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Chapter 8
It took them forever to get up to the North Tower for their first class.
"Divination…..is……horrible!" Ron panted and they reached the top of the stairs. "She'll….probably…predict your death….today."
Natalie and Harry laughed.
"Hermione isn't taking Divination?" She asked.
"Nah, she quit last year. Said it was a load of cock and bull." Ron answered.
Harry reached up and pulled a ladder down from the ceiling. Natalie didn't even notice it was there!
They all climbed up into a dark room lit with many candles. They were hit with a strong smell of incense and oils when they fully entered. Natalie gazed around. There were about twenty small tables with cushions around them instead of chairs.
She followed Harry and Ron to a table in the middle and sat on one of the poofy cushions.
Soon the other students were filing in and taking their seats. A skinny woman with large glasses and many necklaces entered the room. She went to the front and then immediately fixed her eyes on Natalie.
"Who are you?" She asked in a misty voice.
"Um…Natalie Cook." She answered slightly freaked out by this psycho.
"Ah! Did I not say last year that we would have someone new joining us?" Professor Trelawney said triumphantly, but still in her misty voice.
"No you didn't." Harry answered simply. The whole class turned to Harry.
"What do you mean?" She asked looking slightly annoyed.
"You never said, 'Someone new will join us', you said that 'Someone unwanted and disliked will join us'. That's not Natalie." He said very nonchalantly.
Natalie felt her face going pink. She smiled at Harry who smiled back and then turned o face Professor Trelawney again.
"Perhaps she is not disliked by you, but that does not mean she is not disliked by someone else." She said growing more and more annoyed.
Harry just shrugged.
"Ok on with the lesson." She said with her voice more tense than misty.
They left the tower half an hour later all looking tired form the smells and the fire.
"Hermione is right. That class is all shit." She said rubbing her eyes.
Harry and Ron laughed.
"Oh no." Ron said his expression changing quickly. "Potions next."
"Why is that 'Oh no'?" She asked following Harry and Ron down some steps that led to the dungeon.
"Because it's Gryffindor and Slytherin…together. Oh, and the teacher is horrible. Professor Snape. He's out to get Harry, you know. Finds a way to get him in trouble or embarrassed almost every lesson." Ron said scowling.
They walked into the classroom to find all of the Slytherin's there and most of the Gryffindor's. Snape wasn't anywhere to be seen.
"Oh look! It's Potty, Weasel, and Potty's girlfriend!" Exclaimed Draco Malfoy from across the room.
The Slytherin's burst into laughter.
"Was that supposed to be funny? Because it really wasn't. It was actually kind of gay." Natalie said taking a seat between Harry and Ron.
This time the Gryffindor's burst into laughter.
"How dare you talk to me like that! You filthy mudblood!" Malfoy said with a scowl on his face.
The whole room went silent.
"I'll talk to whoever in hell I want to. My 'blood' does not affect how I talk or who I talk to. But don't get me wrong…it's not like I want to talk to you." She answered as if she didn't have a care in the world.
But it wasn't Malfoy who advanced on her with a wand, it was Pansy Parkinson.
"You shut up about him!" She yelled.
But Natalie didn't pull out her wand. Harry tried to but she stopped him. Just then Snape came into the room and he saw the scene: Pansy with her wand out pointed at Natalie who wasn't armed and looked too innocent for words.
"What's going on here?" He said walking up to Pansy who lowered her wand quickly.
"Um…well…she was saying mean stuff about Malfoy!" She exclaimed pointing a fat finger at Natalie.
"Well…she's not the one with her wand out is she?" He said coldly. "10 points from Slytherin and a weeks worth of detention, Mrs. Parkinson."
As Snape went up to his desk, Harry leaned over to Natalie.
"That was brilliant!" He whispered. "How did you know he was coming? I mean she could've blown you face off if you didn't pull out your wand! How did you do that?!"
"I heard him coming down that hall so I just decided to frame her! Very simple." She laughed quietly.
Ron as well as the rest of the Gryffindor's were amazed about the whole thing but they Slytherin's couldn't have been more pissed.
"Today we are doing peace droughts. They help stressed people become more relaxed. The recipe is on the board, you may begin." Snape said.
Natalie looked up to see Hermione a few tables over from them, helping Neville when Snape wasn't looking.
"NO!" She whispered to Ron grabbing his arm before he dumped something into his cauldron.
"What?" He said looking confused.
"Don't put in the shredded frog hearts yet! You haven't added the snake eyes!" She exclaimed in a whisper making sure not to be overheard by Snape.
Ron was looking at her like she was an angel. "Thanks!" He said going to the snake eyes.
"Your potions should be a pale green at this point." Snape said as he wandered from table to table examining the student's progress.
"Amazingly enough Potter," said Snape from behind making them all jump, "your potion is correct, as is Weasley's. What is your name?" He said turning to Natalie.
"Natalie Cook, sir." She answered.
He swept away without a word up to his desk.
They left the class all feeling very hungry and headed to the Great Hall for lunch.
"That was the easiest potion ever!" Hermione exclaimed as she and Natalie took seats next to Harry and Ron, waiting for lunch. "Even Neville got it right!"
"I wonder what class we have after this…" Natalie said as she took a bite of a ham and cheese sandwich and pulled out her schedule.
She swallowed her food and said, "Care of Magical Creatures."
"Oh, I wonder what Hagrid is going to bring today." Ron said slightly worried.
"I have no idea…" Harry said stuffing food in his mouth. "But this sandwich is good!"
A/N: Haha! I didn't know where to end it so I just did it like that! Well anyways….thanks SOO much for the reviews!!! I about pissed in my pants when I checked my email and saw 4 REVIEWS! Haha I love them! They make me happy! ::dances:: PLEASE REVIEW on this chapter!!!