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AN: Okay, so there is something that I want to make clear. This chapter is Athena's past, which means it is essentially copied from JK Rowling. I have changed bits and pieces but it still belongs to the respective author. I am not stealing anything.
I would like to apologize for any mistakes in advance. I was done with this one early but I cannot promise the same for future.
I want to thank xiu for your continued support and all the guests, I am not able to answer.
Without further ado, let's get started.
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They arrived in an empty street, where the cottages stood on either side of the narrow road. It seemed like a village. They were standing in front of a house, which was partly destroyed. Then, Damon finds himself standing in a room where a hooded figure is pointing a wand towards a woman with red hair. Green light emanated from it, hitting her and the ear deafening scream. The figure aiming it towards the green-eyed toddler in the crib and the same flash of green-light.
In that instant, he had a strange urge to save the kid, who had similar eyes as Athena.
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The scene dissolved and now they were standing in a typical English house. They were in the living room, which had a large Christmas tree and three people were gathered around it. Loads of gifts were lying underneath it. There was a big burly man with no neck and had a large face which was purple; the woman had blonde hair, with neck as long as a giraffe. She had her lips pursed and looked like a horse to him. Then, there was a boy who was extremely fat, nearly as much as his father. Calling him a pig wouldn't be a far off. Looking around, he noticed a child in the corner, hiding behind the door. On a closer look, he realized it was Athena. She seemed to be the same age, when he met her. The man then called her and gave her a present, which was lying on the table. Slowly, she went forward and looked at it with wonder. Then took it, thanked her uncle and opened it. His eyes grew wide when he saw that it was a box of dog-biscuits.
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They were now in a zoo, following young Athena. She stopped in front of a cage and started hissing something, to which the reptile responded, at which Damon raised an eyebrow at her.
"I am a 'Parselmouth', which means that I can speak to snakes." She told him and shrugged.
That's when the fat boy, calling him a kid would be an insult to all the kids, Damon thought. Dudley, came running and pushed Athena so hard, that she fell. He saw her glaring at the boy, then, the glass vanished and the boy fell into the cage. The huge snake getting out of the cage, hissing something to Athena and leaving; the boy being trapped and her smiling at that.
The scene changed as he saw Petunia rushing a wet Dudley inside, while Vernon dragged Athena by her hair and pushed her inside the cupboard under the stairs and shouted, "No meals for you."
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The family of three were sitting calmly, having tea while Athena was serving biscuits. Minutes later, the house started shaking and the letters started pelting out of the fireplace, doors and even the ceilings, like bullets. She jumped in the air to catch one but Vernon held her by waist and shouted, "WE ARE LEAVING."
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Damon saw the most miserable shack in the middle of a sea. Athena was on the floor, when he heard someone knocking on the door, Vernon came downstairs with a rifle at the same moment, when with a loud BOOM, the door landed on the floor. He saw the largest man he had even seen, which he remembered from one of the pictures in her room, entering the shack at which she told him, "That's Hagrid, He is half-giant and half-human and is the gamekeeper, keeper of keys and grounds of Hogwarts."
He saw the giant introducing himself to Athena, giving her a birthday cake along with the letter, the boy swallowing the cake and the giant giving him a pig tale, at which the family of three shirked with horror. He couldn't help but like him, Hagrid. And finally, her leaving along with the giant.
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He was in a street which looked like it was built centuries ago. There were shops selling robes, strange instruments he had never seen before, windows stacked with different body parts of animals, he had never heard about; potions shops, tottering piles of tomes like he had seen at her home; and were those brooms? Hedidn't realize he had said it out loud until Athena smirked, "You'll see."
They entered a towering white building which she told him was a wizarding bank. He stopped short when he saw the things, that were working there. They were short, bald, had huge slanted eyes with pointed nose and ears.
Before he could open his mouth to ask anything, she informed him, "They are goblins, clever but not the friendliest of beings. They run Gringotts."
He saw the amount of money her parents had left her and fumed at whoever had placed her with the Dursley's.
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They were back on the street when young Athena bumped into a boy and dropped all her things. He looked older than her, had dark brown hair and bright grey eyes.
"I am so sorry. I didn't see you. Here, let me help." The boy said as he helped Athena in picking all her stuff.
"No. I wasn't looking where I was going." She muttered.
"Oh. My name is Cedric Diggory." He said.
"Hello. My name is Athena Potter."
