I foresee... (Eirian)

[sybill]

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Honestly Sybill had too much free time for her own good. Frankly, she was bored and since organizing her classroom was definitely not something that need to be done- on her standards at least- she decided to go take a stroll through the castle. She scuttled from her room door, forgetting to close and lock it, and began moseying along down the corridor.

She would have to go downstairs to reach the Entrance hall. Sybill knew if she wanted to interact with anyone that would be the place to go to. Sure she was an odd woman, but she still enjoyed socialization. Maybe a little too much, mind you...Sybill tended to babble and go on forever about nothing at all, really. Those who knew her well learned to adjust to it, though. Lost in thought, Syb became unaware of an uneven step and took a tiny little spill, not fully hitting the stone floor though. She was able to catch herself with a little grunt on the wall. She blinked a couple of times, still in an awkward position. Her arms were pressed against the wall along with her upper body but her legs were clumsily folded beneath her, giving her trip away. She shook it off and continued walking, not even bothering to give a snickering student the time of day.

After she made it downstairs, Sybill smiled to herself at the business of Hogwarts. It really hadn't changed much since she had been there. A few of the rules, and maybe some re-furnishings but other than that she felt so at home and welcome here despite her trending craziness that left the whole school questioning her sanity.

Speaking of sanity and what a fine line Sybill's really was, she got a horrid sense of doom. Her feet stopped suddenly, making a kid behind her nearly run into her back side. She needed to know where on Earth this feeling of darkness was coming from. She scanned the area with her enlarged, green eyes, finally resting them on a dark haired student. Syb didn't recognize the girl, she probably didn't take Divination. Sybill huffed a little, it was a pity not many kids really and truly enjoyed her subject matter.

After a second of making sure this was the correct girl to speak to about the horrid fate she had felt and foreseen, Sybill made her way to the girl. Once to the student, after bumping a few first years out of her way by accident, she got straight to the point and asked in her ethereal tone of voice,

"Do you feel at all threatened my dear?"

Quite the way to greet someone she'd not ever met. Of course, Sybill had to social graces and therefore didn't take it to be odd or forward to ask such things.

