Cast Away
Chapter 9 ~ Sigma's Identity
Sigma took Divination. Ginny had decided to take the class with her so that Sigma wouldn't be alone. They had all their classes together, which was a good thing. One hot Friday afternoon, Ginny and Sigma were sitting in the dimly lit room belonging to Professor Trelawney. Ginny herself was never any good at Divination, but Sigma was all on top of it. She seemed to understand the small Professor better than anyone, even Lavender and Parvati.
'Sigma, what planets does Mars have to be aligned with on the full moon to create a pull of love to two people?' Ginny asked, looking over at Sigma's chart.
'Venus and Jupiter,' Sigma said in her whispy voice. The Divination classroom seemed to make Sigma's voice sound eerie and whispy, even more than normal, but Sigma didn't mind at all.
'Thanks,' Ginny said, and started busily scribbling things on her chart. As she was writing, she heard a small cough. Looking up, Ginny saw Professor Trelawney standing over her.
'Miss Weasley, I have the pleasure of teaching your brother,' Trelawney began.
'That's nice,' Ginny replied. Trelawney looked over to Sigma.
'I know your grandmother, Igorma Orionis, she looked exactly like you.' Sigma's eyes bored into Trelawney's.
'I never knew her, what was she like?' Sigma asked casually.
'She was one of the greatest Seers ever to have been at Hogwarts,'
'Really?' Sigma said, not acting as if she was very interested. She looked as if the subject was none of her concern.
'You know,' Trelawney said in an almost threatening voice, 'being a seer is an extraordinary talent, blessed only to a select few.'
'That's nice,' Sigma said, brushing some dust from her shoulder. Trelawney grew impatient.
'To be a seer, you need to be a relative of one,'
'Really, so I suppose your grandmother was a seer then?' Sigma asked, still showing no signs of actually paying attention to what the Professor was saying.
'My grandmother was an extraordinary seer, I have inherited her gifts,' Trelawney said, her eyes boring into Sigma's calm, dull brown eyes. No one knew how long they held eye contact, neither party blinking nor looking away. The world in that classroom seemed to stand still for a long period of time, and Ginny, among others, was mesmerised by the electric vibes sent out by teacher and student.
'Excuse me, Professor?' Trelawney's head snapped to Ginny, breaking eye contact with Sigma.
'What?' She snapped.
'I was just wondering if you could help me with my chart,' Ginny said timidly.
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Ginny and Sigma sat in a quiet corner of the Gryffindor common room. They watched bitterly as Maria, Phillip, Julia, Drew and Cassandra chatted merrily sitting around the fireplace. Sigma slapped a hand to her forehead and her eyes looked extremely distant.
'Are you okay, Sigma?' Ginny asked, concerned.
'Yeah, I'm fine, I think I just have a headache. I'll go and ask Hermione if she knows something to make it better. Don't wait up.' Sigma said, and walked up the stairs to the sixth year dorms where Hermione was sitting doing homework. Ginny felt so alone. She knew that the five fifth years were talking about her, and she hated them for it. Why did Sigma have to leave me now? She probably doesn't even care anymore… Ginny thought bitterly.
She decided to go and eavesdrop on Sigma and Hermione's conversation, just to see if Sigma was lying to her. Ginny crept up the stairs and found the door to the sixth year dorms slightly ajar. She poked her head just to the gap and listened.
'… Trelawney was talking to me about my grandmother in Divination today, Igorma Orionis. That's very strange, but the strangest thing is that I had a premonition about that Divination lesson. It was quite unclear, but I saw Trelawney talking to me about my grandmother.' Sigma finished with a sigh.
'You had a premonition?' Hermione asked, concerned.
'Yes, and while I was sitting in the common room with Ginny, I think I had another one,' Sigma told her.
'That can sometimes be bad, but sometimes be good. Last year Harry had some sort of premonition which saved Arthur Weasley from certain death at the ministry. If Harry hadn't gotten that premonition Ginny and Ron's father would not be around this day.' Hermione told her.
'My premonition wasn't anything like that, but it wasn't good either.' Sigma said, her eyes falling to the floor.
'What was your premonition, Sigma?' Hermione asked, however, Sigma was silent. 'You have to tell me, if it's something that can be stopped, you have to tell me, Sigma.' Hermione urged.
'It was Maria,' Sigma kept her eyes on the floor as she spoke.
'What about Maria?' Hermione pushed.
'I saw her, in the hospital wing, she seemed troubled, sick even.' Sigma said. 'Then I saw her vomit in a bucket… what can it mean?' Hermione creased her brow as she thought of the possibilities.
'It could mean one of two things; she could get very sick in the near future, or she could get pregnant.' Hermione replied.
