Chapter 61

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June 3rd 1995

It has been a week since Harry and Neville kissed for the first time and since the eleven Gryffindor students got in trouble for skinny dipping in the lake and ever since Harry and Neville have kissed a couple more times but they only people who know that they are exploring a relationship are their nine friends, Sirius and Remus.

It is the day of the third task and Harry, Hermione and Neville have run up to the library because after another article by Skeeter, this time about Harry's dreams, just came out and Hermione has a theory.

"I'm right." Hermione says with a grin, looking up at Harry and Neville, "Skeeters a un registered animugus."

"Finally, something we can use against her." Harry says, sounding glad.

"Isn't that blackmail?" Neville asks curious.

"Technically, but after what Skeeter's been doing can you blame us?" Hermione asks curious.

"Not at all." Neville realises.

"Sorry to interrupt, but whoever you're blackmailing is going to have to wait." Fred says as he and George walk over.

"Sirius and Remus sent us. They've got food set up in their quarters for a get together for the third task." George explains.

"Okay, we'll be right there." Harry says.

"I'll meet you there. I've got to grab something from my dorm." Hermione explains as they all stand up.

"Oh, can you grab my wand holster while you're there? It's where I usually leave it." Harry explains, realising that he forgot it.

"Sure." Hermione answers.

"Don't you have any questions about the blackmail conversation you walked in on?" Neville asks curious.

"Nope." Fred and George say together, to the amusement of Harry, Neville and Hermione, and the five of them head out of the library.


It has been many hours since Harry, Hermione, Neville, Fred and George left the library and ever since they have been in Sirius and Remus's quarters spending time together.

"We should head downstairs. The feast will be starting soon." Remus realises.

"Yeah, guess so." Harry realises, sounding worried as everyone stands up.

"You know; why don't we meet you five down there." Sirius suggests, thinking that Harry and Hermione will want to say goodbye to the twins and Neville without their fathers watching on.

"Sure." Hermione answers and Sirius and Remus leave. As they do Harry walks over to Neville, who pulls him into a kiss while Hermione walks over to Fred and George, "I want you guys to hold on to someone for me." Hermione says, pulling the Marauder's map out of her pocket and handing it over to Fred and George.

"The map?" George asks surprised as he takes the map.

"Why?" Fred asks confused.

"Everything we know tells me that something bad is going to happen during this task, probably to me and Harry. So, I'm giving you the map so that you two, and Nev, can keep an eye on things. If you notice anything strange or unusual go to Dad and Papa, they'll be near Albus because they're not allowed to patrol the outside of the maze." Hermione explains to the twins as it was suggested that Sirius and Remus could have given her and Harry an unfair advantage during the third task and so it was decided that it would be better that they don't patrol.

"We will." George assures her.

"Be careful Mione." Fred says, taking a step towards her, "You're going to do amazingly tonight, but I need you to know that winning this tournament isn't as important as yours and Harry's lives. Give up on the tournament if it means you'll survive." Fred tells Hermione, sounding worried about what is going to happen.

"I will." Hermione says.

"And…" Fred starts to say as he leans in, planning on kissing her, but then he loses his nerve and just hugs Hermione instead, "Good luck." He whispers.

"Thanks Fred." Hermione says, returning the hug and when they break apart George walks up.

"You'll do great." George says before hugging Hermione too.

"Thanks."

Across the room Harry and Neville have broken apart and are resting their foreheads on each other's.

"You're going to do great, you and Mione both." Neville says to his boyfriend in a quiet voice, "And I'll be waiting for you at the finish line."

"Thanks Neville." Harry says, that meaning so much to him as the two of them hear footsteps approach. As they do Neville and Harry break apart and after they do Neville hugs Hermione as Fred and George hug Harry before they all head down to the Great Hall.


Half an hour later Harry, Hermione, Neville, Fred and George are just finishing dinner where they are eating near Alicia, Lee, Angelina, Katie, Dean, Seamus and even Sirius and Remus who are sitting at the Gryffindor table when Albus stands up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes' time, I will be asking you to make your way down to the Qudditch field for the third task and the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Will the champions please follow Mr. Bagman down to the stadium now." Albus requests as he stands up at the teaches table, where he is sitting right next to Fudge.

Hearing then Harry and Hermione stand up and they all get hugs from their nine closest friends, Sirius and Remus, as the Gryffindor table applause, before they head out of the Great Hall with Cedric, Fleur and Krum.