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, border-radius: 1em; -moz-border-radius: 1em; background-image:url(http://i56.tinypic.com/2wom9du.png), width: 400px; height: 400px;] Here by the ancient castle wall Can you see the future locked within the crystal ball Fire and water, earth and sky, mysteries surround us, legends never die. They live for the moment, lost in time, I can hear them call. They're locked within the crystal ball Eirian’s mind was covering two miles a minute, she was really thinking hard, turning a certain problem over and over in her head as outwardly she looked like standing idly in the Great Hall. That shouldn’t be something completely out of the ordinary for her, since her mind was always occupied with assingments, calculations, riddles and other mysteries and problems. This time however, she was concerned with a rather personal problem, and it somehow made all the difference. Maybe that was the reason why she couldn’t seem to find a way out of it, couldn’t seem to think of a solution, no matter how hard she tried. Everything seemed to be ganging up on her recently, and there was absolutely nothing she could do about it, except get more worked up than was healthy and reasonable. Just as she had thought to make some progress in her fight against her phobia, after all those years it had taken her, she had not only been rubbed into it again with her nose in how little she could achieve while still being held back by it on so many things, no, she had also been shown in all brutality just how vulnerable it really made her. Her meltdown only happened in her comfort zone, at Hogwarts before the starting of a class, a completely harmless situation. There was no telling what could happen, if she was faced with it out in the open, maybe in a crucial situation. This incontrollable fear of fire was an unfathomable risk, especially in those times where dark shadows seemed to loom everywhere. And that was why she needed to control it. But ever since she had reached this conclusion, she had racked her brain for a possible how, so far with no solution. There was an answer to every riddle though, that had always been Eirian’s firm belief, and just because she was currently another way didn’t mean it hadn’t been there all the way, ready to be picked up with the right perspective and the right incentive. Well, she couldn’t complain about a lack of incentive, she was just missing the perspective yet. Alright… she would simply do what she always did best: look at the facts. And fact was that she needed some way to get over her fear of fire, and something that worked fast. She didn’t aspire being put into any looney bin for that case or consult a doctor – that would also take too long. But she WOULD need help. Someone she could trust with this, and someone who could help her. She needed to learn how to breathe and exist with fire close by her, and for that some kind of shock therapy seemed the best way. But who on earth would be up for such a crazy thing?! This was when her mind always ran against a figurative brickwall, and slowly Eirian thought she had to live with giving up on this one nut she didn’t seem able to crack. She NEEDED to get rid of her phobia though, or else she would never be able to become a curse breaker, something she had found out to be her possible dream job only recently. Deep in thoughts as she was, Eirian didn’t realize she was being approached, until she was startled by a very ominous voice – a voice she immediately recognized, and so when her head shot up to meet the woman’s eye, her own eyes were already looking wary and extremely cautious. She was faced by none other than Professor Trelawney, the one person despite Peeves maybe Eirian couldn’t stand for her life in Hogwarts, even though she had never been in a single class of hers. That’ll be the day! Rational Eirian and Divination?! There was nothing more illogical in the world than reading tea leaves and looking into shiny glass balls. But there was also some other, a very personal reason for Eirian to shy away from everything connected to that subject. She had to be polite though, she would never speak out of term with a teacher, but the girl’s voice was wary when she answered: “No…?! Of course the recent developments in our world might give us some reason to feel threatened, but apart from that, there is absolutely no logical ground for feeling threatened.” © melly welly from caution 2.0 | LYRICS BY BLACKMORE’S NIGHT OUTFIT: HERE | 721 WORDS | NOTES: Yay for creeping her out ^^

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[sybill]

Sybill didn't recognize the girl she had approached. Not that it mattered, the child was in grave 'danger'-these had come to be Sybill's two favorite words- and needed to be warned as soon as possible. She assumed the girl didn't take her class, which was fine. Disappointing, but fine none the less. She was aware that not a lot of people believed in the ways of the subject she taught and she had a sneaking suspicion that the dark haired student in front of her was one of those people. So was half of the staff and pretty much all who didn't take her class. Sybill couldn't understand why people didn't think that tea leaves and crystal balls were reliable sources for information.

Eirian. Sybill gave herself a subtle nod; that was the girls name, she was sure of it. A distant voice told her so...or it could be just another student greeting the girl in the background. She would just say it was the fates, it probably was in the first place anyway. She blinked a couple of times as the girl spoke. Eirian's tone seemed rather exasperated, annoyed even. But who would possibly be annoyed by Sybill? She was just so loveable and such an asset to Hogwarts, who would possibly not like her?

"Mmmhmm, yes yes, given the current circumstances of this era there would be an ever looming sense of terror wouldn't there be?"

For a moment Syb forgot the reason she had approached the girl in the first place. She had simply agreed with her comment in that ethereal tone she was so well known (or made fun of) for. She shook her head and recalled her reason for being there.

"OH! My dear Eirian, there are many logic-er, well, reasons to be worried. You are in grave danger....The fates have informed me so."

Oops, Eirian wasn't aware Syb knew her name. Oh well, it, again, didn't matter. What specific danger she was in was unknown to Sybill, but she had a strong, mystical feeling and that was good enough for her. She put her full trust in her Divination skills. She had the Inner Eye after all, what more did you need? She adjusted her glasses so they rested higher up on her nose, thus making it easier for her to see. Unbeknownst to Sybill, Eirian and most other people probably found her rather spastic and quixotic. Crazy could be thrown in there too, the list goes on for miles...

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[sybill]

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thunder only happens when it's raining...

