─── chapter three

who would be the man or woman who gets to love me for the rest of their life? as kids we just kind of imagine the future on how it would end up for us. sometimes it wasnt even about if you would end up with your prince charming or princess. sometimes it was just if we would end up becoming something we've always wanted.

but our visions of the future always change through age. our inner child starts slipping away. but not rubi. she refuses to move on from fantasies and fun. it's what has always pushed her. the what if's has always pushed her to reach new heights.

thats what has always made rubi, rubi. her whole family knew rubi's imagination was bigger than any regular kid. it made her feel invincible and not afraid of anything.

so a stupid boggart is not gonna tell her what she is afraid of. she's not gonna let anything or anyone tell her she has a fear because she didnt.

"i want you to picture something that makes your fear's look like idiot's" the whole class laughs. rubi chuckles picking at her nails. she really liked this professor. its not everyday you meet a fun and kind teacher.

"please mr..." he waits for the best friend of the weasley twins answer. "lee jordan sir" he smiles while rubbing his hands together excitedly. the teacher chuckles nodding.

"well mr jordan, have your wand ready, once i open that door i want you to picture the thing you fear most." lee nods jumping up and down.

"wands at the ready, go" the door opens slowly. a cloaked figure appears from the closet. he slowly walks forward pointing his wand at lee.

lee's eyes widen, he quickly raise his wand. "riddikulus!" the cloaked figure immediately transformed in to an old woman with very sagged skin.

the whole class starts laughing. leanne walks up smiling. the old woman immediately turns in to a man. a man that was very familiar to rubi.

leanne's adoptive father.

he glares at her. "you ungrateful little slag, there's a reason why your parents are dead, because they'd rather die than ever gotten to know you" he hisses at her.

i see leanne's face look at him with pure sadness and fear. george tries to walk over to her but i grab him. he turns to look at me with his eyebrows furrowed and a frown plastered on his lips.

"she needs to realize herself that it's not him" rubi whispers. "druissela also left because she was ashamed of what she had to raise, i should have left you-"

"riddikulus!"

he transforms into a clown, he looks down at himself horrified. people start laughing but a bit uncomfortable because of the terrible words he was saying to her. but they also knew it was fake.

but what they didnt know was that he has said those words to her.

george smiles at her as she walks to the back. she smiles back weakly. "mr. fred weasley." lupin waves fred over to walk up to the boggart. "uh sir, you mean fred and george" he chuckles at the twins. "hey!"

they look back her. "what about me" rubi asks huffing. "you'll get your turn after" they roll their eyes at her. she frowns.

they turn back and they walk towards the boggart. the boggart acknowledges them and starts turning and suddenly there lays rubi on the floor.

but it doesnt look like the rubi behind them. this rubi had blood running down her lips, blood gushing out of her chest, dead. horror flashes their eyes a they see their soulmate, their twin, their bestfriend, dead lying on the floor.

rubi watches her dead self lye on the floor. their biggest fear was me dying? they both raise their wands before shouting riddikulus. her body becomes mini fireworks. everybody in the classroom cheers at the fireworks.

they turn to face their sister and they immediately rap her in to a hug. she hugs them back tightly. they let go of her and walk to the back to leanne.

she walks towards it and it immediately starts turning again. she gets ready to see george and fred's dead body. but instead its her sitting on the floor, hugging her legs, rocking back and forth.

"why cant i be without him, why cant i be without him, why cant i be without him, why cant i be without him" this lunatic version of herself keeps saying. she watches at this version rock back and forth, looking around horrified.

why was this her fear. she doesnt even know what this means. the other version looks up and looks at her right in the eye. and she sees it.

her fear was loving someone more than she loved herself, and him being the only one and thing to keep her sane.

but why was the boggart making it seem like its gonna happen?

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"look who's coming" fred wiggles his eyebrows at me. i frown and i look towards his direction. cedric walks towards us smiling. "hey rub" he pulls me in a hug.

i take in his smell and i smile. he smells wonderfully. he lets go and grins. "hey twins" he waves at george and fred.

"hi ceddie" they mock my nickname for cedric. i look at them and i glare. cedric chuckles "its nice to see you boys. i wanted to talk ask you the thing i didnt get to ask you the other day."

he puts his hands in his pockets. "uh would you like to go to hogsmeade with me today? i wanted to ask you days earlier but you seemed busy so i didnt want to budge"

i grin widely "yes, yes id love to" i try not to gush at him. he grins back rubbing his neck, "great, well ill see you in about an hour." i nod my head.

he grabs my hand before kissing it again. "see you later rub" he turns and walks away. i watch as he leaves, dreamingly.

"see you later rub" george kisses fred's hand exaggeratedly. fred puts a hand on his forehead, cooing.

he 'faints' and falls in to george's arms. i flick them off. "RUBI!" i hear leanne gushing, running over to us. she throws her arms around me.

