[hp] Rescue Mr Diggory

On Friday, Fake Moody called Camelia to his office after class, saying he wanted to talk to her about the exam.

Although Barty Crouch Jr. is working for Voldemort, I don't know if he is afraid of revealing his identity, or what, but I have to say that he is a very competent teacher, with a very high teaching level, and he is perfectly qualified for this position , if he wasn't a Death Eater, being a teacher might suit him well.

Camelia is currently in poor health and cannot have as many practical opportunities in class as other students. Most of the time, she can only stand quietly and watch other students practice how to resist. Odd poses as Professor Moody and casts the Imperius Curse on them.

It may be because their fifth grade students are about to take the OWLs exam. Fake Moody thinks that Camelia has so much theory but not much practice, that she will suffer in the exam room, but she can't force her now To experience the Imperius Curse, so the kind fake Moody thought of a way for her.Now that he is behind others in terms of actual combat, he will focus on theory with all his heart.

As far as black magic is concerned, especially books about advanced black magic can almost only be found in the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts, and these books are only allowed to be borrowed by professors and some senior students who have been approved by professors.Now the fake Moody directly gave Camelia this approval. He asked Camelia to read slowly according to the list of books he made, saying that there would be knowledge points that would surely add points in these books when the time came.

"Don't lower your demands on yourself because you think you won't live until the day when your test results come out."

When she heard the fake Moody say this to herself, Camelia almost laughed out loud. She felt that Barty Crouch Jr. was too involved in the drama and almost forgot his true identity, because his current It looked like he was really here to be a teacher, not to perform the tasks assigned to him by Voldemort.

"I'll try my best to see if I can live until you leave."

Then Camelia saw the fake Moody looking at her in disbelief.

"Son, you can't think like that. I will teach for one year. I thought you all know that there has never been a teacher who has been in this position for more than one year."

"Of course I know." Camelia replied to him very cheerfully, "but if—I mean, if the person who cast this curse dies, the curse should disappear automatically. In this case, as long as you are willing, Professor , can't you just keep going?"

No sooner had she finished than the Fake Moody said in a gruff voice, "Why do you say that?"

"Because it seems that you like this job, Professor, it's much more comfortable than being an Auror, isn't it?" Camelia blinked.

"No! There is never a good time! You have to be on the lookout for those dark wizards, they are everywhere!" Fake Moody kicked the table leg with his wooden leg, and the magic eye rolled around. Quickly, and then he said stiffly, "The Dark Lord was defeated by Harry Potter many years ago, but it was no use, you see, the curse is still there."

"That's because he hasn't been completely defeated." Camelia retorted him.

When she came out of the office, Camelia looked at the note in her hand that approved her to borrow books from the restricted section and fell into thought. To be honest, she didn't quite understand Barty Crouch Jr.'s intentions, but she thought Pettigrew Peter must have Tell them all he knows, so Barty Crouch Jr. must know she's on the other side of Dumbledore and the Order, if he's just trying to use her to pass on some clues to Harry about the match , it is not unreasonable to do so, after all, he also gave Cedric a hint about the golden egg, and now Cedric has made up his mind to share this clue with Harry, in order to return the first level haha Li told him the favor he owed when he was a fire dragon.

But the list of books written by Barty Crouch Jr. is very long, and at a glance, those titles don't seem to be helpful to the warriors who are going to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, let alone his It is impossible not to know that besides Harry, Camelia also has an unusual relationship with the other two warriors. If he does this, isn't he afraid that she will help others instead of Harry?

In any case, Camelia thinks that as a Death Eater, Barty Crouch Jr. should not be so kind. Thinking about the crime he and several other Death Eaters used to torture the Longbottoms with the Cruciatus Curse, how insane Ah, and the reason why he came here was to carry out the task Voldemort gave him, how could he come here to be a good teacher.

Thinking of this, Camelia couldn't help shaking her head, trying to make herself more sober, and then she thought about the Order of the Phoenix, feeling even more irritable.

