A Black and a Weasley

Chapter 26

"Welcome, my children. In this room, you shall explore the mysterious art of Divination. In this room, you shall discover if you possess the Sight. Hello. I am Professor Trelawney. Together, we shall cast ourselves into the future. But know this. One either has the Gift or not. It cannot be divined from the pages of a book. Books only cloud one's Inner Eye." Trelawney says to the class

"What rubbish"Milne says and we face her

"Where'd you come from?"Ron asks her and I know that she used the time turner

"Me? I've been here all along"Mione tells him

"Honestly Ron don't you know if your friend was or wasn't with you" I ask him

"You, boy! Is your grandmother well?"Trelawney asks Neville

" I... I think so." Neville stutters

"I wouldn't be so sure of that.The first term will be devoted to the reading of tea leaves. If all goes well, we will proceed to palmistry, fire omens, and finally... the crystal ball.By the way, dear, beware a red- haired man" Trelawney says to Pavati "Unfortunately, classes will be disrupted in February by a nasty bout of flu. I myself will lose my voice. And in late spring, one of our number will... leave us forever. Broaden your minds, my dears. And allow your eyes to see... beyond" Trelawney says as she  takes Lavender Brown's cup, peers inside." A five-leaf clover... You can expect to wake with a horrible rash tomorrow morning, dear." She tells her "Mr. Longbottom, after you've broken your first cup" she continues as Neville fumbles the cup in his hands and the brittle crash of China  is heard.

"What do you see in Mr. Potter's cup, Mr Weasley?"Trelawney asks him

"Well. He's got a wonky sort of cross that's trials and suffering. But this lot here could be the sun that's great happiness. So he's going to suffer but be very happy about it" Ron says as Professor Trelawney takes the cup, peers inside, and gasps

"My dear boy... You have the Grim" she tells Harry

"The Grin? What's the Grin" Seamus asks

"The Grim. Not the grin, you idiot"Pavati tells Seamus

"But what does it mean, Professor" Dean asks

"The Grim .Taking the form of a giant spectral dog, it is among the darkest omens in our world. It is an omen... of death."Lavendar reads out

"Death omens. Honestly. If you ask me, Divination's a very wooly discipline. Now Ancient Runes. That's a fascinating subject" Mione says as we walk down to Hagrids hut

"Ancient Runes? Exactly how many classes are you taking this term?"Ron asks her

"A fair few" Mione tells him

"Hang on. Ancient Runes is the same time as Divination. You'd have to be in two classes at once" Ron says to her

"Don't be silly. How could anyone be in two classes at once?"I ask him

"Broaden your minds to see the future" Mione says mimicking Trelawney

"C'mon now, get a move on! Got a real treat for yeh. Great lesson comin' up. Follow me" Hagrid says as he  leads us through the woods "Gather 'round. Find yerself a spot. That's it. Now, firs' thing yeh'll want ter do is open yer books" Harris tells us

"And exactly how do we do that?"Draco asks Hagrid

"Crikey. Didn' yeh know? All yeh've got ter do is stroke 'em" Hagrid  tells Draco  and I stroke my book and open it up

"God, this place is going to the dogs. Wait until my father hears Dumbledore's got this oaf teaching classes" Draco says loudly

"Listen, you stupid prat" Harry says to him and Draco steps back and points behind Harry

"Potter, there's a Dementor behind you." Draco says and we turn but there is nothing there and we look back at him and Draco and the rest of the Slytherins make stupid noises

"Beautiful isn't he?"Hagrid asks as an animal with hind legs, a tail of a horse but the legs, wings and head of a giant eagle stands beside Hagrid

"Hagrid. Exactly what is that?"Ron asks

"A Hippogriff, o' course. Now, firs' thing yeh gotta know is they're proud. Easily offended, Hippogriffs are. Don't never insult one, 'cause it migh' be the las' thing yeh do. Right then -- who wants ter come an' say hello?" Harris asks "Well done Lola, Harry" Harris sash and I see the class has all stepped back apart from us two so we  reluctantly approach it"That's  it. Easy now... stop! This here's Buckbeak, Lola,Harry. Yeh want ter let 'im make the firs' move. It's polite, see? Jus' take step forward, give 'im a bow, and if Buckbeak bows back, yeh're allowed ter touch him. Ready?" Hagrid asks us we bow a bit and Buckbeak bows back

"Well done, Lola! Harry! Go on. Give 'im a pat" Hagrid tells us and we both reache out and lay a hand on Buckbeak's fierce beak. "Look at that! I reckon he migh' let yeh ride 'im!"Hagrid says and my smile drops

"Excuse me?" I ask Hagrid 

"We'll jus' set yeh behind the wing joint. Mind yeh don' pull any feathers out. He won' like that."Hagrid says as he lifts us up and puts in on Buckbeak

Buckbeak gallops forward and it's wings unfold, huge and powerful, and  we  soar into the air. I hold onto Harry so I don't fall as we go even higher. Harry lets go of Buckbeaks  neck as we Circle over the Whomping Willow, past Hogwarts castle, and then swooping , with heart-stopping speed, over the Black Lake, Buckbeak's talons tickling the smooth glass of the water, summoning the giant squid  to the surface briefly.

"Good work, Harry! Lola!"Hagrid says as we get of Buckbeak"How'm I doin' me firs' day?"Hagrid asks us

"Brilliant... Professor."I tell him

"Give me a go at that thing. If Potter and Black  can do it, it must be easy. You're not dangerous at all, are you, you great ugly brute"Draco says walking over to Buckbeak

"Malfoy! No!"Harris says but In a flash, Buckbeak is on his back feet and attacks Draco

"It's killed me! It's killed me!"Draco says as he lay on the floor clutching his arm

"Calm yerself! Yer fine... jus' a scratch" Hagrid says trying to reassure him

"Hagrid. He's got to be taken to a hospital. I'll go with you, if you like" I say volunteering

"No. I'm the teacher. You all... you all just... Class dismissed!"Hagrid tells us