Chapter Twelve: Unicorn Tears
"Hey Sabrina meet me at the Ravenclaw entrance ok? We need to have a chat." Jo said to Sabrina telepathically.
"You can talk to me telepathically! Awesome, I thought I was the only one around who could!"
"Nah, Harry and I both can. Meet you there in 5 ok?" Jo said rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, sure."
Soon Jo met up w/ Sabrina at the Ravenclaw dorm entrance.
"Sabrina. Can I have the Ravenclaw Password? I want it because Cedric is my caption and well yea," Jo asked trailing off at the end.
"Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh, you like him don't you..." Sabrina said teasingly.
"Yeah ok. Ok I do. So will you help me out?" Jo asked giving her the puppy eyes look.
Sabrina giggled a little. "The password is unicorn tears."
"You're not lying right?" Jo said eyeing Sabrina.
Sabrina rolled her eyes and faced the portrait. "Unicorn tears." She said clearly and the portrait swung open. "Nope, not lying."
"So you weren't." Jo said following Sabrina in side.
"Wow! Your common room is so...so full of light... that annoys me." Jo said surprised the Ravenclaws liked it so bright. She blinked a few times and finally her eyes adjusted to the brightness. Jo looked around and noticed Cedric on one of the couches bending over what looked like Quidditch plans. Jo quietly walked over to him. "Hey what'cha doing?" She asked looking over his shoulder.
"What are you doing here Potter, I thought you were in Slytherin." Cedric said not looking up from his papers.
"Well...Uh...You see..." Jo stammered.
"What is a scum like you doing in our dormitory?" Came Cho Chang's girlish voice. "You're contaminating our Slytherin Scum Free Zone." She said sitting down next to Cedric. Jo's hand slowly moved to her wand.
"Come on Cho, give the girl a break. She just wanted to check up on the Quidditch schedule, didn't you Jo."
Jo glanced at Cho who was glaring at her.
"Yeah, Quidditch." Jo said also glaring at Cho.
"She's not here for Quidditch Cedric, dear; she's here to get at you for my position and to steal you from me. Hurry up and put that junk away. You said you'd take me on a walk before lights out." Cho snapped.
"I did, I don't recall." Cedric said. "And plus, practice is tomorrow and I don't want our new seeker to think that her Captain is never prepared for the game." Cedric said looking up at Jo.
Jo smiled at Cedric. "Can I see what you're working on please?" She said quietly.
"Absolutely not! She is not the new seeker! I AM! Now ditch the plans and the poor excuse of a player and take me for a stroll." Cho said angrily
"Um, Cho, how about you have a seat and chill for a minute ok?" Cedric said looking back down at his papers and scribbling some more.
"Cedric don't tell me what to do!" Cho said glaring at Jo.
"I'd like to see you make me leave." Jo said sitting down next to Cedric. "I think that the beater should go to the left it seems faster..." Jo said pointing to the left. "But of course your way is good too." She said fast.
Cedric smiled and began pointing out his plans to Jo and exactly how they were to work. "So Julia, the beater, I'll introduce you to the team later, would actually be slowing the whole play down if she went left."
"Oh.I see." Jo said running her finger along the lines for the Seeker.
"How can a Slytherin play on our team any way Cedric?" Cho asked.
"It-it is a long story Cho, you see...I'll tell you at practice ok?" Cedric said avoiding the subject.
"Diggory! Professor Flitwick wants to see you!" Sabrina shouted form the door.
Cedric stood up and looked at Cho. "Don't touch the papers." He jogged to and up the stairs and then out the portrait hole.
Once he was gone Cho changed every seeker name to her name and made sure Jo left.
"HEY! THIS ISN'T RIGHT! LET ME BACK IN! Unicorn tears!" Jo said annoyed w/ Cho.
Cedric returned from talking with Flitwick. "Potter, what are you doing out here, were you on your way back to your house?"
Jo spun around. "Oh hi Professor Flitwick. Yes I was but I forgot my wand in side and I can't get back in."
"Mr. Diggory, would you please get Ms. Potters wand for her."
"Yes Professor." Cedric gave the password and went inside, he motioned for Jo to follow as soon as Flitwick had walked off.
"Thanks Cedric. Cho messed w/ your papers by the way." Jo said to Cedric.
"I knew she would." Cedric muttered. He corrected the papers and stuffed them in a bag. "I am heading up to my room to study, don't forget we have practice tomorrow, k Jo?"
"Cedric, I was actually wondering could you walk me back to my room?" Jo said quietly. Cedric looked down at Jo from halfway up the stairs. "Um...sure" Cedric descended back down the stairs and walked Jo to the portrait hole.
