Chapter 2
The seating plan in the classroom was the same as the previous year, and as Draco slid into the wooden chair beside the raven haired Gryffindor, Professor McGonagal began the introduction to the lesson. The aim was to transform a pin cushion into a hedgehog, and back again; which Trinity had to admit, was more difficult that it sounded. But luckily, she managed to do it - charms and spells were her forte after all!
Draco had also managed to complete the requirement with the minor hiccup of a three legged hedgehog, and then a one legged pin cushion. But the worst of the class had to be Ron. His poor hedgehog was a mutation of both items. The hedgehog was formed normally - but the pin cushion was attached to its back. When transforming it back however, the pin cushion had disappeared altogether, leaving a very confused Professor McGonagal standing before the Weasley.
As the class was finally dismissed, Draco quickly left the classroom without uttering as much as a goodbye to the raven haired Gryffindor. Ron crossed the room and waited for Trinity to grab her bag before they stepped into the bustling corridor and headed towards the library to do their questionnaire homework given to them by McGonagal.
"What's up with, Malfoy?" Ron asked, glaring in the direction of the platinum blonde Slytherin ahead of them; trampling through first years and other students in his rush to get somewhere.
Trinity shrugged, "I'm not sure." She admitted. "Probably lack of sleep." She tried to sound sarcastic, but wasn't even remotely close to it.
"Why?" Ron chuckled, "Did you get up to anything last night?"
Trinity blushed bright red and shook her head, "no!" She was quick to reject his suggestion. "I was fidgeting." She informed him, "you weren't the only one to get kicked out of bed, I spent the night on the sofa."
"Malfoy kicked you out of bed?" Ron chuckled, "I would've thought - judging by your gender - he would've done anything to keep you in bed."
Trinity sighed in embarrassment and shook her head, "anyway." The raven haired girl stated, "I don't know what's wrong with him." They walked in silence the rest of the way towards the library and took their usual seats in front of the window with the blue stained glass butterflies.
"It's obvious you're going to lose your virginity this year." Trinity gasped, blushed and slapped Ron's arm, looking around to see if anyone had heard him. "What?" He defended himself, "You're living with, Malfoy!"
The raven haired girl held her burning face in her hands, "I'll be hexed into oblivion if there was a chance of getting pregnant outside of marriage." She stated, "And if my Uncle is really angry...I'd probably be killed."
"Oh." Ron stated, "Maybe not then." Trinity rolled her eyes, glad that Lavender approached them so the topic of conversation would change and save her from both embarrassment and uncomfort.
"Hey, Ron." Lavender smiled and waved at Trinity as she sat down between the two Gryffindors. "We need to talk about last night." She stated in a very serious tone of voice. "Your snoring has to stop. We're supposed to be together; live together and sleep in the same room. And if you carry on snoring, I'm afraid it won't work out." Ron blinked at the blonde in front of him, where was this conversation going? "I've been reading my potions textbook and, I came across a potion that can help people with your condition-"
"-Snoring isn't a condition." Ron interjected. "Almost everyone does it, even under their breath. I bet you do it too."
Lavender looked wounded, "I do not snore, Ron!" She dismissed his comment with a wave of her hand before carrying on. "And because I'm willing to help you out and save our relationship, I'm going to brew this for you." She placed the book open in front of him with a thud.
"Snort Draught?" Ron asked, raising an eyebrow. "Sounds like the way it should be taken." He chuckled.
Lavender nodded enthusiastically, glad Ron sounded like he was taking an interest. "Yeah," she replied. "You do, but one dose every month for a year will cure your snoring!"
Ron faked enthusiasm, "Woo." He gave Trinity a look that screamed for help, but the raven haired girl wasn't looking at him, but at Lavender with an amused expression plastered across her face. "Why don't you go and prepare it then." Ron stated, gently pushing Lavender to her feet.
The blonde beamed, "you'll do it?"
Ron nodded and as the girl bounced away he turned to Trinity, "I'm never snorting anything, let alone an anti-snoring potion. Especially one she's made, you know, she's not too good at Potions - I'd end up with an extra nose on my face."
