Tonks was very worried and so was Sirius, they were both twitchy and couldn't stay still for long. The longer the task went on the more nervous the two of them got until they actually requested that they fly over the maze with broomsticks to observe. Amelia agreed and the order was sent for two broomsticks to come which were given to them. Brooms were already ready because that was their way to get to the location of the contestant that wanted to leave. Sirius and Tonks were about to get on when a red spark came out of the maze which was the signal for a contestant to leave. Now with 6 aurors and Professor's Snape, Babbling and Vector as well they all took off going to the direction of the red spark. When they got there they saw Harry being carried by Rita Skeeter and a figure covered in a black hiding his face. They all took out their wands but before they could even utter a sound the three of them vanished with the tri-wizard cup.
The other three contestants were still stuck in where the vines had dragged them so the aurors and professors went to help them but Tonks and Sirius were frozen still just staring at the spot where Harry disappeared and then at the same time they snapped out of it and rushed back to the stands. When they got their they hastily called for Amelia and Dumbledore. They didn't care for the students and others reactions or their feelings they needed to get help right away and had no time for being subtle.
The crowd was obviously on guard and all eyes were on Tonks and Sirius as they ran to the Director and Headmaster.
"Harry's gone! He been kidnapped! Some figure in black and Rita Skeeter kidnapped him!" Sirius not bothering to keep his voice down which caused the crowd obvious distress at the thought of Harry Potter being kidnapped and possibly in the dark lords hands. Amelia rounded up her aurors and a few of them to search the grounds just in case and the rest including Amelia Bones apparated to the Ministry to check the magical sensors to see if they could get a fix on any active and repetitive magic being cast. Before they left Amelia ordered Tonks and Sirius to stay behind because they needed clear heads on the potential mission that might come. They needed clear heads not someone who was just going over to Harry the second they saw him only to end up dead for not thinking properly.
The two of them obviously did not agree and made that quite clear but were still denied. They were still quite angry and it only increased when they saw Lucius talking to Fudge. Sirius stomped his way over with Tonks not to far away either.
Sirius got right into Malfoy's face and yelled. "Where is Harry? Where is your master Malfoy? TELL ME!". Huffing while his face actually started to turn red.
Lucius looked over at him looking calm and collected replied saying. "I have no idea what your talking about." He said with a hint of a smirk at the left side of his mouth. Sirius was about to grab him when he was grabbed by Hagrid who picked him up and brought him back to where Dumbledore is.
"Let me go Hagrid, he knows! He does!" Sirius yelled.
Dumbledore moved over to Sirius and quietly talked to him. "Sirius, you have to calm down, attacking Lucius will bring nothing but more bad issues. He is protected by Cornelius. You need to calm down." He finished speaking and nodded to Hagrid when Sirius calmed down to release him.
Sirius and Tonks saw the other contestants with their families which made them depressed and now fully allowing it to sink in causing a hollow feeling in both of them. Meanwhile the crowd were stirring and anxious and needed to be calmed down, even though they were probably not going to calm down Dumbledore still addressed them.
He amplified his voice and spoke. "This evening Harry Potter was taken during the task." This caused the crowd to stir again until silenced by Dumbledore, though before he could continue he was interrupted by a member of the crowd shouting "How is Rita Skeeter involved in this?"
Dumbledore replied saying." I doubt she is, at least not to her will." Before the man could continue his questioning Dumbledore continued with where he left off.
"The aurors have left to go to the Ministry to observe the magical detectors to see any repetitive used magic. If they see any thing un ordinary they will apparate to it's location. Now please everyone stay calm, we are doing everything we can and we cannot afford to be dealing with crowd control." And without allowing a response from the crowd left the crowd and told the teachers to search the grounds to relieve the aurors already doing it so they can help the others.
Harry fell down onto the ground with Rita Skeeter and the unknown person. He contacted Lareth in his mind. "Lareth help me, how do I get out of this"
"Okay first off you need to calm down to do this, your going to have to do wandless and wordless casting." he said and already Harry was panicking.
"WHAT! I can't do that." He said. By now Goyle Senior and Travers had come out and were preparing the ritual.
"Harry you can, you've just never tried to do it before. Now concentrate on this spell. "Liberum Ex tamen"
Harry repeated this in his head a couple of times but it wasn't working. Harry was to distressed. Harry's body was now being levitated and stood against a gravestone. The arm of something he couldn't see came across his chest holding him there as well. His face was staring right ahead where a cauldron was. In a high shrill voice Voldemort ordered Travers to begin. Voldemort was placed in the cauldron and then the ritual began.
"Bone of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son." Travers said and with this levitated a bone from Tom Riddle's coffin and put it in the cauldron.
"Flesh of the servant, willingly given, you will revive your master." Travers said. The black figure then leaped over to Goyle grabbing him and forcing him down on his knees and his left hand in the air over the cauldron. Goyle struggled but only achieved getting his hand forced past the rim of the cauldron so Travers could cut his hand. Travers slammed the knife down cutting off Goyle's left hand which landed in the cauldron. The black figure let go of Goyle who crumpled down to the ground holding the stump of his left hand.
"Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe." Travers recited and as the Harry cleared his mind so he could perform the spell. "Liberum Ex tamen"
The spell had worked but Travers had already cut his skins and collected his blood. Who turned away just before Harry cast the spell. He looked around and saw that his wand was on the ground next to Rita Skeeter who was just sitting down on the ground staring at the ground. Harry whispered "Accio phoenix wand." as Travers tapped the knife causing his blood to fall into the cauldron making the cauldron light up in flames. Harry's wand zipped to him which caused drew the attention of the unknown figure. Harry aimed his wand and shouted "Contere" which hit the man's throat causing him to choke and eventually die. Harry stared at the body that was dead on the ground. He took his first life, not a creature, an actually human life but Harry didn't have long to think over his actions because from out of the cauldron stood Lord Voldemort. He saw Harry with a wand and with a wave of his hand the the arm that was holding Harry there tightened until he couldn't breathe. Voldemort hissed to Travers to robe him and to give him his wand which he did all in five seconds. Harry with his increased strength from the golden dragon pushed with all his might breaking the arm holding him down only to fall down to the ground. He looked up only to see Voldemort cast "Crucio".
Harry's body felt like it was on fire. It was so painful and he could hear the wails of distress coming from Lareth at the torture Harry was going through. After a few seconds the curse was lifted and his wand was kicked away from him landing near Rita who was still just staring at the ground. Harry was huffing while his body ached. Ropes then sprung from Voldemort's wand wrapping around Harry and he was pushed to sit against the gravestone to see Voldemort touch Travers dark mark with his wand.
A few seconds later death eaters apparated into the cemetery and immediately got down on their knees kissing their masters robes. Voldemort then spoke to Harry first.
"Welcome Harry to my, return. You've been a most special guest and I, thank you for your contribution to it." He said smiling viciously. "Now Harry before you die, I think you deserve to know how you ended up here, how you so were naive to think we couldn't get you. You see after you exposed Barty Junior I had to come up with another plan, I had a follower place Rita Skeeter under the imperius who is a bug animagus and had one of my death eaters who is a tarantula animagus wait by the cup. If the other contestants managed to beat you they would take them down until you finally got there. You see Harry, no matter what you do, you can never run or hide from Lord Voldemort." He finished then turned to his followers.
"The Lestrange's should be here today. All of you, plead under the imperius, such lies and betrayal to think I would not return." He said gazing at all the death eaters who lowered their heads even more.
He turned back to Harry. "You see Harry, I would like to continue this but I have plans and allies to organize but Lord Voldemort will not kill you without giving you a chance to defend yourself." He said while chuckling evilly.
"Travers, give him back his wand." Voldemort ordered and so Travers did. When Harry was given his wand Voldemort released him from the ropes, not waiting for anything Harry unleashed multiple spells at once.
"Contere, Velox Slive, Et Curate Bone, Et Curate Cut" These were spells Voldemort hadn't even heard of and did the only smart thing he could do while dealing with unknown and that was to leap out of the way making a fool of himself in front of his death eaters but Harry didn't stop. He kept going, sending spells repeatedly until Voldemort got a chance and sent multiple dark curses Harry's way forcing him to dodge and hide behind the gravestone.
"No, no, no, were not playing hide and seek Harry. I must say you've picked up some intriguing spells, where did they come from?" He asked. Harry turned to the left side of the gravestone and sent a Velox Slive Voldemort's way. This time Voldemort shielded himself but the shield didn't work and the curse caused Voldemort's arm to be cut halfway through. Voldemort was shocked to say the least. What happened? How did the Potter boy know these spells and why hadn't he? Voldemort sent an avada kedavra at Harry at the same time he sent an Et Curate Bone. The two spells connected with each other causing the two to connect.
The force of this happening caused Harry to be off balance and force him to a stand. A beam of while light came out of Voldemort's light to form a man who came over to Harry's side. Another beam of light came out which went over to Harry's left was revealed to be Lily Potter, his Mother.
"Hold on Harry." She told him and another few seconds later a third beam came out of Voldemort's wand and went over to Harry's right.
"Harry, you must get to the portkey, it will take you back to Hogwarts, we will make a distraction." James told Harry. "You've made us so proud sweetheart." Lily said to him. Harry looked at both of them with tears in his eyes.
"When I say go, break the connection and get the cup and oh ah seeing that Rita is right next to it you might as well get her to." James said shrugging.
"Goodbye Harry, we will always be with you." Lily said.
"Ready, GO Harry!" James ordered. Harry pushed his wand away to the left causing the spell to break and the three ghost like figures to fly towards Voldemort and his followers.
Harry ran and reached to grab Rita and at the same time using his left hand to grab onto the handle of the cup. The last thing Harry heard was Voldemort enraged shout of "NO!" before he was transported back to the grounds in front of everyone.
If your all wondering why Bertha Jorkins wasn't there was because she wasn't captured to begin with. In the actual Harry Potter story she was captured by Wormtail and taken to Voldemort who he tortured and found out about the tri-wizard tournament and the imprisonment of Barty Crouch Junior by his Father.
In this story Barty escaped from his Father, hearing rumors about his lord in Albania and went to go search for him. He was the one gave the information about the Tri-Wizard tournament to Voldemort by hearing it from his Father when he was still imprisoned.
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Chapter 21: Preparation
