" You, My dear.... Aren't you already in the different world far away from your true home?"
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3rd Person's POV
The Next Morning, Hermione woke Y/n up. Y/n was thankful but wasn't going to say anything about it. She had 3 nightmares back to back. All about the incident that happened on the train. The coldness, the two women's muffled voices. Y/n had never heard this voices, yet it felt so familiar for her, like she always knew the persons whose these voice belonged to.
Both girls got ready for their upcoming tiring day. They went down the Common Room to find that few students there. To their Shock, Harry and Ron were there too. Hermione and Y/n looked at each other with wide eyes and small smile. They walked towards their friends near the window.
"What are you two doing??? Its very unusual to see you here at this time.. shouldn't you be.. I don't know... sleeping?" Hermione asked playfully
"Oh please, Hermione. Its beginning of our new year at Hogwarts. We wanted to be on time for that" Ron replied with a slight eye roll.
"That or you are completing the Holiday homework we got 2 months ago?" Y/n asked sassily as she saw parchment paper on the table. She recognised few topics she did in the beginning of her summer holidays.
"Okay, Fine!! You caught us!" Ron huffed and continued to do his homework. Hermione and Y/n looked at eachother, thinking about the same thing. Both of them smiled and nodded their heads at each other. Harry saw this and asked
"What is that about?" He asked at the both girls' gesture
"We'll help" Y/n smiled and Ron's eyes lighten up.
"There's still time for breakfast, we can help you a little in the meantime" Hermione said sitting next to Ron and started checking his previous work while Y/n sat next to Harry putting her bag on the ground.
"You two are the best people I know!!!!" Ron said with wide smile. Y/n chuckled at his reaction and pulled out her ink bottle and feather.
"You didn't do the homework either??" Y/n asked Harry in whisper tone.
"No, I'm done with my homework, I'm just helping Ron" Harry replied and Y/n smiled proudly and Begun to write.
Since, four of them, which included the two top students of the year were doing the work. It completed in half an hour with few minutes to spare for breakfast. Ron was amazed that how fast his work was done.
"You two really are brilliant. I still can't believe my homework is completed and I still have time to eat" Ron said checking his completed work over and over again.
"That's because, you and Harry did most of the work. We just helped you few spare time" Y/n said packing her bag and putting it on her shoulder.
"Yeah, thanks mate" Ron said to Harry, who smiled back at him.
"Let's go to Great Hall, I'm starting to starve" Hermione said as she got up. The four of them walked out of the Gryffindor Common Room. What they didn't noticed was, many people were glancing at them, looking at a particular person.
When they were walking towards Great Hall, Y/n felt as if everyone was staring at her. She felt confused because this only happened in her first year when she was publicly introduced as The Female Kim.
"Why do I feel like everyone's watching me?" Y/n whispered to her friends
"That's because they are looking at You" Hermione whispered, who was walking right beside her.
"Why??" Y/n asked them
"No idea" Harry, Hermione and Ron replied in unison.
They managed to get inside The Great Hall. Y/n didn't like that she was getting this attention. Her introvert side starting to kick in. As they walked towards Gryffindor table, many students started calling out for Y/n.
"Good Morning, Y/n!!" A male student's voice came, Y/n didn't knew which houses' table it was from. Just then, as she kept walking inside, the more greetings she got. Y/n was feeling a little nervous on the inside but she covered it with a big smile, greeting back everyone by giving them a nod.
Hermione was smiling, Ron knew what this was about but he wasn't going to tell Y/n yet. He wanted to make fun of her before that. Harry was laughing a little as well, but he couldn't ignore the unpleasant feeling in his stomach. There was something about this, he didn't liked.
The four of them sat on the table. Hermione and Y/n sat next to each other while Ron and Harry sat across them. The empty plates and tray in front of them, got food in it with a snap. Y/n looked around nervously still not understanding why she was getting these attention out of nowhere.
