I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

This parchment for Divination is driving me mad. I mean to say, Palmistry? Complete bollocks.

For the first project after hols, we had to use palmistry to read our own futures in the short term, and she made us come up with three things we were going to follow between then and the end of February. So I decided to look into how much I'd grow, and whether I'd end up in the hospital wing at all, and whether my fantasy Quidditch side would improve its win-loss percentage. And my readings came out that I wouldn't grow at all, that I'd have to see Madam Pomfrey three times, and that my Quidditch side was going to have nothing but wins for the whole two months.

Obviously palmistry's bollocks. I've grown at least four inches, haven't got hurt at all, and my Hogsmeade Harriers lost both matches they've played since Hewett got hexed in that duel. If he's not back on his broom for next week's matches, I'm done for. We'll be bottom of the league for sure.

I don't know what I'm supposed to write about it now. Professor Carpenter'll just say I did the readings wrong in the first place and give me low marks for the whole project.

Potions was rubbish today, too. In case you were wondering. I mixed up when I was supposed to add the newt tails, and I had to throw the whole thing out. Another zero for me. Hoo-bloody-ray.

And I heard somebody say it's supposed to rain tonight--that'll make Astronomy just so much fun.

At least we've got Creatures tomorrow. It was dead hilarious yesterday when the Niffler went for Parvati's necklace. And after all the times he's told us not to wear anything shiny! So what does she say to Brown? 'I thought he just meant rings.' How daft can you be?

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[alt_sally_anne]

Yeah, everything in Divination sounds like a bunch of rubbish AND Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil both signed up for it. Count me out.

Professor Carpenter should have you do weather reports. Maybe she could tell me whether we'll see the sun again before April.

[alt_pansy]

Haha, maybe we should just count on the weather being the opposite of what Ron comes up with.

[alt_sally_anne]

Good thought. Do you think we can convince him to predict really wretched weather?

[alt_ron]

Actually, that might be worth a try.

And my marks couldn't really get a lot worse than they're going to be when she reads this parchment.

[alt_ron]

Nice.

[alt_pansy]

Well, maybe if your predictions are... I don't know... general enough, they'll be true no matter what.

Like you know you'll get prezzies for Christmas, and you know you'll get into a fight with Percy about something or another, and that sort of thing.

[alt_ron]

I should have asked you before I started.

Figures Divination is a Slytherin thing. Another Slytherin thing.

Tell me again why you aren't taking it? Creatures is definitely a Gryffindor thing, though. And see, I do fine in that.

[alt_pansy]

Well, next time you need help, let me know.

"I'm going to really enjoy my pudding next week."
"My hair is going to get longer."
"Errol is going to lose some of his feathers."
"It's going to rain sometime next month."
"I'm going to get a letter soon."

See? Easy.

[alt_sally_anne]

Or 'we will get disturbing news.' There's always SOMETHING, you know? If you'd said that in the last month you could say that the person who posted a Grim Truth was the disturbing news but even if she hadn't it could have been that Quidditch player getting hexed or anything, really.

[alt_sally_anne]

Or 'Carrow will act insane in his journal.'

'Percy will be a bigheaded git.'

'There will be a fight in the corridors this week and someone will lose points for Gryffindor.'

[alt_sally_anne]

And we're not taking Divination because it's a load of rubbish! Ancient Runes are actually useful. I kind of agree that Creatures is a Gryffindor subject but I like it anyway!