Innocent Words
Author: Captain Cornflake
Chapter Twelve: Romance Revealed
~*DISCLAIMER*~
I do NOT own Harry Potter, all credit goes J.K Rowling and thanks to PuddlemereChaser for letting me steal your ideas (j/k). PS I own Emilia.
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Em still couldn't believe she'd gotten engaged. The initial shock had gone but now the full realisation of what she was doing hit her.
Unfortunately it hit her right in the middle of breakfast the next day. She jolted suddenly; Alicia looked at her and asked:
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, it's nothing at all!
Alicia shrugged her shoulders and returned to her cereal.
Katie bounded into the hall, with George in tow, and ran towards Em, a grin plastered on her face as wide as the room.
"Congratulations" she squealed.
"What?" said Em, he face draining of all colour. How did she know?
"On winning the cup."
"Oh yeah, that" beamed Em, a real smile on her face.
Next to her, Alicia almost choked on the mouthful of cornflakes she was swallowing.
"You won the bloody cup?"
"Duh, why else would I be so happy?"
"Well, by the looks of your left hand, that's not the only reason" smiled Katie
Em quickly covered up her hand, not wanting anyone to know.
"Eh?" said a dumbfounded George.
"Nothing, nothing" whispered Katie, noticing her friend's embarrassment. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Later on that day, in the middle of another boring History of Magic lesson, Alicia leaned over and asked.
"What was Katie talking about this morning?"
"Nothing, I'll tell you later" she sighed, looking guiltily over at the Hufflepuffs, amongst whom Cedric was trying not to look nervous about the afternoon's final task.
He looked up at her, and quickly looked back at his work.
After the seemingly never ending lesson ended, Emilia dashed out of the room, trying to catch Cedric.
"Cedric, Cedric wait up!" she shouted, he stopped dead in his tracks but failed to turn around.
Em caught up with him, and held her side because she had a stitch.
He stared blankly at her, and she began:
"Can we.go somewhere, there's something I need to tell you."
Cedric's eyes wandered all over her face, before he led her in the direction of the Hufflepuff common room.
He muttered the password and then dragged Em to the nearest sofa in the room that was adorned in the canary yellow of the house.
Em's gaze surveyed the room a little before fixing her stare on Cedric's confused grey eyes.
"What was it.you wanted to tell me?"
"Yesterday.I uh.we.I"
"You won the cup final, yes I know that, congratulations" he said, emotionless.
"No, it's not that."
"Oh God, you're not pregnant are you?"
"No!! Oliver's asked me to marry him, and I've said yes" Em snapped, and then she clamped a hand to her mouth, realising what she'd said.
Cedric reeled back, his eyes filled with hurt. She gasped and blurted out:
"Oh my god, I'm sorry, it wasn't supposed to come out like that. Oh shit, I'm sorry, I-I."
Cedric regained his voice, and balled his fists up to contain the rage he felt inside.
"Will.you just...go" he seethed through gritted teeth
"Cedric.I.I'm sorry" whispered Em, desperate to backtrack her words.
"JUST GO!" he bellowed, causing a few younger students to jump in the sparsely populated room.
Emilia stood up, and opened her mouth to speak, but Diggory cut her off.
"Just.go" he choked, as he fought back tears of anger.
Em left, and headed straight back to the Gryffindor common room, where she hoped her friends would be.
To her relief, they were. Alicia was by now, dying to know what Katie had been talking about at breakfast.
"Oh come on..tell me" she whined
"No, ask Em when you next see her, in fact, ask her now, here she comes."
Emilia stopped in the shadowy passageway behind the portrait hole, put her back against the uneven wall and slid down it, crying silently.
Angelina, worried like hell, ran to her emotionally unstable friend, kneeled down in front of her and said:
"What's wrong?"
"He hates me" she managed to say through strangulated sobs.
"Who? Cedric?"
"Yes.I told him" sniffed Em, "I told him about me and Oliver"
"I thought he already knew, I mean you've been dating the guy for like seven or eight months now."
"No! He knows me and Oliver are engaged," she said, much regretting it afterwards
"You wha..wha?" choked Alicia
Emilia remained silent, until the looks of her friends forced her to speak.
"What did you just say?" sounded a shocked Fred and George.
"Oliver.asked me to marry him"
There was a rush of squeals and 'Oh my gods' from the girls. Angelina helped Em to her feet.
Katie and Alicia sat down either side of her on the sofa and paced reassuring hands or her shoulders. "And.?" Alicia enquired.
