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I was dreaming, I had to be. Only in a dream could this happen.

I was sitting in a circle with Sirius, Remus, Harry, and little Annalise. We were all smiling and laughing, but there was no sound, only a buzzing noise that didn't seem to be ending anytime soon.

Then a light began to grow in the centre of the circle and the laughing faces fell.

The light was bright white, and kept getting bigger then smaller again, like someone was blinking.

Then I realised-someone was blinking, and that someone was me.

I opened my eyes and the dream image melted away. I was laying in a bed in the Hospital Wing with Sirius and Remus on either side of me.

"I was...in the arena," I said slowly before they could speak. "The dragon's tail caught my arm. I fainted."

"Yes," Remus said. Sirius seemed to be either constipated or fighting to keep his mouth shut.

"Sirius?" I said softly, concerned.

"It's that old-" Sirius said something that caused Remus to shriek "SIRIUS!"- "Dumbledore's fault! If he had done a better job of protecting you, you wouldn't have been out cold for two days!"

"I...I was out for two days?" I repeated.

Sirius paused mid-rant.

"Er-yes, you were," Remus said.

"Oh."

Remus looked concerned. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I said. "Just a bit...shocked."

"Why're you shocked?" Sirius asked.

"No reason," I thought. "I'm just used to a nightmare every five seconds."

I shrugged. "I'm just shocked."

Remus looked suspicious. "Hermione says you haven't been eating. Is this true?"

I rolled my eyes. I should've known. "It's true. You try eating when you're trying to figure out how to not die though."

Remus nodded. "You do have a point. Have you at least been getting nutrient potions from Madame Pomfrey?"

"That probably would've been a good idea," I replied.

He sighed, then reached under the bed and pulled out a golden egg and two dragon models. "Here. This is your clue for the next trial and your models."

"I forgot Cedric gave me his dragon..." I whispered slowly.

That made Sirius look suspicious. "He gave you his dragon? Why?"

"I dunno," I told him honestly. "And he didn't 'give it to me' per say, more like tossed it to me as he was leaving to face the real one."

Remus smiled and Sirius snarled.

"What did he say?" Asked Remus.

"Um..." I wracked my brain. "Ah! 'Keep it, okay? I've got no use for it.' Why?"

"No reason," Remus smiled as Sirius's scowl grew.

"You're a terrible liar," I told him, sitting up against the pillows. "and the look on Sirius's face tells me there is a reason."

"Well," he said. "It seems to me that Cedric may...like you."

I looked at him blankly for a moment then began to laugh.

"That's funny!" I said. "You-you think someone could like me! That's gold Remus, pure gold!"

He frowned. "Of course they could. You're a very pretty girl."

I laughed louder. "Stop Remus, I can't breathe!"

His frown deepened, as did Sirius's.

Sirius said, "You are! You look just like Lily!"

I stopped laughing. "You-you can't be serious."

"We are!" Sirius cried, and I believed him. He had passed up on his favourite joke. "We're dead serious!"

I really believed him now. He had not only passed up his favourite joke, he had repeated it with the word 'dead'. That was, to us, equal to Sirius swearing on the Bible.

I sighed. "I don't see it. My 'beauty', that is. I see my mum. She was gorgeous, but I've ruined that."

Remus didn't argue, and he stopped Sirius from arguing. He knew a losing battle when he saw one.

They left soon after and I sat staring at the model of the Chinese Fireball in my lap. It had curled up with my Horntail and was sleeping, smoke furling from both of their nostrils.

I smiled softly as I gently scooped them both up and moved them to the bedside table. Cedric's dragon glared sleepily at me with one eye for a moment before going back to sleep.

I follows suit soon after, ignoring the golden egg that sat beside them for the time being.

~Author's note

Finally, a bit of romance, aye? I bet all of you were either dying for it or dreading it.

Either way, you knew it was going to come sometime.

Cedric though. What do you guys think? will any of you end up Carah/Sedric shippers? (Jeez, they're both the same name, just a different first letter xD)

If you don't become a Sedric shipper, who do you want to ship Sarah with? I can't wait to see who you guys come up with, it should be fun.

Feel free to argue with each other in the comments too. I'd love to see you guys interact with each other more.

Well, here's hoping this chapter causes a crap tsunami in the comments!

Love you guys <3

--later note--

For all of you who didn't realise, you were supposed to leave a comment at the mention of the buzzing to prove to me that you actually read the chapter titles. If none of you got it, I'm just going to stop trying and name the chapters random things that have nothing to do with the story.

I may do that anyways.

Love ya!<3

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