This lesson contains a Roleplay assignment.

Camille sat on the soft grass, watching as some people shot dark looks towards Professor Nico. She could tell most of her classmates were displeased at his choice of lesson, but to be honest, she wasn't too bothered about it. She was always terrible at numbers and was relieved they wouldn't be doing anything too complicated for the first class. But then again, it just made her more nervous as to what might be coming the rest of the term; Professor Nico may appear to be a very relaxed professor, but that didn't erase the fact that he taught a notoriously difficult subject.

She tried to control her breathing, in, out, in, out, while the sounds of Professor Nico's snoring and her classmates' quiet conversations washed over her.

(p.s i'm from hufflepuff!)

Serena glances around at the other students in the class. Seeing that she isn't the only one who is confused, she sighs in relief. Leaning over to the student next to her, she whispers, "Interesting teaching methods, don't you think? I was really nervous about this class because I was never very good at muggle math, but if all of his classes are like this, I should be able to pass!"

Gaia is inside her thoughts as always; calm yourself numbers is your thing! After all you ARE a Ravenclaw... at least it is nic... Count to ten? Turns to and whispers is HE serious? counts and breathes ... did HE just fall asleep?!?! massages the back of her neck might as well just sit and make the most of this.

Silver walks upto the oak, wondering what this lesson will hold, approaching a spot on the grass she looks around watching the group get larger, As the Professor gave out the class assignment, Silver was shocked to see what a sloppy teacher he was, this was baby stuff not a lesson for older students, She was here to learn not sit quietly and meditate, unfortunately She was unsure what to do next, if she left what then, Would she lose points for her fellow Ravenclaw students for being out of class. In the end she sat quietly at her desk hoping the next time he taught it would be an actual lesson and not a snores fest.

Silver Ravenclaw student ( I am not the best roleplayer but try to give it my best )

(ooc: I totally read that in Leo from that 70s show's voice Natalie Vellichor- Ravenclaw)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w113/snslovexo/Natalie%20Hogwarts%201_zpsgip4dsk1.png "> Natalie softly chuckled to herself as she watched Professor Nico's chest heave up and down with each sleepy breath. He's clearly on the green stuff she thought....but that isn't an excuse! Glancing around at her classmates, Natalie noticed a mix of emotion from exceptionally happy to downright furious. Her eyes fell upon a Hufflepuff who was deeply breathing in and out. Is she okay? Quietly, Natalie pushed herself off the soft grass and onto her feet, taking a few steps towards the girl.

"Are you okay?"

()

Kainra sat down and sighed as soon as he figured out the assignment. "So....1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...." Kainra said and shook his head. "Is this really the whole lesson? Seriously...?" Kainra took a book out from his bag and sighed, but propped his legs up on his desk and began to read. "Oh well, time to read some more of this great book. Biggest waste of time class ever, but at least I came prepared."

(Ravenclaw)

Finding a spot in full shadow, Thana sits herself down and awaits the Professors' teachings. This Professor Nico is a strange looking man. He dresses like those muggles camping in the north fields! she notices, wrinkling her nose, I hope he doesn't smell like them, too.. Realising she has gotten sidetracked, Thana starts to withdraw her textbook, but pauses, hearing the Professor advise against it. Huh? A practical lesson? she muses, wondering what the unusual Professor has in store. He soon answers.

Furrowing her brow, Thana studies the Professor for a moment. She waits for the - surely inevitable - laughter. The Professors' admission of his hilarious little joke. Excluding confused giggles from fellow pupils, no such thing occurs. Is he..serious? Craning to look over her shoulder, Thana scrutinises her classmates, looking for the half-troll or other blatant dimwit who might need such a simple lesson. The clothing of her fellows conveys wealth and status (or lack thereof), their grooming betrays their care for appearance - and some are far more scruffy than others - and a few have already failed to maintain their attention, staring aimlessly into the distance...but honestly, not a single pupil looks that bloody stupid. When he said basics, he really wasn't kidding. Rolling her eyes, Thana lends her voice to the chanting. "..Ten." she finishes, unable to completely remove the sarcasm from her voice.

