Chapter 9:Muggle Mammals
The two boys made their way to the north tower where their Divination lesson would take place. They had tried a few solutions but each one made no sense and didn't fit.
"We will have to consult Hermione, she is good at this stuff," Harry said while climbing the staircase.
"I suppose so," Ron said grimly. "We could ask a teacher, or Sirius."
"No, the teachers will ask questions and so will Sirius. I don't want them thinking we are up to no good." Harry snapped.
"You've got a point." The two boys reached the top of the stairs and noticed the others beginning to go into the usual room.
The oval room smelt like it always did and looked like it always did with pouffes and armchairs around the room looking like the teashop they had entered in their third year.
The fire was dimly lit giving off heat making the room warm. Ron and Harry made their way over to their usual seats and sat down. Harry looked upon Professor Trelawney's desk and saw some parchment and rollers that are normally used for painting, but these were much smaller.
"Good morning class!" came the usual surprising voice. "Mr Longbottom." She glanced over to Harry's left to where Neville was sat. "Please restrain yourself from falling off that pouffe and sit on an armchair." Everyone in the class was staring at Neville and he had slowing made his face go slightly red.
"Today class, I have prepared this lesson for palmistry. You will all get a small roller and inkpad and cover for palm with ink and quickly print it onto your sheet of parchment. You will then take out your books and turn to page 86 in chapter 6. You will get to know the lines of your hands. Once you have all finished with you and your partners parchments you will hand them into me and I will give them to another table. Got it? Now come and collect the bits you need"
Ron went and got the gear and as Neville tried to get up he fell off his seat. Harry changed his seat while he got his equipment.
"We could try the library for the horse parts at lunch." Said Harry when Ron returned. "It will be in that book Lavender was looking at."
"Oh that book. Muggle Animals or something!"
"Do you want to borrow that?" came Lavender's Voice. She had obviously overheard them. "I've still got it."
"Yeah. Researching stuff for Ginny" Said Harry thinking of a lame excuse.
"Ok. I'll give it to you later" Said Lavender, moving to her seat.
"Ok that will get us going for now. Lets keep this to ourselves until we do get desperate to use Hermione" whispered Harry as his hand turned charcoal black.
"What do you mean? Hermione's like a best friend. We can't be getting desperate to use her!" exclaimed Ron.
"Well I just don't want to make a fuss and you know what she's like. She'll want everyone's fingerprints to see if they had touched it!"
"Why would she want fingerprints?" Ron said, totally perplexed of the police system of fingerprinting.
"We'll leave it for another day." Harry said carefully pressing his hand onto some parchment.
The lesson continued as they looked up that Harry was going to have a very short life and have loads of love. Parvati, being landed with Ron's parchment, predicted that he would have a long and almost loveless life. Professor Trelawney seemed to agree to her prediction, which made Ron very annoyed.
The two boys dumped their bags on their beds and made it to the hall where they found Hermione. They ate their dinner whilst Hermione told them about her resorting.
"There's a re-sorting tonight as he mentioned and there's only one other pupil who wants to be sorted. So there's two of doing it so far."
"Who is the other person?" Ron intrigued. Hermione gave a look at Malfoy and spat out his name like filth.
"Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan. That's all her ever does." Exclaimed Harry. He glanced over where Hermione was still staring and noticed Malfoy had finally seen them glancing over at them. He winked at them all and blew them a kiss of sarcasm.
"Malfoys full of himself. He's acting weird too," said Hermione. "He wants to get a job like yours you know. Jealousy isn't a good thing." Ron called him a name that Hermione made him shrug as she looked at him. He simply replied "But it's so true." Harry couldn't deny it.
An arm reached out from above Ron's shoulder and dropped a book on the table. Ron and Harry turned to see Lavender standing over them.
"It's the book you wanted," she said.
"Thanks. Give it back to you soon."
" No read it already, just give it back to the library," she replied walking off to her seat at the other end of the table.
"What's that for?" Hermione asked reading out the title. "Muggle Mammals?"
"It's for Ginny, we need to look something up for her," said Ron, whilst going red very quickly. Harry grabbed the book and stuffed it in his bag. "You never know, could find a picture of Dudley in there," joked Hermione, sipping at her drink.
