Disclaimer: I don't own them but I can play with them. The Harry Potter characters belong to their mistress which isn't me. No harm….no foul.
Pairing: QA (HP)/CD
word = Malay language
"I just don't see why *he* had to come to this dumb island. I hate it here, I have always hated it here" a fair skinned, red haired girl said sitting on the large porch of the home that lay behind her.
"Rose, dear" another fair skinned, red haired woman said looking up from the book she was currently reading, cooling charms in full effect for the pair.
"I just don't get it mother" the girl, Rose said before shifting her eyes to the ocean that lapped almost at their front door. A beautiful sight that was lost to the girl sitting next to her mother.
"If you truly wish to enter courtship with him, you must show that you are interested in the same things he is and this island is one of them" the woman said, having given up her book since it seemed her daughter wanted to be entertained by her.
"But he should…." Her words were cut short by a pair of men making their way towards them.
"Daddy" the girl said standing and then running to her father that was dressed in swim trucks and had a towel hanging over his shoulder.
"She will never learn" the woman said before standing and placing her book in the chair she had sat in. She would instead welcome her husband and son back from a swimming exhibition that they were certain to go on since they had arrived at the island two days ago.
"Love" the man said pulling out of the hug he was in with his daughter to kiss his wife in greeting.
"James, Jameson" the woman greeted the pair before being kissed by her husband. She then looked over her family, and what a family it was. They were what most Pureblood families envied; they had a strong son to take over and a dainty daughter that was already the talk of the Wizarding World. There were few if any men that didn't see her beauty, but she had set her eyes on someone and that someone came to this island each and every summer. It had been on mere coincidence that they found out that her hopefully soon-to-be suitor came here every summer to while away the hours. Their son was born to be the defeater of the Dark Lord Voldemort; chance had laid many gifts at the foot of this particular family. But change along with fate were about to teach the family that those things that had been given could be easily taken away.
~Diggory's Vacation Home (Dolvi)~
"I'll be back mum" a young man with brown hair coifed in a hair style that looked like he had just gotten out of bed called as he made his way through the house and outside, to where he planned to spend a good part of his day.
"Don't forget to invite Qaden and his mother for dinner" the young man's mother called out before watching as her son raced out of the house to his best friend Qaden A. Sattar's home.
"That boy" the woman said shaking her head and watching as her son got smaller and smaller as he ran further and further away from the house.
~A. Sattar Household~
"Qaden!" The young man from the Diggory vacation home Dolvi called out as he neared the modest home that housed a mother and son, pair.
"Cedric" a young man that looked no older than twelve said as he made his way out of the house putting on a t-shirt his mother had just washed.
"Mother wants you and your mother to come over for dinner" Cedric said relaying the message that his mother had sent him with.
"Come" the other boy said making his way into the house and leading the other boy to where his mother stood making sandwiches for later on in the day.
"Cedric" a woman greeted the new young man in her home, a gentle smile on her face. Her son had been beside himself with the coming of his best friend back to the island; an island that the young man visited every summer with his family, a thing that her son looked forward to every June.
"Ms. A. Sattar" Cedric greeted the woman before being admonished for calling her Ms. A. Sattar.
"Divya, dear as always" the woman said her English words accented by her Malaysian ancestry, a thing that she knew the young man cared nothing about unlike others that resided on the island.
"Divya then" the young man said before giving a grin that she was certain had a great many girls and boys sighing at. The young man before her had turned out to become a handsome and humble teen on the verge of manhood. She was certain that he had many girls and even women were trying to win his favor, but she knew the young man had eyes for one person and one person only; her son.
"Mother has commanded both of your presences for dinner" Cedric said knowing that *his* Qaden would go only if his mother went as well.
