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Chapter 3

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"Welcome, my children." Teddy shifted uncomfortably in his seat glancing around the Divination classroom, which was covered in fine silks and several scented candles, then back at his teacher trying not laugh at how funny her eyes looked behind her huge glasses. "In this room, you shall explore the noble art of Divination. In this room, you shall discover if you have the Sight."

While saying this she stands up and bumps into the table. A few giggles echo around the room. The Professor gives an embarrassed smile. "Hello. I am Professor Trelawney. Together we shall cast ourselves into the future." She said whilst making excited hand gestures. "This term, we'll focus on Tasseomancy, the art of reading tea leaves. So please, take the cup of the person sitting opposite you."

Teddy and Neville Longbottom swapped cups as the Professor continued to ramble on. "What do you see?" She asked the whole class. "The truth lies buried like a sentence deep within a book, waiting to be read. But first, you must broaden your minds. First, you must look beyond." She looks off into the distance so dramatically that the whole class looks with her, confused.

"What a load of rubbish." Hermione says from Harry and Ron's table, which was right next to Teddy's. Teddy jumped, she seemed to appear out of thin air as he could've sworn she wasn't there before. "Where did you come from?" Ron said, echoing Teddy's thoughts.

"Me? I've been here the whole time." She said, stuffing something down her shirt. A necklace, possibly?

"You, boy!" Professor Trelawney pointed to Neville, making both partner jump. "Is your grandmother quite well?" She asked.

"I-I think so..." Neville stammered.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that, give me the cup..." she held her hand out towards Teddy who handed her the porcelain cup. She read it briefly then sighed putting it back on the table. "Pity." As soon as she walked away Neville grabbed the cup, staring into it. Teddy too tried to peer inside the cup but as he moved his elbow his own cup slid off the table and under one of the seats, completely out of sight.

"Damn it!" He cursed softly.

He jumped once more when the Professor gave a terrified yelled. Honestly, at this rate he'd soon be dragged into Madame Pomfrey's hospital wing, suffering from a severe heart attack!

Trelawney had dropped Harry's cup in fear and was staring at him in horror. "My boy... you have... the Grim!" She said dramatically. Teddy saw Hermione roll her eyes. "The Grin? What's the Grin?" A student asked from the back of the class.

"Not the Grin. The Grim." Another student corrected, his book open on his lap. "Taking form of a giant spectral dog. It's among the darkest omens in our world. It's an omen... of death." The class went deadly silent, everyone was staring at Harry who was staring at his cup. Teddy got the sense that Harry was hiding something.

"Cl-class is dismissed." Trelawney stammered walking away.

The four friends walked down towards Hagrid's hut for their first Care of Magical Creatures class. "You don't think that Grim thing's got anything to do with Sirius Black?" Ron asked Harry. Hermione gave an exasperated groan.

"Oh, honestly, Ron. If you ask me, Divination's a woolly discipline. Now, Ancient Runes, that's a fascinating subject." Teddy grins at her reply, but Ron looks annoyed.

"Ancient Runes? Exactly how many classes are you taking?

"A fair few."

"Hang on. That's not possible." Teddy said as they trampled down the stone pathway. "Ancient Runes is in the same time as Divination. You have to be in two classes at once."

"Don't be silly, Teddy. How could anyone be in two classes at once?" they were silent before she laughed. "Broaden your minds. Use your Inner Eye to see the future!" She mimicked Professor Trelawney. Once they arrived at Hagrid's hut he led them a little ways into the forest. "That's it. Come on, now. Come closer. Less talking, if you don't mind. I got a real treat for you today. A great lesson, so follow me." As they walked Teddy took it how beautiful the forest was after the rain. Everything was a lush bright green that glowed in the sunlight.

"Right, you lot. Less chattering. Form a group over there and open your books to page 49."

"And how exactly do we do that?" Draco snarled. Teddy's smile disappeared, he'd forgotten Draco Malfoy and his gang were also in his class.

"Just stroke the spine of course." Hagrid replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Teddy looked down at his book which looked straight back at him. It was just like Hagrid to give them a living book. I stroke the spine and look over my shoulder when I heard a growl and ripping of paper. Neville mustn't have stroked his book properly. Both book and boy were rolling around on the ground in a mass of dirt, torn robes and paper. "Don't be such a wimp Longbottom." Draco growled.

