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Willow laughs as Marcus carries her into the school on his back "Marcus! Willow!" Lucian calls, motioning them over to him and the team. "Hey guys." Willow smiles. "You have a good rest of you Christmas?" Terence asks. "Yep, it was great." Willow nods, Marcus nodding in agreement. "Willow, we're going to go find Harry and Ron, you coming?" Hermione asks. "Yeah. I'll see you later." Willow tells the team, jumping off of Marcus' back. "See you later Low." they wave. Walking arm in arm with Hermione, Willow goes with the others to find Harry and Ron. The five of them eventually find them in the library "There you are, we've been looking for you." Willow tells them quietly as they sit with them. "What are you two doing in here?" Hermione asks. "Looking for Flamel, like you told us to." Ron responds. "Well no need. We found him." Blaise tells them. "What? How?" Harry asks. "My family library is bigger than this and full of books that my family has collected over the years. Turns out my family know Flamel, he created the Philosophers Stone." Willow explains.
"The what?" Ron and Harry ask simultaneously. "The stone can transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal. There've been many reports Philosophers Stones over the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Nicolas Flamel. He's a noted alchemist, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year." Willow explains. "The dog must be guarding Flamel's Sorcerer's Stone! I bet he asked Dumbledore to keep it safe for him, because they're friends and he knew someone was after it, that's why he wanted the Stone moved out of Gringotts!" Hermione tells them. "A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying! No wonder Snape's after it! Anyone would want it." Harry remarks. "For the last time Harry, it's not Snape who's after it." Hermione tells him. "How do you know?" Ron asks. "Because he's Willow and I's godfather and we know him. He wouldn't do something like that." Draco retorts. "He was cursing my broom!" Harry tells them. "That could've been anyone, if anything Professor Snape would have been trying to save you." Willow retorts, standing up. "Willow, sit down." Blaise tells her gently. "Not I'm not sitting here and listening to my family being insulted." Willow says, storming out the library.
Later that day, Willow lies on branch of a tree by the lake "Willow? What you doing up there?" Cedric asks from below. Willow sits up and looks down at him "I needed to escape for a bit, up here was away from everything." she explains as Cedric climbs up next to her. "Want to talk about it?" Cedric asks. Willow shakes her head "It's alright, I just needed to cool off before my Mikaelson temper took over." she smiles. "At least you know when to walk away, I know people older than you who can't do that." Cedric tells her. "You looking forward to the game against Gryffindor?" Willow asks. "Should be a good game, Harry is definitely going to be a hard player to beat." Cedric responds. Willow smiles "So, who you gong to be cheering on?" he asks her. "WHy? Want me to cheer you on?" Willow grins. "Maybe." Cedric smiles. Willow laughs and rubs her hands together to try and warm them up, Cedric taking his scarf off and wrapping it round her "Ced, you'll get cold." she tells him. "I'll be alright, I have my jacket." he tells her. "Thanks." Willow smiles. "No problem, we should probably get back before you get too cold though." Cedric tells her. Willow nods and climbs down with him "You have a good rest of break?" She asks. "Yeah, spent most of it with my mum as dad had to work. What about you?" Cedric responds. "It was good, spent some time with my family. My friends also stayed for break so we played some games and did some reading." Willow smiles.
The two of them reach the castle where Willow goes to take Cedric's scarf off "Keep hold of it. You can wear it at the game to cheer Hufflepuff on." Cedric tells her. "I never said I was going to." Willlow smiles. "Well now you have to, you've got my scarf." Cedric jokes. Willow laughs "Catch you later Ced." she tells him. "Bye Low." Cedric smiles, walking off. The boys walk over and frown when they see the scarf "Why do you have a Hufflepuff scarf?" Blaise asks. "I ran into Cedric outside, when he saw I was cold he gave me his scarf." Willow shrugs. "Why do you still have it?" Theo asks her. "He asked me to cheer Hufflepuff on at the game. Said to use his scarf to do so." Willow responds. "What about Gryffindor?" Blaise asks. "Right now the only members of the team I'm talking to are the twins and if they beat Hufflepuff then Slytherin will drop in the league." Willow points out. "That is a good point." Draco nods. "Come on, let's go unpack before dinner." Willow tells them, leading them down towards the Common Room.
