April 1st—April Fool's Day.

  On this meaningful day, the so-called "Great Gods of Pranks," the Weasley twins, Fred and Gee, celebrated their thirteenth birthday.

  Of course, the title of "Great Gods of Pranks" was entirely self-procimed by the shameless duo—Eda would never aowledge it.

  In many ways, the twins embodied the traits of Aries. They were highly creative, had little regard for rules, and loved a carefree lifestyle. Though their pranks could sometimes be quite annoying, the brothers also had a knack fing warmth to others now and then.

  Aries is the first sign of the zodiad of spring—a seasohe lingering cold still bites, yet life begins to flourish with boundless energy. Fred and Gee were the same, always brimming with vitality and filled with an insatiable curiosity for discovery and adventure. Because of this, both the castle and the Forbidden Forest had suffered at their hands more times than one could t.

  Looking at it this way, astrology did seem to have some truth to it.

  But when it came to Eda, the logipletely fell apart. Libra, an autumn-born sign, was supposed to be gentle, kind, and easygoing—but these words had absolutely nothing to do with Eda.

  If anyone ever thought Eda was gentle and kind, she wouldn't mind giving them a firsthand lesson in what "kindness" truly meant—Evan Avery, Marcus Flint, and Theophilus Toller could certainly testify to that.

  As for being easygoing?

  That ure nonsense!

  While Eda was alolite in her iions, her politeness carried a distinct sense of distance. Anyone hoping to befriend her first needed a thiough skin—only then could they attempt to take the step.

  On top of that, Eda's temper was far from mild. Among all the Gryffindor students, the one Professonagall worried about the most was Eda.

  The twins, despite stantly losing points and breaking rules, at least did so in small, steady is. Eda, oher hand, wasn't like that at all—Magall always feared that one day, Eda would cause some major catastrophe, leading to a massive poiion of dozens at once.

  Fred and Gee's birthday this year wasn't like the previous one, where only a few family members and close friends gathered to say a few words of blessing and share the cake Mrs. Weasley had sent.

  Just a few days after the twins' birthday came the Easter holiday. During the Easter feast, the house-elves prepared a grand meal, featuring ham, roast mb, pancakes, and chocote eggs.

  A bunch of wizards celebrating not only Christmas but also Easter—wasn't that odd? In the Middle Ages, wizards had been bur the stake in his name, yet now, they celebrated his birth and resurre even more enthusiastically than Muggles!

  Eda had sidered the possible reasons behind this. Perhaps, once upon a time, wizards didn't celebrate these holidays at all. But then, one day, someoook the lead, and everyone realized that celebrating was actually quite fun.

  As a result, the wizarding unity split into two fas: ohat embraced the festivities and ohat stuck to the old ways, refusing to celebrate Muggle holidays. Over time, those who didn't celebrate failed to pass on their lineage, leaving only the wizards who ehe holidays to carry on.

  Of course, there was another, more pusible theory: Muggles were too busy celebrating on these holidays tach hunts, makier and Christmas the safest times of the year for wizards.

  Over the turies, these holidays were gradually accepted into wizarding culture, and wizards started celebrating them as well.

  pared to Eda's own rather ical specution, the tter expnation was clearly more reasonable, well-founded, and ving. It was based on logical dedus from wizarding history, whereas Eda's theory was nothing more than baseless jecture.

  Meanwhile, in Twilight Shack, the twins were busy with their test iion. They had modified part of a Filibuster Firework, repg a se with a po of their own design. Now, they were testing their creation, trying to ighe newly assembled firework.

  Eda sat in the armchair by the window, basking in the warm afternoon sunlight, idly toying with the elective course list in her hands. Sed-year students o select their third-year electives during the Easter holiday and submit their choices after the break so the school could schedule their csses accly.

  A Runes, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, and Muggle Studies—Eda had to choose at least two of these subjects. Of course, if someone had enough time, they could take all of them.

  A Runes was a theoretical subject fog oudy of magical texts written in a ruhis was a course Eda was absolutely determio take.

  Many magical manuscripts were written in runes, and Eda hoped that by studying them, she could uncover some powerful spells. At the very least, she might finally decipher the inscription on her ring.

  As for the remaining subjects, Eda didn't particurly want to take any of them.

  Muggle Studies?

  That had nothing to do with magic—it was all about Muggle culture, history, and teological advas.

  Did Eda really o waste time learning that?

  Absolutely not! Not eveeachers at Hogwarts know more than she does.

  Taking that css would be a plete waste of time, practically slow-motion suicide!

  Care of Magical Creatures sounded somewhat iing, but the trauma Hagrid had inflicted on Eda was too deep. Even though the css was taught by Professrubbly-Pnk, Eda figured the two probably had a lot in on—both likely adored magical creatures.

  The thought of spending every lesson surrounded by a bunch of "fluffy little darlings" sent a chill down her spine. Eda didn't want to know where magical creatures lived—she only wao know if they could be cooked! After all, her soul came from a culture that could turn The Cssiountains and Seas into a cookbook.

  The st two subjects were both reted to divination. Whether wizard gle, humans shared one on trait—an intense obsession with foreseeing the future. It was an instinct, a way to seek fortune and avoid disaster.

  The Divination professor was Sybill Trewney, who spent her days hiding in the small attic of Hogwarts, drinking wine. She looked more like a mad, delusional fraud than the great-granddaughter of the renowned Seer, Cassandra Trewney.

  Many upper-year students disliked this sherry-sted professor as well. Could su etrid unreliable teacher really instruct students in a subject as mysterious as Divination?

  Unlike Divination, whivolved reading crystal balls, tea leaves, or palms, Arithmancy was based on a strict set of rules and rigorous mathematical calcutions. It reminded Eda of the street-side fortuellers in her past life, who interpreted written characters to predict people's fates.

  At first gnce, Arithmancy seemed like a way of using sce to predict the future, somewhat akin to numerology. But to Eda, it still felt more like pseudosce, and the professor who taught it seemed like one of those self-procimed "folk stists."

  "Fred, Gee, what electives did you choose?" Uo decide, Eda turo the two little "charcoal figures" for help.

  "Cough, cough. Care of Magical Creatures and Divination," Fred replied, wiping the bck soot from his face. Their experiment with Dr. Filibuster's Fireworks had fizzled out but still mao cover them both in ash.

  Eda drew her wand and cast Scify owins and their surroundings, then used Evanesco to clear away the remnants of the failed fireworks.

  "I heard you make up anything for Divination homework and still get credit, and Care of Magical Creatures is the oive taught outdoors," Gee expiheir reasoning.

  "What did you choose?"

  "A Runes," Eda replied. "I haven't decided on the sed o."

  "Then just pick the same as us. What's there to hesitate about?" Gee asked, puzzled.

  Fred, being more direct, grabbed Eda's elective form and quickly scribbled down the choices before handing it back to her.

  Looking at it, Eda saw that besides A Runes, Fred had also added Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. Now, instead of just two electives, she had three—meaning much less free time.

  Maybe it wasn't too te to ask Professonagall for a new form…

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