Thank you everyone for being patient with me. It's been a challenging couple of months, but I will try to update more often. Any and all mistakes in this chapter are mine! Please read the a/n at the bottom! I will keep this note short so y'all can get on with the chapter!

All Twilight Characters belong to Stephanie Meyer and all HP characters belong to J.K. Rowling

Previously

"Why was I set up? Who's behind this?" I asked, not knowing if I would be heard or not. The first mermaid looked at me.

"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." She replied as she came forward, the circle of mermaids were close enough for me to touch now. I held me wand out, trying desperately to think of a spell to save me. I felt defeated when nothing came to me. I knew I was about to die. A mermaid snatched my wand, shattering it in her hand. She poked me with the triton she had in her other hand. A touch of blood seeped through my skin, where it touched me. I felt another poke and another. Terror filled me and I screamed. Water filled my lungs and I started choking. My time with the gillyweed was up. I panicked and hoped to God, that Fred was at least alright. I wanted so badly to see him again. To have him hold me, just one last time. I knew my wish was in vain. I felt the darkness closing in on my mind. I was dying, never knowing if Fred was okay. I started to cry.

Something caught the mermaids attention, something that scared them. I looked up to see what was coming for me now. I guess it had to be bad, because the mermaids swam away, screaming with fear. I looked at the thing and saw two familiar golden eyes looking at me. I was being saved.

I was quickly pushed up on the dock and was immediatly surrounded by people. Everyone was firing question after question. Why'd I jumped in? What happened down there? Who was the guy who saved me? Is he single? I looked around for Jasper, but I couldn't see him. He must have run off when the crowd surrounded me. I wish he hadn't left though, I really needed him right now.

My head began to spin and I tried shaking sense back into it. I felt a towel being placed around my shoulders, startled, I looked behind me to see Fred kneeling down behind me. He said no words, but his eyes said everything. He was worried, upset and something else that I couldn't quite place. I felt the overwhelming need to touch him, I took one of my hands and ran in through his dripping wet hair. He was safe. That's all that mattered to me at this exact moment. He smiled softly at me and I was about to say something to him, but there was movement in the crowd, everyone had moved back and I saw Professor Dumbledor walking towards me.

I could tell that he was upset as he reached me.

"Bella, what were you thinking? Didn't I tell you not to compete?" He asked me, his voice was like a father's scolding a young child. Even through his anger I could feel that fatherly love he had for me.

"I-I had to." I said through chattering teeth. He slowly kneeled down to me and I felt Fred move around so that he was in front of me too.

"What do you mean, 'you had to'?" Professor Dumbledor asked me.

"Barty. Barty said I had to compete." The professor looked at me strangely, like he didn't understand. "He said Fred was going to die, because I didn't compete. I had to save him. I-I'd never forgive myself if something had happened to him." The professor looked at a loss for words. I knew once again that my intuition was right, Barty had indeed lied to me.

"That's not true." Fred said as he cupped my cheek. He seemed startled by the involuntary action and quickly removed his hand. I could see a slight blush rise into his already red checks. We were both still soaked and chilled to the bone. "Why would Barty say something like that?" He asked his question to the professor, breaking his eye contact with me.

"I'm not sure." Professor Dumbledor said as he stood up on his feet. "Where is Barty now?" He asked to no one in particular as he scanned the crowd. He walked away from us without a further comment.

Fred took this moment to talk to me.

"Barty disappeared?" I'm not sure if said it as a question or as a statement. "Did Madame Pomfrey ever turn up?" Things just weren't adding up and it was getting kind of scary.

I waited for Fred to answer, but he had become very interested in the dock that we were still sitting on and began picking at the wood.

"You really jumped in, because you thought I was going to die?" Fred asked me, his gaze meeting mine again. I nodded my head weakly. "Even after everything that's happened, all that I've put you through... you still wanted to save me. You could have drowned." He had a fierce look in his eyes, not a scary fierce, more like he just really wanted to hear my response. Like he was expecting me to say something else.

"Yes, I meant what I said. I couldn't forgive myself if something had happened to you. I thought Barty was lying to me, but what if he wasn't? What if you really had died, because I wouldn't get over myself and jump in to save you?" I felt tears rushing to my eyes. I wanted to look away from him, but my eyes were locked on his. His eyes changed right before me. I could see so many emotions running through them. His eyes had soften, they were kind... loving.

"Why are you crying?" He asked me gently. I laughed to myself and wipped the tears off my cheeks.

"I'm not sure." Oh I knew why. I was crying because just the thought of lossing him, if I never got a chance to see him again. Knowing that the last time we spoke, he was angry with me. He thought I was back with Edward, he never really let me explain to him what happened. "I didn't kiss Edward, Fred. I promise you, that was all him. I pushed him away." I waited for his reaction and I saw a slight blaze run through his eyes at the mention of Edward's name, but it quickly went away and he hung his head and seemed to be think of what to say to me.

"I know." He said, keeping his head to the ground. "I knew it then. I think I've just been so afraid of losing you. You finding someone else or going back to that monster." It was hard for Fred to admit that. I can tell by blazing fire that flashed through his eyes everytime he thought of Edward. I realized then as I watched him... he's never experienced love before. It really can be a scary thing to experience for the first time and everyone feels and reacts to it in different ways. He kind of reminds me of the little boys in kindergarten... if they punched you, then that meant they liked you. If that was accurate, then I think Fred has liked me all along, but couldn't really process what he was feeling and so he lashed out at me, just like those boys in kindergarten. "You're shivering." He said as he took the towel that he was wrapped him and placed it around my shoulders. "Where's Dr. Fang? We'll need him to fix your cast." He said as he poked my now soggy cast. I frowned at it.

"He's just in the forest with the rest of his family." I said. "Will you help me walk?" In less that a second Fred has me scooped up in his arms.

"Now I can't have you walking, you might fall and break your other leg." He said as he turned around and started walking towards the beginning of the dock.

"Bella!" I knew that voice, and started scanning the crowd in front of me for my brother. "Bella, you'll never believe what's happening." Harry said as he reached us. "It wasn't Barty, the whole time. It was his son, Barty Crouch Jr." I just starred at my brother as his words sunk it. "Come on, what are you waiting for?" He asked us and turned back around and ran back through the crowd.

"Barty, has a son?" I asked Fred.

"Yes, but he's someone no father would brag about." I stopped Fred again, the words of the mermaid flashing through my mind.

"Fred, the mermaids-" But I stopped my words before more could slip out. Maybe Fred or anyone shouldn't know who's behind all of this. What if it caused more problems? What if HE went after Fred now too.

"Bella, what is it?" He looked at me worriedly. No, I can't tell him. He can't know that Voldemort is alive and for whatever reason is after me.

"Nothing." I said quickly. "They were just not what I had expected."

A/N There you have it. A long awaited chapter! Thank you guys for reading! I really appreciate all the reviews that I'm still getting for this story! So, I have a question for you all... what would you like to see happen next? There's probably only about 3 chapters left for this story and I would really love to hear from you all. I want this to be a story with a really good ending that you all will enjoy!