§June 24th§
Running through the maze to find the cup Cedric sees Viktor about to attack Harry and he runs over and protects him from the curse Viktor threw out at him using the counter curse.
"Thanks," Harry said.
"Not a problem," he says.
They see the cup and start running toward it.
₤Stands₤
Christi is sitting there extremely nauseas. The night she and Cedric had made love they didn't use any protection or anything so that resulted in her getting pregnant. She had already had a small bump and Pansy and Hermione squealed with excitement when they found out.
Cedric was ecstatic about it. So far for the first three months they had kept it hidden the only ones knowing were Snape, Moody, and Dumbledore.
Snape and Moody were because their classes were the most dangerous for her.
"You okay Christi?"
"Yea, my nerves are up the wall, plus the baby is acting up," Christi said.
"He's going to be fine," Pansy said.
"I know," she tells her.
Draco pushes his way through to her and looks at Christi.
"You're presence is requested to see your dad right now. He said no if's and's or but's," Draco says.
Christi growls and goes. She had made sure she was wearing a baggy shirt to make sure it hid her baby bump.
Draco goes with her not knowing was going to happen.
He apperate's them to Malfoy Manor and Lucius grabs her and drags her off.
"What the bloody hell!" she screams struggling to get free.
Lucius and small group of Death Eaters apperate to Little Hangleton, graveyard just as Harry and Cedric get transported there via the Triwizard Cup which was bewitched to be a Portkey.
"Christi?" Cedric said as Peter Pettigrew comes out carrying Voldemort.
"GRAB THE CUP! IT'S A TRAP! GRAB THE CUP!" she screams at them in tears.
"Not without you!" Cedric yells getting ready to go over there and get her.
"Kill the spare." Voldemort said referring to Cedric.
"NO! PLEASE NO! PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF MY BABY!" she screams without realizing it until it was too late.
"Kill the spare then that baby without killing her!" Voldemort said.
Cedric bolts and gets in front of Christi giving his life for her and their baby.
"No!" she screams as Peter uses the killing curse on him.
Cedric stiffens up and drops to the ground directly in front of her.
She elbows Lucius in the groin and focuses and apperate's herself and Cedric's body over to the general area of the Portkey sobbing.
"Dad stop this! Stop! Please!" Christi begs Voldemort sobbing.
"Shut up!" he growls at her.
"Bone of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son. Flesh of the servant, willingly sacrificed, you will revive your master. Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe." Peter Pettigrew said as he put Voldemort in the cauldron then goes over to Christi and grabs her and drags her over to it with is one hand then forces her to hold her arm over it and says, "Finally, blood of a living relative, also forcibly taken, then you will resurrect your foe." He said.
Once that was through Christi ran back over to Cedric and looks at Harry who was trapped against the headstone of Voldemort's parents' grave.
"I'm so sorry Harry. I'm so sorry!" she says sobbing.
"Just stay there and out of the way," he said struggling to get free.
She nods and stays with Cedric's body at the ready with her wand.
They're there for about an hour until Harry and Voldemort's spell and curse collide causing a Priori Incantatem due to their wands having the same core.
Cedric asks that his body be taken back to his father and Christi and the baby be taken care of.
"Accio cup!" Harry yells making sure he was touching Cedric along with Christi.
When they get back both are in tears saying that Voldemort was back.
Dumbledore, Barty, and anyone else come running over.
Moody grabs Harry and drags him off and Dumbledore pulls Christi back.
"He killed him! He killed him! My biological dad killed him! Voldemort killed him!" was all she was screaming struggling to get free from Dumbledore's grip.
She didn't care what she was yelling. She just watched as the person she loved more than anything in the world other than Lucas just get murdered in front of her.
"Calm down, this isn't good for you or that baby," he tells her.
"Let go!" she screams as Pansy and Hermione each come running over to her.
"We'll get her back to the dorm Professor," Hermione said.
He nods and let's them guide her off.
"This is my fault," she sobs.
"No it isn't!" Hermione said.
"Yes it is!" she sobs.
They finally make it to dorm and Christi into her room and she goes and lies down on her bed lying on her side clutching a pillow to her chest.
"Christi, he died protecting you and your baby. He loved you so much he did that for you," Hermione said as a soft knock came on the door.
Pansy gets up and opens it.
"What the hell do you want?" she asks not to kindly seeing it was Draco.
"How is she?"
"How do you think? All sunshine and bunnies? No! She's a mess! She just watched as the person she loved more than anything be murdered!" Pansy says.
"Can I talk to her please?" he asks.
"What Draco? Come to brag now you do get me at the end of seventh year and that you get to become the next Dark Lord? I don't care! I really don't. I'll do anything in the contact just as long as I have to nothing and I can do whatever I want,"
"No, I came to apologize and give you my condolences. If I had know that was going to happen I would have told you to talk him into forfeiting this task," he says.