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Sybill had absolutely nothing but a deep respect and loyalty to Albus. He was a great wizard, but merely doing as he said and staying alert and sharp wouldn't do anything for this girl. Eirian's danger wasn't exactly comparable to the return of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, but she had a feeling that it would seem as such to Eirian.

Sybill sighed and sadly shook her head at the girl. So dry and drab. Some of these students, she wondered where their sense of imagination was. It had always been something she had been taught as a girl. Her mother was always encouraging her to be creative and let her mind take her places and what not. It seemed to be good advice, it had worked for Sybill her entire life. Sure it lost her a few friends and a tad of her sanity but other than that, it was totally fine.

Suddenly, Syb was feeling rather warm and she had a feeling it was to do with Eirian's doom/prophecy. She cleared her throat and shook both her hands to emphasize her point. Sybill took note of the questioning tone in Eirian's voice when she asked about the fates. She sighed, if only people would actually take her class they'd get it!

"Yes, Eirian. The fates. They are the beings, greater than we ourselves, that communicate with me through my Inner Eye to inform me of things such as these. Although I find people knowing I have this gift disturbs them so I try to act as if I am merely a normal witch."

Once she asked about the specifics, Sybill explained the warmth she was feeling. Most likely, it was coming from the fates themselves. Often they were very unclear with information, so Syb took it upon herself to hypothesize or infer what they meant by certain things.

"Something...heated it in your future, my dear. Warm and...and dry," she paused and then said in a less intense tone, "Similar to you. Warm at the heart but dry in personality."

Sybill didn't realize it was things like that that kept her from having many friends. Anyone would have either not said that out loud, or had apologized immediately afterwards. Problem was, Sybill wasn't anyone. Her social skills lacked miserably, obviously. She didn't see it as any kind of insult, she had simply just tried to compare her sight to something the child could relate to. Sometimes these visions could be difficult for non-seers to understand and grasp.

She let out a visible shudder as she listened to the girl speak. All this logic coming from one student! No sort of color, all black and white. Sybill didn't always find that to be very likeable in people. She had to be around others who had a similar mind. Although no one had a mind exactly like hers, she had a few people who truly enjoyed her presence.

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[sybill]

Obviously Sybill was all for imagination. Sometimes-as her peers often told her- she took her thoughts a little too far on occasion. Apparently she needed to 'tone it down' a bit since it was becoming rather 'embarrassing'. She still had the hardest time believing that she herself could ever be embarrassing. Sybill was nothing but imaginative and a gifted witch! Definitely only something she had heard from her closest friend but Syb believed it with all her heart. Stephanie wouldn't lie to her, not in a million years!

As the girl spoke to Sybill about fates, she honestly zoned out. Who was this kid to tell Sybill Trelawney about the Fates? She knew all there was to know about things like this. She taught Divination for heavens sakes! None the less, she tried to look somewhat as if she were paying attention. Whether it was working or not was unknown to her. Sybill caught pieces and bits of what Eirian was saying though. Again, the thoughts of a poor child who's imagination had been sucked out of them. She sighed and cocked her head to the side a bit when answering,

"Excuses, my dear? Certainly not! The stars were around before any human beings were...thus making them far more knowledgeable than we."

Sounded pretty legitimate to her. Sybill actually found her explanation to be classroom worthy. She'd try to remember that for one of her upcoming classes. Better idea, she'd try to remember to write it down so she didn't forget to use it in class.

Sybill noticed how the girl's eyes widened and her body language turned into pure horror. She wondered if this vision she had informed her of was truly that frightening. Sybill felt a little pity for Eirian; poor child, didn't know how to handle such things. Then she rambled on in a higher pitched tone about how Draco Malfoy had shot fire at her!? Sybill frowned a bit, that boy was the definition of Slytherin. She was often the butt end of his jokes so Sybill easily envisioned him doing such a horrid thing to poor Eirian.

"Mmm that Malfoy boy is going to suffer from large amounts of Karma one day in the near future," she muttered half to herself. He made a mockery of her class, and therefore Sybill disliked him strongly.

