Spells and Visions; A Harry Potter story

Chapter 12: Saving or Dying

I couldn't get anything down my throat at the dinner table. After dinner, the champions had to prepare, so we wished Harry good luck, and I smiled at Cedric, hoping I would see him alive after this.
We went shortly after them to the stadium on the Quidditch pitch, and sat high up.
It was already crowded, and I had no place beside my Ron, Hermione and Neville, so I sat above them. Fred and George came to sit right from me.
"Can I sit here, Jynx?"
I looked to my left to see it was Cyril.
"Yeah, sure, no problem," I smiled.
"Exiting, isn't it?" he said.
"Very," I sighed, getting more nervous than ever.

It was as if Hermione and Ron then discovered the same I had done earlier this day.
"Jynx?" Ron said, suspiciously and nervously.
"Yeah?"
"This is it, isn't it?"
"I think it is," I said.
"Ohh, you're making me nervous, Jynx," Hermione said, rubbing her hands.
I looked to my left, and saw far down, hang a clock. It was almost ten o'clock.

Cyril didn't notice anything, and was just excited about the task, even though we couldn't see anything. We had to wait for... I don't know, maybe an hour? Eleven o'clock... I had an hour...

I was thinking I should have at least told Sirius about what would happen, but he would tell Dumbledore, as he was the only other that knew where Sirius was hiding, and they had some contact.

I also discovered that I didn't know anything except that Cedric would die. Who would kill him, and why? How would he end up in a graveyard? At these questions, I grew even more nervous.

Bagman enchanted his voice again to announced the task.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the third and final task is about to begin!" he said. "The points currently stand: Tied in the first place, with eighty-five points, Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter, from Hogwarts School!"
Loud cheers and applause.
"In second place, with eighty points, Viktor Krum, from Durmstrang Institute!"
More applause.
"And in third place, Fleur Delacour, from Beauxbatons Academy!"
More cheers and applause.
"The champions in first place will enter the maze first, then the champion in second place, and last the champion in third place. Cedric and Harry, on my whistle, three, two, one-"
Bagman sounded a whistle, and Harry and Cedric ran into the maze. After a while, he blew again, and Krum went. A minute later, he blew again, and Fleur ran too.

It then occurred to me that we could have given Harry one of our camera's, to see what was happening, or rather, given it to Cedric. But that probably would've counted as cheating.

I constantly checked the clock, altough I knew an hour could never go that fast when you're waiting. A while later, we heard a high scream. The crowd gasped. Was that Fleur? Was she okay?
It didn't stay very silent in the maze. There were constantly shouts of spells, and yells of shock or pain. But then we heard a long, painful scream. I clasped my hands over my mouth as the crowd gasped. Was that Cedric?
Fred looked at me.
"Are you sure that's not where he-?"
"No," I said with certainty, but I didn't feel certain at all. "It's not time yet."
Red sparks shot into the air, and some teachers went there, and came back with Krum. Later, Fleur was brought back too. It was only Cedric and Harry now.

I shivered, and checked the clock again. And again. And again.
Then it was one minute to eleven o'clock. It was time.

I sighed nervously, and with a sweaty hand, I leaned forward and tapped on Neville's shoulder.
"It's time," I whispered.
"Be careful," he said, with a serious face, grabbing my wrist. "I need you back here alive."
"I know what I need to do, don't worry."
But my head said different, I didn't know if I would be okay.
"If I don't make it back from where I've gone just know I loved you all along"

"Good luck," Hermione and Ron said.
"You can do it," Fred said.
"We believe in you," George said.
"Thanks, guys," I said, trying to smile.
"Where are you going, Jynx?" Cyril asked.
"I'll be right back, you stay right here."
I took out my wand, closed my eyes, pictured the graveyard clearly before me, and Apparated.