𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍

sybill pratiksha trelawney, fifth year, slytherin, seer if it's tomorrow, or if it's today i don't say it will be, i just say it m a y when i'm on my knees to the gates i'll s t u m b l e and plead my case in a style that's humble

[trclawneys-a]

charity

“I don’t mind the bad weather. It’s not like we get much good weather.” Charity shrugged. There were plenty of times at school or back home where she’d brave all kinds of weather to get where she wanted to be. “I went out mid-rainstorm with flood warnings for Poly Styrene, there isn’t much I won’t face.”

              “  but  there’s  a  big  difference  between  tolerating  and  actually  enjoying .  i  miss  sunny  days ,  ”  she’d  been  five  years  at  hogwarts  and  she  still  wasn’t  use  to  the  scottish  weather ,  she  missed  the  warm  sands  of  her  cornish  home .

[trclawneys-a]

elsie

“Keep our heads down?” That was definitely not the answer Elsie had been expecting . “Like the Death Eaters have been keeping their heads down?” She knew that Sybill probably wouldn’t be leaping out of her seat levels of excited or anything - it was dangerous, and she was aware of that. But just, sit back and do nothing? That idea didn’t sit well with her, and she was surprised that Sybill, of all people, was presenting it as a practical idea. “Besides, I… don’t want to see anyone else dying this year,” least of all you lingered on her tongue, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it. She didn’t want to worry her friend anymore than she seemed to have worried herself. Besides, if she looked at it practically, Sybill should be one of the last people they wanted dead. A seer who was dating a Black ( for better or for worse )? She should, theoretically, be fine. Should be.

            “  keep  them  down  and  keep  them  safe ,  if  we  stick  them  up  they’ll  only  get  bitten  off ,  ”  there  was  safety  in  silence  as  much  as  there  was  safety  in  metaphors .  in  obscuring  what  you  truly  felt  so  no  one  could  weaponize  it  against  you .  she  couldn’t  help  but  feel  if  she  spoke  her  mind  elsie  wouldn’t  take  it  well ,  the  daughter  of  the  man  leading  the  ministry  response ,  who  would  react  well  to  finding  out  your  friend  saw  your  father  as  little  more  than  a  doomed  general .  “  if  we  make  a  scene  the  next  bodies  could  be  us ,  ”  stay  quiet  and  stay  alive .

[trclawneys-a]

sirius

       ❛   𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 ,    𝑖𝑓  𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒  𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙  𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔  𝑚𝑦   𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ,       i  suppose  the  thought  of   mine   should  start  to  appeal  to  you  soon  enough .   ❜      he  misses  any  subtlety  with  the  remark ,    and  finds  a  brow  raising  as  she  continues  to  humour  him .       ❛     a  first  year ?   ❜      he  echoes ,    leaning  against  the  window  still  to  watch  her  come  forward .    sirius  decides  a  bit  too quick  that  there’s  no   (  burdensome  )   harm  in  egging  sybill  on ,    so  he  raises  a  hand  to  rest   right   over  her  head .       ❛     i’m  sure  if  we  squint  you  can  pass ,    love .   ❜

               “  because  i’m  seeing  one  brother  i’ll  grow  to  loathe  the  other ?  what  a  strange  place  your  head  must  be  to  think  that ,  ”  she  answers ,  sure  she  must  be  missing  some  point  he  was   attempting   to  make .  “  yes ,  a  first  year ,  ”  she  repeats  as  she  comes  to  rest  at  his  side .  “  they’re  expendable  and  small  enough , ”  a  dash  of  dark  humour  before  the  urge  to  roll  her  eyes  became  overwhelming .  “  i  don’t  agree ,  ”  curt  and  to  the  point  as  she  stepped  out  from  under  his  hand .

[trclawneys-a]

andromeda

“i suppose not.” andromeda nodded in response. she didn’t understand much about prophecies or predictions, but it definitely interested her. she was curious. “it’s always intrigued me, divination. seeing the future. though i suppose the temptation can be dangerous.”

            “  you  suppose  correct ,  ”  sybill answered ,  not  as  blunt  as  she  usually  would  be  but  not  entirely  kind .  even  those  raised  around  magic  seemed  so  unaware  of  the  truth  of  divination ,  seemed  too  ready  to  brush  it  off  as  false ,  and  didn’t  care  to  understand  it .  at  least  andromeda  seemed  open  to  it .  “   there’s  really  very  little  temptation ,  it  all  just  sort  of  happens .  tea  leaves  and  crystal  balls ?  they  really  only  amplify  what’s  already  there ,  make  it  easier  to  translate  the  universe ,  ”

[trclawneys-a]

charity

“Well, I know that my center of gravity is preventing me from flying out the window right now.” Charity moved from her space peering out to the school grounds. “Just getting some fresh air from the damp old stone that we live in. Unfortunately, my schedule doesn’t always allow for a timely walk.”

