman and I look forward to your lessons!'' He was rather curious about the subject and was even more curious when he saw the cans of paint and the cauldron which was brewing something. Right. Sooo he should find a seat now. Deciding that one in the middle of the room was alright, Adi placed his bag there, occasionally looking at the others as they filed in.

She almost gotten lost this time trying to find the classroom. Why hadn't she been with a friend at the time? She could have completely avoided that situation. Luckily, she DIDN'T get lost and here she was. Huffing and puffing slightly and walking through the door.

Arithmancy, you better be ready.

To any other student, there may appear to have been a few odd things that were just that. Odd. She, however, had never been to the this lesson before and therefore didn't know the norm, so everything seemed to be in order. Merrily, she made her way into the room and grinned at the man sat at the front of the room. "Hellooooo, Professor! GRIN. I'm Bristol!" Just so he knew. It was important, you see, as she'd probably be talking a lot. "This lesson looks interestingggggg," she said honestly. Now that she'd seen what looked like paint, her expectations of this class had gone up.

BEST NOT DISAPPOINT.

Sometime in the summer after the results of his OWLs had sunk in, Alec had been all set to head to the first Arithmancy class of the term, greet Hadley and hopefully, hopefully, be able to get a big hug from her at some point. Only because of his Arithmancy OWL grade. Because he was hoping to make the woman proud.

But no.

What with Hadley going over to the Muggle Studies side of things, Alec was really confused, and slightly curious, as to who was going to be taking over for Arithmancy. Especially since the person hadn't arrived at the feast. So... when he saw that the lesson was written out for this day, he had made sure to head down to the classroom somewhat early but not early enough to be one of the first people there, as he found out when he entered the classroom.

Was that... paint? And cauldrons brewing potions? They... weren't going to be working things out on parchment?

Alec looked around at all the new additions before his grey-blue eyes landed on yet another addition. Professor, yeah? "Hello Professor!" he called, smiling a little at the man, "Welcome to Hogwarts!" Or was it welcome back? He... didn't know. "Erm... I'm Alec Summers, by the way." Introductions. Yeah. He readjusted his grip on his bag, gave the man another smile before heading over to sit down on an empty seat near the front of the classroom. It was as he was taking his seat that his eyes landed on the chalkboard and... he let out a small chuckle.

.......

Well, he was amusing. Head Girl? Yeah that was her. How the post of Head Girl came about? Kat blinked a few times. Was it a requirement to know about that? Because she didn't read that part in her badge letter during the summer. Either Headmistress Truebridge forgot that tiny bit or Kat was just missing something out and over-read it. She didn't know which, but maybe she should just play along, right? "Sorry, Professor," Kat admitted. "I don't know, but please do tell me."

It was weird saying that you didn't know things. It made her seem like she was dumb. But what could she do? She didn't know the answer. Kat wouldn't lie either.

It was time for another class! Asher entered the room and headed for a seat in the middle. Not too close to the front to get called upon a lot and not too far in the back to be considered a trouble maker. Happy with his selection, he took a seat. "Good day, Professor" he said with a smile and a nod.

Wait, he didn't know this man. This was not a professor he had last year. Asher now wondered if he should introduce himself, or just sit and be quiet. Deciding the former would be more polite, he cleared his throat "I'm Asher. Second year, Hufflepuff."

WAT.

WHAT.

WHAT WAS THIS?

West eyed this professor. First from overhearing this... what...

No.

What?

He let out a slow breath. Was that humour? Jeremy Gryffindor whaaaaat? He shot a slightly uneasy look at Alexa, and then a definitely wary one at the professor.

Well done?

Well done for what? Was he reading his mind?

He decided to think about Quidditch. Just Quidditch. A few of the plays him and Ascanius and Theo had perfected the previous term. Purposely, y'know, in case this guy WAS reading his mind.

Or maybe he was just being funny? West couldn't at all tell, and it sketched him out.

Lex's paint watching stopped and her eyes shot to Professor immediately. "Er...Jeremy Gryffindor...?" A man named Jeremy Gryffindor...founded Gryffindor...? It was either she was even worse at History of Magic than she'd originally allowed herself to believe...or this man wasn't all there in the head. The thought bothered her more than you'd think it would. She caught the look West had given her and knew he'd pick it up too.

"Wasn't it Godric Gryffindor that founded the house, Professor?" Don't ask her about the year, just don't.

....Lex tilted her head and gave the man a curious stare. "I won't touch the paint and it's good the guy I've never heard of likes painting but I'm afraid you've lost me there." WAS THE AGE GETTING TO HIM??? She could totally understaaaand.

But now she wasn't sure she could trust anything the man said.

Oh merlin.

Entering the classroom, the fifth year was astounded by the objects at the front. Charlie totally got Arithmancy. If anything was, it was her favourite subject. But her father had never done anything like this with her in their lessons before, and she was confused and excited to find out how the lessons at Hogwarts were going to differ. In all honesty, they couldn't really get much worse.

