"The Third Task"
AN: Alrighty ladies and gentlemen, this is the final chapter to, Reflections into the Past. Know that there will be two more stories coming on the way, the second one will mainly be a what happened after the task, only about one chapter. But the third story will finish and conclude everything.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter Characters or any of the place that are mentioned in this book, I also do not own anything that is referred to Charmed.
Warning: This is going to be a Yaoi set within an AU. The pairing of this particular story is going to be Harry x Draco. So if you don't like the fact that guys are going to be kissing, having sex and other such activities then this story should not be read.
As the four champions stood in a little alcove under the bleachers of the quidditch field, they could hear all the students, parents, and teachers filling the stands above them. The Minister of Magic was talking to them, but no one really listening to the older man telling them that once the sun set the final task would begin. Harry was standing off to one side looking down at his gloved hands, anxiously awaiting the start of the task. He could hear Victor and Fleur quietly conversing in front of him; he was cautiously eavesdropping on their conversation when he suddenly felt a warm breath on the back of his neck and ear. Harry felt Cedric place a hand on his shoulder and lean in.
"How are you feeling Harry?" Cedric asked.
"A little nervous," The raven-haired boy replied nonchalantly.
"I thought Draco brewed you a potion that would make your nerves calm down." Cedric stated raising an eyebrow.
"Well yeah he did, but I didn't think I was going to have to use it or anything."
Cedric removed his hand from Harry's shoulder and reached into his robe pocket. Harry instantly felt heat dissipate from his shoulder where Cedric's hand had been moments before. A moment later Cedric handed a small vial to Harry.
"Here. Draco figured you would be too damn stubborn to take the potion. So he gave it to me to give to you because he knew you would be nervous. I think he muttered something along the lines of, 'Damn him and his Gryffindor courage for not taking that potion.'"
A smile played at the sides of Harry's mouth as he pictured the blond Slytherin saying those exact words. He took the small vial, which was filled with a thick blue liquid, and instantly swallowed the contents. A moment later he felt his nerves instantly calming down.
"See? Told you it would work," Cedric teased lightly. Suddenly-
BOOM! Outside the tent a loud cannon had exploded. A moment later the Minister of Magic hurried out of the tent and muttered a spell, pointing his wand at his throat and beginning to speak.
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the third and final task. Today the four champions will enter this enchanted maze and look for the cup. The first one to the cup will win the contest. Now can we have our Champions joining us on the field!"
The first champion to leave the tent was Fleur, accompanied by her Headmistress[put in how they looked walking out of the tent. Nervous, shy, excited, ready, or looking like they didn't want to go. Stephan, DETAIL IS GOOD!!!!!!!! I know you can see it in your head, all you have to do is show the whole effing world!!!! followed by Victor, then Cedric who was with his father, and Harry, who Dumbledore escorted. Once all four champions were on the field, Fudge began once again talking about how Cedric and Harry will be the first into the maze. The boys gazed at one another and looked up to the stands to finds their missing part of their trio. Sitting on the edge of Slytherin and Gryffindor, Draco managed to sit by his friends and Hermione and Ron at the same time. Harry could barely hear Hermione, Ron, and Draco shouting for him and Cedric.
When Fudge was finished with his speech, he plugged his ears and motioned for Filch to fire the cannon once again. Once the cannon was shot again, Fudge raised his voice.
"First two contestants may enter the maze!" And Harry and Cedric did so, together.
They took off at a slow run turning corners here and there. They had to try and get past a few obstacles but none of them were really that hard to do. They both knew they were supposed to get threw this alone but something deep down inside them told them that needed to stay together. After a few more corners they came right into contact with Viktor Krum.
"Harry, he has been cursed. Look at his eyes." Cedric said in a whisper.
Harry looked at the man in front of them. Slowly walking forward with his wand drawn he wasn't expecting Krum to turn around and disarm him. But he wasn't fast enough for Cedric and the Hufflepuff had him flying through the air with a stunner. Cedric watched as Harry retrieved his wand, and they both took off again. When they came around the last corner they saw the Triwizard Cup before them. They both reached it in a matter of seconds.
"Take it Harry."
"No Cedric, you take it."
"How about we both take it then love." Cedric said.
Harry nodded at the statement and both boys grabbed the handles. They felt that familiar feeling around their naval and then they were pulled through by the portkey.
Once they had landed both boys were lying on the ground in damp grass. Slowly standing up they both realized that they were in a graveyard. Not seeing the movement in time both Harry and Cedric were caught off when they were jinxed. Harry and Cedric both felt themselves loose consciousness.
