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Chapter 14
I waited outside Dumbledore's office. Cedric was on his way to talk to the old headmaster too. I had to smile as he swept around the corner his school robes floating on the wind as if it was a cape on a great superhero. I was surprised to see that none of his fawning fans had followed him, he seemed surprised by the reaction of the girls in the school but I wasn't, I had nearly been lynched while we had dated, even Slytherin girls loved Cedric. He saw the grin on my face and he bowed over dramatically.
"At your service milady." He said as he rose from his bow. I shook my head and turned to the door way of the office. MacGonagall had told me to knock three times and the door would be opened from the inside. So I knocked and with the slow grinding of stone on stone the door opened to reveal Dumbledore's vast office which seemed to be filled with an assortment of odd and fascinating object I wouldn't even know to name. On a large perch in the corner near the ornate desk a flame coloured bird sang a hypnotic verse which was like no other bird song I had ever heard before.
"I am glad to see you have caught Fawkes in a good mood, the song of the phoenix is a rare sound and a sign of luck they say. Come in Miss Bell and Mr Diggory and take a seat." I could hear Dumbledore but I could not see him. But Cedric and I sat in two high backed red cushioned chairs, which seemed to suck us into the soft cushions.
"I have called you both here for a grave matter. I am afraid I have some important information on our Madam Dumas." Dumbledore appeared wearing royal blue robes which seemed to have a thousand stars twinkling on it. He sat in his chair and faced both of us.
"Dumas? Who is that?" Cedric asked, he turned to me but I was in no state to answer him, I could feel the roast beef I had for dinner churning and all the blood in my face drain away. Cedric cast his gaze from me to Dumbledore and back again to me. I could feel his eyes searching me for an answer but I had none to give.
"Cedric you have not been sleeping well lately? Why?" Dumbledore asked but by his tone I knew he already knew why Cedric was suffering from insomnia.
"Nightmares. But all the champions have them, the first task is soon and merlin knows what that will be." Cedric said. Nightmares.
"Oliver is having nightmares too you know." Dumbledore said turning to me for the first time.
"I know, we have shared one." I said, but the voice that came out of my mouth did not sound like it belonged to me at all. It was hallow and shell shocked.
"That was more then a nightmare, that was fear, his fear. He is still afraid that his family will turn on you. Yet he wants to protect you. He is a good man. And he loves you a great deal." I heard an unsaid but in the headmaster's voice and it had my skin tingling with fear. Dumbledore stood and came to stand right before us and the desk. I had almost forgotten Cedric was there.
"But?" I said softly. The headmaster looked at me and the Cedric.
"But Dumas has to be explained first. She was once a student here, centuries ago when the founders were still alive. She was a great seer. She never once was wrong. She was a student in Ravenclaw and a descendent of one of our current Ravenclaw -students Mr Diggory. It is all about you and Mr Diggory."
"ME and Cedric! All this, the mirrors, the bracelet its all about me and Cedric!" I said in shock.
"Yes, apparently Dumas has taken a shine to you, Katie when you were both going out. She wants you to help continue the blood line."
"But she's a spectre?"
"She wasn't always; it was upon her graduation she went to work in the fledgling ministry. She was one of the first to work in the top secret department. She was in an accident and she was turned into a spectre, a creature sent to live on the souls of others but her other powers were also there that helped her help those on the wrong path as she calls it. That's why she gave you the robes. They are the wedding robes." Dumbledore said softly.
"Cedric, I do love you but not like that I am in love with Oliver." I said turning to the other Quidditch captain. He nodded but seemed a little upset by my readily admission that I loved Oliver more.
"I'm so glad to hear that." A Scottish accent came from behind a bookshelf and I nearly cried when Oliver came into the room. I stood and I ran to him throwing my arms around him. I drank in his scents greedily as I held onto his neck. I could feel his large hands rubbing my back as I held him and I cried. I had missed him even more then I had even known.
"Oh Katie, I love you." He whispered as he kissed my cheek and hands which were trembling hard. He came and sat on the chair I had been sitting on and I sat on his lap, I couldn't believe I was actually with Oliver again.