The boy's eyes widened. "Wow. It's nice to meet you." He said as they shook hands.
"First Year?" he asked.
"Yes. What about you?"
"I will be starting my third year. I am a Hufflepuff."
"Nice. I am sorry but Hagrid told me to meet him at Ollivander's and I am lost. Could you help?
"The gamekeeper? Yes, sure. Just follow me." He said with a smile as he dropped her to the shop; told her he would see her at the Hogwarts express and left.
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Hagrid and Athena were eating at an old place when she asked in a quiet voice, "He killed my parents, didn't he? The one who gave me this scar. I know that you know, Hagrid."
He sighed but answered, "Not all wizards are good, Athena. Some of them go bad. A few years ago, there was one who went as dark as you can go. His name was V…. Vol…"
"Maybe you can write it down?"
"No, I can't. Okay. His name was Voldemort. It was dark times. He gathered some followers and bought them to the dark side. He killed whoever stood in his way. Your parents fought him, no one lived but you."
"Me? Why would he try to kill me?"
"I am not the right person to answer that but there is one thing, Athena. This is no ordinary cut on your forehead. It comes from being touched by the evilest curse of all times."
"What happened to You-Know-Who?"
"Some say he is dead but it is codswallop in my opinion. That's why you are famous. No one has ever survived it. That's why you are the Girl-Who-Lived."
He saw the girl swallowing at that and he himself realized where she got the scar from. As the scene in front of him dissolved once more.
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He saw her with the family of redheads at a platform, running straight at the wall as the lady told her to do. In the next second, she disappeared behind it and he found himself looking at the train with the words Hogwarts Express written on it.
"Do you need a hand?" asked one of the redheaded twins.
"Yes, please."
"Name's Fred, by the way. Oi Georgy. Come here!" She thanked them after they helped her to a compartment.
"Blimey! You are Athena Potter." One of them shouted at her.
She grimaced at that but smiled and said, "Its nice to meet you."
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She was sitting in a train with a red-haired boy who introduced himself as Ron Weasley, a scared looking chubby boy who was trying to make himself invisible, another girl with large hair and buck-teeth who he abruptly realized was Hermione; when he saw Cedric entering the compartment.
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He saw her defending the redhead from a sleek blond-haired boy as the wooden door swung open and a tall, black-haired witch, for he had no doubt that she was a witch indeed, in emerald-green robes, stood there. She had a very stern face and Damon's first thought was that she was not someone to cross.
It was lit by thousand of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the students were sitting. He looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with starts. He was still looking around in awe when Athena told him that it was just enchanted to look like the sky.
He saw her being sorted into Gryffindor, one of the twins telling her about Professor Snape and Quirrell.
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The scene dissolved and in the next moment, he was standing in a field with a scary looking woman with hawk like gold eyes and spikey gold hair, who was teaching Quidditch to the students. He saw the blonde boy taunting Athena, once the lady left with the chubby boy to the hospital, her catching the glass-ball blondie threw with ease and being selected as the youngest seeker in the century.
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She, Ron and Hermione were on the stairs when it changed.
"We shouldn't be here. It's the third floor, its forbidden." Hermione whispered furiously.
In the next second, he saw a cat and the three of them running towards a locked door; hiding inside after Hermione opened it and the sheer terror that crossed their faces, unaware that he did have the same expression as well. In front of him was a three-headed-dog so huge, that he had never even imagined the possibility of it.
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He was in a bathroom, with his mouth hanging open and eyes wide. The 'three idiots' which he thought was better suited to them were being scolded by their teachers after beating a troll.
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He saw her practicing Quidditch with the help of Cedric, who was a seeker as well; playing pranks with the twins on Slytherin's and especially the Malfoy boy.
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It was the first day of her match and young Athena looked quite green in his opinion. Anyone would look like that if they had to fly around on a stick made of wood, chasing a ball was the only thought in his mind. She received a new broom from McGonagall and praised the witch internally when he saw the smile that lit her face.
He saw her playing her first game, Hermione setting Snape's cloak on fire, the stunt she pulled by standing on the broom in mid-air and falling from it, had him fuming until he saw her laughing joyfully with everyone, after catching the snitch.
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It was Christmas and everyone had gone home, apart from Ron and Cedric. She was sleeping when they both woke her up. Cedric told her that he took special permission from Dumbledore to be in the Gryffindor Tower with her. Damon saw her opening all the presents and was shocked to see the Invisibility Cloak as it was one of the best things, he had ever seen.
