crashing down // Fred Weasley

Have you found out?

Weeks had passed since the twins birthdays, Sophie was still practising all kinds of magic. Anything could come up in the final task and she had to be ready, but compared to the last two tasks this one was going to be more difficult she could just tell. Her nerves were kicking in and she found herself zoning out a lot.

The one thing that Winky had told her continued to play on her mind, who was pretending and why did she have to beware a teacher?

"Are you sure she meant a teacher?" Cedric asked one evening in the library.

"Positive." Sophie sighed reading through her book of defensive spells.

"Well then it's obvious isn't it." He shrugged. The girl looked up for a minute and straight at the boy tilting her head slightly. "Don't look at me like that." Cedric laughed. "There's a teacher in this school and their pretending."

"I gathered that." She said bluntly. "But who and what are they pretending."

"Think about it." Cedric whispered. "Winky was fired right after the death eater attack at the world cup, she used to work for Barty Crouch and now Barty Crouch junior is in Azkaban." He trailed. "There's something happening here to do with the Crouch's and she can't tell us because she's still loyal to her family, hence the drinking and depression Dobby told you about."

"You got all of that out of a timid little house elfs warning." Sophie gawped.

"You just have to look at it closely." He shrugged. "It all adds up. Plus remember what Harry told you, there's rumours going around that Crouch junior escaped. So my hunch is he's somewhere in the castle and Winky can't tell us, your going to have to confront her."

"I can't just waltz up to a house elf and ask if her old masters son escaped Azkaban and is somewhere in the castle." She groaned.

"Course you can, after all Crouch is dead now and i hate to sound nasty but she doesn't physically serve anyone anymore right." Cedric smirked.

"You have a point."

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So there they were. Outside the kitchens ready to confront Winky and ask her everything they needed to know about Crouch. Sophie tickled the pear slowly and watched as the picture moved revealing a gap in the wall and the start of the school kitchen. "Hello?" Sophie whispered.

"Miss Sophie." Dobby appeared, large smile on his face. "How are you?"

"I okay thanks Dobby, do you know where Winky is?" She asked kneeling down so she was in eyesight of the elf.

"Dobby will get Winky for you Miss Sophie." The elf said in its shrill voice before disappearing just to reappear again with a smaller house elf by his side.

"Hey Miss Sophie." The small elf greeted. "How can Winky be of service."

"Winky i need to ask you something really important okay." Sophie half pleaded.

"Okay." The elf murmured twiddling her fingers nervously.

"Is Barty Crouch in Azkaban?" Cedric asked more to the point.

"I-" Winky hesitated for a minute looking around the kitchen almost for help. "No Sir."

"Is he here?" Sophie asked. "In the castle

"I- Miss Sophie i can not-"

"Bartemous is dead Winky." Cedric sighed. "You don't owe anything to anyone."

"He's here in the castle, he's pretending to be someone he's not but i can't say no more, i wont betray my master." She shrilled and with a click of her fingers she was gone.

"Thank you Dobby." Sophie smiled. "I'll see you around."

"See you later Miss Sophie." Dobby nodded.

"So." Cedric spoke once they had exited the kitchens. "We just need to find out who doesn't seem themselves."

"I think i have an idea." Sophie said stalking off down the corridor.

"Are you not going to tell me!" Cedric shouted after her.

"I'll let you know tomorrow okay Ricky!" She yelled back. "I think I'm right about this."

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"You think Professor Moody is a death eater?" Ron asked, his eyebrows were raised as he slouched back into the couch in the Gryffindor common room. Harry and Hermione ether side of him.

"Not exactly." Sophie sighed. "I don't think that he's Alastor." She repeated for the fifth time.

"Sophie, what are you talking about?" Hermione asked completely dumbfounded. "Dumbledore wouldn't let him teach if it wasn't him."

"Yes but what if he doesn't know." The girl argued.

"Look Sophie, we know your worried about the tournament and that elf has been acting strange but that doesn't mean that there's a teacher that is taking form as somebody else." Harry reasoned slowly leaning forward in his seat slightly.

"Fine." She huffed. "Don't believe me."

"You don't really have any evidence." Ron mumbled.

"I don't have evidence?" Sophie screeched drawing attention from the other Gryffindor's. "Barty is dead after running into me and Professor Moody after the second task, Winky who worked for them told me Crouch Junior is in the castle and every time I'm around that stupid teacher i freeze and remember the night i was giving this." She yelled pointing a finger at the scar imbedded on her forehead.

"You never told us that happened." Hermione whispered, a worried tone blanketing her normally friendly one. "Do you think he did that to you?"

"I think Barty did it too me, and i think he is taking some form of Polyjuice potion to get closer to us." She said looking between her and her brother. "Whoever did this to me did it because I'm a Potter, right. So therefore it all adds up."

"Sophie-" Harry started.

"Fine!" She bellowed heading towards the common room staircase. "Don't believe me, as usual."

I'm so so so sorry for the short chapter! I really haven't had the time to write this week.

I keep wanting to write a young Remus Lupin fan fic but i don't have time, someone tell me NO please haha. (There may or may not be one in my drafts😬)

Anyway, 600+ Views wow! Thankyou so much guys it honestly means so much :) (as you can tell I wrote this chapter a while ago)

Also I apologise in advance, my other story has disappeared and I've tried everything to get it back. I have no idea what's happened. But sadly it does not exist anymore.

I refuse to read over this chapter because it's so bad idk what's wrong with me.