"Order of the Phoenix?" Céline asked.
"It's quite a lot to explain, I'm sure your friends would be glad to fill you in." Professor Lupin said, handing her a hot cup of tea, which she gladly accepted, immediately wrapping her frozen fingers around the warm mug.
"My friends?" She asked.
They heard the door of the kitchen open behind them, Céline turned around and Mrs. Weasley emerged from the doorway, quietly closing it behind her.
"I thought I heard something-" Mrs. Weasley said looking at Lupin and Tonks, her eyes moved to Céline and they widened with surprise, "Céline!" She gasped. Celine immediately set the mug down to go over and give Mrs. Weasley a hug. She happily accepts it, returning a warm motherly embrace.
"I've missed you, Mrs. Weasley." Céline said with her voice thick with emotion. Being around Julia that morning had made her miss Mrs. Weasley greatly, so seeing her there felt like a huge weight off her shoulders.
"Oh, I've missed you too, my dear. I wasn't expecting you for another couple of hours?" She said rubbing Céline's back. "My goodness you're freezing." She looked at Lupin with a scolding expression, "why didn't you stop to rest, you pushed her through the cold weather."
"I didn't want to stop." Céline said quickly pulling away slightly to look at her. She wasn't quite ready to let go of the warmth, "I wanted to get to the safe place as quickly as possible. So please don't blame them. If anything I pushed them."
"She's an incredible flyer, I would say as good as Harry." Lupin added.
"Oh, but your arm, it's still healing isn't it. Let me see." Mrs. Weasley said releasing Céline and lifting her arm. Céline flinched her arm back, but Mrs. Weasley gave her a stern look, to which she gave in. She gently put her hand on her arm, and Céline winced and hissed at the pain. Lupin and Tonks looked at her with concern.
"It's a bit swollen. We'll make sure to fix you right up. But for now off to your room. You'll be with Hermione and Ginny. Come now." She said grabbing the trunk that was on the table. "Goodness this is all you brought, dear?"
Céline nodded, still surprised to find out that Hermione was here too.
"No worries, I'm sure we'll be able to get you more things." Mrs. Weasley said in a more gentle tone. "Let's go. Make sure you tiptoe through the hall and up the stairs. We don't want to wake anything up."
Céline looked at Lupin and Tonks and smiled at them, "thank you for coming to get me. I'm incredibly grateful." They nodded and smiled at her, before she followed Mrs. Weasley up the narrow stairs out into the darkened hall of the ground floor and then up another set of stairs, where she saw plaques with house-elves heads on them and other portraits up on the all.
"Your room is on the left dear, you must be so tired," she said quietly, as they reach the first floor landing and then placed a gentle hand on Céline's cheek and giving her a warm smile. "You did good, have a good night and I'll see you in the morning." And with that she handed Céline her trunk and continued up the second set of stairs to the higher floors.
Céline took a deep breath and went and opened the door, as she walked in she found it empty. She felt slightly disappointed, she was hoping to see Hermione and Ginny, she sighed and closed the door behind her. She went to the vacant bed in the corner and set her trunk down. She undid her cloak and removed it, throwing it on the bed too. She heard quick muffled footsteps coming downstairs approaching the door. Céline turned around just as the door opened and she saw the faces of Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Ginny burst in as quietly as they could through the door.
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Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC
FanficCéline 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...
