Third Eye, Third Sister, by Orphne (PG13)

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Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: orphne
Author’s Website: still sight
Why this must be read:

This fic doesn’t mesh with my vision of Sybill Trelawney--I view her as far less *knowing* than the one in Third Eye, Third Sister. The Sybill in this story is more serious, nuanced, and spiritual than canon has ever hinted at. The Trelawney of this fic is worlds apart from her canon representation--which isn’t a bad thing, as the Sybill of JKR’s canon is a silly, one-note character. A different, and quite fascinating, look at one of Harry Potter’s minor characters.

Later, at Hogwarts, she lived in the dungeons, which felt much like a cave, she thought. When she spoke, the echoes returned in hollow whispers, but she never wrote down or spoke of what she heard. She dreamed too, back then—of Dark Lords and curses and the ruins of Hogwarts. In class, she sometimes spoke in tongues long forgotten and not yet born. In her bed at night, she would ghost her fingertips against the rise of her forehead, and feel the shadow of a third eye, dry and lidless. It never blinked, it never closed, and it never slept.

Third Eye, Third Sister