"Thanks, I guess," she said.
"No problem," he says then adds, "Do you know what you're having?"
"No, we wanted to keep it a surprise," Christi whispers.
Draco nods then Christi cries out in intense pain.
"Ow!" she screams.
"What?" Draco, Hermione, and Pansy all ask.
"My lower stomach. I'm in so much pain," crying Christi says.
"Draco, pick her up. We're getting her to the hospital wing," Hermione said.
Draco goes over and picks her up then he spots the blood on the bed.
"She's miscarrying," informs Draco as they head out of her room.
They eventually get her to the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey starts taking care of Christi.
"I need to get her to St. Mungo's hospital. She's losing blood too quickly," Poppy said as Dumbledore and Lucas came rushing in.
"How is she?" Lucas asks.
"She needs to be in the hospital. She's losing blood and fast,"
§Next Days§
Everyone was sitting in the Great Hall and everyone was staring at Christi with glares that if looks could kill she would have been dead by now.
"Cedric Diggory was murdered by Lord Voldemort... The Ministry of Magic does not wish me to tell you this.. It is my belief, however, that the truth is generally preferable to lies, and that any attempt to pretend that Cedric died as the result of an accident, or some sort of blunder of his own, is an insult to his memory," He said getting up from his seat then walking toward his podium then adds, "Remember, if the time should come, when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
Christi was sitting next to Harry and he had his arm around her holding her close. They had become best friends since the previous year and also because of the previous night's events of watching Cedric be murdered. He understood exactly of how she felt, minus losing the baby.
Anthony Rickett stands up and yells, "IT'S CAGGIANO'S FAULT HE'S DEAD! IT'S HER FUCKING FAULT! KICK HER OUT OF THE SCHOOL!"
Christi finally loses the battle of fighting back tears and lets them start falling down her face freely.
Harry wraps his arms around her and holds her close as her sobs rack her body.
Snape heads over to where Anthony is and grabs his arm and drags him out of the Great Hall and looks at him.
"Mr. Rickett, Mr. Diggory was a hero and he died protecting those he loved. Nothing that happened is Miss. Caggiano's fault now go back to your dorm right now," Snape said.
"Yes Professor," he growls walking off.
Snape sighs head back in just as Christi rushes out bumping into him in tears.
Dumbledore nods and follows her.
"Miss. Caggiano," He said.
"Yes Professor?"
"Are you okay?"
"No. Everyone is blaming me for Cedric being killed and calling me the next Dark Lord or in this case the Dark Princess. I tired getting him and Harry out of there last night but they refused to listen. I hate who my real father is," she says in tears leaning against a wall.
"Ignore them. They're all just hurting right now. Give them all time. Things will clear up. You need to give them all time," he says.
She nods and sighs.
"Thank you Professor. I needed to hear that. Especially after last night's events,"
"You're welcome Miss. Caggiano,"
She smiles slightly and heads off to her dorm to be alone for a while.
When she gets to her room she lies down on her bed and sighs. She missed Cedric terribly. But something told her that even if Voldemort even tried to kill her he wouldn't be able to because of what Cedric did. He was in love her and their unborn child that he'd give his own life for them. She couldn't think of a better person that she had ever had in life besides her parents from saving her when she was a infant from Voldemort from him turning her into a evil witch.
₤Week later₤
Everyone was returning to their normal lives as they were seeing off the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute students as they left. Everyone at the school was outcasting Christi. The only friends she had left were Pansy, Hermione, Ron, and Harry.
"So when are you leaving?" Pansy asks Christi.
"No idea. I'm going to Rome this summer to be with my grandparents to get away from London for a while. Clear my head and help me get over everything that's happened recently with losing Cedric and the baby."
"You'll write us though right?" Hermione asks.
"Of course," she said then goes to add, "I'm going to lie down and sketch."
They nod and watch as she leaves.
"She's been doing better," Harry said.
"She is. But what about you?"
"I'm doing better. Still having the nightmares but they're stopping."
When Christi gets back into the common room she sees Draco there.
"Hey,"
"Hey, you know your dad is still pissed," he said.
"Yea right now I don't care. He can burn in hell for all I care,"
"You know in two years I'm getting my Mark then in three you will be mine for good,"
"One I don't care, two that's something really stupid to say while still in school where anyone can hear you and rat you out then you will be turned over to the Ministry and be arrested and put into Azkaban and finally three as soon as I lost my virginity when I got pregnant the contact became null and void so try again,"
"Yea, it maybe void but I still like you,"
"If you really liked me you wouldn't be a pompous git. Now can you leave me alone? I just want to be alone," she said.
"Whatever," he said walking out.
