Jokesters In Love

Chapter Nineteen

Aries’s P.O.V
Once the Tournament was officially over, we were all sitting in the Great Hall along with the other Two Schools and I sat next to George as there was a moment of silence before Professor Dumbledore had begun to speak up about Cedric and his death, “Today, we acknowledge a really terrible loss. Cedric Diggor was, as you all know, exceptionally hard working, infinitely fair minded and, most importantly, a fierce, fierce friend. Now, I think, therefore, you have the right to know exactly how he died. You see, Cedric Diggory was murdered by Lord Voldemort. The Ministry of Magic does not wish me to tell you this. But not to do so, I think, will be an insult to his memory. Now, the pain we all feel at this dreadful loss reminds me and reminds us that while we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one. In light of recent events, the bonds of friendship we’ve made this year will be more important than ever. Remember that, and Cedric Diggory will not have died in vain. You remember that and we’ll celebrate a boy who was kind and honest and brave and true, right to the very end. Later on, after Dumbledore had dismissed everyone from the Great Hall, we had all gone our separate ways and I had gone to my dorm to pack my things before meeting George in the Common Room and walking out hand in hand as we saw everyone in the front courtyard talking to each other and saying their goodbyes to each other and I had eventually bumped into Fleur by accident before she hugged me, “it was nice meeting you Aries and tell your friend Mr. Potter that I thank him for what he has done for my sister Gabriella during the second task if you will.” She told me in her french accent, “I will Fleur and if we see each other again, you have to teach me some french. I’ve always wanted to actually.” I said and we both chuckled before we hugged again, “I will.” she said before she left with her sister as we waved goodbye.

Later on, I eventually saw Harry and went over to him along with Ron and Hermione as everyone was clapping for the two schools that came as they were now leaving, “do you think we’ll ever just have a quiet year at Hogwarts?” Ron asked, “bloody doubt it.” I said to him, chuckling a little, “no” both Harry and Hermione said, “no, I didn’t think so. Oh, well. What’s life without a few dragons?” Ron said as we walked only to soon notice Hermione wasn’t coming as we looked back to see her still standing there, “everything’s going to change now, isn’t it.” she said, “oh yeah. A lot will change from now on.” I said to her, smiling a little as Harry walked up to her, “yes,” he said to her before she walked away, “promise you’ll write this summer. The three of you.” she said to us, “I won’t. You know I won’t.” Ron said to her, “yeah, because you sleep all day during the summer.” I said and we laughed a little, “she’s not wrong.” he mentioned, “Harry will, won’t you?” she said looking at Harry, “yeah, every week.” he said, “oh come on, at least make it sound like you mean it.” I said as he chuckled a little as we walked over to the balcony at the end of the corridor as we saw the girls from Beauxbatons leave, “oh and by the way Harry, Fleur wanted to tell you that she thanks you for helping her sister during the second task, it looked like it meant a lot to her.” I said to him and he nodded. Later on, everyone made it to the Great Hall for the fest and after Dumbledore’s speech we all began to eat and talk to each other as we all laughed and when the fest was over, we had all gone back to our Common Rooms for the final time before the summer.

It was the next day and, everyone was getting ready to head over to the train to go home and by the time everyone was done, we were all leaving the Castle and making our way there and I was walking with Fred, George and Ginny as the four of us talked and had a few laughs throughout the entire train ride  and by the time we had gotten to the train station, everyone had gotten off and I had noticed Uncle Moody with the Weasley’s as they talked and I rushed up to them and smiled when they saw me along with the others, “ah, Aries dear. How are you doing? We heard about everything that  happened.” Mrs. Weasley asked, “I’m fine. Harry is in a bit of a rough spot though, considering what happened during the third task. And someone named Barty Crouch Jr used Polyjuice Potion and pretended to be Alastor Moody and he had ended up getting Harry into the tournament in the first place.” I told her and they all just looked at me, “what, I was there when Harry figured it out, Dumbledore wanted me to check on Harry when Barty had taken him away from Cedric’s body, that’s how I know before he managed to knock me out that is.” I told him, “what?” Uncle Moody said, “he was going to do something to Harry so I tried doing something as well but he had beaten me to it and I managed to hit my head.” I said to Uncle Moony, “we’re telling your father about it just so you know.” Uncle Moony said, “I figured” I said to myself before saying gody to George and the others before Uncle Moony and I managed to get to dads as we found him in the kitchen reading the Daily Prophet, “ah, there you are pup. I heard about this Cedric boy and Harry, how are you doing.” dad said and I shrugged a bit, “not bad, besides someone named Barty Crouch Jr happened to use Polyjuice Potion to pretend to be Alastor Moody to get to Harry and it didn’t exactly end well. Harry said Voldemort is back, he happened to witness the entire thing. And Barty managed to knock me out as well when I tried to do something about him, but I’m fine, I’ll be alright. All I had was a bump on my head in the end.” I told dad before he hugged me, “I’m just glad you’re alright.” he said as I hugged him back and smiled a little, “you’ll be staying here for a bit if that’s alright with you.'' Dad said and I smiled and nodded, “that’s great with me.” I said and we hung out for a bit after I put my things away in dad's old room and talked about everything and laughed as well. It was like that throughout most of the summer as well. When my 15th birthday came up on July 14th, we had done many things together and had fun as it was my first birthday with dad since he was sent to Azkaban as I spent most of my time with both Uncle Moony and dad the entire day.