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Fate In The Form Of A Cat.
She sat by the side of the lake. It was horrible. 'How could this happen? Am I doomed? Why do all the bad things happen to me?' she kept asking herself.
She stared at the lake, its surface reflecting the exquisite mountains. Their snow capped peaks and green slopes. She began to loose her train of thought, just staring out into the horizon. The sun seemed to dance as it was peeking through the clouds onto the lake.
"Uh. Umm. OW! Is this your - OUCH! Is this your cat?" said a voice.
She turned around and saw a young boy. He was holding her lost cat! Maybe life didn't hate her after all!
"Oh! Yes, she's mine. Did she claw you too bad?" she said taking Midnight, her jet-black cat, out of the boy's arms.
"Nothing I can't handle."
"Thank you so much for finding her!" she said, ecstatic that her precious Midnight was back.
"How did you manage to loose your cat first day of the term?" he said as she got up. They began walking towards the castle.
"Well, I had her for transfiguration and I tried to get her to come out of her cage and she jumped out and ran away," she said, blushing as she remembered that embarrassing first moment in class.
"Aren't you in Hufflepuff?" he said
"Mmhmm."
"Oh so am I. I thought you looked familiar," he said with a smile.
She took a closer look at the boy as the walked. He was a bit taller than she was. He had a mess of curly brown hair. The thing that intrigued her the most was his eyes: They were grey. She had never seen anyone with grey eyes before. Before she knew it, they were at the portrait to get into the Hufflepuff dormitory.
"Bezoar," they both said.
The portrait swung forward and revealed the warm Hufflepuff dormitory. Decorated with yellow and black furniture, the common room had little tables and some couches all around it. It also had a big fireplace where some thirds years were sitting around and talking.
"Well, I have to go put midnight away," She said
"I'll see you at dinner then?" he asked her, hope in his voice.
"Of course!" she began walking up the steps and remembered that she had never told him her name! She ran down the steps and caught him at the door to his dormitory.
"I never told you my name," she said.
He laughed and replied, "That's right. You never did."
"Well my name's Tara. Tara Witts."
"Well, hello Tara Witts. My name's Cedric Diggory."
AN: Yes, she was sitting by the lake, depressed, because she lost her cat. Well she's only a first year so she's still young! It's short, I know, but I thought I was the right place to end the first chapter. Comment and tell me how you think it is! It's my first fic in about a year and a half! Here goes nothin'!
