Harry Potter Alphabet
In which there is a character and a one-shot for each letter
Sybil Trelawney was the Divination professor at Hogwarts
S is for Sybil Trelawney
I close my eyes and count to ten. I will not let them get to me this time. But, when I open my eyes again I can already feel the tears. So much for this year being better than the others.
"Oh, look, she's crying. I guess she can't see the future, otherwise she would have known to avoid us."
Then the laughter, the high pitched, giggly annoying laughter. That put me over the edge I think. For the first time in my life I completely lost control of myself.
"I see you. All three of you, you are standing together in a dark, deserted room. Scared, you try to run, but find yourselves trapped. Now you know you're doomed to die there and you start panicking, but it's of no use," then I pause a moment for dramatic effect. Next the sweet smile, "What did I say?"
They run away screaming and I can't help but feel pleased with myself. Of course, I didn't actually see anything, but I they've never actually seen me get a prophecy. They've only been bothering me about it since my first real prophecy.
It's kind of scary actually. All of a sudden you just blank out for a moment. When you come back everyone is staring at you and you have no idea what you just said. That's the worst part, I could be prophesying my own death and I wouldn't know. Nothing can stop me either, I've been told. Once I start I keep going despite people's best efforts to make me stop.
I "woke" several times to a duel breaking out around me because of what I said in my trance. This was the first time that I was able to manipulate my "gift" instead of it using me.
Though, I'm bound to get in trouble for it later, it was worth it. I might not always be able to see the future, but I have a hunch, this is going to help me in the long run.