"Ignore it... Don't let it bother you, just be yourself. okay?" Hermione comforted her, Y/n smiled nodding at her and begun to eat the pancakes. After few minutes Jake, Fred and George joined them.
"What did you do now?" Jake asked strictly as he sat next to Y/n with a plate in his hands
"What do you mean?? I didn't do anything!!" Y/n replied
"Then, why are people asking me 'what are the things you like?'???" Jake asked pouring Orange juice in his and Y/n's goblet
"What???" Y/n asked scrunching her nose a little "Why would they do that?"
"I don't know!" Jake replied
"You might be the top students but you two are really bad in some points of socializing." Fred said eating his toast.
"Huh?" Y/n and Jake said together. Both had the same confused face which made them look very similar. Hermione smiled at that.
"Last Night, Because of Y/n's grand entry , she gained a bunch of admirers..." George told them
"You're the talk of The Hogwarts." Fred said
"Every boy is talking about you. It'll probably be for months starting today" George said
"They are even calling you as 'The Beauty of Hogwarts' "Â Fred and George said together
"But why??? She's still so young" Jake said letting his protective brother mode go ON.
"Its not like they want to date her" Fred said and Y/n choked while drinking her juice.
"Yes, all they do is just admire her.. nothing else, so don't worry, mate" George explained and Y/n finally calmed down.
"That still is too much... I don't think I would be able to handle it all" Y/n said wiping her lips.
"Don't listen to them, Y/n" Ron said pointing at his brother "This probably will go on for few weeks.. you can handle that much.. I know you can". Y/n smiled at him. As they were eating their breakfast, Percy came towards them with papers in his hands.
"time tables for third years." Percy said passing the parchment to third years.
"Hey, Percy.. I thought you were 'The Head Boy'???" Y/n asked as he passed it to her. Percy eyed her in mixture of confusion and curiousness. Because of her sentence many people around her started to listen curiously.
"I am The Head Boy... why are you asking about it like that?" Percy asked raising his eyebrow.
"Well, Because If you are 'The Head Boy ', Why are you still doing a Prefect's job??? You used to do it all the time when you were a prefect" Y/n asked innocently. But Sarcasm was dripping from her comment.
Percy's ears turned red in annoyance, All the Gryffindors burst into laughter. Fred and George looked at Y/n with a proud face. Y/n chuckled with everyone. Percy huffed and went to give time tables to the prefects telling them they should do the rest.
When he left, the four of them checked their timetables. Harry's and Ron's every class was together because last year when they had to select new subjects, Harry ended up selecting same subjects as Ron. Hermione had selected all the subjects while Y/n selected everything except Arithmancy. Ron peeked at Hermione's timetable and already found it hard to understand .
"Hermione.. there's something wrong with your timetable" Ron said still looking at her timetable
"What?" Hermione asked
"Look, you have 10 subjects a day.. and that's not all. Look, At 9:00, You have Divination, and then downwards, at 9:00, Muggle Studies and--" Ron peeked closer "AGAIN at 9:00, Ancient Runes.." Ron looked at Hermione. "See? Its wrong, you can't take all classes.. you have be on three classes at once"
"Come on, How can I be on three classes at once?" Hermione asked eating her bacon.
"But--"
"I've cleared it with Professor McGonagall, so you don't have to worry" Hermione snapped and continued to eat her breakfast. Ron still didn't found it convincing. He kept staring at Hermione and then he remembered something. Y/n had taken similar subjects too. He reached for her timetable
"Let me see your timetable, Y/n"
"WHAT? NO--" Y/n said munching her toast but Ron didn't listen to her and grabbed her timetable before she could cover it. He read her timetable with same confusion as before.
"Look! they messed up yours too, just like Hermione.. At 9:00, you have Divination and Muggle Studies AND Ancient Runes. You can't be at three classes at once too" Ron said frowning
"Of course, I can't be in three classes at once" Y/n said taking her timetable back.
