Here you go!! Chapter 9!! Read and Review Please!!
-TheatrePirate
Chapter 9-Flying
"Willa! There you are!"
Lucy hurried over to Willa as she left Cedric's room. Lucy had obviously been waiting for Willa to emerge. Willa must have been glowing because Lucy commented on her appearance. First thing in the morning; and Willa was not a morning person. Thankfully, Lucy seemed too concerned in her own news to figure that Willa and Cedric had shagged the night before.
"Oh hey Lucy," Willa said cheerfully.
"You will never guess what happened to me!"
"What?"
"Ben and I are officially a couple!" she squealed. Willa's mouth dropped.
"Oh my god Luce! That's great!"
"I know!" she squealed once again.
All the way up to their room Lucy was describing every detail of what had happened before and after he asked her. Willa was glad her best friend was finally with Ben. In a way she didn't feel guilty about being with Cedric anymore. When the two were into their room, Lucy didn't seem to be even close to finishing her story, which meant Willa couldn't be rude and leave. So Willa had no choice but to take off her robe to change for breakfast. The minute Lucy saw the ensemble, however, she stopped talking.
"What is that?" she asked pointing at the nightgown. Willa looked down at herself.
"Oh, um, this? Oh it's nothing. Just pajamas."
"Willa, be serious. I'm not stupid. I've never seen that on you before. It's not worth hiding. Besides, you are horrible at lying...you shagged with him didn't you?" she asked as she gave her signature devilish grin.
"Oh, c'mon Lucy that's personal."
"But its so obvious Willa. You might as well just fess up to it."
Willa rolled her eyes with a smile and crossed to the bathroom. Lucy didn't need any more confirmation. Willa's failure to respond was enough proof. Willa and Cedric had shagged.
"You know, you two would make beautiful babies," Lucy called to her. A cackle of Willa's laughter echoed through the bathroom and into the girls' room. However, as Willa emerged and started to walk toward her bed, she felt a sharp pain rush to her brain as if someone had pierced it. Willa doubled over in pain and let out a groan as she held her head in her hands.
"Willa!" Lucy cried as she watched her friend almost collapse in front of her. Lucy grabbed Willa and led her to the bed but by the time she lay Willa down, Willa had already blacked out.
"Willa!" Lucy cried frantically to her friend. She shook Willa's shoulders but no response came. Realizing she needed help, Lucy hurried from the room to find Cedric and Ben. The two boys were in the common room studying for exams when they heard Lucy calling their names frantically.
"Cedric! Ben! Something's the matter with Willa." A look of panic swept over Cedric's face and he was up to her room in a flash. They found Willa lying on the bed, unresponsive and pale as a ghost.
"Willa," he called to her calmly yet firmly. "Willa." He turned to his friend.
"Ben go get Dumbledore, or McGonagall and Madame Pomfrey. Now."
Ben nodded and was off in a hurry.
"Come on Willa, stay with me," Cedric said pressingly to her in a determined voice. Even though he seemed calm, on the inside, Cedric was terrified.
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Willa had never seen anything more clearly then she did at that moment. In her mind she saw the actions of others playing out, yet she had no recollection of them actually taking place. She saw Dumbledore, McGonagall and Madame Pomfrey following Ben to the Hufflepuff house. It was a brief vision and Willa soon began to hear familiar voices around her. Her vision followed suit and Willa awoke to find six pairs of eyes all around her.
"Willa?" Cedric repeated to her. Her eyes flicked and she slowly began to sit up. She felt completely fine, like nothing had happened.
"Uh, hi everyone," she said awkwardly. Cedric let go of her hand and leaned over to kiss her forehead. He was then shoved aside by Lucy.
"Willa!" she said with relief, flinging her arms around her. "You scared me half to death! Don't ever do that again!"
"Thank heavens," Professor McGonagall added.
"Are you alright?" Madame Pomfrey asked glancing Willa over.
"I'm fine, honestly. I'm not in any pain whatsoever."
"You're sure?" Cedric asked her.
"Absolutely."
Dumbledore, who had been silent this entire time, drew closer to Willa.
"Willa, this may be difficult for you to remember, but could you possibly explain to me exactly what you felt and what happened?"
Everyone stared at her, anticipating an answer.
"Well," she began, " I was in the bathroom talking to Lucy who was in here, and then I came out to lie on my bed, but then I got this piercing sharp pain in my head and blacked out. But after blacking out, I could suddenly see everything clearer than before. And then I saw the three of you coming up here with Ben and then, well I just woke up."
Everyone's eyes shifted to Dumbledore as he processed this new information. Dumbledore's index finger was at his lips and then he brought it down to speak after sharing a look at Professor McGonagall.
"I'm not too surprised at this," he said. "After all, it was a matter of time before you gained this special ability of your fathers,"
"Wait, what?" asked Willa, Cedric now sitting on the bed next to her.
"It appears that your father has yet to mention the psychic abilities that are present on his side of the family and that you have randomly discovered them today."
All eyes turned to Willa. Cedric's mouth dropped, as did Lucy's and Ben's.
"Psychic?" Willa asked incredulously. "But stuff like this has never happened to me before."
"Well, sometimes a young witch or wizard who has this potential ability comes to a certain point in their life where it just happens uncontrollably. Today was the day in your case. Now, since you only saw something that was about to happen moments before instead of hours or days before you most likely can only see events in the immediate future. Nothing in weeks or months, perhaps even hours."
