ASTER - h.p // d.m

-three-

"Stella?"

As percy and dumbledore herd all of the kids into the great hall, stella could hear her brothers voice near her, trying to get her attention. "Stella? Stella!" The brunette girl heard cedric call from behind her and to the left. She whispers to harry that she would be back, and shoves her way in between the crowd of young, scared kids to get to her brother.

As she reaches him, he grabs her shoulders and pulls her into a tight hug, slightly cutting off her airways. "U-uh, ceddy.. i-i cant breathe," the girl says, her eyes widening as the older boy lets go of her.

"Sorry, he says. "Are you okay, stel? Are you hurt?" Her brother says quickly, turning her in circles looking for injuries. Stella was very confused as to why he kept spinning her around; kids around them gave her some quite odd looks. "Ceddy... ceddy," the girl says, as cedric continues to check her and puts his hand on her forehead. "Ceddy!" Stella says, grabbing his hands gently. "Im alright. Im fine, okay? How are you?"

He puts on a small smile. "Im fine, we just got told that sirius black was in the castle! You didnt see him did you?"

The brunette girl shakes her head in response. "No, but the fat lady did! She was crying in a different portrait. Her painting had... scratch marks on it. I wonder what Black wanted to find so bad?" She mumbles, majorily to herself, her eyes drifting back to harry sitting in a corner by ron and hermione. Her eyes continue to look around the gran hall, before coming to a stop on malfoy in another area talking harshly to crabbe and goyle, pansy staring dreamily at draco from beside him. He didnt seem to notice pansy or stellas stare.

"Stel? Hellooo? Are you alright?" Cedric says, moving his head to block her stare from draco. She slightly shakes her head, clearing her thoughts. Why was she even staring at the platinum blonde boy in the first place? "Oh, yes ceddy, im fine. But i need to go find my friends, alright? Stay safe, i love you!" The girl says while walking away from her brother towards harry, ron, and hermione in the corner.

As the group of four are talking, dumbledore comes into the grand hall again and tells them all to go to bed. The quartet gets into their respective sleeping bags, ron falling asleep and snoring loudly almost instantly. Stella could also hear hermiones light, even breathing indicating she was asleep. The brunette girl stays staring up at the ceiling from beside her friends.

Stella hears light shifting from beside her, and then a very quiet voice calling her name. "Stella? Are you awake?" She hears a whisper from harry.

She shifts onto her side to face the boy, barely being able to make his green eyes out in the dark light. But she could still see the shine of the emerald green color staring into her own icy blue eyes. "Yes, im awake. What is it harry?" She whispers gently.

She could hear him sigh lightly, then a warm hand grabbing her own from next to her head. She unconsciously links their fingers together, trying to ignore the blush on her face as he speaks again. "Im scared, stel. D'you really think sirius was her to find me?"

Stellas lips purse before she draws her bottom lip in to lightly chew on it. She wasnt exactly sure how to answer this question. She knows that it was most likely that sirius black was here to find harry, but she couldnt tell him that. He was already scared enough as it is and she didnt want to frighten him more than necessary.

A light squeeze on her hand brings her out of her debating thoughts. "Stella?" She hears harry whisper, still firmly gripping onto her fingers. "What do you think?"

The girl squeezes his hand back. "Im not sure, harry. But, theres no reason to be frightened. Dumbledore would not let anything happen to you or any of the other students here. He can protect us," sapphire eyes meet emerald as the brunette girl speaks in a small murmer, rubbing her thumb on the back of the boys hand.

"Yeah, your right stel. It'll be fine." The girl could hear the fear in his voice, though. He disconnects their hands, which stella frowns at, and turns away from her onto her back. Stella frowns even more at that.

She turns back to facing the ceiling and tries her hardest to shut off her mind. It took her two hours to fall asleep that night.

what a shortttt chapter :(
812 words
But heyyyy at least i finally got a chapter out! This has been sitting in my drafts unfinished for WEEKS lmao

-LANA