Bonded By Fate

Florian walked up the hallway to Cedric's room, he stopped in front of
the door, pulled his wand out and with a precise flowing movement, he
whispered a spell. Then, he knocked.

When he finally got to his dormitory, Florian shut the door close,
leaned his back against it, and put his face in his hands. His eyes
were starting to get wobbly and he knew he was at the point of
breaking down. Forcing himself to concentrate and pull his thoughts
together once more, he walked over to his trunk and pushed the
contents aside, going through all of his junk till he got his hand on
the object he was looking for.

Hearing Cedric's words, Florian momentarily stuck his wand back into
his pocket, then nodded slowly. He looked down at the ground realizing
how foolish he must have appeared and sounded.

OOC: sorry to butt in guys, but I just couldn't let such a terrific
post by *snickers*



After his little eye-to-eye meeting with Hayden, Florian decided to
act upon his feelings, feelings that he could no longer keep hidden
inside because, whether he liked it or not, they poured out of him
like a stream bursting all bounds. He desperately did not want to
believe Hayden's words, but at the same time they rang terribly true.

A stream of thoughts was rushing through Florian's mind, his heart was
pumping fast in his chest as he directed his steps in the direction of
the Hufflepuff dormitory. After that heart to heart talk with the Boy
Who Lived, doing another line of coke sounded like the best idea to
him. So he sneaked quietly downstairs to the Hufflepuff quarters, and
walked into the bathroom, he sat down on the bench across from the
showers and accioed a mirror, a small paper roll and some coke. He
quickly did one line in hopes of feeling a tad bit better, then
shrugging as if in agreement with himself, snorted up a second one as
well. That ought to boost his self confidence all right, his inner
voice told him, smirking to himself at the idea of just what he was
about to accomplish, he muttered "evanesco" at the coke stone and the
mirror, to make them disappear and left the bathroom. He marched out
from the Hufflepuff dorms and up to the Great Hall.

Harry had made his way to a random hallway as far from Cedric as
possible. Harry was starting to think back on what he had just done
and he started rubbing his arms, his eyes downcast. He sighed and the
feeling of being a slut started to come back. Was that all Cedric
looked at him as? Harry closed his eyes and just continued to walk
with a deep sigh. 'I'm nothing to no one.....' Harry thought to
himself. 'You couldn't be more right about that...' a voice said in
his head as it snickered.

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That morning Florian went through the same usual routine, get up,
shower, a quick combination of grooming spells, one to put on black
eyeliner and another to paint his finger nails black, put some gel in
his hair, add a few drops of mint aftershave, get dressed, today he
chose to wear a tight long-sleeved t-shirt with cuts in it, a pair of
silver pants, and hot pink fingerless gloves. Something was telling
him he'd need some help to get through this day. So he sneaked into
the toilet, magicked out a mirror and did a coke line, he got quite
accustomed to this muggle habit recently. He felt like he was ready
for action, ready to face the new day.

Ryo looked at Florian for a second and then motioned for him to
follow him... at least now when he does it... Hermione cant be
mad. "Lets go back to the flat, i can skip Herbology with sprout."
nodded, "Sure thing, today my classes start late."

After leaving the Owlery, Florian made his way back to the Entrance
Hall. He started to feel uneasy and a little restless, a burst of
anxiety ruptured in his chest, he could feel himself sweat. Confused
thoughts were rushing through his head; from finding Cedric, dragging
him off to a broom closet and begging him to fuck him senseless to
finding Potter, dragging him off to said broom closet and hexing him
into oblivion and maybe even back.

After breakfast, Florian headed downstairs to the Hufflepuff dorms. He
still didn't catch a sight of Cedric anywhere which was just fine with
him. Florian knew sooner or later, they would have to face each other
again, there was no way around it, the party planning depended on
their cooperation and there were galleons to be made. When he got to
the dormitory, the first thing he did was to change his thigh high
boots for a pair of the steel toe rangers with metal spikes on, then
he walked over to the mirror on the wall, his heavy boots clanging
against the bare wood floor. Staring in at his reflection, he muttered
a shaving spell, then put some gel in his hair letting a few strands
fall to his face, applied some black eyeliner around his eyes, and put
on a lime green boa scarf, grinning with satisfaction and knowing he
looked Drop.Dead.Gorgeous. Then he walked over to his trunk, took out
the scroll of parchment, a bottle of ink and a quill and decided to go
up to the Owlery. He had some urgent letters to write.

Hayden heard everything Florian said before he looked a bit confused.
True his brain didn't work in the morning without his coffee
but....for a moment Hayden looked almost hurt but he said nothing. 'I
knew it.....Cedric is seeing this guy...' Hayden said mentally to
himself. "Um.....I haven't seen Cedric all morning..."