"What?" Thana exclaims in surprise, "But, what do we - sir?...Sir?" A familiar humming reaches her ears. Thana stares open-mouthed in disbelief at the strange wizard, lying in his muggle clothes, snoring away like a house-elf after too much Butterbeer. Is this a test? A trick? she wonders, narrowing her eyes at the sleeping Professor. He really is sound asleep, though. "Wow. Ok then." she mutters, shaking her head, not knowing whether to feel amused or purely frustrated. Damned if she'll be sitting there for an hour doing absolutely nothing. He never specified that we had to 'sit quietly and meditate' about Arithmancy in particular..

Thana fumbles with her bag, pulling out her fresh new copy of Magical Drafts and Potions. She stifles a yawn; settling into her new term-time home has been exhausting. I could always follow his lead, take a nap... The girl stiffens abruptly, recalling her familys' reaction to catching her 'slacking'. Anyway, I've been dying to read this, she thinks, relaxing as she opens the book and begins to read. Perhaps this way, I might actually learn something from my first Arithmancy lesson.

Startled by the sound, Camille turned around and saw a Ravenclaw heading towards her. She hastily stood up and brushed herself off.

"I'm okay! It's just - sometimes I get a bit, um, anxious? So doing these deep breaths kind of helps me out with that, but the downside is that I tend to zone out. I'm sorry for scaring you," Camille said sheepishly. "So uh, how are you liking the lesson so far?"

Rylee wandered down to the lake a little before Arithmancy started. She cast her gaze around, looking for any familiar housemates, but found none. Like her, most of the students seemed to be taking their time getting to class.

The first year Hufflepuff settled down in front of the professor and waited for class to begin. Professor Nico was one of the teachers who intrigued her and she was curious to see what his teaching style was like.

"So like, for this class I just want you to count to ten."

Rylee raised her eyebrows at the professor. Was he serious? She looked around to see how her classmates were reacting. Most seemed just as shocked as she was, though a few looked delighted at the chance to get full marks for napping through a class.

Well then, she thought to herself. She took a deep breath and began counting in a low murmur. "One, two, three..." By the time she reached ten, the tightness in her nerves had unraveled a bit. She wondered if that had been the point of the exercise. She waited in silence... and then waited some more. Professor Nico was snoring now. Were they seriously going to do nothing else in this class?

Unsure what to do next, Rylee closed her eyes and began counting forward to one hundred, then backward and forward again...

Serena sees a student near her pull out a book, "Well that was a good idea..." she mumbles to herself. She moves over next to Kainra, "Hi, I'm Serena. What book are you reading, if you don't mind me asking?"

Ravenna wasn't sure if Professor Nico was joking at first...meditating?! What did that have to do with Arithmancy? Soon the sound of the teacher's snores reached her ears(you've got to be kidding, the students are the ones who are supposed to be falling asleep in class, not the teachers!) 'OK, don't worry about it' she told herself as she sat down, cross-legged. Maybe he'll teach something for real next lesson. Closing her eyes, she counted silently to ten a few times until her mind started to wander...

{Hufflepuff}

"I'm reading Warriors: Rising Storm. An interesting fantasy book, written by a group of muggles, about four cat clans in a forest. I won't spoil more for you, however, in case you try to read it. It's a fun book series to read. "Kainra said. "Oh, and I'm Kainra. Nice to meet you, Serena."

"Nice to meet you too. That book sounds interesting! I've always found muggle books fascinating. I grew up with muggles so I didn't really have much choice, I guess."

"Oh! That does help, thank you so much!" Camille enthused, experimentally curling her fingers.

"I'm Camille! And um, I'm actually one of those people that hates numbers and was relieved during this lesson," she said, awkwardly. "I do agree that we'll have to know this stuff, though! I guess I'm just scared that I'll end up failing this subject; I flipped through the texts a bit and I swear I could feel my brain leaking outta my ears."

Serena turns toward , "What do you think of the class?"

Gaia overhears a muggle book conversation and makes a mental note to ask her mom for new fantasy books. "This professor is really bothering me. I am okay with leisure, but what am I to do now?" Looks around and sees and waves. "I have something for you!"