~~~~OK- I got reviews, so I'm updating. Also, I'm trying something new. If
you don't like I'll see what I can do, but this part is crucial in the
story line. PEACE OUT!
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Oliver was flying around the quidditch pitch, when students began coming out the front doors. Shortly after, Hogwarts grounds were filled with students playing in the freshly laid snow. He noticed Fred, George, and Katie having a snowball fight with Harry and Avril. Snow began falling and soon everything was white. Except that figure coming out of the forest and swiftly heading over to the group of friends. Oliver tried to land, but was suddenly swept up by a gust of air. Finally he landed, and yelled to his friends to warn them of the oncoming being. It was dressed in a black cloak, and had the hood covering its face. Curious, Oliver stopped to see what the thing was doing. Silently it approached Avril, and stuck and pulled something shiny from within its heavy robe. A knife. AS soon as Oliver realized what was going on, he broke out into a sprint towards his friends. He waved his arms and yelled. Only Katie responded and waved happily, before taking a snowball to the face and knocking her down. The cloaked one raised its dagger above Avril's head and let out a shrill cry, a deafening scream that seemed like it was more deadly than the knife. Realizing he was too far away to stop it, he shut his eyes tightly as he heard the high screams of Katie and Avril, followed by the helpless yells of Fred, George and Harry. Oliver heard the slashing of the dagger, and the struggles of his friends, the punching and slapping. He heard one last shrill cry, and then fell to the ground in horror.
Oliver awoke abruptly, breathing heavily and broken out into a sweat. He looked around the room. 'It was just a dream.' he told himself, 'just a dream.....' He took some deep breaths and then laid back down and closed his eyes. He thought about the dream, or rather nightmare. IT seemed so real.
*
Avril woke up feeling oddly refreshed. She smile and looked around her room. Then her thoughts flashed back to when she fell asleep. Cedric. He was acting strange. Actually, he was acting normal compared to earlier. Frustrated, Avril rubbed her forehead and got out of bed. She grimaced as she looked into her small mirror. 'What the hell have you done to yourself Ave' She pulled out a comb and began to untangle her golden locks. Once she was satisfied, she replaced the comb and headed towards the common room, fearing that Cedric had turned cold once more. Stopping before the door, she took a deep breath, and opened the door.
**
Oliver was up early, and went downstairs to sit on one of the big scarlet sofas and admire the giant Christmas tree, adorned with many ornaments and candles. Lucky for him, no one was there, yet, so he could sort out what happened in his nightmare. He'd have to look in his divination book on how to read dreams.
The sun broke out from the horizon, and spilled its light across the room. And soon the small number of students staying came down the stairs, gaping at the large amount of presents left beneath the tree. Oliver welcomed Fred, George, Katie, and Harry. 'Funny' he thought, 'these are the people that just died in my dream...'. However, Oliver decided not to tell them about his dream.
***
Silently entering the room from behind, Avril pulled Elle, Tom, and Anthony off to the side. Cedric beamed at her as he saw her enter.
"Something is different." Avril whispered.
"If you haven't noticed, it's Christmas." Elle said blankly, twirling raven hair through her fingers. Avril rolled her eyes. Tom seemed to catch on at least.
"Yea, Cedric's too, too.....nice?" Tom said questioningly.
"No. He's back to his old self." Anthony added.
"Wait." Avril said. "Anthony, do you remember what happened at practice that day you and Cedric made a deal, or rather he paid you to....break us up?"
"Well," he started, "Yeah, me and Cedric were out practicing late. We were kind of fooling around out there and he lost control. You remember. You were there." he chuckled remembering. "Cedric was doing his impression of Oliver Wood. I thought he was still joking, but then he hit the ground. You rushed over and we dragged him off to the hospital wing."
"Exactly! Madame Pomfrey told us that he would at least be unconscious for two days, and then an hour later he talks to you? I don't know about you but I'm lost."
"Some kind of potion was involved in this." Tom added. "It's obvious someone is out to hurt you."
"Well that's assuring. C'mon. Let's go have Christmas."
Everyone sat around the tree and began tearing open package after package filled with sweets and gadgets and books and jewelry and clothing and money and soon, everything was open. Sprawled out over the floor, they soon began to fall asleep.
