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"See you later Sarah!"

Fred and George waved to me as they left for Defense Against the Dark Arts. I waved back and felt my stomach twist into knots again while I followed Ron, Hermione, and Harry up the stairs to Divination. I never really had a problem with Professor Trelawney until last year. Every time we went to class, she would ask Neville about his grandmother and then ask me about my father. I would always answer 'fine' or 'okay' until the day I got the news about him. Then, she would ask me if I was okay and say something about loss. It was a little agitating. I mean, if you had just lost someone dear to you, would you like it if someone was in your face about them every time you saw them? I wouldn't think so.

"Hey, Sarah," Seamus smiled at me. "I got a cup for you."

I took my usual seat next to him and set my bag next to my chair, "Thanks Seamus."

"Any time. Say, do you have any new pranks that you're thinking of?"

"Not any off the top of my head. Do you have someone you want to prank?

"Oh yeah-"

"My students, wonderful you are all here today," Trelawney entered the room.

"Tell me about it later," I whispered to Seamus. "I'll get Fred and George in on it, too."

He grinned, "Perfect."

"Are you in the beyond?" Trelawney walked through aisle and up and down the levels of tables.

No one answered her. We were all too busy downing our tea for fear that she would stop and ask to read our leaves.

"Today…we will be reading tea leaves…"

"No shit," I heard Ron whisper behind me. "We do this once a month."

I suppressed a chuckle and finished my cup before swapping it with Seamus's. Everyone finished their tea and took the cup of the person opposite of them. Once we finished, Trelawney made her sweep across the classroom, taking her pick of tea leaves to announce. This was the part that bothered me. It's only you and your tablemate's business what your tea leaves say. I mean, it's like utter alienation when you get something horrid from your tea leaves. People avoid you as if you had just confessed to killing Hippogriffs and worshiping Voldemort. First on Trelawney's list, of course, was Neville.

She picked up his cup, "My dear boy, have you forgotten something important?"

"I-I don't know," Neville furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't think so."

Trelawney scanned his leaves and shook her head, "Oh dear…dear, dear, dear..."

Neville and Dean looked at each other and then at his cup, before Neville began to panic. He flipped through his Divination book madly, trying to figure out what his cup meant besides forgetfulness. Seamus studied my tea leaves and I studied his.

"Are you in the beyond?" Trelawney asked aloud.

"I never understood what 'the beyond' was," Seamus whispered.

I nodded, "Me either."

Stepping down from the fourth level of tables, Trelawney walked to our table and pushed her glasses up her nose. She touched my hand, "My dear girl, are you well?"

"Yes," I blinked. "Why?"

"Loss is a terrible thing. Give me your cup."

Seamus cautiously handed her my cup. She happily took it, scanning over the leaves with wide eyes which looked magnified by her glasses.

"OH!"

Placing my hand over my heart, I jumped. "Whoa. Hi."

I could feel pairs of eyes staring at me and didn't dare to take my eyes off of Trelawney or my cup.

"Dear girl….your omen…," she took a gasping breath and began to speak. "Terrible things await you…The Two will be the blame for all your troubles, The Two…remember what happened in the near past…The Two. Beware of the changes…"

She coughed a couple of times and blinked. There was a long, dead silence before I spoke, "Professor, who are 'The Two'?"

"You know them more fondly than I do."

I felt the color drain from my face. Something or someone I knew was out to get me. Trelawney patted my shoulder and continued to walk around the classroom, telling the others about their leaves. I sat there in shock, my eyes now glued to my cup. The leaves were separated, one was on the left, one was on the right, and a third was in the middle. The right leaf was curled into sideways 'w' shape and the left one was curled the same way. The leaf in the middle was curled into a diagonal 's'. What did that mean? What did 'The Two' mean?

"Earth to Sarah," Seamus shook me gently. "Are you okay?"

I nodded, "Fine."

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