Chapter 16: The Third Task Gone Wrong
It was the day of the final task and many people were excited; the Hogwarts band even played. More ministry workers, including Mr. Weasley and Mr. Diggory arrived to witness this event. Samantha stood at one of the entrances to the maze with Harry waiting for Dumbledore to announce the directions and the start of the task. After he did he called the champions over for a brief moment. When Harry returned to his spot he looked a bit terrified.
"Don't worry Harry, just focus and don't freak out. You can get through this." Samantha said reassuringly.
The cannon sounded, signaling Harry he could enter the maze.
Harry gave Samantha one last look before entering the maze. Once it closed up Samantha headed toward the stands to sit with the other Gryffindors.
"Do you think he'll be okay Samantha?" Jimmy asked.
"I really hope so." She replied.
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Half an hour later
"I'm hungry." Samantha stated.
"When aren't you hungry?" Amelia said sarcastically.
"I'm hungry too." Chelsea stated.
"Me too." Bethany added.
"Well, I guess we could sneak away for a few minutes to get something to eat." Jimmy said.
"Alright, let's hurry back so we don't miss anything huge." Amelia suggested.
"Hey, where are you guys going?" Ron asked noticing the Elementals were getting out of their seats.
"To get something to eat." Samantha replied.
"Oh, alright." Ron said.
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"I can't figure out which task is scarier, this one or the last one?" Bethany declared.
"They both scare me either way knowing we can't see what's going on." Chelsea commented.
"Well, from what I saw through the maze nothing bad was happening." Amelia stated.
"You mean yet." Samantha added.
Suddenly there was a loud swooping noise, and before the Elementals could react somebody grabbed each of them and covered their mouths so they couldn't scream. After that everything went black and it felt as if they were being pushed in every direction.
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The next thing the Elementals knew they were on the ground, but they weren't on Hogwarts grounds anymore.
"Where are we, and who grabbed us?" Bethany asked.
"I don't know, but whoever they were, they must have apparated because I didn't feel any movement coming toward us." Chelsea stated getting up.
"Yeah, I didn't hear anything either." Amelia added.
"Holy shit!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"What?" Samantha asked.
"Look at this." Jimmy said.
The others ran toward the tombstone that Jimmy was talking about.
"Tom Riddle." Amelia said fearfully reading the name on the tombstone.
"Oh God no!" Bethany exclaimed.
"What?" Chelsea asked, confused as to why that name was so frightening.
"Tom Riddle." Bethany repeated the name.
"Would you guys please tell us what the big deal about that name is?" Samantha demanded.
"Two years ago when we were in the Chamber of Secrets, we encountered the spirit of Tom Riddle. It turns out that Tom Riddle was actually Voldemort's human name!" Amelia explained.
"So you're saying this is his grave?" Chelsea asked fearfully.
"No, it's the grave of his father. He was named after him. His father was a muggle. Besides I doubt anyone would make a grave for him." Jimmy stated.
Then there was a flash of blue light and two more bodies were in the grave yard.
"Harry, Cedric!" Chelsea said.
"What, how did you all get here?" Harry asked.
"Somebody grabbed all of us. How did you guys get here?" Samantha asked.
"The cup, it's a port key." Cedric said looking at said cup.
"I've been here before in a dream." Harry said looking around.
"What are you talking about?" Cedric asked.
"We have to get back to the cup." Harry stated.
Then the cauldron in front of the friends began to boil and Harry doubled over on the ground in pain.
"Harry!" Samantha exclaimed as the Elementals ran to aid their friend.
"Harry what is it?" Cedric asked.
"Get back to the cup!" Harry yelled.
The others turned to see a strange-looking figure holding a bundle.
"Pettigrew!"
"Who are you?" Cedric demanded aiming his wand at Pettrigrew.
"Cedric no!" Chelsea cried out.
"Kill the spare." A creepy voice demanded.
"Avada Kedavra!" Wormtail yelled.
"No!" Harry and the Elementals yelled as the green light hit Cedric's body and he fell to the ground.
The next thing Harry and the Elementals knew, they were under the Imperius curse and they were being thrown against the stone reapers of the tomb stones which crossed their arms around them trapping them.
"Do it." The rudimentary form Pettigrew's hands demanded.
Pettigrew dropped the form into the boiling cauldron before turning toward the tombstone. A bone from the middle statue floated toward the cauldron.
"Bone of the father, unknowingly given." Pettigrew said before dropping the bone into the cauldron. "Flesh of the servant, willingly sacrificed." He said raising a knife above his left hand before cutting it off and groaning in pain. "Blood of the enemy, forcefully taken." He said going over to the grave and stabbing Harry's arm.
The Elementals closed their eyes and grimaced, not able to withstand seeing and hearing their friend in pain.
"The dark lord shall rise, again." He said dripping the blood into the cauldron which began to bubble. Then a tall figure emerged from the cauldron, blackness surrounded it.
