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Chapter 17: Hippogriff Dung

Zoey clutched her books to her chest as she walked in between the twins. They were passing by the field when Zoey caught sight of Harry talking with the Gryffindor Keeper, Oliver Wood. She noticed a suitcase type of thing in the middle of the two of them and hazily saw about three large balls. One of the balls was in the hands of Oliver.

"What are they doing?" Zoey asked as she stopped to see Oliver toss the ball to Harry.

Fred and George stopped to look and both wore grins on their faces.

"Looks like Wood's explaining Quidditch to Harry," George said

"You see that big red ball Zoey?" Fred spoke in a tone people used to speak to children, "That's a Quaffle. Say it with me Koo-wa-fle"

Zoey rolled her eyes and lightly shoved Fred's shoulder. "I know what a Quaffle is," she laughed.

"Oh looks like Wood just released the Bludger," George said.

Zoey's eyes widened as she looked back at the scene. One of the two balls in the suitcase was gone and Harry had a bat in his hand. She gasped as she saw the Bludger zooming towards Harry. Harry pulled back his arm and gave it a hard swing sending the Bludger away.

George gave a whistle.

"Oh it's coming back," Fred said

The Bludger zoomed back and Oliver wrestled it to the ground before locking it back in place. Zoey shivered.

"I really hate that thing," she said before clutching her things closer to her chest. She took a look at her watch.

"I've got to head off to Divination now," she told the twins, "You guys heading to DADA?"

"Yeah," George said

"With Quirrell the Squirrel," Fred said as he and George imitated Quirrell's twitchy manner.

Zoey gave a laugh, "Be nice"

"Aren't we always?" the twins said with a slightly surprised look as they placed their hands over their hearts.

"Uhuh," Zoey said before rolling her eyes and giving a smile. She ran towards her Divination class.


Zoey headed towards the Seventh floor of the North Tower where she entered her Divination classroom. In her hand was her favorite handkerchief which she used to cover her nose and mouth when she fully entered the room. She took a minute to look at her surroundings. The room has at least twenty circular tables crammed inside that were surrounded by armchairs and fat pouffes. Everything was dimly lit and the curtains and windows were closed. The room was warm and a fire was burning under a crowded mantelpiece that gave of a heavy, sickly sort of perfume. The shelves were crammed with different kinds of objects that Zoey wished she had more time to study such as the tattered playing cards and the countless silvery crystal balls.

To Zoey's relief she caught sight of Echo sitting on the second row of tables. Echo was tapping on her notebook while looking around the room.

Zoey stumbled over the other tables and chairs before reaching her Ravenclaw friend. She dropped her things on the table before taking her seat. Her mouth still covered she whispered to Echo, "Where have you been these past few days? I haven't seen you or Bridgit anywhere!"

"I'm sorry Zwei, I haven't informed you that we have been staying in the Astronomy Tower, Bridgit and I, I mean,"

"Astronomy Tower?" Zoey asked, "What did you do there?"

Echo merely shrugged, "Not much. I just go there to read. Bridgit on the other hand… go ask her."

Zoey bit her lip as she lowered her hand and placed it on her lap. Her eyebrows furrowed a bit as she opened her mouth to speak but before the words could come out something at the corner of her eye caught her attention.

There stood her Divination teacher Professor Trelawney with her gaudy shawls, cloaks and bangles and her thick glasses perched on her nose making her eyes appear ten times their size.

"Good Afternoon my class," she spoke and the class began.


As the rest of the class looked into their crystal balls and read through their books Zoey pulled out a square piece of parchment from her bag and laid it on her table. She folded the paper to make a triangle and folded the two opposite ends of the triangle together to form a smaller triangle. She opened it up and started to fold the corners towards the center till she ended up with a square. She flipped it over and folded the corners towards the center again. She folded the square in half, unfolded it and folded it in half the other way.

Lastly, she unfolded it and pulled the four ends together making a diamond-like shape. She picked up the four square flaps and placed her fingers inside. She moved the four parts around until she was satisfied.

Echo, who was previously tediously staring into space, caught sight of what Zoey was doing and asked, "Mind if you tell me what you're doing?"

"A muggle Origami Fortune Teller," Zoey whispered as she pulled out her quill and ink bottle and started to scribble on the flaps. She first wrote Gryffindor then Hufflepuff after Ravenclaw and lastly Slytherin.

She opened it and started to write the numbers one to eight inside. She no longer opened the remaining flaps to write down the supposed "fortune" she just folded everything into place and tapped it with her wand. It glowed a faint yellow before returning to normal.

Zoey turned to Echo and started to explain her little project. "You see, the traditional way here is to write four colors on these flaps," she pointed, "but instead I wrote the four houses. Inside," she opened it, "there are eight numbers and underneath these numbers there is a fortune.

"The rule here is that first you pick a color – but in this case, a house. I spell it out and then you pick one of the four numbers you can see, after that I move the fortune teller in and out to the number of your chosen –err- number. Then, you pick another number and it will open it to reveal your fortune.

