burning hearts - Harry James Potter

chapter 36: I almost lost you

The music started playing as the last two contestants came out of the maze. Davina felt a rush of relief washing over her the moment she saw Harry. He had taken very long in the maze and Davina was starting to get worried.

The feeling of relief didn't last very long because Davina saw Harry's facial expression. He was crying and Davina soon saw Cedric wasn't moving. Her heart skipped a beat and soon, the scream of Fleur filled the air. Slowly, the music died down a bit and everyone seemed to realize something was wrong.

"That's my son! That's my boy!" The cries of Cedric's father were heard as he and Dumbledore made their way down the stands, both for different reasons. Amos Diggory to grief over the dead body of his son. Dumbledore just because it was his duty to ask Harry what happened.

Davina saw how Harry yelled at Dumbledore through his sobs: "He's back! Voldemort's back! Cedric, he asked me to bring his body back. I couldn't leave him. Not there." The moment Harry spoke the words, he broke down in another sob.

Davina's heart skipped a beat again. He was back. It shocked her, but she didn't give herself enough time to really think about it.

Realizing it was probably for the best, Davina decided to let Dumbledore comfort Harry a bit.  She herself quickly ran to Elijah, thinking he needed her presence right now. On her way to him, she came across a crying Cho. Davina felt her heart break for the girl who had to see the body of her ex-boyfriend and she quickly wrapped Cho up in a hug. Davina rubbed her back as Cho cried into her shoulder.

When Cho had calmed down a bit, Davina muttered an apology and quickly continued to make her way to Elijah, who was sobbing.

She quickly hugged him and Elijah broke down completely. The siblings sunk to the ground together and for the first time since Cedric had died, Davina also got tears in her eyes.

"Shhh. It's ok, it's ok Elijah." Davina whispered as she kept rubbing his back. She noticed how Elijah had struggles with breathing so she cupped his face, forcing him to look at her. "Breathe with me, ok? Focus on my breathing, Elijah." Davina told him and she started to take deep breaths. Slowly, Elijah's breath started to become more steady, while the tears were still streaming down his face.

Davina had already told Elijah about the prophecy, and she knew he also didn't want her to risk her life for others. Davina ignored that and figured that in this situation, Elijah would want her to try and bring Cedric back.

She knew nobody would be able to kill her with the killing curse, that would cause them to go to Azkaban of course. Davina let go of Elijah and said: "I will be right back Elijah. I'm going to fix this."

Elijah's facial expressions went from confused to realization. "No, you're not going to do this." He said very loudly but Davina just walked away until she reached a place where there was nobody there. While she was walking, she had realized she didn't see Harry anywhere but she decided to worry about that later. Right now, she had to try and contact Death.

Not knowing what she was doing, Davina tried her hardest to contact Death.

'Please, please answer me. Please bring Cedric back.'

Davina didn't hear any response, no matter what she said and no matter how many times she tried.

She was crying and suddenly this feeling of rage filled her up. She needed to bring Cedric back. She had to, for the sake of her brother.

'Cedric is coming back. He has to.' Davina kept thinking, until she finally heard a deep, female voice.

'Cedric Diggory is dead.'