"Feeling all right, Harry, Hermione?" Bagman asks as they walk down the stone steps onto the grounds, "Confident?"

"Yeah." Hermione and Harry answer.

"Remember you two need to stay together, finish the task together." Bagman tells them.

"We know." Harry and Hermione answer as they arrive at the Quidditch pitch which is now unrecognizable.

"You really hate seeing the pitch like this, don't you?" Hermine says to Harry.

"I really do." Harry confirms, to Hermione's amusement.

For five minutes Harry and Hermione stand in silence and after five minutes they hear the stands beginning to fill as the sky starts to go a deep, clear blue as stars start to appear.

"Pretty." Hermione comments.

"Yeah." Harry confirms as Remus, Sirius, Hagrid, Minerva, Moody, and Professor Flitwick come walking over, all of them, except Sirius and Remus, wearing red, luminous stars, Hagrid's on his back while the others have them on their hats.

"We are going to be patrolling the outside of the maze." Professor McGonagall say to the champions as Sirius and Remus walk over to Harry and Hermione, "If you get into difficulty, and wish to be rescued, send red sparks into the air, and one of us will come to get you, do you understand?" she asks and they all nod.

"Of you go, then!" Bagman says brightly to the four patrollers.

"Good luck, Harry, Hermione." Hagrid and Minerva say before they head off in different directions, just as Bagman puts his wand to his throat and mutters, "Sonorus,"

"Ladies and gentlemen, the third, and final task of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin! Let me remind you how the points currently stand! Tied in first place, with eighth five points each, Mr Cedrid Diggory and Mr Harry Potter and Miss Hermione Lupin-Black, all of Hogwarts School!" Bagman says, causing cheers and applause that send birds from the Forbidden Forest fluttering into the darkening sky, "In second place, with eighty points, Mr Viktor Krum, of Durmstrang Institue!" Bagman says, causing more applause, "And in third place, Miss Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons Academy!"

As people cheer once more Hermione looks up at the stands and see Fred, George, Neville, Lee, Alicia, Angelina, Katie, Dean and Seamus all waving from halfway up the stairs, and they both wave back.

"So, on my whistle, Harry, Hermione, Cedric." Bagman says, "Three, two, one." Bagman says and he gives a short blast on his whistle causing Harry, Hermione and Cedric to hurry forward and into the maze where the towering hedges cast black shadows across the path, and, whether because they were so tall and thick, or because they have been enchanted, the sounds of the surrounding crowd is silenced the moment they enter the maze.

"Lumos." Hermione says, lighting her wand the second she realises how dark it is. Once she does Harry and Cedric do the same and the trio continue to walk.

After about fifty yards they reach a path and Harry and Hermione look at Cedric, who looks right back at them.

"See you." Harry says.

"Bye." Hermione adds.

"Yeah." Cedric adds and he takes the right while Harry and Hermione take the left.

"This is way creepier than I thought it would be." Harry say as they hear a second whistle.

"Yeah." Hermione says and they speed up and turn right, both holding their wands up as high has possible so they can see as much of the path, that is deserted. "Okay we should have faced something by now." Hermione comments as they whistle blows a third time.

"We really should have." Harry confirms, "Are you getting a feeling that we're being watched?"

"Yeah." Hermione confirms, "I could try to use my hearing, but I don't know if now's the best time considering I would have to stop for a little while."

"It's really not." Harry tells her as the sky becomes darker, and they reach a second fork and he puts his wand flat on his plan, "Point me." Harry says and the wand points to their right, into a solid hedge.

"So that's north, and we want to go northwest which means we want to take the left fork and go right again as soon as possible." Hermione realises.

"Sounds good." Harry says and the two of them start to walk.

As they walk Harry and Hermione find another empty path, and then they make another right, which they take too, and once gain they find it unblocked.

"Okay, this is getting really unnerving." Hermione comments.

"It really is." Harry confirms and as he does they hear movement right behind them, but as they raise their wands, ready to attack, but they see Cedric to their right, looking shaken and the sleeve of his robe is smoking.

"Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewts." Cedric hisses, "They're enormous, I only just got away." He explains as he shakes his head and dives out of sight.

Exchanging looks Harry and Hermione hurry off. Then, as they turn a corner, Harry in the lead, they see a dementor gilding towards them. Seeing it Harry and Hermione both focus on happy memories for Harry is first kiss with Neville, while Hermione focuses on having fun with her friends, and they both yell

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Causing a silver stag to erupt from Harry's wand and a silver wolf to erupt from Hermione's. As the two patronuses get closer to the Dementor it falls back and trips on the hem of its robes.

