Chapter 12: The Ending to A Beginning.

Nadia awoke with a groan; the midnight light was shadowing through the window and making the room glow with a moon like tint. She glanced around from where she lay and took in her surroundings, hospitals beds were lined against the wall, one bore Harry, then her eyes seeked out the person sitting in the chair next to her, Draco.

He was slumped slightly forward, his head leaning on his shoulder in a peaceful sleep. His looked pale and expressionless but every so often his brow seemed to crease in worry, causing his nose to turn and his eyebrows to scowl. He was breathing lightly which meant his sleep wasn't deep, which surprised Nadia, she would've thought he'd be tired.

A sharp ringing then shot through her head and clutched it with a groan, when her fingers met with gauze she pulled her hand back in surprise. The night before seemed to flash forward in jumbles of fragmented memories, the maze, the cup, Voldemort, her father, and Cedric. Cedric was dead.

Tears began to well in the pit of her eyes. Her Cedric, to one who she used to crack jokes with because she knew he could easily return them with offence, the one that used to call her Rosy because he was adamant she smelt like roses; even though she thought otherwise. The one that used to listen to her worries and offer advice in just the right places, the one that had the most breath-taking smile that made her and everyone else want to smile with her.

The one that was the most caring, loyal friend that Nadia could ever had wished for.

Her tears slowly turned to sobbing, she grabbed her head in her hands to muffle the sobs and continued to sob. Suddenly, the feel of warm arms enveloped her form in comfort, causing to sob even more. She felt herself being lifted and placed onto Draco's lap. Nadia continued to cry into Draco's chest while he trailed soft circles along her back with his fingers.

"shh It's Ok Baby, it's ok." He whispered soothingly, but somehow it didn't help, it wasn't ok. Cedric was gone, he was dead. The dark lord has risen again, who's what that could mean for all of us. Mean for me. He wants my father dead.

"But it's not ok!" She sobbed in reply, but Draco did not reply, instead he hugged her tighter and continued to trace patterns along her back. They stayed like this for a while until she fell asleep crying.

"Morning sleepy head." The soft voice drifted through her ears like a lullaby and she smiled softly, maybe she was still dreaming. However, a soft shaking of her shoulders pulled her away from her dreams and back to reality, where the voice was connected to the smiling face of Hermione.

"Hermione?" Nadia grumbled in question, making Hermione giggle a laugh.

"Yes, it's me, Merlin's beard you all gave us a fright when Harry came back with both of you! I thought you were dead. What happened!" The sound of the word dead made Nadia instantly remember Cedric and her heart welled in sadness.

"No, I'm not dead, but Cedric is" She mumbled, causing fresh tears to well in her eyes. Saying it aloud, revealing it for the world to hear just made it all that much harder. Hermione pulled Nadia into a bone-crushing hug and rocked her back and forth, like a mother would a child. It was surprisingly comforting.

"Ohh Nadia I know, I'm so sorry I knew how much he meant to you. But his in a better place ok?" Hermione muttered gently into Nadia's and she pulled away nodding in response.

"So, what happened then?" Hermione asked worryingly, causing Nadia to wonder, Her friends, the rest of the student body, the professors. They had no idea the darkest wizard was back. She could only imagine what they were feeling right now, only hearing snippets of information instead of the truth.

"Well, all three of use eventually took the cup, I didn't want to go but Cedric pulled me in with them. We then landed in this old and gloomy graveyard, we were alone, but Harry's scar kept hurting. A few seconds later a man, I think his name was Worm tail, he was crying something wrapped in a cloak. It told him to kill the spare, Cedric" He words hitched in her front at the mention of Cedric, however, she powered on. "Then he killed him just like that without a blink, of course I ran over to him, starting crying and Merlin's beard knows what else. The suddenly I was unconscious. I then awoke to the now risen Voldemort kicking me in the ribs and flinging me towards Harry. He kept pestering about where my dad was and was using the cruciatus curse whenever I couldn't tell him. I don't know my father Hermione; how could I have helped him! But he told me about the curse my father put on me and about me twin brother. He demanded me to find my father, but to start with my brother. Hermione my twin brother is here in this very castle and I have no idea who he is! Please tell me!" She grabbed Hermione's shoulders and shook them gently, pleading at her through her eyes and into her hazelnut ones. However, she didn't budge.

"I'm sorry I can't Nadia, the curse won't let me!" Hermione said gently and Nadia slumped her shoulders in defeat.

"Look, I know you're not feeling to great, but Cedric's is happening soon if you want to come? If so we can talk about this all later."

Eventually she decided to get ready and come to Cedric's funeral, it was her chance to say goodbye, to let go of the guilt and the grief and move on. The only she was happy about was the wheelchair.

"Nadia, you have! Your still weak and tried! You can't walk down there, two steps and you'd be begging for your bed, now get in the wheelchair!" Hermione shouted earnestly, Nadia knew she only had her best interests at heart, but Nadia was a proud and stubborn girl, she wasn't going down they're in wheelchair.

"No, I'm not Hermione." Nadia folded her arms in defiance and watched as Hermione sighed in frustration.

