Hello people! Okay, we're definitely getting near the end of this fic now (a lot of you will probably shout hooray, lol)! Hmmmmmm…what has Victoria done in her past that has forced her to make a fresh start? Why is she so bad-tempered all of a sudden? Well, read and you will find out!

Divination Disaster

The Gryffindors had Divination with the Slytherins that day, and the class was dragging on as usual. Draco was sitting with the Slytherins again since they had welcomed him back into their community. And, as she did almost every Divination lesson, Professor Trelawny was Predicting Harry's death.

"Ah Harry," she said in her misty, far-away voice. "it is coming my dear, coming ever closer, you must be careful Harry, and accept it when it come, you do not have long…"

All the while, Harry was looking very uncomfortable, Ron was trying not to laugh, and Victoria was drumming her fingers on the desk impatiently. This caused Professor Trelawny to stop her dismal prediction. "If you don't mind Miss Dreanadia," said Trelawny with a warning undertone in her voice, "I am trying to make a very serious prediction, and your finger-drumming is clouding my inner eye. So I would very much appreciate it if you would stop fidgeting and pay attention."

"If you don't mind Professor Trelawny," answered Victoria, "all this smoke and heat is clouding my ability to concentrate. Do you think you could open the windows since the only point of those toxic fumes is to add a fake atmosphere of mystery to this room, which doesn't work but simply makes us fall asleep?" Ron and Harry snorted, Parvati and Lavender glared, and the rest of the class stared.

"Well Miss Dreanadia," said Trelawny, a tad irately, "I do not want you to leave my class, for you have potential in this subject. But maybe you should try to think outside the Mundane and work out the real reason that this room is the way it is."

"I already have," Victoria muttered to Ron and Harry. "It's to make her smell nice, what with all this heat up here, I bet she had dreadful B.O."

Harry and Ron turned their laughter in to sneezes and coughs.

"As I was saying Harry dear," continued Professor Trelawny, "the end is coming for you, you must be prepared…"

Even some of the Slytherins were starting to roll their eyes now, until Victoria jumped up and yelled, "Oh, for goodness sake Professor! Can't you give Harry a break? You've predicted his death enough lately, surely he gets the message now!"

"She's doing a Hermione," whispered Ron to Harry.

"Miss Dreanadia, if you please," yelled Professor Trelawny. "I am doing Harry a favour by preparing him for the worst…"

"No you're not, you're just boring him!" yelled Victoria. "And get with it Professor Trelawny, we all know you've only made two real predictions in your life!"

"Victoria!" yelled Parvati and Lavender.
"Oh shuttup you two!" Victoria shouted. "Can't you see she's a fraud?"

"MISS DREANADIA! THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH!!!" thundered Trelawny. "I want you to leave this class, NOW!"

"Nobody tells me to leave anywhere, I QUIT!" shouted Victoria, and grabbing her books, she followed Hermione's example, and kicked open the trapdoor and left the class.

There was a stunned silence. Draco smirked to himself. That was his girlfriend out there, and he was very proud. "Trelawny certainly had that coming to her, the old bat," he thought, and grinned.

Meanwhile, Victoria was running very fast towards the library, not the common room, which was the first place that people would look for her. She planned to go to the back of the library and hide there until Divination and lunch was over. When she got there, she just fell to the floor and cried silently. "What have I done?" she whispered to herself. "I did it again, and to a teacher too! Oh, a curse on this temper of mine, what will Dumbledore say? It'll be just like last time…" and with that she sobbed some more.

Draco found her there two hours later. Her face was tear streaked and her eyes were swollen. She looked terrible. "Oh gosh, Vic, what's wrong?" he said softly, helping her up and kissing her on the cheek. "You're not upset about Divination are you? 'Cause I tell you what, we've all been longing to do that to that old bat ever since Granger…"

"Yes I'm upset about that, duh!" snapped Victoria. Draco was stunned and slightly hurt. Was this his Victoria speaking? Victoria saw this and immediately said, "Oh Draco, I'm so sorry I said that, I didn't mean it, you know me, I'd never do anything to hurt you."

"I know, I know," he said, giving her a hug. "It's okay, seriously. But Victoria, this isn't like you! I think there's something more to it. Now will you please tell me what's wrong?"

Victoria took a deep breath. "Draco, I haven't been completely honest with you, or with anyone at Hogwarts since I came here."

"Go on," said Draco apprehensively.

"Well, you know how I was supposed to have come to England on a job promotion from my father?"

"Yes," said Draco slowly.
"Well, that's only half true. You see, I…I was asked to leave my old school."

"You?!" gasped Draco.

"Yes," she continued. "I wasn't expelled; the headmistress there was very forgiving, a bit like Dumbledore actually."

"But…why?" said Draco.

"Because…I was rude to a lot of people, including her. I wasn't very popular there because I was so mean all the time. I really couldn't help it, everything that popped out of my mouth came out nasty. So, eventually the headmistress called me to her, and asked if I wanted to leave, and I said yes. Then after I left, my family didn't know what to do, but mercifully Dad got this job offer, and so here I am. Dumbledore knows about it, but you're the first person I've told."

"Ah," was all Draco could manage to utter. But he could sense that Victoria was keeping something from him. "Are you sure there's nothing else you'd like to tell me?" he asked.

"No," she answered, "there's nothing else." But Draco noticed that she did not quite meet his eyes when she said this. "Please don't tell anyone Draco, especially not Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I was supposed to make a fresh start here, but it seems that I've nearly blown it again."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, I promise," Draco said.

She kissed him and said, "Thankyou, I know I can trust you."

"You mean more to me than anything in the world," he answered. "I'll always be there for you, no matter what." And with that he pulled her to her feet and helped her to the door. "Come on," he said, "lunch is almost over, we'd better get our books. Herbology next."

"Yeah," sniffed Victoria, and smiled. "Well, at least it's not Potions."

"Ha ha ha, very funny," said Draco sarcastically, but nicely. But he could not help but wonder, was there something Victoria was keeping from him? It seemed like there was, but he would not press her for answers, she was distraught enough as it was. He would simply have to wait and see. There were only ten days left until the end of the school year anyway, they had done their O.W.Ls, and basically everything was over. Maybe she would tell him before then. He hoped she would.

Well, that's chapter 13 done, there will probably be only one more chapter until the story ends. And there definitely will be a sequel, and I might make it into a trilogy, if I have time that is. Will Victoria tell Draco her other secret? Or maybe there isn't one? Well anyway, the next chapter will be up soon, so PLEASE review for me!