When Harry awoke he saw someone close to Cedric. "You touch him and I will kill you." The raven-haired boy spat as he was being tied to the statute behind him. He looked around him and saw nothing that could help him get out of the ropes that were binding him to the cold stone. He looked down upon the unconscious brown haired boy who traveled with him when they touched the goblet. He saw a trickle of blood running down the side of his face from a cut right by his hair line, the man who had tied him to the statute walked over to his friend and started checking him for any signs of being awake.
"I don't believe you really heard me the first time I said it, but if you touch him, I will kill you Wormtail." The raven-haired boy said with more tone in his voice. He looked around and noticed that he and Cedric were in a graveyard.
"Oh, and what makes you think you can really do that Harry? If you haven't noticed your tied up and your little boy toy here is kinda out if it, so in my opinion I think that you are pretty much screwed." Wormtail said as he approached Harry.
"Wormtail," came a hissing sound from the blankets that Harry saw him carrying earlier. "Wormtail, start the incantation so that I can be revived. The hissing voice made
While Wormtail was working the spell Harry felt a burning sensation in his head that kept growing. He could barley keep his eyes open after a few moments. He tried to look back to where Cedric was lying but he couldn't see him on the ground anymore. 'Where could he have gone' Harry though as he tried to fight back the pain.
"Hey," a said voice from behind him.
"Cedric," Harry whispered.
"The one and only," Cedric replied.
"I though something had happened, I didn't see you when I looked back, I was so scared that something might have happened to you." Harry said.
"Don't worry; I would never leave you, ever." Cedric said to the raven haired boy. He kissed him lightly on the side of the cheek and went back to work on trying to get the ropes undone that bound Harry to the statute.
"Hey, I have the ropes undone but we can't just leave yet." Cedric whispered into Harry's ear.
"Why." Harry said almost yelling. "If you haven't noticed but were in somewhat of a bind here."
"Because if we leave now they'll catch us way before we reach the port key, we need to wait for a distraction." Cedric whispered back holding the back of the ropes to make it seem Harry was still tied.
When Wormtail was finished with the spell he dropped the blankets into the cauldron, green sparks started to shoot form it as a hideous form started to rise from the indescribable liquid.
"What happened?" Cedric asked
"Voldemort, he just been brought back." Harry said.
When Voldemort stepped out of the pot he looked into the dark clear sky, not very many stars were out and the moon had barley reached its highest point. He looked around and saw a boy tied to a statute.
"Ahhh, finally after sixteen years I'm back," Said the Dark Lord. "I think its time to see how my followers are doing." Voldemort raised his left arm into the air and spoke a few words and a green bold shot out of his hand and into the sky. Both Cedric and Harry saw as the bolt of magic that the dark lord had sent slowly became a skull with a snake protruding out of its mouth.
"He's calling forth his followers." Harry gasped as he saw death eaters swoop down from the skull in a black could like substance and appear in the graveyard.
"Told ya we should have left before but no you said we should wait for a distraction." Harry said trough-clenched teeth.
"I'm sorry." Cedric said.
"It's not your fault." Harry replied.
The death eaters started to form around Voldemort, "Ahhh, my followers," The dark lord said. "Finally after so many years we have come back together to once again try and take over, but the funny thing is, why didn't any of you try and find me before now?" the Dark Lord asked. "I know why." Voldemort said. You were all to afraid that you were going to get caught. Voldemort started going around to his followers and touching their skull faces and watching them as they turned to a pile of dust. "Well anyway let's get on with business shall we." He walked back to the center of his followers and stood right in front of Harry.
"So, the boy who thought he could beat me." Said Voldemort he slowly made his way toward Harry.
"Harry listen to me, I will always be by your side ok no matter what happens, I will always be there for you even though we were never meant to be." Cedric said.
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Just get to the port key ok." Cedric replied to him sternly.
Right after Cedric had said those last words to Harry he dropped the ropes and Harry ran from the front of the statute. Cedric walked from behind it and stood on its side.
"So you're the almighty Voldemort." Cedric said in a mocking tone, he made a backhanding swing to a few death eaters in front of him and sent them flying back.
"Ah, so you have telekinetic powers, very impressive." Voldemort hissed."
Cedric make another backhanding movement and sent more death eaters flying into headstones.
"But to bad you aren't going to be able to see those powers grow any more." Voldemort hissed. The Dark Lord raised his hand with the fireball in it and sent it flying at Cedric. But before it could hit the handsome teen it stopped in mid air.
"What the hell" Voldemort said.
Harry stepped out from behind a head stone.
"I guess you kinda forgot that I can freeze." Harry said "It's funny how your powers grow in such little time huh." He said smirking at Voldemort
"What are you still doing here?" Cedric asked as he ran towards Harry.
"I couldn't just leave you to face my worst nightmare could I?" Harry asked
Cedric gave him a slight hug and then turned back toward Voldemort. He saw the fireball still frozen by Harry's powers and sent it flying into the closest death eater to him; the death eater caught fire and disintegrated.
