"Come on, Harry we can't be late-" Hermione said with a great amount of distress as she rushed down the corridor.
"Hermio-" Harry began out of breath. "Why are we running to get to detention? We still have 15 mintues." The stairs began to shift. "Er… Hermione why are we going up stairs?" Harry asked.
Hermione sighed. "I talked to Professor McGonagall and she said we could take detention with Professor Trelawney."
"What?!?" Harry said loudly.
"Will you be quiet-" she said in a harsh whisper.
"Of all the teachers to pick..." Harry said sarcastically. "Why would you go a pick that loony bat?? I mean-"
"Harry?"
"What?"
"Shut up."
"Not until you tell me why," Harry demanded.
"Listen Harry-" Hermione began carefully. "While I was in class, I saw her looking at today's paper."
"Sooo-" Harry started.
"Will you be quiet??"
"Right, Sorry, Continue." Harry said apologetically.
"Anyways I noticed the headline and someone else is missing and they found the body of ...the last one." Hermione said quietly. "I was hoping that we could find the articale in Trelawney's room."
"How are we going to distract her though?" Harry wondered aloud.
"Well, that where you come in Harry," she said with a sly grin on her face.
"Oh great-" he said sarcastically.
"Now come on, before were late." Hermione cherped as she pulled Harry by the collar up the stairs.
They had finally made it up to Trelawney's room with only minutes to spare.
She appeared at the door while agusting her cat glasses. Her gray hair was messy as usual and she had overdone her lipstick again.
"I knew you two would be late." Trelawney said in a mystical voice.
"Er… Professor Trelawney? We still have 3 minutes-" Harry said awkwardly.
Professor Trelawney grabbed his mouth and spun him around.
"Hush child- Do you hear that?" she said ergantly.
"No." Harry tried to say through her hand.
"Erm… Professor Trelawney? Harry was wondering if you could read his palm." Hermione said as she looked at Harry with a face of regret.
"Of course dear!" she said in a high pitched voice as she finally released Harry from the headlock.
Harry glared and looked as though he was about to throttle Hermione.
"Please Harry-" she mouthed.
Harry sighed and followed Trelawney to the crystal ball in the middle of the room. Hermione sat in a seat out of Trelawney's view. Hermione began her search as soon as Trelawney began to explain how Harry would die.
"It will be the most painful death, I'm afraid." She carried on about a grusume death in great detail.
Hermione quietly crawled along the floor towards Trelawney's desk. She scrapped her knees on a few nails that were randomly sticking out of the old wooden floorboards. Hermione peered over a desk and saw the newspaper casualy sticking out from under a pile of papers. She slid underneath Trelawney's desk and grabbed the paper in one smooth gesture.
By now Professor Trelawney had Harry's hand and started to hum and drone about a twisted ritual that is the only chance of saving his already damned life.
Hermione mouthed to Harry that she got it and began to slowly bring the articale back to her desk. She folded the paper several times to make it not as noticeable.
A large moving photograph covered the half the page. It was of a home in Hogsmade covered in yellow tape that read: By Order of the Minstery of Magic, No one may pass this line. Random mourners walked by the house in tears. Several went in to hysterics. Hermione thought she noticed a small black square on the lawn of the house. She was too far away to tell what it was. She glanced at the column underneath the picture.
Jasmine of Cresttra found murdered, In the home of missing Brett Chosse
Bianca Jasmine's mauled body was found yesterday in the
Hogsmade kitchen, of Brett Chosse by a house elf.
The body was found in a cupboard just above the stove;
where Chosse was last seen making his dinner that day.
anthor message was found scrawled on the pantry door:
"One by one they all fall down"
Bianca's body seem to suffer knife wounds although it is
apparent that she was strangled to death. If anyone has any
information on missing Chosse or Jasmine's death, inform
the Minstery of Magic immediately.
Obituary of Bianca Mary Jasmine on page 96.
She folded the paper into her pocket.
"Professor Trelawney?"
"Yes dear?" she said annoyed that Hermione had interrupted her. "Well what is it?"
"Detentions over-"
"Oh…" she said sadly glancing at the clock. "Well Potter, I guess I have to finish the ritual tomorrow during class." She said wickedly.
"Oh I can't wait," Harry said annoyed.