"The difference here is that once again, it's the founders and the fortune changes. Muggles, they can't do magic of course so they write down their own fortune like "Be careful on Tuesday" or "Do a good deed today" but after a while you end up memorizing which number has the fortune you want to hear or avoid so it gets boring and you have to make a new one. Mine, I charmed it to change so no two fortunes are the same for the current player," Zoey ended with a gasp of breath

"So you wanna try it out?" Zoey asked

"Just get me out of boredom," Echo said

"Alright then, pick a house," Zoey muttered under her breath so as not to catch Trelawney's attention.

"Slytherin"

Zoey gave a small cough and started to mover her fortune teller in an in and out motion, "S-L-Y-T-H-E-R-I-N," she spelled. She opened her fortune teller on the letter N and the numbers eight, seven, three and four showed, "Now, pick a number"

"Eight," Echo said

Zoey started to count until the number eight, the same numbers showed, "Pick another number"

"Four,"

Zoey lifted the flap of number four and a small opaque yellow light emitted from it. With black cursive writing Echo's fortune appeared. Something dangerous would happen on the last day of the tenth month. It read before disappearing.

"Oooh! Halloween! The day of mischief," Bridgit said, startling Zoey and Echo.

Echo slightly jumped before scoffing, "Big deal. That fortune doesn't mean anything"

"Bridgit! When did you get here?" Zoey gasped and shot a confused look towards Echo.

"I was here the whole time," Bridgit answered innocently.

"You were?" Zoey laughed, "Oh! You wanna try this? Wait do you know what it is?"

"I'll be having my mind somewhere else," Echo waved them off.

"Yup, I know what it is!" Bridgit answered, ignoring Echo's comment.

Zoey shook her head at her violet haired friends before facing Bridgit fully. She held up her fortune teller.

"Okay then. Now, pick a house"

"Ravenclaw," Bridgit answered

"R-A-V-E-N-C-L-A-W," Zoey spelled, "At least you're loyal to your house," she jokingly said

"Yes, I am aren't I?" Bridgit said with pride in her voice.

The numbers one, two, six and five showed "Pick a number now," Zoey instructed.

"Five"

Zoey counted up to five. The numbers seven, eight, three and four showed. "Now pick again," she said

"Eight"

Zoey opened the flap and once again a small opaque yellow light appeared along with Bridgit's fortune Your deepest darkest secret would be revealed and those you care most for will be put to the test. Zoey furrowed her eyebrows as she re-read the fortune.

"Uhm… that doesn't make sense," Bridgit said half-heartedly as she watched the fortune disappear.

"Really?" Zoey asked as she folded her fortune teller up and flipped it in her hands, "Wonder what's wr-"

Zoey paused. There was a shadow covering her. She gulped as she looked up and saw Professor Trelawney looking down at her.

"What are you three doing?" she asked

Zoey's hands started to shake as she tried to hide the fortune teller.

"Well…?" the magnified eyed teacher asked, looking at the three of them.

"Well, ma'am," Zoey stuttered out, "W-we were just playing with a muggle fortune teller that I charmed"

Echo coughed beside Zoey, "If you charmed it, it wouldn't be muggle anymore"

Zoey jammed her elbow in Echo's ribs to silence her.

"Young lady, there is no such thing as a fortune teller made by muggles," Professor Trelawney said with a smug look on her face.

"That's why it's called muggle. Muggle," Echo emphasized.

"I'm sorry ma'am," Zoey apologized

"No Zoey, you shouldn't say sorry! It's divination, we should be learning about fortune telling no matter what way," Bridgit said smirking and grabbing Trelawney's attention.

"Excuse me, but unless she can prove that it tells the future then it's not considered a fortune telling device," the teacher said smirking.

"Show her Zoey!" Bridgit said already annoyed with Trelawney.

"Ah… are you sure?" Zoey asked worriedly as she held her fortune teller in her hands.

"Yeah, give it to her," Bridgit said

Before Zoey could say anymore, Trelawney snatched to fortune teller out of her hands and placed them on her own. "Now, tell me how to work this device before you can prove anything," she said

Zoey began to explain the rules before Trelawney held the fortune teller firmly and shoved it in Zoey face. Some of the students laughed at the sight.

"Pick a house," Trelawney said

"H-hufflepuff," Zoey stuttered out. Trelawney moved the fortune teller at lightning speed before shoving it back to Zoey's face showing the numbers once, two, six and five.

"Five," Zoey said. Bridgit laughed at Zoey predicament.

Trelawney, not hearing Bridgit or any of the other students, once again moved the fortune teller in such a pace that it looked like it would rip. It was once again shoved into Zoey's face. "Seven," she whimpered.

Trelawney opened the flaw and the yellow light came back out. Zoey, Echo and Bridgit gulped at the fortune.

You are in deep hippogriff dung.