"A dementor doesn't stumble." Hermione realises with a frown as they both advance.

"It's a Boggart." Harry realises.

"Riddikulus!" Harry and Hermione say together causing a loud crack and the shape-shifter explodes in a wisp of smoke.

"Let's go." Hermione says and they both go running, listening as quietly as possible, left, right, left again, twice the find themselves facing dead ends and as Hermione does the Four Point spell they realise that they have gone too far east.

"We've got to go back." Hermione says and she does just that, and they take a right turn where they find an odd golden mist floating ahead of them.

"Any ideas?" Harry asks curious.

"A few." Hermione answers, racking her mind to figure out what it could be, "We better be careful."

"Was planning to anyway." Harry says and they approach it cautiously. Pointing their wands at it Harry and Hermione realise that it looks like some kind of enchantment, "Do you think we could blast it?" Harry asks curious.

"Maybe." Hermione says, though she very much doubts it, "Reducio!" Hermione says, but the spell just shoots through the mist, leaving it intact, "We really shouldn't have bothered." Hermione comments.

"Do you think we could walk though it? Or should we double back?" Harry asks, but before Harry can answer a scream echoes through the silence.

"Fleur?" Harry and Hermione yell but all there is is silence.

"Oh god. What happened?" Hermione asks.

"I don't know, but I think it came from ahead." Harry explains to Hermione.

"We don't have a choice." Hermione realises.

"Nope." Harry says and he and Hermione both take deep breaths before they run through the enchanted mist. As soon as they do their worlds turn upside down. Both Harry and Hermione find themselves hanging from the ground, with their hair on end, Harry's glasses dangling off his nose.

Even though both she and Harry are terrified Hermione quickly racks her brain for what to do, something which is hard to do with blood pounding in her ears, but then the answer comes to her,

"Harry, we've got to move." Hermione tells him.

"Are you sure?" Harry asks.

"Yes, trust me." Hermione says and both she and Harry lift one of their feet up and right away the world rights itself and Harry and Hermione both full onto their knees onto the wonderfully solid ground.

For a few seconds Harry and Hermione try to catch their breaths and Harry stands up,

"You okay?" Harry asks as he sticks out his hand for Hermione to grab.

"Yeah, you?" Hermione asks as she stands, "We better get going." Hermione say and after Harry nods the two of them continue on their way.

After a little bit they reach a junction of two paths and they both look for signs of Fleur.

"That was her we heard, wasn't it?" Harry asks.

"Yeah, it had to have been." Hermione responds, "Right again?"

"Guess so." Harry asks, "You know I desperately hope that Fleur is okay, but from the sounds of things she is out."

"Yeah." Hermione confirms and the two of them continue to move.

"We've got to be close, right?" Harry asks.

"I think so." Hermione responds and the two of them drift into silence.

For about ten minutes Harry and Hermione meet nothing, but keep running into dead ends. Twice Harry and Hermione take the same wrong turn and then, finally, they find a new route and jog along it.

Then, as they round another corner the two of them find themselves face to face with a Blast-Ended Skrewt, completely enormous, ten feet long. Before Hermione can stop him, Harry points his wand at the skrewt and yells,

"Stupefy!"

He yells but the spell hits the Skrewt's armor and rebounds, causing Harry to duck just in time.

"We need to hit a place other than the armour." Hermione explains, "IMPEDIMENTA." Hermione yells aiming for the underside where there is just flesh and to both hers and Harry's relief the Skrewt freezes.

"We got to run." Hermione says and she and Harry run as fast as they can in the opposite direction.

Taking a left path Harry and Hermione find themselves hitting a dead end, then they take a right and hit another.

"Okay, let's stop." Hermione says, "Point me." She requests and after seeing the direction Harry and Hermione backtrack and choose the path that is going to take them northwest.

After a few minutes of hurrying along their new path Harry and Hermione hear something in the path that is running parallel to theirs, something which makes them stop dead.

"What are you doing?" Cedric's voice yells, "What the hell d'you think you're doing?" he asks and then Harry and Hermione hear Krum's voice.

"Crucio!"

Causing the air to suddenly be full of Cedric's yells. Horrified, Harry and Hermione begin to sprint up their path, trying to find a way to Cedric.

"There is no way through." Hermione says worried.

