Lucy's eyes opened, the streams of morning shining through the windows. She sighed as she rolled over to the other side. "Eh?" She gawked. Right in front of her face... was a sound asleep Natsu.
"Eh? KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
CRASH!
"GET OUT OF MY BED YOU PERVERT!"
"What the?!" Gray and Gajeel jolted up, seeing Lucy panting and blushing. Natsu on the floor next to her bed.
"You nasty pervert." Gajeel sighed, shaking his head. "What kind of foreplay is that?" Gray asked, giving him a disgusted look. "I-It's not that! It's not what you think!" Natsu shouted. He gave a grumble and stood up. He grabbed his stuff and stormed out the door. "I'm going to get ready." He mumbled, leaving the room.
Lucy panted, holding her hand to her chest. "T-That really happened... last night..." She gasped, her mind flashing back to last night. "Not like that huh?" Gray teased, patting her on the head with a trickster smile. "Get off my case Gray!" Lucy gritted and snapped at him.
Natsu was the first to enter the Main Hall with a yawn and smacked his lips. "Natsu! Over here!" Neville yelled and waved over to him. With him was the usual gang. "Morning guys…" Natsu smiled, sitting down across Hermione. "Morning." She smiled, putting her book away. "Hey where did you go this morning? We woke up and you weren't there." Ron asked, not bothering to swallow his food. "Oh, I just woke up early and decided to walk around." Natsu explained.
"Well anyway, do you guys know how to open this book yet?" Neville asked, plonking his animal book on the table. Everyone jumped and backed away a bit. "Hey don't put that thing on the table!" Natsu yelled, flicking a plate up to defend himself. "Relaxed it's closed." Neville pointed out. "O-Oh…" Natsu muttered, putting the plate down. "No not yet. Everytime I try to open it, the book attacks me." Harry complained.
"Seriously who had the bright idea of putting a book in a monster?! It just makes no sense!" Natsu yelled, slamming his fork and fist on the table. "If they want us to learn, why is the book they wrote trying to kill us?! If they don't want us to learn, then don't write the book! Hell. How did they even WRITE thousands of these?!" He continued. Everyone sighed, partially agreeing.
"Man what a night…." Gajeel yawned, rubbing his hair. "Tell me about it…. Because of last night's intervention, I feel like I'm gonna drop off to sleep at anytime…" Gray sighed. Both of them reached the Hall before any of their Hogwarts friends or roommates did. "Talk to you later man." Gray groaned, waving a slight goodbye as they went to their house tables.
As they both sat down, they reached out for some food and put it on their plates. "Hey Gray. You were up early." Gray looked to the side and saw his roommates, Susan and Cedric. "Oh hey guys. Yeah, I felt like getting up early so I could have a head start." Gray said with a tired smile.
"Eh?"
"No way!"
"As if!"
His friends scoffed, taking a seat next to him.
Gajeel leaned on his hand, picking up a cinnamon roll and taking a bite. "Redfox!" Gajeel hummed, looking up. Draco and his posse stomped over and sat across from him. "Where were you this morning?" Crabbe asked. "Yeah, you were gone when we woke up." Doyle muttered, grabbing a chocolate eclair and took a big bite. "What? Is there a problem for me getting up earlier than you three?" He muttered, still too tired to deal with this. Draco huffed and leaned forward. "I want to ask you a question." He whispered. "Yeah, what?" Gajeel sighed. "What did you find about Heartfilia?" Draco asked. "Huh? Why you asking me that?!" Gajeel said, a bit shocked. "I've seen you talk to her. You must know a few things about her." Draco whispered. "Look, I just talk to her and bump into her occasionally. It's not like we have a deep connection or anything." Gajeel said, a bit annoyed.
Natsu glared at his Gray and Gajeel, both of them with gloomy faces. He then turned to his friends who looked bored. "Hm… Hey Semus!" Semus looked up from his breakfast, still chewing. "Watch this." Natsu chuckled evilly, and pointed his wand at the two sweets from last night. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Natsu whispered. The sweets floated up, and Natsu delicately and secretly placed the brown one on Gray's plate, and the white on Gajeel's. He then chuckled, not even bothering to hide it was him. The five other Gryffindors looked at each other, some with excitement, others with concern.
"But yeah, Professor Charity is great. She's really nice." Cedric smiled. Gray chuckled and picked up the grey sweet without thinking. Gajeel, in his tired state, also picked up the sweet and popped into his mouth at the same time as Gray bit into half of it. They both gave a chew, and their bodies jerked violently. "Gray are you alright?" Susan asked, leaning forward. "What's your deal Redfox?" Draco asked between chews.