Willa looked away from Dumbledore and around to all of the other faces.
Her eyes met Cedric's and he looked at her with wide eyes. She couldn't believe her parents hadn't told her about this. No wonder her dad had known about the Yule Ball.
"Okay, then," she said getting out of her bed. Still in her silky dress and robe, she blushed after realizing Dumbledore and McGonagall and Madame Pomfrey were in her presence. She awkwardly pulled her robe tighter around her.
"Well, I should probably start studying now," she said. Willa didn't want to make a huge deal out of this.
"Miss Hardcastle, if you wouldn't mind, its probably a good idea to keep you under close supervision for a few days," Dumbledore stated. "Just see how often these visions come. We also don't want you to experience any more pain. I'm sure Madame Pomfrey would be more than happy to accomodate you."
"Absolutely, dear," the nurse assured her.
"Alright, I guess that's fine," Willa said sighing. She packed an extra set of clothes and her school things and then she and Cedric followed Madame Pomfrey to the infirmary, Willa still in her pajamas nonetheless. When they arrived Willa was given a separate room. After being settled and in her bed, Cedric went to kiss her when she had another vision. Cedric could tell when he saw Willa's eyes freeze in a stare.
"Don't," Willa told him. And just as she had seen, Madame Pomfrey entered the room.
"Did you have a vision dear?" the older woman asked.
"Yes, but just of you walking to the door that's all."
"And nothing hurts?"
Willa shook her head. "No."
"Alright then. I just brought you some tea Miss Willa."
"Oh thank you, ma'am. I appreciate it."
"You're welcome," Madame Pomfrey said. "Get some rest now."
"I will," Willa replied. Madame Pomfrey left the room quietly and shut the door behind her. The moment the door clicked shut, Cedric brought himself closer to Willa.
"Now where was I?" he said as he lifted his hand to touch Willa's cheek. Before he kissed her, Willa leaned her head into his touch and closed her eyes as she relished the feel of his skin on her cheek. She then looked up at Cedric and kissed him softly.
"You know," Willa said as she pulled away from Cedric's lips. "I totally expected you to be here before me."
Cedric laughed. "Well that may change in three days time."
Willa playfully slapped Cedric's arm. "Don't say that!" she said as a laugh escaped her. "You know that makes me feel awful!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Cedric laughed. "Hey, I promised you I'd be safe."
Cedric brushed a strand of hair from Willa's face and looked into her eyes.
"I'm not going anywhere."
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Willa stayed in the in infirmary for a night and over the course of two days had little visions of minor things like someone entering the nurse's office or someone dropping a pen. Nothing exciting. After the two days, Willa was allowed to leave and return to her own room. Lucy accompanied Willa on her way back to the Hufflepuff house. Cedric would have helped her, but Willa had made him go socialize with people other than herself for once.
Back in her usual room, Willa threw herself onto her comfortable bed. She breathed out heavily and smiled.
"I know I haven't been away long but it feels good to be back."
"I'm sure it does. But, I'm assuming you'll be out for the night?"
Willa sat up quickly. She had stupidly forgotten that the final task was tomorrow. A wave of nervousness flooded over her. They were probably saving the worst for last.
"Oh, god the final task is tomorrow." she said. Lucy simply nodded. "What time is it?" Willa asked.
"Uh, 4:30," Lucy said checking her watch.
"Okay, I'm going to go find Cedric."
"He and Ben and a few other of the Quidditch boys went out to fly earlier. You'll probably find them at the field."
Willa thanked her friend and told her she'd see her later.
"No you won't," Lucy replied with a smile. Willa smiled back at her and then grabbing a coat, left the room closing the door behind her. A vision showed Willa where Cedric was and Lucy was right. Cedric and his friends were flying around the Quidditch field brushing up on their skills. When Willa got to the field one of the boys cried out to Cedric,
"Hey Ced! Your girlfriends here!"
On cue, Willa waved from the ground up to the Hufflepuff captain who grinned that grin that made Willa's heart flutter. He zoomed down to her and when he got close enough, Cedric jumped off his broom.
"Hey," he said kissing her quickly on the lips.
"Hi," Willa replied.
"Practice is over guys!" Cedric yelled to his friends.
"Alright Ced, see you later," a couple of them called from the sky before returning to the ground and leaving the field. When they were gone, Cedric looked toward the setting sun and turned back to Willa. Her red hair was shining like a copper penny and her green eyes were sparkling.
"Have you...ever gone flying?" He asked Willa. She grinned at him and shook her head no.
"Come on, then," he said softly to her. Willa slowly got on the broomstick and wrapped her hands around it. Cedric placed one hand on her waist and the other on her hands at the front of the broom. The two slowly began to lift away from the ground. Willa gasped and smiled as her feet left the ground. Soon enough, the two were high in the air and flying gently around with the Hogwarts campus below them.
"I can't believe this is happening to me," she said. Cedric had his chin resting on her shoulder. He smiled.
"I know. Hard to believe these things can hold two people." He looked up at Willa to see her reaction. Willa grinned widely and then burst into laughter.
"Let's get back to earth, shall we?" Cedric whispered to her. Willa sighed, not wanting to come down. She wanted to stay up here with Cedric and never come down. Because up here there was no third task looming over their heads and no one else. Everything revolved around them.
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