What took Syb aback was the fact that Eirian thought this was all a joke thought up by Sybill. She shook her head and widened her eyes,

"Absolutely not! Divination is not something you can simply...wing! Using this kind of...of magic for trickery is something I just do not partake in, Eirian. Oh no no no..."

(bahahaha she called her a Bat xD)

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[sybill]

Sybill couldn't help but gape. Eirian's definition of the stars, Syb's belief system, was complete blasphemy! Sure that was their physical form, but each star has knowledge within it that no living wizard or witch could only dream of having!

"How could they have knowledge? Oh my dear Eirian do consider that the stars are located above us all. They see all that goes on...not only that but have been around for many many eras and have experienced things that we have merely read about in books," Sybill explained to her. it seemed obvious to her, really. Honestly, they have been up in the sky for generations! Their aura had so much history and yet it offered clues into the future based off of what secrets they held.

"The aura the stars hold provide insight into the future my dear girl... then that aura chooses a select few magic users to communicate with, like myself with the Inner Eye, and then they and the Fates rely on us to share these peeks to the future with the less fortunate," she continued. Sybill reached out and attempted to place a hand on the girl's shoulder. This kind of magic is hard for the uncreative mind to grasp!

Then she asked for proof it sounded like. This is when Sybill got stumped normally, but she was actually having a good (or bad depending on who you are) feeling about this particular prophecy. She had envisioned the scene of fire being shot towards Eirian. At first she didn't know whom it was but now she found it to be Malfoy. Naturally, they boy was horrid. She wished sometimes he'd find the Grim in his tea leaves. Then again she shouldn't wish such a thing on anyone.

"What do I think it is dear? Mmm frankly I believe it's the fear of the dry and warm that will be the end of you're comfort. You will be confronted and challenged by it, I can assure you, dear Eirian," Sybill said, nodding and patting her shoulder a few times gently as if to comfort, if she'd let her. There had been many occasions where students just fled from her after she told them a prophecy.

"You see, my dear, fear of what is to come is almost worse than the fate itself...."

That was probably the most difficult thing for Sybill to teach her students. You had to be pretty much fearless, to a degree, to be a master of Divination and the beyond!

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, border-radius: 1em; -moz-border-radius: 1em; background-image:url(http://i56.tinypic.com/2wom9du.png), width: 400px; height: 400px;] Here by the ancient castle wall Can you see the future locked within the crystal ball Fire and water, earth and sky, mysteries surround us, legends never die. They live for the moment, lost in time, I can hear them call. They're locked within the crystal ball What was this crazy woman suggesting now?! That the stars had eyes? Now that was positively creepy, if you thought what all would be happening under their sight. People would feel self-conscious all the time! Should she now start on a biological discussion as well, arguing that what didn’t have a retina and a brain couldn’t see? But that would probably be a waste of breath and time, there seemed no swaying the woman from her firm belief. And in the end, that wasn’t even what Eirian was after, she was no fervent missionary, but she just didn’t want to be bothered with such nonsense either, she would NEVER let herself be convinced of these ludicrous theories. There might be something right about the planets and their gravitational forces having some impact on the earth, but stars were different suns, far far away, too far in Eirian’s opinion, to have any influence on people’s fates. “If you say so”, she replied rather curtly, thinking a further argument about this to be rather moot. “But excuse me for having a differint opinion about these things, you might have noticed I never took one of your classes.” This whole ‘selected few’ shizz probably was only made to justify them in front of their own consciences, and to make others feel bad if they didn’t agree with them, since it sounded like something was lacking in their lives – which was so not true the way Eirian saw it! Rather something from THEIR life must be missing, if they tried to recompense with such theories of being ‘special’ while in fact they were just being weird. It might be this woman had even made some correct prophecies in her life, after all, she must have had something to SHOW to get the job, but this encounter right now was just beyond silly. And it got even more so, as Professor Trelawney now reached out as if to pat Eirian’s shoulder for comfort. Normally she liked that sort of physical contact, but NOT under these circumstances and NOT by this woman! It was hard not to slap her hand away quite rudely, but to instead just take a passive step back, even keeping the glare on her face in check. Anger, or any emotion at all would not get he anywhere, that was for sure. Subjects like Divination preyed on your emotions, so it was best to stay completely rational throughout it all. “Maybe the less fortunate are quite happy to stay ignorant of their future. Because every little tidbit we know about a possible future, changes the way we deal with the present and could therefore CHANGE that future again. There’s a reason why people should not mess with time.” She was hardly intrigued anymore about what she possibly would hear about her future now, and her low expectations were exactly met. The fear of the warm and dry?! Hello Captain Obvious! This was really getting beyond a joke! “You are telling me about the present, not the future, Professor”, she countered with barely contained annoyance. “Everyone knows that right now the fear of it is keeping me in check, and if that’s not gonna change in the future, than that’s not a very hazardous prophecy to make.” Yes, she was definitely trying to not listen to a thing this woman said, was it overly showing?! “And I know this about fear, but I refuse to let it dominate me any longer”, she declared. “If the fear of a thing is the worst of it all, then actually facing the thing you fear can’t be as bad as that.” © melly welly from caution 2.0 | LYRICS BY BLACKMORE’S NIGHT OUTFIT: HERE | 605 WORDS | NOTES: hope this is okay ^^

