After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Prophecy is tricky like that. Sybill Trelawney did not expect to get featured on a Chocolate Frog trading card. She snorted at the idea that someone would have the audacity to believe that such a thing could be foreseen. Well, Luna Lovegood claimed that she knew that the both of them would get cards, as the manufacturers needed to spice things up and make it more interesting; they were losing ground to competitors' sweets. Sybill considered if she should be flattered by the assumption.
In addition to being noted for predicting Harry Potter's defeat of Voldemort, the escape of Peter Pettigrew, and the return of Voldemort in the spring of 1995, Sybill also received praise for her defensive skills during the Battle of Hogwarts.
She considered it unfair that the card did not also mention her prediction that Dolores Umbridge's future held grave danger merely months before the woman was seized by a herd of centaurs.
As for her supposed heroics during battle; she admitted to enjoying a good game of tennis upon occasion. Her muggle mother held a fondness for the sport. Serving up the crystal balls from her classroom like tennis balls, with her wand as her racket had felt satisfying. Watching as Death Eaters far below her tower were smacked in the head with the glass orbs made her feel powerful for the first time in a long time. Maybe even for the first time in her life.
Sybill spent the first two and a half decades of her life feeling like she deserved respect. She was a Ravenclaw; everyone knew they were the best students. After graduation, with the last name Trelawney, jobs should have opened up due to the fame of her great-great-grandmother. When she married, Sybill found herself shocked that her husband expected her to change her last name to his. Why wouldn't he want to change his last name to hers? Finally, upon attaining a professorship at Hogwarts, she just knew the students and her colleagues would respect her. How wrong she had been.
Sybill finally found respect for herself, and from others, when she chose to do something for someone else.
A/N: This one's for you, Jade:-)