"Then the lovely Mrs. Diggory shall have our presence then" the woman said before laughing and shooing the two boys outside to spend their time together. She did after all have to make her way to her employer, even though she loathed the family that she worked for, they were what paid the bills sadly. The woman in the kitchen watched out her window as her son and the other teen played in the sandy yard that posed as their front yard. Their home was modest, banking the end of a short street running parallel to the main road that would take you into the village of Bantam, the largest of the villages within the string of islands calling themselves Keeling (Cocos) Islands. Mere moments after the two boys left did the woman make her way outside to the beautiful day that looked to be promised by the large sun and the blue sky.
"Qaden" the woman called out in their native tongue, waiting for her son to arrive.
"Yes mother" the teen said coming around the corner with the other teen following behind him quickly.
"I'm heading to work, there are sandwiches made for the pair of you for lunch" the woman said to her son and the other teen that had gotten closer to her son as she spoke. She really didn't understand how someone such as a Diggory would find so much interest in someone like her son. She truly loved her son but he was small and almost frail looking, bookish and very shy. He had very few he called friend, but he did have plenty of gentlemen callers, many of them lusting after his small frame and shy demeanor.
"Be safe" the woman's son said before hugging his mother and then kissing her on the cheek. The other teen watched with a smile on his face, how could one not love the boy before him? There was just so much about the boy that made you fall in love with him, it was a shame that his true family didn't seem to think the same way. As the woman left the teens they made their way towards the beach, intent to spend their day there taking in the winter sun.
Cedric Diggory had many titles; he was the perfect son, a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts, a house prefect, house seeker and above all else he was the best friend of Qaden A. Sattar. He took each seriously, never thinking any less of the titles but the title of best friend was the one he cherished most. He could say in all honesty that he was *in* love with Qaden A. Sattar, but he had hidden the fact away from the other teen, scared of being rejected, and so Cedric stood down a bit from Qaden watching as the other teen played in the water, his shirt soaking wet and clinging to his body. It was then that he heard it, a girl's voice that he heard entirely way too much of.
"Where *is* he?" The voice said before beginning to whine about how unbearable walking in the sand was.
"Qaden" Cedric called out hoping his friend and secret love had heard him, it seemed that he did for he was making his way quickly over to where Cedric stood.
"Rose Potter" Cedric said before Qaden took his hand and led them back to his home. Cedric was secretly thrilled, he was holding Qaden's hand, they did this sort of thing on a daily basis but since he had figured out his feelings for his friend it gave him a bit more of a thrill than it had before.
"She is not a nice girl" Qaden said trying to translate his words from Malay to English. It was taught at school, the school going so far as to ban speaking Malay, but since he lived with a native Malay speaker that was the tongue in which they used when at home and about town.
"Now that is an understatement. She has seen fit to allow me to court her" Cedric said his face sour at the thought of courting Rose Potter.
"Allowed you?" Qaden said giving Cedric a look that made the other teen smile.
"Yes, sadly she will be disappointed for I don't plan to court her or anyone else in England for a great long while. Never if I can manage it" Cedric said playfully, he knew that he would try and court his best friend but he had to first turn fourteen before courting could occur. Qaden was a July baby and so he wouldn't turn fourteen until the end of July, whereas Cedric had turned sixteen just before he left Hogwarts for the summer.
"Heart breaker" Qaden said his eyes alight with happiness, his best friend had been back for two days now and life for him was looking up.
"You wound me" Cedric said staggering back a step while holding his chest, acting as if Qaden's words truly wounded him.
"Come" Qaden said before taking the pair of them to the living room of the A. Sattar household, a place that Cedric had yearned to be in many times throughout his time at Hogwarts.
"What is this?" Cedric said picking up a thick book that had the title of: European Wizarding Courting: A Practical Guide to Courting in European countries
"I have been reading" Qaden said a blush on his cheeks; his mother had gifted him the book when he had asked about all the gentlemen that came to see him on a daily basis. Cedric eyed the book and knew there was more behind the words that Qaden had spoken, there usually always was.
"Courting?" Cedric said a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, he hadn't moved fast enough and now Qaden was knee deep in courting by some old man wanting Qaden for his body and not his mind, spirit and so many other wonderful things that the boy before him held.
