Eyes of Infinity
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From Kat's POV
:Chapter 5: The Project:
Sometimes Hogwarts seemed like an insane asylum. The only things missing were the padded walls and the straightjackets. It's funny sometimes how something completely normal turns out so completely…not.
I sat in Divination waiting for the dreaded class to end. This was definitely turning out to be a not so good first day back. Well, it wasn't completely horrible to be truthful. The only thing horrid about it was this last class. Guess it was wrong of me to expect a perfect day back. That would be too much to ask.
Trelawney was going into detail about the project. It sounded more like a death sentence to me. There was no way that I was going to be able to pull this off.
"Yes, my dears. This project shall be a cumulative grade that shall take up most of your time this year." Trelawney said. Sometimes I wondered if she hadn't been inhaling that god awful perfume that always hung in the air right before class. Divination was normally one of the easier classes. You just sat there, pretended to 'see the future' and act all-knowing, and you pretty much had it down. But this project was already beginning to put a damper on my spirits.
"You shall see like you have never seen before! It will be an eye opening experience for all of you, I am sure," Trelawney rambled on, "What I want for each of you to do is predict the future of your partner." At this, I couldn't stifle a laugh. This crackpot wanted me to predict the future of Sirius Black? Yeah, sure, no problem. I looked around to find others with smirks of amusement on their faces as well. Good, so no one was taking this seriously then. I felt much better.
"This project will require you to delve into the depths of your partner's soul. You will have to familiarize yourself with their past history, in order to gain a clearer glimpse of what the future holds for them. As I said before, it will be time consuming." Suddenly I didn't feel so good anymore. Great, so now I have to 'familiarize myself' with Sirius. This was a disaster waiting to happen. I couldn't even get him to talk to me for five minutes the night before, and now I was supposed to sit down and have a nice comfy chat? Yes that would be nice, I could see it now. 'Hey Sirius, I know you didn't want to talk to me the other night, even though we are, or at least used to be, close friends, but since it's for a grade now, I think you'd better tell me everything. Start from the beginning ok?' Even in my head it sounded ridiculous!
I looked round once more to find that I was not alone in my musings. Other people had scandalized looks on their faces as well, and a few were even voicing complaints. But Trelawney dismissed them all, waving her hand around airily.
"I know you all have your misgivings, my dears, but you shall thank me one day! You will be amazed at how much you can learn about another person, and the fate that awaits them, by doing things such as this!" she intoned. There were many other protests, but she just continued on merrily, "So, then, you may use whatever books you feel are necessary, although I shall restate that books are of little help to you here. You may use any method you chose, from crystal balls, tarot cards, palmistry, even the tea leaves may play a part in foretelling the future."
"So basically, you're giving us this project, but we have to figure out how to do it on our own?" Olive Brown questioned.
"Seeing cannot be taught. You must find whatever method works best for you if you are to succeed. The due date for this project will be some time in the beginning of May. We should have this done by April, but a nasty bout of the flu will render many of us ill for quite some time." Trelawney sighed sadly. I rolled my eyes. Sometimes she was so overly dramatic that it was stupidly funny.
She dismissed us after that, saying that we should get started on the project right away. Most of the class just shrugged it off and walked out. There were a select few who apparently took divination seriously, who stayed behind trying to acquaint themselves better with their partners. I rose from my seat and headed toward the door.
"Kat!" I cringed and turned around.
"What Sirius?" I said, nonchalantly. He came down from the back of the room, surrounded by his normal armor guard of girls. It really disgusted me sometimes how girls could just throw themselves at his feet. Pitiful, really.
"So. When do we get started on this project…thing…?" he said, not sounding at all pleased with the idea.
"Whenever you like." I replied. I hoped that he would procrastinate as long as possible. I didn't want anything to do with this project.
"Alright then. We'll figure out the where and how later then, kay?"
"Sure," I said. He smiled that playboy smile of his, and headed down the ladder, followed closely by his flock of females. I shook my head. I headed down the ladder as well and set out for the Great Hall for dinner.
Aryn was very talkative the whole time. She kept talking about the ever present Arithmancy and how she was going to fail. Lily kept telling her to give it a rest. Aryn then switched to talk about the famous, or shall I say infamous, Quidditch star, James Potter, and Lily was suddenly more than happy to listen to her rants on Arithmancy.
We ate and then headed up to the Common Room. I was exhausted. I hadn't really gotten any homework from any of my teachers, other than the ominous Divination project. I was grateful for that because I didn't think I could take any more homework after what had happened today. I felt really tired, so I went up to my room after a few minutes to get away from all the noise of the Common Room. Aryn followed right behind me.
