Chapter 9
Trip to Trelawney's
Hermoine didn't get a wink of sleep. Even though Draco said he would protect her she was still scared. Every time she would close her eyes she would see his smile. That deadly smile Cardinal wore so repulsively often.
Draco had fallen asleep in the chair next to her bed. Hermoine rolled over to face him. He looked so innocent. It was amazing how vicious he could be when he was awake, but when he slept he looked angelic.
Hermoine held her breath and slipped out of bed stealthily. Draco didn't move. She sighed in relief.
"Not so fast." It was Madam Pomfrey, Hermoine hadn't even noticed her come in. "You still need to finish up the rest of your medicine, then you may leave." She gestured toward the vial of clear, thick potion that lay on the bedside table.
Hermoine cringed. "I feel fine, really." She insisted.
Madam Pomfrey raised an eyebrow and shook her head no. "You have to drink it all, or the potion won't work to its full affect."
By this time Draco had awoken to Madam Pomfrey's loud voice. He handed Hermione the vial. "After this I can walk you up to Trelawney's" He said casually just loud enough for Hermoine to hear.
Hermoine nodded her head in reply to Draco and downed the rest of the vial in one gulp.
Madam Pomfrey smiled triumphantly. "You may go now."
"Thank you." Hermione gestured for Draco to follow and huffed out the door irritably.
"Slow down…" Draco said, trailing behind her. "I thought I was the one that was to walk you to Trelawney's, not the other way around!"
Hermoine turned around abruptly. "I don't want to go see Trelawney!" she growled angrily.
"Look!" Draco said sternly, "If you want to know what that dream meant then your going to have to grow up and go see Trelawney."
Hermione frowned and her arms stiffened. "NO!" She yelled furiously. She gave him a swift pop in the jaw and stomped away.
Draco groped at his face in pain, "You!" He barged after her angrily gritting his teeth. He grabbed her arm and yanked her face close to his. He was so close that Hermoine could feel his warm breath on her cheek as she turned her face away.
"I care about you Hermione." He whispered heatedly into her ear, "I don't want you to be scared, so let's just go see Trelawney and get it over with."
A tear seeped from Hermoine's dark eyes. "Fine…" She said finally.
Draco wrapped his arms around her tightly and hugged her. "Thank you." He said softly.
He gently put her hand in his and led her down the corridor toward Trelawney's tower.
The trap door that led to Trelawney's class room was just above them. Though it was closed tightly they could still smell the thick incense that filled the room, through the door. Finally Draco reached up and pulled the door open letting the hefty wooden ladder slide out. A wave of dense incense emptied out over them.
"Ready?" He asked her half gagging.
Hermoine took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the musky smell. "Yes…" she said hoarsely.
Draco followed her up the ladder. The room was dark and gloomy as usual and the air was thick with the smells of incense and scented candles. Hermoine nearly fainted at the lack of oxygen in the room.
"Why hello my dears…" Professor Trelawney said in her artificially ominous voice, "I'm not quite surprised to see you…"
"Look--" Hermoine started, but Trelawney interrupted her.
"Yes, yes. I know you didn't want to come." she waved her hand dismissively. "Though, you mustn't worry. I will make this quick and quite painless."
Hermoine let out an irritated sigh.
"Now, let's start at the beginning. Please, describe the dream that you had- the one about Cardinal Blue." Trelawney began.
"He saved me from Madam Pince and then killed me." Hermoine huffed angrily.
"Now, now… No need for haste." Professor Trelawney squished her face together, emphasizing all her creases and wrinkles, "Please, be very specific in your description of the dream, so I may properly analyze it."
Hermoine rolled her eyes and went over every last detail she could remember from her dream of Cardinal Blue.
"There!" Hermoine finished, "Are you happy now?"
"Well…" Trelawney smiled sweetly and then frowned, "No, I am not happy. It was a frightening dream."
Draco's eyebrows raised, "Could you possibly elaborate a little more on what exactly it is that you mean?"
Professor Trelawney looked at him blankly, as if she had just noticed that he was there. "No." She said at last.
"Why not?" Hermoine and Draco said in unison with a questioning look.
"That is exactly what I mean. There is no more room for elaboration." she said explaining herself. "It was merely a frightening dream."
"Well I would say…" Hermoine smiled agitatedly at Professor Trelawney, "That, that analogy of my dream was absolutely useless!"
Trelawney's eyebrows went up in surprise, but she quickly hid it; pursing her lips in a way to give a look of cockiness. "Well…" She said slowly, thinking of a good way to make herself look knowledgeable. "Maybe if you would tell me about the latest dream of Cardinal Blue you had…" Though she said this with a knowing expression Hermoine could tell she was just pulling things out of her arse. There was no way Trelawney could know about the last dream she had of Cardinal Blue! She hadn't told anyone – not even Draco - about that dream.
Hermoine took a stiff breath, inhaling gasses that were likely more toxic than carbon monoxide. She frowned and told Professor Trelawney the abstract dream she had had just the night before.
Trelawney bit her lip in thought. "Hummm…" She thought, humming for quite some time before saying, "Well…"
Hermoine's eyes just about bulged about of her head in frustration. "Well, what!!!"
Draco put his hand on her thigh to keep her from pulverizing Professor Trelawney before she got a chance to speak. Then, just as Hermoine was about to reach out and strangle the old witch to death Trelawney's eye's rolled back into her head.
A.N. And she fell over dead as a door knob! LOL… j/k. So what do you think this whole Trelawney's eyes rolling into the back of her head thing means… really you don't say… well don't worry you'll find out soon enough!
