Sigh, Teenagers | Harry Potter various x Reader

The Babbling, Bumbling, Band of Baboons

A/N - Realized I've been writing Cedric's eye color wrong 👁️👄👁️. Too late, he's got blue eyes in MY UNIVERSE now. I've also been getting Malfoy's wrong on occasion. I'll fix it eventually...

For the sake of Harry and Hermione's collective moods, the quartet decided against mentioning the supposed scandal brought about by Rita Skeeter's work in the weeks following her ever so riveting article. Though, Harry and Hermione's moods were but matches to Y/N's forest fire. Both literally and figuratively. For all that is good, everyone around the girl, and the very structure of the school grounds, Y/N's friends hoped the scandal would pass soon. The world's carbon emissions would singlehandedly double if the girl was allowed to continue setting every pink magazine in her sight ablaze as she had done for about two weeks now.

Harry had to applaud her. No one had seen the girl use this much magic in all her four years at the fine institution that was Hogwarts. Of course, that did cause trouble when random straggling witches or wizards would have their robes singed on their un-merry way to potions. Poor Ron nearly had to host an impromptu funeral for his eyebrows had Hermione not produced a water charm on the spot. Aside from the walking fire hazard and the sudden influx of arson on campus, neither Harry, Hermione, nor the twin had any qualms with Y/N's strategy. To her, out of sight was truly out of mind. If this whole fiasco didn't exist to begin with, it would be a blessing. Yet here Y/N was, stalking around the castle in fear of every pink parchment in sight.

In fact, of all students in Hogwarts, Cedric seemed to be the least affected by the "news". Being the golden boy at school had its quirks, true. Cedric had arguably the largest support system of of the five students featured in Rita's latest article. Though, Viktor Krum was one surefire competitor when it came to fans. The Hufflepuff was simply glad to not have adoring fans chase after him on daily jogs like Viktor did.

While Cedric did have students occasionally approaching him to offer support and words of wisdom, he also knew there was an unspoken question burning at the tips of his friends' tongues. What was going on with him and that cute girl over in the Gryffindor house?

Cedric Diggory himself didn't have the answer to that question, but that didn't stop him from worrying about Y/N and their previous encounter. She was a dear friend in an ever blossoming friendship after all, and it would be a shame to lose such a unique girl over some mostly-baseless accusations .

At the moment, Cedric was having a lovely one-sided conversation with Cho Chang. The boy didn't mean to steer his chat into the kingdom of unrequitedness, later reflecting on his listless nods and agreements long after the conversation had ended. It was no fault but his own that Cedric was far too busy gazing upon the lovely Gryffindor at the end of the hallway.

Even poor Cho seemed to notice the shift in concentration in Cedric as of late. Deep inside, the Ravenclaw knew she wouldn't stand a chance against the girl that her object of affection was busy ogling at, but she had to give herself the benefit of the doubt. "And well you see, with everything coming up, I was wondering if you would like to -"

A burst of light erupted at the end of the dimly lit hallway accompanied by the yelps of students scorched by the flames of Y/N's wrath. The beginnings of a proud smile emerged on Cedric's handsome face as he watched the scene unfold down the hallway. The boy was barely able to maintain himself before apologizing to Cho Chang about his departure from their conversation on the basis of his Prefect duty. Surely the boy had nothing but the purest of intentions in breaking up a potentially dangerous scuffle. It was most definitely not in the interest of finally mingling with the pretty girl who'd been avoiding him for the past two weeks.

Upon seeing her fellow front-page feature approach her, Y/N immediately panicked. All previous knowledge of her magical charms and spells abandoned the witch as she stamped out the torched pink pamphlet, just narrowly avoiding catching her own robes on fire too.