(Read until the end for important A/Ns)

[Major Edward and Cho Chang bashing in the story]

Chapter Eight: Back from the Dead

I threw a wish in the well

Don't ask me I'll never tell

I looked to you as it fell

And now you're in my way

Your stare was holdin'

Ripped jeans, skin was showing

Hot night wind was blowin'

Where you think you're going baby?

- Call me maybe by Carly Rae Jespen

"D...Dr..Draco?"

His eyes shot open, realizing I was awake.

"Hey... How you feelin'?" he asked.

"And Don't ignore me." Harry followed.

"Well, fine other than the fact that Volde- Sorry Draco, You-Know-Who was in my head."

BAMF! As my sound died out, so did everyone else's.

That lasted for about a minuite or two, then Harry broke the silence in Full fury.

"WHAT? ISABELLA POTTER! I THOUGHT YOU PICKED UP OCCLUMENCY! HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN!"

"Harry, I'm fully capable of protecting myself. And I did, but he didn't use the connection to get me. It was like... he was actually There. You know? Like when we were in first year, looking at the mirror. We saw Mum and Dad. It felt so real. Except instead of it being my wildest dream, it was my worst nightmare."

They must have been taken aback, because again, the silence continued.

"Is this going to be like this? Should I stop talking?" I asked sarcastically.

"Sorry. It's just... I'm just procesing everything, Bella. Wait a sec." Harry said.

Five Minuites Later

"Okay, so what did he say?" Harry asked.

"Barter. Disband. D.A. Organizations. Surrender." I said, remembering the bits and pieces of my, uhr, vision?

"Barter to Disband D.A. Orginazations and Surrender, and he will...?"

"Leave Harry unharmed! Leave Draco safe!" I yelled. What is wrong with my brain? I was gonna say "Leave you guys safe", but this spit out.

"Bella?" Oh great. Another blackout.

"Bella..." Said a soft voice i recognized as Edward Cullen's. Not Cedric's, his was kinder. Deeper. Cedric-er.

"Wha-"

"Bella, La mia principessa..." This is officially creeping me out.

"Go away!"

"But Tesoro... I thought you loved Italiano..."

"Only when spoken out of the mouth of those I love." I replied.

"And you love me..."

"Leave Her Alone!" The Deeper voice, Definetly Cedric's, yelled, and Edward's vanished.

"C..Ced?" I said shaking.

"Hey, Bee! You and Malfoy, huh?" It was Ced, my best friend!

"Cedric! You... You've been watching me?" I asked.

"Yep. You've grown up, Princess." he, or rather his voiced, replied.

"Can.. Can I see you? Please?" I said softly, "I miss you. You're the only one who actually cares about me. Harry cares, Draco cares, but you care the most. I mean, you're g..gone.. but still looking after me..." I chocked the last words out. Gone.

"Sure. I'm right here."

His tall figure appeared out of the darkness. My best friend ever. Gone but not forgotten. Gone.

"Cedric!" I ran up to hug him. Hm... He was solid. Unlike the others... my parents, some others, the ghosts that haunt me.

"Hey princess." he replied.

"You... You're alive?" I asked.

"Actually yes." he said, "In a small town in America. Funny thing, there's this girl that reminds me of you."

"Who?" I ask.

"Her name is Angela Webber. Quiet, conciderate, like you."

Ange? Oh gosh, Ced's in Forks?

"I'm much more kick-ass. You're in Forks, huh? Since when? Have I met you there? You know, I was Bella Swan."

"No. Just moved here. And I'm... moving back to Hogwarts."

The edges of my mouth curled upwards.

"Not kidding, Ced?"

"Yep, princess."

"You know Cho's with Edward Cullen now." I sighed.

"Didn't really love her, or like either." he replied.

"When are you coming back?"

"Next month."

"Edward Cullen's an excact clone of you with paler skin and messier hair."

"You'll know the difference."

I was so happy in that moment, it could just stay like that. I mean, I thought he was dead!

"You need to get back, Bee." Cedric said.

"I'll see you next month, Cedric. I miss you."

"Miss you too, Bee!" he said, as the picture vanished and I was whisked back to reality.

"Ced's alive!" I yelled at Harry.

"Cedric? Diggory?" I nodded franticlly.

"Ceddddddd! Issssssss! Aliveeeeeeeeeeeee! -ohmygosh!" I screamed happily.

"How do you know, Bella?" Draco asked.

"In my vision... Edward was bugging me like a nightmare, and then Cedric came... like he always did-does-did-whatever, to protect me." I could see Draco's jelousy when i said those lines.

"He's just my best friend since first year, even if he was older than me, Draco. Nothing more." I reassured him. He softened.

"I'm just afraid of losing you, Bella." he sighed, holding me tightly.

"You're not gonna loose me." I giggled.

"You don't know for sure. What if Cedric... liked you? Who would you choose?"

"You." I replied, "I don't like him that way, but i Love you that way." I said, kissing his cheek.

"Good." he nodded, leaning in.

"Oh gross, I don't need to witness this." Harry coughed and I laughed.

"What, I have to endure you and Ginny every summer and I can't even have one minuite with my Drakey here?" I raised my eyebrow.

"Me and Gin do not-" he protested.

"Oh yes you do. Don't remember my 'Mornin'?"

"I give up." he said, leaving the room.

I looked around.

"D...Drake?"

"Hm?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Are you a spy?"

That caught his attention.

"Wh...What?" he seemed nervous.

"V..Vol...You know who, he said you were his spy."

"I..."

"Are you?"

"..."

The reality struck me light lightning. This boy sitting next to me, with his Azure eyes, his blond-silver hair, was only using me.

"Leave." I commanded.

"Bell-"

"LEAVE!" I yelled angrily, "I never wanna see you again!"

-One Month Later-

"I would like everyone to welcome the said to be deceased but actually only in hiding Cedric Diggory back to Hogwarts!"

After moping for a month over that death eater boy, my eyes shot to the doors of the great hall.

There he stood, just like he used to.

I stood and ran and hugged him. He hugged me back.

"I missed you, Ced!" I said, tears flowing down my eye, "I missed you so much."

-Time Skip-

"What's your first class?" I asked him.

"Let's see, D.A.D.A." he said, looking at his timetable.

"I have Care of Magical Creatures, but the class rooms are close." I told him, "I need to talk to you."

"Yeah?" he asked me, holding his book.

"There's this guy..." I told him everything that had happened to me, starting with Hogwarts then Draco and Voldemort.

"I need to tell you something too." he said warily.

"What is it?"

"I like you."

"Huh?"

"Like, Like you."

"What..What are you talking about?"

"I love you, Bee."

This was so much to process. I went from zombie to happy to having my best friend confess his love to me.

"You.. Love? Me?"

"I...Yeah, I do."

"I don't know what to say. I just got out of heartbreak, Ced." I sighed.

"It's... It's OK. When you're ready, or never. I just wanted to get that out before I lost the courage to."

"Friends?"

"Friends."

We chatted about my life and Forks and everything until class started, and we parted.

I do have a messed up life, don't I?