Afraid To Lose You [ Cedric Diggory]

Avenge With Revenge

"There, done," Emma said, placing her wand back on the table on which sat four identical bottles of shampoo, which were currently fizzing with bubbles. After a moment the bubbles settled down, and the potion didn't look suspicious at all. They looked like completely normal bottles of shampoo.

"Emma?" Katie said. She was seated cross-legged on her bed.

"Mm?"

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" she asked. Emma rolled her eyes.

"Not again, Katie' she said. "It's going to be fine, trust me"

"What if they do something in return?" she asked

"Then we'll retaliate, again" Emma replied simply.

"Don't you think that it's a never-ending cycle?" Katie asked. "Revenge isn't always the answer Emma."

"So what if it's never-ending?" Emma said. "And well, don't think of it as revenge, think of it as... returning the favor," she said with a smile "Well if you're so hell-bent on 'returning the favor, fine, I'm with you Katie said, finally giving in. Emma grinned widely

"That's the spirit!" she said.

Just then the door opened and Angelina stepped in. She shut it behind her.

"Ange, have you got it?" Emma asked. Angelina shook her head, dejectedly.

"Ravenclaw hasn't got a password, like ours' she said. "To enter the common room, you have to answer a question, and let's just say if we could answer that question we would have been part of that house

"Well, we can't just give up' Emma said.

"I could try answering that question," Katie said. "My dad was a Ravenclaw and he has told me about a lot of questions and I know how to answer them. The key is to think outside the box and give a creative and never a straightforward answer she said. "Great, that's done then," Angelina said "In case you aren't able to, I contacted Abigail, and she said she would try and come out at 1:00 am in the common room. We can knock and she'll let us in Abigail Williams was a girl in their year and Ravenclaw. She was a good friend of Angelina.

"Perfect, these shampoo bottles are ready," Emma said.

"Emma, there's something I've been thinking about, "Angelina said. Emma looked at her. "What if the girls don't shampoo their hair tomorrow?

"Hmm, valid thought," Emma said. "But you needn't worry, I've thought that out too' she reassured. "This is a flawless plan, I'll make sure they shampoo their hair tomorrow. The only possible obstacle is getting into Ravenclaw"

"We'll get in," Katie said. "I'll try my best."

"I know you will Kate' Emms said smiling at her "And now all we've got to do is wait for the clock to strike 1"

"Ready?" Angelina whispered as they neared 1 am. Neither of them had been able to sleep either because of anxiety or because of excitedness.

"Totally" Emma replied.

"Let's do it," Katie said.

Armed with the four bottles of shampoo, and their respective wands, the girls crept out of the dorm room. The narrow corridor of the girls' dormitory was lined with flaming torches. There was no noise apart from the silent crackling of the fire

They walked to the stairs and made as less noise as they could climb down into the dark common room. The fire had long died down leaving only a pile of burnt wood and soot. Only a little bit of light came from outside, through the window, of the moon. The girls crossed the room, and stepped outside, immediately feeling cool.