Also for all my readers, I'm starting a new story, unfortunately I'm acutally doing it on Emma and Tom based on them filming Emma's new movie Beauty and the Beast, and as it incorporates actors I cannot put it up on here, instead it is on my Wattpad account, which if you go on my profile, there's a link to go directly there!

Cedric watched surly as Krum claimed Hermione back to dance with her again.

"Diggory."

Cedric turned to the side when he heard his name. Standing a few feet away by a large column was Professor Moody. He gave C edric a come here hand motion.

Cedric walked towards him. "Did you need something professor?"

"No, but take a bath with your egg."

"Sorry?"

"Bathe with the bloody egg Diggory do I need to spell it out for you?"

"No sir."

Moody gave him a once over with his eye, then turned around and walked away.

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Cedric accompanied Cho, Ian, and Marietta to the Ravenclaw dorms.

"I'm sorry I wasn't the most attentive date." Cedric said honestly feeling awful but if he had to do the whole thing again, he wasn't sure if he would have been better.

"No it was nice. Thanks Cedric for tonight." Cho said smiling softly at him.

"You're welcome."

"Good night." Cho said giving him one last smile before walking into the common room.

Ian gave Marietta a kiss on the cheek and said sorry once again for making some of her friends cry.

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When they both got to their dorms, Cedric sat on the bed thinking over what Moody had told him.

He wanted him to bathe with the egg? But who in their right mind… then again who in their right mind would try to get an egg from a dragon anyway. Oh well he might as well take Moody's advice it's not like he had any other ideas. So if he was going to take a bath with a bloody egg he might as well use the prefect's where there was plenty of room. And maybe Hermione could help him…

With everything all planned out he took off his dress robes and pulled on the only pair of swim trunks he owned.

"Ian I'm gonna…"

"Find Hermione I know, I know." Ian said waving him off. "I'm headed to bed."

"Night Ian."

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Cedric walked to the Gryffindor Common room. Even though it was almost midnight some students were still about.

"Hello could you get Hermione for me?" He asked the portrait.

"Not you too." She moaned.

"Wait what? What do you mean not you too?"

"Oh wait you're the boy from last night."

"Could you please answer my question."

"Oh don't worry they were nothing compared to you." She winked before disappearing.

Hermione sat on her bed clad just staring at her book since she couldn't seem to sleep, too much on her mind plus her roommates weren't back yet and when they did they were bound to wake her up. Well if one of them came back with leaves in her hair… She shuddered to think of what they were probably doing.

"There's someone at the door to see you."

Hermione nearly jumped off the bed in shock. She turned to where the familiar voice had come from. She saw the cherry tree festival painting which was usually empty but was now occupied by the Fat Lady. Hermione stared not sure what to say or do, she had never had that happen before.

"Um did you say that someone-"

"Yes." She said cutting Hermione off by just leaving.

Hermione grabbed her robes and walked down to the common room to find it deserted. She crept out of the door to come face to face with Cedric.

Cedric smiled as Hermione came out. "Hey."

"Hey to you too."

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"So where are we headed?" Hermione asked as they began to walk.

"The prefect's bathroom."

"Oh-kay. Because…?"

Cedric smiled ruefully. "I'm not quite sure but Moody came up to me… in the middle of you dancing with Krum." He wrinkled his nose at the last word.

"Professor Moody?"

"Yeah it was quite strange really. He told me in his own words 'Bathe with the bloody egg Diggory". Cedric said doing an impression of Moody.

Hermione gave a small giggle.

"Wow, for some reason that sounds just like Moody. Maybe when you graduate you could be an impersonator."

"That would be interesting, but I'll wait until he's long gone. He would probably hex me to merlin knows where if I ever did that with him around." Cedric shuddered.

"Yeah probably." Hermione said still laughing.

"So how was Krum?"

"I don't know you tell me, you were there the whole time." Hermione sighed.

Cedric gave a sheepish grin.

"Here we are." He said.

Hermione cocked her head to the side looking at the door.

"Pine fresh." Cedric said.

The door swung open.

"Wow." Hermione said as she looked around. "This is a bathroom?"

Cedric laughed at her.

"This place is way too pretty to be a bathroom and is that the tub? It could fit a whole family."

"It could, couldn't it." Cedric said running his hand through his hair.

"So now what?"

"We wait until the bath fills itself up."

Hermione blinked. "Cedric."

"Yes." Cedric said as he took off his robes to show a old t-shirt and swim trunks.

