When Alex and Fleur dropped to the ground, the first thing they did was see if the trophy was a returning Portkey. It wasn't. So they minimised it, Fleur pocketed it, and looked about where they were. It was a Muggle cemetery, an unkempt one.
"Alex, this wasn't meant to happen," Fleur whispered.
"We need to go, come on," Alex could feel the Anti-Apparition wards around them, so with his wand in one hand, a bolt in his other, the demigod led his friend away.
They'd gone a few steps before hearing an evil voice say, "Wormtail, kill the spare and get me Potter!"
"FLEUR, RUN!" Shooting lightning bolts over his back, Alex got between wherever Pettigrew was and his friend, not allowing the rat a clear shot.
He must have hit something important as there was a scream like nails on a chalkboard, and soon they were free from the cemetery. Alex barely missed a step in grabbing his friend and apparating off, seeing Pettigrew sending a green curse from a far distance.
Hermione had felt it happen the second Alex had left, turning to Minerva at the Judges' Table, "Minerva! Alex's been taken!"
"LOCKDOWN THE SCHOOL!" Minerva called out, magnifying her voice in a second, "ALL STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMON ROOMS! STAFF, AURORS, FIND THE CHAMPIONS AND GUARD THE GROUNDS!"
Penny and Hermione had rushed off, knowing that somehow, Alex would find his way back, and grabbed Severus on the way. They'd barely reached the locked down gates when Alex and Fleur arrived, "Alex, you'll have to float over the gates, only Minerva can open them."
"Right," lifting his shaking friend into his arms, Alex followed Severus' instructions, hastily floating over the gates, landing on the ground and placing the Veela on the ground, "I think Fleur's hurt from an Acromantula."
Severus saw the quickly infecting wound and looked to Hermione, who already had a basin of water in her hands. When Fleur felt the water heal her wound, she gasped in slight pain before slumping over unconscious, everything catching up to her. Alex took her back into his arms and they made their way quickly up to the castle, Bill spotting them as they entered, "What happened to Fleur?"
"She's fine, just needs to rest," passing over the girl, Alex asked, "Where's Amelia and your Dad?"
"Dad left, back to the Ministry as soon as the school was locked down, but Amelia should be in the Great Hall," the redhead explained before moving towards the Hospital Wing.
"Why do you need Amelia, Alex?" Penny asked.
Looking sadly up at Severus, the demigod answered, "I think Voldemort is going to return tonight."
The man wobbled in shock, the three teens helping him remain standing, "Are, are you certain Alex?"
"Pettigrew was helping him, I'm so sorry Severus, I thought we would have found some way to remove it by this time," the wetness in Alex's eyes wasn't even hidden, he loved his other father.
Taking all three into his embrace, Severus shuddered as a few rogue tears left his eyes, "It's not too late, it just means not leaving the castle or somewhere very safe until we remove it. It's going to be okay kids."
The four of them stood there for a while, not wanting to leave the safety they had, but eventually reality came to a head and faces were swiftly cleared of the tear stains and they walked into the Great Hall, "Amelia, we need to talk."
The Head of the DMLE looked up from what she was doing with Moody and sighed thankfully when she saw Alex, rushing over and embracing him tightly, "You had us all scared. Did Miss Delacour get taken also? We can't find her."
"She's in the trusting care of Bill in the Hospital Wing, she had been injured before we were taken," Alex handed over the miniature trophy he had removed from Fleur's pocket, "Amelia, we really need to talk."
Waving them to seats, she said, "What about?"
"Voldemort will return tonight"
At that statement, all movement and sound ceased in the large room, every eye was firmly planted on Alex. It was Mad-Eye, who walked over on his new metallic leg, who asked, "How do you know that?"
"Because I think he meant to use me to do so sir, he organised the trophy to take whoever touched it to a cemetery somewhere instead of the front of the maze. Now that I think about it, Cedric and Viktor, what caused their sparks?"
"Broken leg and tangled in the maze," Amelia answered quickly, before going pensive, "Though both swore they hadn't been doing anything to cause that to happen."
Alex nodded knowingly, "They were cursed or something so that I would make it to the center and be the one to grab the trophy. Pettigrew, he was ordered by someone to kill Fleur and grab me."
"But with you here, that will slow him down," Amelia said, trying to be hopeful.
Severus shook his head, his face pale as a sheet, "The potion he's using, I've read about it, it is a disgusting thing but he simply requires the forcibly taken blood of his enemy, which is every Light witch and wizard in the United Kingdom. You'll no doubt find whoever it was' body in the next week."
That did it, the two Aurors got up, "Go to bed you 4, you'll need it. Penny, if I don't see you again, it was great to know you. Alex, Hermione, I'll see you both when you come back. Severus…"
"I'll be staying here," the wizard cut in sadly.
"Very well," Amelia hugged each of them tightly before heading off with her former trainer.
That night, not many people got much sleep, and it was only the first of many.