"Hi, Sir," Charlie smiled politely at the Professor as she passed him. She was going to introduce herself but... well, no, he didn't need to know her name. And he probably didn't want to.

Sarah walked into class and looked around. Very interesting. Although she liked calculations, this class seemed to be more artistic. Not that she minded, she liked to be creative.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Professor. My name is Sarah Edwards and I am a Gryffindor. Concerning Gryffindor, are you sure it was founded by Jeremy Gryffindor in 1828?" Her father always told her that she must never contradict adults, yet rather bring it about in a polite way. "I have been told and I have read that the house was founded by Godric Gryffindor when Hogwarts was founded in Medieval times. This Godric was born in Godric's Hollow and was known to be a great duellist". She could tell the professor more,, yet she did not want embarress the professor in front of the others. Yet at the same time, she did not want the other students to be misinformed. "Godric Gryffindor left behind his sword and hat, the latter still in use today as the Sorting Hat".
Sarah wanted to listen how the head girl post came about, but she knew that if the professor did not know who founded Gryffindor, how could the professor be expected to know how Head Girl came about.

From the things Sky was hearing as she walked into class, she was actually a bit weirded out by this professor. For one thing, everyone knew that Gryffindor had been started by Godric Gryffindor way before 1858. For another, this dude's big round belly reminded her of Borr. Blegh.

It was for that reason alone that she decided to join West and Ariana in the back near the exit. Just in case he tried anything. And was that paint?

"Forward or FOURward? Yes, very well, Aditya? Not familiar with that name, but Rehman. Everyone knows that surname, well done."
"Yes, yes I see that, well done you. Bristol. That's Greek for cenataur petter. Yes. Great."


"Are you now? Named after the ancient Atlantis Merperson King, no doubts. Yes, very good."
"Right yes, okay. I believe it was 1616? Perhaps 1617. Anyone know? Anyway, yes, the position of HEAD GIRL was given to the female student that could behead a house elf with the cleanest cut. She would wear or carry the HEAD around her neck and was given status among her peers, hence the name Head Girl. Congratulations!"

"Yes, I see that, well done, please have a seat great thanks. Asher, yes, great name. Of course, that's Native American in origin, as is the origin of Hufflepuff."

"The loo. I don't believe it has moved. Please go before class. Going during will be frowned upon, yes please thank you."

"No, of course not, no no, don't confuse the class, please. It was Jeremy. Right around the time of the fifth annual goblin Olympics."

"Yes, that is exactly right, yes hello."

...

...

"Yes, isn't that interesting." No. "I assure you, as I am the professor, that it was a Jeremy Phillipe Gryffindor and he was a completely non-violent being. Some even speculated he was a few ingredients short of a potion, if you follow, yes well done, great then."

"Yes, great have a seat right there. Use the loo if you must, but we will start this lesson very soon. Now even. Hello."

"I am Professor R. French. This is Arithmancy ONE ZERO ONE, one hundred one, ONE OH ONE and we will begin, yes well done. TWO," he held up two fingers, "DAY we will begin with a lesson."

Yes. Okay. "And that lesson involves INTERPRETING random numbers. Can everyone please stand up and shout out the first random number that comes to mind now."

And go.

Minerva walked into the Arithmancy classroom. It was going to be very weird being in this class without Professor Hadley taeching it. She had grown use to the same professor in the class, especially since it was a class she wasn't that great at. Looking around her eyes didn't seem to meet anyone else's. Still embarrassed from another lessons start. She decided to try to move past it though and just deal with what she was good at. Lessons.

Giving the professor a bigger smile Minerva walked over closer to him. "Hello Professor, welcome to Hogwarts. My name is Minerva Wheatborn." She then turned and found her comfort seat of the front. Pulling off her bag from her shoulder she set it on the ground and pulled out her parchment, book, and quill. Noticing some odd looks towards the professor Minerva turned her head to look at him. Had she missed something before she had entered? Or were these looks towards her. Putting her hand to her face, no the beard was fully gone, but they all knew it had happened. Slinking down in her chair she figured it best if she stayed quiet until class began.

Okay.. .number... random number. Derry stood up and shouted out the first number she thought of. "Forty two!" Answer to life, the universe, and everything. Douglas Adams knew his stuff, yeah? So it was totally one of the best numbers ever.

Except for number 333. Because the three threes together looked cute. For some reason Derry wasn't entirely sure of.

Theo made it to Arithmancy in good time, but it was still packed with students. There were tons of them this term, and he wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. With his uniform looking spic and span for one of the first lessons of the term, Theo sat his bum straight on a seat near the middle of the room. As a prefect, he didn't want to sit near the back, but he was still far away enough to not listen and go unnoticed.

Paints? Oh, they weren't doing THAT, were they? Theo sucked at that stuff.

"Hi, professor." New professor. Why was that sign on the chalk board written with numbers? That wasn't clever, just annoying. OH THEY WERE STARTING... maybe he WAS almost late.

AEHGHG.... COnFUSED.

Theo stood up and shouted, "SIX!"