Chapter 5

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The Third Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament- the whole day I had a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. The same feeling I've had when Harry's in trouble, or going to be. But this time it wasn't just Harry, it was Cedric too.

Decked out in Hogwarts gear I approach Cedric's tent. Cho just left so I'm ok…right?

"Cedric?"

"Kyra? Hi." He smiles. "Come to wish me luck?"

I smile. "Something like that." I take a deep breath. "I want you to be careful ok? I've been having this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach all day. Promise me?"

"I promise I'll be careful."

"Diggory? We're about to start." Mad-Eye Moody says.

Cedric nods at him then turns back to me. "I gotta go. I'll be careful. See you when it's all over, yeah?"

"Yeah." I smile and give him a quick hug before dashing out of the tent and up to the stadium benches to my seat between Fred and Ron.

"You ok? You haven't been looking too well today." Fred frowns at me.

"I'll be ok. I think I'm just having nerved for Harry and Cedric both." I give him a half-hearted smile.

The champions enter the magical maze that took place of our Quidditch pitch and the crowd falls silent, anticipating the winner.

"I wonder what it's like in there." Hermione says next to Ron.

"I'd rather not think about it." I tell her.

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Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum are out of the maze. So now it's between Harry and Cedric. Either way, Hogwarts wins!

All the Hogwarts students are at the edge of their seats, waiting…watching the maze entrance for any sign of our Hogwarts champions'.

"I hope Harry's ok." Ginny says.

Our little group nods in agreement.

Suddenly the maze entrance opens and someone in a red jersey flies out. Harry! The crowd stands up and cheers, but my stomach drops. Underneath Harry is someone limp and staring blankly into nothing. A scream of terror breaks the cheering and I push my way down to the boys.

"Harry! Harry!" Dumbledore yells.

Harry opens his eyes. He clutches onto Cedric's body and takes Dumbledore's wrist.

"He's back." Harry whispers. "He's back. Voldemort."

My heart falls to my stomach and my eyes fall to Cedric. Sweet, caring, handsome Cedric…he's dead…truly dead. My ears begin ringing and everyone's voices are lost to me. Tears are flowing freely and I feel someone clutch onto my hand. I slowly look over and see Cho, and I'm sure my expression reflects hers. Terror and pain. Tears flowing like rivers we hug each other, trying to find comfort. Her time with him was so brief, yet I had three years of him.

"Get them out of here. Get them to the castle." Dumbledore is saying.

"Everyone go back to you Common Rooms! Now!"

Cho is ripped away by her friends and I watch her go.

"Kyra…we need to go. Come on." Someone is telling me.

Warm arms support me and lead me back to the castle, up the stairs, into Gryffindor Common Room and then everything goes black.

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I wake up in someone else's bed. I turn my head slowly to see Fred with his head on the bed but sitting in a chair.

He looks so peaceful. No one else is in the room…I push his hair away from his face and smooth it back. He twitches awake and looks up at me.

"You're awake." He smiles.

I nod.

"Are you ok?" He asks, his eyes worried.

I hesitate and then shrug.

"Of course you're not ok." He mumbles to himself. "Who in their right mind would be ok after what you saw?"

"Harry's probably saw worse…he says he's back. Voldemort."

Fred cringes a bit.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to mention His name."

Fred shakes his head. "It's ok."

"Fred? Why do bad things happen to good people?"

He brings me into a hug, "I don't know Kyra, I just don't know."

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"Hello dear."

I look up to see the Fat Lady, I had wandered all the way up to Gryffindor Common Room.

"Hello, I don't suppose you could let me in without the password?"

The Fat Lady looks me up and down then smiles softly. "I don't think it really matters right now does it?" and with that she swings open and I climb in through the hole.

"Thank you." I murmur as I pass her.

"You're welcome." She replies before swinging to a close.