Eyes of Infinity
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From Kat's POV (if u haven't figured it out already)
:Chapter Four: New Classes, New Trials:
"Kaaaat. Come on, Kat wake up!"
The voice rang in my ears and sent the message to my sleep deluded brain. I groaned, trying to throw myself back into the comforting oblivion known as sleep, but the voice persisted.
"Kat! Sheesh! Come on, it's the first day of class. I know you can't be that sleepy!"
I cursed silently, wishing that for just once, class would start at a later time in the day. I rolled over to find Aryn seated on the side of my bed, staring at me expectantly.
"Well, it's about time you got up. Honestly!" she said huffily, though there was a slight grin on her face.
I threw my pillow at her. "You know, I was having such a nice sleep. It's because of people like you that people like me get so cranky in the mornings!"
"Yeah, well next time I will just let you keep on snoozing. Then when you get detention from McGonagall, I don't want to hear any complaints." She shot back at me.
I glared at her once more, then staggered out of bed and pulled on my Hogwarts robes. Everyone else had either gone down to the Common Room, or headed to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Dressing quickly, I got up and followed Aryn out of the room. I was loath to leave my nice warm bed. I had been sleeping so soundly too. And having some sort of dream, a very good one at that. At least when I was asleep, I could lose myself in my dreams. Now that I was awake once again, I had to deal with reality, which wasn't very appealing to me at the moment.
We didn't stay long in the Common Room, since most everyone had already left for breakfast. We went to the Great Hall, and sat down at a table. Aryn immediately starting chatting with numerous random people, while I simply sat there and tried to shake the remaining grogginess from my eyes.
Excitement was everywhere, and was quickly spreading to include everyone in the hall. First years were bustling about eagerly, waiting for a true taste of Hogwarts life. Other students sat, waiting for new class lists, which were being passed about to each student by the prefects. Numerous owls flew overhead, delivering various letters, newspapers, and packages to the proper recipients.
I took a sip of my orange juice and tried to jump into the conversation that was currently being held at my table. Lily Evans, Olive Brown and June Sylva were sitting with us, currently talking about the new classes.
"I hope that Astronomy is easy!" said Olive.
"Astronomy? Why are you taking that?" snorted June, "why not take Ancient Runes? It's far more interesting that the stars, and easier too!"
"Ancient runes!" Olive laughed, "Then I'd have to carry around a huge rune dictionary just to decipher them all, and frankly, I don't have that much time on my hands. Interesting, she says." She rolled her eyes.
"Bah! At least I don't have to sit out at night with a telescope mapping the sky like it's the end of the world!" June shot back.
"I think they're both ridiculously easy," Lily stated, tossing her flaming red hair over her shoulder, "And they will both be interesting, that's for sure. Look at it this way: either of those classes is better than History of Magic." There was an all-around sigh.
"I second that," Aryn cut in. It was at that time that a prefect reached our table and handed us our schedules. I grimaced. It was the usual lot, only twice as bad – Double Potions, Double Transfiguration, Double Charms – Double the homework load basically. Then there were normal classes like Muggle Studies, which I took merely for kicks, and History of Magic, which was required for everyone. The only reason no one objected is because there was no reason to argue with a perfectly good sleep period. Last but not least was Double Divination. What a wonderful way to end the day, I thought grimly.
"Hey, Arithmancy? I didn't ask for this crap!" Aryn exclaimed, staring in shock at her schedule, "Professor McGonagall!" she yelled, waving her arms wildly at the Gryffindor Head of House to get her attention. It was highly unnecessary as she was walking right past them at the moment.
"Miss Hillcrest, could you please stop with the dramatics? What is the meaning of this?" Professor McGonagall replied sternly.
"Professor! My schedule! It's all messed up! Look!" she said pointing wildly at the paper in her hand, "Arithmancy! Who signs up for Arithmancy! I most certainly didn't! There has to be some sort of mistake!"
"There is no mistake, Miss Hillcrest. The class that you signed up for – Astrology, wasn't it? – was full. So therefore, we had to substitute a class for you to take. Hence, Arithmancy.
"But…Why Arithmancy? Couldn't you change it to something like Ancient Runes? Or even Herbology would be better than this!"
"I'm sorry, Miss Hillcrest, but rules are rules. If a student cannot be placed in a class that he or she signed up for, then a substitution must be made. You did not specify which alternative class to be considered for, so it was chosen for you. The decision stands," said McGonagall with a finality that could have been a blow to the face to Aryn.
"She's loony, that one!" Aryn huffed after McGonagall had left, "How on earth am I going to pass Arithmancy!"
"Nah, you'll be fine," Lily reassured her. She picked up her book bag and rose to leave, "You have it with the Hufflepuffs, it can't be that hard."
Aryn sighed morosely. I patted her on the back semi-sympathetically, though I couldn't fight back a slight smile.
"Hey, Evans! It seems we are fated to have classes together once again!" Lily cringed at the voice. She turned and left at a very fast pace, hoping to be out of the hall before James spotted her. It didn't work however, and the last we saw of Lily was her making a run for the entryway with James running after her spouting various pickup lines.
I chuckled wryly to myself. Why didn't she just go out with the guy and get it over with? I mean, it wasn't like he was all that bad. He was good looking, and smart…he was just so…egotistical. I supposed that was what Lily felt as well. School could really be overdramatic sometimes. Almost like a soap opera…
I looked up from my musings to find Sirius and Remus trudging along after James. Both of them were shaking their heads. I wondered why it even surprised them that James acted this way. I mean, I even knew to expect stuff like this. Sirius spotted me staring after them and gave me a wink. Then he turned and followed Remus out of the hall.