"Hey Cedric, why is it that I can play on your team but I'm in Slytherin?" Jo asked as the climbed down the stairs.
"Well, I asked Professor Dumbledoor if I could get a new seeker, you see, Cho isn't the best, though she thinks she is. Hagrid could probably play better than her." Cedric said. "So he said he would try a new system and give me someone from someone else's house and see how it works out. And he was going to give me Harry, except for he was already playing for Wood, so he said he would find a good first year."
"Oh." Jo said in reply.
"And then I saw you catch the snitch outside my window while I was looking down a list of possible seekers and decided that you were better then the other wanna-bes that were named."
"I see." Jo said. She forgot to skip the trick steep and fell right in. She cursed under her breath. "Can I have a little help please?"
Cedric laughed a little. He held out his hand for Jo to grab and pulled her out of the trick step easily.
Jo smiled at him. She purposely tripped and fell right in to his arms. "Oops sorry.... My bad."
Cedric smiled and helped her straighten up. He led her down the steps and down the hall to the Slytherin's dorm. "Here's your stop."
"Thanks Cedric...er Captain." Jo said smiling. "See you tomorrow."
"Yeah...catch ya later Jo." Cedric turned and jogged back up the stairs. He bumped into someone on the way. "Oh...Flint. Hi."
"I see you walked Potter back to her dorm. What's going on between you two? Keep away from her ok, she's a Slytherin not a Ravenclaw." Flint said evilly to Cedric.
"Oh Flint, your just jealous because she is on my team and not yours." Cedric sneered.
"That is not true." Flint said coldly.
"Whatever." Cedric looked down the sitars. "Don't forget practice tomorrow Jo, be there, ok? See ya." Cedric pushed past Flint and jogged the rest of the way up the stairs.
Sabrina's voice appeared in Jo's head. "He is trying so hard not to like you."
"What are you talking about Sabrina?" Jo asked as she walked up to her room. "He has a girlfriend. And how could you tell he's 'trying so hard not to like me'?"
"Oh, honestly Jo! You couldn't tell? It is so obvious!" Sabrina said with a 'duh' tone.
"I couldn't tell thank you. I just met him anyway." Jo said getting changed in to her nightgown and getting in to her bed.
"Whatever you say Potter, but I stick by what I said." Sabrina's thoughts faded from Jo's head to let her have a peaceful sleep.
"Hey Sabrina meet me at the Ravenclaw entrance ok? We need to have a chat." Jo said to Sabrina telepathically.
"You can talk to me telepathically! Awesome, I thought I was the only one around who could!"
"Nah, Harry and I both can. Meet you there in 5 ok?" Jo said rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, sure."
Soon Jo met up w/ Sabrina at the Ravenclaw dorm entrance.
"Sabrina. Can I have the Ravenclaw Password? I want it because Cedric is my caption and well yea," Jo asked trailing off at the end.
"Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh, you like him don't you..." Sabrina said teasingly.
"Yeah ok. Ok I do. So will you help me out?" Jo asked giving her the puppy eyes look.
Sabrina giggled a little. "The password is unicorn tears."
"You're not lying right?" Jo said eyeing Sabrina.
Sabrina rolled her eyes and faced the portrait. "Unicorn tears." She said clearly and the portrait swung open. "Nope, not lying."
"So you weren't." Jo said following Sabrina in side.
"Wow! Your common room is so...so full of light... that annoys me." Jo said surprised the Ravenclaws liked it so bright. She blinked a few times and finally her eyes adjusted to the brightness. Jo looked around and noticed Cedric on one of the couches bending over what looked like Quidditch plans. Jo quietly walked over to him. "Hey what'cha doing?" She asked looking over his shoulder.
"What are you doing here Potter, I thought you were in Slytherin." Cedric said not looking up from his papers.
"Well...Uh...You see..." Jo stammered.
"What is a scum like you doing in our dormitory?" Came Cho Chang's girlish voice. "You're contaminating our Slytherin Scum Free Zone." She said sitting down next to Cedric. Jo's hand slowly moved to her wand.
"Come on Cho, give the girl a break. She just wanted to check up on the Quidditch schedule, didn't you Jo."
Jo glanced at Cho who was glaring at her.
"Yeah, Quidditch." Jo said also glaring at Cho.
"She's not here for Quidditch Cedric, dear; she's here to get at you for my position and to steal you from me. Hurry up and put that junk away. You said you'd take me on a walk before lights out." Cho snapped.
"I did, I don't recall." Cedric said. "And plus, practice is tomorrow and I don't want our new seeker to think that her Captain is never prepared for the game." Cedric said looking up at Jo.
