Chosen

Chapter 3

Hey guys, thanks for reading! I'm going to split the first couple of years into 2 or maybe 3 chapters but when Theo and Celeste's relationship starts to develop more there will be more chapters for each year. It'll get a bit spicier then too. I was thinking about making a Pinterest for this story, would you guys like that?

1st year- Part 1

Celeste was absolutely in love with Hogwarts, it was everything that it had been described to be and more. The boys were constantly getting into trouble for pulling pranks on poor Professor Snape, although he did seem to have it out for the twins from the minute they arrived at the school. He took points from them almost every class and she reckoned that if it wasn't for the fact that her partner in the class was Theodore Nott and Harry being paired with Draco both who happened to be Slytherins then he would fail them for their potions too.

The defence against the dark arts teacher Professor Quirrell gave her the creeps, everyone seemed to think he was a sweet nervous man, but something seemed off to her. Whenever she was around him, she had a killer headache, Harry said she was being ridiculous, but she knew for sure that something was off. "I'm telling you Hermione; he looks at Harry weird. Like he's obsessed with him or something, it makes me nervous." Hermione sighed and looked over at Harry who was playing a game of wizards chess with Ron Weasley. "Are you sure he's not just a fan Celeste, I mean I'm sure Harry has loads of them so its not such a far fetched idea" she tried to reason with the girl. Celeste really wanted to believe that it was just that, a man who admired what her brother had happened the night her parents died but she wouldn't shake the thought that the man had nefarious intentions but she knew she wouldn't be able to convince the girl sitting across from her so she dropped it. "I suppose, I'm going to head to the dorm for a lie down before charms. I've got another headache." Hermione gave her a small smile and a nod as she got up and headed out of the hall.

"Celeste" she turned too see who was seeking her out. "Hey Theo, is everything okay?" he was out of breath from trying to catch her. "Yeah, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation with Granger and I just wanted you to know I don't think you're imagining things; I've noticed it too. Quirrell has a weird obsession with Harry and its definitely not as a fan, its as if he hates him." She felt relief flood her body, thank Godric it wasn't just her. "Really, you don't think I'm just being overprotective?" she asked the boy. "No, not at all. I'm not sure if any of the teachers would believe you though, you should maybe write home to your grandmother or Sirius." Celeste felt like crying and that made her feel silly "thanks for having my back on this Theo, I feel like sometimes people disregard my thoughts especially if they're different from Harry's." she sighed "I know it's stupid but I feel like because he's the one that everyone sees our parents in and he's the 'chosen' one that everyone just sees me as the 'other one'. Merlin, I don't know why I'm saying all this. Sorry." Theo took her by surprise and grabbed her into a hug "Don't worry about it Potter, that's what friends are for." She gave him a squeeze and pulled away from the hug "Thanks again Theo, I better go write home. I'll see you later."

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"Sirius, would you come look at this letter from Celeste" Walburga called up the stairs, "I think we may have a problem." Sirius was downstairs in less than a second, snatching the letter from his mother hands and reading as quickly as possible. "Well, we better call Marlene. We could use an aurors help" Walburga rolled her eyes. "Don't jump to conclusions Sirius, we don't know that its him but either way this man is obsessed with my grandson and it just won't do to have him in the school with the boy." Sirius sighed "I really don't want it to be him, but we have always known that he would be back eventually, we need to be prepared if this is him." The witch nodded her head in agreement "owl Marlene and that werewolf friend of your too, we will go to Hogwarts in the morning."

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"I don't care what you say, there is something off with the man. I trust my goddaughter" fumed Marlene as Dumbledore tried to defend the defence teacher. "He's just a nervous man Miss McKinnon, there's no need to make accusations based on the observations of an 11 year old girl" Sirius tried to control his temper but was finding it harder by the second "maybe you just enjoy having a fellow member of the 'Harry Potter fan club' on the staff, if I remember correctly it was you that told everyone that it was Harry that defeated Voldemort" the man snapped. "If you truly believe that there's nothing bad going on then let us search professor Quirrell's office and ask him a few questions" Suggested Marlene. "I don't think that will be necessary, I will not have guardians of students harassing my professors. Now I believe it would be best if you left the premises, be rest assured that the children are safe and your have nothing to worry about." They wanted to argue further but knew they were going to get nowhere with the old man and would need to look into the strange professor on their own."

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Celeste hated Halloween, all she wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cuddle into Harry. She really wished that they were back home, this was the first year that they had spent without the rest of their family. The girl trudged to the library to get a bit of peace and quiet, she felt as if every corner she turned all she heard were her parents names. She sat at the back of the room and got out her favourite book, Breakfast at Tiffany's. She was so emersed in the book that she didn't notice the boy sitting down across from her until he cleared his throat. "Hey Potter, mind if I sit here?" She gave the boy a small smile. "Oh, hi Theo. Of course not, the seats all yours" he gave her a lopsided grin and pulled out his books. That smile gave her butterflies in her stomach, she didn't know why but it was as if his smile made her happier. "Are you excited for the Halloween feast?" the boy asked. "Yeah, papa told me that they're amazing. I have a feeling that Harry and Draco are going to try and pull a prank though, so I'd wait a few minutes before eating your food if I was you" they laughed together. "We should probably start heading there if we don't want to miss Dumbledores speech then" Celeste said as she packed her book back into her bag, "let me carry that for you, it looks heavy" Theo offered lifting her bag, she was going to tell him she could do it herself but his the smile he gave her made her stop and appreciate the gesture.

When they reached the great hall, Theo handed her bag back and they went to their respective tables. When everyone's hair started changing colours Theo caught Celeste's eye and they laughed together as what she predicted came true. It was looking out to be a fairly okay day until Filch came into the hall mid dinner screaming about there being a troll in the dungeon. The students were all ushered out off the hall to their common rooms, but Celeste remembered that Hermione had nipped off to the toilet only minutes before the caretaker had came to the hall. "Harry, I need to go warn Hermione" she told her brother. "Well you can't go yourself, I'll come with you" they headed towards the girls toilets. "Wait up you twats, you can't go yourselves" yelled Ron running after them with Neville in tow. As they turned into the hall that the toilet was on, they heard a scream "I guess the troll made its way out of the dungeon" Ron tried to joke. Celeste cautiously made her way into the toilet with the boys quickly following her. Hermione was trapped in one of the stalls struggling to get away from the troll, without a second thought Celeste hit the creature with a jelly-legs jinx. It went down hitting itself in the head with its own weapon whilst dropping to the floor, knocking it out cold.

The professors were beyond angry with them for sneaking away without letting anyone know. McGonagall said that they were lucky to be alive but celeste could tell that she was impressed that they had managed to take the creature out with a simple jelly-leg jinx. They all lost points but would do it again to make sure Hermione was safe. They headed to breakfast the next morning not knowing what the reaction would be like from their fellow Gryffindors. Before they could get to their table Draco had tackled her grabbing her, Harry, and Hermione all into a hug "You bloody idiots, a troll. It was a troll. You could have died" he shouted squeezing them extra tight. He let them go but she wishes he hadn't because behind him was Pansy and Celeste knew that the girl was going to berate them more than even her grandmother would. Theo stood next to the girl, he didn't need to say anything to let her know that he was happy she was okay, she could see it in his eyes.

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