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like a Muggle. When that only drew more attention to himself from the other professors, he
grimaced and reached for his wand to clean up the spill.
Ron continued, "Hermione, if Harry's seen a Grim, that's... that's bad. My Uncle
Bilius saw one, and he died twenty-four hours later!"
"Just a coincidence," Hermione said airily, pouring herself some pumpkin juice.
"You don't know what you're talking about!" Ron huffed, beginning to get angry.
Remus watched the boy from the Head Table carefully, noting his quick change in
temperament. "Grims scare the living daylights out of most wizards!"
"There you are then," Hermione pointed out in a superior tone that was all too
familiar to Remus. "They see the Grim and die of fright. The Grim's not an omen, it's the
cause of death! And Harry's still with us because he's not stupid enough to see one and
think, right, well, I'd better kick the bucket then! I think Divination is absolute rubbish. A
lot of guesswork, if you ask me."
Remus smiled at the girl's irritation, remembering his own third year at Hogwarts
and an equally annoyed Mia Potter who had a similar distaste for Divination.
"I saw it myself, 'Mione. There was a Grim in Harry's cup!"
"You didn't seem quite so confident before, when you were telling Harry it looked
like a sheep," Hermione shot back.
"Professor Trelawney said you didn't have the right aura! You just don't like being
bad at something for a change!"
The boy had clearly touched a nerve because Hermione slammed a large book down
on the table so hard that bits of meat and carrot flew everywhere.
"If being good at Divination means I have to pretend to see death omens in a lump
of tea leaves, I'm not sure I'll be studying it much longer! That lesson was absolute rubbish
compared with my Arithmancy class!"
Remus felt a small pang of sympathy in his chest for the girl as she stormed out of
the Great Hall. His focus turned back to Harry, hoping the boy would follow her, but a
part of him understood when Harry did not. He was quickly reminded of times growing
up when Mia was fighting with Sirius, and Remus almost always stuck by his fellow
Marauders, earning him the silent treatment from the witch. Memories of her and
everything he had lost haunted him inside the school, especially with an echo of Mia
walking around in the form of Hermione Granger.