The next few days were a blur for everyone. The morning after the events, Dumbledore had spoken to the school, telling everyone to not bother Harry and to not bombard him with questions about what happened in the maze.
Céline had come up to Cho whose eyes were swollen from crying so much, and gave her a long hug, where she cried again. She chanted comforting words to her. Cho was a really nice girl, and Celine's heart broke for her. She learned that she never truly loved Cedric, but she cared for him deeply because he always took good care of her while they were together. She could tell what Cho had for him was actually love and Céline felt guilty to a certain extent thinking if she hadn't dated him, then they would have been able to have more time together.
More days passed and Céline was able to remove the bandages on her arm. Madame Pomfrey told her to make sure to build strength in her arm again, otherwise it'll continue to be sore for a long time. She knew she would never be able to do sports with her arm being broken twice now, but she knew that from the first time.
She spent a lot of her time with the trio when they weren't in their common room as the month went by. They had all reached an understanding that things are going to change around them and they were just waiting for the signs.
They decided to go down to Hagrid's cabin one day, it was bright and sunny out. Fang came running out wagging his tale, heading directly to the four of them.
"Who's that?" Called Hagrid, stepping out of the door. "Harry!"
They all entered the cabin and noticed two bucket-sized cups on top of the table by the fireplace.
"Bin havin' a cuppa with Olympe," said Hagrid, "she's jus' left."
"Madame Maxime?" Said Céline.
"You two have made up then?" Asked Ron curiously.
"Dunno what yer talkin' about." Said Hagrid, as he readies four more cups for tea and places a plate of doughy cookies. He sat back down and looked at Harry, observing him.
"You all righ?" Asked Hagrid.
"I'm fine." He replied. Hermione and Ron looking at everything but the two of them. Céline looks between them form over her cup and she takes a sip.
"No, yeh're not." Said Hagrid, "'Course yeh're not, but yeh will be."
No one said anything for a moment before Hagrid spoke again.
"Knew he'd come back." He said. The four of them looked at Hagrid, shocked. "Known fer years, Harry. Knew he was out there, bidin' his time. It had ter happen. Now it has, and we'll jus' have ter get on with it. We'll fight, an' might even get him before he gets a good hold. That's Dumbledore's plan anyway. 'S long as we got him, I'm not too worried."
They all just looked at him in disbelief, and he just took at sip of his tea.
"No good sittin' an' worryin' 'bout it." He said simply. "What's come will come, an' we'll meet it when it comes. Dumbledore told what yeh did." He said to Harry.
Céline saw Harry smile, it's the first time she's seen him genuinely smile in days. "So what did Dumbledore ask you to do?" Asked Ron, breaking her train of thought. "Dumbledore asked Professor McGonagall to take you to his office the night it all happened."
"Oh jus' a little job fer me to do over the summer." Said Hagrid, "but it's secret, can't even say it to you lot. Olympe— Madame Maxime to yeh— was asked to join me. I think she will, I think I got her persuaded."
"Does it have to do with You-Know-Who?" Céline asked.
"Migh' be." He said. Céline didn't ask anything else. She couldn't help but wonder if Madame Maxime will be able to do what she said she'll do with everything happening now. She decided to give her the benefit of the doubt.
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Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC
FanfictionCéline Everhart is a young witch who transfered from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic to Hogwarts her third year. She is sorted into Slytherin, where she meets Draco and he's immediately intrigued by her. His world is dark as he's ready to follow whate...