Chapter Two
Summary: Castle and Beginning of the year festivities
Thank you for reviewing, Here is the Second chapter like i promised :D Just a few things i'm changing around, Let's pretend that Cedric is the same age as Fred and George and that lot but he's already 17 so he can enter the tournament, whereas fred and george are yet to turn 16 same as Wood i guess. Um what else, oh yess Quidditch has not been canceled and there are games going on during the tournament. I guess that's all i remember for now. :D Enjoy the second chapter.
By the time I was pulled or more like dragged back into our compartment by Alicia the train ride had pulled into the Hogsmeade station. I sat there quietly listening to my friends chatter away about their summer casually adding my two cents in wherever needed.
All eight of us managed to squeeze our way out of our compartment in somewhat of an organized manor. We've all been together since our second year, so we've had a lot of practice.
Sean left the compartment to go sit with his Hufflepuff girlfriend Ashley Carson. She's a pretty girl with long sandy blond hair and light blue eyes she's friends with Cedric and his close friends Jeremy Winters and Isaac Turner.
Roger didn't even bother to sit with us this year he hasn't for a couple of years now too busy with his seventh year friends and girlfriend Ruby Chenoweth a dainty porcelain skinned Scarlett haired Ravenclaw. I think she is pretty but plain and simple. Roger seems to think the world of her though so I keep my thoughts to my self.
Alicia's nudge was not at all subtle but a second later and Cedric would have had to watch me walk straight into a tree and break some part of my face.
"Seriously what did you say to him, he keeps looking over here every minute." Alicia whispered furiously in my ear as she guided me by my arm. I gave her a sheepish smile and blushed under Cedric Diggory's gaze.
He gave a quick grin before turning his head and responding to whatever Jeremy Winters had said. "Must have laid some very important ground work last year huh Sam." Katie said as she passed by me her soon to be short dark brown ponytail, which I was now planning to cut off if she kept running her big mouth any louder, swayed back and forth almost hitting me in the eye.
Yes she was going to cut that hair I thought and she seemed to read my mind. "Oh come on." She whispered in my ear.
"Me and Angelina were in your charms class last year or were you too love struck to notice." She smiled again.
Immediately my face took on a bright shade as I stepped into the velvety black carriage.
Last year I had a couple of classes with Cedric, like first period charms. However we only ended up being partners near the end of the year for that class.
As we got on the carriages we separated. Fred, George, Oliver, and Lee Jordon in one and me, Alicia, Katie and Angelina in another.
I quickly glanced out the front window of the carriage watching the thestrals with their white shinning eyes, dragonish faces and skeletal black bodies extend their wings and take off.
True only those who have seen death can only see them, out of our group I'm the only one. I was there when my grandmother passed away right in front of my eyes. I don't like to get into it it's not something I freely get into.
"Sam? Sam? Samantha!"
"What?" I asked annoyed at the voice who broke my concentration.
"Are we planning to start sixth year or are you just going to sit there and daydream all day long?" Angelina Johnson asked rather annoyed at my lack of focus so early in the year.
She tucked one of her perfect black strands of hair behind her ear and continued walking catching pace with Katie Bell.
I hopped off the carriage grabbing my bags and the silver cage that held my White kitten Lucy and began walking with other students around my age toward the castle entrance.
Finally I was home. Hogwarts was my place to establish myself with out my sisters Emily and Jane to interfere or my mother trying to convince me to go to beauxbatons even though I didn't speak French at all.
I was friends with Fleur Delacour and her sister Gabrielle who go there, you could say that they are family friends in a way that our great grandmothers were always close, they were both vela's after all.
Once again lost in thought I didn't have a chance to execute a side step as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley ran past me in a frantic hurry, and wouldn't you know it Ron had to knock right into me sending us both to the ground and my cat's cage flying into the air.
I scrambled to grab my wand off the floor pointing it to the cage.
"Wingardium Leviosa" I shouted levitating the cage gently to the ground.
Once my Lucy was safe I turned to meet Ron Weasley's blushing gaze he was bright red as he tried to avoid my now fuming state. "How is it that Harry and Hermione can somewhat gracefully avoid me but you cannot?"
"So-Sor-Sorry Sam." He stuttered and grinned sheepishly.
I composed myself and politely assured him it was ok and helped him up. I was going to have a nice bruise on my arm, collarbone and leg from that nasty fall.
"Great." I murmured as he brushed himself off and grabbed his things and took off after Harry and that Hermione girl.
"Off to a great start." To be honest this is not the first time Ronald Weasley has knocked me down. He's as clumsy as I can be but at least I don't run frantically in a large crowd that just increases the chances of a collision.
Bending down to pick my stuff up my hand had reached for the same bag another hand had. I looked up a bit startled.
"Thought you could use some help, not watching where you're going again?" Cedric Diggory laughed his perfect white teeth smiling back at me.
"Actually, I was Ron Weasley wasn't" He cocked his head to the side and looked behind him.
"Oh Red headed guy? Yeah my father and his father are good friends, they work at the ministry together we went to see a game together during the summer"
"Lucky you then." I smiled and he smiled back.
"Not a big fan of him?" He questioned his gorgeous Silver grey blue eyes staring at me.
"I'm friends with his brothers and this is not the first time he's bumped into me."
