Hufflepuff boy - Cedric Diggory x male oc x Viktor Krum

37 (Fifth Year)

Cayden leans against the railway, looking down at Hermione who is hugging Harry. He walks down the staircase when Harry looks up at him, wrapping his arms around his brother, smiling into his shoulder. "Hello, Harry." He muttered, pulling away to look at Harry who smiles at him.

"Hello, Cayden." Harry said, smiling before frowning at the dark circles under Cayden's eyes but the Hufflepuff turns away before he could focus on it.

"Let's go Harry, inside." Ron said, walking towards an adjacent bedroom with the others following behind him.

Each of them sits down on separate beds, Cayden letting out a breath as he sits down, fixing his pants.

"Sorry we haven't written, Cayden, Harry, but Dumbledore made us promise not to." Hermione said, looking at Cayden and Harry with a guilty expression.

Telling Harry that Cayden had just arrived as well from his attire. Well, he looks like he was just travelling somewhere. He's wearing a full suit, the rich kind that he saw Malfoy wear at the Quidditch World Cup.

"We wanted to, mate, we really did, but he thought they would get intercepted." Ron said.

An awkward silence fills the room, making Ron and Hermione share a look at the silence as they look at the Potters.

"Right..." Cayden said, nodding slowly.

"He thought you both would be safest there." Ron said.

"Yeah, real safe. Attacked by Dementors, that's safe, that is." Harry said, voice filled with sarcasm.

"Thank God I ran to the woods to hide." Cayden sighs out, closing his eyes, leaning back.

"He was angry when he heard. It was... scary..." Hermione said, glancing at Cayden with concern before looking away when the Hufflepuff opened his eyes, looking at her.

"So, why was he keeping us in the dark?" Harry asked, looking at Ron and Hermione who now look awkward at his words.

"Didn't you bother asking?" Cayden asked, raising an eyebrow.

"We've only seen him twice, and not for very long. He's very busy." Ron said.

"So I get to spend the summer with the Dursley while you two are here." Harry said. "And who knows what Cayden was doing."

"I was on the way to Severus' other home to stay there." Cayden answered at the same time Ron opened his mouth.

"It's not that fun, mate. Mum won't let us anywhere near the meetings." Ron said.

"You've still been here!" Harry exclaimed.

Ron and Hermione are looking aghast at Harry, Hermione glanced at Cayden to see him fiddling with his right arm sleeve that was not pulled up.

Harry looks away. "What's been going on?"

"We've already told you, we're not privyed to the meetings. But we do know a few things." Ron said.

"Some of the Order are following known Death Eaters, like Lucius Malfoy." Hermione said. "And they're guarding something."

"What's this Order everyone's talking about?" Cayden asked, asking what Harry was basically thinking about.

"The Order of the Phoenix. Dumbledore started it last time to fight You-Know-Who. He only reorganized it after last term." Hermione answered. "Cayden, are you alright?" She asked, turning her head to Cayden when she saw him fiddling with his sleeve again.

"I'm fine." Cayden answered after a few seconds of silence, turning his head towards the door when the door was opened by Mrs. Weasley.

"You can come down now, the meeting's over." Mrs. Weasley said, glancing at Cayden for a few seconds before looking away. Unnoticed by Harry, Ron and Hermione but noticed by Cayden who narrowed his eyes at her.