"I said yes," whispered Em, unconsciously letting a tear slide down her cheek.
"Hey, hey, hey" said a sympathetic Fred, catching the tear on one of his fingers.
"I just wanted him to be happy for me, that's all"
"And I'm sure he is, this is probably just his way of dealing with it, he'll be Ok" smiled Angelina
"You think?"
"Yeah, I'm sure, hey, if you run now, you might be able to catch him before the task"
"No, I'm the last person he'll want to see"
"It'll be alright, go, go on" urged Katie, pushing Em towards the door
"Ok, I guess it's worth a shot"
Emilia left the Gryffindor tower and raced towards the Quidditch field, where she hoped to find Cedric before the Third Task started.
She could see shadows moving in the tent where the four champions were preparing themselves.
She pulled back the one side of the canvas-like fabric and gingerly asked for Cedric. He appeared, and when he saw who it was, his expressions.
"Oh. It's you"
"Look, I need to talk to you"
"Save it," he snapped, cutting her off.
"I need you to understand something"
"Oh yeah? Like what? That someone I love is marrying someone else?"
"Yes, I need you to understand why."
"Well come then, try me," he shouted, causing Fleur to look over.
"We changed, or at lest I did. I just- I couldn't see you like that anymore"
"Oh yeah, so what did you see me as? One of your cast offs huh? Was that it?"
"No, that's not it all. I see you now as more of the big brother I never had"
"Eh?"
"You're the one I can turn to for advice, or talk to when I'm feeling down"
Cedric's gaze had melted from one of pure jealousy to one of understanding, awash with tears.
"I.I still love you" stammered Em " But as a friend"
"I...um"
"Do you forgive me now?"
"Yes" he whispered
Emilia flung herself onto him, he responded and held her close to his body.
"When they parted, Fleur and Krum were both staring at them, with looks of curiosity and suspicion on their faces.
"Look...I uh...I gotta get going now.for the uh.you know"
"Yeah I know," sighed Em, dusting a piece of fluff from Cedric's shoulder.
"Wish me luck," he said, a nervous smile forming on his lips.
"Break a leg" laughed Em, as her left the tent and waved at her.
She sighed again, leaving the prep area and making her way into the stands.
When Em found the girls, they had saved her a seat. She sat down, told them what had been said, and then the waiting was over, the third and final task of the Tri-Wizard tournament began.
Harry and Cedric were he first ones into the maze, followed by Krum, then Fleur.
Throughout the time the four champions were in the maze, Em was wringing her hands nervously. Especially when she heard a few screams and saw various flashes coming from the bushy enclosure.
Then came the biggest flash of all, which caused a gasp to echo through the crowd.
Emilia closed her eyes, and drifted away into another world.
In her mind a misty, eerie scene formed, it looked like a graveyard. The scene swayed a little before it focused, on what looked like Harry, then a blurry version of Cedric.
'What the hell?' she thought, before she was blinded by a green light. Em mentally closed her eyes tightly, and then opened them again.
She'd heard a dull thud while she'd had her 'eyes' shut, and when she opened them; she was forced to really open her eyes.
Em screamed 'OH MY GOD!', which caused a few people to look around.
"What's up with you?" hissed Fred, confusion covering his face.
Emilia, pretending she hadn't heard him, fought her way to the end of the row to the stairs which ran all the way to the front of the stand.
"What's wrong? Shouted Katie
"Something's happened to Cedric"
The other five teens sat glued to their seat, fearing that their friend had lost their mind.
Emilia ran as fast as she could down the steps without tripping. When she reached the front of the stand, she jumped over the flag adorned barrier, below which was an almost 10ft drop.
She landed on her feet, fell forward, jumped up, and ran towards the crowd that was gathering around the maze entrance.
She fought her way through the fear-ridden people to a small clearing where Harry collapsed, dragging a limp body with him.
Em ran to the body, rolled it over, and stared into the deathly pale face, the shocked grey eyes and half-open mouth, it was Cedric.
She was shaking with grief as she pulled Cedric's dead body into her arms.
McGonagall didn't stop her as she kneeled in front of Harry and he tried to tell her what had happened.
By then, news of Cedric's death had reached the stands and hoards of girls were in hysterical tears.
Em had become oblivious to the screams around her. She only snapped out of her trance when Amos Diggory, Cedric's father, shouted 'Oh My God!' and fell to his knees, gazing at his dead son.