Jo smiled at Cedric. "Can I see what you're working on please?" She said quietly.
"Absolutely not! She is not the new seeker! I AM! Now ditch the plans and the poor excuse of a player and take me for a stroll." Cho said angrily
"Um, Cho, how about you have a seat and chill for a minute ok?" Cedric said looking back down at his papers and scribbling some more.
"Cedric don't tell me what to do!" Cho said glaring at Jo.
"I'd like to see you make me leave." Jo said sitting down next to Cedric. "I think that the beater should go to the left it seems faster..." Jo said pointing to the left. "But of course your way is good too." She said fast.
Cedric smiled and began pointing out his plans to Jo and exactly how they were to work. "So Julia, the beater, I'll introduce you to the team later, would actually be slowing the whole play down if she went left."
"Oh.I see." Jo said running her finger along the lines for the Seeker.
"How can a Slytherin play on our team any way Cedric?" Cho asked.
"It-it is a long story Cho, you see...I'll tell you at practice ok?" Cedric said avoiding the subject.
"Diggory! Professor Flitwick wants to see you!" Sabrina shouted form the door.
Cedric stood up and looked at Cho. "Don't touch the papers." He jogged to and up the stairs and then out the portrait hole.
Once he was gone Cho changed every seeker name to her name and made sure Jo left.
"HEY! THIS ISN'T RIGHT! LET ME BACK IN! Unicorn tears!" Jo said annoyed w/ Cho.
Cedric returned from talking with Flitwick. "Potter, what are you doing out here, were you on your way back to your house?"
Jo spun around. "Oh hi Professor Flitwick. Yes I was but I forgot my wand in side and I can't get back in."
"Mr. Diggory, would you please get Ms. Potters wand for her."
"Yes Professor." Cedric gave the password and went inside, he motioned for Jo to follow as soon as Flitwick had walked off.
"Thanks Cedric. Cho messed w/ your papers by the way." Jo said to Cedric.
"I knew she would." Cedric muttered. He corrected the papers and stuffed them in a bag. "I am heading up to my room to study, don't forget we have practice tomorrow, k Jo?"
"Cedric, I was actually wondering could you walk me back to my room?" Jo said quietly. Cedric looked down at Jo from halfway up the stairs. "Um...sure" Cedric descended back down the stairs and walked Jo to the portrait hole.
"Hey Cedric, why is it that I can play on your team but I'm in Slytherin?" Jo asked as the climbed down the stairs.
"Well, I asked Professor Dumbledoor if I could get a new seeker, you see, Cho isn't the best, though she thinks she is. Hagrid could probably play better than her." Cedric said. "So he said he would try a new system and give me someone from someone else's house and see how it works out. And he was going to give me Harry, except for he was already playing for Wood, so he said he would find a good first year."
"Oh." Jo said in reply.
"And then I saw you catch the snitch outside my window while I was looking down a list of possible seekers and decided that you were better then the other wanna-bes that were named."
"I see." Jo said. She forgot to skip the trick steep and fell right in. She cursed under her breath. "Can I have a little help please?"
Cedric laughed a little. He held out his hand for Jo to grab and pulled her out of the trick step easily.
Jo smiled at him. She purposely tripped and fell right in to his arms. "Oops sorry.... My bad."
Cedric smiled and helped her straighten up. He led her down the steps and down the hall to the Slytherin's dorm. "Here's your stop."
"Thanks Cedric...er Captain." Jo said smiling. "See you tomorrow."
"Yeah...catch ya later Jo." Cedric turned and jogged back up the stairs. He bumped into someone on the way. "Oh...Flint. Hi."
"I see you walked Potter back to her dorm. What's going on between you two? Keep away from her ok, she's a Slytherin not a Ravenclaw." Flint said evilly to Cedric.
"Oh Flint, your just jealous because she is on my team and not yours." Cedric sneered.
"That is not true." Flint said coldly.
"Whatever." Cedric looked down the sitars. "Don't forget practice tomorrow Jo, be there, ok? See ya." Cedric pushed past Flint and jogged the rest of the way up the stairs.
Sabrina's voice appeared in Jo's head. "He is trying so hard not to like you."
"What are you talking about Sabrina?" Jo asked as she walked up to her room. "He has a girlfriend. And how could you tell he's 'trying so hard not to like me'?"
"Oh, honestly Jo! You couldn't tell? It is so obvious!" Sabrina said with a 'duh' tone.
"I couldn't tell thank you. I just met him anyway." Jo said getting changed in to her nightgown and getting in to her bed.
"Whatever you say Potter, but I stick by what I said." Sabrina's thoughts faded from Jo's head to let her have a peaceful sleep.