Chapter 10
Words of Wisdom or Folly
Trelawney reached out and grasped at Hermoine's shoulder; clamping her fingers tight as if she was trying to hold herself steady. Her whole body shook violently, her head jolting from back to chest. Then suddenly she stopped, ridged and motionless; scarcely seeming to breathe. Her skin paled a ghostly white.
Hermoine and Draco were stunned out of their wits, not knowing what they should do. Finally Draco slowly got up and pulled on Hermoine's sleeve, as to say he wanted to leave.
"Innocent lives…" Draco and Hermoine stiffened. Trelawney had begun talking in a voice unlike her own. The voice was hoarse, yet smooth at the same time, as if its words were sure but being choked out of its victim. "Innocent lives will be plagued with daggers, but none will be shed. For a hero of great courage and power will come and vanquish the hidden enemy."
Trelawney stopped briefly and shuddered. Her eyes rolled forward and the color returned to her skin. She blinked stupidly and said, "Yes, of course, it was a death omen." She shook her head, agreeing with herself. "The green ink gives it away. Stands for death, it does."
Hermoine gritted her teeth irritably, "You are unrealistically stupid." She took a shuddered breath of anger and got up. Forcing herself to count to ten – as to cool her temper - she made her way across the room, Draco following. Not even wasting her time to look back she climbed down the ladder and away from the fowl smell of Trelawney's class room.
Draco followed Hermoine down the corridor. "At least that wasn't a complete waste of our time."
"Well, if she hadn't have gone on that freaky little mental trip on us then it would have been." Hermoine huffed angrily.
"True… I guess." Draco said slowly. "Hermione…" He stopped walking.
Hermoine stopped and turned to face him. "What Draco?" He had a worried look on his face.
"Who…" He took a deep breath. "Who do you think the enemy is?"
"Duh, it's Cardinal!" Hermoine looked at him suspiciously, "Why? Who do you think it is?"
"Well she said he was hidden…" Draco's eyebrows furrowed worriedly. "It can't be Cardinal, Hermoine, that's too obvious."
"Oh my Lord, Draco!" Hermione rolled her eyes. "You don't think it's you, do you?"
Draco nodded meekly.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Hermoine put her hands on her hips. "I know and trust that you would never stab an innocent person."
Draco smirked at this slightly, making Hermoine half regret what she had just said. Draco's face went into a serious expression. "Hermione… I don't want to risk hurting you."
Hermione reached out and took both of his hands in hers. "Don't worry… I trust you, Draco." She kissed him softly on the cheek.
"Hermoine…" Draco blushed slightly, but frowned. "I love you. I love you so much that I don't want you to be in danger and if that means that I'm going to have to leave you alone… then I will." With that he let go of her hands, turned the other way and went down the corridor before she even got a chance to respond.
Hermoine was stunned. She wanted so bad to run after him, but she couldn't move. Finally he rounded a corner and regained control over her legs again only to kneel to the ground. She sat there, thinking. 'Why…'
There was a reluctant tap on her shoulder. Hermoine turned to see who it was.
"Are feeling ok?" Cardinal Blue said with what sounded like sincere concern.
Hermoine's eyes widened in fear as she looked up at Cardinal. She scrambled to her feet in panic. "Get…" she said half out of breath from shock. "Get away!"
"Hermoine…" He said slowly, reaching to touch her arm gently. "It's okay, I won't hurt you."
Hermoine yanked her arm out of his reach and started to run down the corridor in the direction Draco had gone, but before she could get very far Cardinal grabbed her arm. "Nooo!!!" she screamed in hysteria. "Let go of me!!!"
"Why are you so afraid of me?" He pulled her wriggling body into his arms so as to control her better, "What did I do to you?"
"You…" Heroine felt her body draining of strength. She felt helpless in his strong hold. "You killed me." She said finally, giving up to his grip and stopped struggling.
Cardinal released her, but she didn't run, she just stood there in front of him. "I…" he found himself at a loss of words. "I'm sorry… for what I did to you… I mean…" Cardinal wasn't sure what to say.
Hermoine suddenly fell to the floor in fatigue. She was so tired, she hadn't slept soundly in days.
"I had…" Cardinal started again. "I had that same dream."
That one sentence seemed to wake Hermoine up.
A.N. Wow… I didn't even see that one coming, I mean really the whole Trelawney thing was just a little too… predictable (unintentional pun), but I didn't even know that Blue had the same dream (seeing as that I'm kinda pulling most of this story out of my ass as I go along). So what will happen next???