Because Dumbledore told her to rest assured and recuperate, don't think about anything else, and don't care about anything else. He said they would arrange everything and promised her that Cedric would be well protected, but it turned out that Dumbledore could not be completely trusted. Lido's words, because Cedric still went to participate in the competition, how can this make people not worry.

On the other hand, everyone kept everything from her, didn't let her know any plans, even Sirius refused to reveal a word to her, she begged him for a long time, but he just refused to let go.

Some time ago, when Camelia was hospitalized, Nora brought Sirius to visit her. The two of them were together not long after the World Cup. Nora stayed in England for a while because of him.

Camelia knew that they were doing it for her own good, so she decided to hide it from her, but she just didn't like the feeling that everyone knew about it, but she alone didn't.And now everyone takes care of her in everything, and the attitude of doing everything according to her heart also makes her feel uncomfortable.This is because at a very young age, Camelia knew that the reason why her family always spoiled her was not only out of love for their children from the bottom of their hearts, but also because they were afraid that she would not live long. They were helpless about her illness, probably out of a kind of compensation, and they turned this distress and helplessness into intensified love, so that no one stopped her from doing what she wanted to do since she was a child, and any wild and far-fetched ideas would be rejected by her family. Satisfied unconditionally, even at this age, they will still tolerate everything about her, and take good care of every dream of hers.

Sometimes Camelia feels that she is probably lucky. Even if what she wants to do is in conflict with her family’s ideas, they will stand by her side in the end and support her with all their strength, while most people can only do it for their own. Dream is fighting alone, but sometimes I think that I am unlucky again, because the freedom and willfulness envied by others are almost all in exchange for her health.

At first, only her family members thought that her life might be short, so they thought that she must live it happily, so they depended on her almost everything, but now even the friends around her are the same, Because the more they were like this, Camelia felt more guilty, which made her feel like a burden, and she still couldn't accept such kindness with peace of mind, but she knew she couldn't have such thoughts.

Camelia hurried through the crowded corridors like this, thinking wildly, and didn't stop until she heard someone calling her.

When Camelia turned around and found that it was Harry who stopped her, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Hey, Harry."

"Hi," Harry said stiffly.

"What's the matter?" Camelia smiled.

"Uh—Camelia? Can I have a word with you alone?" Harry faltered, glancing uneasily at the passers-by.

"Now?" Seeing Harry nod his head, Camelia said, "Okay then, let's find a place where there aren't many people."

So they walked in the direction of the stairs.

"Harry, be careful." Camelia immediately reminded Harry when she realized that Harry was about to miss a step. She didn't know why Harry seemed out of his mind today.

When there was finally no one around them, Harry was still embarrassed and incoherent, missing some words when he spoke.

"Would you like to be my ball companion?" he said.

"Excuse me, what did you say?" Camelia still had a smile on her face.

"I said you... would you like to go to the dance with me? I want to ask you to be my dance partner." Harry said loudly, this time it was understandable.

Camelia looked at him frankly, "I'm sorry, Harry, I already promised Ced, I thought you all should know."

"Oh, well," Harry looked very disappointed, "it's okay, I've already expected it, but I still want to ask, in case..."

"I'm really sorry," Camelia had to say.

"It's okay," Harry said.

They stood there looking at each other for a while, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, and then Camelia said, "Don't be discouraged, I think there will be many girls who would like to go to the dance with you."

"But I just want to invite you to..."

Camelia deliberately didn't hear Harry's muttering, and glanced at the watch on her wrist, "Then is there anything else? If not, I think I should go, you go to eat too."

But Harry stared at her without speaking or moving, so Camelia said, "Goodbye, Harry."

She was about to leave after speaking, but Harry stopped her again, "Wait, I still have something to say to you."

Camelia looked at Harry calmly, "Okay, what are you talking about?"

"I...I..." He became nervous again.

"Harry, don't panic, just tell me I'm listening." Camelia couldn't help laughing.

Now Harry roared out almost with all his strength, "I like you! I have always liked you!"

He regretted it almost as soon as he opened his mouth, blushed belatedly and took a few steps back, looking like he was about to run away, but he still held back the idea of ​​running away.

