The Empress of Magic

Chapter 114 : The New Normal

To no one's surprise Celestia and Hunter had returned to Ravenclaw Tower carrying four permission slips, one for each Quidditch Team, signed by Professor Umbridge herself in a rather shaky handwriting none truly cared to make remarks about.

,, Oh you beautiful minx of a witch!" exclaimed Angelina upon being handed the piece of parchment, bringing the taller girl into a side-way hug and pressing a loud kiss on her cheek in gratitude. ,, I would bloody well kiss you on the lips, if I could!"

Regulus' eyebrow twitched in annoyance, the Slytherin Captain quick to tug his witch towards himself while shooting the Gryffindor a glare. ,, And that's quite enough, Johnson."

,, Yeah, yeah, we know, the only one allowed to actually snog her is you, Black, but a woman can dream!" replied the older witch, grinning in triumph while holding the parchment up above her head in victory.

Rolling his eyes the Black Heir used the hem of the sleeve of his jumper to brush away any traces of that kiss lingering on his girlfriend's cheek, which she let him do without much fuss.

,, I'm glad we could be of help..." said Celestia, her shoulders tensing briefly and her gaze becoming unfocused as a familiar haze filled her mind.

Noticing her entering a vision Hunter clapped his hands, catching the attention of everyone else in the room. ,, Yes quite so! But! I do believe that's enough excitement for today! We've probably terrorized our lovely fellow students of this wonderful tower for much too long, so how about we move our little celebration towards the kitchens? The House-elves have a stash of killer Firewhiskey and Dementors' Bourbon that they keep hidden from the Professors."

Hollers and yells followed the Ravenclaw as he made his way out of the common room, silently motioning for Regulus to focus on Celestia.

,, Is she having a vision?" asked Draco, helping Regulus in carefully guiding her down onto a chair, the twins and Aiden watching from the sidelines.

Regulus nodded, not bothering to wordly reply as he sat down next to her and gently adjusted her so that her head was resting against his left shoulder.

,, ...... Son of balance, who has been born from hatred... Will find himself questioning the path he has created....." whispered the half-Veela, fuzzy images filling the forefront of her mind.

,, A sacrifice for power must be paid... and so the love of another and his eye he shall trade." Screams of agony and pain.... a hand desperately clutching onto the left side of a face, blood pouring from an empty eye socket.

A pair of golden eyes stared back into her own, filled with resignation, as several hands began clawing and digging at her skin, trying to drag her down with them into the waters below.

Shaking her head to snap herself out of the vision Celestia lifted her hand to the bridge of her nose, massaging it to relieve herself of some of the pain.

,, You know.... ever since we've found out that Apollo is the one responsible for handing out the blessing of foresight I really wanted to meet him to bloody kick him in the shins for all the pain these damned visions have caused me over the years." she said, making the other four let out light laughs and chuckles.

,, You sure you don't want to actually Crucio the guy instead?" asked Fred, gently grasping her by the chin to inspect her face for any sign of exhaustion or blood.

She let out an unlady-like snort, shrugging as she let him and George look her over to make sure she wasn't about to collapse on them. ,, Sure. Just be sure to write on my gravestone that it was your idea so I won't have to wait alone in the afterlife for too long."