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He saw the them discussing about the Philosopher's Stone – a stone which grants its user immortality. Athena telling her friends that she was informed by a centaur named Firenze in the forest, that a plot to steal the Stone is being orchestrated by none other than Voldemort himself, who was scheming to use it to be restored back to his body and return to power. He cursed when they decided to go and check on it themselves.
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He saw them encountering a series of obstacles, her entering inside a room and his attention was drawn to the mirror and the Defence Professor who told her that he was serving Voldemort. Much to his surprise, a voice was heard from Quirrell to 'use the girl'. He saw a face at the back of the guy's head, which he realized was Voldemort once the turban was removed. He saw Athena refusing to hand over the stone and the guy attacking her but was burned alive on contact; a spirt rising and passing through her as she fainted.
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Athena was in the school's infirmary, where Dumbledore explained that her survival against Voldemort is to be owed, to her mother's sacrifice and love for her, leaving a powerful protective charm that lives in her blood.
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Damon and Athena were once again in her aunt's house. She told him that it was her twelfth birthday; the younger Athena was told to stay in her room by her relatives and was talking to Hedwig that none of her friends has sent her any letters.
Suddenly, a creature appeared out of thin air. He was extremely short, standing only about 3 and a half feet, had large, tennis-ball-like green eyes, a pencil-like nose and long, bat-like pointed ears. He was wearing a torn and dirty pillow-case. Athena told him that it was a house-elf and his name was Dobby. He saw the elf warning her, not to return to Hogwarts and admits to intercepting Athena's post from her friends. He ran downstairs and used magic to smash Petunia's dessert on a dinner party guest and framing it on her.
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He noticed that her bedroom door was locked and there were bars on the window.
She must have seen the look on his face as she told him, "It was my punishment because the deal got cancelled."
It was late and she was sitting on her bed as a bright light shone across the room. He frowned and then blinked as he saw a car flying right outside her window. And then, Ron and the twins rescuing her.
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He finds himself in Diagon Alley once again. Athena is hugging Hermione and Cedric. They were in a book shop, when they encountered a man who had a pale, pointed face, with pale blond hair and cold grey eyes. Athena tells him that he is Lucius Malfoy. He saw them talking and Hermione and Cedric defending her; at which he insults Cedric and his father as he picks a book from the pile Cedric is carrying, placed them back and left.
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He sees just in time, as Athena and Ron crash into Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and their decision to fly Arthur's car to Hogwarts. The scene dissolves and he find themselves at Hogwarts, where they crash into a sentient willow tree on the grounds.
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They are in a room where Athena is serving detention with Lockhart. Once done, she meets Ron and Hermione and asks them if they heard an unnerving voice seemingly coming from the walls of the school. They tell her that they haven't heard anything, when she tells them that somethings wrong and runs. Damon and Athena follow them and saw the school caretaker's petrified cat, along with a warning scrawled across one of the walls: "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware."
Athena explained to him, that one of Hogwarts' founders, Salazar Slytherin, constructed a secret Chamber and placed a monster inside it, that only his Heir can control; due to his belief that students of non-magical parentage should be refused entry to the school.
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They are at a Quidditch game, where a rouge Bludger broke her arm and the stupid professor vanished her bones. Dobby returns in the middle of the night to visit her in the hospital wing, revealing that it was he who charmed the Bludger and sealed the gateway at King's Cross and that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened before.
Just then a student is brought in, who is attacked and petrified.
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He saw her communicating with a snake in a class and then the rumors flying as the students suspect of her being the Heir of Slytherin. Cedric telling her that he believes her and he is worried about her. He sees the young girl blushing as the boy hugs her. He is there to see, Athena finding another boy and a ghost petrified and her being framed again. Myrtle, an existentially mopey ghost, providing them a diary that belonged to Tom Riddle who reveals that the culprit was none other than Hagrid. He saw a petrified Hermione and Dumbledore along with Hagrid, being forced to leave the school premises. Athena discussing Cedric's strange behavior with Ron.
Athena finding a note in Hermione's hand, that the monster is a basilisk. Athena tells him that it's a snake that kills with a stare, although no one is dead because of various devices through which they indirectly saw him, hence she was able to hear it.
