In your Dreams (G.W.)

"I'm Fine"

"C'mon wake up! We need to put some food in you. Up! Up!" said Cedric. Y/N groaned. "Leave me alone, Dickory". She slowly opened her eyes and saw Cedric leaning against a pillar of the four poster. "Ceddie!! Ceddie!! You okay? CedDIE CEDDIE......." screamed Y/N as she looked at his pale face and eyes staring into nothing. "Y/N!! Y/N?? Hey, wakeup!! Wakeup!!" She felt hands slapping her cheeks lightly and a girl's voice from faraway. Her eyes jerked open and she sat up. "Hey Honey! You must've had a nightmare" said Lizzy putting both her arms around her, while Gissy rubbed her back. Neena offered her a glass of water, which she took it gladly. Her lungs were giving way and she was sweating profusely. This was a full blown panic attack she was having for the third time in a row since she came back to Hogwarts. She was really sorry for ignoring her roommates for the past six years. The three of them helped her very much. They accompanied her whenever she had to get in and out of the common room. They shielded her from constant stares and questions of their housemates."Th....thank you" she stuttered out closing her eyes as they sat close to her ,helping to calm the panic attack down. "What are roommates for? I am pretty sure, you would've done the exact same thing for all of us" cooed Gissy near her left ear. Y/N nodded. "We know this is very very difficult for you. I can't even remotely imagine what you are going through,but, we are here for you okay?" Neena squeezed both her hands.

"You had a nightmare again?" asked George with concern dripping from his voice as he saw her pale face. She nodded and buried her head in his chest. He held her tightly in his grip. "Oh! I cannot face that Ministry woman,today" came her muffled voice. It was their first Defence Against the Dark Arts class of the year. Y/N had a pretty strong gut feeling that she wasn't going to get along with Umbridge very well. She didn't doubt her instincts a bit now, especially after what had happened to Cedric. "I'll be there with you,don't worry,love" George kissed her forehead. They walked to breakfast together. The gang was still avoiding sitting at the Hufflepuff table together. "Come with me to my table. I don't want to leave your side" insisted George, but Y/N assured him that she will be fine at the Ravenclaw table with the rest of the group. "Hi Cho" Y/N gave a small smile to the poor girl and she nodded . She felt really bad for Cho. Atleast she and the gang had so many memories of him to grieve on,but Cho had just started to know him. It was really unfair, the situation he had left her in. She was feeling guilty about moving on , she was in mourning too. It was a complete mess. "Complete arsehole, that Umbridge woman" scoffed Val. "I have this feeling, I am not going to get along too well" said Y/N sipping her Pumpkin juice. "Get along? It's a miracle how I didn't end up having her blood on my hands." Val laughed sarcastically. "Merlin! Guess I have to see for myself" said Y/N standing from her seat. "Just be careful,okay?" said Fiona concerned. Y/N looked at her confused, but before she could say anything , George had already dragged her with him. She just waved a good bye and left.

"We should sit here. Val was about to murder this pink woman. I don't want to take any risks" Y/N settled in a seat second from last in the middle row. George settled in beside her. "Good Morning, children. It is such a lovely morning ,isn't it? Let's start with our educations then" said Umbridge in her annoyingly sweet voice with a dangerously sweet hiccup laugh that made Y/N's hair stand on the back of her neck. She already wanted to squash her face like a watermelon. "Every word she said was a big FAT LIE. We aren't children,it's not a good morning and I highly doubt any education coming out of this class" George scoffed. Y/N stiffled a laugh. "I want to make some things very very clear to all of you...." she looked around with an evil glint in her eyes. "If you wish to speak , please raise your hands. There will be no use of your wands , so you better keep it inside.... And contrary to popular belief here at Hogwarts, there is no danger 'out there'. We won't be discussing about the most unfortunate events that happened last year. I am very sorry for the loss that Mr.Diggory's friends and family had to suffer.... It was surely the most unfortunate accident-" "Accident?" Y/N cut off Umbridge. "Don't ...... Y/N,please don't" George whispered and begged , but Y/N couldn't hold it in anymore. "Yes, Ms.?" asked Umbridge pointing towards Y/N with a smile. "Y/L/N" she said. "Ah! Ms.Y/L/N. Please raise your hand-". Y/N raised her hand and spoke, "Do you think Cedric was weak? That he was just a child who d...." Y/N stuttered as her vision started to blur. "died in an accident? He was the Hogwarts Champion for Merlin's sake! Voldemort killed him!" The whole class gasped at the name. "DETENTION" screamed the pink toad."Tommorow evening ,in my office. Now, please sit down and open your book. There will be no further discussion." Her annoying sweet tone and smile were back. Y/N glared at her throughout the class, which was obviously boring and they learned nothing new. "Hey, love. You shouldn't have-" George started as they walked out of the class, but was curtly cut off by Y/N. "I shouldn't have defended my dead best friend? These people have made a joke out of his death. How dare she call it an accident!!". "Love, I know this is distressing for you, but I am only protecting you" pleaded George. "Maybe I don't need your protection" said Y/N curtly. "Y/N-" "Later" . She walked off without glancing back at him.

She came face to face with Potter as she was climbing up the stairs to Umbridge's office. He looked flushed . "Hey, Harry! Did dhe give you detention too?". He nodded. "What for?" "I said the truth. I said that Voldemort is back and Cedric was...." he paused. "Wh-what are you doing here?" he blurted out. "Same as you. She had the audacity to call it an 'accident'" grunted Y/N. "Be-be careful okay!!" he warned her. "Are you okay? You don't look so good.""I'm-I'm fine" nodded Harry and scurried away without making an eye contact . She knocked at the door and entered at the'come in'. The room was awfully pink. There were Chinas on the wall with moving kitten and cat pictures on them. "Ah! Ms.Y/L/N, please sit here." She pointed to a wooden chair beside her table. There was a parchment full of  "I must not tell lies" lying on it, which Y/N guessed was Harry's. But, there was something odd to it. "Please take this and write, "I must not disobey". Okay!" came the hiccup like annoying laugh. "How many times, Professor?" "Let's say as long as it takes to sink in. Use that special quill to write." she smiled. This smile gave Y/N chills. Y/N picked up the black quill and started to scribble on the paper. A searing pain charged through her left hand. She was horrified to find the words engraving on to her bare skin. She immediately remembered Harry's parchment and looked at her own. The ink was red,but, this wasn't ink. This was their blood. She kept on writing , wincing a bit with every word. After what felt like hours, she was dismissed with a soar and red left hand.

"Hey! How was-" George was waiting for her outside the office. "Please George, I'll-I'll talk to you tomorrow. I don't feel very well.Sorry" and she ran off. She ran till she reached her dorm. Thankfully her roommates weren't in at the moment. She opened a drawer and fished out the murtlap essence from it and rushed into a bathroom stall and shut the door behind. She let out a wail as she removed the sleeve of her robe from that area. It was all bloody and sore. She carefully applied the essence wincing with pain. "Hey!! Y/N? You in there? Are you okay?" came Lizzy's voice from the other side as she knocked. "I 'm - I'm fine" she managed to blurt out as she slided her back down the wall and sat on the floor tending to the wounded hand.