Chapter 14
I waited outside Dumbledore's office. Cedric was on his way to talk to the old headmaster too. I had to smile as he swept around the corner his school robes floating on the wind as if it was a cape on a great superhero. I was surprised to see that none of his fawning fans had followed him, he seemed surprised by the reaction of the girls in the school but I wasn't, I had nearly been lynched while we had dated, even Slytherin girls loved Cedric. He saw the grin on my face and he bowed over dramatically.
"At your service milady." He said as he rose from his bow. I shook my head and turned to the door way of the office. MacGonagall had told me to knock three times and the door would be opened from the inside. So I knocked and with the slow grinding of stone on stone the door opened to reveal Dumbledore's vast office which seemed to be filled with an assortment of odd and fascinating object I wouldn't even know to name. On a large perch in the corner near the ornate desk a flame coloured bird sang a hypnotic verse which was like no other bird song I had ever heard before.
"I am glad to see you have caught Fawkes in a good mood, the song of the phoenix is a rare sound and a sign of luck they say. Come in Miss Bell and Mr Diggory and take a seat." I could hear Dumbledore but I could not see him. But Cedric and I sat in two high backed red cushioned chairs, which seemed to suck us into the soft cushions.
"I have called you both here for a grave matter. I am afraid I have some important information on our Madam Dumas." Dumbledore appeared wearing royal blue robes which seemed to have a thousand stars twinkling on it. He sat in his chair and faced both of us.
"Dumas? Who is that?" Cedric asked, he turned to me but I was in no state to answer him, I could feel the roast beef I had for dinner churning and all the blood in my face drain away. Cedric cast his gaze from me to Dumbledore and back again to me. I could feel his eyes searching me for an answer but I had none to give.
"Cedric you have not been sleeping well lately? Why?" Dumbledore asked but by his tone I knew he already knew why Cedric was suffering from insomnia.
"Nightmares. But all the champions have them, the first task is soon and merlin knows what that will be." Cedric said. Nightmares.
"Oliver is having nightmares too you know." Dumbledore said turning to me for the first time.
"I know, we have shared one." I said, but the voice that came out of my mouth did not sound like it belonged to me at all. It was hallow and shell shocked.
"That was more then a nightmare, that was fear, his fear. He is still afraid that his family will turn on you. Yet he wants to protect you. He is a good man. And he loves you a great deal." I heard an unsaid but in the headmaster's voice and it had my skin tingling with fear. Dumbledore stood and came to stand right before us and the desk. I had almost forgotten Cedric was there.
"But?" I said softly. The headmaster looked at me and the Cedric.
"But Dumas has to be explained first. She was once a student here, centuries ago when the founders were still alive. She was a great seer. She never once was wrong. She was a student in Ravenclaw and a descendent of one of our current Ravenclaw -students Mr Diggory. It is all about you and Mr Diggory."
"ME and Cedric! All this, the mirrors, the bracelet its all about me and Cedric!" I said in shock.
"Yes, apparently Dumas has taken a shine to you, Katie when you were both going out. She wants you to help continue the blood line."
"But she's a spectre?"
"She wasn't always; it was upon her graduation she went to work in the fledgling ministry. She was one of the first to work in the top secret department. She was in an accident and she was turned into a spectre, a creature sent to live on the souls of others but her other powers were also there that helped her help those on the wrong path as she calls it. That's why she gave you the robes. They are the wedding robes." Dumbledore said softly.
"Cedric, I do love you but not like that I am in love with Oliver." I said turning to the other Quidditch captain. He nodded but seemed a little upset by my readily admission that I loved Oliver more.
"I'm so glad to hear that." A Scottish accent came from behind a bookshelf and I nearly cried when Oliver came into the room. I stood and I ran to him throwing my arms around him. I drank in his scents greedily as I held onto his neck. I could feel his large hands rubbing my back as I held him and I cried. I had missed him even more then I had even known.
"Oh Katie, I love you." He whispered as he kissed my cheek and hands which were trembling hard. He came and sat on the chair I had been sitting on and I sat on his lap, I couldn't believe I was actually with Oliver again.