            “  well ,  it  is  now  but  how  much  farther  could  you  go  and  still  be  safe ?  ”  she  shrugged ,  not  particularity  invested  beyond  her  initial  warning .  “  you  almost  feel  trapped  in  here  till  may  the  way  the  weather  gets ,  even  if  you  had  the  time  —  who’d  wanna  go  out ?  ”

[trclawneys-a]

rabastan

“did they ask you for a prediction? it’s the same as giving unsolicited advice, it isn’t helping anyone. i doubt it helps you all that much either.” but who was he to say really? he just didn’t think she had to tell people all that dark stuff, especially if they didn’t ask her to. “people should be allowed to be left alone if they want to be. maybe ask first, i don’t know, seems common courtesy.” bas knew he didn’t want any of her rogue predictions, he had enough darkness to deal with outside of prophecy. “it might not be for you, but some people cling to it, or turn it into real hope.”

            “  isn’t  that  what  you’re  doing ?  unsolicited  advice ?  i  didn’t  ask  to  get  predictions  so  i  don’t  see  why  i  should  hold  my  tongue  for  others  comfort .  i  don’t  see  why  only  i  should  hold  the  burden  of  what  i  know  and  see ,  ”  they’d  called  her  an  old  soul  when  she  was  younger ,  that  odd  child ,  but  as  she  grew  older  sybill  knew  she  just  saw  things  clearly .  “  we  don’t  always  get  what  we  want ,  ”  and  as  far  as  she  saw  it ,  no  one  ever  did .  “  so  we  should  lie  to  ourselves  then ?  live  in  blissful  ignorance  till  our  end  sneaks  up  on  us  because  we  we’re  purposely  blind  to  it ?  ”

[trclawneys-a]

james

         an eyebrow went up, and as if the words had an effect, the boy’s slight body almost fell off the chair. an impulse and he was sitting correctly again, looking a little startled at her. “ merlin…. ”  he mumbled, acting casually as he leaned over the table. “ it would be quite a loss for the wizarding world, wouldn’t you say?” he fired back with a shrug, focusing his tired eyes again on his book.    

            she  rolled  her  eyes  at  the  older  boys  antics ,  not  particularly  invested ,  she’d  said  her  warning  and  was  ready  to  ignore  the  world  again .  “  not  particularly ,  ”  she  shrugged .

[trclawneys-a]

andromeda

“is that something that you’ve just predicted? or just an observation?” andromeda asked, a smile on her face as she looked back towards sybill. one could never be sure. “you’re probably right though. i was only people watching, something to make my day a little less boring.”

        “  prophecies  are  not  normally  so  mundane ,  ”  she  shrugged .  “  and  predictions  are  more  of  a  gut  feeling  without  solid  evidence .  this  is  just  gravity ,  ”  people  watching  was  a  bit  of  a  habit  of  sybill’s  too ,  it  was  how  she’d  noticed  what  was  going  on .

[trclawneys-a]

rabastan

he thought about that for a moment, weighing his answer to sybill. “i don’t think anyone should delight in negativity. i just wonder if you have to say it all out loud. don’t you think people need hope, even if it’s a lie?” rabastan lestrange believed in her seer’s gift, how could he not? his own mother had consulted a seer many times as he grew up, wanting predictions of what rodolphus might become. he gave the seer’s deference but he didn’t think sybill had to constantly talk about the dark things she saw.

            a  silence  settled  between  them  for  a  moment  or  two  but  it  didn’t  bother  sybill  as  it  might  have  done  others ,  but  she  still  sat  waiting  to  see  if  rabastan  would  speak  again  —  and  he  did .  “  should  i  never  speak  a  word  then ?  there  is  an  abundance  of  negative  energy  around  and  it  corrupts ,  i  can  only  say  what  i  experience  as  anyone  else  does ,  ”  she  didn’t  ask  for  any  of  this ,  why  should  she  be  made  to  stay  silent ?  “  besides ;  what  use  is  false  hope  anyway ,  ”

[trclawneys-a]

sirius

        ❛   𝑑𝑜   𝑦𝑜𝑢   𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡  𝑎  𝑔𝑜  𝑎𝑡  𝑖𝑡 ,  𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛  ?   ❜         he  turns ,    finding  sybill  right  by  him .    well  —  the  suggestion  certainly  was  a  way  of  further  cementing  his  ever - growing  rift .       ❛     i  need  to  see  if  the  courtyard’s  empty .    come ,   ❜      he  curls  his  fingers  up,    beckoning  ;    but  he’s  smirking ,    because  he  can’t  imagine  she’d  ever  agree .       ❛     i  can  hold  your  feet  in .   ❜ 

