Hufflepuff boy - Cedric Diggory x male oc x Viktor Krum

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Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Cayden walk down the crowded streets of Hogsmeade, avoiding the swarms of other students.

"Where are we going, Hermione?" Harry asked, glancing at Cayden who is strangely without his boyfriends, looking away when Cayden looks up from the ground.

She leads them on confidently and stops before a slightly seedy looking pub, making them stop as well. "There we are."

"The Hog's Head, Hermione?" Ron questioned.

Hermione leads them towards it. "Come on, I'll explain in a minute."

The four of them step into the pub. It is grimy and ill-lit. Shady witches and wizards sit uneasily in corners.

Except for one corner by the front window, which is populated by Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Harper Gallagher, Lavender Brown, Parvati and Padma Patil, Cho Chang, Luna Lovegood, Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Colin and Dennis Creevey, Ernie MacMillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Hannah Abbott, Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner, Terry Boot, Ginny Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Lee Jordan, Zacharias Smith, Susan Bones, Michael Corner, Elias, and Malia.

Cedric and Viktor are with them as well, talking with Justin and Susan about something.

Harry looks questioningly at Hermione. "Hermione, what's going on?"

"These are some people I mentioned my Defense Against the Dark Arts with." Hermione said, sitting down.

Cayden, Harry and Ron sit down as well.

"You mean about us teaching ourselves?" Harry asked.

"Hey, Harry." Neville said.

"Hey, Neville." Harry said back, nodding.

"It's good to see that the horned snorkle-stacks haven't gotten you both yet." Luna said dreamily.

Harry looks confused, looking at Cayden who didn't even look confused.

"You too, Luna." Cayden said, smiling at the girl who returns the smile.

Hermione beats on the table to quiet everyone. "Hi, everyone. I thought it would be good if we met and talked over how we wanted to teach ourselves Defense Against the Dark Arts." She said. "Because we need to learn it properly, not the rubbish Umbridge is doing."

"Hear, hear!" Fred exclaimed.

"Obviously, this will help us pass our O.W.L.s, but more importantly, it gives us the ability to protect ourselves from... Lord Voldemort." Hermione said after a few seconds of hesitation.

Several people jump or wince in fear at the name.

Hermione takes a shuddering breath, looking exhilarated. She looks at Cayden and Harry.

"That's the first time you've said his name." Harry said, while Cayden gives her two thumbs up with a proud smile on his face.

Hermione looks pleased by both actions from the brothers.

"How do we know You-Know-Who's really back?" Zacharias asked.

"Dumbledore believes he is." George answered.

"You mean Dumbledore believes him." Justin said, nodding in Cayden's direction.

"That's true, but I think we're drifting from the purpose--"

"It's okay, Hermione." Cayden said, stopping her from talking further, looking at the crowd. "I believe Voldemort's back because I saw him last year, Cedric was there as well. Dumbledore's already told the school that. If you don't believe him, are you gonna trust the Ministry who is the reason why we're here right now?"

There is a tense silence, not knowing what to say. Cedric and Viktor smile at his words, supportive of everything their boyfriend is going to say.

"Well... anyway... uh, I think that in order to learn properly we'll need a teacher." Hermione said.

"But we're all students. None of us has the experience to--"

"Someone here does." Ginny said, cutting Neville's words off. Everyone looks at her, who is staring at Cayden and Harry.

"Us?" Harry questioned, glancing at Cayden who shrugs at him. "He knows more spells than me." He said, and Cayden raised his eyebrows at that.

"I for one would like to know why Potter's qualified and the rest of us aren't." Michael said.

"Well, Harry's only confronted You-Know-Who himself three times and lived to talk about it." Ginny said defensively. "Cayden fought You-Know-Who and won."

"One of the portraits said you'd killed a Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets with that sword in Dumbledore's office." Susan said.

"He did." Cayden answered, smiling proudly at Harry who has a small smile on his face.

"Blimey, Harry..." Lee Jordan said.

Half the crowd looks awestruck.

"Wow..." Lavender said.

"Can't forget that Harry saved the Sorcerer's Stone from You-Know-Who in his first year." Fred said.

The Patil's sisters' eyes are wide with respect and astonishment.

"And last year Cayden got through the Triwizard Tournament!" Cho exclaimed.

"Not to mention Cayden created a spell and dueled with You-Know-Who all alone and he still couldn't kill you!" Ron said.

"And they fought off those Dementors that attacked you both this summer." Ginny said.

Harry's eyes widened with surprise, looking at Cayden who looked back at him. He didn't know Cayden got attacked by the Dementors too.

"So all in favor of taking lessons from Cayden and Harry?" Hermione asked, holding up her hand. Half of the people raise their hand, but, after a moment the others raise theirs as well. "Where are we going to meet?"

"I have a place." Cayden said before someone could speak out, gaining their full attention. "There's this room called the Come and Go Room." He said, looking at Hermione. "I use it to practice my spells a long time ago, we could use it."

"Is there another name for it?" Malia asked.

"Room of Requirement." Cayden said, shrugging, turning his head to look at Harry. "What do you think?"

"That might work." Harry said, nodding.

"Ok, good." Hermione said, pulling out a parchment out of her bag. "I think we should put our names down, so we know who was here."

Suddenly, people look uncomfortable.

"I don't know... if it were found... I mean, Umbridge wouldn't like what we're doing..." Ernie said.

"Honestly, Ernie, do you think I'd just leave it lying around? Besides, it's enchanted." Hermione said.

Ernie looks more comfortable. Fred and George eagerly sign, as do the rest, even Cho's friend Marietta signs.

"Also, what should we call ourselves?" Hermione asked.

"What about the Anti-Unbridhe League?" Angelina asked.

"We need something that doesn't give away what we're doing." Hermione said, looking at Cayden. "Have any idea what we should name ourselves, Cayden?"

Cayden looks surprised by her question, not expecting it.

"You always have something in your mind." Hermione explained, shrugging, and she was correct when Cayden instantly answered her first question.

"The Silver Circle."

Hermione smiles, looking at everyone who seems to be satisfied with the name. "The Silver Circle it is, then. Silvers for short." She said. "We'll let you know when we're going to meet."