way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y4 | 4 . Charlotte

SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER — SAM FENDER
'See, I spent my teens enraged.'

Cassie grins at the sight of her favourite dirty-blonde Nott. She chuckles and hugs him. "Theo," she sing-songs, swaying with him as they hug. He pulls away and look at her face. "What happened to your face?" he asks.

She sighs, "I'll tell you all in a minute."

She moves past Theo as Enzo greets him next, searching for a particular brunette girl. Pansy squeals and jumps out of her seat at Cassie's appearance. Cassie stumbles back as Pansy practically jumps on top of her. "Merlin, Pans." she chuckles, hugging her tight.

"Hi." she smiles.

"Hi." Cassie laughs. When Cassie wrote to Pansy a few days ago, she explained what happened at the World Cup with her full moon. Only Pansy and Enzo know what happened that night. Pansy studies Cassie's face with a sympathetic smile on her face.

"Oi, me next." Blaise says, pushing Pansy out of the way. Cassie chuckles and hugs him, grateful to be around her favourite Slytherins again.

Cassie smiles at Draco, and he discreetly shares one back. It's a small gesture, but it's something, right?

Mattheo is the last one to arrive, and Cassie runs down the train to meet him in the middle. He chuckles and lifts her up off the ground when they hug. "What the fuck happened to you?" he exclaims, eyebrows furrowed.

"Long story, I'll explain in a minute." she frowns.

Once Mattheo greets them all, Cassie takes a deep breath and looks at Enzo for reassurance. He nods with a smile, which calms her nerves more effectively than she thought. "Where'd those come from?" Blaise asks, motioning to her scars.

Okay. This is it. Just get it over and done with.

They'll love her either way.

They're her friends.

"Alright, I assume Draco or Theo told you guys what happened at the Cup?" Cassie asks Blaise and Mattheo, knowing she already told Pansy. Cassie knows for sure that Blaise already knows about it, but not from them, but from his mother.

The boys share a look and nod.

"After we left the tent, I watched Enzo get swept away by a crowd of people. I let go of Cedric and went looking for him. But I looked up as I started to get my symptoms again, and of course, it's a full moon."

Cassie pauses to see which of them are smart enough to connect the dots. Blaise will be first, she reckons. Draco next, maybe.

"You didn't...?" Blaise questions.

Cassie looks him in the eye, her bottom lip catching between her teeth slightly. "Yeah."

"Oh shit." Mattheo gasps, only just realising. "Are you okay?" he exclaims.

"Yeah— I am now. I blacked out for like two days straight so I don't remember the worst of it." she shrugs.

"So where did the scars come from?" Draco asks.

"I've got them everywhere— but I only remember causing the first ones. I had a really bad migraine so I put my hands against my face, forgetting my hands were literally claws. I ended up just scratching my face completely."

This is the first time Enzo's hearing this, so his breath hitches all the same as the others'. His heart hurts for the girl he loves. It's so unfair— she doesn't deserve this. If he could, Enzo would take her place without a second thought.

"Are you sure you're okay now?" Theo asks.

Cassie nods, "Yeah." she bows her head. "Please don't pity me, or act like my whole family is dead or something tragic like that. I'm fine. This is something I'm going to have to get used to, so I don't need you all worrying about me every time."