look to the stars, or so they say --> aodhan

Astronomy was a waste of time. What did it matter that they could look up at the stars and know what their names were? Just because Centaurs had a deep knowledge of the night’s sky did not mean that they needed to know. Afterall, wasn’t that the whole point of Divinition? To Aodhan it was all a load of rubbish. His father had said as much when he had told him about it, and like with most things his dad said, Aodhan was inclined to believe him. He would rather not be at the top of the tallest tower in Hogwarts, just knowing that fact alone was enough to make his stomach turn.

Just like with every other Astronomy class before, he stayed as far away from the windows as he could. He had long grown accustomed to the lack of health and safety at Hogwarts, most of it he was happy to ignore but this, the deliberately low windows that looked down miles to the grounds below were not something he could disregard. He shuffled reluctantly to where his group stood, making sure there were a few of his classmates between him and the telescope, and even more between himself and the window. His heart was fluttering anxiously as he stood there, feeling tense and counting down the minutes until the class would end and he could be back in his dorm, far beneath the tower, deep under the lake.

He didn’t look up when the professor introduced the older students, he didn’t care who they were, or what they had to say, stubbornly thinking if he had a problem, he would just ask someone else. However Aodhan was not inclined to ask many questions relating to his studies. Much to his head of house’s frustration, Aodhan wasn’t surprised he was near the bottom of his year in this subject, and he had been for the last three years, why change now? If it meant getting any closer to that edge, then no thanks.

“What are you trying to find?”

Aodhan had looked up before he could stop himself, the unfamiliar voice drawing out his curiosity and also a flicker of panic. The voice sounded familiar and for a moment he feared it was Danvers. He had managed to avoid the fifth year now for a while but he knew that it would only take time for the older boy to catch him out again. It turned out to not be Danvers on this occasion, but although he was relieved to see that it was not, he also wasn’t enamoured by the sight of the other fifth year he had had an unpleasant run-in with. The sight of the older boy only served to give Aodhan another reason not to want to be in this class.

Aodhan served the older lad a guarded glare but did not answer, a little hard to know the answer when you had not been listening. He rolled his eyes when one of his group mates answered keenly, “Canis major.” Aodhan shifted a little further away, pretending to fidget in his satchel for something as the girl who had answered the question continued to speak. “But we can’t find three of the stars, so does that mean we don’t have the right one? We tried to find it last class but we couldn’t. . .it was really foggy.” Aodhan was only vaguely listening still pretending to search in his bag, all the while trying to come up with an excuse to leave the class early. He doubted this would be possible, his head of house had made sure that he was aware of just what it would mean if he missed yet another Astrology class. Aodhan’s heart sank as he realised he was in this class until the end, he didn’t want another detention, not really.