monophobia • harry potter³ [UNEDITED]

𝐱𝐥𝐢. imposter revealed

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       NYX SHUT HER EYES, AS THEY WATERED. He was dead. Gone. Never going to return. It wasn't as if she knew Cedric, they weren't friends, and they had probably spoken only once before. But that didn't make the impact of his death any different. Nyx didn't need to have a relationship with Cedric to be petrified, shaken, and horrified at his death. Which begged the question: how did he die? And why had Harry come back out of thin air and not through the maze? Nothing was making sense...

"Harry," Nyx glanced up, her eyes searched for him but he was gone. 

Harry was nowhere to be seen, he'd just vanished. Nyx pushed out of the crowd, looking around again. Towards the direction of the castle, ways in the distance, she saw two figures, one looked to be hobbling, while the other was much shorter. Nyx could barely make them out in the darkness but she was almost certain of it... it was Moody and Harry. 

But Nyx had heard Dumbledore, he had told Harry to stay put. So why was Moody now taking him away? Why was Moody going again to Dumbledore's words? 

"Nyx? Nyx?" a hand laid on her shoulder. "Nyx, come now, it's no longer safe." 

"Huh?" Nyx blinked and looked over. It was Severus, he looked overwise the same, but there was a sense of dread, maybe even panic in his voice. "Why is it no longer safe?"

Severus wasn't looking at her though, he and Dumbledore were making eye contact, speaking without saying any words it seemed. Then they looked away and seemed to be searching for something... no, someone. 

Out of nowhere, Nyx had gotten an outburst of energy. Adrenaline perhaps? 

"Moody," Nyx tugged at Severus's robes. "Moody! He's taking him! Moody!"

"What?" Severus asked, looking down at her. 

"Harry, he's got him! Moody's got Harry—I don't trust him, Severus, I don't. And I'm not sure why, but now I have this feeling of dread in my stomach because he's with Moody." Nyx said all at once. 

Moody and Harry's figures were already long gone by now, but none less Severus rounded up Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall. 

"Riddle, return to the stands with— " Professor McGonagall started to say, but Nyx ignored her and started sprinting towards the castle. "Riddle!"

It was chaos, mayhem as Cornelius Fudge tried to keep the peace in the stands. Nyx was sure Hermione, Ron, and Mrs. Weasley were looking everywhere for her, but at that moment she didn't care. She was focused on Harry... something about this didn't seem right to her; she was simply following her instincts at this point in time. 

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