"Did you talk with Professor McGonagall too, didn't you?" Ron asked raising his eyebrow
"Yes, I did" Y/n nodded
"But that still doesn't explain--"
"Pass me the butter, please" Y/n cut off Ron. He was about to ask her again-
"The Blueberry Jam too"
Ron huffed and gave it to her knowing she won't answer him. Harry was watching all of this but it too confusing for him to understand. After they were done, they walked out of The Great Hall.
"Our first lesson is Divination" Harry said reading his timetable.
"The classroom is at the top of North Tower" Hermione told them. Y/n signed knowing that there are going to bunch of staircase to climb. Four of them started walking to the North Tower, Its had been about 10 minutes since they started to climb and all their energy dropped halfway.
"There---got---to be---a short cut" Ron said huffing as he walked up the stairs
"I don't think there is" Y/n said being in same condition as Ron.
After few more minutes of climbing the stairs, they finally saw a sign saying 'Sybill Trelawney, Divination Teacher' with a hand whose index finger pointed upwards. Harry, Ron and Y/n followed the finger and saw a trap door attached to the ceiling.
"How are we supposed to get there?" Harry asked and Y/n was about to tell how but before that the trap door opened itself and a silver ladder came from up there and dropped at their feet.
"Like this" Y/n told the boys. Ron and Harry chuckled amusedly and then Ron noticed something odd
"Where's Hermione?" Ron asked looking around
"I don't know.. she must've gone to bathroom" Y/n said and started climbing the stairs with her other two best friends following her. As she climbed up the classroom, she saw that most of her classmates were already there.
"We left before you.. how in the world you all arrived before us??" Y/n asked pointing her index finger at her classmates. Her fellow Gryffindor friends smiled but there was a chuckle heard from the corner. Y/n looked at the person and found out it was none other than Draco Malfoy. Before she could react, Harry came up followed by Ron.
"Where are we going to sit?" Ron asked looking around the classroom.
"Professor said two people should sit at one table" Parvati Patil told them. Three of them looked around the classroom and saw that there was only one table left. Ron and Harry looked at each other. They looked at Y/n with a grin, she had a disappointed face on.
'Hermione!! You had to go this early' Y/n thought
"Fine! But I'm not sitting alone next time!" Y/n huffed with a small pout. She looked around the class again and saw that there was only one seat left. And it was next to Draco.
'Are you kidding me right now?' Y/n thought and walked towards him and sat down since there was no choice. Harry and Ron saw that, they send a unpleasant look at Malfoy who returned the look back. Harry and Ron sat on the table right next to Y/n, so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable. Then a soft and misty voice spoke.
"Welcome, My children...In this room, you shall explore the noble art of Divination. In this room, you shall discover if you possess the Sight." A women with big round glasses, probably more magnified than a normal, knocked over a table as she stepped forward.
"Hello, I am Professor Trelawney. Together we shall cast ourselves into the future!" Professor said excitedly
"Is that even possible for us to do something like that?" Y/n asked out loudly. The lady looked at her sharply.
"You, My dear..... Aren't you already in the different world far away from your true home??"Â Â Professor Trelawney asked. Y/n's jaw dropped at her sentence. Everyone in the classroom stifled the chuckle at the lady's words but Y/n knew exactly what the women was talking about.
'Why do I feel like....she knows????' Y/n thought and sat quietly.
"As I was saying.... This term, we'll focus on Tasseomancy, the art of reading tea leaves.. So pour tea into the cups infront of you. pour of both cups." Trelawney guided
Y/n took the teapot and poured the dark tea into her cup. As she was finished and new cup came into her sight with someone holding on to it. She looked up at the pair of grey eyes that were already looking at her Deep brown ones. Draco had a small smirk as he extended his hand ,moving his cup forward, so Y/n could pour tea in it. She poured the tea into his cup and kept the teapot at its place.
"Now, open the page 5 and 6, you have to match the patterns from it. but first drink the tea from your cup and leave a very little amount of tea in it." Trelawney told them.
