After leaving the twins, Ed joined the Narnians in the common room. He immediately took Lucy aside.
"What is it?" The young girl asked.
"Lucy, I want you to promise me something."
"What?"
"I want you to stay away from professor Moody."
"Why? Edmund, tell me what's going on."
"Just promise me, please. Promise me."
"Alright, I promise. I'll be careful."
"Thank you."
And they returned to their group. On the next morning, Hermione started again Ed's intensive training. The young king had turned into a brilliant wizard. One evening, before the final task, Glozelle came to find them.
"Professor Snape told me he wanted to see you." He said out right.
"Is something bothering you, General?" Ed asked, frowning.
Glozelle hesitated, and then burst out.
"I can't stand lack of honour. Drumstrang's headmaster ran away like a coward."
"Karkaroff is an ex Death-Eater." Hermione explained. "He betrayed a lot of his "friends" during his trial in order to get out of prison. One of them is in the school. Karkaroff is scared for his life, and rightly so. He knows the dark lord is coming back. He fears retaliation. In a few months he will be found dead."
"He is a coward." Glozelle concluded.
"He's a weak man, who wants to be seen as powerful. And his teeth would probably give nightmare to my parents."
"Why is that?"
"They are dentists. They take care of people teeth. My dad was bitten by a kid, once..." the young woman smiled.
"Uncle Harold is a dentist too." Ed stated. "You wouldn't like him either, General."
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"He got discharged during the war. He could have fought. I did."
Glozelle had a disdainful sniff.
"I think we should go see professor Snape." Hermione said.
And they went to the dungeons. The professor, as they thought, told them both the potion and the container were ready. He gave them a kind of copper vial.
"I saw something like that before..." Hermione thoughtfully said.
"It's the same vial Micha used to capture the shadows." Edmund reminded her. "How does is work?"
"When your soul has turned into ether, Miss Granger will have to be next to you, open the bottle, and then close it within the minute. You have to drink your potion before the task, or right at the beginning. As for you, Miss Granger, you will have to find a way to slip way during the task and go..."
"To Little Hangleton's muggle graveyard."
"One last thing. You can't give him back his soul if you don't give him back his body."
"Got it."
"Good luck."
"Professor... be wary. The true servant of the Dark Lord will show himself on the night of the last task."
And on these words, they left the potion master. The task day then arrived at a frightening speed. After the families visits, it was time to get ready. The twins waited for Cedric to be alone, and then jumped him.
"What the...!"
He soon found himself gagged and trussed up.
"Sorry, Ced!" Fred said. "That's for your own good."
And they took him to the requirement room, where Ed was already waiting for them. The young man then took two cups of polyjuice potion, cut a lock of his hair, and cut a lock of Cedric's hair, despite his muffled protestations.
"You'll thank me later, Diggory." He said. "I hope..."
He then added both locks to the potion, and gave the one with his hair to George.
"I hope I taste better than your brother..." He told the ginger teen.
"I'm not sure I want to know how my brother tastes, or how you know it." he replied. "Cheers."
And they drank up, and the painful transformation ensued. They then changed their outfits to match their new bodies.
"We're doing the right thing." Ed said as to convince himself.