Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did the fifth book would have been out ages ago. Not that I'm angry, JK. Just impatient. I do own Evelyn and her strange visions though.
Author's Note: Thanks to all my reviewers. You guys are great. Spazz you may not find Evelyn as Mary Sue after this chapter. She really isn't that perfect. You just haven't seen that side of her yet. She is prone to over-react, by the way. Lady of the Dark Evelyn did go through a lot in her past life. I'm glad you're interested in her. Angelface please don't die in your chair. I wouldn't want that.
I have some notes about my other fics, now. Alright. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder thanks to those who reviewed. If you really want another chapter, I could really use ideas on what Ron is doing while Hermione is teaching her class. So far I have him sitting at a café in Diagon Alley. I know where I want the story to go I just need some ideas on how to get it there. Thanks a lot if you give any.
'Til I Kissed You okay, it was an honest mistake that I put it in Harry/Hermione, instead of Harry/Ginny. I didn't mean to. If I offended and Harry/Hermione shippers, I'm sorry but you needn't be so rude in telling me it was in the wrong spot. I've fixed it if that makes any difference to you guys who said mean stuff. I'm not trying to be mean, it just bugged me a little.
Okay! This is an important announcement! If any of you want to read a Seamus/Lavender story, please tell me! It has a partenering Ron/Hermione story as well! Don't just tell me if you want the Ron/Hermione story, I want to know who would be interested in the Seamus/Lavender one! Thank you for you attention! On with the story.
Chapter Seven- And So It Starts
The next day they had their first classes, double Potions with the Slytherins, Transfiguration and Charms. Evelyn, Harry, Ron and Hermione made their way down to Potions early, so Snape would have no reason to take points away.
Unfortunately, he found other ways to take numerous points from Gryffindor. Evelyn found him to be absolutely awful and ridiculously unfair, and she told her new friends exactly that.
Harry chuckled, "And that was only the first day."
Ron burst out into gut-wrenching laughter. Hermione looked sternly at him, causing her to appear quite like McGonagall, which set Ron off even more. Evelyn found their antics very amusing.
The rest of the week consisted of going to new classes and getting settled. Evelyn enjoyed most of her classes, other than Potions. History of Magic was really boring, though. She actually fell asleep during it more times in a week than Ron did, which was saying a lot. Hermione had been disappointed to find that Evelyn was in Divination, with Harry and Ron, instead of Arithmancy. Ron rubbed it in her face. It wasn't that he had a lot of respect for Divination, in fact he had no respect for it at all. It was simply that he enjoyed seeing people have different opinions than Hermione. He made it out to seem that because Evelyn had chosen Divination over Arithmancy, Hermione must have been wrong. Even he wasn't exactly sure what she was wrong about but that really didn't matter to him.
Evelyn, Ron and Harry sat at the boys' table from last year on the first day of Divination. They got out their copies of The Future and How to Tell What It Holds by I.C. Freely, and waited for Professor Trelawny.
She emerged from the shadows, just as wispy, glittery, phony and bug-like as Harry and Ron had found her last year.
Like most of the other teachers, Professor Trelawny was excited to have a new student in a higher year.
"Now class, since I am sure your Inner Eyes have been clouded over the summer from lack of practice, we will do review with crystal balls. The Fates informed me that it would be extremely educational for the whole class if Miss Malone read a crystal ball in front of all of you," the professor trilled.
As Trelawny went about setting up a crystal bell, Ron whispered, "Educational? Shouldn't this always be educational? It is a class, after all."
But instead of seeing the barely contained laughter that was obviously in Harry's face, Ron saw pure, unadulterated fear in Evelyn's features.
"Miss Malone," Trelawny said mistily, "If you'll please come sit here, we can being the gazing." She pointed to a chair at the table, facing the class.
Evelyn shakily stood up, her eyes open wide and her skin so pale that the few freckles she had stood out immensely. She walked over to the professor and sat down. The look on her face told them she'd rather belch slugs than do any crystal gazing.
"Well, go on, dearie. Start gazing," Trelawny told her.
She took a deep breath and looked deep into the foggy orb. Her face scrunched up as if she were concentrating hard on something that was hard to see.
"What do you see?" Trelawny asked.
"Faces. But they're moving too fast to see properly. Black hair. Red. Brown. Red again. Dark brown. Red. More red. They're going so fast. Blond. And a very white blond. All I can see are flashes of things. Like a slide show that's going much too fast. Now there's a book, and a ripped paper. With a poem on it. Lips touching a cheek. Now it's silhouettes. Figures dancing. Some kind of party, a ball it looks like." Her brow furrowed as she spoke. "The scenery's changed again. It looks like, tombstones? Yes, a graveyard. There! A figure tied to a tombstone. No wait, there are three figures, I think." She shook her head. "It's changed again. A cup. Actually, a chalice is more like it. An elegant, yet simple gold chalice. It seems to be glowing. Yes, it's getting brighter and brighter-"
Evelyn abruptly turned her face away from the orb and squeezed her eyes shut.
"What is it, child? Why have you stopped?" Trelawny asked breathlessly.
Evelyn opened her eyes. She flushed and looked intently at her lap.
"It was too bright," she whispered. "I couldn't watch. It hurt my eyes to look at. I shouldn't have seen it. I caught it unawares. Another second and I would have been blinded. I'm sure of it."
Professor Trelawny's eyes blurred with tears of joy. She clasped her hands together and addressed the class, "This is truly an amazing thing , class. It seems to me that Miss Malone has the makings of a true Seer. With practice she may learn to hone her skills, focus her Inner Eye and become a true Clairvoyant. I believe it would be greatly beneficial to both Miss Malone and the rest of you if she did another gazing-"
"No!" Evelyn cried, cutting off the professor and jumping out of her chair. The entire class jumped at her outburst.
"Excuse me?" Trelawny said, sounding very affronted.
Evelyn stuttered her excuse, trying to atone for her behaviour.
"Ican't. Do another gazing, that is. Mymy head hurts. And I'mtired. II think I need to seeum, I mean visit Madam Pomfrey. Please," she was whispering frantically at this point, "Please don't make me gaze again."
"Alright, dear. There's no need to work yourself up. Go to the Hospital Wing if you really need to see Madam Pomfrey."
Evelyn nodded and started gathering her things.
"The rest of you," Trelawny told the class, "can start gazing with the crystal balls at your tables."
As she spoke Evelyn whispered, "I'll see you guy's later," to Ron and Harry. The she hurried out of the trapdoor and down the slivery ladder. Ron looked at Harry and saw Harry looked as confused as he felt.
"What was that about?" he asked.
All Harry could do was shake his head.
"I've no idea," he said.
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