I'm not a coward, just shy (Hogwarts fanfic)

ch 6- looking forward

I didn't sleep much that night, three head K9s chasing me though hallways. I had dark circles under my eyes which was made you worst my naturally pale skin. Part of me wanted to believe that every was a bad dream or maybe it was three dogs and not three heads on one body. We were all sat at breakfast, not daring to say a word, the hall was just filling up since it was Saturday and many had slept in.

"Why would they keep a three headed dog on the third floor, unless it was guarding something" Harry broke the silent. Harry had already told us about how Hagrid had taken something off of a Gringotts when he went there.

"It's a possibly but your grasping at straws" Hermione said her nose buried in her Potions book. Just then the owl post started to showering everyone in droplets of water since it was rather miserable outside. I noticed a speck of white among the brown and grey and Harry's grand snowy owl landed perfectly behind the toast and pumpkin juice. She stuck out her leg and harry untied the letter attracted. He read as she choked down a few strips of his bacon.

"That's it!" He exclaimed making me jump. "Hagrid will Thinks dangerous animal are as harmless as fluffy rabbits, and he asked if we like to come down and see him". I was about to nod when a grand eagle owl swooped down and dropped a letter in my lap. I picked it up and peered are it. It simply had Taylor Fleet, scrolled across the front. I carefully opened it. inside it read.

Dear Taylor

I would love for you to join me in my office at 12:30 for there is something I would wish to talk to you about. The entrance to my office is at the statue of Gargoyle on the second floor.

Ps. Do you like Acid pops

Professor Albus Dumbledore

I was confused by the letter, I looked at my watch and it said that it was 12:15 now.

"Sorry, I can't join you Professor Dumbledore wants to speck to me" I said getting up from the table. Without answering any of their questions, not because I didn't want to but because I could answer them myself.

It didn't take me long to find the Gargoyle but I was stump of what to do next. Feeling crazy I had a gut feeling of what I had to do.

"Acid Pops?" I half said half questioned the gargoyle. It leaped aside, relieving a spiral staircase, which moved up wards. With caution, I stepped onto the spiral staircase, almost losing my balance. At the top was a oak door with a bronze knocker in the shape of a Griffin. I timidly banged the knocker once, twice, three times.

"Come in" A warm voice called though the door. I opened the door into Dumbledore's office.

The office was a sight to see. portraits of past headmasters lined the walls, a Bird with Red and gold feather stood on a gold post and the thing that caught my eyes were the beautiful instruments displayed on spindle legged tables. Dumbledore's presents seemed to full the room, like if he entered a room he could any focus. He looked at me though his half moon glasses.

"You called for me sir" I asked.

"Yes I did my boy, please take a seat" He gestured to a chair opposite him. I did so. "Now why I called for you is that I have been watching you" He fixed me with his pale blue eyes. "I did this because I had a substation that you have inherited a power that is very rare. Now Taylor please tell me, Last night when you, Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger were up last night, Know did you know Flinch was coming" I swallowed.

"I-I-I don't know sir, a Gut Feeling" I shrugged deciding on Honestly. If he knew that we were out last night, he probably knows about everything that goes on here.

"Are your gut feeling normally right?" He asked. I nodded.

"Do you know what the subject Divination is?" He asked never losing eye contract with me. I shook my head.

"Divination is the subject of seeing into the future however it is a subject not many can go far in because the inner eye, as some called, is a tricky matter. Cassandra Trelawney was Famous for her perditions. Another less famous but very talented seer was your great Grandmother, Rudy Fleet" I was reasonability shocked by this news. I knew very little about my mother and Father never mind their sides of the family.

"My Great Grandmother was a seer?" I said more telling myself than Dumbledore.

"Yes, and I have reason to believe you are a seer to, tell me, have you ever forgot to study for a test yet had one of your gut feeling about the answers, Or have you ever had a gut feeling that someone was going to do something and it happen" He asked. I shook my head then stopped, thought about it and nodded.

"It was when I was just turning ten, Miss Young, took me and my friend, Jezebel, to a shopping centre to celebrate. She was a year or two younger than me. It was my birthday. She went to the bathroom and out of nowhere, I got an weird feeling something was wrong. She had only been gone for 2 minutes but I went to check on her. When I was walking to the bathroom, a very sick looking women and man walked out of the bathroom corridor, and Jezebel was being carried on the man's back, she wasn't moving. When I saw what was happening, I didn't know what to do, so I screamed bloody murder. In the couples shock and surprise they dropped her and booked it. They caught the two. It turns out that they wanted a child very badly but they couldn't have one, so they decide to kidnap one. They lurked in the bathroom and when Jezebel was about to go into a stall, she was jumped. I had never even seen the couple; I had no way to explain it the police. Jezebel went to the hospital and she recovered and was sent to a different orphanage and I never saw her again " I finished. Dumbledore nodded.

He took out his wand and waved it. three cups appeared out of thin air with three small marbles close by. All the cups were sliver and plain, two of the marbles were clear expect one with had a reddish colour to it.

"This a simple excise which will help find out if you are a seer or not." He said placing the cup each cup on top of a marble. Dumbledore waved his wand once more and the cups moved at such speed, they were a silver blur, until they stopped.

"Pick the red marble out please" he eyed me carefully. Me having no clue which was which, I went for the one on the right but then thought against it, I went for the one in the middle. I slowly lifted up the cup and to my surprise the red marble rolled out.

We didn't this until 3 pm and to my surprise and conceded I never picked a clear marble.

"I believe that is enough proof unless you took any lucky potion" Dumbledore smiled. "Now Taylor I wish you to keep this new to yourself, You may tell those closest to you but bewared" he said become very serious, "There are thoughs who would wish to use you, please come and inform me if you have one of gut feeling or a vision, or dream, which will become more common as you power grows stronger" He said. I felt kind scared and excited at the same time.

"You better be going"

"thank you professor" I said before walking back.

I almost ran back to the common room. I was very confused, I had only entered the magic for barley 7 months at the most and I was being told I had some kind of special power. I almost bumped straight in George, as we both turned into the corridor which lead to the Common room.

"Hey spurt, you should run in the corridors, It Percy saw he would flip" He grinned.

"Yeah- Sorry" I gasped "JillyShill". I said the portrait sling open. I needed some time to think.