Creeveys in Counselling

Chapter 13

"Why did Dumbledore send me here on this beach," Hyacinth thought as she had arrived on the island beach. "I know my parents said that he wanted me to go on some quest or another. But why would a quest start on a beach of a tropical island? And where is the welcoming party?"

Just as Hyacinth had thought this, she heard a familiar voice.

"She's here," Elly said. "Hello Cindy, had a nice trip?"

"Yes, Elly. What are you doing here? Are you also on the quest thing?"

"Yes. Together with my brothers Colin and Dennis, my friend Thomas and Colin's girlfriend Matilda. There's also a woman here called Louise."

"Dennis is here? Oh no, he can't see me in this. I'm not properly dressed..." Hyacinth said.

"You get other clothes from Louise. More like mine and Matilda's..." said Elly in answer to Cindy.

"But that's even worse than what I'm wearing now. What do the boys wear?" she said, eyeing Elly closely.

"Something similar. Mostly some animal hide. You can ask her if she will give you a dress of some material..."

"I'll try that... her he is already!" Cindy whispered..Indeed Dennis, Colin, Thomas, Matilda and Louise came out of the forest in their island attire .

"Hi Hyacinth," Louise said. "Can we call you Cindy?"

"S-sure," Cindy stuttered. Somehow being near Dennis always made her stutter.

"Well Cindy, you probably now most of the people here. You know The Creeveys, this is Tom, Elly's boyfriend," Louise said pointing at Thomas.

"The other girl is Matilda, Colin's girlfriend. And I am Louise. Head of this island for now at least."

"Do you know why I am here exactly?" Cindy asked.

"Well, Dumbledore said that you had gone through a hard time of some sort, probably something to match what Colin and Dennis went through at the Mating Ball," Thomas said. "So you are here to get stronger and overcome the pains of the past and help in the battle for justice."

"Something happened to you, Dennis?" Cindy asked, blushing.

"Yes. Colin and me got raped by those Seventh Year Slytherins, Crabbe and Goyle at the Mating Ball. It was the worst mistake of our lives going there.

We've had some therapy for it, with some weird guy with pointed ears called Spock. But then Dumbledore send us here to Louise..." Dennis said avoiding Cindy's eyes.

"You probably want to know what has happened to me, right?" Cindy asked.

"Yes, we want to know. But first you need to go swim in the lake and heal some more!" Louise said.

On their way to the lake they hardly talked. The couples walked hand in hand. As did Dennis and Cindy, since Louise was walking alone leading them towards the lake. Besides the others were to busy with themselves. Dennis still couldn't imagine how lucky he was, walking here with Cindy on a tropical island. It was regrettable that it needed a life-shattering experience to get them together. He never wanted it to happen this way, but in a way he began to feel some gratitude towards Crabbe and Goyle. They had

brought him closer to the love of his life, maybe even so close as two people could get. He couldn't forgive Crabbe or Goyle for what they had done, but it had brought him Cindy, it had brought Colin Matilda...