Forbidden Lover

Chapter Thirty Eight

Artemis’s P.O.V
Not long after leaving the room, we managed to get to the Hospital Wing and the entire time, I was thinking about what Barty had said and I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard Dumbledore speak up, “Artemis, will you stay here with Harry and make sure that he gets to his Common Room safely please?” he asked and I nodded, “Professor, before you go. Do you mind if I talk to you later or tomorrow?” I asked him, “I know what you will want to talk about. So I will say this in as short as I can. Yes, Barty was talking about you when he mentioned a girl with extreme power. Your parents also know about this power and wanted to keep it from you for as long as possible in case anything like this ever came up. They did so to keep you safe, you have to understand that alright.” he said and I nodded, “at some point, this power will manifest so be prepared and when it does, learn to control it as best you can. I will be writing to your parents about this as well. About what Barty had mentioned earlier.” he told me and I nodded again not knowing what to say before he left the Hospital Wing and I turned to see that one of the nurses were tending to Harry’s arm and once they were done, they walked away and I sat down next to Harry, “how are you feeling?” I asked him and he shrugged a little, “I believe you, you know. About Voldemort.” I told him and he still didn’t say anything, “were there any others besides Voldemort?” I asked him wondering and he nodded, “I don’t remember their names but one of them was your father.” he told me and I just sat there and furrowed my brows a little, “are you sure about that. I mean, there are many Wizards with similar hair color.” I told him before he looked at me, “I know who I saw Artemis and I saw your father there in the graveyard. He’s a Death Eater.” he told me, “ok. Ok. I never knew that he was one. He only talked about what’s been going on at the Ministry and that’s about it really.” I told him before the nurse came back and told Harry that he could leave when he’s ready and he had done so and I did as well.

After making sure that Harry made it to his Common Room for the night, I decided to go for a walk to clear my head and once I made it to the Astronomy Tower, I sat down and began to think about what Barty and Dumbledore had said earlier about this power that I apparently have and after a while, I was brought out of my thoughts when I felt someone kiss my cheek and I looked to see that it was Fred and I smiled a little, “how are you doing. I saw you talking with Dumbledore before rushing off. Is everything alright?” he asked me and I sighed a little before telling him everything that had happened and what I had recently found out about myself and once I was done telling him what I know all he did was hug me tightly as I had done the same and cried a little not knowing what to think or do anymore and we stayed like that for a while before I started getting tired and I was ready to fall asleep, “Freddie, I’m getting tired.” I told him and we both eventually stood up and we made it to the Slytherin Common Room and before he left, he placed a gentle kiss on my lips before our foreheads were pressed together, “I love you darling.” he told him and I smiled a little, “I love you to.” I said to him, “sleep well alright and I’ll see you in the morning ok.” he said and I nodded, the same goes for you. "Goodnight.” I told him, “goodnight.” he said before walking away and  said the password and made it inside and went straight to my door not wanting to talk to anyone until I felt someone grab my arm and I turned to see that it was Draco, “what do you want?” I asked him, “I wanted to see if you were alright.” he said, “fine, but I want to talk alone.” I told him and we both walked into my dorm and I told him everything that Dumbledore and Barty had said about me and how our parents had known about it as well, “are you bloody joking. Has this power manifested itself at all yet?” he asked and I shook my head, “no, not yet. I mean, as far as I know it hasn’t but I’m sure I’ll know when that happens eventually. I feel like that it might be sooner rather than later.” I told him and he let out a sigh, “I’m sure mother and father would want to talk to you about it when we get home if Dumbledore sent them a letter.” he mentioned, “I know and that’s what I’m worried about. I don’t know what they will tell me and I feel like they might try and hide it still.” I told him and he nodded before hugging me, “I’ll be here no matter what alright.” he said and I nodded before we continued to talk about everything before we both decided to go to bed for the night.

It was the next day and everyone was in the Great Hall as Dumbledore sat in front of everyone as the room was silent for a while and I sat next to Fred as I held his hand the entire time before Dumbledore finally spoke up about Cedric, “today, we acknowledge a really terrible loss. Cedric Diggory was, as you all know, exceptionally hard working, infinitely fair minded, and most importantly a fierce, fierce friend. Now, I think, therefore, you have the right to know exactly how he died. You see, Cedric Diggory was murdered, by Lord Voldemort. The Ministry of Magic does not wish me to tell you this. But not to do so, I think, would be an insult to his memory. Now, the pain we all feel at this dreadful loss reminds me and reminds us that while we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one. In light of recent events, the bonds of friendship we’ve made here this year will be more important than ever. Remember that, and Cedric Diggor will not have died in vain. You remember that, and we’ll celebrate a boy who was kind and honest and brave and true, right to the very end.” Dumbledore said to everyone and after another moment of silence, he soon dismissed everyone from the Great Hall and I walked around with Harry as we saw everyone saying goodbye to the people of the other two schools, “how are you feeling Harry?” I asked him, “better than last night. I just hope that whatever happens, Voldemort gets what he deserves for what he’s done.” he said and I smiled a little, “I agree and I’ll be there to help and fight if we have to.” I said to him before Ron and Hermione came up to us, “do you think we’ll ever just have a quiet year at Hogwarts?” Ron asked us, “no” Harry and Hermione said at the same time, “bloody doubt it considering things like this have happened since we got here.” I told him, “no, I didn’t think so. Oh, well. What’s life without a few dragons?” Ron said before we started walking before seeing Hermione was still standing there, “everything’s going to change now isn’t it?” she asked us before Harry walked up to her, “yes.” was all he said to her before we walked as she spoke up, “promise you’ll write this summer. Both of you, you as well Artemis since I’ve considered you a friend for a while now.” she told us, “I won’t. You know I won’t.” Ron told her, “Harry and Artemis will, won’t you?” she said to us and I smiled, “yeah. Every week.” Harry told her, “I’ll try when I can.” I told her, smiling a little as the four of us chuckled a little as we made it to the end of the corridor to see the two other schools leave.

Later that night, after the feast was over, I had managed to finish packing my things for tomorrow when we leave and I decided to go to the Astronomy Tower one last time and smiled to myself as I thought about all of the times I came here, especially with Fred as my smile grew bigger before I heard someone and saw that it was Fred and I stood up as he walked up to me with a smile on his face, “how are you doing love?” he asked me, “better now that you’re here.” I told him before he kissed me, “this has definitely become our spot.” he told me as he broke away from the kiss and I chuckled a little, “yeah, it definitely has and it shall continue to be.” I said to him as we hugged each other for a while before we decided to leave one last time for the summer and walked hand in hand around the halls before it got late and went to bed later that night after we had gone our separate ways for the night and as soon as I got into bed that night, I fell asleep.