"Buakak!"
"Hee-haw!"
Everyone in the hall, especially the people that had relations with them, jump in surprise. Gray was now talking like a donkey, and Gajeel a chicken! "What the-!" Ernie gasped. Cedric grabbed what Gray just ate and examined it. "Wait, isn't this…?!" Zach snatched it from Cedric's hand, and his eyes opened wide. "Isn't this the donkey one?!" He exclaimed. "Gajeel stop it at once!" Draco demanded. "Buakak!" Gajeel clucked, trying to reply.
"AAAAHAHAHAHAHA!" Natsu bursted out laughing, banging his fists on the table. Seamus and Neville looked at each other, like the ultimate prank had been pulled. Hermione's jaw dropped, Ron and Harry wide eyed with horror. "D-Don't you think that's a bit cruel?" Ron whispered. "Huh? Nah. It's all in good fun. I mean-" Everyone faceing Natsu gasped a bit, jerking back, as Gray and Gajeel appeared behind him. Angry. "I did it all the time back at-"
THWACK!
"OW!" Natsu's head cracked into the table a bit, as two fists pushed him into the wood. Natsu looked up, rubbing his head. "What the hell was that for you bastards?!" He yelled at his two attackers, before launching himself at them, and the three rolled around in the hall in dust. "YOU SNUCK IN THOSE SWEETS DIDN'T YOU?!" Gray demanded. "ADMIT IT SALAMANDER!" Gajeel yelled. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR DEAL?!" Everyone in the hall watched on as the three continued to bicker and wrestle comedically. "Salamander…?" Hermione muttered. "Here they go again…" Ron muttered, playing around with his food.
"Hey hey hey! Knock it off you three!" Cedric ordered, standing up and walking over to the fight. "STAY OUT OF THIS CEDRIC!" The three of them snapped, stopping, then starting again. The boys tangled for a bit before separating. Natsu, out of frustration, grabbed a cream puff and a strawberry cake from his plate. "TAKE THIS YOU BASTARDS!" He yelled, throwing the treats. Gray and Gajeel swiftly dodge them, and turned around, about to gloat.
Lucy yawned as she walked into the dining hall. "What's with the early commotio-"
SPLAT!
Erza sharply looked up and stopped walking to her class. "Erza? What's wrong?" Levy asked, turning around. "I… I don't know… I just feel like…. A strawberry cake didn't make it…" She mumbled. "Huh? What do you mean by that?" Levy questioned, tilting her head. "Oh, nothing… I think… Let's keep moving."
Everyone gasped, looking at Lucy. Her face was hit with the cake, and it stayed there for about three seconds before it slid off. Her face was covered in cream, crumbs, and strawberries. Her hair, that was hit by the cream puff, now all sugary and oily, mixed with cream. Everyone, but most of the Slytherins who were laughing, was gobsmacked. Not sure how to react. But Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel had nervous looks on their faces. Lucy's eye twitched, and took a deep breath. She grabbed a napkin from one of the tables and wiped her face.
She calmly stepped forward to the boys, who were frozen in their position. She stopped in front them still calm. Then…
THWACK!
THWACK!
THWACK!
"CAN YOU IDIOTS GO ONE DAY WITHOUT HUMILIATING YOURSELVES AND ME?!" She scolded. Everyone jumped back, not expecting Lucy to go that route. "Now apologize to each other, and go back to your tables!" Lucy demanded. The boys mumbled an apology to each other, before scuttling back to their tables with thumping heads. "Wow…." Ron muttered. "I don't know if she handled that well or not…" Cedric said, with a mixture of laughing, and concern. "Heartfilia is scary…" Doyle said, shaking a bit.
"Geez…. Now I have to wash up…" Lucy groaned, exiting the hall. Draco watched with judgemental eyes. "Maybe we can open the book by feeding it." Ron suggested. "Feeding it what?" Harry asked. "Maybe we can feed it raw beef…" Neville muttered. "Are you crazy?! It could eat us next!" Semus yelled. As everyone began to bicker about what to do, Natsu catched a flick of a robe floating down the hall. "Hm?" He hummed as he looked down that way. What his eye caught was Malfoy, emotionlessly walking out the hall. After he walked out, Natsu continued to stare at Malfoy's back giving him a suspicious eye.
"Man, those idiots…" Lucy sighed walking out of the bathroom, rubbing a towel through her wet hair. "Huh?" She looked to the side, letting the towel slide off her head. "Uh… Malfoy…?" She muttered in confusion. Draco looked up and stood up from the wall he was leaning on. "Heartfilia." He greeted back, stepping towards her. "What do you want this time?" She asked aggressively, shifting her weight to the left and put a hand on her hip. "If this is about my family again, I don't want to talk about it." She shot out, hoping he would go away if that was the reason he followed her.
