29. Mad-eye Moody

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Nobodies POV

Arena

Back at the arena.

Harry appears with Cedric's body. The crowd doesn't understand what has taken place and they all cheer, triumphant music starts to play.

Fleur screams, the music screeches to a stop.

Harry weeps on Cedric's body.

"Harry! Harry!" Dumbledore yells

Dumbledore tries to pry Harry from Cedric's body.

But he's shoved away by Elijah, who makes his way over to his nephew.
Liza claps her hand to her mouth.

Before Ezra can make his way over, Charlie grabs his arm and presses Ezra to his chest. "Don't look." Charlie whispers into Ezra's ear.

"Tell me what happened!" Dumbledore yells

"He's back, he's back! Voldemort's back. Cedric, he asked me to bring his body back. I couldn't leave him, not there." Harry says

"It's alright Harry. It's alright, he's home, you both are." Elijah whispers into Harry's ear, holding the sobbing boy.

"Keep everybody in their seats. A boy has just been killed. The body must be moved Dumbledore, there are...too many people." Fudge says

"Let me through! That's my son! My boy!" Amos yells

Amos breaks down wailing. The crowd look on distraught.

Liza hugs Amos, who clutches at her.

....

Darkened room.

Elijah and Harry were talking and alone.

Liza and the others were comforting Amos. Elijah wanted time alone with his nephew.

Mad-Eye Moody enters and closes the door behind him. Harry is in the room still sobbing. He goes to sit but Elijah stops him.

"Right now isn't a good time Moody." Elijah says "I just wanted to check up on the kid." Moody says

"His my nephew, I'll take care of him." Elijah says

"Before I go, I just want to ask..... What was it like? What was he like?" Mad-eye ask

Elijah stiffen in anger that he was asking the kid such an awful question.

"Who?" Harry ask

"The dark lord. What was it like to stand in his presence?" Mad-eye says

Harry stiffens.

"I dunno. It was like I'd fallen into one of my dreams. One of my nightmares." Harry says

Mad-Eye starts shaking and struggling for air, he reaches for his bottle but it's empty. He rushes to a chest with other bottles and struggles to find one.

Elijah stands and he places a hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry looks at his uncle in confusion.

"Were there others? In the graveyard, were there others?" Mad-eye ask

"Um. I don't think I said anything about a graveyard Professor." Harry says

Elijah is slowly coming to a realization, slowly reaching for his wand.

"Marvellous creatures dragons aren't they? Do you think that miserable oaf would have led you into the woods if I hadn't suggested it? Do you think Cedric Diggory would have told you to hold the egg under the water if I hadn't have told him first myself? Do you think Neville Longbottom the witless wonder could have provided you with gilliweed if I hadn't have given him the book that led you straight to it? Huh??" Mad-eye says

"It was you from the beginning. You put Harry's name in the goblet of fire." Elijah says

Harry comes to the same realization. "You bewitched Krum. But..." Harry says

Mad-Eye makes sobbing noises making fun of Harry. Elijah glares and he tightens his hold on his wand.

"You won because I made it so Potter. You ended up in that graveyard tonight because it was meant to be so. And now the deed is done. The blood that runs through these veins runs within the dark lord. Imagine how he will reward me when he learns that I have once and for all silenced the great Harry Potter." Mad-eye says

A flash of magic occurs and Mad-Eye is knocked into the wall. Elijah had his wand up, having spit out a curse. His eyes were dark with anger.

Harry had his wand in his hand, ready to fight if needed.

Suddenly Dumbledore and Severus come rushing in. Dumbledore takes Mad-Eye by the neck...

"Severus..." Dumbledore says

Severus administers some veritaserum. Mad-Eye wriggles demonically.

"Do you know who I am?" Dumbledore ask

"Albus Dumbledore." Mad-eye says "Are you Alastor Moody?" Elijah asks "Are ya?" Dumbledore says

"No." Mad-eye says

"Is he in this room? Is he in this room?" Dumbledore ask

We see a nod.

"Harry get away from there!" Dumbledore yells, startling the small teen.

Dumbledore approaches the chest. The chest opens, it contains a series of smaller chests. When the final chest is open we see that there's a pit within holding a man the real Alastor Moody.

"Are you alright Alastor?" Dumbledore ask

"I'm sorry Albus." Alastor says

"That's Moody, but then who's...?" Harry ask

Dumbledore holds up one of Mad-Eye's Bottles. "Polyjuice potion." Elijah says

"Now we know who's been stealing it from your store Severus." Dumbledore says

Dumbledore looks into the pit.

"We'll get you up in a minute." Dumbledore says

Alastor Moody groans. The Mad-Eye Moody they have captive in a chair begins to twitch about restlessly making strange noises. He appears to be transforming. He rips off his fake eyepiece which falls on the floor, we see that he's transformed into Barty Crouch Junior.

"Barty Crouch Junior." Dumbledore says "I'll show you mine if you show me yours." Barty Jr says

Barty Jr rolls up his sleeve to reveal a skull and snake marking.

"Your arm Harry." Dumbledore says

"You know what this means don't you? He's back. Lord Voldemort has returned." Barty Jr says

"Send an owl to Azkaban, think they'll find they're missing a prisoner." Elijah sneers

"I'll be welcomed back like a hero." Barty Jr says

"Perhaps. Personally I've never had much time for heroes."
Dumbledore says

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