Florian paled a little, and turning back around to face Hayden, he
said in a much more unassuming tone, "You...haven't? Then I apologize.
I don't know what I was thinking really..."

Florian came down from the Infirmary on the third floor, passing
through the Entrance Hall, he sighed and then walked into the Great
Hall. "Great Hell is more like it", he muttered quietly, stopping at
the doors and after scanning the room for the familiar faces, he was
relieved not to see Cedric or Harry anywhere around yet.

I walk down the corridor, away from Cedric's room. I scream and shout inside of me, broken and torn. I did what I had to do last night with Cedric because I knew it was my only chance to be close to him, to feel the warmth of his body at least this once. I wasn't fooling myself, I knew he had none of it for me in his heart.

It's early morning and most residents of Hogwarts are still fast asleep tucked in their beds. Not wanting to disturb anyone, I decide to head to the showers instead of the dormitory. Once in the Hufflepuff bathroom, I hear my own heart beating fast as I take off my cloak and pull off my boots. I walk in the shower stall and listen to the blood rush through my ears. I turn on the tap, close my eyes and see it all. My imaginary world of happiness and joy. A place with people I love and where I'm loved because of who I am. The one I wish was true. But suddenly I snap back to reality, holding my hand steady under hot water, so that I could feel something instead of this numbness that has taken over me since I left Cedric sleeping in his room. And everything became dead inside me. I bite my tongue. Darkness and pain surround me as my hand turns into one boiling mess. Still I don't utter a sound. It's not worth it. Then I adjust the water, making it lukewarm, letting it run all over my body, washing away the memory of last night.

Cedric smiled, his eyes slightly unfocused. "Um, business," he sighed,
frowning a bit. "Actually," he said aloud, noticing what Florian was
wearing, or rather, what he wasn't wearing, "can I revise that?" he
asked pulling Florian onto the bed.

Florian smirked and willingly got next to Cedric, as he lowered his
head, he gently trailed Cedric's cheek with one finger and looked
straight in Cedric's eyes. "Anything you want, sweetness. Your word is
my command, you are my prefect, after all. And what a perfect prefect
you are at that." Florian said before diving in for a deep, hungry kiss.

After seeing Potter put up his little act at dinner and remembering
his taunting comments about Cedric, Florian knew something has
changed, something was different about the Wonder Boy.

He also knew that he had nothing to lose playing Potter's game. He
decided to burn the candle at both ends. After all he was not the one
to go down without a fight.

Florian quickly pulled his schoolrobe on, still grinning to himself.
He searched with his gaze and found Cedric quickly enough, looking in
his direction. He smirked, wondering however if it was Potter, the
target of certain Hufflepuff's attention, after all he was standing
right about in the same spot, next to the Boy Wonder. How big was his
surprise when he noticed another boy smiling and talking to Cedric,
what startled Florian so much was that this boy closely resembled
Cedric, yet he never saw him in Diggory's company before. Curious as
he was, and feeling that coke effects almost wore out, at least enough
not to make an utter fool of himself, Florian bravely marched up to
the boys, flashing his signature smile as much at Cedric as at the
handsome stranger.

Ryo heard the knock on the door and he slide from the bed with a large
cigar looking thing hanging from his mouth, at least now he could
smoke without anyone bitching at him. He opened the door to see
Florian standing outside, he motioned for the other boy to walk in,
"whats up? howd you get here"

Florian gave Ryo a quick look of appraisal, and smiled at him, "Hello
Ryo! Weasley Twins told me you're the one in the know, see, I have a
favor to ask you." Florian walked in and looked around, "Wow, very
nice indeed! So I see you've got yourself a great deal, you lucky
boy!" Florian grinned at Ryo.

Florian watched for a moment as Draco stormed off, he shrugged, and
walked up to the Great Hall.

Harry looked over as he finished his cigarette and seen Florian. He
put the cigarette out before he cursed lightly under his breath and he
tried to get his composure to look somewhat decent, "...Florian....I
wasn't expecting to see you around this way..."

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Florian approached the blonde Slytherin, quickly measuring him with a
look and smiled at him in a rather friendly, unassuming way
"Hello Gorgeous! I'm Florian, Weasley brothers just told me you're the
one I should speak to. Hope you don't mind?"

The twins couldn't wait for class to be over. When it was over they
caught up to Florian one on each side of him. Fred and George noticed
how Florian looked and then they looked at each other before they
poked him simultaneously, "What's up Florian?" "Yeah why so sad?
Having relationship troubles with a certain Hufflepuff?"