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The day for the final task was here. Buffy was nervous and tired. Her sleep had been plagued with dreams of Faith and another girl Buffy was assuming was Kendra fighting vampires. Her dream had left her gasping when a dark hair slightly crazed looking vampire had snapped dream Kendra's neck. After that she hadn't been able to go back to sleep. So she had gotten up and gotten dressed for the day. Since it was still too early for them to leave the tower Buffy sat on her bed and wrote a letter out to Willow and Faith. Once she had finished those she sealed them both and gave them to Cinnamon who hooted excitedly at being able to fly to America again. Buffy opened the window in the room and let Cinnamon fly out. She watched until she could no longer see her. Buffy looked up at the magical clock in the room and saw that it was seven and she was free to leave the tower. Buffy left the tower and was headed outside for some air. Since the halls were mostly empty, it took no time for Buffy to reach her favorite tree. She took a seat beneath it and took in the fresh air. She didn't know how long she had been out there when she heard someone approach.

"Do you mind if I join you?" Cedric asked as he began lowering himself to sit beside her.

"You know I don't." Buffy said as she snuggles into him. "What brings you out here?"

"You do. I saw Harry as I was heading to breakfast. He wondered if I had seen you. Said, he'd been trying to get a hold of you through the link but you were blocking him."

"I didn't even realize I was blocking him. I just came out here to think and clear my head. I didn't even realize I had been out here this long."

"What's got you so worried? Is it the Third Task?"

"Not as much as you would think. I had a bad dream last night about Faith and I think Kendra."

"Tell me what happened in this dream." Cedric coaxed hoping that talking about it would make her feel better.

"There were three vampires and one of them killed Kendra snapping her neck. I know it was just a dream but I keep thinking of Professor Trelawney's vision of me becoming the slayer. I know usually her predictions are wrong and would never happen but this one seemed genuine."

"I'm sure everything is fine. Why don't you write to Faith and ask her?"

"I already did. Cinnamon is on his way with a letter for Faith and Willow."

"Good, now I suggest we go in and have breakfast and enjoy our day. I was told that we get excused from all classes so we can spend the day with our families."

"Sounds good."

Cedric helped Buffy up and they walked back inside the castle. As soon as they were walking Buffy opened the link and let Harry know that she would be in the Great Hall in a few minutes.

Buffy had a wonderful day with Joyce, Rupert, Remus, and Sirius. They had taken a long walk around the grounds and Buffy had pretty much forgotten all about her dream from earlier. They had returned to the Great hall for the feast. Nervousness began to creep up on Buffy the closer they got to start time. Though she wasn't feeling at all hungry she had forced herself to eat. When the day sky of the hall ceiling began to change to dusk, Buffy knew it was time for the Third Task.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, in five minutes, I will be asking you to make your way down to the Quidditch field for the third and final task of The Tri-Wizard Tournament. Champions you will follow Mr. Bagman down to the stadium now."

Buffy moved to get up and Harry quickly hugged her tight.

"Take this and good luck."

Buffy accepted the feather with a smile before placing it securely in her pocket. Harry had given her his good luck charm which was the first feather Buffy had ever floated. Buffy stood and began to walk toward the door with the others. The Gryffindor's, Rupert, Joyce, Sirius, and Remus all applauded for her. Buffy hoped that she wasn't blushing as she walked to join the others. She walked beside Cedric as they left the hall. When they were outside Cedric took Buffy's hand and gave it a squeeze. Buffy looked up at him giving him a smile. When they walked onto the field the pitch looked intimidating with the twenty feet high hedges. The gap that would be there entrance showed a very spooky looking pathway. Buffy was torn from her stare by the sounds of feet walking into the stands. The stadium was filling up very quickly. Professors McGonagall, Moody, Fliwick and Hagrid stood in front of the Champions.

"We will be patrolling around the outer edges of the maze. If you should come upon difficulty and wish to be rescued, send red sparks into the air and one of us will come and get you. Do you all understand?" McGonagall asked. They all nodded yes.

"Off you go then!" Bagman said to the adults.

"Good luck Buffy." Hagrid whispered to her. Buffy gave him a smile as thanks.

"Ladies and gentlemen the third and final task of the Tri-Wizard tournament is about to begin! Let me remind you about the points. In first place we have Elizabeth Potter of Hogwarts School with eighty-five points. In second we have Cedric Diggory also of Hogwarts with eighty points followed by Viktor Krum of Drumstrung, in third, with seventy-five points. In fourth place we have Fleur Delacour of Beaubaxton. On my whistle Miss Potter you will go first. Three…two…one…"

Bagman gave a short blow on his whistle and Buffy was on her way. As soon as Buffy had stepped into the maze, she realized it was eerily quiet. The one thing she was grateful for was that she could still feel and hear Harry presence unlike with the last task. Using her wand Buffy did a lighting spell so she could see as she walked. She heard the second whistle blow signifying that Cedric was entering. Buffy walked until she came to a fork. Putting her wand on her palm and keeping her hand still Buffy spoke the spell.

"Point me." The wand began to move and Buffy knew which way the center of the maze was.

She took the path to the right and kept going straight until she hit a dead end. Her only choice to go was left so Buffy took it. She had been half way down the path when she heard the rustling of the hedge. She had her wand at the ready only to see Cedric come running out. The sleeve of his robe was smoking.

"Are you all right?"

"Yea, I think so. Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewts. They're enormous…I only just got away."

"Thanks for the warning. See you at the finish."

Cedric nodded and they both departed. Buffy continued the way she was going and soon came upon a very still and unmoving Harry. His eyes were wide open and he looked to be dead. At first Buffy was horrified, but she soon heard Harry cheering her on through the link. Relief filtered through her and she quickly realized it must be a boggart.