Trip to Trelawney's
Hermoine didn't get a wink of sleep. Even though Draco said he would protect her she was still scared. Every time she would close her eyes she would see his smile. That deadly smile Cardinal wore so repulsively often.
Draco had fallen asleep in the chair next to her bed. Hermoine rolled over to face him. He looked so innocent. It was amazing how vicious he could be when he was awake, but when he slept he looked angelic.
Hermoine held her breath and slipped out of bed stealthily. Draco didn't move. She sighed in relief.
"Not so fast." It was Madam Pomfrey, Hermoine hadn't even noticed her come in. "You still need to finish up the rest of your medicine, then you may leave." She gestured toward the vial of clear, thick potion that lay on the bedside table.
Hermoine cringed. "I feel fine, really." She insisted.
Madam Pomfrey raised an eyebrow and shook her head no. "You have to drink it all, or the potion won't work to its full affect."
By this time Draco had awoken to Madam Pomfrey's loud voice. He handed Hermione the vial. "After this I can walk you up to Trelawney's" He said casually just loud enough for Hermoine to hear.
Hermoine nodded her head in reply to Draco and downed the rest of the vial in one gulp.
Madam Pomfrey smiled triumphantly. "You may go now."
"Thank you." Hermione gestured for Draco to follow and huffed out the door irritably.
"Slow down…" Draco said, trailing behind her. "I thought I was the one that was to walk you to Trelawney's, not the other way around!"
Hermoine turned around abruptly. "I don't want to go see Trelawney!" she growled angrily.
"Look!" Draco said sternly, "If you want to know what that dream meant then your going to have to grow up and go see Trelawney."
Hermione frowned and her arms stiffened. "NO!" She yelled furiously. She gave him a swift pop in the jaw and stomped away.
Draco groped at his face in pain, "You!" He barged after her angrily gritting his teeth. He grabbed her arm and yanked her face close to his. He was so close that Hermoine could feel his warm breath on her cheek as she turned her face away.
"I care about you Hermione." He whispered heatedly into her ear, "I don't want you to be scared, so let's just go see Trelawney and get it over with."
A tear seeped from Hermoine's dark eyes. "Fine…" She said finally.
Draco wrapped his arms around her tightly and hugged her. "Thank you." He said softly.
He gently put her hand in his and led her down the corridor toward Trelawney's tower.
The trap door that led to Trelawney's class room was just above them. Though it was closed tightly they could still smell the thick incense that filled the room, through the door. Finally Draco reached up and pulled the door open letting the hefty wooden ladder slide out. A wave of dense incense emptied out over them.
"Ready?" He asked her half gagging.
Hermoine took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the musky smell. "Yes…" she said hoarsely.
Draco followed her up the ladder. The room was dark and gloomy as usual and the air was thick with the smells of incense and scented candles. Hermoine nearly fainted at the lack of oxygen in the room.
"Why hello my dears…" Professor Trelawney said in her artificially ominous voice, "I'm not quite surprised to see you…"
"Look--" Hermoine started, but Trelawney interrupted her.
"Yes, yes. I know you didn't want to come." she waved her hand dismissively. "Though, you mustn't worry. I will make this quick and quite painless."
Hermoine let out an irritated sigh.
"Now, let's start at the beginning. Please, describe the dream that you had- the one about Cardinal Blue." Trelawney began.
"He saved me from Madam Pince and then killed me." Hermoine huffed angrily.
"Now, now… No need for haste." Professor Trelawney squished her face together, emphasizing all her creases and wrinkles, "Please, be very specific in your description of the dream, so I may properly analyze it."
Hermoine rolled her eyes and went over every last detail she could remember from her dream of Cardinal Blue.
"There!" Hermoine finished, "Are you happy now?"
"Well…" Trelawney smiled sweetly and then frowned, "No, I am not happy. It was a frightening dream."
Draco's eyebrows raised, "Could you possibly elaborate a little more on what exactly it is that you mean?"
Professor Trelawney looked at him blankly, as if she had just noticed that he was there. "No." She said at last.
"Why not?" Hermoine and Draco said in unison with a questioning look.
"That is exactly what I mean. There is no more room for elaboration." she said explaining herself. "It was merely a frightening dream."
"Well I would say…" Hermoine smiled agitatedly at Professor Trelawney, "That, that analogy of my dream was absolutely useless!"
Trelawney's eyebrows went up in surprise, but she quickly hid it; pursing her lips in a way to give a look of cockiness. "Well…" She said slowly, thinking of a good way to make herself look knowledgeable. "Maybe if you would tell me about the latest dream of Cardinal Blue you had…" Though she said this with a knowing expression Hermoine could tell she was just pulling things out of her arse. There was no way Trelawney could know about the last dream she had of Cardinal Blue! She hadn't told anyone – not even Draco - about that dream.
Hermoine took a stiff breath, inhaling gasses that were likely more toxic than carbon monoxide. She frowned and told Professor Trelawney the abstract dream she had had just the night before.
Trelawney bit her lip in thought. "Hummm…" She thought, humming for quite some time before saying, "Well…"
Hermoine's eyes just about bulged about of her head in frustration. "Well, what!!!"
Draco put his hand on her thigh to keep her from pulverizing Professor Trelawney before she got a chance to speak. Then, just as Hermoine was about to reach out and strangle the old witch to death Trelawney's eye's rolled back into her head.
A.N. And she fell over dead as a door knob! LOL… j/k. So what do you think this whole Trelawney's eyes rolling into the back of her head thing means… really you don't say… well don't worry you'll find out soon enough!