Chapter Fifteen: Goblet of Fire

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Celeste watched as the crowd cheered, but soon everything started falling apart. She heard Cedric Diggory's father screaming, "my boy! That's my son!" but she had absolutely no idea what was going on. Celeste and Lupin slowly made their way forward, and see what was going on. Celeste's eyes widened when she seen Cedric Diggory laying on the ground, as his father sat crying next to his son. She watched as Dumbledore pulled Harry away, and Harry left with Moody.

"Should we wait?" Celeste asked, looking over at Lupin.

"Do you want to speak to Harry?" He asked, causing her to frown.

"I think I should," She replied,"and I don't think Dad's here, so I won't have to worry about running into him." She added, and Lupin nodded.

"How about you see him tomorrow. I have a feeling he'll be too emotional tonight over Cedric's death." Lupin said, causing Celeste to agree.

Celeste and Lupin went straight to Celeste's shop, before using the floo to go back to her manor. As soon as they arrived, Celeste quickly wrote a letter to Oliver, and sent it with her owl in a hurry. And about an hour later, Celeste recieved a small note that was tied to Hedwig's leg.

'He's back. He killed Cedric. Malfoy's father was there for his return, and so was Wormtail. No one believes me, but I know you will.

-Harry'

"Look at this." Celeste said, before passing the note to Lupin.

As Lupin read the note, she quickly wrote one out to attach to Hedwig's leg. The note was short and simple. It read, 'I believe you. Be careful. Don't do anything stupid.' By the time the note was written and sent out with Hedwig, Lupin had finished reading the note from Harry.

"I believe him, but I doubt anyone else in the wizarding world will. If he's smart, You-Know-Who will lay low for a while, and so will the Death Eaters, so nobody will believe him until they slip up and show themselves." Lupin said, and Celeste nodded with a sigh.

"I'm going to tell Oliver, and he'll believe me. I may ask him to come home for a day to tell him though." Celeste replied, making Lupin nod.

"That's the best idea." Lupin answered, causing her to nod once more.

Celeste used Lupin's owl to send another letter to Oliver, asking him to come home as soon as possible. She needed him to be home for the day, and she knew if he knew how urgent it was, he'd do as she asked.

"I should've stayed there and talked to Harry." Celeste commented, as she laid her head in her hands, and her elbows stayed propped on the table.

"No, it's best that you didn't. If You-Know-Who is back, his followers would be close trying to figure out who Harry would tell and who would believe him. Knowing that both of us would believe him, we'd be targets on their list on top of other people; maybe even above muggles, muggleborns, and halfbloods." Lupin said, making Celeste sigh.

"You're probably right, but that still doesn't make me feel any better. He's definitely traumatized." She replied, causing the man to nod.

Celeste felt horrible leaving Harry at the school, but it wasn't like she could get him out of there. He still had so many days of school left before the school year was over. She doubted he'd be able to concentrate after what he had experienced. Honestly, she wanted to know exactly what happened while Harry was in the maze, but she was worried about asking him. For all she knew, if she asked, he could possibly go into an episode.

"Sweeney, can you make us some tea please?" Celeste asked, and the house elf nodded.

"Yes, miss." Sweeney replied, before he put a kettle of water on the stove to get hot.

Celeste liked the way Sweeney made tea, his was always just a bit sweeter than hers, and he'd always add a certain flower or herb depending on how Celeste was feeling. Since she was stressed out, Sweeney put a little bit of lavender and honey in Celeste and Lupin's tea. As Sweeney was waiting for the water to be hot, he collected some biscuits for Celeste and Lupin to share as they drank their tea.

The moment the tea was ready, Sweeney served Lupin and Celeste their tea with the biscuits. Sweeney made fresh biscuits often, since he knew how much the two seemed to enjoy them, as did Oliver. Celeste took a big sip of the tea, allowing it to burn her tongue as it passed her lips. She didn't mind the burn, since it took her mind off of what happened at the final task.

"Your owl." Lupin commented, as he pointed to the window.

Celeste quickly stood and opened the window. The owl dropped a piece of parchment into her hand. She unrolled the piece of parchment and read over the words.

'Celeste,

Remus's owl should be arriving back soon, but oddly enough yours and his arrived close to each others. Anyway, I will be arriving tomorrow morning. I talked to the captain of the team, and he agreed that I can have the day off. I told him it was urgent, and he understood. See you tomorrow.

Love,
Oliver'

"He'll be here tomorrow." Celeste announced, and Lupin nodded.

"Did he get the entire day off?" Lupin asked, causing Celeste to nod.

"Yes, since he knew it was urgent, he talked to his captain as soon as your owl came." Celeste answered, causing Lupin to smile.

Lupin and Celeste finished their tea, before the two had decided to go to bed. Celeste needed a lot of rest before telling Oliver everything that happened, and Lupin needed rest because the full moon was coming soon. They both needed rest for different reasons, but they both had their minds on the same thing; Harry. They hoped the boy wasn't too scarred after everything he seen and went through...

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