"Hey Kat," Aryn said, "Whassa matter with you tonight? You've been out of it ever since dinner. Something happen?"
"Just Divination," I replied.
"Oh, Divination is always fun to hear about! Let's hear it then, who's gonna die this year?" Aryn asked, perching on the edge of my bead eagerly.
"Me, probably," I said dully.
"What? Why you? That lady's inner eye is off if you asked me!"
"Because," I stated, as though I was writing my name on my tombstone, "Sirius is in there with me."
"What!" this remark came from Lily who had just entered the room, "Sirius Black, taking Double Divination!" she snorted, "I still don't know how he passed the first one!"
"I don't know how he passes anything, tell ya the truth," Aryn added, "But that's beside the point. So you're death sentence is Sirius Black huh?"
"No," I snapped back irritably. "The stupid project that Trelawney set is going to be the death of me!"
"Project!" Lily and Aryn chorused together. I explained to them the whole project scenario, and how I had the misfortune to wind up being paired with Sirius.
"But Kat," Aryn argued, "Isn't this a good thing? I mean, you used to be really close with Sirius. So you know a lot about him already! That'll make the project a whole lot easier!"
"I don't know him anymore," I muttered softly.
"What?" Aryn asked.
"Nothing." I said hurriedly, "I forgot my bag in the Common Room, I'm gonna go grab it." I left the room before they could question me further. I should really stop speaking my thoughts aloud. It always happens when there are other people around, and that makes it very incriminating.
I grabbed my bag from a table near the fireplace and went to head back upstairs. I don't know why this whole situation bothered me so much. True, Sirius and I used to be the best of friends, but we drifted apart. I still had no idea why we drifted apart, but did it really matter? The question was: why did it affect me so? I had friends, family, people who cared for me. Why was the loss of one friend so traumatizing to me, so detrimental that it caused me to think of nothing but him?
I shook my head, laughed at my foolishness. Maybe it was because Sirius didn't have those things. Well, he had friends, but as to the family part, he had one of the worst ones in the history of families. Maybe it just hurt me so deeply inside to see him deal with all this by himself with no one to turn to. He used to turn to me…
My train of thought was interrupted as I collided with something. A warm, tall something. "Sorry," I mumbled hastily, pulling away from whomever it was I had run smack into.
"It's ok. You should really be more careful next time, Kitty-Kat." I looked up to see none other than Sirius. Sheesh, how many times could I run into him (this time, literally) in one day? I paused. 'Kitty-Kat'?
"I thought I told you never to call me that here!" I exclaimed, fuming. Of all the places, of all the times to remember old nicknames like this!
"Well, at least it got your attention. Maybe next time you'll watch where you're walking then?" He gave me one of those coy smiles. I wanted to slap him. I substituted for a sneer though, and tried to push my way by him to get up to my dormitory. He moved to block my way.
"What the heck! What are you doing? Some of us need to sleep you know?" I shot at him.
"Yeah? Well you can have my beauty sleep as well then. I have no need of it," Sirius said, running a hand through his long black hair, as if to put emphasis on the previous statement.
"Oh get over yourself," I replied, though I couldn't hold back a smile.
"Maybe one of these days," he said, "So anyway, I meant to ask you about that Divination thing." He grimaced at the memory of it.
"Yeah? What about it?" I said suspiciously.
"We should get started on it." Was his simple answer.
Oh great. What ever happened to procrastination. "Why?" I responded.
"Because it's going to take us all year! Look, I know you don't want to do this at all. I'm not having a picnic myself either. But I figure we should attempt to do it, that way we'll at least get an idea of how hard it's going to be, y'know?"
Sometimes, Sirius managed to say something that I couldn't argue with. "This is true." I mused. "Alright fine, we'll start it. Where and when?"
He paused and reflected for a moment. "Anywhere but the Divination classroom. That perfumy stuff makes me sleepy."
"Room of Requirement then?"
"Yeah ok."
"Ok." I replied. Sirius gave me a sly smile.
"Well then, my young kitten, you should be getting to your much needed sleep. G'night!" And with that, he ran (which rather surprised me, as it took away from his normally dignified and suave demeanor) up to his dormitory before I could react enough to slap him. That was ok though. I'd find some way to get him back for that one.
Shaking my head and mumbling about Hogwarts, School of Looneys and Psychopaths, I went up to my dormitory and lay down for a much needed sleep. It had been a very eventful day.
AN: Sooo there was chapter five! Did u likez! Review and tell me if u did or not! And for future reference, the next chapter will be from :drumroll: Sirius' POV! Wow, weren't expecting that now were we? Well, see ya in the next chapter!