"Then we make one." Harry says before casting the reductor curse. Even though that's not very effective it makes enough of a hole for Harry and Hermione to force themselves through, with some amount of difficulty. Once they are free both Harry and Hermione look right where they see Cedric jerking and twitching on the ground with Krum standing over them.

Pulling themselves up Harry and Hermione both point their wands at Krum, but as they do Krum turns and runs,

"STUPEFY." Harry and Hermione yell and their spells hit Krum in the back, causing him to fall forward. As he does Harry and Hermione rush over to Cedric.

"Are you alright?" Harry asks as he and Hermione both grab Cedric's arms and helps him up.

"Yeah." Cedric pants, "Yeah, I don't believe it. He crept up behind me. I heard him, I turned around and he hand his wand on me."

"I can't believe this. I thought he was all right." Harry says, staring at Krum.

"Same." Hermione and Cedric say together.

"Did you hear Fleur scream earlier?" Hermione asks.

"Yeah." Cedric says, "You don't think Krum got her too?"

"I don't know." Harry says slowly.

"Should we leave him here?" Cedric mutters.

"No." Harry and Hermione say together.

"We should send up red sparks. Someone'll come and collect him, otherwise he'll probably be eaten by a skrewt." Hermione explains.

"He'd deserve it." Cedric mutters, but he still raises is wand and shoots a shower of red sparks into the air, marking the spot where Krum is lying.

For a moment Harry, Hermione and Cedric stand in the darkness, looking around.

"Well, I s'pose we'd better go on." Cedric comments.

"What?" Harry asks.

"Yeah, we should." Hermione realises, it feeling odd as the three of them felt united, "Bye Cedric."

"Bye." Cedric says and the three of them head up the path without speaking. Once they reach the end Harry and Hermione go left while Cedric turns right. Not long after Cedric's footsteps die away.

"It's between us and him now." Harry realises.

"Guess so." Hermione responds and the two of them continue to move right, using the four point spell to make sure they're going in the right direction.

"He used that spell, did he want to win that badly?" Harry asks, sounding shocked.

"I don't know." Hermione admits truthfully and the two of them speed up.

Every so often the pair hit more dead ends but as the darkness increases Harry and Hermione both feel pretty sure that they are getting nearer to the heart of the maze. Then, as Harry and Hermione walk down a long, straight path, they see movement once again and the beams of their wandlights hit an extraordinary creature, one they have only seen in picture form in the Monster Book of Monsters, a sphinx.

Exchanging hesitant looks Harry and Hermione approach the creature and as they do the creature, with a body of a lion, and the head of a woman, turns her head towards Harry and Hermione. As they are not sure what to do Harry and Hermione just raise their wands, it being clear that she is blocking the path.

"You are very near your goal. The quickest way is past me."

"So, so will you move, please?" Harry asks, as the creature paces, both Harry and Hermione already knowing the answer before she answers.

"No." She says, continuing to pace, "Not unless one of you can answer my riddle. Answer on your first guess, I'll let you both pass. Answer wrongly, I attack. Remain silent and I will let you both walk away from me unscathed."

"Have you got this?" Harry asks Hermione.

"Definitely." Hermione answers, "May I please hear the riddle?" she asks and the sphinx sits down and upon her hind legs, in the very middle of the path and recites,

"First think of the person who lives in disguise,

Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.

Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,

The middle of middle and end of the end?

And finally give me the sound often heard

During the search for a hard-to-find word.

Now string them together, and answer me this,

Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"

"Please tell me you know what that means?" Harry asks, looking at Hermione in confusion.

"I think so." Hermione answers, "May I please hear it again, slowly?" Hermione requests and the create once more say the poem, "Okay, clues leading to a creature I won't want to kiss." Hermione says and she starts to pace back and forth as she thinks over the clues, "A spider! That's the answer, a spider." Hermione answers after about a minute.

Hearing Hermione answers Harry tenses, even though he completely trusts his friend, but in response the sphinx just smiles more broadly and she gets up and stretches her front legs, and then moves aside for them to path.

"Thanks." Harry says as he and Hermione dash forward, both feeling that they must be very close, and according to the four point spell they are exactly on path, "We might have a chance, if we don't get meet anything horrible."

"Yeah, maybe." Hermione says, not wanting to be overconfident.

Breaking into a run Harry and Hermione break into a run, as they get to another fork Harry whispers, "Point me." And it points to the right hand path so they choose that.

