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[alt_sally_anne]

Right, so. If I'm going to drink a potion that's supposed to let me see into the future I thought I might as well take notes in case I see anything useful. I got, I mean Pansy got me, one of those quills that lets you dictate and it writes down your, I mean it writes down what you say. Um. Yeah. So, I should be able to just describe what I see and it should all get written down, assuming it works right, and right now it's working. I mean I guess it's working.

Okay.

Yeah, give it here. You set aside the bit of it you're sending to Pennifold, right? That's really disgusting looking. Smells pretty terrible too. Not as bad as some of the stuff Madam P makes people drink, though -- oh, bugger. ARGH. I mean, sorry, I wasn't thinking about how it was writing down EVERYTHING. Right. I'm drinking it now. GAH ugh give me the water. Bleah. Tasted like cat pee smells and kind of burned a little going down.

How long do I have to wait?

I'm feeling sort of dizzy, is that supposed to happen?

I think I'm starting to

I see Professor Dolohov and Auror Crouch. They're in his house, the one in London, and they're sitting in his library reading the paper. Auror Crouch is laughing at something. Maybe this is important? ...no, I can see the date on the newspaper and it's two weeks ago. What sort of prophecy potion gives me visions of stuff that happened two weeks ago, are you sure you made it right? Maybe sometime in the future they'll read a super old newspaper? That doesn't make any sense...oh, yeah, she did mention that sometimes you'd see stuff from the past but there's nothing INTERESTING about this, they're just sitting around, why can't I see Crouch doing something more

oh

oh god I don't like this one, MAKE IT STOP, I don't need to see

okay

okay, now I'm seeing myself, on a broom, I'm flying in a Slytherin quidditch game. Wait, it's not a Slytherin game. It's the Holyhead Harpies. I'm flying with the Holyhead Harpies, at least that looks like me. Brilliant! I'd never have thought I had it in me. And there's Pansy in the stands, and Ron, and ... and ... it's a beautiful day and the sun is shining and we're beating the Cannons. Sorry, Ron. I just scored on their Keeper. You know, I don't mind watching this but it doesn't seem very useful.

Things are speeding up, I see

I see Megan Jones with her cat on her shoulder shouting, 'petrificus!'

I see Sirius Black and there are Dementors coming, it looks like hundreds, they're coming and he's falling to his knees. Wait, not Dementors, the swarm, it's Inferi, and it's Regulus Black, not Sirius Black, pulling him down into darkness.

Umbridge's plate, only it's broken and Umbridge isn't a toad anymore and she's straightening up, and she looks confused but really angry.

An old, old woman, in an old fashioned parlour, dead on the floor.

The Lord's Mark in the sky, made of thick black smoke, and I hear Professor Dolohov's voice, he's saying, 'I would rather go into the worlds beyond at the bidding of someone who loved me.'

It's London, I mean I'm seeing old London, I think, really old, like the sort of London you'd read about in Neville's Christmas book, and there's a big, grim building with an iron fence, and a boy with dark hair and a rabbit, it's struggling to get away and then he whispers in its ear and it goes still and he's smiling, but it's not a nice smile.

It's the Leaving Feast and Slytherin's won the House Cup, only suddenly all the banners are turning red and gold, and Harry's smiling like he's really, really happy about it and we're all so young and I'm at the Ravenclaw table, and I'm smiling and whispering something in Padma's ear and she's laughing. Oh, Pansy, you look so angry, so angry, and Draco. And Mr Snape is up at the head table with the teachers and he's FURIOUS but Ron you think it's brilliant, I guess that bit's not surprising. And Hermione's with you at the Gryffindor table, she's in student robes, and she's hugging Neville.

There's a swamp, it's full of creatures, they're like grindylows only they're holding tiny lanterns and pattering around on top of the water, wait, on lilypads that are growing out of the water, it's very dark, they're reaching for oh, it's Hydra, Hydra's here. I mean she's there. I see Hydra and she's pulling up her sleeve. Justin's there too, oh, he's grabbing her wrist like he wants to stop her, I see Justin with Professor Dolohov, wait now he's fighting Bellatrix, he looks like death, Justin I mean, he looks like a cross between himself and Auror Crouch, that sort of death.

The giant squid is singing the Hufflepuff marching song. I didn't even know there was a Hufflepuff marching song. It's a bit like Tow Row Row but with marching badgers. Oh, it's because the giant squid is a Hufflepuff! I never knew that. I wonder how they put the Sorting Hat on its head? Oh, I see, they took the Hat down to the lake and it swam up close to the shore. It was Dumbledore! Dumbledore managed it. That was really nice of him, I think, because I think the squid really wanted to be Sorted and now it has a House of its own.

And now it's time for the Firsties to all get Sorted. Of course Gemma Stretton went into Hufflepuff, she's wanted to be in Hufflepuff for ages. They're sorting Arista Selwyn next. The Hat's taking longer with her, but oh! She's going to be in Hufflepuff with Gemma. That's brilliant, I think they'll be good friends, don't you? Matthew Fawcett to Ravenclaw, I suppose that's not surprising, his sister was a Ravenclaw, after all. And Sanji Patil to Gryffindor! I guess he's more like Parvati than Padma. Just as well because really the world doesn't need more than one Padma.

Oh.

Oh, that can't be right.

I'm sorry, Pansy.

Harry and Draco are furious at each other, they're duelling and OH GOD HARRY WHAT DID YOU DO Draco's covered in blood, I think he's dying, and now Harry's crying and saying he didn't mean it.

Draco's angry, he's angry at everyone, and he's with Bellatrix, is that MLE? it looks like an office, he's sitting at a desk with parchment and pencils and he's drawing something. Did you know Draco draws really beautifully? Except he's not doing a portrait, he's drawing something else. I think it's a map.

Now I see Hogwarts only it's ... it's shattered, there's stones everywhere and rubble like after the World Cup and bodies. So many bodies. There's Colin Creevey. And one of the Twins. And Mr Lupin and Tonks right by each other, side by side, and ...Hydra. Is that -- oh and Terry, and ugh, it's Daphne, and so many others. So many others. People are moving all the bodies into the Great Hall, Sirius is there, and Mrs Longbottom, they're crying.

Oh, Mrs Longbottom

Wait

I'm in St Mungo's and she's there. She's not talking, she's not -- she's just sitting there, not really looking at anyone, even though Neville's there with her, and Neville's Gran. She's staring into space and not looking back at him, this is just awful. He's getting up to go -- oh NOW she's coming after him... she gave him a sweets wrapper and he put it in his pocket. Neville looks so terribly sad.

Harry you're looking for something important only it's in Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at Gringott's. My rat told you where to look and I think he was told by Pansy's Pirate. No, hold on, it's not in the vault, it's on display at Buckingham! Well THAT'S going to be a disaster. Maybe we could burn down Buckingham.

I see the room of hidden things only it's burning. Burning. I think that's Fiendfyre. That's a really terrible idea to cast, by the way, unless you really know what you're doing because once it gets out of control

Burning

That's not Fiendfyre anymore, it's a phoenix.

There's a noise. It's a loud noise but not like the Fiendfyre. I'm outside, I mean I'm outside in London now by Pansy's house and and it's roaring, what is it, it's coming closer, it's getting louder. OH. OH MY GOD PANSY OH

IT'S AN AEROPLANE

IT'S A MUGGLE AEROPLANE RIGHT OVER US.

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