Invisible String | A Harry Potter FanFiction

The First Task (Year 5)

Cedric was in the tent for his first task, I was sitting with his friends and Lilian, I was decked out in yellow and his Quidditch number on my cheeck. Lilian was flirting with one of his friends while I snuck away from them.

"Snacks for the pretty girl?" Fred said, cutting me off.

"Wow is this how you're getting money now?" I asked, snarky and crossed my arms.

"Well, what else are we supposed to do?" he asked.

"I'll take a Skiving snackbox!" I said, handing him the money.

"Thanks doll!" He winked, passing by me. I rolled my eyes and walked down towards the tent. I peeked through the opening and saw Cedric pacing back and fourth, obviously very nervous. I pssted at Harry and he issued Cedric over.

"How are you feeling?"

"Green." He joked.

I looked at his pretty face and cupped it in my hand.

"You still look handsome."

"Thanks babe." he said, kissing the inside of my hand. I was about to pull him in for a hug when a large flashing light blinding me.

"Oh my geeee, heartthrob of Hogwarts got himself a girlfriend?! Oh gonna go front and center!" Rita Skeeter joked. I was about to say something when Professor McGonagall came over.

"What are you doing here Ms.Benson, this is for champions only!"

"Sorry ma'am!" I kissed Cedric on the cheek. "Good luck!"

I could hear Professor McGonagalls complain as I hurried away from the tent.

I took my seat and Lilian was making out with one of Cedric's friends.

"That was fast!" I joked. She looked over at me and rolled her eyes.

The task was about to start so I pulled her off of the guy and we watched as Dumbledore started talking.

The sound of a canon fired and I saw Cedric come out first. I stood up and waved to get his attention. He smiled at me and approached the Swedish Short Snap. As the crowd roared he circled around the arena and looked for rocks he could transfigurate. He looked at the dragon every second to make sure he was in the clear, he pointed his wand at the rock and it turned into a dog. The crowd cheered in awe as the dragon began to chase the dog instead. I thought he was in the clear, so when the dragon came backing around to him I screamed.

Cedric pounced at the egg and avoided the dragon but got burnt in the face. It took him about 20 minutes to finish his task. Once he did he was left with a burn mark on his face. I was called back by a nurse while the other matches were going on and I went to the Hospital Wing. A few minutes later I walked through the door and he smiled, a orange gunk covering the side of his face. I couldn't help myself from laughing.

"Aw my perfect boy is all ruined!" I pouted.

He slapped my hand off and laughed. "So how'd I do Ms. Perfect at Transfiguration?!"

"Good, that dog didn't look like a deformed rock, 100 points to Hufflepuff!"

"Only 100?!" he joked.

I laughed.

"I'm very proud of you!" I kissed his temple and he looked at me.

"HI can't kiss you cause I don't think you want this orange stuff on you!" He laughed.

"I'm good, but you can repay me later!" I smirked.

A few minutes past as we just sat together at the Hospital Wing as Harry came by, he had a single gash on his leg and his face was all beaten up.