I stared after them for a few seconds more. It was really pathetic how one gesture from him was enough to set me off again. I knew that I shouldn't be troubling myself about Sirius when I had classes to concern myself with, but there was still some small part of me that was unnaturally concerned for him for some reason.
Aryn tapped me on the shoulder, letting me know that it was time for class. Most of the other students had left already, and the stragglers were filing out a few at a time. I sighed and got to my feet. I followed Aryn down to the dungeons for Potions, listening to her rant about how she was going to fail Arithmancy the whole way there.
It was a relatively normal first day back. Classes were average. Basically all the professors did was lecture on rules that we already knew existed, and make sure we had the proper textbooks with us, and hand in our summer homework. Plus, I didn't really have any 'new' classes this year anyway. The one class that I was having qualms about was the last class. Double Divination.
I too had signed up for Astrology. But unlike Aryn, I didn't make a big scene about not getting it. However, I was uneasy about taking another year of Divination. I had barely passed the first one. I had yet to see anything in a crystal ball. And I had never seen the future per se. The only reason that I had passed was due to the fact that I made up some nice believable future events on every homework assignment that was given. And even if it wasn't believable…it was the future. Who really cared if it was true or not?
So the other classes were a drag. I had most of them with Aryn, which was good. She always served to make things more…amusing. And it helped to take my mind off of other things that I was focusing on.
We had just gotten out of History of Magic. Everyone emerged from the classroom sleepily, wiping their eyes as if they had just had a good long nap. Most of them had done just that. Lily was currently fuming about how she had 2 classes with the 'arrogant prat' today, and how she thought that she was going to die. Personally, I was happy with my schedule. I only had one class with the Slytherins (Double Potions), so I was happy as can be. The three of us were headed upstairs. I was to go to Double Divination, Lily to Ancient Runes, and Aryn to Arithmancy. Aryn still gave the occasional huffy sigh to show that she was still unhappy about the whole thing.
We parted ways at the top of the stairs. I waved goodbye to the both of them, and set off on my own to the Divination classroom. I hoped that it would be easy this time. Or at least, easier. Maybe we would have a different teacher. Someone who could actually teach. Then again, Divination was a very unteachable subject, and one either had the talent or didn't. I obviously didn't. I figured the best I could hope for was that I could fake my way through the class again.
I climbed the ladder into the classroom. I breathed a sigh of relief that I didn't have this class with the Slytherins either. I didn't need things to be any more difficult than they already were. I went towards the back of the room to get a seat, hoping that if I sat there, the teacher would forget my existence. I stopped short upon seeing who already sat there.
'God must be having such fun at my expense,' I thought. Sirius Black was seated quite comfortably at the table in the back. He looked as though he didn't have a care in the world. Obviously, I had to find another place to sit, as the rest of the table was filled with members of his female fan club. They were all vying for his attention – batting their eyelashes, smiling prettily, running trembling fingers through their hair.
I was more than happy to oblige. With a final look of disgust in the general direction of the table, I sat instead at one of the tables off to the side. As to why I continued to worry myself with Sirius, when he seemed to be having such a wonderful time, I had no earthly idea. I tried my hardest to purge my memory of anything regarding him.
The lesson started shortly afterwards. Professor Trelawney came into the room, looking all around as if she was the all knowing all seeing witch. I snorted derisively. I knew that she could no more see the future than I could. She had a daughter as well, Sybill Trelawney that was just as dimwitted. But both of them thought that they had the sharpest 'inner eye' known to man. I doubted that either of them had ever had a real vision.
I let myself drown in my thoughts for most of the lesson. Time passed quicker for me that way. The only real thoughts that came into my head were about how the room was too perfumy and was giving me a headache and how my stomach was rumbling loud enough for everyone to hear. I looked at my watch, hoping that the lesson was almost over. It was then that my ears picked up a valuable statement.
"Now class," Trelawney stated dreamily, "I have decided that this year shall be different. Since this is Double Divination, and you already possess such great skills at seeing into the beyond," (several people gave snorts of laughter at this), "I have decided to have you all do a project of sorts that shall take up a good portion of the year."
I cringed. A project. In Divination. It was not a very welcome prospect. I would rather have written ten essays for History of Magic, made up my own charm for Charms, and transfigured myself into whatever Professor McGonagall desired than do any sort of project Trelawney had in store.
"Now, my dears," Trelawney continued, ignoring the groans of protest that followed her initial announcement, "I shall divide you into pairs. Both you and your partner shall work together to complete the project. If I find out that one person did not put forth effort, both of you shall fail. Am I understood?" There were nods of grudging assent around the room, "very well then. Let's see then…I think Miss Brown, you shall be working with Mr. Garret, Mr. Jerry will partner with Mr. Roth…." She continued to pair off the whole class.
My stomach clenched. There was no way that I was going to be able to pull this off. I could barely do any of the assignments that she had previously set, let alone do some project that was going to take a great deal of the year! I rested my head in my hands. This was going to be the death of me.
"Is there anyone who does not have a partner?" Trelawney's voice rang out. I had no idea if I did or not because I had been worrying as opposed to listening, so I raised my hand. "Ah, Miss Brooks. Yes, you shall be partnered with Mr. Black."
The words struck me like a blow to the heart. Maybe this year wasn't going to be as easy as I thought. I glanced up at Sirius, and suppressed a shudder. He gave me an encouraging wink and then continued a whispered conversation with one of his numerous girls.
No…this wasn't going to be easy at all…
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