As they dash along the path Harry and Hermione see light ahead and the realise that the Triwizard Cup is on a plinth a hundred yards away and suddenly a dark figure hurtled out onto the path in front of them. Exchanging looks Harry and Hermione realise that Cedric is going to get their first, even though Hermione and Harry are running as fast as possible.

Then suddenly, Harry and Hermione see something immense over a hedge to the left, moving quickly along a path that intersects with their own, it is moving so fast that Cedric was about to run into it, and Cedric, his eyes on the cup, has not seen it.

"CEDRIC." Harry and Hermione yell.

"ON YOUR LEFT." Harry explains and Cedric looks around just in time to hurl himself past the thing to avoid getting colliding with it, but in his haste Cedric trips and Harry and Hermione see Cedric's wand fly out of his hand as a gigantic spider steps into the path and began to bear down upon Cedric.

"STUPEFY." Harry and Hermione yell, but the spell does nothing, except cause the spider to run at Harry and Hermione instead.

"STUPEFY."

"IMPEDIMENTA!"

"STUPEFY."

Harry and Hermione say but the spider is either so large or so magical that Harry and Hermione's spells do nothing other than cause the spider to become even angrier. Harry and Hermione get one horrifying glimpse of eight shining black eyes and razor-sharp pincers before it is upon them.

Both Harry and Hermione are lifted into the air in it's fronts legs, struggling badly they both try to kick it, and as they do they feel excruciating pain, Harry in his right leg, Hermione in her left. As they do both Harry and Hermione hear Cedric yell,

"STUPEFY." Too,

But his spell has no more effect than Harry and Hermione's,

"Harry, disarming spell." Hermione manages to say, "On three, one, two, three." Hermione says and then they both yell, "EXPELLIARMUS!"

They yell and the disarming spell yells, making the spider drop them, but that means that Harry and Hermione fall twelve feet onto their already injured legs, which crumples beneath them.

Without pausing to think Harry, Hermione and Cedric all yell, "Stupefy." Which causes the spider to keel over sideways, flattening a nearby hedge and strewing the path with a tangle of hairy legs.

"Harry, Hermione." Cedric shots, "Are you both alright?" Did it fall on either of you?" He asks worried.

"No." Harry and Hermione call back, both panting, and looking down at their legs Harry and Hermione realise that they are bleeding freely and they notice thick gluey secretion from the spider's pinches.

Helping each other up, Harrys stands on Hermione's right side and the two of them support each other, wrapping hands around each other's waists as they lean on each other, both feeling like their legs want to collapse.

Looking down the path Harry and Hermione see that Cedric is only a few feet from the Triwizard cup.

"Take it, then." Harry tells Cedric.

"Go on, take it. You're there." Hermione tells him but Cedric doesn't move. He merely stands their looking at Harry and Hermione. Then, he turns to stare at the cup, Hermione and Harry being able to see the longing look on Cedric's face. After a few seconds Cedric looks around at Harry and Hermione who are both supporting each other and leaning on the hedge, as he sees them Cedric takes a deep breath.

"You two should take it. You should win. This is twice you've saved my neck in here." Cedric reveals.

"That's not how it's supposed to work." Hermione tells him, "The one or ones, who reach the cup first gets the points. That's you. I'm telling you, neither of us are going to win any races on these legs." Hermione explains,

As she does Cedric takes a few paces near to the stunned spider, away from the cup, shaking his head.

"No." Cedric says.

"Stop being noble." Harry says, sounding annoyed, "Just take it then all three of us can get out of here."

"You two told me about the dragons." Cedric says, "I would've gone down in the first task if you hadn't told me what was coming."

"We had help on that too." Hermione explains, "You helped us with the egg, we're square."

"I had help on the egg in the first place." Cedric reveals.

"We're still square." Harry says as he and Hermione both attempt to see how much weight they can put on their legs.

"You two should have gotten more points on the second task." Cedric says to Harry and Hermione, "Hermione you stayed behind to get all the hostages. I should've done that."

"Damn it, Cedric. Just take the cup!" Harry says annoyed.

"No." Cedric says and he steps over the spider's tangled legs to join Harry and Hermione, making it clear to both of them that Cedric is serious.

"Go on." Cedric says, it looking like it is costing him every ounce of resolution he had, but his face is set his arms are folded, he seems decided.

Hearing that Harry and Hermine exchange looks, having a conversation without words,

"All three of us." Harry says, after he and Hermione come to a decision without words.

