My Lifeline- Dramione

Hermione VS Prof. Trelawney

Chapter 8 :

Harry takes out his wand and touches the parchment lightly saying,"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

They could see various footsteps walking inside the castle.

The first name that caught Hermione's sight  was none other than Malfoy, but then suddenly it disappeared out of no where!

How could that possibly be...?

Is she day dreaming or did she actually see Malfoy's name on the map ???

She cleared her thoughts, as Ron shoved his hands in his pockets and looked straight at her "So Hermione, there's Prof. Trelawney inside divination classroom... Well, we will wait outside for you."

"Yeah, we know you can do it Mione," Harry handed her the micro phone.

"Goodluck..." they whispered... only to fall at deaf ears.

Hermione took a deep breath and entered the classroom shutting the door behind.
As soon as she entered the classroom which was right after her Third Year, there was no change she could see... 

Nearly twenty small round tables were crammed inside, all surrounded by chintz armchair & fat little pouffer. Everything was lit with dim crimson light, the curtains at the windows were all closed & the many lamps were draped with dark red scarves.The shelves running around the circular walls were crammed with dusty looking feathers, stubs of candles, many packs of tattered playing cards, countless silvery crystalline balls & a huge array of teacups...

One thing that caught Hermione's dark caramel eyes was a bright blue light glowing from one of the crystalline ball placed at the centre of the room... 

She took a step closer towards the glowing light, until somebody placed a hand on her shoulder and nearly screamed in her ears. "The Lost princess is back , she will conquer the good over evil and eliminate all the dark magic." Prof Trelawney said in her soft misty voice, sending shivers through Hermione's body as her hand too shook violently on her shoulder.

And soon after that, Prof Trelawney's coughed and got out of her trance, she blinked her eyes thrice, to see the person standing infront of her. A smile tugged her lips as she watched her gawking at her.

Hermione stood there dumbfounded........
What did just happen ?

"Ahh, I see you have finally realized that books can never take you anywhere near to achieve success in Divination, its an art that very few possess... " Prof Trelawney said looking widely at Hermione.

Gosh, her eyes look so scary, Hermione thought to herself.

"Professor, I have realized that divination is absolutely a mesmerising subject which is not everyone's cup of tea, off late I'm getting attracted to divination... 
I wish you could help me conquer excellence in this subject." she said without even realizing - what she is getting herself into!

Trelawney's laugh echoed through the entire room, Hermione looked at her in bewilderment. "My dear girl, you made me so happy. Just wait I'll go and get something for you..." with that she trailed off to her cabin.

This was the only chance to put the micro phone and she wasn't going to miss this, especially after her major sacrifice. She quickly picked up the micro phone from her bag and placed it in Trelawney's bag.

About time, as Professor Trelawney then came back with a new a new silvery crystalline ball and handed it to Hermione. "This shall be your crystalline ball for the rest of the year, dear... "

Hermione felt like stabbing herself, seriously now she is stuck up with divination for the rest of the year....

She thanked professor and left the classroom, only to find Harry and Ron's curious faces..

"My work is done, thanks to you people I'm stuck with divination for the rest of the year..." Hermione groaned.

Harry and Ron smirked in unison.

They leave for the great hall... 

Only to find a red-head and a red-faced Ginny Weasely.

Oh boy !!! They are in big trouble!!!