"Woah, woah, woah!" Elle said. "We can't fall asleep! We gotta clean this place up and then we can go to breakfast before we miss it, and then we can sleep."
"Sounds good." Cedric said.
"Except for the cleaning part." Rowena Wilson complained. Everyone laughed and Tom rustled her hair. She slapped his hand away, and walked over to Cedric and sat next to him. Cedric looked questioningly at Avril, who suddenly realized that Rowena had no clue that Avril and Cedric never broke up. Actually the only people who knew were Avril, Cedric, Elle, Tom, and Anthony.
"Uh, Rowena? What are you doing?" Tom asked.
"Haven't you heard?" Marc asked. Tom shook his head. Marc whispered something in Tom's ear, and then Tom whispered back. "Rowena!" Marc exclaimed. "What right do you think you have creeping up on Cedric? Are you mad?" Rowena looked at Cedric and he raised his eyebrows.
"But, he and Avril.......not over?" she said sadly. Marc and Tom shook their heads. Rowena slunked back into a chair and shut her mouth for the rest of the time there.
"What's this?" Greg Reade said pulling a card and a box out from the tree. "It's addressed to you, Avril." he handed it to her.
Avril opened the card. It read:
Avril,
This was left with me to give to you when you were ready to have it. I feel that time is now.
Use It Well
"That's odd." Avril frowned at it as she passed it along to Elle.
"I wonder who it's from."
"Well open it up." Cedric said moving closer to her. Tearing open the brown paper, Avril revealed a small box. She pulled off the top of it. Inside was a charm bracelet. It had seven golden charms: a key, a cat, an angel, a horseshoe, a star, a wishbone, and a heart. Avril's eyes widened.
"Looks like someone fancies you." Tom said. Avril looked at Cedric.
"I think if I gave that to you the card would have been signed."
"Well, its obviously someone who new my relatives. Like they gave it to someone to give to me when I came here, or something."
"Sounds logical." Greg added.
Little did everyone know that young Harry Potter had received a similar gift, an invisibility cloak, but the note mentioned that the gift was owned by his father.
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Oliver was flying around the quidditch pitch, when students began coming out the front doors. Shortly after, Hogwarts grounds were filled with students playing in the freshly laid snow. He noticed Fred, George, and Katie having a snowball fight with Harry and Avril. Snow began falling and soon everything was white. Except that figure coming out of the forest and swiftly heading over to the group of friends. Oliver tried to land, but was suddenly swept up by a gust of air. Finally he landed, and yelled to his friends to warn them of the oncoming being. It was dressed in a black cloak, and had the hood covering its face. Curious, Oliver stopped to see what the thing was doing. Silently it approached Avril, and stuck and pulled something shiny from within its heavy robe. A knife. AS soon as Oliver realized what was going on, he broke out into a sprint towards his friends. He waved his arms and yelled. Only Katie responded and waved happily, before taking a snowball to the face and knocking her down. The cloaked one raised its dagger above Avril's head and let out a shrill cry, a deafening scream that seemed like it was more deadly than the knife. Realizing he was too far away to stop it, he shut his eyes tightly as he heard the high screams of Katie and Avril, followed by the helpless yells of Fred, George and Harry. Oliver heard the slashing of the dagger, and the struggles of his friends, the punching and slapping. He heard one last shrill cry, and then fell to the ground in horror.
Oliver awoke abruptly, breathing heavily and broken out into a sweat. He looked around the room. 'It was just a dream.' he told himself, 'just a dream.....' He took some deep breaths and then laid back down and closed his eyes. He thought about the dream, or rather nightmare. IT seemed so real.
*
Avril woke up feeling oddly refreshed. She smile and looked around her room. Then her thoughts flashed back to when she fell asleep. Cedric. He was acting strange. Actually, he was acting normal compared to earlier. Frustrated, Avril rubbed her forehead and got out of bed. She grimaced as she looked into her small mirror. 'What the hell have you done to yourself Ave' She pulled out a comb and began to untangle her golden locks. Once she was satisfied, she replaced the comb and headed towards the common room, fearing that Cedric had turned cold once more. Stopping before the door, she took a deep breath, and opened the door.
