Breakfast was over and despite being hungry Scorp simply chose to go to his next class. Problem? He didn't know what the next class was, he hadn't gotten his timetable yet. He raced down to the Great Hall and collided with the very person who was looking for.
"Professor McMillan! Sorry I was in with Headmistress Bloom. Do you have my timetable?"
Professor McMillan looked at him curiously, "Mr Nom? Is that you? You look very different. Alright heres your timetable." Scorp took the timetable and smiled.
Bloom, Scorp.
Magic was quick and all knowing.
First period was Divination. He looked at the clock, it was already eight-thirty. No time to get his books.
"Umm Professor McMillan? Could I have permission to summon my books please?" Professor McMillan nodded and Scorp whipped out his wand.
"Accio Divination book and Scorp No-Bloom's bag!"
Within seconds the bag and book were hurtling at him as he ran up the staircases to the Divination room.
He wrenched the door open to find that Evanna was the only other person there. Maybe he wasn't late after all. He voiced this suspicion out loud.
"Incorrect Mr Nom, you are in fact three minutes late. You and Miss Longbottom are the only people taking this class. I will forgive you for being late since you have saved my job," a woman stepped out from the shadows. She was dressed in an orange sari, her almost white hair spilled across the back. Her eyes were a pale blue, almost white and her skin was a beautiful ivory colour, with blood red lips sticking out. She smiled and flashed two sets of dainty fangs. Scorp stiffened.
"You're a vampire?" he asked.
"Half vampire, half Veela. Deadly combination, then throw in Seer blood…" her voice tasted like honey. Scorp shook her head, voices couldn't taste like anything, it was a vampire mind trick.
"Please don't do that," he said irritated.
The teacher's eyes widened, "I see you can resist my power, you are truly powerful. Come, sit down. I am your teacher and am not here to hurt you." Hesitantly Scorp sat down on a cushion next to Evanna eying his teacher with wary eyes. He wasn't normally prejudice but he could never trust vampires not after he had seen a kiss (A/N: yes in this reality a vampire group is called a kiss. Ironic, yes. Original, no. Read the Anita Blake series, you'll get it) rip his cousin to sheds. Evanna seem blissfully unaware of her teacher's dangerous blood and just grinned, looking around the room like a kid in a chocolate factory.
Evanna smiled at him, "Nice hair. I knew you'd say yes." He didn't even ask.
The teacher took a sit in a purple armchair, "I am Professor Selena Voir. Normally I would get you to call me Professor Voir but since the class is so small you may call me Selena." Evanna nodded eagerly while Scorp just scowled. Selena just smiled a toothless grin. "You both have very strong auras around you. Would I be right in guessing that you two have the Sight?"
Evanna nodded, "Yes I have the sight. Scorp is a Gazer." Selena's eyes widened to the size of dishpans.
"A Gazer?" her voice practically trembled with excitement. He looked at his wrist with a deep lust. "Can I see the mark?"
He held it out to her, keeping an eye on her fangs. She stared at the mark with bright eyes, she stared to lift it too her mouth…
Scorp snatched his wrist away, "Don't."
"I apologise," Selena said, "My species has always had an old legend. One who may take Gazer blood with permission would gain great power."
"So you figured you'd trick me into giving my permission by asking for my wrist?"
She nodded, "Ah well, perhaps in time you will allow me the honour. Until then let us move onto you're lesson." She pulled out a kettle and poured two cups of tea. "Drink." Evanna took the cup and drained it instantly. Scorp did so with more hesitance, but after Evanna he realised that his teacher was not likely to try and kill him. If only for his blood. He too finished the tea. He placed it down on the table.
"What now?"
Selena smiled that same toothless smile, "Now, you swap and try and read each other's tea leave. Pages five to six in Unfogging the Future." Scorp passed Evanna his cup and took her's. He peered inside. In the middle of the cup was what looked like a Yew tree with ivy winding around the trunk. And, at the bottom of the cup was an owl that seemed to be playing a harp.
"Wow 'Vanna you have a really visual future," he joked. He flicked open his book and looked up the symbols. He read them out loud.
"Yew Tree: death of an aged person leaving his legacy to you. Ivy: honour and happiness through faithful friends. Harp: marriage, success in love. Owl: changes in life… or you know it could be a person," he said the last part under his breath and Evanna thankfully didn't hear.
Evanna smiled, but looked troubled, "I wish I could tell who the 'aged person' was. Dad's parents are still alive, but I think he'd be happier if they died, so their suffering would be over, but mum's dad… it would break her if he died."
Scorp smiled at her reassuringly. He decided to take her mind off it, "How about mine?" Evanna looked down at the cup, studying it carefully.
"Well you've got a club, that's an attack. Then what looks like a falcon holding a skull, so…" she looked at the book, "the falcon is a deadly enemy and the skull is danger in your path."
Scorp groaned, "Well that's just great."
"Hang on there's more. You've got a sun, that's happiness and… it kind of looks like a well. Well: Spirituality, inspiration, Mother Nature, love."
"Wonderful. So I'll have a really crappy life with lots of danger while the whole time being spiritual, inspirational and happy. Lovely."
Evanna shook her head, "Always with the negativity."
He rolled his eyes, "Easy for you to say. It looks like you've got a pretty damn good life lined up for you."
At that moment the bell rang and Scorp jumped up ready to leave.
Selena stood as well, "Your homework for tonight is to put these predictions into your life and try and see where it may affect you. Like who will die, or who the deadly enemy is." She smiled at them both, "May your fortunes be well until we meet again."
Scorp fled the classroom quickly, Evanna following.
"What do you think of her?" she asked him.
"She's evil," he said stiffly.
"That's a bit harsh. Just cause she's a vampire."
"My cousin was killed before my eyes by vampires. We weren't close but seeing her throat ripped out and then other body parts detach themselves from her body made me hate vampire all the same."
Evanna looked at him stunned, "Oh, sorry Scorp."
He shrugged, "Come on we've got Care of magical creatures."
A/N: While writing this I watched the Mummy Returns. Nothing like watching Mummies slam Brendan Fraser into a bus roof to get you in the Harry Potter mood. The chapter started out as a Care of Magical Creatures class and I got to the end of the page when I was struck with writers block while trying to think of a magical creature. So I stopped writing, deciding the get Fabulous Beasts and where to find them out from my school library, and write a different class in the mean time. I then got distracted. Piece of advice; when hitting a brick wall turn around and go a different way, don't sitting there for a very long time and forget the other way around.
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