Trinity smiled, "I think she's sweet." She stated, "and she obviously cares about you."
Ron rolled his eyes, "I'm still not taking that potion." He crossed his arms before watching Trinity set her quill, ink and Transfiguration homework on the table. "Can I copy?" He asked, grabbing his quill, ink and a piece of blank parchment.
Trinity nodded, smiling, "of course."
As the homework was near enough completed, Trinity and Ron packed away their things before shouldering their bags and heading to their third lesson of the day; Charms.
"There's definitely something wrong with Malfoy." Ron stated, "It looks like he's sulking."
Trinity's eyes turned sad. She said goodbye to Ron before making her way towards the front of the class and slipping into the seat beside Draco, her eyes never leaving his face. "Is there something wrong?" She asked, worriedly. Draco ignored her, keeping his eyes focused on Professor Flitwick at the front of the classroom. The small wizard had called up a student to be his helper for the lesson; to be a class example.
"We'll be learning the Robe Jinx today." Flitwick informed them, "It traps the target in his own clothes." He cleared his throat, "this is what you need to do; swish and flick, Intectus." The Professor stated, the student's robes were then tightened around him and he was knocked to the floor, squirming to get free. "you have to be careful with your pronounciation," the Professor continued. "A slight clothing mishap may result if you do it wrong." He chuckled, "wands away and repeat after me: In-tect-us."
"In-tect-us." The students chorused.
"Intectus." The Professor stated a little quicker this time.
"Intectus."
Flitwick smiled proudly at his class before clasping his hands together, "now stand up and practice your jinx!" He motioned his wand and released the boy from his robe confinements before ushering him to go back and join his partner.
Malfoy raised his wand to practice the jinx on Trinity when all of a sudden, she was half-naked!
The raven haired Gryffindor blushed madly before covering her mismatching underwear with her hands as the entire class turned to look at what had happened. Blaize let out a whistle as the rest of the class errupted into loud laughter, and as Malfoy snapped his attention back to reality, he shrugged out of his cloak and handed it to his mate so that she could make herself decent.
The raven haired Gryffindor quickly pulled it on, her face burning with embarrassment and humiliation. 'Who did that?' She thought, 'was it Blaize?' She locked eyes with a smug looking Pansy Parkinson, and Trinity then knew that the pug faced Slytherin was going to do everything she could to embarrass her this year. As the class settled down, and Professor Flitwick handed out the homework, class was dismissed.
"Now the entire class has seen you in your underwear." Ron informed Trinity as they stepped out of the classroom. Although Ron was obviously not Slytherin's biggest fan, he had to admit that the green and silver colours looked normal on the raven haired Gryffindor. As they would have done on Harry; Trinity's half-brother. "It was very gentlemanly of him to give you his robe."
Trinity nodded, "would you let Lavender walk around in her underwear until lunch time?" She asked. "Especially as it's Potions next, and with my grades I can't risk missing the lesson."
They stepped into the classroom and Trinity separated from the red head as she sat in her spot beside Draco and Ron made his way towards the front of the class to sit beside Lavender. Draco eyed up the half-naked girl under his robe and smirked when a light blush swept across her face. He knew she could feel his eyes on her, and seeing her become affected by him was a boost to his ego, especially after last year when she told him she wasn't interested and that he wasn't her type.
Unfortunately, it was another theory lesson, but Professor Slughorn had promised the class that they would be doing something more productive the next lesson. Lavender's hand shot up.
"Yes, Miss Brown?"
"Umm, Professor, would it be alright if the class made Snort Draught?" Trinity pretended to cough to cover up her laugh at Lavender's idea whereas Ron hung his head and covered his humiliated expression with both of his hands.
"Why," the Professor replied. "What an absolotely brilliant idea, Miss Brown! Five points to Gryffindor!"
The blonde looked positively impressed and proud of herself, for the start of the year, Gryffindor was already ahead of Slytherin by five points and it was all thanks to her! Those Snakes wouldn't stand a chance of winning the cup again this year with her standing in their way!