"What?" Cedric asks.

"We'll take it at the same time. It's still a Hogwarts victory. We'll tie for it." Hermione explains.

Hearing that Cedric stars at Harry and Hermione, unfolding his arms,

"You, you sure?" Cedric asks shocked.

"Yes." Harry and Hermione say together.

"The three of us, we've helped each other, haven't we? We all got here. Let's just take it, together." Harry explains and for a moment Cedric looks like he can't believe his ears, then his face splits into a grin.

"You're both on." Cedric says, "Come here." Cedric says and he helps Harry and Hermione, both of whom are limping, over to the plinth where the cup is. Once they reach it Harry and Hermione hold a hand over one of the cup's gleaming Handles while Cedric holds his hand over the other.

"On three, right?" Harry asks.

"One, two, three." Hermione says and the second she says three the three of them grasp the handle and instantly all three of them feel jerks somewhere behind their navels.

Both Harry and Hermione feel their feet leave the ground and neither can let go of the cup as it pulls them forward in a howl of wind and swirling colour, Cedric at their side.

Shortly after they gasped the cup Harry, Hermione, and Cedric feel their feet slam on the ground, causing all of them to let go of the cup as both Hermione and Harry's injured legs give way.

"Where are we?" Hermione asks, raising her head, and both Harry and Cedric shake their heads as Cedric gets up and helps both Harry and Hermione stand up.

Looking around Harry and Hermione realise that they must be hundreds of miles away as they can no longer see any of the castle, but instead they find themselves in an overgrown graveyard.

"You okay?" Harry asks Hermione, sounding concerned.

"I think so, but I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to say that." Hermione admits as Cedric looks at the cup.

"Did anyone tell either of you that the cup was a Portkey?" Cedric asks, looking between Harry and Hermione.

"Nope."

"No."

Hermione and Harry answer.

"This definitely wouldn't have been part of the task." Hermione comments.

"Wands out, d'you reckon?" Cedric asks.

"Definitely." Harry and Hermione answer and as they do Harry looks around, and as he does he finds his eyes being drawn to a particular grave, "Oh god! Mione, we've got to get out of here." Harry says, sounding afraid.

"Why?" Cedric and Hermione asks together.

"Tom Riddle Senior." Harry reveals, and Hermione walks closer to him, "We've got to get out of here." He says, exchanging a panicked look with Hermione

"Why?" Cedric asks confused but before they can answer Hermione hears something,

"Someone's coming." Hermione suddenly says, causing Harry and Hermione to walk back a bit and as they do the three of them squint tensely through the darkness and all three of them watch as the figure draws nearer, walking steadily towards them, walking between the graves.

No one can make out the face but from the way the figure is walking, and holding it's arms, they can all tell that it is carrying something. Whatever it is, he is short, and wearing a hooded cloak, pulled up or his head, obscuring his face. As the person approaches Harry, Hermione and Cedric see that the thing in his arms looks like a baby or it may just be a bundle of robes.

As Harry lowers his wand slightly he glances sideways at Cedric and Hermione, and the them exchange confused looks. Having no idea whether hit would be safe to try and leave the trio just watch until the figure stops at the marble headstone that Harry saw the name Tom Riddle on. For a second the three figures and the short figure simply looked at one another, but then Harry suddenly screams in pain and clutches his scar,

"HARRY." Hermione yells, hurrying over to her friend, but before she can do anything other help him not fall to the ground Hermione hears a high cold voice say,

"KILL THE SPARE."

Hearing that Hermione drives, pulling Harry, who is unable to keep his eyes open because of the pain in his scar, down to the ground, causing their wands go flying out of both near one another. As she pulls them to safety Hermione watches in horror as Cedric is killed, and right away she knows that they have to get out of there, and she knows the only way they are going to be able to, the problem is that it will only take one, and there is no question in her mind about who the one is going to be.

"Tell Dad and Papa I love them." Hermione tells Harry in a hurried whisper as she pulls her locket out from under her robes and puts it around Harry's neck and puts the wand that she believes is Harry's in his pocket but is actually hers.

"Mione? What?" Harry asks confused as Hermione hears footsteps get closer.

"Hermione Jean Hope Lupin-Black, Tollite me, Pater." Hermione says as she places her index finger on the locket and seconds later Harry disappears, being taken to safety by the emergency one-person Portkey her Dad created her locket to be, leaving her alone, with no way to get home and no idea what she is facing.


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