Ella ○ Harry Potter

Forty Six: Crickets

You guys why was this story number one on #Hogwarts tag and on #harrypotterfanfic this week
It makes no sense it's just a girl trolling through her hogwarts life with just a bit of plot

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"Your life are way more complicated than I first figured," Cedric pointed out, before realizing Ella wasn't actually listening to him.

The group was still sitting at The Hog's Head, but they all stayed sober enough and discussed everything seriously- from Barty Crouch Jr., to Snape's choice of friends in Hogwarts and Karkaroff's revealing his arm to Snape.

Ella was plucking petals of a flower while Remus and Hermione tried to make sense of everything.

"OH!" Ella gasped dramatically. The flower was void of petals, and a wide grin took over her face. "He loves me!"

"He's marrying you, Ella," Ron said seriously. "I think it was obvious at this point that he loves you," he pointed out.

"What?" She wondered, looking around. "Oh," she placed a hand over Cedric's shoulder. "Baby, I love you, but I was speaking about Snape," she grinned. "He loves me."

"Can we focus?" Hermione wondered as Cedric scowled. "How come we saw Crouch's name on the map when he was already dead, Sirius?"

"A ghost?" Remus wondered. "Has anyone met his ghost perhaps? I mean, he died on grounds so-"

"How are we sure his son died?" Ella questioned, looking at Sirius. Sirius seemed deep in thoughts.

"Well, it's practically impossible to escape Azkaban." He rubbed his forehead, trying to rid of a migraine forming. "And they clearly buried someone, so..."

A man walked into the Hog's Head, and the group all flinched at the look on Filch's face (Cedric was slightly traumatized from flirting with Filch), except for Ella who was already wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"Hey hot stuff, finally taking me out?" Filch growled.

"I wish I could. With a shotgun." Sirius laughed with no shame, but Filch groaned. "Gates are about to close, I figured you're here."

Ella smiled wide, "aw, you noticed I was gone?"

"I noticed it was quiet."

"Regardless," Ella stood up, grinning still. "You miss me when I'm gone, well-- let me tell you, Argus, I will--"

"Don't say it," he growled, walking off. She frowned, turning to look at Sirius, who was still laughing. 

"C'mon Mini-Prongs," he stood up. "Let's get you back to school," he put an arm around her shoulder as they both promised Aberforth to be back soon, and the two walked off without the rest of the group, who stared in confusion at their backs.

"Your dad and Sirius were like this too," Remus informed. "I love them both, but they always had something going on just between the two of them," he smiled. Harry nodded, a part of him whispering that this was the exact reason the world assumed Sirius was their secret-keeper. The group stood up to follow, Hermione, Ron and Cedric a few steps ahead of Harry and Remus. "I wonder what those two are speaking about."

"And his butt?" Sirius asked very loudly suddenly.

"Huge!" Ella laughed in return, and Remus sighed.

"Of course they're speaking of bottoms."

"They aren't speaking of you though," Cedric grinned, and Remus frowned.

"You're spending too much time with Ella."

"I know."

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