I saw Camelia blinking her eyes with an expected expression, "Ah, I actually knew this a long time ago."

"You know? But who told you? I obviously never...not even Sirius and Ron..." Harry's face became more and more red, and his internal organs seemed to be full at this time lead.

"Harry, that's because I've met a lot of boys. They... Let's put it this way, I can actually tell who among them likes me. But once I meet someone I like, I can't Yes. It wasn’t until Seid confessed to me that I realized that he also liked me, but at that time many people around us already knew that he liked me, only I didn’t know.”

"Then what do you like about him? You like his handsome looks as superficially as other girls?" Harry didn't know why he said so meanly, he already liked Cedric a little bit, but now he suddenly Realized that Fred and George and a lot of their Gryffindor mates were right that Cedric was actually a good-for-nothing handsome guy who didn't have enough brains to fill an eggshell.

"It can't be because of this, I've met far more handsome boys than you can imagine, and while I may sound narcissistic for saying this, most of them would have liked me frankly. I think I must have inherited the talent of my mother and their family in this area, so to speak, as long as I want, I can make many people like me, but it is not difficult to please a boy and make him like you." Camille As Ya was talking, she suddenly changed the subject, "Well, Harry, I have a question to ask you now. What do you think of my cousin?"

Harry thought for a while, "He was very friendly to me, and he didn't make things difficult for me just because we were rivals. He believed that I was framed by someone, not by cheating... He also thought that my situation was four The most dangerous among individuals, so he helped me a lot in private. Although Ron asked me to be more careful about him, saying that he might approach me on purpose and frame me after he had fully gained my trust, but I thought that since he If he is your elder brother, then he must be similar to you, you are all very kind people."

"Then you are wrong. My good brother is the best at disguising himself. He is not a good person. In fact, he doesn't look down on you at all, or he looks down on everyone. I think the reason why he helped You, just to satisfy some kind of vanity. After all, you are the boy who survived the catastrophe. If you can help you, you will have to brag when you go back. Leon is a very arrogant person, don't look at him like that usually, He's actually an asshole, selfish, and will do whatever it takes to get what he wants."

Camelia patted Harry on the shoulder, "But don't worry too much, he won't harm you at the moment, and he won't do anything bad to you, and his result of this match is Don't care. If he wants to help you, you trust him, but one thing must be remembered is that my brother is not a good man."

"But you're not like that, are you? You're really nice to me, not because I'm Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, who defeated Voldemort, so you come close to me, right? You don't have to be with me. I said about your brother to scare me, and then told me that you are not a simple girl, I am not that stupid, I can tell who is really good to me and who is pretending. You comfort me I remember every word I said, and I also kept the gift you gave me carefully, so I don't believe it—"

Camelia had to interrupt him, "Harry, I see you and Ron as my younger brothers, you two are very cute."

"I don't think it's fair. When I first met you, you were already familiar with each other." It was hard to hear Harry, "If I appeared by your side earlier than him, would you..."

"Harry, there is one thing you need to know. In fact, I heard your name first and grew up listening to your stories. As for him, I didn't know him until two or three years after I came to Hogwarts. .But even if I didn't know Seid, I don't think there is a possibility between me and you. Because I will never date someone younger than me, this is one of my principles." Camelia said , "Because I know that I am the kind of person who likes to be taken care of in my relationship. In fact, I am spoiled by my family. I am very self-willed, so I must have a mature person to watch me, Otherwise, I will go crazy one day and even feel terrible to myself. But Seid can take good care of me."

"If I were as old as him, as tall and handsome, as mature, and as able to take care of you, when the two of us appeared in front of you at the same time, who would you choose?" Harry said reluctantly, "I really don't will be worse than him."

"But there are no ifs in life." Camelia had to cruelly break his fantasy.

There wasn't much time until the Yule Ball when Harry sent Camelia the ball invitation.Although the teachers assigned a lot of homework, everyone was not in the mood to do homework at all.In the week leading up to Christmas, everyone is having fun.Although it was a holiday, many people stayed for the dance, so the castle was still almost as crowded as before.

