way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y4 | 10 . You're not the wolf, Cassie

SEVEN — TAYLOR SWIFT
'Love you to the Moon and to Saturn.'

One day in mid-November, Cassie sits in the courtyard with Pansy, Blaise and Daphne. For some strange reason, everyone has begun wearing badges in support of Cedric. Cassie appreciates that part, but the other part? The part making fun of Harry? She hates that.

You'll want to take a wild guess at who made said badges.

Cassie glares at Draco, who's boasting about his invention to the older Slytherin boys.

Cassie has been trying to get people to take them off, but they never listen. You'd think so as Cedric's sister, right? But no, they all love to poke fun at Harry, who Cassie knows for a fact didn't put his name in that cup.

"Those badges are ridiculous." Cassie mutters. "I just think Draco is too obsessed with Harry for his own good. He's talking about him more than he isn't at this rate." she shrugs. "If you told me Draco was in love with him, I wouldn't even bat an eyelid in shock."

The others laugh, following her gaze. "He had to of put his name in though, right?" Daphne says.

Cassie turns, "No. Why would he willingly put his name into a notoriously dangerous tournament? The poor boy's been through enough, wouldn't you think?"

Daphne shrugs with a hum.

Cassie doesn't budge. She knows her house. She knows majority of Slytherin have pureblood parents once followers of Voldemort. She knows their beliefs— which are actually just their parent's beliefs at the end of the day.

"Whys Potter talking to your brother?" Blaise asks.

Cassie turns to where Blaise is looking. "I'll go over in a minute."

"When's the first task?" Pansy asks.

"Sunday. Three days away."

Pansy nods slowly. Cassie has been a little tense recently. Her head is preoccupied with worries about Cedric and whatever the hell the first task could be. They have no clue what it'll be— he could be fighting a mountain troll for all Cassie knows. The thought eats away at her brain every night, gnawing at every last bit of it.

Cassie tunes out of their conversation, and decides to speak to her brother whilst he's there. He's mid-conversation with Harry when she interrupts. "Oh, Hi Cass." Cedric smiles.

Harry spins around. "Hi, Cassie."

"Hi, what are you two chatting about?" she asks, truly curious.

"Harry's just telling me about the first task. He reckons it's dragons." Cedric informs.

Cassie's lips part and she looks to Harry. "You're taking the piss, right?"

Harry shakes his head. "Wish I was. Hagrid took me to see them last night."

"Merlin— dragons? The first task?" she spits. "If the first task is dragons, I can only imagine what the third one will be li—"

Cedric cuts off his sister with a smile. "Well, thanks again for letting me know, Potter."

Just as Harry is about to walk away, Cassie catches up with him and pulls him to the side. "Are you doing alright? I noticed you've been by yourself a lot recently. Did you fall out with Ron and Hermione or something?"

Harry sighs. He might as well tell her, he has nobody else to. "Ron seems to think I put my name in the cup. Blithering idiot. Why would I want to be in this bloody tournament?"

"He's your best friend— surely he knows you wouldn't put your name in."

Harry shakes his head. "I've been by myself for weeks now. These badges aren't helping either." he says, scowling at a Ravenclaw boy that points at the badge with a grin.