"cedric went to go tell his friends about asking you out and he was all happy about it, he was saying how he got the most gorgeous girl at school to go on a date with him"

she jumps up and down squealing. i laugh with my cheeks flustered. oh god, this is great, i never wanted a boyfriend but it's cedric diggory for merlin sake, ive had a crush on him since the day i met him.

"we have to go pick out your outfit, we have an hour so its more than enough time to get something quick yet beautiful." she pulls me away from george and fred.

"bye boys" i yell out to them and they chuckle at me waving. "-imagine your kids with him, people as pretty as you two, would make the most precious kids" she skips while pulling a smiley rubi.

"hi sister" i turn to see ron, hermione and harry. "hey guys." i smile at them three. "whats got you so giddy?" hermione asks me.

"nothing much, just that cedric diggory just asked me out." i giggle. "no way! you got pretty boy cedric to ask you out?!" ron says grinning.

"i didnt do anything to make him ask me out, he did it himself, not to mention he was nervous." i shrug, fluttering my eyelashes.

ron chuckles. "thats nice rubi" i look over at harry and he's smiling weakly at me. i grin "thanks harry" i rub his head.

"oh hey little weasley" leanne finally notices them as she skips through the crowd of kids. he glares at her "how many times do i have to tell you, stop calling me little weasley, ginny is the youngest." he huffs.

she rolls her eyes. "you'll always be little weasley to me ronnikins" he glares at her for the nickname. "ok we have to go now, i need to get ready for cedric" i giggle kissing ron's cheek before pushing his head.

"DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PUSH MY HEAD!"

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i stare at myself through the mirror, playing with the short sleeves of my button up shirt. it was tucked in my plain black jeans with a belt wrapped around it.

i run my hand through my curled hair. trying the get a bit of a wave pattern. "hey, hey, hey!" leanne smacks my hands. frowning, i cross my arms over my chest. "i dont like my hair curled, i perfer it wavy."

she scoffs, still scrunching my hair with her hands delicately. i backed away, pushing her hands away. "oh for merlin sake! did you not hear me" i raise my hands frustratedly.

"you need something else than straight or wavy hair, it is annoying and boring seeing you with the same hairstyle everyday." how dare she disrespect my natural straight hair.

"dont mess with my hair anne, just because i dont wake up at 4 in the morning to do my make up and hair done, doesn't mean im terrible at fashion." i point my finger at her.

"YOU LITERALLY HAVE A 9 MINUTE SHOWER IN THE MORNING THEN YOU TAKE 10 MINUTES TO CHANGE, USE YOUR TOILETRIES AND PUT YOUR HAIR UP IN TO A BUN."

i shrug not really caring. "whatever, i like my hair how it is so deal with it" she huffs, finally backing down. i snicker and i throw my arm's around her, giving her a sloppy kiss on the cheek.

she pushes me away, scrunching her nose. "come on, im sure diggory is wondering where you are." she grabs my hand, dragging me along. i grab my wand and thin jumper from the table before we walk out the door.

i stumble down the stairs while leanne drags me not really caring if my feet are at the same pace as hers.

we reach the yard and i see him standing there with his hufflepuff jumper, looking around. leanne pushes me towards his direction. i turn back at her glaring. she smiles sheepishly.

"hi" i say putting my hands in my pockets. he turns to look at me and grins. "you look beautiful" i blush, looking down.

"please this is my normal attire, i just simply brushed out my hair better today" he laughs, putting out his arm for me to take.

he gestures me to take it. i nod hesitantly. i put my arm in his. "shall we m'lady" he smiles. i nod, giggling.

we walk towards hogsmeade, arm in arm, just appreciating each other's presence. some people look at us with raised eyebrows and wide eyes.

cedric assuming that i didnt see his friends from a distance, giving cedric thumbs up and kissy faces. i see him smiles to himself. "what are you smiling about ceddie"

i cock my head to the side to look at him clearly. "im just happy that i got the most gorgeous girl to go out on a date with me"

i grin. "who could've known cedric diggory was such a flirt"

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we spend the rest the day laughing and teasing each other. he ended up buying me a cupcake from madam puddifoot but as soon as we got our hot chocolate and cupcakes, we left.

that tea shop made us very uncomfortable. we ended up by a tree with a bench and we sat there talking and laughing.

from the corner of my eye, i could fred, george and leanne. staring at us and giggling like a bunch of idiots. i made eye contact with them, giving them a death glare.

all of their eyes went wide and they turned acting like if they never saw us. "your friend and your brothers were there, werent they"

i turn back to cedric chuckling, while grinning. i roll my eyes, taking a sip of my hot chocolate. suddenly i feel something smudge on my cheek

i gasp while turning to cedric. he laughs at me while holding his cupcake. i grab some of my frosting and i smear it right down his face.

i start laughing even louder, holding my stomach. "oh you asked for it" i stop laughing and i look at him for a second before running off with cedric on my trail, holding the rest of the frosting in his hand.

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hello lovelies

that was the third chapterrrrr.

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