Pregnant? Ginny thought frantically, she may not hold Maria in high opinion, but she certainly didn't want to see her get pregnant, and at such a young age. Sigma and Hermione continued to talk, moving off the subject of Maria. How can they sit there? Knowing that Maria could be in trouble? Ginny spun on her heel and rushed down the stairs, in time to see Phillip leading Maria up the steps to the boys dorms. Ginny panicked and sprinted across the common room.
'Maria!' Ginny yelled out, almost tripping over Harry's legs, stretched out across the floor. Maria and Phillip turned to see her, both with matching scowls on their faces.
'What do you want?' Maria asked impatiently.
'Sigma had a premonition about you,' Ginny began, but was cut off by Maria's hand, which was raised in front of Ginny's face.
'I don't care about Sigma, I was there in Divination, she's no seer, okay?' Maria said. Ginny grew angry.
'You have two choices, Maria, go up now with Phillip and end up in the hospital wing with morning sickness, or go to your own bed, not ruining your life.' Ginny said, and stalked away, out of the Gryffindor portrait, leaving Maria with a furious look on her face.
Ginny was walking down the corridor as Maria ran after her.
'Ginny Weasley!' Maria called as she ran up to her. Ginny turned around to face her.
'Do you think I would be that stupid to get pregnant?' Maria said, the anger clearly showing in her facial features.
'You have no idea what you're getting yourself into, you stupid girl,' Ginny said to her.
'You have NO right to tell me what I can and can't do!' Maria screamed.
'Fine, do what you like, just don't come crying to me when you need help.' Ginny said, her face red with frustration.
'Like I would go to you for help anyway,' Maria said in a low, dangerous voice, and walked off, back into the Gryffindor common room.
Ginny couldn't bring herself to go back, so she did what she planned to do when she stalked out of the Gryffindor portrait, take a walk around the castle.
The Hogwarts Castle was massive, filled with unexplored rooms and secret passageways, most of which Ginny had never seen. She mostly stuck to the classrooms, and didn't venture off like she knew Ron, Harry and Hermione did. Her only adventure at Hogwarts was the incident in first year with the Chamber of Secrets, and even then, Ginny wasn't in control of her actions.
She stepped down a long tunnel on the fifth floor, noticing the glowing green moss covering the stone walls. The floor gradually melded into stone, and became quite slippery. Ginny's first thought was of the Slytherin Dungeons, but how could that be, when she was on the fifth floor. The passage veered down, and Ginny didn't know how long she walked it. At last, she saw a dim light at the end of the long tunnel. Relief swept over Ginny as she stepped into the light, but that didn't last long.
'Weasley,' Draco Malfoy was sitting on a large green chair. 'What are you doing in this section of the Dungeons?'
'I'm, I'm not in the dungeons, am I?'
'Did I not just ask you why you were in the Dungeons?' Malfoy spat impatiently. 'Don't ask stupid questions.'
'Well I was on the fifth floor.' Ginny said stubbornly.
'Well you're not anymore, are you?'
'Shove off Malfoy,' Ginny said, her eyes narrowing.
'Excuse me, but who intruded on who?' Malfoy said sarcastically. 'Now if you wish to stay, you must be polite.' Malfoy faked a sweet smile.
'I'd rather eat a raw chicken than be polite to you.' Ginny silently cursed herself for not going back to the Gryffindor common room when she had the chance.
'Is that so?' Malfoy sauntered over to Ginny and put his hands on her waist.
'What the hell are you doing?' Ginny yelled, pushing his hands off her.
'It's been a long time…' Draco trailed off as he re-positioned his hands on Ginny's waist. 'And since prey walks so willingly into my lair…' Ginny felt positively sick.
'I will not be used as your play thing.' Ginny said strongly, not wanting any part of this miserable git's life.
'Good,' Malfoy removed his hands from her waist.
'What? Good? You were just trying to seduce me?' Ginny asked, confused with his sudden chance of actions. Malfoy chuckled, which made Ginny shift uncomfortably.
'You actually think I would bed a Weasley?' Draco laughed even harder. Ginny was on the verge of tears, she turned away from his taunting face, and ran through the dank tunnel which she had come through, choking back the tears which threatened to come. I will not cry over a Malfoy!
~***~
The next morning, Ginny woke early, the memory of the previous night still haunting her thoughts. Ginny rolled over her bed and jumped off it. She walked over to Sigma's bed, next to hers, and sat next to Sigma's sleeping form. Sigma's eyes snapped open not ten seconds after Ginny sat on her bed.
'Good morning Sigma,' Ginny said.
'Morning.' Sigma replied.
'What were you talking to Hermione about last night? I over heard some of it, where you were saying you had a preminition? Why couldn't you talk to me about it?' Ginny asked, and Sigma looked sad.
'Sorry Ginny, it's just that you're not a good student at Divination… that's all.'
'Hermione doesn't even do it!' Ginny cried.
