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Part 7- The Third Task

"astrid!" i shaked my sister awake for what felt like the fifth time

"i'm up" she mumbled, getting out of bed.

"okay seriously, what's wrong with you?" i asked for probably the thirtieth time this week, worried.

"hey, hello...?" hermione called out, snapping her out of her daze 

"sorry still tired, i'm fine" astrid smiled.

"sid your my sister, my triplet, i know when your lying" i said. "What's wrong?"

"look, i want to tell you but i can't, not yet. can you give me a little time?" astrid said, running her hands over her face

we both exchanged worried looked before sighing.

"fine, we'll give you the time and space you want. but please, promise you'll tell us eventually" hermione said and she nodded, pulling us both in for a hug.

"we should get ready for class" she said.

...

i took my place in the stands with ron, hermione, astrid, fred and george as loud music blares through the arena. The crowd starts cheering as the champions emerge.

"earlier today professor moody placed the tri-wizards cup deep within the
maze. only he knows its exact position. now as mr diggory..." as the crowd cheered

"and mr potter tied for first position they will be the first to enter the maze. followed by mr krum and miss delacour..." he continued "the first person to touch the cup will be the winner. i've instructed the staff to patrol the perimeter, if at any point should a contestant wish to withdraw from the task he or she need only send up red sparks with their wands. contestants, gather round."

"in the maze you'll find not dragons or creatures of the deep. instead you'll face something more challenging. you see, people change in the maze. oh find the cup if you can, but be very weary you could just lose yourselves along the way." dumbledore said

"champions! prepare yourselves." mad-eye moody said

"on the count of three... ONE..." dumbledore started but was interrupted by the canon firing

everyone watched as Dumbledore brought the contestants in, talking privately to them most likely about the challenge.

"i'm nervous" i said.

"don't worry, he'll do great" astrid assured with a smile.

"yeah, he'll probably win this" ron said confidently.

"you'd like that wouldn't you, being friends with the 'tri-wizard champion'" astrid smirked amused.

"haha very funny. that's not why I'm friends with him" he said.

"i know, but it's fun to tease."

we were bought out of our conversation by the cannon going off, turning to see harry and cedric enter the maze.

"woooo you can do it harry!!!" our group yelled, supporting our friend until the maze closed around the two of them.

we then watched as krum and fleur entered, now leaving an eerie science left.

i don't know why but i have a strong instinct that something horrible might happen tonight.

...

"oh my god what's taking so long" astrid groaned.

"your so impatient" hermione said.

"impatient? it's been an hour and a half! my feet are sore" astrid complained making ud laugh.

"look it's harry!" someone in the crowd yelled, all of us turning to see him leaving over cedric.

everyone cheered but i got the same instinct that somethings wrong, i looked at ron, hermione, astrid and the twins to see they think the same.

"is he... crying?" astrid asked,all of us trying to squint our eyes to look closer.

we watched as dumbledore tried to pull harry from cedric and that's when it hits me. he's dead. i could tell astrid realized too.

"oh god" she muttered, slapping her hand over her mouth in surprise.

"is he...?" ron started

"yeah" astrid said, answering ron's question.

i tried running to him but ron and astrid held me back, pulling me in for a hug as i tried to pry and pull myself out of their grip.

"stop! i need to be there for him!" i said

"indi stop, you can't" astrid said

"let me through! that's my son! my boy!" amos cried, my heart immediately breaking for the man and his family.

...

"how is he?" astrid whispered to me as we sat in our seats, waiting for dumbledore to start his speech.

"he won't talk much to me, only saying that you-know-who's back" i replied and she nodded. "do you believe him?"

"yeah, i do. you?" she answered and i nodded. 

"of course, but i'm worried for him" i said.

"me too, we all are. we have to keep an eye on him" astrid said, both of us looking over to see him staring at the podium, not looking at anyone else.

"today we acknowledge a really terrible loss. cedric diggory was as you all know, exceptionally hard working, intricately fair minded. and most importantly a  fierce friend. i think therefore you have the right to know exactly how he died. you see, cedric diggory was murdered by lord voldemort. the ministry of magic does not wish me to tell you this. but not to do so I think would be an insult to his memory. now the pain we all feel at this dreadful loss reminds me, reminds us that while we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one. in light of recent events the bonds of friendship we made this year will be more important than ever. remember that and cedric diggory will not have died in vain, you remember that. and we'll celebrate a boy who was kind and honest and brave and true right to the very end."

...

after harry being in the hospital bed, he was advised to stay there overnight

i couldn't take it anymore, so i sneaked into the boys dorm, and took the invisibility cloak from harry's trunk and snuck my way to the hospital wing 

he was awake when i got there.

"harry, harry!" i hissed

"indi?! what are you doing here"

"umm.. i don't know honestly" i said "can i slip under the covers with you for some time"

"yeah of course" he said, opening the covers for me

i crawled into his arms

"do you want to tell me what happened?" i asked

"y-yeah" he replied

he told me everything that happened, from him entering the maze, to how he had to battle voldemort

i started crying and he noticed

"hey, hey, why are you crying? im here" he asked me

"i'm worried for you" i said, still crying

"i'm fine. i'll be fine, don't worry" he assured me, giving me a kiss, before i fell asleep in his arms

i woke up to the sun rising

"hey, i have to go now. i'll see you later?" i asked

"yeah. i love you" he replied before kissing me, making my eyes widen

"i love you too" i said, blushing

i pulled the invisibility cloak on me and walked back to the gryffindor tower

...

we all gathered in the courtyard, saying goodbye to the beauxbâtons and durmstrang students.

i was standing with hermione and astrid when krum came over, kissing her hand and giving her a piece of paper.

"write to me. promise" he said.

"bye" she replied with smile, watching as he left.

she turned to us as astrid and i smirked, wriggling our eyes at her.

"look at Ron getting some action" i laughed, the two of us watching fleur and her sister kiss ron on the cheek.

we spotted harry and ron approach us as we stood under a corridor, watching the beauxbatons girls leave in unison, everyone applauding them and waving goodbyes.

next the durmstrang boys left, shaking hands as they did.

"do you think we'll ever just have a quiet year at hogwarts?" ron asked and astrid snorted.

"un-bloody-likely" she said, leaning against a column.

"definitely not" i commented.

"no" hermione replied.

"no i don't think so" harry added.

we stared out at the blake lake, watching the drumstrang students board their ship.

"everything's going to change now isn't it?" hermione asked.

"yes" harry answered.

"promise you'll write this summer. all of of you" she said.

"i won't" i smiled. "of course i will, cam down" i continued when hermione shot me a glare

"if i have to" astrid smirked.

"well i won't. you know i won't!" ron answered making us laugh.

"harry will won't you?" hermione asked.

"yeah. every week" he said, sarcasm laced through his tone which just made us laugh.

we leaned over the balcony, watching the horses fly off into the distance, the bulgarians' ship submerging underwater and disappearing.

...

"listen sid, this is an intervention" harry said as fred and george forced her into her seat as i sat down next to harry, my head on his shoulder.

"what do you mean?" she asked.

"what has gotten you so upset? we gave you time like you asked but now we have to know" i said.

she stared at us and sighed, nodding in defeat.

"fine. but you can't panic" i said.

"panic? why would we-" george started

"promise. promise that when you find out you can't freak out" she said sternly.

everyone nodded their heads in understanding and she sighed once more, bracing herself.

"i was in a secret relationship with someone, since the start of third year. we were in love, happy, or so i thought. just before the third task he said he didn't love me anymore and broke things off. that's why" she said, tears rolling down her cheeks 

"what?! why didn't you tell me?!" i asked.

"because... it was draco."









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