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“It’s a note that allows me to get out of any of my classes should Malfoy feel threatened,” Harry muttered, passing the note across the table.

“Hey, you should use that to get out of Snape’s classes!” Ron exclaimed.

“Except for the fact that Malfoy is in his Potions class,” Hermione pointed out.

“Oh…” Ron didn’t look so excited.

The Divination room looked the same as it always had, now that Umbridge was gone and Trelawney was back. Harry and Ron sat at their customary table in the back of the room and waited for their Professor to arrive.

“Welcome all,” came the misty voice, “Today we will begin learning the use of Tarot cards to help bring out your Inner Eye—”

“But what happens if my Inner Eye is shy and doesn’t want to come out?” Ron muttered and Harry grinned.

“—oh, and Harry, in ten minutes don’t feel as if you have to ask before you leave, dear. He will be waiting for you in the Great Hall.”

What? Harry thought as the rest of the class looked at him questioningly. Okay…maybe he should just use that prediction as an excuse to leave the class in ten minutes…

“Now, there are many different spreads that are used for a Tarot reading, so pay attention dears, for many of you will not understand this for a week because you have not listened. The one similarity for all these spreads is that they invoke your Inner Eye to interpret their meaning, not just recognize it. One must know if a card has appeared in the reversed position and what that means verses when a card appears in the normal position. There are also many kinds of Tarot decks that can influence the accuracy of the reading based on how they relate to your Inner Eye. And within these decks there are the Major Arcana cards and the Minor Arcana cards. You will begin to memorize the differences in these cards for our next class, but only four of you will have memorized the meanings of all the Tarot cards in the deck that you will receive at the end of this lesson. Now the Major Arcana is used for general—”

Harry’s eyes widened slightly as he felt a familiar burning sensation beginning to creep down the walls of his stomach and settle in a coil around his belly button. Oh no.

Not bothering to ask to be excused from class, Harry got up and left the room.

Ron looked at the clock on the wall and grinned. It was nine minutes into class, not ten. Should he point that out? Hmmm…of course. Smirking boldly at the Professor, he raised his hand.

Harry ran into the deserted Great Hall to see Draco sitting calmly at the Slytherin table waiting for him.

“What’s wrong now?” Harry demanded and sat down angrily next to Draco. As Draco’s hand found its way underneath his shirt again he added, “I sure as hell wasn’t in a dangerous situation.”

“No, I was.”

“Were you in Defense Against the Dark Arts or something?”

“No.”