Draught of Desire (Y/N x Draco x Cedric)

Chapter two

It's a Saturday morning, a couple of days after the potions class. Y/N was at the library for hours, looking for a book that contains information about the Tacca Chantrieri. Y/N knows that she doesn't necessarily need the flower for the potion, but she really wants to perfect it, she always wants to perfect her potions.
She looks everywhere, on every bookshelf and eventually finds the book. "Revolutionary Plants" Y/N whispers.
She grabs the book and opens it. Tacca Chantrieri... She looks through the chapters but can't find it. She turns the page to "deadliest plants" and regards this page. She looks at a picture of a dark-coloured flower with sharp petals. Y/N reads about the flower but forgets to check what it's called. She quickly looks for the name of this plant and realises she had been looking at the missing ingredient this whole time.
She reads more about the plant and learns that the petals are poisonous and that it may cause illnesses, even death. Y/N gets excited and goes to find Draco🤩🤩🤩🤩. She runs out of the library and goes outside on the school grounds. She looks around to find Draco. She sees some Hufflepuff students sitting on a bench together, laughing. This reminds Y/N of her friends, and how much she misses them. She looks at the tree where Draco usually sits, but she doesn't see him there.
Disappointed, she heads back inside.
As she walks down the quiet corridors, she hears someone.
"You must stay out of trouble, what you're doing is wrong" She hears a voice whisper.
"You know I have no choice." A voice says.
This voice is familiar, it's Draco. Y/N gasps quietly and presses herself against the wall and listens.
"This has to stop, the students are being brought in danger and you just let that happen?" The voice hisses.
"Some sacrifices have to be made" Draco whispers.
Y/N couldn't resist but confront him. "Who's in danger?" Y/N asks.
Draco startles.
"Blimey- you scared me." He sighs.
"You're not answering my question," Y/N replies.
Draco doesn't say anything.
"Answer my question." Y/N orders.
He hesitates. "No one is."
"Someone is, and whom were you talking to? Did you hurt people?"
"No of course not, and I wasn't talking to anyone." Draco snaps.
"And are you accusing me of something?" He adds. This makes Y/N nervous, and she changes the topic.
"Anyway, I've found information about the missing ingredient for our potion," Y/N says. "The Tacca Chantrieri, also known as the Black Bat Flower, is a poisonous flower that has caused millions of deaths of wild animals and is rumoured to be the most attractive-smelling plant in the world. The scent lures its prey to this flower which causes the animals to die." She adds.
"Great, so where do we find this plant?" Draco replies.
"That's the problem, it's located in the forbidden forest," Y/N says.
"Oh," Draco complains.
"That's why I was thinking of sneaking out tonight, maybe?" Y/N whispers. She plays with her hair as she waits for Draco to reply.
"Sorry, I have Quidditch practice early in the morning." He hesitates.
"Oh." He quickly walks past her and marches down the hall.
Y/N watches him walk down the corridor, feeling as if the conversation was a bit awkward. Y/N decides that they should go to the woods another night, and not push it for today. She makes her way towards her dorm room, planning to study more about the herb over there.
As Y/N turns around the corner, someone bumps into her. This makes her books and her wand from her pocket. She bends down to grab the things she'd dropped and...
SNAP!!!
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" A familiar voice says. It is Cedric Diggory, a Hufflepuff student, and seeker on the Quidditch team.
Y/N looks at her broken wand on the floor. How could it just... break?
"Oh no," Y/N sighs. Why did things like these always happen to her?
"I'm so sorry!" Cedric exclaimed again. Picking up Y/N's books, and handing her her broken wand.
"It's not your fault," She sighs.
"How can I make it up to you? Do you want me to get you a new one?"
Y/N looks down. Right now wasn't a good moment for this to happen to her. She would have to buy a new wand eventually, but she could ask her parents to get her one. She had another idea, though. "No, you don't have to, I'll send an owl to my parents to ask if they'll get me a new one."
"Is there anything else I can do to make it up to you?"
Y/N thinks about his question. She wanted to finish the potion with Draco, but she needed the herb for that. "Would you..." she stammers. "Would you like to help me find a herb in the Forbidden Forest?"
"A herb?" He asks.
"Yes, it the Tacca Chantrieri. It's one of the deadliest plants in the world."
"What do you need a deadly plant for?" He asks her.
Y/N thinks about the best way to put her answer. "For an advanced potion, I'm making in Potions class." She answers.
Cedric frowns, but the frown quickly disappears from his face. "Okay, it's the least I can do. I'll help you."

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