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[sybill]

Sybill noticed the look on Eirian's face. By now, the expression of utter shock at how eccentric she was simply had no effect on the Divination teacher, she had seen it too many times to be bothered. Anymore, at least. There was a time, a long time ago, where she was deeply hurt by it. Her own peers telling her she was no good a Seer or that she was a fraud. Her mind and heart had taken such a beating from the cold words of others that she simply taught herself to become numb to any negativity directed at her. Sybill, also, was just too wrapped up in her world of tea leaves, start, crystal balls and lack of hairspray to even give a whiff anymore. It was pettiness, really.

Except last semester when Dolores Umbridge brought back that same hurtfulness she had felt at one point. Poor Sybill had only been teaching her class when she had been interrupted to be sacked and thrown off Hogwarts grounds. She hated that woman, and hate was something Syb did well to not feel or have anything to do with. She wanted no kind of bad Karma to deal with. Albus had been kind enough to allow her to stay, and then return her job to her once the giggling, pink troll was gone. Her jade eyes faltered for a moment, but then she looked back to Eirian, removing her hand which was now simply stuck in mid air since the girl had moved.

"No need to apologize my dear, not everyone has a mind for the beyond," Sybill said. This was her being considerate and kind. Odd as it may be, but she was wearing a gentle smile on her face so hopefully the girl understood her intentions.

"It is often I hear such things," Sybill said, nodding once she mentioned staying ignorant to the future. "But one can be forewarned about mishaps that do occur and can avoid them, yes? And it's not messing with time dear girl, it's simply reading what is to come! I agree, toying with time is no folly, I always avoid using time turners and such things...'

Eirian didn't seem too worried about Sybill's warning. She sighed and gave a small shrug, her beads jangling as she did so.

"I wish you'd heed my warning. Just take great caution when walking under a torch lighting your path," she said, waving her arms to indicate such a thing, her dripping sleeves going every which way. "Or using your wand to illuminate something....that something may catch fire..."