"Riddikulus!" The boggart changed to Goyle dancing around trying to get ferret Malfoy out of his pants.

Buffy chuckled at the scene before hurrying past. She turned around to see the boggart disappeared back to its hiding spot.

When Buffy had heard a scream that she was sure had come from Fleur, she thought she might investigate to see if she was all right. After making several turns Buffy realized two things. One that she was all turned around in the maze and two that she hadn't found any sign of Fleur not even red sparks. To get herself back on track, Buffy used the Four Point spell again. She had just made a right turn when she suddenly felt an intense amount of pain that brought her to her knees. Buffy looked around to see what had attacked her but saw nothing.

"Buffy what's wrong? Are you hurt?" Harry asked through the link.

"I don't know. It's like every sense in my body just intensified all at…" A thought just struck her. "Harry, I think I just became the next slayer".

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. I can see through the night clearly that I don't need the Lumos spell, and I suddenly feel stronger. It's better now. I think I can continue. Don't say anything about it until after the tournament."

"Okay, be careful."

"I will."

Buffy got up and dusted herself off. Her wand light had extinguished when she fell but like she had told Harry she could now see better without it. Buffy continued walking taking right turns and left turns trying to find her way through the maze. She had been walking for fifteen minutes when she heard Cedric yell.

"What are you doing? What the hell do you think you're doing?"

At that Buffy began to run toward the direction Cedric's voice was coming from. Her slayer hearing picked up the sound of someone using the Crucio curse and then Cedric's screams.

With her new slayer speed and her new enhanced senses Buffy made it to where Cedric was in record time. What she saw was Krum standing over Cedric. Slayer instinct kicked in and Buffy kicked out with her foot a little harder than she needed to and sent Krum flying. In a defensive stance and her wand pointing at Krum, she waited to see if he would get up. When he didn't Buffy turned to Cedric who was sitting up panting heavily. Buffy dropped down beside him and began checking him over.

"Are you all right?"

"I am now thanks to you. How were you able to knock Krum out like that?" Cedric asked looking at the passed out Krum.

"It just sort of happened. Remember what we talked about this morning?" Cedric nodded.

"About you being the next…"

"Yeah, it happened a little bit go. It was really intense at first, but my sense are so much more enhanced now. Did you hear Fleur scream?"

"I did. Krum probably did the same thing to her as he did to me. Should we leave him here?"

"No I reckon we should send sparks for him. If not he might get eaten by a skwert."

"He would deserve it."

"I don't know something just doesn't seem right about his behavior."

Cedric just shrugged and used his wand to send red sparks into the air that remained over Krum's spot. Shakily Cedric stood and helped Buffy up.

"I guess we should get on with this. Be careful." Buffy said and then gave Cedric a quick kiss.

"You too."

The two started walking taking two different paths in the maze.

Buffy liked this advance healing power. The few injuries she had received had healed instantly. She sighed in relief when she got the sphinx riddle right. She used the four point spell and it pointed to the path on the right. With a sigh Buffy took it, and it wasn't long before she saw the cup gleaming as if the moonlight was making it sparkle. Buffy began to walk faster but she noticed Cedric come out of a different path a head of her. If she really wanted to she could use her slayer speed and beat him to the cup, but Buffy wanted to keep it fair. Besides she would rather Cedric win it. She and Harry were in the limelight enough already. She really didn't want to add more to it. Buffy did however start running, to at least make an effort, but kept her pace as close to normal human as she could. Suddenly Buffy felt herself began to fall and she let out a small scream as she hit the ground. She looked at her feet to see vines wrapped around her legs. They were trying to cover her whole body and began pulling her back. Her wand dropped and Buffy couldn't reach it.

"Let go of me!" Buffy tugged using her new slayer strength but the vines were magically enhanced. She tried to think quickly of a wandless magic spell that would help.

"Reducto!" Buffy looked up to see Cedric there with his wand out.

The spell shot out of his wand like a bullet an hit the vines blasting them away. Cedric reached down to pull Buffy away from the vines that were trying to grab her again and to help untangle her feet. Cedric could feel Buffy shaking as he helped her to her feet.

"Thanks."

"Are you all right? When I heard you scream I had to come back."

"I'm glad you did, but you had to be right in front of the cup. You could have won this."

"Winning doesn't matter if something happened to you and you were hurt. I would gladly let Fleur win if it meant you were okay." Buffy gave him a warm loving smile. "Come on let's you and me finish this tournament together." Buffy nodded.

Buffy picked up her wand and she and Cedric ran together toward the cup. They both kept an eye out for any more traps. Slowing their pace Cedric turned to Buffy.

"Together?" Buffy shook her head. They both reached out at the same time, and soon they felt a pull just behind their navel.

Both Buffy and Cedric landed hard on the ground. The first thing they both did was make sure the other was okay. Once they were sure they looked around to see where they were at.

"Did anyone say anything to you about the cup being a portkey?" Cedric asked.

"No. Harry's contacting me. He wants to where we're at. Apparently they know we've vanished from the maze. "

"I have no clue." Cedric kept watch while Buffy had a conversation with Harry. "Someone's coming."

Buffy ended the conversation but left the link open so Harry could see what was going on. Cedric and Buffy both raised their wand and Buffy knew before her scar hurt that whoever was coming was evil. Before she could voice her thought she hissed in pain clutching at the back of her neck. The pain was so intense that Buffy's wand slipped from her hand and she fell to her knees. Cedric moved closer concerned about his girlfriend.

"Volde-mort." Buffy gasped.

Cedric looked up just as Peter Wormtail entered carrying a weakened Voldemort in his arms.

"Kill the spare!" Voldemort spoke. Wormtail raised his wand and pointed it at Cedric.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!

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