( NOVA JANGGOK HARALSON )

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＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐀. sure he was her bestfriend and all but that didn't mean that she couldn't want to throttle him from time to time. they'd been on the train for a total of 2 hours and she didn't think she could take another 6 with the boy. petunia hadn't shown up yet and she could only assume she was with her little brother ernie and his silly hufflepuff friends who all had crushes on her.

"are you even listening?" roger waved his hand in front of the girls face finally bringing her attention back to him. he looked annoyed that she had zoned out but how could he blame her? quidditch was all he spoke about when not girls and it does become a bore after the first twenty minutes.

"no i'm not roger" the girl drawled out as she dramatically flung herself back onto the compartment seat. "where's tunia?" she questioned as she began to inspect her nails above her head.

roger scoffed before rolling his eyes, nova noticed his attitude and smirked to herself "still angry she rejected you" roger had been head over heels for petunia macmillan since their second year when the blonde beat him in a "friendly game of chess"

"no!" he quickly tried arguing as a pinkish tint spread across his exposed neck, his own body betraying him. nova chuckled as she saw him physically deflate. "where's the trolley?" he asked dejectedly as he tried to change the subject.

"i'll go look!" she quickly offered as she brought herself up and was by the door before roger could say anything, she knew it wasn't the nicest to leave him alone but she was sure to end up cursing herself to death if he didn't stop his yammering. 

"buy me a chocolate frog and drooble's!" she could hear him call out and decided it'd be the least she could do after basically just ditching him. maybe it was stupid of her to walk the shaky hogwarts express train in a pair of heels but she doesn't usually tend to think before acting. it was a character flaw she never seemed to care about.

looking into cart after cart for the head of blonde hair and green eyes, she stopped herself as she saw the trolley lady at the end of the hallway. the girl began to make her way down as she saw harry potter a 4th year gryffindor leave the compartment in front of the trolley and cho chang a 4th year on her quidditch team walk up with her friend marietta who was also in ravenclaw.

she waited until cho and harrys exchange was over, the two looking like two lovestruck puppies but only awkward. it brought a smile to her lips as she thought of how she was at their age, considering she was only two years older than them she wasn't much different. her luck with boys at that age wasn't bad they just never ended up how she expected them to.

"hello deary, anything from the trolley?" the old woman's voice cut her out of her trance as she looked up to see the grey haired witch smiling at her warmly gesturing to the cart in front of her. the girl went into her pocket to grab her purse before she felt a body place itself beside her.

"hey, haralson" cedric diggory greeted smiling down at the girl with a look that was sure to trick the devil. he looked heaven sent as usual, his signature smile crossing his lips. he surely did look like the perfect boy. but nova knew cedric and she knew he wasn't as lovely as he seemed.

"diggory" she nodded not paying much mind to the boy before turning to the trolley once more "two chocolate frogs, a pack of droobles and a cauldron cake please" the girl smiled as she held out two galleons.

the old woman took the money before handing over the snacks to the girl and turning her attention to cedric now, nova put the chocolate frogs and droobles in her pocket before opening her cauldron cake and taking a bite, savouring the chocolatey taste she had been deprived off at home.

her mother had put the family on a no-sugar , no-meat diet the past summer and it had been up to nova to ask the house elves for anything remotely sugary from diagon alley which they would happily go and get. her father eventually found out and made her promise she'd share her confectionaries for the promise that he wouldn't tell her mother, which she agreed to without hesitation.

"hey little bird, wait up" the hufflepuffs painfully familiar voice called out as he ran up to be beside her, walking in step with her now. his arm brushing against hers every now and then due to how thin the corridor was.

little bird. she hated that name, she hated it because he came up with it. she knew cedric loved to get a laugh out of the way it made her shudder with annoyance. he had given it to her during their third year after she had basically flown during a hufflepuff vs ravenclaw quidditch match. it'd probably be the only time the boy praised the girl saying that the way she balanced on her broom was "wicked"

"what do you want you big oaf?" she asked as she let herself look up at the boy to see him looking down at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes. whatever he was thinking wasn't good and she didn't want to stay around for another minute to hear the ridiculous question he had been pestering her with since their fifth year.

"first hogsmeade trip? you and me?" this boy never gave up she told herself as she sighed and shook her head. maybe the hundreds of other times she rejected him went over his head she thought, but how could they. he was a smart boy whether she liked to admit it or not so why did he just not get the hint.

"and for the hundredth time, diggory, when you-" the girl was cut off by cedric as he recited the same thing she replied every time. there was not any deflation in his tone from the rejection, he had learnt to not be upset by her answer around the 5th time. now it had become a daily thing, he asked, she'd reject and he'd promise her that one day she'd say yes.

