Hufflepuff boy - Cedric Diggory x male oc x Viktor Krum

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"Does it hurt?" Cedric asked, placing his book on the table as he sat himself down beside Cayden, looking at the bandage around Cayden's arm.

"It doesn't." Cayden answered, smiling. "Ced, you should've been there. The ride with Buckbeak was so wonderful." He said, giggling lightly making Cedric smile.

"Ced?" Harry questioned, looking up from what he was doing to Cayden. "When did that happen?" He questioned, smiling in amusement when Cayden started blushing.

"Now." Cedric said, smiling as he turned to look at Cayden. "You are now, Cade, or Denny." He said, shrugging.

"You two are so cute together." Hermione said, smiling at the pair.

Cayden shakes his head, fiddling with his fingers nervously when Seamus' voice breaks out.

"He's been sighted!" Seamus exclaimed, he and the other Gryffindors are huddled over a copy of The Daily Prophet.

"Who?" Ron questioned.

Cayden glanced at the photograph on the Prophet's front page providing an answer to Ron's question: Sirius Black. Hermione reads over the shoulders of others. Whispering half to herself.

"Achintee? That's not far from here..." Hermione said.

"You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?" Neville said, looking at the Gryffindors and the two Hufflepuffs that joined their table two seconds ago. Elias and Malia.

"With the Dementors at every entrance?" Lavender questioned.

"Dementors? He's already slipped by them once. Who's to say he can't do it again?" Malia said, leaning her head on Elias' shoulder.

Bem stares grimly at the grainy image of Sirius Black. "That's right. Black could be anywhere. It's like trying to catch smoke. Like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands."

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Cayden looks at the tall wardrobe rattling violently, intrigued by the wardrobe as he stands next to Malia.

"Intriguing, yes?" Professor Lupin said. "Would anyone like to venture a guess as to what's inside?"

Seamus spoke in a hushed voice, looking at the wardrobe. "That's a Boggart, that is."

"Very good, Mr. Finnigan. Can anyone tell us what a Boggart looks like?" Professor Lupin asked.

"No one knows." Hermione said, making Ron jump.

Ron glances at Hermione then whispers to Harry. "When'd she get here?" He asked, Harry shrugging.

"Boggarts are shape-shifters. They take the shape of whatever a particular person fears most. That's what makes it so--"

"Terrifying, yes. Luckily, a very simple charm exists to repel a Boggart." Professor Lupin said. "Let's practice it now, shall we? Without wands, please... Riddikulus!"

"Riddikulus!" The students repeat.

"This class is ridiculous." Cayden heard Draco said making him turn his head back to look at the Slytherin and raised his eyebrows at the blond who looked away from him.

"Good. So much for the easy part. You see, the incantation alone is not enough. What really finishes a Boggart off is... laughter. You need to force it to assume a shape you find truly amusing." Professor Lupin said, pausing on Neville. "Neville, come up here, will you?"

Neville eyes the rattling wardrobe and steps forward nervously.

"What would you say is the thing that frightens you most?" Professor Lupin asked.