She let go of him, so his grieving parents could see their child.
She stood up, dazed with grief, and walked away from the clamouring crowds surrounding the horrific scene. In her trance-like state of mind, Em didn't notice the waves of people passing her, until Angelina stopped her dead in her tracks.
"Em! Jesus Christ, what happened?"
"He.he's.Cedric's dead"
The Gryffindor chaser said nothing; she just pulled her weeping friend into her arms.
As Em's tears fell, her other four friends gathered around her and escorted the tearful teen away from all the commotion.
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Many hours later, in the Hospital Wing, after seeing Harry and hearing the full story, Emilia was more upset than she had been before.
She left alone, and sought out Professor McGonagall to ask her if she could see Cedric one more time before his funeral. The sympathetic headmistress said that she'd speak to Cedric's parents and get back to her.
She went back tot the Gryffindor common room, which was thankfully deserted.
She sank into one of the sofas and started to cry profusely.
After half an hour, Em's eyes were very red and puffy, and she had shed so many tears, she felt she could shed no more.
She was also very tired, and began to fall asleep.
When she finally fell into a deep sleep, she dreamed, she dreamed of what had happened that day, then, the scene melted into all the best moment she'd had with Cedric; the first time she saw him, the first time they spoke, the first time they kissed.
The rest of the Gryffindor team came back to their tower; the first thing they noticed was their sleeping teammate.
Fred and George, being the gentlemen they were, carried Em up to the girl's dorm, six flights up.
They lay her down on her bed and left her alone to sleep her sadness off.
She awoke not long after that, but remained curled up, hugging herself.
Then it came to her, she still needed Cedric, and he had still needed her.
But how to get to him again? She surveyed the room and then felt the thin end of her wand stick into her ribs. There it was, her ticket back to Cedric, back to his side.
She slowly pulled the 14-inch stick from the inside pocket of her robes, inspected it closely for any flaw, before pointing it at her heart, thinking for a moment, and then withdrawing.
She pulled open the draw of her bedside cabinet, picked out a scrap of parchment, a pre-filled quill and wrote a tiny note, placed it on the top of the cabinet, and assumed her previous position.
She closed her eyes and let the words flow from her mouth:
"Avada Kedavra"
The last thing she knew was a blinding green flash.
Author: Captain Cornflake
Chapter Twelve: Romance Revealed
~*DISCLAIMER*~
I do NOT own Harry Potter, all credit goes J.K Rowling and thanks to PuddlemereChaser for letting me steal your ideas (j/k). PS I own Emilia.
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Em still couldn't believe she'd gotten engaged. The initial shock had gone but now the full realisation of what she was doing hit her.
Unfortunately it hit her right in the middle of breakfast the next day. She jolted suddenly; Alicia looked at her and asked:
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, it's nothing at all!
Alicia shrugged her shoulders and returned to her cereal.
Katie bounded into the hall, with George in tow, and ran towards Em, a grin plastered on her face as wide as the room.
"Congratulations" she squealed.
"What?" said Em, he face draining of all colour. How did she know?
"On winning the cup."
"Oh yeah, that" beamed Em, a real smile on her face.
Next to her, Alicia almost choked on the mouthful of cornflakes she was swallowing.
"You won the bloody cup?"
"Duh, why else would I be so happy?"
"Well, by the looks of your left hand, that's not the only reason" smiled Katie
Em quickly covered up her hand, not wanting anyone to know.
"Eh?" said a dumbfounded George.
"Nothing, nothing" whispered Katie, noticing her friend's embarrassment. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Later on that day, in the middle of another boring History of Magic lesson, Alicia leaned over and asked.
"What was Katie talking about this morning?"
"Nothing, I'll tell you later" she sighed, looking guiltily over at the Hufflepuffs, amongst whom Cedric was trying not to look nervous about the afternoon's final task.
He looked up at her, and quickly looked back at his work.
After the seemingly never ending lesson ended, Emilia dashed out of the room, trying to catch Cedric.
"Cedric, Cedric wait up!" she shouted, he stopped dead in his tracks but failed to turn around.
Em caught up with him, and held her side because she had a stitch.
He stared blankly at her, and she began:
"Can we.go somewhere, there's something I need to tell you."
Cedric's eyes wandered all over her face, before he led her in the direction of the Hufflepuff common room.
He muttered the password and then dragged Em to the nearest sofa in the room that was adorned in the canary yellow of the house.
Em's gaze surveyed the room a little before fixing her stare on Cedric's confused grey eyes.