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When they find out that Cedric is taken into the Chamber, Damon wanted to bang his head somewhere. By now he was sure, that she would try to rescue her friend which proved true when he saw Athena, Ron, and Lockhart entering the Chamber. Lockhart causes a rockfall while attempting to modify the both their memories with Ron's damaged wand.
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He and Athena follow the young girl when she is separated from Ron and entered the Chamber, alone. They find an unconscious Cedric and a boy who was tall with pale skin, jet black hair, and dark brown eyes. He shows young Athena that his full name, Tom Marvolo Riddle, can be made into the anagram "I am Lord Voldemort." And it was he, who opened the Chamber fifty years ago and framed Hagrid. By possessing Cedric through his diary, he has been continuing what he started fifty years ago.
Damon watched with horror, as the boy summoned the basilisk and told it to kill Athena. A phoenix, arriving with the Sorting Hat and then blinding the snake, allowing Athena to remove the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and slay the creature. Even though fatally poisoned, she used its fang to stab the diary, therefore destroying Riddle and saving Cedric and then, Fawkes's tears healing her.
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He saw Lucius trying to kill Athena and Dobby saving her after she freed him. Cedric and his parents thanking her for saving him. Her saying goodbye to her friends and Cedric hugging her, before the scene dissolved.
Scene Change
Damon and Athena were back at the Dursley's, where a young Athena was cleaning the kitchen while watching on television that a convict named Sirius Black has escaped. He saw Vernon's sister Marge insulting her and her parents, which leads to Athena involuntarily inflating her and flying out of the house. She packs her stuff and leaves; a huge black dog is about to attack her when he saw the most ridiculous purple, triple-decker bus arriving out of nowhere.
"It's the Knight Bus. It appears whenever a witch or wizard is in urgent need of transportation." Athena told him as they both entered it.
It had beds, curtained windows and candles burning beside each bed. He was just looking around when the bus started and he fell forward along with the young Athena. He was still cursing when he saw her talking to the conductor about the man, who was on the newspaper. It was the same man they had seen on T.V. earlier. Stan told her that he was a follower of Voldemort and was the first one ever to escape Azkaban.
"It's a prison for wizards and witches." She whispered and he nodded. Of course, they would have their own prison, he thought.
They reached Leaky Cauldron where the Minister for Magic gives Athena her school books and tells her to stay in Diagon Alley for the remaining weeks, before school starts.
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He saw her meeting the Weasley's, Hermione and Cedric. He didn't like the way she jumped to hug Cedric and he caught her as she kissed him on the cheek, after which both of them turned red. The twins came running and collided with them, which somewhat seemed planned to him.
He hears Mr. Weasley warning her, that Black will attempt to murder her and not to go find him. Which seemed weired to him. Why would she go and find a convicted murderer?
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They are on the Hogwarts Express, where she is discussing about Black with Hermione, Ron and Cedric when the train stops. The air around them turned cold and he saw a cloaked figure entering the compartment. Its face was completely hidden beneath its hood and he couldn't understand what it was, which scared him.
"It's a Dementor. They are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They drain hope, peace and happiness out of everything around them. It is soulless and evil. If it gets near you, you will be left with nothing but worst experiences of your life. They can suck your soul out and are the guards of Azkaban." She explained to him. He saw the creature nearing young Athena, which caused her to faint, just as the man sitting next to them, casts a charm which repeals the dementor.
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He landed in the next memory. It was raining heavily and she had a Quidditch match. He just knew that it would end badly and held in a sigh. Athena and Cedric were chasing the snitch. But what made his breath hitch was the Dementors that surrounded the area. He saw her faint and falling off her broom from high in the air. He was about to run to catch her but someone held his hand. He was startled and looked at Athena as she told him that it was a memory. It was so real that he had forgotten that he was watching her past. He saw as one of the twins caught her in midair and finally, took a breath but tightened his grip on the hand he was holding.
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They were in the hospital wing, again when her friends told her that her broom was blown away and smashed by the Whomping Willow. She was thanking Fred, though he was never able to differentiate between the twins, he could easily tell them apart at the moment, as one of them was tomato red and the other one was smirking. He was sure that the one with red face had a crush on her. The door opened and Cedric came running. He caught the snitch but was apologizing to her. She waved it off as he settled himself on her bed and held her hand; though the others were oblivious but Damon didn't miss the glare the two redheads sent his way.