From time to time these days, owls bring packages containing gowns. Although it is clearly stated on the list issued before the start of school that students above the fourth grade should prepare the gowns, many students in the lower grades have been invited by the upper grades to participate. It was for the prom, so they had to start preparing the dresses only now, and some students had custom-made dresses in order to be able to shine at this rare feast, so they only received them recently.

About a few weeks before the Christmas ball, Camelia received a custom-made dress in France during the summer vacation. At that time, Nora and Penello accompanied her to choose, and finally chose a black suspender dress , the skirt is decorated with many black bows of different sizes. Although the style is simple, it looks cute and sexy.

Camelia was quite satisfied, and felt that it was very convenient at the dance, and she didn't have to think about the problem of dragging her skirt all the time, and the other girls agreed when they saw it.

But Cedric alone was not satisfied.

"Isn't it a bit short?" Cedric hadn't loosened his brows since seeing the skirt.

"It's not short. I tried it in the store before, and the skirt almost reached the knee." Camelia said, "If you don't believe me, I can wear it for you to see."

It just so happened that they were both in Cedric's room at this time, and Camelia changed directly.

After putting on the skirt, she deliberately turned around in front of Cedric to show that the skirt was not short.

"Short is not short, but I think you'd better not wear this one then." Cedric swallowed nervously, "Because it's going to snow that day, I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

Camelia said disapprovingly: "This is an indoor dance, and it's not cold at all. If it's cold, you can take off your clothes and let me put them on."

"But..." Cedric hesitated to speak.

"Why are you reluctant to part with your clothes?" Camelia raised her eyebrows.

"Of course I'm willing. Even if I get cold, I can't freeze you." Cedric said hastily.

Camelia glanced at him angrily, snorted coldly, and then asked him to turn around, she was going to change clothes.Although she has been honest with him many times, sometimes Camelia still feels shy when changing clothes in front of him.

Cedric was also very obedient, and immediately sat with his back facing Camelia when he heard the words. After a burst of undressing, he heard Camelia begging him for help.

"Sed, can you come and help me zip it down? It seems stuck."

Camelia felt something was wrong when most of the zipper on the back was unzipped by him.

"Okay, I'll do the rest myself, don't move!"

But Cedric didn't listen to her, he simply pulled it to the end, then picked him up like a bandit, and threw him on the bed.

"I don't allow you to dress like this to the prom! If you want to wear it, you can only wear it for me to see!" Cedric didn't hesitate at this time, and directly expressed his heart.

"Why are you so..." Before Camelia had time to complain, he blocked her mouth roughly with his lips.

After a few days, Camelia could only trouble Penello, who was still in France, to help me get another dress that she had fancy before, because Cedric refused to let her wear that little black dress, and she was so angry I didn't give Cedric a good face for a few days, and I don't know if it was retribution. The dress Cedric prepared during the summer vacation was bitten by a mouse, and he had to buy a new one. It was a blessing in disguise for Cedric, because after Camelia laughed at him, all the anger disappeared, and she asked Penello to pick up a men's dress and send it along with her when she went to pick up the dress.

In the blink of an eye, it was Christmas day, and since the morning, the atmosphere in the castle has become extremely tense.Several girls are determined to make Camelia the most dazzling girl at the whole ball, at least not let Fleur Delacour from Beauxbaton School of Wizardry steal the limelight, so including Gryffindor's Including Derry, they all ran to Ravenclaw's tower early in the morning to discuss how to dress up Camelia beautifully.

In fact, this is not difficult, because Camelia is already very good-looking, and a little tidying up can make people's eyes shine, but they feel that this is not enough, and they have been working on it for a long time before they are satisfied.

After everyone was dressed up, the dance was about to start.

A group of girls laughed and walked down the stairs arm in arm to find their dance partners. The hall was already full of students, many of whom were circling back and forth, because the doors of the auditorium would not open until eight o'clock. .Some people want to meet their dance partners from other colleges, so they squeeze sideways through the crowd, looking for their dance partners.

Cedric stood in a conspicuous position with Ian and Vanessa to speak. Although Cedric did not circle back and forth like the others, his expression did not look relaxed. Soon they found Camille A group of people are coming down the stairs.