"What was it.you wanted to tell me?"
"Yesterday.I uh.we.I"
"You won the cup final, yes I know that, congratulations" he said, emotionless.
"No, it's not that."
"Oh God, you're not pregnant are you?"
"No!! Oliver's asked me to marry him, and I've said yes" Em snapped, and then she clamped a hand to her mouth, realising what she'd said.
Cedric reeled back, his eyes filled with hurt. She gasped and blurted out:
"Oh my god, I'm sorry, it wasn't supposed to come out like that. Oh shit, I'm sorry, I-I."
Cedric regained his voice, and balled his fists up to contain the rage he felt inside.
"Will.you just...go" he seethed through gritted teeth
"Cedric.I.I'm sorry" whispered Em, desperate to backtrack her words.
"JUST GO!" he bellowed, causing a few younger students to jump in the sparsely populated room.
Emilia stood up, and opened her mouth to speak, but Diggory cut her off.
"Just.go" he choked, as he fought back tears of anger.
Em left, and headed straight back to the Gryffindor common room, where she hoped her friends would be.
To her relief, they were. Alicia was by now, dying to know what Katie had been talking about at breakfast.
"Oh come on..tell me" she whined
"No, ask Em when you next see her, in fact, ask her now, here she comes."
Emilia stopped in the shadowy passageway behind the portrait hole, put her back against the uneven wall and slid down it, crying silently.
Angelina, worried like hell, ran to her emotionally unstable friend, kneeled down in front of her and said:
"What's wrong?"
"He hates me" she managed to say through strangulated sobs.
"Who? Cedric?"
"Yes.I told him" sniffed Em, "I told him about me and Oliver"
"I thought he already knew, I mean you've been dating the guy for like seven or eight months now."
"No! He knows me and Oliver are engaged," she said, much regretting it afterwards
"You wha..wha?" choked Alicia
Emilia remained silent, until the looks of her friends forced her to speak.
"What did you just say?" sounded a shocked Fred and George.
"Oliver.asked me to marry him"
There was a rush of squeals and 'Oh my gods' from the girls. Angelina helped Em to her feet.
Katie and Alicia sat down either side of her on the sofa and paced reassuring hands or her shoulders. "And.?" Alicia enquired.
"I said yes," whispered Em, unconsciously letting a tear slide down her cheek.
"Hey, hey, hey" said a sympathetic Fred, catching the tear on one of his fingers.
"I just wanted him to be happy for me, that's all"
"And I'm sure he is, this is probably just his way of dealing with it, he'll be Ok" smiled Angelina
"You think?"
"Yeah, I'm sure, hey, if you run now, you might be able to catch him before the task"
"No, I'm the last person he'll want to see"
"It'll be alright, go, go on" urged Katie, pushing Em towards the door
"Ok, I guess it's worth a shot"
Emilia left the Gryffindor tower and raced towards the Quidditch field, where she hoped to find Cedric before the Third Task started.
She could see shadows moving in the tent where the four champions were preparing themselves.
She pulled back the one side of the canvas-like fabric and gingerly asked for Cedric. He appeared, and when he saw who it was, his expressions.
"Oh. It's you"
"Look, I need to talk to you"
"Save it," he snapped, cutting her off.
"I need you to understand something"
"Oh yeah? Like what? That someone I love is marrying someone else?"
"Yes, I need you to understand why."
"Well come then, try me," he shouted, causing Fleur to look over.
"We changed, or at lest I did. I just- I couldn't see you like that anymore"
"Oh yeah, so what did you see me as? One of your cast offs huh? Was that it?"
"No, that's not it all. I see you now as more of the big brother I never had"
"Eh?"
"You're the one I can turn to for advice, or talk to when I'm feeling down"
Cedric's gaze had melted from one of pure jealousy to one of understanding, awash with tears.
"I.I still love you" stammered Em " But as a friend"
"I...um"
"Do you forgive me now?"
"Yes" he whispered
Emilia flung herself onto him, he responded and held her close to his body.
"When they parted, Fleur and Krum were both staring at them, with looks of curiosity and suspicion on their faces.
"Look...I uh...I gotta get going now.for the uh.you know"
"Yeah I know," sighed Em, dusting a piece of fluff from Cedric's shoulder.
"Wish me luck," he said, a nervous smile forming on his lips.
"Break a leg" laughed Em, as her left the tent and waved at her.
She sighed again, leaving the prep area and making her way into the stands.