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, border-radius: 1em; -moz-border-radius: 1em; background-image:url(http://i56.tinypic.com/2wom9du.png), width: 400px; height: 400px;] Here by the ancient castle wall Can you see the future locked within the crystal ball Fire and water, earth and sky, mysteries surround us, legends never die. They live for the moment, lost in time, I can hear them call. They're locked within the crystal ball Eirian hated to be disrespectful towards an adult, and even more so if the adult was a professor, it went against everything she stood for, and almost made her cringe inwardly. But there was just nothing demanind respect in Sybill Trelawney, she just seemed like a thoroughly crazy and ludicrous woman who held on to beliefs that Eirian couldn’t call anything but ancient. Maybe in the time of Hogwart’s founding, when they had established the curriculum, Divination might have had a wider acceptance amongst the wizarding community, but they clearly had grown out of that, hadn’t they?! Nowadays, even wizards who dealt with the inexplainable on a daily basis had to admit that the earth was no longer though flat and not the centre of the universe. And the belief that stars had eyes and could look down on what you did, seeing the world and seeing into the future ranked roughly about the same area for Eirian. It just was out-dated to think that way, and it would take a lot more convincing person than Professor Trelawney to make her see the relevant sides of it. And now this impossible women even took her apology as true regret?! Oh dear, now how to get out of this misconception?! Or should she be nice and just leave the woman thinking Eirian was sorry she didn’t have what it took to be a Seer? But one of Eirian’s prominent character traits sadly also was that she didn’t know when to back down when she felt herself being in the right. This was a highly personal matter, she was not defending anyone else here, as she recently had in Diagon Alley. She almost was prepared to give Professor Trelawney that, that being forewarned about a certain thing could help you avoid them, but what about the matter of self-fulfilling prophecies then? Those that happened BECAUSE you had tried to avoid them? A huge part of Eirian still was convinced that her grandfather might not have died in the house fire had the previous tea leaf reading not disturbed him and the whole family so much. It might have happened anyway, but the prophecy beforehand was a huge part of their altogether trauma, which also included the ghost of her grandfather haunting their house. ”Well, I’m sure not sad I don’t have the Inner Eye”, she retorted a little bit sassily. “I’m very content with my logical approach on things that tell me every decision we do, no matter how influenced it might be, is what changes our fates in the second we decide, not before that.” Taking great caution when walking under a torch?! Taking caution when using her WAND even?! Eirian’s heartbeat again accelerated and even though she tried to fight it, the words wormed themselves into her conscious and subconscious and she could almost feel the panic rise from there within. No, this could not happen! She would NOT listen to this! “SHUT UP!” it was out before she could stop herself, fuelled by her immense desperation. “Stop painting things so horribly black for me, what have I ever done to you?! It is RUBBISH what you say, complete RUBBISH! I will NOT second guess my every move now, just because of your say so! I have never accidently set something on fire with my wand, and if it should happen now even ONCE, I will blame it on YOU and not the fates!” © melly welly from caution 2.0 | LYRICS BY BLACKMORE’S NIGHT OUTFIT: HERE | 605 WORDS | NOTES: Eirian is sooo beside herself, sorry

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[sybill]

Sybill jumped in shock at the girl's outburst. Had she said something to offend her? She didn't think so, the only thing she had thought she had done was warn her of what she believed was to come. Then again maybe she had let something slip and hadn't meant to. That had happened before on many occasions. It wasn't that she was trying to be hateful, it was just she pointed things out that others were too polite to. Simple as that!

She blinked a few times, trying to figure out what exactly she had said. Sybill frankly couldn't think of anything but just stood there, taking in all the angry shouting directed at her. A few heads were turned by passing peoples and a few giggles were heard but Sybill looked pretty pathetic, really. The way she was folding her arms around her chest and slowly shrinking back at each word that was spat at her. Her feelings weren't hurt, that's for sure, Sybill just felt slightly embarrassed, that's all.

Sybill wanted to put a hand on Eirian's shoulder to calm her, perhaps, but she decided against that given that she didn't seem to like her very much. Raising a cautious hand, Sybill asked with a slight stammer of confusion,

"Uhm..." she paused for a moment, not exactly sure how to respond to this. "M-my dear you've done nothing to me at all...I don't understand what you mean by blackness?"

She wanted nothing to do with darkness or blackness and what not! She may not be the most sane witch at Hogwarts but she most certainly did not like darkness or dark arts, even if her predictions were drab and possibly gruesome at times.

