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Chapter 4

"That was the best Quidditch Match I've ever seen," Cedric exclaimed as we walked back towards the tent a while later.

"Cedric!" A voice shouted. "Cedric! Charlotte!"

We turned and saw Sean rushing towards us. He was grinning. He hugged me and the then hugged Cedric. He seemed to be extremely hyper, and I would think so because Ireland just won. His dark brown hair fell into his eyes. He and Cedric are both sixth years.

"Have you seen Ali?" I asked.

"Yeah, she's around here somewhere," Sean answered. Ali is one of my roommates and one of my best friends. She has a huge crush on Sean, so she probably was following him earlier.

I saw my two best friends, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood walking together. When they saw me they started waving me over.

"Cedric I'm going to go with Ginny and Luna," I told him.

"Okay," Cedric said. "Me and Sean will be around his tent, okay?"

"Okay," I said. I hugged both of them and then ran over to Ginny and Luna.

"Hi!" I exclaimed.

"Hey!" Ginny said.

"Hello," Luna said.

"I've missed you guys!"

"Me too," Ginny said. "It's been so lonely without you guys. I mean I have my brothers but who wants to hang with them?"

I laughed. Ginny, Luna, and I sat down on a log and talked about what we've been up to during the summer. Luna went out of the country with her father, looking for some sort of mythical creature her and her father believe in. Ginny and I learned not to ask questions a while ago. Ginny stayed at home like I did with her family.

"Ginny!" One of her older brothers came looking for her. "Dad wants you home."

"Okay," Ginny said. She said bye to us before walking away with her brother.

"I think I'd better be going too," Luna said. "Father is probably wondering where I went."

I nodded. "Okay. I'll see you in a few weeks when we get back to Hogwarts."

"Okay," Luna said.

We said bye and then I went over to wear all the Irish tents were. I found Sean, Cedric, and Ali after a little while. Ali jumped up and hugged me and started talking at a million miles an hour.

"What?" I asked.

"Did you see how cute Sean looks?" She whispered in my ear.

"Yeah, I guess," I agreed.

"Come on guys!" Sean exclaimed as an irish dance came on. "Ali come dance with me!"

"O—Okay," Ali said looking at me with a wide grin on her face as Sean dragged her off to dance.

"Don't they look cute together?" I asked Cedric who had come up beside me.

"Yeah," Cedric agreed. "Want to dance with me?"

"Okay," I replied. Cedric led me onto the dance floor and we started to dance to some Irish jig.

We passed Sean and Ali dancing and Ali was smiling at Sean. He was smiling back at her. I've known that they've liked each other for the past year. Cedric and I shared a look.

"Can't those two just go out already?" I asked him.

"Can't you just go out with Neville already?" He asked.

"Can't you ask Cho Chang out already?"

"Touche," Cedric said laughing.

We stayed at the party until around eleven thirty. We had danced and talked and laughed the whole time we were there. It was incredibly fun. When we finally went back to the tent, I felt like I was about to pass out, I was so tired. I leaned on Cedric for most of the walk back to the tent. Today's been such a long day. Getting up at two and not getting home until after eleven thirty is tiring, even though we had that little nap.

"Hello you two," Mr. Diggory said, "how was the party?"

"It was fun," Cedric replied.

"Yeah," I agreed.

"I'm glad you two had fun, but it's late and we have to wake up early tomorrow

After we said night, I went into my room and Cedric went into his. I changed into my pajamas and got into bed. I closed my eyes and I felt the Quidditch match replaying in my mind. I have no idea why though. I finally fell asleep after staring at the tent ceiling for a while.

I was woken up by someone shaking me. I opened my eyes and saw Cedric standing above me. He had jeans on and a sweatshirt on. I sat up and I saw the panic in his eyes. I heard yelling outside and I could hear people running.

"Charley we have to go," Cedric said. "Get your jacket on and hurry. I'll be in the livingroom."

I grabbed a pair of pants and put them on under my nightgown. I quickly put shoes on and walked into the living room. I grabbed my jacket and put it on. Cedric walked over to me and took my hand in his.

"What's going on?"

"Death Eaters," He replied. "My dad went to help out, but he said to get out of here and go hide in the woods."

"Death Eaters?" I asked. "Wh—why are they here? Didn't they disband after you-know-who died?"

"I thought so, but they're out there," Cedric told me. "Come on, lets go. Stay close to me. It's chaos out there."

"Why are they here?"

"My dad thinks they are here for sport. We don't know though."

"But you know who's dead…right?"

"Yeah. He's dead."

Cedric and I walked outside and ran towards the woods. There were tents burning and I could see the masked people walking and creating chaos. There were people in the air, twisting and screaming. My heart went out to them. Cedric continued to pull me towards the woods. We dodged people running and screaming, trying to get away from the death eaters.

We finally got to the woods. Cedric took his wand out and said "Lumos." A beam of light came from his wand. He helped me over tree roots and we finally stopped in the middle of the woods. He sat down and took me in his arms.

"What's going to happen?"

"I don't know," Cedric answered honestly. "My dad said to wait here and then he'll send red sparks up or send a search team to find us."

I nodded. "How long do you think it'll be?"

"I don't know," Cedric replied. "A few hours at least. Try to fall asleep."

"But what about you?"

"I'll be fine," He told me. "Just try to fall asleep."

Cedric stroked my hair as I lied in his arms. He was talking softly to me as I closed my eyes. I could still vaguely hear the screaming in the distant, but it began to grow quieter as I fell asleep.

AN: Thanks so much for the reviews! Sorry that this chapter is short, but I thought I had more written and today was my mom's surprise party so I didn't get home until after eleven. I promise the next chapter will be longer. Read and review!