"Where the hell is my niece," snapped Andromeda, followed by Ted Tonks who bowed his head at Madam Promfrey's direction and mumbled an apology for trespassing.
"Now, now Ms. Tonks --"
"Out of my way!" Andromeda snapped viciously at the old coot and went toward her niece. Ted shot Dumbledore an annoyed look.
Andromeda pushed the curtain to reveal her niece sound asleep no doubt knocked out and restrained. In her eyes, it was like seeing her cousin-in-law lying there instead of Celeste.
"Where the hell is he?" Ted growled, ready to go wherever Barty Crouch Jr was being held.
The real Moody who was sitting a few feet away gulped on some water that Madam Pomfrey brought. "Don't worry, I landed a few hits for yeh," Alastor Moody was a very scary man when it comes to the people he cares about and Reyna De Martel's daughter happens to be one of them.
Remus Lupin came marching cracking his knuckles. His eyes were dead set on Alastor and made his way over to him. "You son of a bitch!"
It was Harry who grabbed his arm to stop him, "It wasn't him Remus, it was someone else...Barty Crouch Jr."
"Crouch Jr?" Remus stopped becoming ghostly white. If it was Barty Crouch Jr pretending to be Moody then who knows how long he's been around Celeste.
That monster was around Celeste the entire year.
"Yes..." Hermione said feeling suspicious of his behavior but choosing not to question it. Right now on her mind was Celeste's wellbeing and if she was ever going to wake up. "Who's going to tell her...."
Molly who was anxious over the whole ordeal looked up and glanced at Remus, "Remus is her godfather, he should be the one to tell her what happened."
"But Harry was there, shouldn't he be the one to tell her?" Ron asked. He was quite shaken by what happened.
"I shouldn't tell her, she'll hate me," Harry argued, feeling the guilt sink in once more.
"She's your best friend Harry, Celeste would never hate you or blame you for Cedric's death," Andromeda said trying to keep her tears at bay. She couldn't imagine what Amos and Sofia are going through right now.
Meanwhile, Sirius sat in the chair holding his niece's hand. Now that everyone ( except the Ministry ) knew he was innocent, didn't hex him nor attack him.
Remus slowly walked over and took a seat next to Sirius. He placed a hand on her leg and squeezed it comfortingly, "Of all things...I knew he was obsessed with Reyna but to hurt her child?"
"She isn't just Reyna's child she is Regulus, what did you think was going to happen to her?" Sirius spoke grimly. Once he was free he was going after Crouch Jr for laying a hand on his niece and godson.
Celeste stood alone on the beach during a summer day. She wore a white blouse and muggle jeans. Her feet were bare against the hot sand but she didn't pay mind to it as she watched the boy a couple of feet away from her watching the sea.
"Cedric?"
"Hello, darling,"
"What is this?"
The Hufflepuff smiled sadly, "My own paradise...the bridge to the other side is right across from there." he pointed to the raging seas.
Her heart dropped and Celeste's eyes clouded in despair, "You can't be dead..."
"I'm sorry, you told me to be careful. It isn't your time yet to pass Celeste. Your family needs you."
The Black shook her head stubbornly clinging onto the sleeves of his shirt. "But I want to stay here with you."
She didn't want him to be alone.
As if he read her mind he smiled softly and kissed her lips. He pulled back and pointed in the direction of an older man that looked awfully resembled him.
"I won't be alone. My Uncle Cedric II will haunt me for the rest of eternity unless I decide to be reborn again."
"I don't want to let you go..."
"I'm always going to be here Celeste. Take care of my parents for me will you? Also, thank Harry for bringing my body back. Please look after yourself as well and be careful of Voldemort. He seems to really want you."
"I promise."
Celeste's eyes clenched tightly as she was brought back to reality.
"Is she awake?"
"Don't shout Ronald!"
"Quite!"
A groan escaped her lips alerting the occupants in the room. Molly Weasley was the first to embrace the tear-stricken girl, "Oh Celeste you're okay."
"Where...what happened?"
"Alastor Moody...well the imposter was actually Barty Crouch Jr that's been Moody the entire year knocked you out and kept you hostage in his classroom," Hermione explained, sitting at the foot of the bed.
Sirius and Andromeda were the second to hold Celeste. They looked like they'd been crying for a while.
"I should've noticed something was off about him when I invited him over for Christmas." Andromeda sobbed, no doubt her thoughts filled with guilt.
"It wasn't your fault Andy, he had us all fooled. What matters is Harry, Celeste, and Moody are okay." Ted comforted his wife. His eyes filled with anger at how Barty Crouch was near Nymphadora for an entire year.
Harry walked up making the others go silent, realizing that he was going to be the one to break the news, "Voldemort's back Cecily...and there's something else you should know...something happened at the Graveyard. I'm so sorry ---- "
"He's dead, isn't he? Cedric is dead." Celeste interrupted with eyes filled with sadness, hoping it wasn't true and that he'd be here holding her instead.
One simple nod made Celeste fall back into the bed and let the tears fall down her cheeks.
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