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It was snowing in her next memory. He saw Cedric telling her that he won't go to Hogsmeade without her and to bring her invisibility cloak. Then takes her to meet Fred and George, who give her a piece of paper. Fred tapped it with his wand and said, "I solemnly swear, I am up to no good." Damon looked down in time, to see red lines appearing and them telling her that it shows everyone in Hogwarts. He stared at the map in awe and wondered how easy his life would become if he had something like this.
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She was sitting on a stone under her cloak, crying. He saw her telling her friends that she overheard McGonagall and Madam Rosmerta talking with Fudge that Black was not only her father's best friend but her Godfather, as well. He betrayed them and gave Voldemort access to their house. They also mentioned that Black killed twelve muggles and his former friend Peter Pettigrew.
He saw Cedric wiping her tears and hugging her close as she vowed to kill Black.
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The next memory was Lupin teaching her the Patronus Charm to repel Dementors.
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The next memory was of Christmas. He saw McGonagall taking a broom from Athena. Hermione was trying to explain that no one knew who sent the present and it could be cursed which was why she reported. Athena glared at her and left with Ron following behind her. Even though he didn't like Hermione but he praised her internally for her decision. He would have done the same.
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Damon and Athena arrived just in time to see the trio witness Buckbeak's execution and Ron's pet rat - Scabbers biting him and escaping. Ron chases Scabbers, only to be attacked by a big black dog, which Damon remembered seeing when Athena had left her house. The dog drags Ron through a tunnel, under the Whomping Willow into the Shrieking Shack. He follows Athena and Hermione to the shack and discover that the dog is actually Sirius. Lupin arrives and embraces Sirius. He admits to being a werewolf and explained that Sirius was innocent. He was falsely accused of betraying the Potters to Voldemort, murdering twelve muggles and Peter Pettigrew. He saw that Scabbers was Pettigrew, an Animagus who committed the crime for which Sirius was convicted, and was the one who betrayed the Potters. Snape arrived to apprehend Sirius but Athena knock him unconscious. Lupin and Black prepare to kill him, but are stopped by Athena, as she feels her father would not have wanted it. She convinces them, to give him to the Dementors instead.
As they are returning to Hogwarts, Damon listens as Sirius asked Athena to live with him. He couldn't help but think the reason of her living alone. Maybe, Sirius was in England. He didn't get much time to think as Lupin turns into a werewolf and becomes violent. He stood there watching as Pettigrew escapes and Sirius prevents Lupin from attacking the others. They heard a howl from the forest and the wolf follows it. He saw Athena following Sirius where they were attacked by Dementors. He sees someone casting Patronus but is not able to see who it is as the scene dissolves.
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They were in the hospital wing yet again, as Hermione tells Athena that Sirius has been sentenced to the Dementor's kiss. He saw them travelling back in time on Dumbledore's advice and watched all the events repeat themselves. Saving Buckbeak from execution and Athena saving Sirius and herself. They save Sirius, who escapes with Buckbeak with a promise to Athena that they will someday be a family.
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He and Athena are in a dimly lit room, where young Athena is woken by her scar hurting. It's early morning, the Weasley's, Hermione and Athena were travelling to watch the Quidditch World Cup. They met Cedric, who jumped from the tree and his father. He hugged Athena as soon as he saw her and kissed her on the cheek. Damon rolled his eyes at the way the two were staring at each other, until Hermione coughed and they both blushed.
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He saw Voldemort's followers attacking the site, destroying spectators' tents and wreaking havoc. They fired a mark into the sky, which Athena tells him is the Dark Mark. She was lost in the chaos and was rescued by Mr. Weasley, Hermione, Ron and he was sure it was Fred.
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Both he and Athena were at Hogwarts, as Dumbledore announces that Alastor Moody will be the Defence teacher for the year and also that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tournament, However, only those over 17—the age of majority—will be allowed to enter. He saw the man and held a grimace. "Mad-Eye" as she called him was covered with scars and a chunk of his nose was missing. He has dark grey, grizzled hair and had a wooden leg. Students from Beauxbatons Academy and the Durmstrang Institute will be competing along with the Hogwarts students.
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The next memory was of Cedric telling Athena, that he wants to participate at which she tells him that she would support him no matter what as the scene dissolves.
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They were in a class where Moody was teaching the students about the Unforgivable Curses, using a spider. He placed the first spider under the Imperius Curse and made it perform acrobatics. Then he tortured it with the Cruciatus curse and then struck it with the Killing Curse, and it died instantly.