"I'm okay, I'm okay." Neville said after closing the book.

"I think they're funny." Hermione said stroking her book's spine.

"Oh yeah. Terribly funny." Draco grinned walking towards them, followed by the rest of his gang. Teddy prepared himself for the worst. "Witty. God, this place has gone to the dogs. Wait until Father hears Dumbledore's got this oaf teaching classes."

"Shut up, Draco." Harry said and Teddy was happy Hagrid wasn't nearby to hear any of this. Draco smugly stood in front of Harry, inches from his face as if daring him to say something else. Suddenly Draco looked behind Potter and started pointing. "Dementor! Dementor!" Everyone spun around but there was nothing their.

Draco and his gang laughed, raising the hoods of their uniforms and making ghost noises. "Just ignore them." Hermione said pushing Harry away. Everyone stopped when they saw the creature standing next to Hagrid. "Isn't he beautiful?" The half-giant grinned. "Say hello to Buckbeak."

"Hagrid, exactly what is that?" Ron asked.

"That, Ron, is a Hippogriff." Hagrid explained and Teddy looked in wonder at the grey horse-like stallion. "First thing you wanna know about Hippogriffs is that they're very proud creatures. Very easily offended. You do not want to insult a Hippogriff. It may be the last thing you ever do. Now, who'd like to come and say hello?" Everyone stood back, including Teddy.

"Well done, Harry. Well done. Come on now." Harry looked around and noticed everyone had stepped back. He hesitantly moved forward. "Now, you have to let him make the first move. It's only polite. So, step up. Give him a nice bow. Then you wait and see if he bows back. If he does, you can go and touch him. If not... Well, we'll get to that later."

Teddy watched as Harry bowed. Buckbeak looked at him and squawked menacingly. "Back off, Harry. Back off." Hagrid said and Harry took a step back. Everyone froze when a twig cracked under his shoe. "Keep still. Keep still." Buckbeak shuffled before slowly bowing his head.

"Well done, Harry. Well done." The whole class, except for Malfoy's gang, applauded.

"Right. I think you can go and pat him now. Go on. Don't be shy." Harry raised his hand. "Nice and slow, now. Not so fast, Harry. Slow down, Harry. That's it... Nice and slow." Harry edged closer and closer to the Hippogriff. "Now let him come to you. Slowly, now, slowly, slowly... That's it..." If Teddy was sitting down he'd be on the edge of his seat.

The class cheered again when Harry patted the Hippogriff. "Well done! Well done, Harry, well done! I think he may let you ride him now."

"What?" Harry said his smile vanishing and he objected as Hagrid lifted him up with ease and put him on Buckbeaks back.

Hagrid ignored his protests. " Put you over here, just behind the wing joint. Don't pull out any of his feathers, because he won't thank you for that." His big hand slapped the creatures backside and Buckbeak was off! Teddy watched them soar through the air with Harry clinging and screaming on its back. They disappeared for sometime before returning. Everyone ran towards where they landed, yet still keeping their distance from Buckbeak.

"That was wicked Harry!" Ron congratulated.

"Oh please." Draco grumbled shoving past the students and marching toward Hippogriff. "Yes you're not dangerous at all are you, you great ugly brute."

Buckbeak glared at the blonde-haired boy, squawking loudly before standing up on its back legs, its front legs clawing the air in front of Draco, who grunted as Teddy ran forward and pushed them out of the way. Teddy looked back at Buckbeak who slowly calmed down. He heard a moan and looked down at Draco, then froze.

Draco's hand was on his face, blood decorated his hand. In the attempt to push Draco out of the way, he had accidentally scratched him. The wound wasn't too deep but Draco rolled on the ground as if he'd just ripped his whole cheek to shreds. "He scratched me! He scratched me! I'm gonna turn now, aren't I? I'm gonna turn!"

Teddy's heart raced and no matter how much he tried, he couldn't move. It was as if his limps refused to cooperate. He walked quietly as Hagrid ran forward before carrying Draco to the hospital wing, dismissing the class. "Teddy!" Harry grabbed Teddy, who hadn't realized he'd fallen. Teddy seemed to snap out of his trance and he glanced around at the other students, all of which were staring at him. "I-I-" Teddy stammered. "I need to go."

He ran off towards the castle, unsure of where he was heading, but anywhere was better than being surrounded by scared students.