A Hogwart's Story: The Power Of Three

Chapter 6 - Visions And Decisions

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(SERA'S POV)

Sera walked up the spiraling stair case of the Divinations Tower quietly, gripping her satchel she thought,

"I am sorry guys . . ."

She then came upon one of the huge windows on the side of the tower, looking down she saw the Forbidden Forest, Sera's thoughts began to float from her friend's confused look back at the garden to the warm smile of the mysterious man she met last night. Her qualms and uneasiness faded and in place of it was calm and peacefulness, Sera soflty smiled,

"I wish it was already the end of the day. . ."

Sera then sighed as she gave the Forbidden Forest one last look and resumed walking up the steps without a second thought. She reached the bead curtain entrance of the Divination Dome, she reached through the lines and slightly parted the curtain, the classroom was in huge, it was light and airy, all around the room was filled with peculiar instruments, most of them were different sizes of magnifying glasses and on one side was a 4 level platforms, on it were round tables with its own respective chair, each decorated with different colored clothes, most of which was velvet, and on top of each table was a glass orb sitting on a small piece of metal, Sera look around and found some students already sitting around the first two levels, Sera silently walked up and sat at a corner table on the third level, as she placed her satchel under the table her gaze fel on the glass orb sitting on top of her table and thought,

"Are we going to learn how to use this?"

Sera looked closer and realized that the glass wasn't clear at all, it suddenly turned murky inside as if a dark storm was brewing, as if in a trance Sera slowly drew closer, the mist was clearing away when suddenly a loud clap brought Sera back to reality, Sera turned to see a frail looking woman standing in front of them, her frizzy hair encompassed her whole figure, wearing large glasses her eyes seemed to have been magnified a hundred times its orginal size. The young woman smiled and said,

"Welcome, welcome my young students, welcome to Divinations, I am your professor, Miss Sybill Trelawney. We will be dealing with all sorts of spells, instruments and books that will help you progress and open your minds to the heart of Divinations, for it is a useful art to master and have knowledge of."

As she said this walked over towards a table where two huffle puffs where sitting, she soflty put a finger on the a glass orb and smiled,

"Today we will learn the art of Orb Reading, it is one of the simpler tools of Divinations and yet it is complicated to hone in your powers of foresight. You see, in order to see a vision from any form of instrument of Divinations you must first clear your mind, totally wipe your brain free of anything, a clean slate, and then you must focus every fiber of energy in your body to summon a vision may it be from the distant past, or the undefined future, or may better yet be the present. Now, i ask you to face your orbs-"

Sera and the others did so,

"Yes, that's it, now clear your mind from everything, totally block every sound, every memory, and every one around you. And now focus your energy into the orb then look deeply into the heart of the orb."

Sera closed her eyes and pushed away all of her swirling thoughts and calmed herself, once doing so, she opened them and looked directly in the orb, Sera once again saw the murky storm in the orb, she looked deeply still as everything around her vanished and all that is left is the orb that is infront of her. She waited as the storm slowly cleared away...

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Draco and the twins lead the way as Nicole and Jeanne kept thier hands clasped together, feeling an uneasy feeling shroud them Nicole whispered to Jeanne ever so quietly,