Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anyone else, I own Nikki, Mara, Bryan and her family and Cedric's owl Patches. And this plot too.

Chapter 21

After that talk with Ryan, we went back inside and joined Dylan and Paige on a night out to dinner. I think for the first time, I was enjoying spending time with my cousins. I know, how odd, but that's just how I am.

Later that night, I was in the kitchen, getting something to eat. It was near midnight when I heard footsteps coming in from behind. I turned and saw Dylan in his pajamas coming in.

"Couldn't sleep?" he asked.

"Midnight snack" I replied.

"Ah" he said.

"I could ask the same thing for you" I pointed out.

"You got me there. I couldn't sleep" he said. I sat up on the counter, Indian-style.

"Care to elaborate?" I asked. He looked at me like I had three heads when I said that. Yeah, he didn't know I say that stuff now does he?

"It's a thing Becky started when we started living together. Trust me my expression was like that the first time, it meant that you want to share" I said.

"Makes sense I suppose. Listen, if I tell you something, can you promise not to tell Paige?" he asked.

"You're not backing out of the wedding aren't you?" I asked worriedly.

"Nick, you think I'm that stupid?" he asked me with his eyebrows raised.

"No, but go on" I replied slowly.

"Anyways, I've closed a deal on a new apartment back home, and it's going to be available for me and her when we get back from London in January" he said.

"Are you serious you're finally going to come home?" I asked excitedly.

He nodded and I jumped off the counter and attacked him in a hug. "That's like the greatest news ever!" I squealed.

"Quiet, I don't want to ruin it yet" he said.

"So when do you plan on surprising her?" I asked.

"Hopefully before Christmas, I would want to call it a Christmas/ early wedding gift" he replied.

"Ah touché, good luck with that" I said, getting up and heading down the hall.

"Hey" he called out. I stopped and turn to look at Dylan.

"In all seriousness, I don't mean to change the subject but in all of the recent events that has happened to you, I hope you and Cedric really do talk it out. I must admit, he is a really better guy for you than Josh was" he said.

"You mean that?" I asked shockingly.

"I do, and I know that my parents wants the best for you, even me secretly" he said.

"I know" I said before heading back towards my room for the night. I closed the door, threw my hair up in a bun which landed on the top of my head and I laid down on my bed, just waiting to fall asleep. Giving some though and careful consideration, maybe it would be a good time to talk to Cedric about what has happened. I plan on doing that tomorrow, however I don't know what our relationship will be.

Suddenly, I felt my eyes droop and sleep overcame me with a bad price…

--Dream/Flashback--

I was stuck in the old house from way back. How is this even possible, I was in the clothes that I wore the day before the third task. What is going on?

I look around the room. It was pretty much the same as I saw it last.

Then, out of nowhere, I see images flashing around me. They show, Becky, Paige, Dylan, Hannah, Mara, Bryan, Ernie and Cedric. They look happy. They were surrounding me in the room. Was this real or a part of my imagination?

I took a step forward and reached out my hand towards where Dylan was. However in an instant, Dylan was gone. Then it followed by Becky, Paige, Hannah, Bryan, Ernie, and Mara.

Luckily Cedric was there, but as I went closer, he went farther and it kept going on until we reached towards the door. I grabbed for him but he puffed in smoke, not like the others.

"You don't have no one. No one would want you" said a creepy voice.

"W-who are you?" I asked.

"That's none of your concern" it said. "No one is going to help you now" Then I felt something going in my back and I screamed.

--End of Dream/flashback--

I jolted right up and I was breathing heavily. This was the worse of all of these visions or dreams or flashbacks whatever the hell you call it. I looked over at the clock. It said 1:59am as the time.

I felt hot tears coming to my eyes. I'm thinking to my self, 'this has gone far to enough.' I slipped out of bed and pulled out the long box that I had packed away in my suitcase. I took my wand out and studied it for a really long time. Then, my eyes reflected to the wall and to my wand.

Wall.

Wand.

Wall.

Wand.

I was contemplating at this point. I need to get these visions to stop. But how? That's always the tough question. What did I ever do to deserve this?

I knew what need to be done.

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"Hey do you mind if I go over to Mara's place? She invited me over?" I asked Dylan and Paige the next night. I tucked my wand safely in the back of my dark blue jeans that I was wearing, along with a black tank top and a dark green olive jacket which covered the back of my pants pretty well.

"Not a problem at all, I'm glad you decided to see your friends, it's been awhile" Paige said.

"Yeah well you know I haven't seen her in awhile" I said.

"Try not to be out too late" Dylan called.

"Sure thing Dad" I called out closing the door as I heard Paige laughing. I took off running down the hall and down the flight of stairs that was next to the elevator.

It didn't take me that long to get over to Mara's apartment. She gave me her address the first time that I saw her again. The streets were almost packed with people. Well then again it was Saturday night, what did you expect really?

I got to the apartment complex and went in the building. I looked at the numbers on the doors as I went down the hall and up the two flight of stairs. I finally made it to her apartment and knocked on her door.

"Hey Nikki what a surprise" she said as she answered the door.

"Hi I hope I'm not interrupting anything" I said as I saw that Ernie was sitting in the living room.

"No not at all, you can come in" he said, gesturing me inside. "You seemed tense."

"Thanks Captain Obvious" I lightly joked before sitting down and then standing up.

"Hon, you okay?" Mara asked me.

"I need to tell you guys something, but you have to promise me you won't tell Cedric" I said.

"Okay but what does Cedric have to do with it?" Ernie asked.

"It's something that I promised him awhile ago and I might wind up doing something stupid" I said.

"You can tell us, and we'll try to not tell him, if it something not important" she said.

"I'm planning on going after Bellatrix tonight" I blurted out. Mara and Ernie looked at me in shock.

That wasn't how I planned on telling them.

They looked at me for a minute before Ernie cleared his throat. It was Mara who then spoke first.

"Are you crazy?" she asked me.

A/n: Sorry if this seemed rushed. I had to work on a take home exam for Literature class which is due Wednesday and I started writing this almost a few days ago.

Hope your Halloween was good and safe. Mine was fun and interesting.

Now that Nikki told Mara and Ernie her plan, what will happen next? Will they try to stop her or let her go? Will they tell Cedric? If they do, how will he react and will he get to her before it's too late, though they haven't spoken in weeks?

Time will tell. Here's a sneak preview on what's to come:

"Are you insane, you're going to get hurt, worse killed."

"It's the only way to stop these stupid visions to come back to me"

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"Cedric you've got to stop Nikki"

"Why should I?"

"Because she's going to get herself killed and I know that you still love her"

Yeah things are going to heat up! I had this planned from the beginning and the mystery on who sent Nikki her wand back will be revealed soon.

Reviews would be nice! Thanks so much for those who did!

Signing out for now and stick around for next week,

Spikeluver89