The Crush, The Conspiracy, The Heartache!

Sorry for the super long update! I feel incredibly awful for making you readers wait so freaking long! But, it makes me warm inside, knowing that you actually reviewed and are still interested…. Yes, I'm not afraid to admit that I'm very warm inside right now:D:D:D

Hope you like this sort of long, yet incredibly messy and confusing chapter! It was very rushed, but I'm still glad that this chapter has been made! Hope you like it….somewhat! Beware of the many spelling mistakes that shall be encountered. Keep in mind that I wrote this in 30 minutes.

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Conspiracy

Katie walked slowly through the Great Hall. She was thankful that Chelsea from Hufflepuff had invited her to sit with her house to talk about their next socially challenged 'target'. This could be her chance with her 'little infatuation', Cedric Diggory, himself. Usually, she would never have obliged to something as stupid as this, but it was crazy what 'love' could do to a person.

"Katie, over here, love." Dawn called her over. Dawn was a smart Ravenclaw who was also one of the many girls 'invited' to sit. Katie started to wonder the possibilities to the targets. She couldn't think of any who was of a mean personality, except for some of those in Slytherin.

Chelsea smiled as Katie arrived, and all the girls listened intently. The men of Hufflepuff gazed strangely at them, yet couldn't help but opening their ears.

"I haven't done this in about four or five years, when we weren't well-acquainted with everyone, but this is an emergency." Chelsea said dramatically. "It seems one of Katie's dear, old friends has struck an unreasonable, selfish punch to the faces of our couples in Hogwarts."

Katie stood, offended by this. She was outraged that Chelsea could even think that one of her friends would be so cruel. What was the meaning of this? "What are you talking about?"

"So, you haven't heard?" Hannah Abbott small voice perked up. Though she wasn't invited, she still spoke, knowing full well what was going on.

"Queen of Meekness, or Dena Whitman as you know her, is a little blackmailing female version of You-Know-Who." Charles from Ravenclaw spoke up.

Katie sat, confused. "What?"

"She takes pictures of couples kissing, and threatens to tell the whole school about it if we proceed with it at the Astronomy Tower. She even suggests being classier. She's such a prude." Miranda stuck her nose up in disgust. Although Katie had a hard time believing that Dena, the most uncourageous and questionable Gryffindor, did that, she knew that Whitman was always random and terribly unpredictable. However, Katie didn't see why others couldn't just… get a room, so to speak.

"So, I came up with a plan, all of us should go up to the tower and scare her one night, or just do something that will get her wand in a knot." Chelsea smiled deviously.

Suddenly, out of no where, Cho spoke up, "Maybe we could catch her in the act."

"Interesting…. How?" Chelsea asked.

"We could get a boy to use her; he'll be friendly, nice and interested in her. Then, he'll lure her to the Tower, and well, you know the rest…" Cho suggested.

Cedric looked somberly at his girlfriend. "I wouldn't mind seeing that, but I think that's a little too extreme. She's just passionate about the Tower."

"Exactly." Katie agreed. "Dena's never like this. Give her something to be proud of."

Chelsea smirked, and elbowed Cho Chang. The low blow was on schedule. "Well then, that means you wouldn't care if she had several pictures of you kissing Damien Spitzer, Oliver and Angelina's worst enemy besides Marcus Flint. Not to mention all those stories she used to tell me of how much she hates you and almost all of Gryfindors, or pretty much everyone in Hogwarts. You do know that she and I are, well used to be, best friends. Oh, if you only knew the stories. We should-"

After that, Katie couldn't hear Chelsea anymore. A look of horror was scraped across her face. How could her friend be so cruel? She would expose it without her knowledge? Why did she even take the picture? She was her friend and friends don't do that. 'I can't believe she still hasn't forgiven me after that Oliver and Roger propaganda. This is her revenge?' She shouted inwardly, completely enraged. She managed to keep composure, despite the screaming just waiting to burst through her mouth.

"You're lying." She gritted her teeth.

Chelsea shook her head. "You see that necklace you're wearing. I bet she gave that to you. I have the same one. She probably told you how much she cares about you. After that, you'll tell her everything. Bad move, my friend, because she'll stab you right in the back right when she wants to, and that time is soon. I should know. It happened to me. Wouldn't you like to beat her to the punch?"