"Yes, you are!" She grabbed Nadia by the shoulders and pushed her into the wheelchair, Nadia was surprised at how easy Hermione found that. Maybe she was rather weak after all.

When Hermione wheeled her into the great hall, all the student body turned their heads and started at her, Nadia shirked lower into her seat out of anxiety. A few students looked at her with pity and sympathy, others like the slytherins, just glared. Eventually Hermione parked her wheelchair beside Ron, where she felt him reassure her with a squeeze of her shoulder with his hand. Finally, Dumbledore quieted the students and began to speak.

"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 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."

While the rest of the student body were preoccupied with the departure of the Beauxbatons and the Durmstrang students. Nadia stole away quickly to the room or requirement. When she entered, the room was exactly how she had pictured it bare stone wall, with just a standing mirror in the centre. She walked slowly up to it and glanced at her reflection, he hair was braided and tidy, but the rest of her was not, her eyes were red rimmed from crying, her left forehead was covered in stiches and was guaranteed to scar and her body was thin and frail.

Suddenly, something grabbed her attention away from herself and to the two-materialising people beside her. Her Mother and Father, her heart leapt in joy at the sight of them, even though they weren't real. Surprisingly though, this was not what she came here for, she didn't want to see her parents in the mirror she wanted to see her brother.

Before she had a chance to fully study her parents faces and memorize their details, she was disturbed by someone coughing. She glanced around and her face lit up at the sight of Draco. She hadn't seen him much since the 3rd task because either Hermione or Ron always surrounded her. They had gotten rather protective since Nadia had been in hospital.

"hey you" Nadia said softly and she was glad for the return of his heart-warming smile, suddenly it changed to a look of shock and Nadia began to wonder why. Then she realised he wasn't looking at her he was looking at the mirror. She glanced around sharply but was disappointed to see the vanishing figures of three people. Her bother. For some reason, he looked rather familiar, but at this moment she couldn't put her finger on it.

"Sorry that person looked familiar, anyway hey, I've missed you, how have you been Baby?" He walked forward and pulled Nadia into a warming hug, they lay into his chest and breathed in the familiar scent of peppermint that made her stomach whirl.

"I'm ok, and I've missed you too, before I forget though, there's something I need to tell you." She mumbled into his chest, she pulled her head and gazed into his deep azure eyes.

"What's the matter?" He asked worryingly.

"I forget to tell you before the 3rd task but Draco Malfoy, I love you." She whispered afraid that maybe he had changed his mind and he didn't love her. However, he just smiled and said,

"I love you too"

Nadia had boarded the train late, after spending some time with Draco she went back to the common room to pack and freshen up, however, the freshening up to longing that Nadia had expected.

Which meant the was one of the last to board the Hogwarts's express, she had no idea what compartment Harry, Ron and Hermione were in so she opted to sit in a mostly empty compartment. She sat down near the window and identified the other occupant of the compartment.

Blaise Zabini

His eyes lit up when he saw her and he offered her a warming smile that Nadia returned.

"Hey" He said nicely, which was surprising she weren't that close.

"Hey to you to" She replied just as nicely, she didn't want to seem rude.

"I hope you're ok about what happened with you know who, it sounded rather traumatising, you heard you handled it well, not surprised though you were always good at that." Blaise muttered causing Nadia to think confusingly, why was he talking to her like he knew her?

"Erm thank you?" She answered awkwardly, this conversation is a bit weird.

"Your welcome rach- I mean Nadia." He babbled his face turning red at the calling her the wrong name, however, the name seemed familiar to her, why?

"What did you just call me? Nadia quizzed, with a little harshness, she didn't like this conversation, it was turning creepy.

"Erm nothing, forget I said anything." Blaise mumbled and he averted his attention to the outside, Nadia knew it was fake she could tell by his eyes. Then she remembered her baby blanket, the name stitched into the side was Rachai. How did Blaise know her real name?

He looked over to face her, unsure whether to reveal anything, he knew something but he wasn't telling her.

"Tell me Blaise!" She said getting agitated, why was he being so cryptic and weird?

"I know it's your baby name Rachai, it was stitched onto the side of your baby blanket, in purple lettering." He replied staring intently into Nadia's eyes, she could tell he wasn't lying. Then It hit her like a truck right in the stomach, the remembered why the disappearing figure in the mirror was so familiar. Because the figure was Blaise.

"You're my brother?" Nadia questioned with a sharp intake of her breath. Her brother was here, right in front of her, she was rendered speechless.

"Yes, Rachai, I'm your twin brother." Blaise replied causing tears to form in her eyes, she had found her brother. She reached forward and pulled him into a hug, to make up for the years that had spent apart.

A/N: There you go end of fourth year! Yay! It has been revealed Blaise is her twin brother, unfortunately no one guessed! So, know that fourth year is finished I will alternate between maze runner and harry potter. SO hopefully I will post a chapter every week, but that is not guaranteed, I get busy at college and work sometimes which makes it hard for me to write all the time. I am also training for the RAF so that may also make updates slow. But don't worry I will not abandon my fanfics I promise. I hope you enjoyed and I will see you for the next update.