It's All Relative

Chapter 4

Rachel kept looking at Ginny, even when she felt every head in the room look in her direction.

"That's not possible," she heard Mr. Weasley say, "she couldn't possibly know-"

"She does," Ginny cut her father off, still looking at Rachel. "You did draw this, right?"

Rachel didn't know what to say. Did her relatives know Cedric and Harry? Why else would they be reacting like this?

"Rachel..." Ron said slowly, "Did you?"

Rachel bit her lip. She prayed one of her parents would walk in right now, or anything would happen to take the Weasley's attention off of her. She knew she couldn't lie, but she also knew that if she told them she had drawn the picture, questions about how would follow. She absolutely couldn't tell them about being the Oracle and was desperately trying to think of a false explanation.

"Rachel!" Ginny interrupted her thoughts.

Rachel closed her eyes and sighed, "Yes. I drew it."

Mrs. Weasley gasped once again, "What... how did you....?"

Rachel didn't answer at first and found herself longing for one of the drachmas Percy had given her. She wasn't sure that even he would know what to do, but she couldn't have them finding out about that world.

Rachel was sure they wouldn't even believe her, but she didn't want them thinking she was crazy. Even more, she couldn't have them telling her parents anything.

She was brought back to reality by Bill's voice, "Rachel, how did you draw that?"

Rachel saw no other way out, "I saw it in a dream. Do you know them?"

Her question was ignored as they all eyed her with shock and curiosity.

"A dream?" Mr. Weasley repeated.

"How long have you had dreams like that?" Charlie asked.

Rachel eyebrows rose as she detected not disbelief, but concern in their voices.

"Um... well..." she stuttered, and decided not to lie, "since the beginning of the summer."

They all seemed to ponder this.

"Have you always seen these people in them?" Mr. Weasley asked Rachel, referring to Harry and Cedric.

Rachel shook her head and asked again, "Do you know them?"

She was yet again ignored.

"Do you know why you see these things?" Mr. Weasley inquired.

Rachel wondered how she would answer this," I.... well... I sometimes see... glimpses of the future..." She trailed off slowly, waiting for the inevitable claim that she was crazy.

"You can see the future?"

"You're a Seer?"

Rachel stared at her relatives in wonder.

"You believe me?"

"Wait, something doesn't make sense," Ginny interrupted, "This already happened."

She was talking about the graveyard drawing. So they did know Cedric and Harry. But that meant....

"How did you see it then," Bill asked.

Rachel panicked, "Uh...well, I've never been able to explain it. So I guess I can see past events too."

That was a lie. During the war, in order to understand the prophecy, she had gotten visions of Luke in the past, before he even knew he was a demigod.