"C'mon Harry." Cedric said grabbing his hand and entwining his fingers with his as he started pulling him toward the goblet so that they could return. The two kept running form headstone-to-headstone trying to dodge the Dark Lords powers. When they reached another headstone they saw the goblet on the side of it.
"Damn, just our luck that there is no headstone where the port key is," Cedric said.
Cedric looked back, he looked into Harry's eyes and saw that he was ready and that there needed no words said on how much the slightly younger boy cared him. Cedric squeezed Harry's hand a little bit and rose to get ready to run. When they came from behind the stone Harry saw three fireballs heading their way, he quickly raised his hands and froze them in their place.
"Let see you try and freeze this you little shit." Voldemort said and he started to think of his most powerful incantation of the deadliest spell "Avada Kedavra", a green bolt of energy streaked towards the to of them right as they reached the goblet. Cedric was reaching down to grab hold of it.
Harry realized that they didn't have enough time so he stepped in front of the spell it went straight through him and stroke Cedric in the chest. He saw the life leave from his lover's eyes. Harry wrapped his arms around the taller boy and lowered his body to the ground. Tears started to slide down Harry's face and onto Cedric's. Harry's hand touched the goblet and sent them flying back to the school. When they reached the school he heard the stadium start applauding. Harry just laid over Cedric's chest crying and holding on to him. Dumbledore saw what was wrong and hurried quickly to where the two boys were. Harry felt his head as started swirling around; he started to loose consciences of what was going on as he fainted onto Cedric's warm chest…
Harry barley realized they were back at the school. He barley could hear the screams coming from the crowd. He knew the instant when Dumbledore was beside him because of the power that radiated off his body.
"Someone get Madame Pomfrey down here as quickly as possible." Dumbledore said.
That was the last thing that Harry Potter heard that night as he drifted off into a deep sleep.
Draco had watched the whole thing and his heart broke when he saw the sight that was before him. He saw Harry leaning over their lovers' body trying to shield it. He was quickly coming down the stairs but Dumbledore made it down before he did. When he reached the two boys he saw that Harry was already unconscious. Madame Pomfrey quickly arrived with two stretchers; she quickly came around the two boys and hovered them onto the stretchers. Picking up both with her wand she quickly headed back to the castle closely followed by Dumbledore and himself and the house heads.
Draco sat beside Harry's bed holding onto the dark haired boy's hand whispering soothing words into it. He wasn't allowed to see Cedric while the schools' nurse worked on him. After a short time, Draco felt a slight squeeze in his hand.
"Madame Pomfrey, Harry is beginning to wake up." Draco yelled.
The nurse came running across the hospital wing to the other boy and began examining him. "How do you feel Potter?"
"Like crap." Harry replied.
"Eat this chocolate." She said moving away from his bed.
"What about Cedric."
"I'm sorry Potter." The nurse said and walked away.
Harry sat up in his bed and looked at Draco with all the love in his heart. "I love you."
"I love you to."
"Where is he?" Harry asked.
Draco pointed over to the other bed across the room. Harry quickly slid off his bed and walked across the room and saw the lifeless body that lay across the bed. Harry felt his lungs begin to tighten up and his stomach begin to rise. He fell to the floor with tears coming down his face. Draco was at his side in an instant holding the dark haired boy. Draco also began to loose his hold on his emotions and tears also slid down his face. They held desperately onto one another because that is all that they have left, they would never again see the smile that would grace Cedric's face or the beautiful laugh that came from his lips. The reality that he was really gone sunk in to quickly.
From outside of the hospital they heard Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley arguing to get into the wing to see their friends. After a few moments they were let in and the sight that they saw when they entered broke their heart. They were the only ones who knew about the three boys and the secret that they shared with one another. Hermione went to the two boys and went to her knees and held them as they both cried. Ron came behind them and tried to also comfort them. The two boys cried out their broken hearts to the other two in the room. After a few minutes they heart the nurse coming out of her office. Taking out her want she closed the curtains around Cedric Diggory's body and walked over to the group.
"Well Mr. Potter, I have some news about your heath and injuries. You will be able to make a full recovery from any damage, and I also need to tell you something important. I just finished running a few tests to make positively sure before I told you this."
Draco held onto Harry even tighter in his arms and pressed a salty kiss to his forehead.
"What I need to tell you Harry." Madame Pomfrey said, "Is that you are pregnant, and the father of your child is Cedric Diggory."
AN: Well folks, I'm terribly sorry that this last chapter took so long for me to post but I wasn't sure how I wanted to end it, and I ended up writing a whole sequel to his story. I'll be posting soon. PLEASE REVIEW and tell me what you think.