Ashes | 𝔇. 𝔐𝔞𝔩𝔣𝔬𝔶 [𝟙]

25 ⚡︎ The Impostor

♫ Transgender by Crystal Castles ♫

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"I don't want to fight anymore,
I'm tired of fighting."

-Dean Winchester

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The music stopped abruptly and the sound of running footsteps could be heard all around the pitch. She was still holding onto Harry and Cedric, refusing to let go. Harry was almost on top of Cedric, shielding him from further harm.

Cornelius Fudge, Snape, Moody and Dumbledore arrived around them and she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up, she let out a sob when she saw the kind face of her headmaster. When Harry noticed Dumbledore, he had the same thoughts as his sister.

"He's back! Voldemort is back!" The twins shouted in unison, and Dumbledore had a firm grip on her and Harry's shoulders. Cassandra saw the face of Cornelius Fudge as he stepped closer to them. "My god- Diggory! Dumbledore- he's dead!" Fudge whisper-shouted and Cassie felt that it was important to explain why they had brought his body back.

Amidst all the chaos, Cassie could hear someone shouting her name from the stands, but all the other shouts and screams around her drowned it out.

Other people seemed to have noticed now that Cedric was dead, and shouts of "Diggory! He's dead-" rang in her ears. "Harry, Cassandra- let go of him!" Fudge yelled at the twins as he attempted to grab their arms and pull them off of Cedric. "No! No!" Harry yelled at the same time as his sister did, and they both threw themselves back over him, refusing to let go.

"He- he wanted us to bring him back to his parents-" Cassie choked out in a broken and defeated voice. Tears streamed down her face as she looked up at the old man. "That's right, that's right. Let go of him now." Dumbledore coaxed gently but to no avail.

"He's home, you're all home." He whispered to them, and he pulled them up to their feet with surprising strength for a man so old. "It's alright, I've got you." A gruff voice whispered to her and Harry, and he grabbed their arms, pulling them with him.

"Cassie!" She heard again, and she recognised the voice now. Fighting Moody's grip, she attempted to run towards the blonde boy hurrying toward her, but she was held back, and so was Draco- by Snape. She let out a sob as Moody pulled her away from the boy she wanted to hug and they walked up the stairs.

"You'll see him later lassy, we need to get you two out of here now." Moody coaxed, and she finally calmed down. Moody was right, and- he was an Auror, he knew these things best. She followed him as she heard Harry stumble over his words as he feverishly tried to explain that the cup was a portkey.

Clunk, clunk, clunk. "The cup was a portkey.. It took me and Cedric to a graveyard." Harry said as they reached the entrance hall. "Voldemort was there, and so was Cassie! She was tied to a statue!" Harry exclaimed angrily, and Cassandra chipped in.

"Someone kidnapped me after my Divination exam.." she told the Auror beside her as they walked up the marble staircase. Clunk, clunk, clunk. "The Dark Lord was there? What happened then?"

"Killed Cedric... T-they killed Cedric.." Harry stammered out as they continued on their way up to Moody's office. "And then?"

Clunk, clunk, clunk. "Made a potion, got his body back!" Cassandra said, and the gravity of what she had been through tonight sunk in. "The Dark Lord got his body back? He's returned?" Moody asked them- sounding almost amazed, but Cassandra paid no attention to it.