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They were now in the Great Hall, along with everyone else where the champions were announced. Cedric Diggory from Hogwarts, Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons and Victor Krum from Drumstrang Institute. It grew silent as a fourth name was thrown from the goblet – Athena Potter.
He knew that she would not have participated herself and looked at Athena at which she told him that it was magically binding and her name could not be removed.
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He saw as she tried to talk to Cedric after that but he ignored her. Ron and Hermione were also the ones to shun her along with almost every student from the three schools, assuming that she cheated her way into the tournament. Fred and George were the only ones to believe her, in fact they were the one who talked to her without making her life miserable.
He saw her having a fight with Ron and her discussing everything with Sirius through the Floo.
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He was standing outside the castle, where Athena and Cedric were talking. She tried to explain but he didn't give her the chance as he told her that she participated even after knowing he wanted it. That the fame she has is not enough and she wanted even more of it. He told her that it would be better if they stay away and he doesn't want anything to do with a cheater as a single tear fell from her eye. She nodded and left without another word. He had never wanted to hurt anyone as much as he wanted to hurt the Diggory boy in that moment and with that thought, the memory faded.
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They were listening to Hagrid as he revealed to Athena that the first task involves dragons and discussing it with Fred who tried to calm her.
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He saw the badges "Potter Stinks" and fumed. He frowned when she asked Cedric if she could talk to him while he had one of his hand around a girl with dark hair and was laughing with his friends. He knew that Athena liked Cedric and he did as well, but still the boy was blatantly hurting her. She informed him about the dragons and he told her that he told people not to wear the badges. She gave him a tight-lipped smile and left.
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He and Athena were in a tent, watching the four champions prepare. He saw Fred entering the tent and hugging Athena as she thanked him for being there, when no one else was. He saw a flash of light and realized it was the reporter. Thankfully, Krum told her to leave. She got the Hungarian Horntail, the most violent of the four dragons. Cedric was the first to leave and she wished him luck, at which Damon rolled his eyes heavenward.
She managed to summon her broom to lure the dragon off the egg, long enough to snatch the golden egg and he couldn't help but be proud of her.
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He saw Cedric and Athena standing in front of the Gryffindor Tower where he was apologizing to her. He told her that he was stupid to think that she would put her name voluntarily, for such a dangerous task. She told him that he had been her best friend from the past four years, but even then, he never gave her a chance to explain. The boy looked heartbroken but Damon was glad when George came and whisked her away without giving him a chance to reply.
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He saw the articles about Athena, Fred and Cedric being in a love triangle and other half-truths in the Daily Prophet which made her life even more miserable.
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Cedric and Athena were on a high tower where he was asking her if she'll go the ball with him? Athena looked at him sadly and informed him that someone's asked her already and she said yes. Damon saw the crestfallen look of the boy and as he was leaving, she stopped him to apologize again.
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It was the day of Yule Ball and the Great Hall had been transformed into a ball room full of fairy lights over their heads.
He saw Athena descending the stairs; she wore a beautiful gown of green color and was supporting a fancy hairstyle. She was not wearing her glasses and he couldn't help but notice, how green her eyes were. Green as spring grass, and sparkling like dew in the morning sun. To him, she looked like an angel; as he came back to himself, he noticed that he was not the only one staring at her. Fred took her hand, kissed it and led her to the main hall. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Cedric giving not so subtle glances toward Athena, ignoring his own date. Cedric asking her for a dance and holding her close throughout the song while whispering something in her ear, before leaving. Fred held her to him and kissed her on the cheek.
He saw Hermione dancing with Krum and Ron fighting with her, afterwards.
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They are on a bridge, where Cedric is telling her to open the egg in the Prefects bathroom. He tells her that he was sorry for his behavior and that he liked her. After which the scene faded.
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They are by the Black Lake, where Athena tells him, that they hid someone she loved in the lake and she had to save them in an hour. He wanted to ask her how was she going to breathe underwater when he saw Neville giving her something to eat, "Gillyweed – which allowed her to breathe underwater", Athena told him. He saw "Mad Eye" pushing her into the water and before he could do much, he was inside it as well. He found Athena's hand and held it tightly but then she reminded him that it was just her memory.
She swam to a village and they followed, where he saw four people floating mid water. He knew Fred and Hermione; Athena told him that the other two were Fleur's sister and Cedric's friend Justin.
