Forbidden Lover

Chapter Thirty Seven

Artemis’s P.O.V
It as another day and everyone had found out about what had happened to Mr. Crouch and everyone talked about it throughout the day and I was hanging out with Fred for a while and had a few laughs as I wanted to take my mind off of what everyone was talking about, “do you know what the next Task is going to be? Considering you’ve been helping Harry with it all.” Freddie asked me, “no, I don’t. But whatever it is, I hope that no one dies. I heard it wouldn’t be the first time either if someone died during this Tournament.” I said to him, “yeah I think I heard about that as well once. But it was always rare if someone died in these things.” Fred told me and I nodded before it was time for the Third and final Task and everyone made it to another stadium and I sat with Fred and George as I had previously made a banner with Harry’s name on it in Red and Yellow as everyone had cheered for who they were rooting for as music played and after a while, Dumbledore managed to get everyone to quiet down and we all sat down in our seats before Dumbledore spoke, “earlier today, Professor Moody placed the TriWizard Cup deep within the Maze. only he knows it’s exact position. Now as, Mr. Diggory and Mr. Potter.” Dumbledore began to say and myself and whoever was rooting for either one of them stood up and cheered for them before Dumbledore continued, “are tied for first place. They will be the first to enter the maze. Followed by Mr. Krum and Miss. Delacour. The first person to touch the cup will be the winner. I’ve instructed the staff the patrol the perimeter. Should, at any point, a contestant wishes to withdraw from the task, he or she need only send up red sparks with their wands. Contestants. Gather around. Quickly.” Dumbledore said before getting the Champions to huddle together before talking to them. After a moment had gone by, Dumbledore spoke up again, “Champions, prepare yourselves. On the count of three, one-” Dumbledore said before the cannon went off and as Cedric and Harry had gone through, everyone else was cheering for them along with Krum and Fleur as they eventually walked through as well.

As time had gone by, I had felt worried and tense the entire time I sat there waiting for Harry as my leg was bouncing up and down and felt someone rest their hand on my leg and looked to see that it was Fred’s hand as I looked at him, “everything will be fine alright, so stop worrying so much ok.” he said and I just nodded quickly and let out a shaky sigh before seeing Viktor come back not having the cup as we now just have to wait for Harry and Cedric to come back, “are you sure nothing bad will happen. I’ve been getting a bad feeling ever since this whole thing started.” I told Fred as he held me close to him, “we will see what happens in the end alright. But for now, there is nothing we can do but wait alright.” he said kissing the top of my head, “that’s not going to make me stop worrying Freddie, I mean, who knows what’s going on in there. For all we know one of them could be hurt and the other wouldn’t even know about it.” I told him as he tried his best at calming me down, “I know love, I know.” he said to me as he rubbed my arm a little and after waiting for a while longer, both Harry and Cedric finally made it back and we all began to cheer before hearing someone scream after we had gotten closer and once I had gotten a look at what was going on, I noticed that something had happened and realized that Cedric was dead, “bloody hell. Cedric’s dead.” I said to Fred, “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 said to Dumbledore and I couldn’t help but start crying as I held onto Fred’s hand tightly, “the body must be moved, Dumbledore. There are too many people.” The Minister said to Dumbldore before hearing someone and saw that it was Cedric’s father, “that’s my son. That’s my boy.” he shouted as he soon fell to his knees. After a while, Dumbledore pulled me aside before we had some privacy, “Artemis, you must listen to me carefully. I know that you have been a great help to Harry, but I also know that you have the same feeling about this whole thing. I want you to go and follow Harry and Professor Moody and make sure that Harry is alright but if you are not able to do that. Then you wait for me to get there with Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall. Do you understand me?” he said and I just nodded quickly, “yes sir.” I managed to say to him, “now go.” he said and I rushed of to find Harry and Professor Moody and by the time I had managed to get them into view, they had walked into the classroom and saw them walk into Professor Moody’s office and once I got there, the door was locked and instead, I had decided to do what Dumbledore had instructed me to do and waited for him to come.

After a while, I was pacing back and forth in the classroom before hearing rushed feet coming in, “Artemis, where’s Harry?” Dumbleodre asked me, “He's with Professor Moody in his office, but the door is locked.” I told him before he rushed off and managed to bust the door off its hinges before making their way inside the room and I had done the same to make sure that Harry was alright, “do you know who I am?” Dumbledore asked Moody as Dumbledore began to question him, “Albus Dumbledore.” Moody managed to say to him, “are you Alastor Moody? Are you?” Dumbledore asked him, “no.” he said to him, “is he in this room? Is he in this room?” Dumbledore asked him before they all looked over to a chest that was in the room, “Harry, Artemis, away from there” Dumbledore said before I pulled Harry away from the chest as Snape managed to get it open and we all looked inside to see the real Alastor Moody, “bloody hell.” I said in a whisper, “you all right Alastor?” Dumbledore asked him, “I’m sorry Albus.” Moody told him, “that’s Moody. But then who’s-” Harry began to say before Snape smelt the flask, “Polyjuice Potion.” he said to Dumbledore, “now we know who’s been stealing from your stores Severus.” Dumbledore said to him, “wow, someone actually proved you wrong for once.” I said to Snape and he just looked at Harry and I before Dumbledore spoke up, “we’ll get you up in a minute.” he said to Moody before we heard something from behind us and saw that the Polyjuice Potion wearing off on whoever was using it  to be Professor Moody, “that’s blood disgusting.” I managed to say after the process was over and he just sat there before trying to attack Harry and I quickly pulled him back, “Barty Crouch Jr.” Dumbledore said, “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.” Barty said to us and I furrowed my brows a little before he pulled up his sleeve to reveal the Dark Mark, “your arm, Harry.” Dumbledore said before doing the same to Harry’s arm only to show a cut on his arm, “you know what this means, don’t you? He’s back. Lord Voldemort has returned and it won’t just be Potter that he’s after either, he would want them by his side. There’s a girl with extreme power. Different from every other Witch and Wizard and she’s standing in this room.” he said before looking at me and I just stood there not knowing what to do or say before Harry spoke up bringing me out of my thoughts, “I’m sorry sir, I couldn’t help it.” Harry told Dumbledore, “send an Owl to Azkaban. I think they’ll find they’re missing a Prisoner.” Dumbledore said, “I’ll be welcomed back like a hero.” Barty said as we were walking out of the room, “perhaps. Personally, I’ve never had much time for Heroes” Dumbledore said to him before we left the room.