"My mother is trying to prepare me. It seems that I have a….what do you call it? Following?" Qaden said looking up to Cedric hoping that he had used the right word.
"Of that I can believe" Cedric said in all honesty, wondering what Qaden would do if he were to offer his courting rites to him right then and there. Qaden blushed at Cedric's words before placing the book on the small desk in the room.
"Have you courted" Qaden asked nervous, he hadn't heard news in any of the letters that were sent that Cedric was interested in anyone but he hadn't thought to intrude like that.
"No one at Hogwarts"
"Outside"
"No, although I do have my eye on someone" Cedric said giving Qaden a smile that told the boy there was more information to be had about that. Qaden unfortunately had been raised to not inquire about such things when dealing with their betters and so he let the matter die. Cedric looked around the room taking in the new things and the old, some such as pictures lay on the walls and on any available surface; most of the photos were of his mother or of Cedric and his family and a few of the village people that allowed him into their homes to teach him the ways of old.
"What's this" Cedric said grabbing yet another book that was written in what Cedric assumed was Malay.
"It is about the old ways of magic here on the island" Qaden explained before Cedric asked about it and Qaden was more than happy to weave the tale that was the history of magic on Keeling Islands.
~Potter's Vacation Home (Destiny)~
"Divya" Lily Potter called from the sun room that she was sitting in with her family, as they lazed about, after their search for Cedric proved to be fruitless.
"Mistress Potter" the woman that had just arrived said before listening to the woman sitting on a beaded cushion began to speak about getting in contact with the Diggory family to set up a lunch or dinner with the family.
"It will be done" the woman, Divya said before backing out of the room and then making her way to the kitchen so that she could begin work on lunch for the Potters as well as contacting Mrs. Diggory about a meeting between the two families. She knew all too well how much Evelyn Diggory despised the Potter family, but she also knew that the Potter's felt that they were to be granted any and every wish or desire they had and it seemed currently it was the desire of Rose Potter to marry Cedric Diggory.
"They will see" the woman said before shaking her head of her thoughts and doing what she was told, it was after all how she and her son lived day after day.
~Diggory Vacation Home (Dolvi)~
"Dolvi" a woman with long brown hair pulled into a bun and with smoky grey eyes said as she answered the one and only phone in the house.
"Evelyn" the caller said before a grin broke out over the other woman's face. It seemed her son had relayed the message and so the other woman was calling to set up their meeting.
"Divya so glad to hear from you, how's that boy of yours" Evelyn Diggory said before taking a seat on the chair that sat next to the phone, in an alcove that had been made especially for the muggle piece of technology.
"Excited that his best friend has arrived for the holidays" Divya said an easy smile on her face, glad that Evelyn seemed to be in good humor. She knew it wouldn't last since she was calling in regards to the request that Lily Potter had made to her.
"Understandable" Evelyn said before she paused, she could tell that Divya wasn't telling her everything.
"I have been instructed by Mistress Potter….."
"What's that twit want now?" Evelyn grouched before her face turning into a sneer, she wasn't very fond of the Potter family. Then again most of the people she had dealings with weren't very fond of the family, each had their own reasons but the one common thing was that the Potter's were stuck up and rude to anyone they thought as their lesser; which it seemed was a vast majority of the British Wizarding World.
"She has instructed me to contact you regarding a dinner or lunch between your family and the Potter" Divya said formally, Rose Potter had just made her way over to where Divya stood on the phone, knowing the girl was sneaking around trying to get her in trouble. It had been this way for years, but what Rose Potter failed to understand was that she held the power not Rose. She had worked for the Potter's since the birth of their third and widely unknown child.
"Tell that *lot* that I am currently busy tonight with greeting my husband and entertaining friends on the island" Evelyn said primly, take that Lily Potter!
"I will do so" Divya said watching as Rose snooped around some more before coming to stand in front of Divya waiting for her to get off the phone. How long could it take to set up a lunch or dinner?