He saw her doing nothing and looking at her two friends. Cedric arrived shortly after and rescued Justin, followed by Victor, who was not able to rescue Hermione and Athena helped him. He groaned, when he saw her rescuing both the people left; merpeople trying to stop her but she managed to push them to the surface, fighting the merpeople and finally casting a charm which threw her back to the shore.
He saw Hermione trying to dry her with a towel, Fred holding her close to him as he kissed her head and Cedric congratulating her with a sad smile, when he saw her with Fred.
Although she came last, but he saw Cedric telling the judges that she reached there first and would have won if not for saving two people. After which she was rewarded with extra points and was tied for the lead with Cedric.
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He and Athena were now on the Quidditch pitch, which has been turned into a hedge maze for the final task. He saw Cedric hugging her and her telling him that she hopes for him to win, before they entered the maze. She had to deal with a Boggart, Victor attacking Cedric with the Cruciatus Curse, after which Athena knocks him out. He saw Cedric being attacked by the vines and Athena saving him, again; their argument over who deserved to win more and their decision to take the cup together. As soon as he saw them touching the cup together, the scene in front of him faded.
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He and Athena were now in a graveyard and she tells him, that the cup was a Portkey. His attention is drawn towards young Athena, as she started screaming. When asked, she told Cedric that her scar was hurting and he should take the cup and leave. He saw just in time to see Pettigrew arriving, and was carrying something; him tying them both to the tombstone on the order of the creature.
Pettigrew using her blood, the bones which he was holding and his own hand to bring the creature to life, which he realized was Lord Voldemort. He was tall and skeletally thin with chalk white skin. His face was snake-like with wide, livid, scarlet eyes having vertical pupils. He had a lipless mouth, flat slit like nostrils and large spidery hands and Damon shuddered.
The snake told Athena that the protection of her mother has been lifted now, as the same blood ran through both their veins. He summoned his Death Eaters, berated them for thinking he was dead, and then challenged Athena to a duel.
However, Cedric shouted at him to leave her and fight him instead. It seemed that he had forgotten Cedric and released his bonds as Athena shouted at him to let Cedric go and he could do whatever he wanted with her; but in the next moment, Voldemort fired the killing curse and just like that, Cedric flew back. Dead!
Damon didn't get much time to think, as Voldemort released Athena and tortured her with the Cruciatus Curse. He was forced to stand there and watch her scream in agony. However, when she fired a curse in return, their wands connected. Athena told him that both their wands were 'brothers'. He saw the spirits of Voldemort's victims, including her parents and Cedric. They told her that they would create a momentarily distraction and her to grab the cup, while Cedric told her that he was sorry and he loved her and to take his body back to his parents.
In the next moment, the echoes protected her, as she grabbed Cedric's body and disappeared as soon as she touched the cup.
She was back at the school and the cheering started before they saw her clutching Cedric's body and sobbing hysterically.
He had started disliking Cedric ever since he had hurt Athena, but at that moment, Damon only felt sadness towards him. He didn't deserve a death like that. And his heart clenched as he watched her crying over the dead body of her best-friend and he tightened his hold on Athena's hand.
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He noticed that she was still in shock, when Moody ushered her to his office, reveling himself to be Voldemort's servant; he was the one to put her name in the Goblet. Before he can kill her, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape intervened. It was revealed that Moody is in fact Barty Crouch Jr., Mr. Crouch's son, disguised by Polyjuice Potion.
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Once again, he found himself in the hospital wing. Athena was in the bed surrounded by the Weasley's, Hermione, Lupin and Snuffles as she called Sirius, earlier.
Many people, including Minister for Magic – Fudge barged in and refused to believe that Voldemort had returned. He saw as Fudge has the Dementor's Kiss performed on Crouch Jr. who is then unable to give testimony.
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He saw her sitting on her hospital bed, with her head on Fred's shoulder and their fingers twined together. Her eyes were puffy and she looked tired. George was sitting on a chair nearby, when she produced a bag and gave it to them. He realized that it was the 1000 Gallons that she had won, when they argued with her but she told them to use the money for their joke shop.
And the scene in front of him faded.
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EN: I tried to keep all the important events, but it is possible that I might have forgotten something. If there is something you would like me to add, you can tell me and I will look into it.
Don't forget to tell me, whether you liked it or not.
Aug 11th, 2018