Orinda's mouth gaped open at the classes her sister was taking. So many courses! She was still in the original classes, with all the same classmates she'd had before. No real changes in her schedule since she started at Hogwarts. She expected that if she had been allowed at Hogwarts at the start of the school year last year, she would have more time for electives this year as a third year. Oh well. No use crying over spilled milk, right?

"Acacia," she breathed reverently, "How do you manage all of those classes? You're basically about to graduate next year and you're still taking so many." If there was one thing that Orinda loved more than her family, it was learning. It was where she and Chrysanta had differed and where she and Acacia were similar.

"Tell me," she said conversationally, tucking her legs underneath of her, arranging her robes over her knees. "Which is your favorite class? I think mine, of course, since Grandfather is teaching it, would be charms."