Attraction and repulsion ✔

Mysterious revealings.

Alice's pov.
The way Hermione behaved was not normal.She was nervous and was trying to get rid of me.She was also hiding something in her cloak.After she walked into the forbidden forest,i started following her.I wanted to know if she was really on the trail of sneaky students or if there was something else.

My mind was filled with terror and i forgot why i had started following her once i was very deep inside the forest.No student would have come sneaking inside the forest this deep.And i saw that Hermione was walking without any difficulty as though she had already been here.I saw a faint light in the distance and saw the silhouette of two people near a dilapidated house.

All the three of them went inside the house.I was utterly taken aback.I knew that she had lied to me and had come this deep to meet...whom?And what on earth were people doing here so deep inside the forest where only wild beasts and other mysterious creatures were present?I debated with myself if i must wait till the trio and if there were others inside to come out or if i must,as a Gryffindor,pluck up the courage to barge inside.

I decided to wait.Then i heard the laugh of people and the three of them came out.As it was silent,i heard what they were talking.I sneaked out from behind the tree and came and hid near a bush that was close to the trio."What?"said the clear voice of Hermione.The tall figure in front of her turned towards her and said,

"I love you Hermione Granger."That was the instant that i saw his face.I was shocked."Oh my god!!"someone screamed.To my shock,the scream had escaped from my lips.I was filled with terror.All the three turned towards me.Before i knew what was happening,i was sandwiched between a tall and pale and cold Cedric Diggory and a big beast,i wolf,i persume,on either sides.

Hermione's pov.
I was shocked to hear the scream.Before i could analyse what happened,Cedric and Andy were missing from my side and i saw them near a bush with a feminine figure slumped between them.I rushed near them and to my horror,it was a person i had never expected to find.

"Alice!!"i exclaimed.

She looked at me with terror in her eyes."Shall we finish her off?"asked the tensed voice of Andy.He had come back to human form.

"Wolf......now.....man....?"said Alice.She was clearly confused.She looked at me and fainted.

Cedric lifted her and took her into the house.

"Agrumenti!"

I splashed the water on her face and i made her get up."What....what are you doing with dead people?"was the first question she asked me,pointing at both of them."You know her?"asked Andy.I told them about her."Then finishing her off will be difficult...."he said."What?"asked Alice,terrorised."We cannot risk it.If she tells anyone about us,then we will be in grave danger.We will have to kill her.."said Cedric.

"No!She is my best friend and she can keep secrets and she will not breath a word about this outside."i said."Are you sure we can trust her?"asked Andy.I promised and told Alice about stuff she never knew about Cedric and Andy.She listened to me,wide eyed.

"...and that is how i met them and this is how These two are alive."i finished."I will not tell anyone about this...and was it Cedric who was proposing to you?"she asked me.Then it struck me of what happened before she shouted.I turnrd and looked into the then-black-now-gold eyes of Cedric.Andy turned rigid next to me.

"So....i had told you.I have always fancied you,even during the time at Hogwarts.I even wanted to ask you for the Yule ball but then asked Cho after i heard that Krum had asked you.I have seen you a lot of times in the library where you used to read a lot of books and spend your free time,like me,there.Even if we were not in the same years,i have heard a lot about your brains...and beauty,if i might add,by the professors.And i really liked you but never got a chance to tell.