The two boys made their way to the north tower where their Divination lesson would take place. They had tried a few solutions but each one made no sense and didn't fit.
"We will have to consult Hermione, she is good at this stuff," Harry said while climbing the staircase.
"I suppose so," Ron said grimly. "We could ask a teacher, or Sirius."
"No, the teachers will ask questions and so will Sirius. I don't want them thinking we are up to no good." Harry snapped.
"You've got a point." The two boys reached the top of the stairs and noticed the others beginning to go into the usual room.
The oval room smelt like it always did and looked like it always did with pouffes and armchairs around the room looking like the teashop they had entered in their third year.
The fire was dimly lit giving off heat making the room warm. Ron and Harry made their way over to their usual seats and sat down. Harry looked upon Professor Trelawney's desk and saw some parchment and rollers that are normally used for painting, but these were much smaller.
"Good morning class!" came the usual surprising voice. "Mr Longbottom." She glanced over to Harry's left to where Neville was sat. "Please restrain yourself from falling off that pouffe and sit on an armchair." Everyone in the class was staring at Neville and he had slowing made his face go slightly red.
"Today class, I have prepared this lesson for palmistry. You will all get a small roller and inkpad and cover for palm with ink and quickly print it onto your sheet of parchment. You will then take out your books and turn to page 86 in chapter 6. You will get to know the lines of your hands. Once you have all finished with you and your partners parchments you will hand them into me and I will give them to another table. Got it? Now come and collect the bits you need"
Ron went and got the gear and as Neville tried to get up he fell off his seat. Harry changed his seat while he got his equipment.
"We could try the library for the horse parts at lunch." Said Harry when Ron returned. "It will be in that book Lavender was looking at."
"Oh that book. Muggle Animals or something!"
"Do you want to borrow that?" came Lavender's Voice. She had obviously overheard them. "I've still got it."
"Yeah. Researching stuff for Ginny" Said Harry thinking of a lame excuse.
"Ok. I'll give it to you later" Said Lavender, moving to her seat.
"Ok that will get us going for now. Lets keep this to ourselves until we do get desperate to use Hermione" whispered Harry as his hand turned charcoal black.
"What do you mean? Hermione's like a best friend. We can't be getting desperate to use her!" exclaimed Ron.
"Well I just don't want to make a fuss and you know what she's like. She'll want everyone's fingerprints to see if they had touched it!"
"Why would she want fingerprints?" Ron said, totally perplexed of the police system of fingerprinting.
"We'll leave it for another day." Harry said carefully pressing his hand onto some parchment.
The lesson continued as they looked up that Harry was going to have a very short life and have loads of love. Parvati, being landed with Ron's parchment, predicted that he would have a long and almost loveless life. Professor Trelawney seemed to agree to her prediction, which made Ron very annoyed.
The two boys dumped their bags on their beds and made it to the hall where they found Hermione. They ate their dinner whilst Hermione told them about her resorting.
"There's a re-sorting tonight as he mentioned and there's only one other pupil who wants to be sorted. So there's two of doing it so far."
"Who is the other person?" Ron intrigued. Hermione gave a look at Malfoy and spat out his name like filth.
"Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan. That's all her ever does." Exclaimed Harry. He glanced over where Hermione was still staring and noticed Malfoy had finally seen them glancing over at them. He winked at them all and blew them a kiss of sarcasm.
"Malfoys full of himself. He's acting weird too," said Hermione. "He wants to get a job like yours you know. Jealousy isn't a good thing." Ron called him a name that Hermione made him shrug as she looked at him. He simply replied "But it's so true." Harry couldn't deny it.
An arm reached out from above Ron's shoulder and dropped a book on the table. Ron and Harry turned to see Lavender standing over them.
"It's the book you wanted," she said.
"Thanks. Give it back to you soon."
" No read it already, just give it back to the library," she replied walking off to her seat at the other end of the table.
"What's that for?" Hermione asked reading out the title. "Muggle Mammals?"
"It's for Ginny, we need to look something up for her," said Ron, whilst going red very quickly. Harry grabbed the book and stuffed it in his bag. "You never know, could find a picture of Dudley in there," joked Hermione, sipping at her drink.