Chaptteeerrrrr 13! My lucky number!

Hope this doesn't suck too bad.

I'm going to try to type an incredibly large (to me. I'm a slacker that doesn't know the true meaning of the word.) amount of text without using double-spaces, simply because reading it over on FF.net annoys me ^^;;

If you want me to revert back after this chapter, I'll do so ^^

This is the farthest I've ever gone on a fic. Many thanks for feedback ^^;;

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Chapter 13

Duo had wasted no time getting the hell out of the Charms classroom – he was fairly certain that the other students were about ready to start putting curses on him. However, due to his non-existent sense of direction when it came to the corridors of Hogwarts, he waited impatiently for Quatre, Harry, Trowa and Ron as they slowly made their way out of the class. Wufei was last and his face fell when he saw Duo was still waiting.

"What, Wu-man? Didn't want me to tease you about your choice?"

Harry frowned. "Choice? His choice to sit near Cho?"

Quatre recovered quickly for Duo, as he knew his friend was uncomfortable lying. "Yeah, that's the one. Duo likes to make fun of Wufei."

Duo just grinned and shrugged.

Wufei was already storming away.

"Hey, Wufei, wait up! You'll get yourself lost!" Wufei looked back at Duo, one eyebrow raised.

"I had planned on making my way by asking the paintings, Duo. You really don't have to worry about me."

"Yeah, actually we do," piped Ron. The four pilots and Harry looked at him curiously. He fidgeted under the weight of all the stares, but continued. "You have Divination next, right? Well, that's plenty of reason to worry."

Harry grinned at his friend's attempt to lighten the mood. Duo and Quatre smiled politely as well, assuming that they'd understand what he meant once they got to the class.

"Fine. Are you coming, then?" Wufei huffed indignantly.

Ron smiled. "Sure. It's just… Divination's in the other direction."

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It took them very little time to reach the Divination classroom, Ron and Harry warning the guys about their Professor the entire way. By the time they'd actually reached the trapdoor and climbed into the classroom, even Trowa was interested in seeing the teacher. Duo was bouncing with excitement, and as soon as he saw Heero sitting at a table with Hermione he tore across the room to him.

"Heeeeeeeeero!" Duo hollered, as if he hadn't seen his friend in years. Heero smirked and arched an eyebrow at the longhaired boy's antics. Duo flopped onto the pouffe next to him, causing Heero to tip over.

"Get your own!"

Duo stuck out his tongue childishly, making a show of being comfortable on the seat he'd stolen. Heero sighed and pushed himself back onto the pouffe it seemed he would be sharing with Duo.

Duo blinked as he looked around at the people staring at him. Other than his friends, who were always watching to see what stupid thing he'd do next, there were a bunch of new faces that were definitely not from the Gryffindor house. He was about to ask Heero what house they were sharing the class with when Harry came and flopped onto the pouffe beside Heero and Duo's, frowning.

"What's the matter, Harry?" Hermione asked, seemingly concerned for her dark-haired friend. Harry smiled thinly.

"Slytherins."

"Oh," Hermione scoffed, then proceeded sarcastically, "is that all? Here I thought it was something dreadful."

Ron took the last seat across from Hermione, and Duo grinned at Quatre, Trowa and Wufei who sat behind them. Quatre grinned back as he noticed the seating arrangement, particularly Heero and Duo's.

"Welcome," a voice drew everyone's gaze to the front of the room, and for the first time Duo saw their 'mysterious' and 'freaky' Divination teacher – the descriptions both given to him from Harry and Ron. "It's so good to finally see you all, some of you for the third time, others for the first."

Her glass-magnified eyes focused on the five boys that sat at separate tables yet very near to each other. Her gaze lingered on Heero and Duo for a moment before she continued. "Divination is a complex and difficult form of magic, and I of course am here to teach it to you. I am Professor Trelawney. Divination is a focus on one's inner eye; in this year's course, we will be using our eyes to see the future. In earlier years you would learn the basics of fortune telling, but now we will move into most advanced Divination.

"However," she continued. "Since we have some students in here that are woefully ignorant of the basics of Divination, we will begin very slowly and pick up quickly later on."

Heero tensed as the word 'ignorant' passed Trelawney's lips – he was finding it harder to believe that these people DIDN'T want to get maimed. Duo nudged him in the side softly, but it was enough to break Heero's concentration on the exact place a bullet would instantly kill the frail woman. He glanced at the cobalt-eyed boy, who grinned and winked in return.

Heero shook his head slowly and looked back at Trelawney.

The witch was gesturing to the crystal balls that lined the shelf. He could feel Duo's body shaking from their close proximity and tried not to grin at his obvious containment of laughter. He nudged Duo, who let out a small chuckle and went back to shaking silently.

"Everyone, please obtain a crystal ball and return to your tables." She paused and pointed at one of the Slytherin students. "You there, please be more careful next time. Those crystal balls are hard to come by." The student just looked at her, confused, before grabbing a crystal ball and moving back towards her table. Halfway there she tripped and the ball smashed on the floor.

Quatre frowned, a disturbed look on his face. He didn't rise like the others from the table; he merely sat and watched Trelawney as she spoke warnings to various others in the room. His eyes narrowed and he silently vowed to keep a close eye on her.

Trowa deposited a crystal ball in front of him, and Quatre smiled brightly in thanks. Wufei sat as well, and seemed to be keeping an eye on Trelawney also. At the table in front of them, Heero and Duo flopped onto the pouffe at almost the exact same time – this particular 'collision' caught Duo off balance this time, and he flopped onto the floor ungracefully. He hauled himself back up next to Heero, whose face looked blank, but Duo could see the mischievous look in his eyes.

Hermione regarded them curiously, as did Ron, and Harry seemed to be the only one who didn't seem to notice their exchange. Hermione looked as though she wanted to ask something when Trelawney called their attention to her.

"Children, I want you to pay attention now," all the mystery in her tone had left, and what was left sounded frightened and helpless. "I want you all to treat him very well, as he has only a short time left with us. Please make his last days on this plane well, children, for the dead who were treated unjust tend to remain as phantoms. Please, students, treat our Mr. Yuy with the most courtesy you can. His death… it will be so tragic…" Trelawney broke off and two girls from Gryffindor ran towards her to comfort the distressed woman. The room was silent as students stared at the Asian pilot. Heero, however, merely looked confused. Duo's eyes were wide and his jaw slack as he regarded his friend. Hermione looked very annoyed.

"Oh, bollocks. I knew I shouldn't have taken this bloody class."

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Yeah. Seems short, but that's because it's more compact ^^;; I think this one's either the same length or longer than the others… But anyway ^^; It was quick to come out and that's all that matters, right?

So. Is Trelawney bullshitting or is she the real deal?

I dunno.

Maybe ^.~

(hehehe)