53 Predictions, Predictions
The next morning Y/N and Hermione headed down to breakfast following Y/N's workout and it wasn't long before they were joined by Lavender, Harry and Ron. Y/N and Ron glared at each other but both sat in an awkward silence.
The silence was soon broken by Seamus running into the great hall brandishing a paper and screaming at the top of his lungs:
"He's been sighted! He's been sighted!"
"Selwyn or Black?" Y/N asked, Hermione shooting her boyfriend a worried glance.
"Black" Seamus replied.
"Where?" Ron asked nervously as Seamus slammed the paper down. All the Gryffindors squeezed down to get a closer look at the paper. All that is except for Y/N, who was unmoved as he continued to eat his breakfast.
"Dufftown. That's not far from here" Hermione said in a worried tone as she shot back and cuddled into Y/N's side.
"You don't think he'd get in the castle do you?" Neville asked nervously.
"With Dementors at every entrance?" Lavender shot back.
"Dementors? He's already slipped passed them once hasn't he. Who's to say he won't do it again?" Seamus answered.
"That's right, Black could be anywhere. It's like trying to catch smoke. It's like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands" Dean Thomas stated fearfully.
"It's ok Harry. He won't get you" Lavender smiled, looking at the worried expression on Harry's face.
"Just stay close to me Harry. You'll be fine" Y/N said with no noticeable emotion in his voice. He hadn't even looked up, still cutting up and eating his eggs.
"Babe you promised" Hermione said pleadingly as she wrapped her arm tightly around Y/N's waist.
Y/N sighed and closed his eyes. He soon reopened them and looked towards the Great Hall's Magical ceiling:
"I promised you and Penny I wouldn't go looking for Black, babe. But I told you what would happen if he comes for me."
Y/N went quiet and continued to eat his breakfast, as the other Gryffindors looked at each other with concern.
—~—
Y/N and Hermione went to Arithmancy, Y/N being particularly quiet. They turned and arrived back at the start of Divination. Yuffie was hysterical and being comforted by Parvati and Professor Trelawney.
"You-you-you were right Professor. It's the 12th and you said what I dread most would happen on the 12th" Yuffie sobbed.
"It was fated from the beyond" Trelawney replied in her exaggerated voice.
"What did you dread most Yuffie?" Lavender asked.
"My pet rabbit Flopsy died yesterday" Yuffie wailed even louder.
"Oh I'm sorry Yuffie, was Flopsy a particularly old rabbit?" Hermione asked, as gently as she could.
"No she was a baby" Yuffie wailed again.
"You dreaded a baby rabbit would die?" Hermione asked puzzled.
Yuffie wailed even louder. Ron glared at Hermione.
"You'll have to excuse her Yuffie. She doesn't care about other people's pets."
Ron spat the words with venom towards Hermione. Suddenly a cold breeze wafted across the classroom and the light in the room dimmed. The atmospheric change seemed almost Dementor affected. The students and teacher looked up and around themselves fearfully before an angered voice spoke:
"Hey Ron, you remember what I did to those arseholes in Azkaban?"
Y/N asked, eerily calm.
"Y-Yeah" Ron answered, realising quickly what a situation he had put himself in.
Y/N's eyes narrowed. An evil grin crossed his face as he glared at his godbrother. He replied coldly:
"Keep pushing, arsehole."
Ron gulped as a collective cold shiver ran up the spines of most people in the room.
"Oh oh I'm getting another message, from the beyond..." Trelawney suddenly yelled out. Hermione huffed and Y/N chuckled.
"On the first of February two of our number will leave forever!" Trelawney squawked.
"Ooo I wonder who? I'm guessing our numbers are up Harry" Y/N arrogantly mocked his professor, garnering filthy looks from Trelawney, Yuffie and Parvati.
Despite intellectually dismissing Trelawney as a fraud, Hermione still couldn't help but be concerned.
—~—
The rest of the day went surprisingly quietly. After dinner Y/N went alone again to Charlie and talked about his depression for the first time, keeping his promise to Hermione. Charlie explained about depression and post traumatic stress disorder. As he left she hugged him and told him how brave he was.
As he returned to the common room Hermione squealed in delight and grabbed his hand, dragging him over to the notice board.
"Look babe, look. The first Hogsmeade visit is October 31st. We can go on another date!" She squealed gleefully.
Y/N smiled, his face lighting up at his girlfriend's excitement as he chuckled:
"Hopefully I won't have to threaten anyone this time."
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