The newly delivered dress is a champagne-colored tube top dress with a large skirt, which looks much more grand and formal than the previous one. The skirt is irregularly distributed with three-dimensional small flowers, and those flowers float on her chest with the wind. The position of her body trembled slightly, and the matching tulle gloves were also embroidered with trembling petals, and a few petals fell on her hair, and the light refracted by the morning dew was shining in her eyes after being illuminated by the sun. I can't help feeling that this is a fairy in the forest who came out of nowhere.

In the hall, many girls tugged at the sleeves of their dance partners dissatisfiedly, because many of them were looking at Camelia obsessively. It seemed that they were so amazed by her that they almost forgot their names, and Some girls also stared at her in a daze, giving out admiration from time to time.

Even Cedric was stunned for a moment after seeing the well-dressed Camelia, and then the smile on his face was the brightest ever, which made him look even a little bit It's silly, and it doesn't match the clothes I'm wearing today.

"Sed, don't you look stupid?" Iris and April appreciated Cedric's reaction with satisfaction, and they wanted this effect.

At this time, Ian talked about how much effort he had to make Cedric stop spinning in place, otherwise he might become the first warrior in history to spin himself before the ball, how shameful it would be.Then his dance partner Vanessa also confirmed this. They said that Cedric had been very nervous since last night, and was teased by them that he was nervous as if he was going to be a groom the next day.

Although Camelia had heard a lot from Iris, she was far less exaggerated than what Ian said, but it was almost the same.

Cedric, who had been exposed by everyone, was extremely embarrassed, so Camelia told them to stop making trouble, and urged them to find their dance partners quickly, while she walked slowly towards Cedric, holding his arm. and whispered, "My Mr. Diggory is as handsome as ever today."

"My Miss Shafik is still beautiful today." Cedric hugged her waist, placed a soft kiss on her forehead, and then whispered in her ears that only the two of them could hear. The voice said, "But it would be better if this skirt was lifted up a little bit."

Hearing this, Camelia almost stepped on him, and said softly in a threatening tone: "Are you here to scold me?"

"No, no." Cedric said hastily to please her, "I really think it looks better that way."

But he didn't dare to say anything more, because Camelia had already started to stare at him.

After everyone took their seats in the auditorium, the warriors and their dance partners lined up, led by Professor McGonagall, and filed in. They walked towards a large round table with referees sitting in front of the auditorium. At this time, the people in the auditorium were enthusiastic applauded.

The walls were covered with garlands of mistletoe and ivy, and the starry night sky above their heads was now gone, and the four long tables divided by houses were replaced by a hundred small tables with white candles. Round tables, each table can seat about ten people.

Dumbledore was smiling happily at the guest table, but Karkaroff had a look of great confusion on his face as Krum and Hermione approached.Ludo Bagman joined the applause tonight in a bright purple gown with yellow stars printed on it.Ms. Maxim took off her usual black satin uniform and wore a long purple dress. Blanche, who was originally one of the supervisors, resigned from the job after Camelia fell ill, so this did not attend this time.But she wasn't the only one absent, and Mr. Crouch wasn't there either.

In Mr. Crouch's place was Percy, today in a brand new navy suit, with a smug, smug look on his face.When the warriors and their partners had reached the table, Percy pulled an empty chair beside him and looked at Harry with a piercing eye, and Harry sat down beside him as he had hoped.Camelia wanted to know more about whether Mr. Crouch had remembered Percy's name than why Mr. Crouch hadn't attended, rather than calling him "Wetherby".

While everyone was eating appetizers, Fleur began to pick on the decoration of Hogwarts again.

"What is this?" She looked at the star-studded auditorium and said contemptuously, "In our country, at Christmas time, the auditorium will be filled with ice sculptures that will not melt, and these ice sculptures look like huge diamonds. Statues, shining day and night, we don't have these ugly armors around the walls of our auditorium. Of course, the food is superb, and the choir of nymphs serenades us while we eat."