"get your head out off your arse and stop playing girls like their a cards game" he chuckled before looking down at his shoes. he didn't know why he couldn't do it, give up playing girls for the chance to have nova. it should've been so easy but apparently not to cedric. no cedric was indeed amos diggory's son and he proved that by being a perfect replica of his father when he attended hogwarts himself.

"so you do listen?" she mocked surprise as she gave him a fake look of astonishment, the boy giving her a cheeky smile to which she narrowed her eyes playfully at him.

"to you. always" rowena, there it was. one of the few moments nova considered saying yes to his offer. there was just something about the boy that made her want to give up all her dignity and pride and fall like putty into his hands. he always knew what to say to make her rethink her choices, and it annoyed her to no limit.

"till next time diggory" the girl parted as she saw him slowing down at a cart probably filled with his hufflepuff friends. the boy opened the door but left himself linger on the outskirts of his compartment to watch her walk away.

"stop stalking haralson, ced!" one of his friends called out extra loud to make sure the ravenclaw heard to which she threw a middle finger up to make sure cedric saw before he shook his head with a hearty chuckle and entered his compartment, awaiting their next encounter.

𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧, or tunia as those closest to her like to call her. ravenclaws smartest, and undeniably one of the prettiest girls at hogwarts. she was a simple beauty, 5'5, blonde hair, green eyes, eyebags which only enhanced the colour of her eyes, freckles and porcelain skin. a sight for sore eyes, roger liked to call her.

"pass the mash please" the blonde asked nova who was closest to the creamy food, the ravenette girl passing it over and stealing a roll off her friends place in the process. tunia merely rolled her eyes before picking up another.

"did 'e hear, apparently some big events happening at hogwarts this year. mum made me bring me dress robes" the girls thick scottish accent filling the girls ears. it certainly was like a breath of fresh air to be around petunia. nova had grown up around rough scandanavians on her fathers side and posh koreans on her mothers side her whole life.

"no but my mum made me pack my dress robes" roger spoke up through a mouth of vegetables, which resulted in tunia throwing a piece of broccoli at him as a way to tell him to chew and then speak.

"maybe a ball?" nova suggested as she thought of all the extravagant ones she'd been to in her years growing up. they were a bore she thought, but that was because she was surrounded by a majority of adults and only had one friend her age to get her through them.

he went to durmstrang and was in the year above her, this however didn't stop the two from keeping in contact all of these years. they were two peas in the same pod. both born from magical parents into wealthy families, and both growing up in the cold country of sweden. spending easters, birthdays, halloweens and christmas' together. he was apart of her family and her, his.

"oh i'd love to go to a ball, me and ernie went to one last year for the sacred twenty-eight!" tunia gushed as she began to ramble on about the event that she said she had a great deal of fun at. nova let her ramble and listened for the most part.

that was the difference with petunia and roger. when roger spoke he didn't show too much emotion and was like a wall of bricks. the boy never gave away too much when speaking and was very guarded. petunia however was too open and a ray of sunshine, always putting emphasis and emotion into her words so you know she meant them. two opposites made for eachother, they were the sun and the moon, the ocean and the land. they complimented eachother nicely but there was always something in between them stopping them from being together.

dumbeldore's booming voice interrupted the chattering hall silencing the students "i have a very special announcement to make. the castle will not only be your home this year... but home to some special guests as well" low and excited whispers began to spread through the students at this news.

"you see, hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event" this isn't going to end well, nova thought to herself. she could already see the cogs turning in rogers head that she was so close to covering his ears.

"for those of you who do not know. the triwizard tournament brings three schools for a series of magical contests" durmstrang? "from each school, a single student is selected to compete" nova was about to combust from the lack of information they were being given.

"now let me be clear. if chosen, you stand alone. and trust me when i say these contests are not for the faint- hearted. but there is time to discuss that later. the schools who will be joining us are the beauxbatons academy and durmstrang institute of magical learning" durmstrang. if she knew fridolf well enough then he'd want to enter.

"i'd like to say a few words. eternal glory. that is what awaits the student who wins the triwizard tournament. but to do this, the student must survive three extremely dangerous tasks" she knew it couldn't have been good. if it was good then why were the words survive and dangerous involved.

"for this reason, the ministry has seen fit to impose a new rule. after due consideration, the ministry has concluded that, for their own safety no student under the age of 17 shall be allowed to put forth their name for the triwizard tournament" seventeen, roger was still sixteen thank the heavens.

"the goblet of fire!" dumbeldore's voice boomed as a box was rolled out. a long box. "anyone wishing to submit themselves to the tournament need only write their name upon a piece of parchment and throw it before the flame. you may begin doing this upon the arrival of the competitors" the students all broke out into ecstatic whispers at the news, even roger who had deflated at the age restriction seemed to still be interested.

she was certainly surprised that she was the only student who seemed to be even remotely worried about this. did these kids have a death wish?