The lesson finished quickly, and as the students piled out of the classroom, Trinity said goodbye to Ron as he headed towards the Great Hall for lunch and she made her way towards the library and the vanishing cabinet. She was going to head back to her dorm room and put some clothes on before finding Draco to give him his robes back. It was the middle of September, so the air was rather chilly and Trinity did not want the Slytherin to catch a cold or fever, no matter how good Madam Pomfrey was at Healing.
Trinity pushed open the library doors and crossed the room towards the dark wooden cabinet. She pulled open the door and stepped inside, hearing a faint 'swoosh'. Trinity opened the doors again and stepped out of the cabinet and into the corridor of the Black Lake dorms.
The raven haired Gryffindor tiptoed along the corridor towards her and Draco's room before pushing open the door and stepping inside. Closing the door behind her, Trinity stepped into their bedroom and made her way towards her dresser; pulling open the drawers and taking out some new clothes. Her face turned bright red as she re-thought about what had happened in the Charms classroom. Her entire class had seen her in her underwear! Including the Professor!
Trinity quickly shed herself from Draco's robe and pulled on her tights, skirt and shirt. She wouldn't have cared so much if her underwear had matched! Pushing the memory to the back of her mind, Trinity slid her tie underneath the collar of her shirt and tied it before slipping her feet into a pair of black flats. The raven haired Gryffindor pulled her slender arms through the sleeves of her Gryffindor robe before picking up her book-bag and folding the Slytherin robe over her arm as she made her way back to the vanishing cabinet. She stepped out into the library and quickly made her way towards the Great Hall, hoping to find Draco to give him his robes back. She stopped mid-step, and instead of finding the platinum blonde Slytherin, she headed towards Hagrid's hut to see the giant and pick up her Kneazle.
The raven haired Gryffindor made her way along the long, rickety bridge. 'One of these days,' She thought. 'That's going to break.' Trinity carefully made her way down the steep steps and gently knocked on Hagrid's front door. The smell of baking reached her nostrils, and her mouth watered when she realised it to be Treacle Fudge.
The door opened, and Hagrid beamed at the Gryffindor on his doorstep, "Hello, Trinity!" He greeted the raven haired girl. "Come on in, how was your holiday with the Weasley's?"
"It was wonderful thank you, Hagrid." Trinity smiled, "How was your holiday? Ron told me you went over to France to see a lady called Maxime?"
Hagrid chuckled lightly, "She's a good friend of mine." He stated, "But Pip enjoyed himself!" Trinity narrowed her eyes at the giant for his over eager attitude to change the subject, "He ran off for a few days," Trinity gasped, "I found him with Norbert and Betty when I went to feed them the other day." The giant chuckled again, "That Kneazle is a curious little fella!" Trinity beamed at Hagrid and hugged the brown spotted Kneazle as he bounded onto her lap, meowing at her loudly and gazing at her with big, wide, watery eyes. "I think he may have missed you." Hagrid smiled fondly at the two. He picked up a bucket and Trinity wrinkled her nose in disgust once the stench of the contents reached her nose.
"Hagrid," She started, "what is that?"
"Flesh-Eating-Slug-Repellent." The giant replied as he stepped into his garden; littered with pumpkins. "Nasty little buggers they are. Keep eating my pumpkins, these're almost ready for October!"
Trinity stood on the opposite side of the pumpkin patch to the giant, gently petting her purring Kneazle as she watched the giant pour the bucket's gloopy contents onto the soil. Her eyes roamed back towards the school and upon seeing various students making their ways back into the building, Trinity excused herself. "I'm sorry, Hagrid." She stated, "But I have to go now."
"I'll see you some other time, Trinity!" Hagrid called after the raven haired Gryffindor with a smile.
"Thank you for looking after Pip!" Trinity called over her shoulder as she carried the Kneazle into the school. She ran across the bridge and up the stone spiraled staircase before placing Pip on the floor outside the Divination classroom. "Stay right there," Trinity stated. The Gryffindor doubted her Kneazle would do as he was told; but there was only one way to find out after all!