Thinking that it was normal tea, together, Y/n and Ron took a big gulp of the tea and almost spat it back because of they taste. Both of them coughed together. Both of them regretting their actions.
"Didn't expect it would taste like that, right?" Ron asked as calmed his throat
"Yeah" Y/n agreed in whisper tone, as Ron was sitting right next to her. He heard her. Harry smiled at this friends and drank the tea, forgetting that it tasted bad. He gagged as the tea went down his stomach.
"Now, please, take the cup of the person sitting opposite you" Professor told them. Y/n saw Draco smile as he took Y/n's cup. Without meeting his eyes Y/n took his cup.
'Calm yourself, Y/n.. don't fall for it' Y/n thought trying to calm herself. She knew her fangirl side was going to come up if Draco will keep reacting like this.
"What do you see?? The truth lies buried like a sentence deep within a book, waiting to be read" Professor Trelawney said as she walked around all the tables in front row. She grabbed Seamus's head and continued "But first, you must broaden your minds. first, you must look--- BEYOND!!" She said the last part, pointing somewhere. All heads followed where she pointed.
"What a load of rubbish" Hermione said scoffing, She was sitting on the table as Harry and Ron.
"W-where did you come from??!!!" Ron asked while flinching in surprise
"Me? I've been here all this time" Hermione said fixing her robes.
"Well, you could've come sooner!!!" Y/n whispered-ly yelled at her best friend. Hermione was confused what Y/n was talking about but when she looked next to her and found Draco, she understood. Hermione mouthed 'sorry' at Y/n.
"Is your grandmother quite well?" Trelawney asked Neville
"I think so" Neville replied awkwardly
"I wouldn't be sure of that, give me the cup" Trelawney asked Dean asking him for Neville's cup. She made a disappointed noise the second she looked and whispered "Pity". Not understanding why, Neville grabbed his cup and kept looking at it for clue.
"Broaden your minds" Trelawney said walking around the tables and when her eyes fell on Ron, she gasped in admiration "oh!" She making Ron flinch again
"Your aura is pulsing, dear. Are you in the beyond??? I think You are!!" Trelawney said excitedly
"S-sure" Ron muttered.
"Look at the cup. Tell me what you see" Trelawney told Ron
"Yeah..." Ron muttered and flipped through pages to get on right page. Y/n saw Hermione snicker while everyone was focused on Ron. "Harry's got sort of a wonky cross, That's trials and suffering.... And that there could be the sun and thats happiness" Ron said reading what he could be right.
"So, You're gonna suffer but you're gonna be happy about it?" Ron said. even he didn't understand what he was saying. Hermione and Harry smiled while Y/n chuckled loudly but covered it with a cough.
"Give me the cup" Trelawney said looking at Harry. But she glimpsed at it she screamed. The happy and light aura of the classroom turned dark and quiet in few seconds. Harry flinched really hard and his breaths became heavy. Hermione looked at Trelawney like the women was faking it.
"Oh, my dear boy...... my dear.. you have t-the grim" Trelawney whispered in scared voice
"The grin? what the grin?" A student asked as Harry grabbed his cup so he could look
"Not the 'Grin' you idiot.. 'The Grim'..." A new voice said from the corner.
" 'Taking form of a giant spectral dog. Its among the darkest omens in our world, Its an omen..... of death" The boy said and everyone glanced at Harry with nervous looks.
Hermione and Y/n were the only ones who were acting normal. Hermione, Because she didn't believe in any of these and Y/n, because she knew nothing much is going to happen. Just then, Y/n realized something. she quickly looked at other corner of the classroom and saw the unfamiliar but familiar face.
'Wait, Its my third year here and.. why is this the first time I'm seeing that guy???' Y/n thought while keeping her eyes at the new boy.
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A/n's note
Hiya, Everyone!!!!!! How are you??!!!
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You see, I made Y/n popular for a reason you'll know soon. But please ignore the fact if you don't like it. But I have to agree, Y/n is a popular-material girl.
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