Author: Brighteyes88
Pairing: Cedric/Fleur
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: None really, I think they're kinda stupid, but oh well. I don't own the characters, blah, blah, blah.
Summary: Fleur falls in love with Cedric during the course of the Triwizard Tournament. When he dies, she thinks that her world has collapsed, that is until she figures out a way to save him. Through using the time tuner, and enlisting the help of Harry, Fleur is going to try and save the boy that she has grown to love, no matter what it take, so will she be able to save him…..read and find out.
Author Note: I know that this is a really short chapter and all, but I thought it necessary to the story development. So sorry about the shortness.
Love Lost
"Don't leave me!" Cedric yelled. "Please Fleur."
"I can not find you!" Fleur cried as she ran frantically in a desperate effort to find Cedric's. Where she was she knew not, nor did she know how she came to be here, all she needed to know was that Cedric was there and he needed her, he cried out to her. All she saw were dim walls that lined the dark path she ran down. She could hear Cedric's voice come closer.
"Fleur!"
"I'm coming." She screamed, her French accent cutting through the dark, noiseless air.
Now Fleur rounded a corner, and came upon a large silver mirror. She walked cautiously up to it and let out a cry. Her reflection had made her gasp. She stood, wearing Cedric's yellow Hufflepuff uniform, it was stained with blood, that had long since been dry. She shrieked as her eyes met the gruesome sight of Cedric's prefect badge, pinned to her outfit, covered in fresh blood that dripped down her chest. The badge continued to bleed, as if it were an open wound.
"Stop!" She screamed, as she grabbed her head and yanked at her silver hair, the blood from her hands which had clutched the badge streaking it red. "Pleas stop."
"Fleur!" A scream cut through the silence and Fleur knew that it was Cedric.
"Where are you, Cedric?" She screamed.
"Over here."
Fleur ran her hand along her face wiping her tears, as gobs of black mascara stained her hand and her cheeks. She knew that his voice was coming from somewhere, but where, she couldn't tell. The darkness was too great to see if there were any directions at all, so she just ran, until she finally came upon an approaching wall.
Making a sharp turn Fleur saw the longest corridor she had ever seen. It was illuminated by vague torches that lined the cobblestone walls. It was so long that she could eventually see no further down it, the last bit of light fleeting before her eyes. "All zat I can do ees run." She thought. After what seemed like an eternity of running, the walls became illuminated and on them hung pictures. Pictures of people she knew. There were pictures of Harry Potter, Cho Chang, Viktor Krum, Gabrielle, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Roger Davies, Oliver Wood, Madame Maxine, Dumbledore, Karkaroff, and then she came upon Cedric's picture and screamed. In his picture, he stood like a portrait just as everyone else had, but then a green mist flooded his picture and he collapsed, falling out of the frame and leaving an empty picture frame, with only his name engraved under the empty portrait along with the word "deceased."
"No!" Fleur shouted, "No!" and she continued to run desperately heaving from exhaustion. And then the end of the corridor lit up, and she saw Cedric, pinned to the wall as if by a spell. He yelled to her,
"Help me Fleur!"
"Cedric!" She screamed as the hallway expanded like rubber in front of her eyes and left her to stand at it's gaping entrance. She ran, no sprinted to him, never seeming to get any closer, not even an inch. And then it happed, the floor collapsed and she fell.
