way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y5 | 1 . Headquarters

REMEMBER MY NAME — SAM FENDER
'But it's never the same without you.'

Cassie rubs a tired hand over her face, exiting her shared room with Enzo. He's already awake and in the living room— Cassie can hear him speaking to Remus from upstairs. "Morning, sweetheart." Remus says as Cassie sits beside him on one of the sofas. It's a large living room— despite the house's small size. But that's magic for you, huh.

"Morning." Cassie replies groggily.

"Sleep well?" Remus asks. He asks every morning and it's the same answer. She still gets nightmares, she still wakes up screaming with Enzo holding her. She still sleeps a few hours.

"Not at all." she sighs, rubbing her eyes.

Remus frowns and puts a hand on Cassie's leg. She stares into the fireplace, zoning out. Cassie spends most days exhausted now. The grief has taken its toll on her, destroying her from inside out. She's gotten better since Cedric's funeral, but only slightly. She doesn't cry at the mention of his name anymore and she's learning to laugh once again.

There's been one full moon since his funeral, and it was not easy on Cassie or the wolf. The wolf didn't quite understand where this sad feeling had come from all of a sudden. The wolf howled and wept and scratched, leaving Cassie with marks all up her legs. They're healing rather well actually.

But as of now, there's just over a week before they all go back to Hogwarts. Cassie has been at Grimmauld Place since the night of Cedric's funeral. Sirius' childhood home became Headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation lead by Dumbledore used to fight in the first Wizarding War, now the second.

Voldemort is on the move again. He's back and the Ministry are in denial. Dumbledore stops by sometimes but it's never for long. He's doing all he can to figure out Tom's whereabouts. Cassie doesn't know all that much though, Molly and Elizabeth don't think the kids should know too much.

It's been nice being around the Weasleys, Hermione and Enzo's family. They're good company sometimes, especially when Cassie feels alone. She feels lonely more often than you'd think, despite her being in a house of sixteen. Lots of Aurors and other Order members come by often but they don't live here like the others do.

"Morning, baby." Sirius smiles, walking in. "Harry's coming today— Moody will be bringing him here this evening." Sirius says from his armchair, Daily Prophet in hand as he sits down.

"That's today?" Cassie exclaims.

"Yeah, you excited?" he smiles.

"Yeah." Cassie replies.

She smiles a lot more nowadays. For the first few weeks, Cassie found it hard to show positive emotions. She thought it all pointless without Cedric. Now, she's finding her purpose again with the help of her family and friends— and Enzo of course.

Cassie has no idea how he hasn't had enough of her yet. Sometimes, when Cassie is really tired, she manages six or seven hours of sleep without waking up from a nightmare. Enzo loves her nightmare or not. He will always be patient with her— he knows how much she needs it.

"Oi, Cass! You still up for that chess game?" Ron exclaims from the dining table.

"You're on!" she shouts back, rising from her seat.

Remus, Sirius and Enzo watch her walk out of the room. Chris sits down and Ginny and Hermione soon enter as well. "She's doing better, don't you think?" Enzo says to Remus.

"Yeah." Remus smiles. "Yeah, I do."

"The nightmares aren't as frequent anymore which is good. She seems to be eating a lot more and laughing more than usual." Enzo comments. "It makes me happy. Very slowly, she's becoming herself again."