"Oh my God!" Bethany thought.
"Holy Shit!" Jimmy thought.
"This can't be happening!" Chelsea thought.
"Somebody please tell me this isn't real!" Amelia thought.
"Unfortunately it is, at least he's clothed though." Samantha replied.
The others just looked at her.
"What, it would be a whole lot scarier if he was naked." Samantha stated.
The humanlike Voldemort turned to face the Elementals.
"Oh my God, he has no nose!" Samantha stated.
Voldemort looked at Wormtail and asked for his wand and asked him to hold out his arm.
"Master, thank you." Wormtail said holding out his arm with the missing hand.
"The other arm Wormtail." Voldemort commanded.
The arm that Wormtail held out hand the dark mark tattoo on it. Once Voldemort touched the tattoo with his wand Death Eaters came swooping down.
"Any of them could have been the ones who grabbed us." Chelsea thought.
Voldemort told them all he was disappointed that none of them tried to find him.
"Crabbe, Walden Macnair, Goyle, not even you, Lucius." He said removing the mask from the blonde man.
Does that honestly surprise anybody?" Samantha whispered.
"No." The others replied.
Voldemort looked at Wormtail who said that he did return.
"Out of fear, not loyalty, still you have proven yourself useful Wormtail." Voldemort stated. He waved his wand and Wormtail had a new silver hand.
"Thank you master." He said.
"My, such a handsome boy. Voldemort said placing his foot on Cedric's unmoving head.
"Don't touch him!" Harry yelled.
"Oh, Harry, I almost forgot you were there, standing on the bones of my father, I'd introduce you but word has it you're almost as famous as me these days, the Boy Who Lived. Shall, I relieve what really happened that night? How you survived while my powers ceased to exist. It was love. You see when dear sweet Lily Potter gave her life for her only son she provided the ultimate protection. That was old magic though, things are different now. I can touch you." He stated placing a finger on Harry's scar.
Harry screamed in pain.
"Stop it!" Samantha yelled, making the flames under the cauldron grow as she did so.
Voldemort did stop and he looked at Samantha before releasing Harry from the bones. Harry fell on the ground with a thud.
"Pick up your wand Potter." He demanded. "I assume you were taught how to duel yes? First we bow to each other." Voldemort stated bowing. "Come on now Harry , Dumbledore wouldn't want you to forget your manners, I said bow!" He demanded using the Imperius curse to make Harry do so. "And now, Crucio!" He yelled, and Harry was on the ground screaming. Once Voldemort was satisfied he started throwing jinx after jinx at Harry, who took refuge behind a statue present in the grave yard. "Come out here Harry Potter, I want you to look at me when I kill you. I want to see the light leave your eyes!"
"Leave him alone!" Chelsea yelled.
Voldemort stopped and looked at the Elementals who were still trapped behind the bones.
"And what makes you think you can tell me to stop! I know who you five are, each and every one of you. I also know about your little powers; I even heard there's a prophecy about you. You five aren't of this world are you? Don't worry, you're too valuable for me to kill, instead I'll make sure that you all become my little minions." Voldemort stated.
"You might as well kill us now then." Chelsea declared.
"Yeah, we'll never join you!" Bethany added.
Voldemort reacted by approaching both girls and tracing a line across their cheeks, cutting them both in the process. Both girls screamed.
"Leave them alone!" Amelia yelled.
This only caused Voldemort to do the same to her.
"Why you!" Jimmy yelled.
"You all will join me, and do you want to know why? I'm going to kill everyone at that school of yours except all of you. I'll kill until you beg to make it stop, and then you'll have no choice but to join me." He stated while moving to hurt Samantha.
She reacted by biting his finger. The dark lord pulled back with a cry of pain. He then looked down at his bloody finger.
"You put that anywhere near my mouth and I bite. That's how it works." Samantha declared.
Then Harry appeared from behind the rock. Voldemort turned his gaze toward him.
"Fine, have it your way then. Expeliarmus!" Harry yelled.
"Avada Kedavra !" Voldemort yelled.
To the Elementals' surprise the wands connected, and no spell seemed to reach the other.
"Jimmy get us out of this thing!" Samantha demanded.
"Why me?" Jimmy replied.
"Because it's made of stone." Samantha stated.
"Oh, right." Jimmy said.
So Jimmy used his super strength to push at the arms until they broke once they were free the Elementals made their way toward Cedric's body. They knew that if they intervened in this fight they might make it worse. Then they saw ghost like figures emerged from Harry's wand. They could have sworn one of them was Cedric.
"Take my body back, will you? Take my body back to my father." He requested. Soon Harry broke the connection and made his way toward the others. The ghosts all flew toward Voldemort.
"Accio!" Harry yelled.
Everyone grabbed onto the cup, and before they knew it, they hit the ground again.
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Hey, scary isn't it? So I'm planning on finishing this by midnight tonight. DevilDragon8 and I are really excited to do so. Please review! See you in the next chapter!