Katie shook her head in disgust as she gazed at Dena at the corner of her eye, "I'm in." She stated, without second thoughts. Katie was not pleased. Not pleased at all. The whole necklace bit was true. It was all true. Chelsea had the exact replica of it on her neck.

"Cedric, are you? She has three pictures of us, even one when we're not in the Tower. I even heard that she's planning something big for you because she hasn't forgiven you since the Quidditch accident. She's freaking me out." Cho said with puppy dog eyes. "I'm sorry. I've never been like this before. Dena's always been such a great friend but….. She's just been really insensitive lately. All she's doing is acting fake. You should hear about all those callous and malicious things she does. Chelsea and Dawn told me everything."

He became even more angered that Dena took three more pictures, but another without the Tower? This girl was mad crazy, and even more out of proportion than his mind would care to think. What was her problem? 'She's still on about that Quidditch thing. That happened years ago.' He thought silently to himself. On top of that, she was being hurtful towards others and planning schemes for them too. And so, he agreed with Katie, "I guess I'm in as well."

Dawn smiled. "Okay, than I think Cedric should be our 'poster boy'." With that comment, Cho lightly smacked her friend on the head. 'Poster boy' was not the term anyone had in mind.

"Do you want to do it? Don't do it if you're uncomfortable with it." Cho patted his shoulder reassuringly. "It's only Dena Whitman, after all….even if she's completely horrid…..Oh Merlin, forgive me." She had whispered the last part to herself. She was never one to 'bitch' about someone, but Dena was a good reason to. Chelsea had been telling her several stories about that Whitman girl and her comical, yet disturbingly frustrating actions.

"Don't worry, I'll do it. Unless, any of you men would care to do it yourselves." Cedric smirked at his friends and others from the table.

"I'd love to do it, yet the girl, oddly enough, still turns me on. Never mind that though. We'd all adore seeing the expression on her beloved face as she discovers her own hypocrisy, but Cedric, you're the perfect guy for the job." David slapped his friend on the back. "Don't forget to bring a camera." Cedric laughed, along with the others.

Roger shook his head, smiling, "It's going to take you some time before you get into her virginal robes, Poster boy. Oh, you are comfortable with that, right Cho?" With that, he walked away to his table. "See you around Diggory." With that, he left but not before giving Chelsea a rude, disgusting look.

Cho folded her arms, starting to become unsure of the plan. 'What if something happens?' Disturbing thoughts started to float through her mind as she imagined the 'what-if' possibilities between Dena and her boyfriend, Cedric. She glanced at Dena, sitting at her table, laughing as Oliver tickled her to no end. Dena looked completely innocent.

Cedric held his arm around her waist, "Don't worry. She's only but nothing to me, Cho. She'll be gone in no time." Cho nodded as Cedric slid his arm

Katie suddenly had the urge to punch Cho… and Dena as well. It seemed as if she was in an impossible predicament. Cedric would still remain faithful to Cho, and wouldn't break up with her. And as if that wasn't enough, Dena, her newfound enemy, was going to get even more action with Cedric than she or Alicia ever would, and Dena had positively no interest in any Hogwarts men at the moment, let alone the Cedric Diggory. 'Oh, well, maybe I could…help him out…' Katie thought quietly to herself. It was extremely imperative that the group not find out about her 'little' crush.

Then, as if reading Katie's mind, Chelsea began to speak, "And Katie, you'll be quite involved in this as well. Are you okay with it?" She asked. It wasn't even a question, because Chelsea knew, without a doubt in her mind, Katie would oblige.

All eyes sat on Katie and she nodded her head, "Yes, of course, but what's my role in this?"

"Introduce Cedric to Dena. You'll be the glue that holds them both together because Merlin knows Cedric and her have a most rocky relationship. Give Ced the details about her because she's probably changed, except for her- Oh, and speak of the devil." Chelsea rolled her eyes, as Katie's friends, which included Dena, entered the group.

"Uh, Katie, we'll be heading out to sign up for dueling matches. Want to come? Or, do you want us to just sign you up?" Angelina asked. Katie glanced back at the group, and then back to Dena, Angelina, Alicia and Oliver.

"Nah, I think I'll pass. Don't sign me up either. Quidditch is doing a number on me." Katie glared playfully at Oliver, who shrugged, smiling.

