Hufflepuff boy - Cedric Diggory x male oc x Viktor Krum

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Cedric moved to sit next to Hermione, head turned away from Cayden and Viktor who is in charge of taking their drinks.

"How was the dance, Hermione." Cedric asked, leaning back on the chair to look at Hermione who is massaging her feet from the heels.

"Wonderful." Hermione said, turning her head to look at Cedric, smiling. "How was yours, Cedric?" She asked, glancing towards Cayden and Viktor who seemed to be joking around with each other. Though, it seemed Cayden was the one to tell the joke and Viktor was laughing at something he said.

"Wonderful." Cedric repeated her words, making her smile, turning his head to look at Cayden and Viktor. "How long do you think he will notice?" He asked, turning his head to look at the now confused Hermione.

"Notice what?" Hermione asked, glancing at Cayden who is using Viktor's body to hold himself up. Though he won't need to worry about anything because Viktor has his arm wrapped around him.

"That we reciprocate his feelings for us." Cedric said, smiling softly at the shocked expression on Hermione's face.

"Really?" Hermione asked, moving her chair closer to Cedric making him smile at her with amusement. "You're not joking are you?"

"No, we're not playing." Cedric said, nodding at Harry and Ron who takes the chair facing the table and drags it towards them so they could sit closer to them.

"What are we talking about?" Harry asked, looking at Hermione and Cedric, sitting down with Ron doing the same thing beside him. "And what's taking them so long?" He asked, looking at Cayden and Viktor who is still at the drink and snack table.

"Our feelings for Viktor Krum." Cedric said when Hermione is not going to respond to them. "And Cayden is trying to find a way to tell him." He said, watching as both Harry and Ron's eyes widened at that.

"Seriously?" Harry asked, looking at him.

Cedric smiles, nodding. "Seriously."

"Cedric." Cayden said in a sing-song, skipping towards Cedric with a happy Viktor behind him. He gives the drink to Cedric, taking a sip of his own as Viktor gives his to Hermione.

"How did it go, sweetheart?" Cedric asked, leaning back on his chair, looking up at Cayden.

Cayden looks at Viktor who places his hand at the small of his back, turning back to look at Cedric. "It went well." He said, smiling.

"Oh, this is wonderful!" Hermione said, looking at them. "Now, have you figured out about the egg yet?" She asked, a serious expression on her face.

"Yes." Cayden, Cedric and Viktor answered, smiling at each other.

"Good." Hermione said, a proud expression on her face making Harry and Ron snort.

Cayden turns his head up to look at Viktor, him raising his eyebrows in question. His question was answered when Cayden leans his head up and kisses Viktor's cheek, leaning down to do the same to Cedric. "I'm gonna take some air." He said to them who nodded.

"Be careful." Harry said, watching Cayden move around the table.

"I will." Cayden said, waving his hand over his shoulder. He walks out of the Great Hall, making his way towards the courtyard where he knows he will get some fresh air.

He was walking in silence for a while, stopping when he heard the voice of his Godfather.

"I told you before, Igor. I see no reason to discuss it. Lumos!" Severus said to someone. "Ten points from Hufflepuff, Pawcett! And the same for Ravenclaw, Stebbins!"

Cayden glances around the corner and sees Severus talking with Karkaroff making him furrow his eyebrows. He slips behind a stone gargoyle, listening to them.

"It's a sign, Severus! You can't pretend this isn't happening!" Karkaroff exclaimed.

"I don't have to pretend, Igor. Can you say the same?" Severus asked.

Karkaroff says nothing, staring lethally at Severus, then turns away, heading back towards the light of the castle. Cayden draws back into the shadows, watching him pass. Then he watches Severus look around the Courtyard, narrowing his eyes before sighing and passing by an unseen Cayden.

Cayden moves out of the shadow, looking at where Severus walks off. He walks towards the courtyard, taking a deep breath. He laid down on the grass, looking up at the dark sky, closing his eyes. Not expecting himself to fall asleep on the grass.

We pull back from the eye of a raven, soaring through a snowy night sky. In the distance a hill appears, weeds tossing in a gentle breeze. There is a Gardener's Cottage and, further up, a derelict manor.

The raven soars towards the manor, gliding through a dark window on the second story down a gloomy passageway into a room of shadows towards the back of a chair, circling slowly.

"You must begin to make preparations, Wormtail. Nagini will need milking. The journey will not be easy..."

A filthy cloth bundle comes into view. Something twitches within. We glide closer and closer. An eye. Not quite human. Blinks.

Cayden wakes with a gasp, looking up at Cedric who is towering over him.

"Cayden, you alright?" Cedric asked, helping Cayden sit up.

"Just a nightmare, that's all." Cayden said, giving Cedric a small smile who frowns at his words.

"Let's go back to the common room and sleep there, alright?" Cedric asked, helping Cayden with standing up.

"Where's Viktor?" Cayden asked, noticing that the Bulgarian is not with Cedric.

"He had to go back to the ship." Cedric said. "He said to me to tell you 'goodnight, nasheto tsvete.'"

"What does the last part mean?" Cayden asked, looking up at Cedric.

"Our flower." Cedric response with a smile.

Cayden couldn't hold back a smile at that, blushing as he turned his head and looked forward.