Take 2 of Ch 4.

I figure that, especially for those who arrive in On suddenly, confusion happens sometimes.

Whoops, forgot to do this last time, so I'll do it double now…I do not own Harry Potter universe. I don't own it. It's Jo's, particularly the words characters use in this chapter when interacting with the other World.

And on to the next chapter!

"Kill the spare…" the unknown voice said. There was no time to run….

Cedric Diggory's eyes flew open. What the heck? He'd…blinked….and now he was here. Had that last part been a – a trick or something? Was this another Portkey? But then Harry would be here too, right?
It was something more sinister, then. What had that voice said….?

He heard voices, and backed up quickly, casting a Disillusionment Charm on himself.
A black haired man and red-haired woman were walking towards where he stood, talking.

"James, I know I heard the gateway open," the woman said.
"Well, there's no-one here Lily." The man replied, "Maybe you imagined it."

Cedric thought, "James? Lily? And that man does look sort of familiar…oh damn."

He revealed himself. "I'm Cedric Diggory – If you are who I think you are, I came through the, ah, gateway." He explained what had happened before he came here, wherever it was, and the Potters looked worried.

"Let's check the viewing Lake," Lily suggested. They ran over in time to see a long white figure rise from a cauldron. Harry was trussed up and tied against a tombstone. The white figure was robed by a previously sprawling figure on the ground, then touched something on his arm. Lily gasped; she guessed who the white figure was.

This was confirmed when the black-cloaked figures came. "Voldemort," Lily whispered. The others gasped. He had risen again…

They watched anxiously as Voldemort greeted his Death Eaters and prepared to duel Harry; as, after a point, Harry ducked behind a tombstone.
Then Lily, as she watched horrified, saw a determined but accepting expression replace the fear on his face. "What's he doing?" she whispered.

James answered. "He's going to fight."
As he said this, Harry stood up, flung himself out from behind the tombstone and aimed his wand at Voldemort, who aimed back at Harry.

The red and green lights connected, then turned to gold. Gold beams of light picked up the two and separated them from the rest. Gold beads travelled along the main beam as, for the first time James knew of, they heard sound from the Lake: the sound of phoenix song.

James, Lily and Cedric felt comforted by it. Then the other Potters (including April) and a few others came running.
James explained what had happened. Jessica knew some things about wands. She said, "It looks like they share the same core. Those beads….Priori Incantatem, I think."

Her words were confirmed by a hand flying out of Voldemort's wand when a bead connected. Cedric frowned. "I – I think I'm next," he muttered, then vanished, reappearing below.

Again, they heard what was said. "Hold on Harry," Cedric spoke.
A man fell out of the wand; an old Muggle man pulled from wherever he had been Living On. Looking at Voldemort, he said, "He was a real wizard, then? Killed me, that one did….you fight him boy…"

But already, a witch James vaguely remembered Sirius hexing at school – Lily said she was Bertha Jorkins – appeared. As she told Harry, "Don't let go, now!" Lily realised.
"James, now it's me."

James looked at her. "Help him hold on for me – I – I need to tell him…."

Lily smiled at him then vanished too. It felt a bit like Apparation. She blossomed out from Voldemort's wand, her eyes on her son. His face was taut with the effort of keeping his wand still, but he still managed to smile slightly.

She was so proud of him. Aloud, she said, "Your father's coming…he wants to see you…" she added wishing to comfort and for it to be true, "It will be all right…hold on."

James came. He knew what little time he had, knew what he had to tell Harry, but he wished he could say more… "When the connection is broken, we will linger for only moments….but we will give you time….you must get to the Portkey, it will take you back to Hogwarts….do you understand Harry?"

Harry gasped, "Yes,"
Cedric whispered, "Take my body back, will you? Take my body back to my parents…"
Harry replied, "I will."
"Do it now," James whispered, "Be ready to run…do it now…"

"NOW!" Harry yelled, wrenching his wand upwards….the song stopped and the light died, but James and Lily swooped around Voldemort with the others for moments…then Voldemort screamed, "Stun him!" as they vanished…

The group landed in front of the viewing Lake. Lily jumped to her feet, pulling James up. They ran to the edge and watched. Harry had just grabbed Cedric's body….they saw him look at the Cup despairingly as Voldemort closed in…

"Summon it like you did with your Firebolt, Harry!" Cedric moaned, just as Harry did so. Lily gave him a puzzled look as the Portkey activated.
"In a minute," he muttered, "It's not over yet."

There was a somewhat confused silence as they watched Harry return, and then the revelations about Moody (Lily and James were furious), but when it became apparent there was just going to be lots of talking now, James pulled away from the edge.

"Let's go, Lily," he said, "Harry will be right…Dumbledore and Sirius are with him."
"And Molly and her family are waiting at the Hospital Wing." Fabian Prewett, who had come with the Potters, added, gesturing to another part of the Lake.

Lily sighed. Then the Muggle man asked, "Are you all magical?"
Cedric nodded. "How did you…er, did, uh, V-Voldemort…"
The Muggle nodded. "That man-snake? Yeah…I heard too much, see….Call me Frank. Now is anyone going to explain what happened?" he looked at all of them. "That fighting boy was yours, wasn't he?" he looked at James and Lily, who nodded then introduced themselves.

Cedric asked Frank, "Can you explain what happened to you, too?"
April sighed, interrupting them. "Dad, why didn't the spell show me?"

They all turned to look at her. She was standing at the shore of the Lake, scuffing her boots on the pebbles. "After all," April continued, "Mum was pregnant with me when we died. It's not like I wasn't there at all…"
James bit his lip. "I don't know why, sweetheart."

Cedric was staring at her, and April snapped out of her reverie. "Hi, I'm April Lily Potter." she said.
"Cedric Diggory," Cedric responded, bowing slightly. "You know, maybe you weren't there, because the spell mainly affected your mum? The curse affected you, but it was...kind of secondary to Lily? Lily died, so you died..."

He trailed away. "I'm probably not making much sense."
April smiled at him. "No, I got what you meant. Thanks."

They went to the house in Godric's Hollow to talk. Through the explanations, Lily was mostly silent, her shock that they'd had a Tournament eclipsed by worry. When James asked why, she sighed. "I hope things don't go too bad too soon."

James nodded. "I know, Lils, I know. I worry for Harry, Padfoot and Moony."

Charlus said, "Something my dad said once about trouble was, 'what happens will happen. Unless you're there -' which we're not – 'you can't judge; you can't do much but wait'."

James nodded. "Wise man, your dad."

So what did you think? Again, it was just tidying up, & adding April.
Charlus says the comment about his dad because I thought it suited better.