"And if they think of contacting me again…." Evelyn left the threat hanging, she knew that Divya would tell the Potter's what she said and she hoped that would put the family off of meeting with them. She knew it wouldn't but she would still try.
"I will let them know" Divya said before hanging up the phone and staring at Rose as if asking if she wanted something.
"Well?" Rose said impatient with not knowing whether or not she needed to pick out a dress for dinner or not.
"Mistress Diggory is busy tonight, with her husband arriving and entertaining some friends from the island" Divya said before stepping around Rose, who was stunned, and making her way to where Lily still sat with her husband and son.
"So?" Lily said once she saw Divya enter the room, she didn't have time to speak before Rose stormed into the room and threw herself into the nearest piece of furniture.
"What's wrong dear?" Lily asked her daughter, her daughter on the other hand was pouting and was now willing to tell everyone about the slight that Cedric had made against her.
"The Diggory's don't want to have dinner with us" Rose said leaving out the part about tonight not being a good night because of her husband arriving or that they were already entertaining.
"I'm certain there is a reason why" Lily said her glance moving from her daughter, who sat on a couch still pouting, to Divya who watched the scene with utter bafflement. Had this family been that spoiled that even the lightest slight was blown totally out of proportion?
"Mistress Diggory told me that her husband is due to arrive tonight from England and that she already is entertaining some friends from the island this evening"
"Well see there" Lily said looking over to her daughter, who had yet to straighten her body out of the pout pose she was giving, before continuing on.
"It's just for tonight" Lily said easily, Divya knew better than to not correct her for Evelyn Diggory would take a pound of flesh from them if she could. Divya cleared her throat bringing the attention back to her.
"Mistress Diggory has advised *not* to contact her in future over a lunch or dinner" Divya said slowly, knowing that Lily would explode, and explode she did.
"What do you mean not contact her?" Lily had by now stood up and was waving her hands about making Divya want to laugh at the scene. Her husband looked utterly confused, while her plump son sat there with some sort of sweet in his mouth.
"Mistress Diggory did not give a reason as to why, but she said to tell you not to contact her in future about a meeting" Divya explained slowly, the family had always been limited on brain cells in the matters of Wizarding Etiquette.
"Her son is to court my Rose" Lily stated to Divya as if she had any control over what Evelyn Diggory did or didn't do.
"I don't understand" Lily said before slumping into a chair and looking around the room, confused on what was going on. She had been under the impression that Cedric Diggory was head over heels in love with her Rose, but now it sounded as if something else was going on; for Mrs. Diggory to say such a thing to her.
"Rose" Lily said eyeing her daughter critically now; she had figured that Rose had been telling the truth when she said that Cedric was interested in her, but now she didn't think so.
"Mummy" Rose said in a whine, it was then that Lily figured out that Rose had been lying to her about Cedric's feelings toward her. Lily shook her head, if it was Cedric Diggory that her daughter wanted then it was Cedric Diggory her daughter would get.
"Thank you Divya, you are dismissed for the day" Lily said sitting upright and already planning how she would lure Cedric into a courting contract that would lead to a marriage contract. Divya watched the woman for a moment longer before nodding her head and leaving the room. She would of course warn Evelyn of the impending scheme that Lily Potter would try to use to bind Cedric into something that he neither wanted nor needed.
~A. Sattar Household~
"Qaden" Cedric said leaning against the other's boy couch, Qaden had just completed telling him one of the myths that he had been taught from the village's older folks, since it seemed that their grandchildren felt that they needed a formal education in magic.
"Yes" Qaden replied wondering what it was that Cedric was thinking, for he could tell that the other teen was thinking about something.
"May I use your phone" Cedric said having an idea that he thought would be brilliant but he first needed to clear it with his mother. He was certain that Qaden wouldn't turn him down, but he would try and persuade him if he did at first.
"Of course" Qaden said before looking at Cedric again, something was going on he was certain of it, now to just find out.