"See, Woods. Look what you're doing. Disabling poor teenagers from performing-"

"Oh shut up, Spinnet." Oliver cut her off, laughing as he slid his arm around her neck.

Angelina slid her arm around Dena's neck to imitate. "Okay, well my sexy mate and I shall head out. See you in the common room Katie Bell. That is, if Dee and I are doing something on the couch… you should head up straight away, you naughty one."

"Oh dear, tonight shall be a night to remember." Dena imitated Oliver's Scottish accent as the rest laughed uncontrollably. From eyeing the group, Katie found it extremely hard to believe that Dena was capable of such trickery.

"Well, we have to leave. Professor Pomfrey said she wanted to speak to us. I'll see you guys later." Cedric kissed Cho on the cheek, waved to the others and he left with the other boys.

"Remind me why we're doing this again." Katie sighed as she watched Dena laugh running out of the Great Hall as Angelina chased her. She then gazed to Cedric, who was following cloesly behind.

"Pictures, hatred, deceit, revenge, you pick, Bell. She may seem sweet, but I for one know. I was her best friend until she betrayed me." Chelsea flung a piece of parchment mindlessly into the air.

Cho furrowed her eyebrows, wondering what kind of 'betrayal' could have destroyed their friendship. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened?"

"Well, you all know how I liked Roger Davies. He liked me as well, and then out of no where, she kissed him in front of me and asked him to go to the Hogsmeade with her. I had liked him for months, and her infatuation had been for five minutes, which was the amount of time I had told her my story." Chelsea cried out in a dramatic tone. Though Chelsea seemed to make it a 'tad' more melodramatic and her voice exaggerated, the girls felt her pain. They were absolutely shocked that Dena would pull such a stunt.

"I'll tell Ced about this. He'll want to know. It'll probably anger him, but it'll make our plan a little more successful." Cho sighed, sliding her back onto the chair.

Katie sighed too, for what seemed to be the hundredth time since she entered the group. The plan was about to emerge and she couldn't help but feel regretful of what she was about to do. 'Hush up, Bell. She deserves this. After all I've done for her, this is how she repays me?' Katie yelled to herself.

As she left with the group of girls, Chelsea began to shed some light on her 'ex-best friend' and Katie was again not pleased. Not pleased at all. Chelsea had always been a kind and honest person, and to see her hysterical like this was a huge change. She couldn't help but notice a smirk playing on Dawn's lips, but then again, Dawn and Chelsea never really appeared to be great friends despite being in the same house. However, it was apparent that both absolutely despised Dena.

"That's why Oliver didn't ask you out at the end of last year. I had heard Dena talking to him at the library, and she said that you weren't interested. I just minded my business and believed her. I never knew you liked him." Dawn shrugged. "Merlin, that girl's good, but evil she is. Makes me sick."

Katie stood dumbstruck. She had feelings for Oliver last year, and Dena knew it. How could- How could she? This was too much. How low could her 'best friend' sink? Well, 'ex-best friend'.

With each story Chelsea had told and all the badmouthing they did about Dena, Katie began to slip further and further away and believe everything. That night she walked up to her dormitory and without a word, she slipped into bed and slept. She wasn't going to tell her quidditch mates about 'their GREAT friend', but she wasn't going to chatter much with Dena and them either. She was going to follow through with the plan and use evidence to prove that Dena was not who she appeared to be. She'd tell Alicia of course to be fair. But, not the rest of the gang. She wanted to expose Dena in a way that would humiliate her entirely. She'd use magic to record conversations of Dena giving deep secrets, etc. Whatever she could do.

Dena Whitman was not going to get away with this mess she made. Katie wasn't going to let her do that without a fight.

OHHHH SNAAAPPP! DAMMMMNNNN!

This was a totally confusing chapter, but things will be cleared up soon enough my pretties. Please, feel free to ask any questions that are bothering you, because I know there were so many predicaments or jams in this chapter that still got my mind all mushy. I might re-edit this chapter and repost it again soon because it's just sooooo messy.

Hope you liked it though. DENA is so getting tortured! Oh, the pain! And Katie is getting brainwashed! Oh, the inhumanity! Cedric is a user/playaaahhh! Oh, the sexciness!...erm, I mean, what an ASSSSS!

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