The Golden Mare - Cedric Diggory

The Cat and the Horse

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Aurora and Draco had stayed at the library late the night before working on their projects. Luckily, the next day was a Saturday, so she was able to sleep in.

"Aurora? Aurora! Wake up!" Aurora blinked open her eyes to see Hermione shaking her. Light drafted through their window. It was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky.

"What?" Aurora mumbled groggily, sitting up in her in bed and rubbing her eyes.

"It's 1 o'clock! Come on, you'll miss lunch like you missed breakfast." Hermione pulled Aurora out of bed.

"Go get some clothes on. I'll meet you in the hall." Hermione said and walked out of the dorm.

Aurora stretched as she yawned and changed into normal clothes. She was the last one not up in their dorm room.

I guess we we're up late, she thought. And they were still no where near being done with their project.

Aurora groggily walked down to the Great Hall. Her hair was still in tangles, and her makeup was crusted to her face from the night before. As she was about to enter the dinning room, she bumped into someone.

"Oh, I'm sorry." She murmured, and then looked up to see it was Cedric. "Oh, It's you! Hi Cedric." She said, brightening up a little.

He gave her a smile as he looked down at her, although he looked a little concerned. "Did you just wake up?"

She nodded.

"Hmmm. An eventful night?"He said with a tilt of his head, his eyebrows raised.

She blinked, feeling taken aback. "Oh, nononono. We were just working on our pro-"

Cedric laughed. "It's alright. Anyway, see you tonight."

"Cedric, wait!" She called. He turned back around.

"Um. Where are we meeting? And what time?" She asked.

He smirked. "How about after dinner, by the lake?"

She nodded. "Sounds good."

Aurora walked over to the Gryffindor table. Harry looked up at her, his eyes sparkling in annoyance.

"Skipping breakfast, are you? Did you have that much fun with Draco?"

Aurora rolled her eyes. "Oh my god, we didn't do anything. We literally just worked on the project."

Ron laughed. "Oh, he's just teasing."

Aurora had a hunch that Harry was not just teasing, but she didn't say anything. And anyway, Ron and Harry still weren't on speaking terms.

"Do you guys wanna hang out tonight? Maybe we could go visit Hagrid." Hermione suggested.

"Yeah, sounds good." Harry agreed, and turned his gaze on Aurora.

She bit her lip. She didn't want to tell them that she was meeting up with another boy tonight. She knew that might result in more taunting, or annoyed looks from Harry.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I can. I- I have a lot of homework."

Harry rolled his eyes. "Are you turning into Hermione?"

"Hey!" Hermione protested, smacking Harry in the side with one of her books.

"Well, I hope you have a great study session." Hermione said to her politely.