Words of Wisdom or Folly
Trelawney reached out and grasped at Hermoine's shoulder; clamping her fingers tight as if she was trying to hold herself steady. Her whole body shook violently, her head jolting from back to chest. Then suddenly she stopped, ridged and motionless; scarcely seeming to breathe. Her skin paled a ghostly white.
Hermoine and Draco were stunned out of their wits, not knowing what they should do. Finally Draco slowly got up and pulled on Hermoine's sleeve, as to say he wanted to leave.
"Innocent lives…" Draco and Hermoine stiffened. Trelawney had begun talking in a voice unlike her own. The voice was hoarse, yet smooth at the same time, as if its words were sure but being choked out of its victim. "Innocent lives will be plagued with daggers, but none will be shed. For a hero of great courage and power will come and vanquish the hidden enemy."
Trelawney stopped briefly and shuddered. Her eyes rolled forward and the color returned to her skin. She blinked stupidly and said, "Yes, of course, it was a death omen." She shook her head, agreeing with herself. "The green ink gives it away. Stands for death, it does."
Hermoine gritted her teeth irritably, "You are unrealistically stupid." She took a shuddered breath of anger and got up. Forcing herself to count to ten – as to cool her temper - she made her way across the room, Draco following. Not even wasting her time to look back she climbed down the ladder and away from the fowl smell of Trelawney's class room.
Draco followed Hermoine down the corridor. "At least that wasn't a complete waste of our time."
"Well, if she hadn't have gone on that freaky little mental trip on us then it would have been." Hermoine huffed angrily.
"True… I guess." Draco said slowly. "Hermione…" He stopped walking.
Hermoine stopped and turned to face him. "What Draco?" He had a worried look on his face.
"Who…" He took a deep breath. "Who do you think the enemy is?"
"Duh, it's Cardinal!" Hermoine looked at him suspiciously, "Why? Who do you think it is?"
"Well she said he was hidden…" Draco's eyebrows furrowed worriedly. "It can't be Cardinal, Hermoine, that's too obvious."
"Oh my Lord, Draco!" Hermione rolled her eyes. "You don't think it's you, do you?"
Draco nodded meekly.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Hermoine put her hands on her hips. "I know and trust that you would never stab an innocent person."
Draco smirked at this slightly, making Hermoine half regret what she had just said. Draco's face went into a serious expression. "Hermione… I don't want to risk hurting you."
Hermione reached out and took both of his hands in hers. "Don't worry… I trust you, Draco." She kissed him softly on the cheek.
"Hermoine…" Draco blushed slightly, but frowned. "I love you. I love you so much that I don't want you to be in danger and if that means that I'm going to have to leave you alone… then I will." With that he let go of her hands, turned the other way and went down the corridor before she even got a chance to respond.
Hermoine was stunned. She wanted so bad to run after him, but she couldn't move. Finally he rounded a corner and regained control over her legs again only to kneel to the ground. She sat there, thinking. 'Why…'
There was a reluctant tap on her shoulder. Hermoine turned to see who it was.
"Are feeling ok?" Cardinal Blue said with what sounded like sincere concern.
Hermoine's eyes widened in fear as she looked up at Cardinal. She scrambled to her feet in panic. "Get…" she said half out of breath from shock. "Get away!"
"Hermoine…" He said slowly, reaching to touch her arm gently. "It's okay, I won't hurt you."
Hermoine yanked her arm out of his reach and started to run down the corridor in the direction Draco had gone, but before she could get very far Cardinal grabbed her arm. "Nooo!!!" she screamed in hysteria. "Let go of me!!!"
"Why are you so afraid of me?" He pulled her wriggling body into his arms so as to control her better, "What did I do to you?"
"You…" Heroine felt her body draining of strength. She felt helpless in his strong hold. "You killed me." She said finally, giving up to his grip and stopped struggling.
Cardinal released her, but she didn't run, she just stood there in front of him. "I…" he found himself at a loss of words. "I'm sorry… for what I did to you… I mean…" Cardinal wasn't sure what to say.
Hermoine suddenly fell to the floor in fatigue. She was so tired, she hadn't slept soundly in days.
"I had…" Cardinal started again. "I had that same dream."
That one sentence seemed to wake Hermoine up.
A.N. Wow… I didn't even see that one coming, I mean really the whole Trelawney thing was just a little too… predictable (unintentional pun), but I didn't even know that Blue had the same dream (seeing as that I'm kinda pulling most of this story out of my ass as I go along). So what will happen next???