Fervor [George Weasley]

Chapter Three

Florence woke up earlier than usual, due to the nightmare she had, she didn't get much sleep. The Hufflepuff girl was making her way downstairs to go make something for breakfast.

When she reaches the kitchen, Florence notices how pale her mother's face appears as she stares at the newspaper Eduardo is showing her, who has a frown on his face.

Knowing that something worrisome must be going on, Florence asks "Mami, papi, what's wrong?" 

Guinevere doesn't answer her daughter, but rather quietly asks her husband for the newspaper so that she can show her child the front page. The color quickly drains from Florence's face as she realizes why she had the nightmare. "This was what your nightmare was about."

Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban.

"Sirius Black...how did ― how did he escape from Azkaban?" Florence managed to get out as she stares at her parents with worry in her eyes. 

"I'm not sure sweetheart, but he managed to break out. And that means it'll be up to me and the rest of the aurors to capture him and take him back to Azkaban." answered the Ramos man.

"But isn't Azkaban guarded by dementors? So how was he able to sneak past them to escape?" continues Florence. 

"Since he was one of You-Know-Who's followers, he probably taught Black some dark arts tricks that aided him in his escape," chimed in Guinevere. A few moments later the mother expressed a thought that the three were wondering, "What I want to know is why he escaped twelve years after the fall of You-Know-Who, what is so significant about now that he thought it appropriate to escape?"

"I don't know darling," responded Eduardo.

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"I can't believe that Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban," says Cedric as he sits in the living room of the Diggory household while watching a muggle movie on the telly. It has been a couple of days since the news about the Azkaban escape was released, and Florence is currently spending time with the Diggory boy.

"Yeah. Mami says that he must have used dark magic to escape," responded Florence.

"Hopefully your dad and his team will catch him soon," expresses the fifteen, soon to be sixteen year old Diggory.

"Yeah," said the Ramos girl.

"Anyways, my parents are gonna take my brother and I to Diagon Alley next week to get our school supplies, do you think your parents will let you join us?" asks Florence.

"Oh that's right, your brother will be starting his first year this year" realizes the Diggory boy. "I'd love to go, I think my parents should be fine with it since they trust your parents." Cedric wraps his arm around Florence's shoulder and kisses her cheek. 

"True, but it will be better if you ask them. Why don't you ask your mother now?" questions Florence as she looks over to where she sees Liana Diggory spying on the two teens.

The boy notices his mother and turns to look at her "Mum? May I go with Florence and her family to Diagon Alley next week?"

"Of course sweetheart, you'll be safe with them while out" responds Liana to her only child. The Diggory parents trust Eduardo and Guinevere with their only child, with the Ramos man being a trained auror and Guinevere being trained in protective and defensive spells.

"Thanks mum" says Cedric with a smile on his face at the same time that Florence says ─

"Thank you Mrs. Diggory!"

Eventually the two teens go back to watching the movie playing on the television, cuddled up with one another.