"Ah I see." He said handing my bag back to me. I titled my head to the side and he smiled and we began walking towards the castle with mindless chatter about last year's charms class and the start of this year.
Alicia was going to have a heart attack I knew she could see us. Angelina, Katie and her were not that far ahead of Cedric and I.
We walked past a bunch of students I knew and I waved to Cho and her Ravenclaw clique of girls as we passed by.
Unfortunately we made it to the great hall in record time. He said a quick goodbye as he left to sit by his friends at his Hufflepuff table where they all greeted him loudly .
I quickly took my seat in between Fred and George purposely so I wasn't bombarded by questions that would turn my face a bright shade of red. I knew I would be interrogated in our rooms later on at least I'd have time to prepare myself.
By the time everyone from second to seventh year were seated and the first years were sorted I was famished.
I never did get anything off the trolly lady on the train. My stomach was too busy doing summersaults from Cedric's visit and my brain was too busy daydreaming about the past that I never got the chance to eat.
Dumbledore made his usual beginning of the year speech, blah blah blah forbidden forest, blah blah improper use of magic and so on.
My ears decided to perk up when Dumbledore began to talk about other schools, sharing Hogwarts and a Tri-Wizard tournament.
"As if this school isn't crowded enough." I huffed unable to direct my comment to the Slytherin table where Daphne and Astoria sat with that insufferable whiner Pansy Parkinson.
I could hear her already crying about sharing her dorm room and blah blah blah, boy was she tiring to listen to.
"What's a matter mate scared of a little competition?" Fred joked.
"Yeah I heard those beauxbatons girls are really something." George piped in.
My mouth dropped. "Excuse me I am not afraid of competition and you too should mind your mouths if you know what's good for you."
Fred and George faked a hurt expression and both sandwiched me in the middle of the two.
Katie laughed and Fred raised his eyebrows "You want some too Bell?" Fred ruffled her hair pulling most of it out of her ponytail as she tried to block his hands.
I smiled watching the two, if only they knew that they would make a cute couple if they just got their act together.
Lee returned to the conversation the boys had started. "Didn't you see how they arrived, a bit flashy don't you think same with the Durmstrong school. I heard Viktor Krum goes there."
Alicia raised her eyebrows "That seeker on the Bulgarian team?" She squealed excitedly.
"I heard that too." Katie said retying her hair back into a neat ponytail.
Wood scoffed. "Please that bloke shouldn't even call himself a seeker."
"Just because you're a Puddlemere fan doesn't mean you get to shoot down all the other teams." I argued kicking him under the table.
"Oy what'd you do that for." Wood said trying to kick me back but unsuccessfully doing so.
But before we could continue our small banter Dumbledore had cleared his throat and motioned to the great hall's large wooden doors, which opened and literally a flock of girls danced through the room.
Every boys attention and mouths dropped at least ten feat in reaction to the girls fluttering about the room. I tried to resist an un lady like snort but I couldn't help it.
This was just ridiculous. I stared about the room, I wasn't the only one either, every other girl looked just as unhappy.
I sighed even Cedric seemed mesermized by them and their blue coats. I put one hand under Fred's jaw and the other under George's and proceeded to close their jaws.
"Gross drool." I said wiping my hand on their robes.
I looked down the Gryffindor table catching sight of Ron Weasley with his mouth hanging wide open as well.
"Pathetic." I muttered rolling my eyes.
"You boys have no self control." Wood laughed at my comment and successfully kicked me under the table and lifted a finger on each hand. 1-1 he mouthed.
I was too busy bantering with Wood to notice the Durmstrong school had entered and many of the girls had swooned over the Bulgarian seeker Viktor Krum.
I pretended to be interested in the Tri-Wizard festivities but all I could think about was my stomach at the moment.
I had switched spots with George so I could sit next to Alicia while we ate. She elbowed me in the side lightly and motioned to the Hufflepuff table Cho Chang had sauntered over to Cedric's table chatting it up with MY CEDRIC!
Ok now I was being ridiculous. "He can talk to whoever he likes, it's not like were dating." I scoffed clearly jealous of Cho my soon to be ex Ravenclaw friend if she didn't stop leaning towards him.
My eyebrows furrowed and my mouth dropped forming a perfect O. I turned away picking at a piece of chicken.
"I'm sure they're just talking about their summer." Angelina said sympathetically.
"Yeah it's no big deal I talk to your cousin Sean all the time it's not like I want to snogg him or anything." Katie said
"And thank Merlin for that." Sean said standing behind Katie.
Ashley smiled and waved politely. "Are we talking about a certain situation going on at the Hufflepuff table?"
"Hmph." I huffed
"I guess so. Well they're just talking about their summers, it's just casual." Ashley reassured me.
"Does everyone know?" I sighed
Ashley smiled "No just the usual me, Sean, Alicia, Katie and Angelina."
"Oh yeah I forgot that these sods never pay any attention."
I motioned to the boys beside us who were cracking up at some joke I didn't quite understand.
I looked over at Cedric and Cho one last time but of course he had to look back at me.
He gave a smile while Cho continued to go on and on about whatever she was saying.
I just turned my attention to Alicia. "Ok lets go get the password from the perfects and head up to the dormitories yeah?" I said getting out of my seat.
Alright there you have it, the end of the second chapter. Please let me know what you think and what you'd like to see. :D.