"I didn't bring a swim suit."

"That's what I forgot to tell you!" Cedric exclaimed then slapped his palm to his forehead.

"Well I guess I'll just sit on the side." Hermione said as she also took off her school robes.

Underneath the robe she was wearing the new cream colored nightie that her mom had just bought for her for Christmas. It fit a bit snug for her taste but it was probably the most comfortable thing she had ever worn.

She's only 15, she's only 15. Cedric said to himself repeatedly but he couldn't help but note that it hugged every curve.

"Um uh, I uh like your pajamas." Cedric said looking at the tub that was almost filled.

"Thanks." Hermione said as she sat on the side of the tub, her feet dangling off the sides. She looked up just as Cedric took off his shirt.

She just stared speechless. A blush crept up her cheeks. Then he went underwater for a second and reappeared. His hair looked just as good wet as dry. He actually looked sexier with his hair wet yet when it was dry he looked adorably handsome.

"Oh that's just unfair." Hermione muttered.

"What'd you say Meems?"

"I just said that it's unfair that you can emerge from the water and look just as good while I on the other hand look like Medusa."

"Really you don't think I look any sexier?" Cedric asked suggestively.

Hermione's jaw dropped. Could he read her mind? Hermione didn't know what to say so she splashed him.

"Oh you didn't." Cedric said.

"Yeah I did and I'll do it again."

"If you do you'll feel my wrath."

"What no evil laugh?" Hermione raised an eyebrow. Then she splashed him again.

"Oh you are so getting it." Cedric said as he splashed her back.

It went on like that for ten minutes, one splashing the other. Eventually Hermione was soaked to the core.

"Your hair doesn't look like Medusa's." Cedric said as he tugged on one of her curls. "I think it looks cute."

Hermione blushed. "Uh huh, sure." She said.

"No really." Cedric said looking up at her, his hands on the side of the gigantic tub letting his chin resting on his hands.

"Well we should get to the egg, it's pretty late Cedric." Hermione said changing the subject.

"Oh yeah." Cedric said though the egg had flown from his mind the minute she had splashed him.

"So what do you think I should do?" Cedric asked Hermione the egg in his hands.

Hermione had gotten in since she was already soaked through. "Not sure maybe put it in the water?"

Cedric kept the egg just above the surface, then opened it. It was the same screeching. Cedric accidentally dropped it in shock. It'd been a while since he opened it and he always seemed to forget how horrible the sound was. Giant bubbles surfaced where the egg had dropped.

Cedric gave an irritated sigh.

"Come on, we still have to get the egg." Hermione said before going underwater.

Cedric joined her.

"An hour long you'll have to look, and to recover what we took,"

Both heads appeared above the surface.

"What was that?"

"Cedric I think that was the egg."

"The egg can only be heard underwater? How were we supposed to figure that out!"

"I don't know, I think this whole thing is bullocks." Hermione muttered darkly. "But I'd rather we know what's coming up next. Cedric we need to listen to that egg. It's our clue to what's next."

Both descended the water again.

"Come seek us, where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground."

Hermione surfaced and tapped Cedric excited. He emerged a good half minute later listening to the rest.

"Oh my gosh Cedric it's mermaids."

"What?"

"Cannot sing above the ground. Who else but mermaids? I remember from Hogwarts a History. In the Black Lake there are mermaids!"

Cedric eyes widened. "Mermaids!"

"Did you hear the other parts?"

"Yeah. I have an hour to get something from them, something I'll sorely miss. I only have an hour or it's gone."

The two got out because they were both starting to prune. Hermione's night gown had become nearly transparent but she didn't notice. However Cedric had.

"Something you'll sorely miss?" Hermione said as she paced.

"What would you sorely miss, Cedric?" She asked turning to him. His face was flushed but she just assumed it was from the warm bath.

"Uh, uh, uh."

Hermione gave a concerned look as she stepped closer to him until they were about an inch apart and put her hand on his forehead. "Oh my gosh Ced, you're burning up!"

Cedric opened his mouth to say something but decided against it. He grabbed her cool hand and pressed it to his cheek.

Hermione blushed but didn't pull away. The two stood like that for a good while.

"I'm okay just a little warm from the bath." He said at last.

Hermione breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh good then you don't have a fever, but I'll walk with you to your common room. Then I can hand you over to Ian."

"Hand me over to Ian? I'll die if you do. Have some mercy. Do you know how many pets have deceased under his care?"

Hermione gave a long hard laugh.