"Oh no. I didn't want to talk about that. I wanted to talk about you." He smirked, stepping forward. "W-What?" She stuttered. "I want to know a bit more about you. Is that wrong?" He asked in a sinister tone. "Yes, because when you want something, you'll do anything to uncover or get it..." She said, stepping back from his advancements. "Is that what people really think of me? I'm hurt…" He said with a slithery smile as he kept on going. Lucy felt a flat surface on her back, stopping her in her tracks.
She gave a gasp and looked at Draco who was in her face. "So tell me…. " He placed a hand on the wall behind her. "Who are you exactly….." Lucy's heart was beating faster and faster at Draco's interrogation. His grey green eyes piercing her soul.
"Lucy Heartfilia?"
Lucy's eyes shook in fear, staring at Draco, his eyes filled with determination to know the truth. "I-I…."
Pat
Draco felt a tight, hot grasp on his shoulder. He sharply looked behind him, and there was Natsu. His hand grasping on his robe and his eyes filled with fury. "Is there some problem here?" He asked, gritting. Draco gave him a cold stare then gave an emotionless look as he turned around. "No, nothing." He shrugged. "Then why are you advancing on my fiance?" Natsu asked, moving his hand from the shoulder to his collar and pulled him closer. "I just wanted to talk to her Dragneel. That's all. Now let go of me, or I'll tell my father about this." Draco sneered.
Natsu gave a growl, then put Draco back down. He adjusted his uniform and gave a scoff as he walked away. "Hey, you alright?" Natsu asked, turning his attention to Lucy. "Yeah… I was a bit worried. He wasn't going to let me go until I spilled." She sighed, rubbing her head. "Well, hopefully this will be the last time he'll bother you…" Natsu smiled. "Let's get back to the Main Hall. Not great to start the day on an empty stomach." He beamed and grabbed Lucy's hand, pulling her to the Main Hall.
"Woah!" Lucy exclaimed, her body jerking forward from the pull. "Natsu! Don't pull so hard!" Lucy exclaimed, her feet flinging back as she tried to keep her balance. "No I'm not!" Natsu pouted, looking behind him as he ran with her. "Natsu!" Lucy groaned.
"Hm?" A shadow stepped out, just catching a glimpse of the two running off. "So those are the two huh?" The person scuffled through his papers and pulled two sheets out. One with a photo of Lucy and the other of Natsu. They gave a considerate hum, then began to walk the other way.
"Woah! This is a cool classroom!" Natsu cooed, looking around the Fortune Telling Classroom. "If you think this is cool, wait till we learn how to read the future!" Ron beamed, he and Harry walking past him. "Don't need that, I can already tell the future." Natsu smiled back jokingly, following them and taking a seat. "For example." Natsu brought his pointing and middle fingers together and placed them on his temples. "I predict I'm going to learn how to read the future…." He said in a monotone voice. Harry and Ron laughed as they placed down their bags and sat down.
"Come my children…" A voice whispered, gathering the students' attention to the front. There sat a frizzy haired teacher with thick glasses, wearing an outfit you would think would have just stepped out of the 70's. "In this room, you shall explore the noble art of Divination. And you shall discover if you possess the sight-" As the teacher stood up, she banged into a table causing a bit of a clatter. The students gave a bit of a chuckle. The teacher gave a bit of an embarrassed nod as she walked around the table. "Of the future." She finished.
"I am Professor Trelawney, and together, we shall cast ourselves into the future!" She exclaimed theatrically, ending with a silent squeal. "Seems someone's been reading Shakespeare…." Lucy muttered, her language and actions reminding her of a scene out of Macbeth or something.
"This term will be focusing on-" As the teacher continued to talk, Draco leaned over to Crabbe, who was sitting across him. "Hey, did you hear? Cedric ran into a Dementor last night, and ran away like a baby!" He snickered, Crabbe snickering as well. Natsu jolted a bit, remembering that Gray said something getting past Cedric. "Gray…." He thought with a sigh.
"So will you please switch the tea cups with the people around you." The teacher said, just as Natsu was tuning back in. "Oh!" He picked up his cup and tapped Lucy's shoulder, who was sitting behind him. "Here you are Luce." He said, handing her his cup. Lucy snapped to her table, and picked up her cup. She gave a smile as they exchanged cups.
"You see, the truth lies beneath the surface of a book! Waiting to be read! But first, you must broaden your minds…" She grabbed Neville's head and gave it a shake. "You must look BEYOND!" She exclaimed, thrusting her hand to the back of the room. Everyone followed her hand, looking at where she was pointing.