She sighs and reaches onto the floor and grabs the stuffed bear that Cedric had given to her when she told him she was pregnant. She curls up and cries. She missed him so much and she only blamed herself ignoring everyone who told her it wasn't her fault.
₤Month later₤
Christi was sitting outside her grandparents villa sitting on the back balcony and is sketching the smaller islands off in the horizon with the sun setting. She leans forward to grab a new colored pencil when Lucas comes out.
"You okay sweetheart?" he asks sitting next to her.
"I'm doing better than I was when we first got here,"
He nods and sees what she's sketching.
"That's gorgeous,"
"Thanks. Even though it's been a month since everything happened I'm feeling better," she said.
"That's good," he says.
After that they sit out there in a comfortable silence as Christi does her sketch.
"Can I look through your portfolio of sketches?" Lucas asks.
"Go ahead."
Lucas picks up the portfolio and starts looking through them. He sees a lot of dark ones from right after the night Cedric was killed and she miscarried.
"I was depressed, I had just lost everything," she says softly.
"Why didn't you owl?"
"I didn't want you to worry."
He nods as he continues going through them.
"You have a real talent here. You should go to art school after you finish Hogwarts," Lucas tells her.
"I don't know."
"This could turn into a real career."
"I kinda want to be a stay at home mom. I mean that's how mom did it. I admire her for that," states Christi smiling.
"Well whatever you do I will always love and support you."
She smiles and hugs her father.
§Malfoy Manor§
"Draco you need to mature. You are acting like a pompous spoiled prat," Lucius says.
"But…"
"No buts! Now grow up or you will push this family further away the Dark Lords good graces. He's still considering the contract even though the girl broke it."
"Great," Draco grunts.
"Now you need to win her over and make her at least tolerate you," Lucius said.
"How do you expect me to do that! She wants nothing to do with me! You were holding her back while Peter killed Cedric! My plans were going right on track until you all stepped in and fucked everything up! Now she won't even look in my direction and not to mention the Golden Trio and Pansy won't let me near her! Every time I try to get close they step in!"
"You're a bright boy. Figure out a way and do it quickly. Swoon her. Shower her with gifts and what not," Lucius tells him.
"I highly doubt any of that will work. Besides it was rumored she might go back to her old school in Rome,"
"Well it looks like a trip to the family villa is in order for us so that you can talk her into coming back to Hogwarts. Take her out and get her mind off of everything that has happened recently," Lucius said getting up from the dining room table and walking out.
Draco sighs and excuses himself and heads upstairs to his room. The décor was black, sliver and forest green. The Slytherin colors. He had all dark wood furniture in his room. He goes and lies in the middle of his bed and grabs a book to read. This was the first day in a long time he could really relax as he had been doing minor tasks for the Dark Lord running around all day. If he was doing it since he was so young it wouldn't look suspicious.
He was doing his father's bidding like what was expected of him.
ƛ Two weeks later ƛ
Christi walks out of the villa and sees house elves taking trunks and luggage into the villa across the way. They were in a mainly magically area there were house elves.
Christi stands on the front porch stretching as she was about to go for a run into town and pick up some things for dinner. She watches as a Pegasus pulled carriage. She rolls her eyes. That only meant one thing. Highly predominate wizarding family. She looks up and sees that it's the Malfoy's.
"Papi!" she yells into the house through the open window by the door.
Lucas comes out and looks at her.
"What's up sweetheart?" he asks.
"Look!" she exclaims pointing over to the Malfoy's.
Lucas snorts.
"Go and start running down there. I'm going to see what they want."
"Okay, Papi and please be careful," she begs.
"I will. Now get going. Your grandmother is getting impatient."
She laughs and nods.
She had gotten few blocks until Draco came running up next to her.
"Nice view from back there."
"Shove off," She says not missing a beat with her running.
"Let me take you out tonight. I know this nice restaurant out here,"
"I know every restaurant out here. I grew up here remember that, except I grew up in the city but I still know every place out here so try again."
"Come on give me a chance,"
"What part of no don't you understand? I just lost the one person I love more than anything other than Lucas then I lost my baby in the same time. I don't want any relationships for a long time," she growls.
"Well just letting you know we're still going to be forced to get married in two years whether you're a virgin or not."
"WHAT!" she screams.
"You heard me," he says with a snide grin.
She starts yelling at him rapidly in Italian then just eventually slaps him and runs off.
§Later that day§
Christi was walking along the beach with the teddy bear in her arms. She knew she was going to have to let the bear go if she was going to ever move on with her life.
She finds the rock she would always sit on growing up and she sits there and lies back against it and looks up at the stars.
"You're in my spot," Draco said.
"Actually this is my spot. I've been coming here since I was three with my dad."
"We'll share it then."