**
Oliver was up early, and went downstairs to sit on one of the big scarlet sofas and admire the giant Christmas tree, adorned with many ornaments and candles. Lucky for him, no one was there, yet, so he could sort out what happened in his nightmare. He'd have to look in his divination book on how to read dreams.
The sun broke out from the horizon, and spilled its light across the room. And soon the small number of students staying came down the stairs, gaping at the large amount of presents left beneath the tree. Oliver welcomed Fred, George, Katie, and Harry. 'Funny' he thought, 'these are the people that just died in my dream...'. However, Oliver decided not to tell them about his dream.
***
Silently entering the room from behind, Avril pulled Elle, Tom, and Anthony off to the side. Cedric beamed at her as he saw her enter.
"Something is different." Avril whispered.
"If you haven't noticed, it's Christmas." Elle said blankly, twirling raven hair through her fingers. Avril rolled her eyes. Tom seemed to catch on at least.
"Yea, Cedric's too, too.....nice?" Tom said questioningly.
"No. He's back to his old self." Anthony added.
"Wait." Avril said. "Anthony, do you remember what happened at practice that day you and Cedric made a deal, or rather he paid you to....break us up?"
"Well," he started, "Yeah, me and Cedric were out practicing late. We were kind of fooling around out there and he lost control. You remember. You were there." he chuckled remembering. "Cedric was doing his impression of Oliver Wood. I thought he was still joking, but then he hit the ground. You rushed over and we dragged him off to the hospital wing."
"Exactly! Madame Pomfrey told us that he would at least be unconscious for two days, and then an hour later he talks to you? I don't know about you but I'm lost."
"Some kind of potion was involved in this." Tom added. "It's obvious someone is out to hurt you."
"Well that's assuring. C'mon. Let's go have Christmas."
Everyone sat around the tree and began tearing open package after package filled with sweets and gadgets and books and jewelry and clothing and money and soon, everything was open. Sprawled out over the floor, they soon began to fall asleep.
"Woah, woah, woah!" Elle said. "We can't fall asleep! We gotta clean this place up and then we can go to breakfast before we miss it, and then we can sleep."
"Sounds good." Cedric said.
"Except for the cleaning part." Rowena Wilson complained. Everyone laughed and Tom rustled her hair. She slapped his hand away, and walked over to Cedric and sat next to him. Cedric looked questioningly at Avril, who suddenly realized that Rowena had no clue that Avril and Cedric never broke up. Actually the only people who knew were Avril, Cedric, Elle, Tom, and Anthony.
"Uh, Rowena? What are you doing?" Tom asked.
"Haven't you heard?" Marc asked. Tom shook his head. Marc whispered something in Tom's ear, and then Tom whispered back. "Rowena!" Marc exclaimed. "What right do you think you have creeping up on Cedric? Are you mad?" Rowena looked at Cedric and he raised his eyebrows.
"But, he and Avril.......not over?" she said sadly. Marc and Tom shook their heads. Rowena slunked back into a chair and shut her mouth for the rest of the time there.
"What's this?" Greg Reade said pulling a card and a box out from the tree. "It's addressed to you, Avril." he handed it to her.
Avril opened the card. It read:
Avril,
This was left with me to give to you when you were ready to have it. I feel that time is now.
Use It Well
"That's odd." Avril frowned at it as she passed it along to Elle.
"I wonder who it's from."
"Well open it up." Cedric said moving closer to her. Tearing open the brown paper, Avril revealed a small box. She pulled off the top of it. Inside was a charm bracelet. It had seven golden charms: a key, a cat, an angel, a horseshoe, a star, a wishbone, and a heart. Avril's eyes widened.
"Looks like someone fancies you." Tom said. Avril looked at Cedric.
"I think if I gave that to you the card would have been signed."
"Well, its obviously someone who new my relatives. Like they gave it to someone to give to me when I came here, or something."
"Sounds logical." Greg added.
Little did everyone know that young Harry Potter had received a similar gift, an invisibility cloak, but the note mentioned that the gift was owned by his father.