'Yes, but Hermione does know a great deal about a lot of things, I thought she may be able to help me, that's all. Nothing personal Ginny, you're still my best friend.' Sigma replied, her voice harsh and dull.
'What are you talking about?'
'You know how Trelawney was talking to me about seers the other day in Divination, well, Hermione thinks, based on what I told her, that I'm a seer. I may have inherrited it from my grandmother.' Sigma told her wide eyed friend.
'Really? A seer? Sigma, that's amazing! Why didn't you know before?' Ginny said happily.
'Apparently seers don't come into their true powers until they're teenagers, every seer comes into their powers at a different age.' Sigma said.
'Now you'll be able to see what's coming in the future!' Ginny exclaimed, and Sigma looked as if she hated what she was.
'I don't want this ability, Ginny… it's hell. People will expect so much from me, I just don't want the burdon.'
'But it's a blessing, you heard Trelawney.' Ginny said.
'She is a fraud, none but two real preminitions her whole life.' Sigma said bitterly.
'How do you know that?' Ginny asked, awestruck.
'Something I can see when I look into her eyes.' Sigma explained.
'Oh, I see.'
'Ginny, it's Saturday, can we go back to sleep?'
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Anonamous ~ Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you like my story. Thank you for the compliment about Ginny flicking Draco's nose, a few people liked that! Thank you for reading and reviewing.
Miss Raynbow ~ Thank you for your nice review! But I don't think I'll be having any more rematches, I don't want to over do the concept of the eating contests! Besides, I don't want Draco winning any! I hope you liked this chapter, and continue to read!
Orli-anon ~ I'm glad your story makes sense, I was wondering why the Slytherin girls didn't know who that girl is! I will keep reading your story, it sounds promising. As for your other review, yes I don't like Harry/Ginny pairings, they just don't seem right together. I'm actually writing a Draco/Ginny story because I was inspired by another story. As for Blaise/Ginny, it's hard to work with because Blaise isn't a built up character from the Harry Potter books, so I don't like to make the "minor" characters into "major" characters in my fictions. Thank you for reading and reviewing, I hope you liked this chapter! Your fans seem nice! Lol.
Serpent of Light ~ I must say, I haven't seen Holes, is it any good? Did this chapter make you like Sigma even more? Hehehe, I always intended her to be a seer, it wasn't just a brain wave. Thank you for your review, I hope you continue to read my story.
purfectchild ~ Hermione and Ron were just in the kitchens for a pre-dinner snack, they didn't know about the eating contest going on until they saw the elf making the drinks, but yes, in a way they did save the day! If Ginny had drunk that, she probably would have died. A few people liked how I had Ginny flick Draco in the nose, I thought it seemed appropriate at the time! I hope you liked this chapter, and continue to read my story.
the counter ~ I don't know what romances you are counting, but there sure isn't fifteen. I suggest you get your eyes checked, or take more care when reading stories.
SexySlytherinChick ~ Sorry you had a bit of a wait on this chapter! It was unintentional. I'm glad you liked the last chapter, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. The coleslaw was just something I had on my mind that people would find gross, not many teenagers like coleslaw. Thank you for reading and reviewing, I hope you liked this chapter! The next one shouldn't be as long-a wait as this was.
Tylah ~ Thank you for your review! This chapter probably wasn't as exciting as the last two, but still action packed all the same; Ginny's run in with Maria & Draco, Sigma being a seer, well, not much but still! I hope you liked this chapter! Thank you for reading and reviewing.
atrueslytherin ~ Well there's what happened next, so you won't have to wonder anymore! Sorry for the wait on this chapter. I hope you liked it.
Darcy16 ~ Sorry to keep you waiting with this chapter, I hope you liked it. Even though I didn't plan to have Draco in this chapter, I added him, just for effect. I hope this chapter was as good as you say my others were. Thank you for reading and reviewing.
rose petel ~ As you can see, Draco got Ginny back for beating him. I hope you liked this chapter, thank you for reading and reviewing.
kura52 ~ Thank you for your words about my last chapter. There may be some hints of Harry/Ginny, but I don't like that pairing, they will simply be an obsticle in the way of Draco and Ginny eventually getting together. Sigma may be growing distant from Ginny in the next few chapters, because of the whole seer thing. I'm glad you liked Ginny beating Draco, but he got his own back in this chapter. Sorry for the wait on this chapter, I hope it was worth it.
BIG BALLS ~ Thank you for the insult. I would like you not to review again if that is your attitude.
horneytoad ~ If you think that, then why bother reading my story, and reviewing?
HarryzBabe ~ People are mean to Sigma because she's different, and they don't accept her. I'll try not to make my chapters too short, I don't like short chapters myself. Do you like that Sigma is a seer? I hope you continue reading!
Lee ~ I don't see Ginny saying that, it's not in her personality. I made her flick Draco's nose though, that should be sufficient for her. I hope you liked this chapter, and continue to read my story!