Cordelia Lyra Malfoy had always been different from the rest of her family. Her family were blood-supremacists who tried to teach their views to their children. Cordelia never believed with their views and would be punished for it.
She never felt a...
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The term rolled on and Winter turned into Spring. Cordelia celebrated her seventeenth birthday on March 16th, and she was legally an adult in the Wizarding World.
She still didn't know what she wanted to do with her life, but she concluded that she still had a year to figure it out and there were more important things to worry about at the moment.
Fred and Cordelia went on the planned double date with Cedric and Cho at the end of March. The four of them went to the Three Broomsticks and walked around Hogsmeade for the day. Cordelia felt that she and Cho were getting along great after they had their little talk. She wouldn't necessarily consider them friends by any means, but they were at least on good terms with one another.
The twins had their seventeenth birthday on April 1st and celebrated the day by pranking anyone they could. Of course, Cordelia was off limits. They also refused to prank Kiana because they were afraid of her wrath, but no one else was safe from their Mischief that day.
At the end of April, the group took their apparition tests. Each student was assigned an item in a Hogsmeade shop. They had to apparate into the shop, retrieve the item from the shopkeeper and apparate back to the designated point. Of course, Cordelia felt her anxiety build up as she waited for her turn.
"You'll do great," Fred had assured her. "You do well during the lessons, so you have nothing to worry about. Just remember to focus."
"What if I fail?" asked Cordelia.
"Then you'll take the test again when the term ends," said George. "Charlie failed the first time, remember Fred?"
"Oh yeah," Fred remembered as he laughed with a far off look in his eyes. "He was supposed to retrieve a candle from Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop and he ended up apparating on an old lady sitting on a bench outside Magical Mail.
Fortunately, Cordelia passed her test the first time, along with her friends. The six newly adult wizards celebrated with Butterbeers at The Three Broomsticks.
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"It's a maze," Cedric announced on a May afternoon. His skin was pale with nerves when he approached his sister who was sitting on the grass by herself.
Cordelia stopped her rendition of "What Dreams Are Made Of" and looked up at her older brother. She grew concerned when she noticed his pale complexion.
"What is a maze?" she asked in concern and confusion.
"Dumbledore met with us champions," he explained. "They showed us the quidditch pitch... It's in the process of being turned into a gigantic maze. They wouldn't tell us what to expect in there, but recommended we prepare for everything."
The siblings sat in silence for a moment. Cordelia was stunned and didn't know what to say. After a moment of contemplation, she reached out her hand. "Alright, help me up. We're going to the library."
Cedric did as requested and helped her up, following her into the castle. "Why are we going to the library?"
"We're going to look up spells that may be useful: stunning spells, blocking spells, and anything that might be useful for you."
The two Hufflepuffs spent the next few weeks practicing spells as well working out physically to increase Cedric's endurance. Cordelia didn't mind helping Cedric as she would do anything for him. Plus, she was learning a lot as well. Professor Sprout gave them an empty classroom to practice in once she grew tired of getting complaints coming from the Hufflepuff Room, as well as the complaints from other parts of the castle.
Their other friends would come to help, taking turns to keep the two siblings company. Fred often came with snacks and pumpkin juice in order to make sure his girlfriend and her brother ate properly. Anothy even showed up a few times to lend a hand, happy to help his dorm mate.
As the day of the third task drew closer, Cedric felt more confident thanks to all of the practicing and preparations. Cordelia only hoped it was enough.
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AN: I'm sorry this chapter is so short. It was more of a filler for what is to come next. I'll be posting two chapters today.