When Em found the girls, they had saved her a seat. She sat down, told them what had been said, and then the waiting was over, the third and final task of the Tri-Wizard tournament began.
Harry and Cedric were he first ones into the maze, followed by Krum, then Fleur.
Throughout the time the four champions were in the maze, Em was wringing her hands nervously. Especially when she heard a few screams and saw various flashes coming from the bushy enclosure.
Then came the biggest flash of all, which caused a gasp to echo through the crowd.
Emilia closed her eyes, and drifted away into another world.
In her mind a misty, eerie scene formed, it looked like a graveyard. The scene swayed a little before it focused, on what looked like Harry, then a blurry version of Cedric.
'What the hell?' she thought, before she was blinded by a green light. Em mentally closed her eyes tightly, and then opened them again.
She'd heard a dull thud while she'd had her 'eyes' shut, and when she opened them; she was forced to really open her eyes.
Em screamed 'OH MY GOD!', which caused a few people to look around.
"What's up with you?" hissed Fred, confusion covering his face.
Emilia, pretending she hadn't heard him, fought her way to the end of the row to the stairs which ran all the way to the front of the stand.
"What's wrong? Shouted Katie
"Something's happened to Cedric"
The other five teens sat glued to their seat, fearing that their friend had lost their mind.
Emilia ran as fast as she could down the steps without tripping. When she reached the front of the stand, she jumped over the flag adorned barrier, below which was an almost 10ft drop.
She landed on her feet, fell forward, jumped up, and ran towards the crowd that was gathering around the maze entrance.
She fought her way through the fear-ridden people to a small clearing where Harry collapsed, dragging a limp body with him.
Em ran to the body, rolled it over, and stared into the deathly pale face, the shocked grey eyes and half-open mouth, it was Cedric.
She was shaking with grief as she pulled Cedric's dead body into her arms.
McGonagall didn't stop her as she kneeled in front of Harry and he tried to tell her what had happened.
By then, news of Cedric's death had reached the stands and hoards of girls were in hysterical tears.
Em had become oblivious to the screams around her. She only snapped out of her trance when Amos Diggory, Cedric's father, shouted 'Oh My God!' and fell to his knees, gazing at his dead son.
She let go of him, so his grieving parents could see their child.
She stood up, dazed with grief, and walked away from the clamouring crowds surrounding the horrific scene. In her trance-like state of mind, Em didn't notice the waves of people passing her, until Angelina stopped her dead in her tracks.
"Em! Jesus Christ, what happened?"
"He.he's.Cedric's dead"
The Gryffindor chaser said nothing; she just pulled her weeping friend into her arms.
As Em's tears fell, her other four friends gathered around her and escorted the tearful teen away from all the commotion.
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Many hours later, in the Hospital Wing, after seeing Harry and hearing the full story, Emilia was more upset than she had been before.
She left alone, and sought out Professor McGonagall to ask her if she could see Cedric one more time before his funeral. The sympathetic headmistress said that she'd speak to Cedric's parents and get back to her.
She went back tot the Gryffindor common room, which was thankfully deserted.
She sank into one of the sofas and started to cry profusely.
After half an hour, Em's eyes were very red and puffy, and she had shed so many tears, she felt she could shed no more.
She was also very tired, and began to fall asleep.
When she finally fell into a deep sleep, she dreamed, she dreamed of what had happened that day, then, the scene melted into all the best moment she'd had with Cedric; the first time she saw him, the first time they spoke, the first time they kissed.
The rest of the Gryffindor team came back to their tower; the first thing they noticed was their sleeping teammate.
Fred and George, being the gentlemen they were, carried Em up to the girl's dorm, six flights up.
They lay her down on her bed and left her alone to sleep her sadness off.
She awoke not long after that, but remained curled up, hugging herself.
Then it came to her, she still needed Cedric, and he had still needed her.
But how to get to him again? She surveyed the room and then felt the thin end of her wand stick into her ribs. There it was, her ticket back to Cedric, back to his side.
She slowly pulled the 14-inch stick from the inside pocket of her robes, inspected it closely for any flaw, before pointing it at her heart, thinking for a moment, and then withdrawing.
She pulled open the draw of her bedside cabinet, picked out a scrap of parchment, a pre-filled quill and wrote a tiny note, placed it on the top of the cabinet, and assumed her previous position.
She closed her eyes and let the words flow from her mouth:
"Avada Kedavra"
The last thing she knew was a blinding green flash.