Leon glanced at Fleur, with an imperceptible smugness on his face, he said to Camelia: "I still say the same thing, after you have been to Beauxbatons, you will definitely change your mind. "

"She'll stay here and not go anywhere." Cedric squeezed Camelia's hand, and answered Camelia in fluent French.

"Do you want her to stay with you? You are really selfish." Leon tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Also, this is our family's business, so I don't need to ask your opinion."

"I want to stay at Hogwarts." Camelia said.

Seeing this, Leon closed his mouth, pulled the bow tie unhappily, and muttered that Fleur had tied it too tightly for him, while Fleur looked at Camelia in disappointment, and then turned to look at Ms. Maxim , and then did not say anything.

When everything was finished, Dumbledore stood up and told everyone to stand up too.Then with a wave of his wand, all the tables and chairs automatically flew to the wall, leaving a large open space, and then he conjured a high stage out of thin air, and on the stage stood the Weird Sisters Band ready to go. As soon as it appeared, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

All the warriors stood up and led their partners into the brightly lit dance floor. Cedric put one hand on Camelia's waist, and the other tightly held her hand.After everyone got ready for the waltz, the Weird Sisters began to play the opening music.

After the opening dance time belonging to the warriors was over, other people also entered the dance floor one after another. After a while, everyone started dancing to the music.Cedric and Camelia cooperated very well, even the frequency of breathing was so consistent. At this moment, they could only see each other, as if they were the only two left in the world.

At the end of the first piece, the auditorium burst into applause again, but Cedric and Camelia continued to look at each other intently.

Camelia leaned into Cedric's ear and said, "Do you know what I was thinking just now?"

"What?" Cedric grinned almost to his ears.

"Actually, I used to have this illusion often. I felt like I was married to you. What is being held now is our wedding ball, because what we are wearing today looks like we are going to get married." Camelia He became more and more embarrassed when he said that.

"But it's a far cry from the wedding I imagined for my Lady Diggory," said Cedric. "Aren't you too eager to marry me? But I don't mind at all."

This made Camelia blush, and she was so ashamed that she wanted to bury herself in his chest, Cedric almost laughed out loud at this.

The Weird Sisters followed up with several new pieces, each faster than the last.Cedric was afraid that Camelia would be too tired, so after only dancing for a while, he took her out of the dance floor and sat aside to rest, so that Camelia had time to observe other people at the ball.

Fred and Angelina danced so wildly that those around them had to step back to avoid getting hurt.Audrey and George also danced unrestrainedly, but not as much as Fred and Angelina. Iris was talking to the Beauxbaton boy introduced to her by Camelia, who was also her dance partner. They don't understand each other's language, but they still chat happily. I saw that they have been gesticulating with their hands. It seems that it is a bit difficult to communicate, but both of them keep laughing.April and her boyfriend were slipping out the side door of the auditorium on what appeared to be a date.

Not long after Cedric came back with drinks, they also went out for a while, hid in the rose bushes and kissed passionately, sat on the grass by the black lake and looked at the stars for a long time, and talked to each other a lot If you're stupid, don't go back until the end of the dance.

As Cedric was going to tell Harry about the golden egg, Camelia was waiting for him in the hall below.Maybe because he was afraid that she would be anxious, Cedric ran down the stairs after a while.

"Did you tell him?" Camelia asked impatiently before he came to her side.

Cedric nodded, and then smiled with some disappointment: "He doesn't seem to like me very much, and he doesn't even want to say good night to me."

Camelia said: "Don't be sad, I will say good night to you."

Cedric rubbed his chin on her head, "Well, my wife is the best for me."

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Revision on August 2021, 8: According to the suggestions of the comments in this chapter, the fragments of the original work previously carried in this chapter have been deleted and revised. However, since the date of writing the article is a bit far from the date of revision, it cannot be guaranteed that all fragments of the original work have been found And completely corrected it. I have basically rewritten it as I remember. In addition, some sentences still have similar or identical descriptions to the original work to respect the setting of the original work. If readers still feel that these similar descriptions are offensive to the original work, I will continue to make changes later on.At the same time, I apologize again for my previous inappropriate behavior.