Sybill gave a slightly irritated huff, blame her!? What ever for!? If the child set something on fire how was it her fault? She narrowed her eyes ever so slightly and shook her head,

"My fault?" Sybill asked in a slightly offended tone. "How on Earth would it be MY fault, dear girl? I simply am warning you about it..." She finished, shrugging and preparing herself for more dramatic words.

Merlin, if she had known how much this kid was against her kind of magic than she would have avoided approaching her all together. Clearly something or someone had said something about Seers on a negative note to her. That HAD to be it because Sybill was the most loveable Seer at Hogwarts and there was no reason for anyone to dislike her at all, really. She was a harmless old thing with a dotty way about her, nothing anyone couldn't handle.

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, border-radius: 1em; -moz-border-radius: 1em; background-image:url(http://i56.tinypic.com/2wom9du.png), width: 400px; height: 400px;] Here by the ancient castle wall Can you see the future locked within the crystal ball Fire and water, earth and sky, mysteries surround us, legends never die. They live for the moment, lost in time, I can hear them call. They're locked within the crystal ball Well, now Eirian had surprised herself more than anyone else with her outburst, but there was no way she could take it all back now. Apparently, her aversity towards that subject and her fear of Professor Trelawney actually being right went far deeper than she would have thought, and now she was left to deal with it. But she would NOT allow herself to feel sorry for the woman now, she shouldn’t have sprouted such nonsense in the first place, then Eirian would have never had felt the need for such a harsh rebuke! Maybe she was being unreasonable now, but by Merlin, she had every right to! How dare this woman increase her fear, even with the best of intentions! What did she think her warnings would create other than panic?! Be careful of torches, be careful of your own wand causing explosions, oh, best: be careful of leaving your bed at all! And what was she basing this instructions on?! Nothing but guesses and her wild imagination! She could not REALLY have seen something in Eirian’s future, right?! She wasn’t in any danger, that was ridiculous! “Blackness?! Well, I am sure you have heard of the expression ‘painting something black’ as in issueing Cassandra’s, prophecies of doom?” she snapped, getting more exasperated by the second. Was this woman even certifiably sane?! And to think that she was TEACHING! That one would let her loose on students no older than thirteen, who probably might deal even worse with such things than Eirian was like now. She was still trying to be logical after all! And she wasn’t even seeing her fault in this. Did she really think she was doing Eirian or really, anyone, a favour with her gloomy attitude? They were in times of war! How about she foresaw something positive for a change? That the Dark Lord would fall soon and all those Death Eaters would be sent to Azkaban? That life would return to normal and no one would have to fear for their family and friends anymore? But apparently that was not on the Bat’s list of likings. She looked thoroughly hurt now, and a part of Eirian seriously started to feel bad. Stupid emotions! Would they get her now today as well?! No, she needed to stay logical about this, and she was in the right after all! If she toned it down a bit, kept her own emotions in check, then maybe she could still get a point across? One could only hope for the sake of the world! ”You said yourself that the fear of something is the worst part of it. And with a warning you’re increasing a fear, and so if anything should happen because the fear alone made it happen, then it WOULD be your fault”, she insisted, but kept the emotions in her voice relatively in check now. The screaming part of a conversation never won. On the other hand, she was all but sure that any more words and any more tries to convince Professor Trelawney of her wrong ways would be a total waste of breath. Such people you just couldn’t reach with logic, Eirian would just be twice as careful NOT to cross paths with her again! “You know though what is the problem with Cassandra’s?” she stated, already turning to leave, “they remain unheard, because they’re not real!” Then she stormed off, heading out of the hall, before she could feel any more angry and guilty. © melly welly from caution 2.0 | LYRICS BY BLACKMORE’S NIGHT OUTFIT: HERE | 582 WORDS | NOTES: <3 loved this thread so much!

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