"Whatever, just shut up. I come out here to peace and quiet and to look at the stars as well to think."
He nods and lies next to her.
"You're in my personal space." She says looking over at him.
He just smirks and kisses her slipping his hand behind her neck and knotting his hand in her hair and slips his free hand around her waist and gently pulls her to him.
She pulls back and pushes him off.
"Stop, Draco, please," she begs softly as tears roll down her face.
"Sorry," he said pulling back.
"It's fine. I'm just still hurting. I mean two losses in one night really takes a toll on a person especially if one of those losses is your own fault," she says sitting up and pulling her knees up to her chest hugging the bear tightly.
"It's not your fault."
"Yes it is! Once I found who my paternal father was I shouldn't have dated him. I shouldn't have insinuated anything between us. This is my fault he's dead," she said as her tears got thicker and rolled down her cheeks more freely.
"Christi this is not your fault. If you want to blame someone blame Voldemort. It's his fault. Cedric died saving you and your baby. It's Voldemort's fault you lost the baby. There is no way in hell this is your fault. You know you're more a Gryffindor than a Slytherin. I think the Sorting Hat sorted you wrongly, but I'm glad it did,"
"Why?"
"Because then it's easier for us to get to know each other,"
She smiles weakly.
"There we go. That signature smile of yours," he says.
"I just feel like it's my fault," she sighs.
"Christi it's not."
"Then why do I feel like it?"
"Because you were in love with him," he tells her as he reaches up and wipes the tears off of her face with his thumbs.
"Why are you being so nice to me?"
"Because I like you. I've liked you since your first day at Hogwarts when Dumbledore was bringing you down to Slytherin house and since that day I've had feelings for you and it's slowly growing into love. I was so jealous when you got with Cedric and then when you found out your were expecting. But with the events of last month you've been so depressed. You're not yourself. Christi I know you're having a hard time, it's showing in your eyes. Let someone in and help you. What would Cedric if he saw you right now?"
"That I need to let someone in and help me and also to move on when I was ready to and make sure he treats me right," she says.
"Then do that starting with letting someone in."
She shakes her head as more tears roll down her face.
"Christi," he pushed softly and gently.
She lifts her eyes to look at him.
"Let me in, talk to me," he pushes her gently.
She nods and wipes the tears off of her face and she starts talking telling him everything she's bottled up for the last month.
They eventually fall asleep. Half way through them talking Christi had curled into his side with her head resting on his shoulder. He had his arms wrapped around her hugging her to him. He had his head resting against hers as they slept peacefully.
₤Next Morning₤
The next morning Lucius and Lucas were searching the beach for Christi and Draco.
"If your prat of a son had just left her alone this wouldn't have happened! He kissed her and Cedric saw and that made him go and enter his name in that dreadful contest just to impress her and now he's dead because of it!" Lucas growls as they search all the nooks and crannies that the kids could be hiding in.
"It's been written since their infancy that they be together! So why fight it! Besides that boy would have dragged her down. She needs someone like Draco. He's better for her anyway," snorts Lucius.
"Rubbish!" Lucas said as one of his house elves Della appears with a pop.
"Master, I found the children. Just ahead on the rock formations sound asleep," she says.
Lucas makes a dead bolt for the rock formations. He skids to a stop and looks at them.
"CHRISTINA ISABELLE CAGGIANO!" Lucas shouts waking Christi and Draco up.
They both bolt up and see their fathers there.
"Morning daddy!" Christi says with an innocent smile.
Lucas just starts yelling at her in Italian making her cringe.
"Not good I presume?" Draco asks.
"Not all," she says then adds, "When he yells in pure Italian it means I'm so far grounded I might as well not make any plans for a very long time."
"Mr. Caggiano, if I may, please," Draco says.
"What!" he snaps.
"I saw Christi yesterday when she went on her run. When she came back I asked her to meet me out here last night. I've been worried about her ever since Cedric's death. She's been distance and very quiet. She also seemed quiet depressed. We were lying out here last night talking and we fell asleep talking. That is entirely my fault," Draco said taking the blame so that she wouldn't get into trouble.
"Is this true Christina Isabelle?"
"Yes, Papi," she says.
"Fine, but you're still in trouble."
She nods and gets up.
Draco gets up and jumps off the rock and helps Christi off the rock and onto her feet.
"I'll see you later and if you wanna talk I'm right across the street," he said.
She nods as she and Lucas walk back to his parents villa.
"Did you really ask her to come out here?" Lucius asks.
"No, I said that to protect her. She doesn't need to be trapped in that damn villa. She needs to get out and get her mind off of things," Draco said.
"You'll turn out to be a fine Death Eater when you turn sixteen," proudly Lucius says.
Draco nods. He was seriously starting to debate on wheatear or not he wanted to be a Death Eater now.