            “  what  part  of  an  imminent  death  would  you  think  appeals  to  me ?  ”   she  said  as  nonchalantly  as  she  could  manage   as  though  the  idea  of  death  applied  to  her  or  anyone  she  was  close  to  didn’t  keep  her  up  at  night  .  but  she  does ,  somewhat  reluctantly ,  come  to  his  side  as  he  beckoned .  this  was  better  than  flat  out  avoidance ,  and  better  still  than  the  belittling  her  own  siblings  seemed  so  focused  on .  “  go  ask  some  first  year  to  help  you ,  ”

[trclawneys-a]

rvbvstn

“do you delight in that? predicting harm on people all the time.” he didn’t mean it maliciously, and he wasn’t really curious but he had witnessed her say enough dark things to people out of the blue that he felt like speaking up this time.

            she  spoke  so  softly  and  at  the  oddest  of  times ,  sybill  was  half  used  to  not  being  noticed  or  even  just  flat  out  ignored  and  so  it  near  took  her  by  surprise  when  rabastan  responded  to  her .  “  do  you  think  i  ought  too ?  i  don’t  wish  harm  on  anyone ,  there  just  is  an  awful  lot  of  it  about ,  ”  too  much  even .  “  this  is  just  plain  observation  in  any  case ,  ”

[anissagraces]

Cool cool, how many cups have you monitored?

[trclawneys-a]

@petrificusstarter​

            “  you’ll  fall  sticking  your  head  out  like  that ,  ”  sybill  shrugged  barely  even  looking  up  from  her  book  at  the  other  who  was  craning  their  head  out  the  window  as  she  spoke .  “  just  a  bit  further and —  ”  she  whistled  for  a  second ,  “  —  splat .  but  what  do  i  know .  ”

[trclawneys-a]

dorothy

“ who said i wanted a reading? ” dorothy asked her younger sister as she grinned. she hadn’t seen her sister in a while since they were in differing friend groups due to the houses that the two girls had been in and she’d be lying if she had said she hadn’t missed her. “ can’t a girl visit her favorite sister without needing anything in return? ”

            “  let’s  call  it  the  sight  malfunctioning ,  shall  we ?  ”  dottie  was  really  one  of  the  only  people  they  could  make  that  joke  with ,  dottie  would  get  that  it  was  just  a  joke .  “  just  been  a  long  day  dot ,  constant  interruptions ,  ”  they  set  the  cards  to  one  side  flashing  a  smile  at  their  sister .  “  why  do  i  feel  that’s  not  the  whole  story ?  ”

[trclawneys-a]

—♥  elsie !

Somehow hearing Sybill say that was, less comforting than Elsie had hoped. Of course she wasn’t going to question how she knew that, since if it was something she had seen then she knew that she’d rather not talk about it, but she had always trusted Sybill unconditionally, and that hadn’t changed. “So what should we do about it?” And somehow, saying that was even scarier. Because what could they do? They were just two fifth years. But they were two fairly powerful fifth years. Besides, clearly a fair amount of the Death Eaters were in this school, so who was to say that other people wouldn’t be willing to fight against them?

            while  some  would  take  her  every  word  as  gospel   (  people  sybill  would  brand  as  fools ,  those  younger  than  her , so  ready  to  believe  her  every  utterance  was  prophecy  )   and  others  would  find  some  way  to  claim  her  a  liar  when  all  she  did  was  say  the  day  of  the  week .  but  not  elsie .  elsie  just  believed  her  as  anyone  would  a  friend ,  trusted  her  as  any  friend  would ,  and  that  tiny  bit  of  normalcy  always  made  sybill  smile .  but  this  talk  of  we  and  doing  made  her  frown  just  as  fast .  they  couldn’t  do  anything .  fifteen  and  sixteen ,   this  was  all  beyond  them ,  should  be  beyond  them .  and  then  there  was  the  greater  question  of  if  they  should  do  something .  what  was  there  to  gain  in  fighting  for  a  losing  side ?  “  keep  our  heads  down  and  maybe  we’ll  be  okay ,  ”  nothing  but  trouble .

[trclawneys-a]

—♥  elsie !

“So, do you think it’s true, what they’re saying? About the Death Eater meeting?” It probably was. Considering everything else that had happened during the last year, a Death Eater meeting just outside of school grounds ( and then probably murdering some muggles ) was hardly unlikely. Still, she knew that making assumptions often lead to trouble, and as much as she’d been itching to find out for herself, it just felt more risky than it did rewarding.

            “  undoubtedly ,  ”  she  answered ,  one  single  word  that  bore  the  weight  of  thousands .  there  was  no  doubt  in  her  mind  that  the  rumours  were  true .  not  when  regulus  had  sat  with  her  after  he’d  made  an  early  escape  from  the  meeting  that  was  on  everyone’s  lips ,  not  when  they’d  sat  together  and  seen  some  of  their  housemates  sneak  back  that  night .  it  was  intimidating ,  a  show  of  force  that  only  solidified  to  sybill  that  her  family  was  on  the  losing  side .

[dailydcgifs]