Hoping for a calm, non-dangerous year ahead of her, Trinity slid into the wooden chair opposite Ron and she grinned at the crystal ball set on the table in front of her.
"No tea leaves!" She whispered to her best friend with enthusiasm. He smiled back and fist-pumped the air in mock excitement - he really did hate Divination.
Professor Trelawney slowly crept into the room and stood at the front of the class, her round glasses positioned on the very end of her nose - as always. "Now class," She started. "This year, we will be learning the art of divination, through crystallized orbs." The majority of the class - including Ron - groaned. They had had a few lessons during their previous years of using crystal balls, and had found them totally ineffective.
Trinity was eager to listen and learn more. Since she had found out her power of clairvoyancy, she had been more intrigued about Divination than she had been at the start of the previous year at Hogwarts.
"Now," The professor began again. "Decide which of you will go first-" Ron gestured towards Trinity before the raven haired Gryffindor had time to open her mouth "-Light your candles and place them behind the crystal balls." Trinity did as she was instructed, striking a matchstick to light the candle with a golden flame. As she placed the flaming candle behind the crystal ball, the clear orb was filled with a golden glow, splattering a rainbow of colours across the tablecloth on her desk. "Look deep into the crystal, with an open mind, searching for anything in your future..."
Trinity focused her Slytherin green eyes into the centre of the crystal ball, hoping that her clairvoyancy would work for her. But nothing. She could not see anything. Frowning, she looked up at Ron.
He shrugged, "Don't look at me like that." He stated, "If it's not working for you then there's no hope for me what-so-ever."
Trinity sighed and leant back in her chair, "It's working!" A voice called from across the classroom. Pansy stood up and jumped up and down with pure joy and excitement.
Professor Trelawney crossed the room, rushing to get closer to the pug-faced Slytherin. "What is it that you see, my dear?" The teacher encouraged the brunette to speak.
"I can see me...in a wedding dress." She began, her face flush with excitement, "and my Prince Charming - Drakey - is waiting for me at the end of the aisle." Draco snorted, no doubt Pansy was making something up.
"That's bullshit." He stated, a little too loudly. The class turned look at Draco. "You know that's never going to happen, Pansy. Get over it." He rolled his eyes and slouched back in his seat, rocking it on the back two legs.
Pansy huffed and descended the stairs, her hand reached out for the classroom door. "I know what I saw!" She exclaimed, her eyes watery. She slammed the door closed behind her as she left.
Trinity looked anywhere but the gazes of other students, refusing to meet Draco's eyes with her own she stared deep into the crystal ball. 'Please let me see something.' She pleaded.
As the Divination class was let out for the day, Trinity scowled as she trudged out of the classroom. She scooped up Pip who had been waiting obediently outside the classroom door and was greeted by Ron.
"You left in a hurry." He stated.
"I couldn't see anything." She replied. "I thought I was a clairvoyant. I didn't see anything in the crystal ball, and Pansy did."
"I wouldn't worry too much about it." The Weasley stated, shoving his hands into the pockets of his robe. "It was pretty obvious Pansy was making that up."
"But what if she wasn't?" Trinity replied, "The only way she could've seen that was if I wasn't in the picture. My Uncle wouldn't let her marry Draco unless I was dead and so was Montague."
Ron stopped, "You don't think..." He began. "Pansy's going to kill you two off?"
Trinity shook her head, "The only person who would kill me would be my Uncle." She replied, she gasped suddenly. "Maybe that's why I couldn't see anything!" She exclaimed, "I don't have a future!"
"You're thinking too much into this." Ron rolled his eyes and waved her off. "That was, what? The first time you've looked into a crystal ball?" Trinity nodded, "It takes practice." He shrugged. "And being a clairvoyant, you'll pick it up quickly - I'm sure of it."
Trinity was still thinking about who was going to kill her over dinner. Even during the holidays with the Weasleys, she hadn't had a vision at all, which made her worry about whether she had a future or not!
A/N: I'm sorry for such a long update! I've had University interviews and such! Well, you have an update now :P I hope you all enjoyed it :)
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