"I'll be right back" Cedric said standing up and then dashing to where the phone was located. Cedric dialed a number and waited for it to be picked up.
"Dolvi" Evelyn Diggory answered she had been busy speaking with Divya, who had stopped by on her way home to warn her of Lily Potter's scheme, and about their two sons and the possibility of a Courting Contract.
"Mum" Cedric said his eyes busy scanning the area to make sure that Qaden was nowhere near the phone so that he could explain his plan. It was unorthodox now-a-days but he knew it could still happen.
"Cedric" Evelyn said a smile on her face as she looked over to where Divya sat looking at her in interest.
"I was wondering if you and dad could come up with a Courting Intent Contract" Cedric said before he noticed that it sounded as if Qaden was moving towards him from the living room.
"Whoever for?" Evelyn said a huge grin spreading over her face, so her son had finally decided to go for Qaden. It was about bloody time in her estimation.
"Qaden" Cedric said now at a low whisper.
"Consider it done, his mother is here now. We'll work something out" Evelyn said before hanging up on her son, she and Divya had plenty of work to do before their dinner.
"Cedric" Qaden said just as Cedric hung up the phone a shocked look on his face, he hadn't been certain that his mother would approve of such a pairing but it seemed his worry was for naught.
"Qaden" Cedric said moving away from the phone a huge smile on his face, he had to celebrate.
"Outside" Cedric said before grabbing Qaden's hand and leading him outside before throwing the other boy into the Indian Ocean.
"Cedric!" Qaden exclaimed before he noticed the huge smile on Cedric's face.
"I am very happy" Cedric said as he entered the water to where he had thrown Qaden.
"About" Qaden enquired before pulling Cedric down into the water with him.
"You'll find out soon enough" Cedric said now relaxing next to his soon to be intended.
"You have planned something?"
"I have" Cedric said leaning towards Qaden, wanting to be near the smaller teen. He knew that he couldn't formally court Qaden until he was fourteen but he was afraid that there would be men courters at the A. Sattar front door the morning of. His Courtship Intent Contract would solve all of those problems, he would be the first person allowed to court Qaden and if things went sour, which he knew it wouldn't, only then would the contract be broken.
"Dinner" Qaden asked knowing that Cedric was horrible at keeping secrets. He had lasted all of two hours once when he had bought him a birthday gift, so he knew if Cedric was this happy that he wouldn't be able to hold in the secret for long.
"Dinner" Cedric confirmed before the pair played in the water fully dressed in their clothing. An hour later the pair made their way into the house to hear the phone ringing.
"Hello" Qaden answered the phone smiling when he heard his mother's voice on the other side.
"I will tell Cedric then" Qaden said before saying goodbye to his mother and then turning to Cedric who had taken off his shirt since it was sopping wet, he would have but he knew there would be questions that he couldn't really answer yet. Cedric looked amazing, and Qaden had to fight hard not to drool over Cedric's torso. Cedric noticed that Qaden was staring and the feeling of love for the teen before him swelled.
"Your mother says for you to return home, you must prepare" Qaden said trying to look away from Cedric's chest but coming up short. It seemed that Quidditch had done a world of good to Cedric's body.
"I will, I'll see you later" Cedric said before making his way over to where Qaden stood uncertain on what to do. Cedric pulled Qaden into a hug and took in the scent of his hopefully soon to be mate. Qaden wrapped his arms around Cedric and held on, he wasn't sure how much longer he would be able to hide his feelings for his friend but he was certain that once Cedric knew how he felt that he would turn away and never return.
"I better go" Cedric said pulling out of the hug and then giving Qaden a smile before dashing out the house with his shirt in his hand as he ran towards Dolvi, the Diggory vacation home. Qaden watched as Cedric made his way home, he didn't know what the other boy had planned but he knew that it must be good and so with that thought he made his way to his room to pick out something that he could wear to the Diggory house. Once an outfit had been picked out Qaden made his way to the home's only bathroom and began to run the water for a shower. It was just as he took off his shirt that he heard the front door of the house open.