"What a load of rubbish."
"GACK!" Natsu exclaimed, almost falling off his chair. "What the-! When did you get here?!" Ron exclaimed, not remembering Hermione walking in with them. "Me? I've been here all this time!" Hermione scoffed. "Yeah right! You didn't come in with us!" Natsu hissed.
"You boy!" Trelawney pointed at Neville and slowly walked towards him. "Is your grandmother well?" She asked. "U-Uh I think so…" Neville stuttered. The teacher gasped and shook her head, placing a hand on his shoulder. "No no no no don't be so sure about that…" She gestured to the boy sitting across him, holding her hand out. "Give me the cup." The boy gave her the tea cup, Trelawney looking into it. She shook her head and gave worried hums as she put the cup back down. She let out a worrisome "oh!" as she moved on. Neville snached the cup and looked at it, but all he could see was tea leaves.
"Broaden your minds!" Trelawney exclaimed once more as she glided across the room. Once she stopped in front of Ron, she exclaimed, making Ron jump. "Your aura is pulsing dear. Are you in the beyond?! I think you are!" She exclaimed. "Y-Yeah sure…" Ron stuttered.
"Yeah, beyond the clouds…" Natsu muttered with a laugh, resulting in Lucy hitting him on the head. "Ow!"
"Read the cup dear. Tell me what you see!" She asked. "Oh um… Harry's got a wonky cross, that's child's in suffering…." Ron explained, flipping through his book. "Mmmhm…" The teacher nodded. "And uh… that there could be the sun, which is happiness." Ron gave a confused look, then looked at Harry. "So you're going to be suffering, but you'll be happy about it…" Ron interpreted. Natsu gave Harry a look. "...Harry are you a secret massocist?" He asked. "What?! No!" Harry exclaimed. "Really? Cause that sounds like masochist to me." Natsu snickered. "I am not one Natsu!" Harry argued.
"Give me the cup!" She commanded, holding her hands out. Ron shrugged and gave it to her. But once she saw what was inside she screamed and violently put the tea cup down. Everyone jumped, wondering what was wrong. "Oh my boy…" She panted. "What, what is it?" Natsu asked, looking at Harry, then back at Trelawney. Her lips quivered, and then she spoke.
"My dear… you have The Grim…." She said. "The wha…?" Natsu asked, tilting his head. "What is that?" Whispers around the classroom began to slither about. "Here!" A boy exclaimed, finding the page about the Grim. "Taking form of a giant spectred dog, The Grim is the darkest omens of our world… It is the omen of death…." Harry stared into his cup, shaking a bit. Everyone looked around, whispering about the omen.
The teacher then looked at Lucy, and walked to her. "L-Let's not think about it class. Let us continue. My dear, the cup." She asked, stuttering and shaking a bit. "H-Huh? Oh yes, of course…" Lucy muttered, handing the cup to her. She took a look and gasped once more. But this time, she dropped the cup, dropping it into shattered pieces.
"What the-!" Natsu exclaimed, standing up sharply. She looked at Natsu as she slowly backed away. She shook her head, unable to speak or move. Lucy looked at Lucy, worried at what she saw in Natsu's future. Everyone looked at Natsu, who had a shocked look in his eye, looking blankly at his teacher.
"...Well that was a lesson…" Ron said bluntly as they all made their way to their next lesson. "I wonder what was in Natsu's cup…. Looked like Trelawney saw a demon or something…." Ron muttered, looking back, Natsu sluggishly following behind, looking down. Harry said nothing, his mind occupied by his own fortune. "Don't let it get to you Harry." Hermione smiled, putting a hand on his shoulder. "You've faced death twice now. I think you'll be fine." She comforted.
"But still…." She looked at Natsu, Lucy running up behind him and putting a hand on his shoulder. "I do want to know what Natsu's cup said." She agreed. The three stopped, watching Lucy talk to Natsu. Natsu visibly sighed, mouthing a few agreements. "I wonder what they're talking about…" Ron muttered, until Lucy gave a smile, and walked away to her next class.
Natsu smiled and waved at her as she left, then turned around, facing the trio. "Uh!" They all jerked and sharply turned back around and kept on walking. "A-Anyway!" Hermione continued, all three of them red of embarrassment. Natsu could hear them talking about Harry's fortune in Divinations, and Hermione said it was just rubbish. She then went on to say that Ancient Ruins with Levy was fascinating. But Ron got confused as she would need to be in two places at once. Natsu stared a bit, before giving a sigh and made his way down to the next class.
Care of Magical Animals.