Andromeda Malfoy: Harry Potter Fanfic

Parting of Ways

Andromeda's POV

He's back, Voldemort is back. It all happened during the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Madame Pomfrey had just finished tending to Viktor. When cheers and music erupted from outside. We thought that the task had ended, that someone had won. But then we heard the screams of horror. Cedric was dead, he was murdered.

Turns out the person who'd been teaching us DADA all year. Was an imposter. A deatheater, using polyjuice potion. The real Moody was alive, thank Merlin. Though he was locked in his own trunk all year. The imposter was caught and suffered the dementors kiss. I helped Madame Pomfrey tend to the real Moody.

Fudge refuses to believe that Voldemort is back. He gave Harry his winnings and left. Dumbledore got to work straight away to fight Voldemort. He sent Snape and Sirius on missions. Along with Bill Weasley. He talked to both Hagrid and Madame Maxine about them going on a mission. I have no idea what these missions are, but I trust Dumbledore. After all, he is the only wizard Voldemort has ever feared.

We had a funeral for Cedric and Dumbledore told us all how he died. It was then time for us to leave. We all said our goodbyes to our friends from the other schools. I promised Fleur I'd stay in contact. Ron asked Viktor for his autograph, which he got. We Hogwarts students all boarded the train with our trunks and pets. I got a compartment with Harry, Hermione and Ron.

Hermione was reading the Daily Prophet. "There's nothing in there. You can look for yourself, but there's nothing at all. I've been checking every day. Just a small piece the day after the third task saying you won the tournament. They didn't even mention Cedric. Nothing about any of it. If you ask me, Fudge is forcing them to keep quiet" she tells Harry.

"He'll never keep Rita quiet" Harry tells her. "Not on a story like this" he adds.

"Oh, Rita hasn't written anything at all since the third task," Hermione tells him. "As a matter of fact, Rita Skeeter isn't going to be writing anything at all for a while. Not unless she wants me to spill the beans on her" she states.

"You figured out her secret?" I ask her.

"Sure did" she says.

"What are you talking about?" Ron asks us confused.

"Hermione figured out how Rita was hearing secret conversations when she wasn't allowed on school grounds" I tell him.

"How was she doing it?" Harry asks her.

"How did you find out?" Ron asks.

"Well, it was you, really, who gave me the idea, Harry," Hermione states.

"Did I? How?" Harry asks her confused.

"Bugging" she says simply.

"Not electronic bugs" I tell the boys. "Continue" I tell Hermione.

"Rita Skeeter, is an unregistered Animagus. She can turn into a beetle" Hermione explains. Hermione pulled a small sealed glass jar out of her bag. Showing it to us. Inside were a few twigs and leaves and one large, fat beetle. "I caught her on the windowsill in the hospital wing. Look very closely, and you'll notice the markings around her antennae are exactly like those foul glasses she wears" she tells us. I look closely at the beetle and realize she is right.

"There was a beetle on the statue the night we heard Hagrid telling Madame Maxime about his mum!" Harry exclaims.

"Exactly, and Viktor pulled a beetle out of my hair after we'd had our conversation by the lake. And unless I'm very much mistaken, Rita was perched on the windowsill of the Divination class the day your scar hurt. She's been buzzing around for stories all year" Hermione explains.

"What are you gonna do with her?" I ask Hermione.

"I've told her I'll let her out when we get back to London," she states. "I've put an Unbreakable Charm on the jar, you see, so she can't transform. And I've told her she's to keep her quill to herself for a whole year. See if she can't break the habit of writing horrible lies about people" she adds. Smiling serenely, Hermione placed the beetle back inside her schoolbag.

Just then Draco, Crabbe and Goyle appeared. They started to cause trouble and got themselves jinxed by the others and the twins. Ron, Harry, and George kicked, rolled, and pushed the unconscious Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle. Each of whom looked distinctly the worse for the jumble of jinxes with which they had been hit out into the corridor, then came back into the compartment and rolled the door shut. We then played exploding snap.

We talked about who the twins blackmailed. Turns out it was Bagman. They had made a bet with him at the World Cup and had won. But he gave them leprechaun gold. Which disappeared. They wrote to him thinking it was an accident, it was not. They'd been trying to get him to give them back their money all year. I make a mental not to send them the money they are owed from my personal vault. Mum had set it up for me when I left home and puts money in it every week for me.

We finally arrive at Kings Cross. I left the compartment with Ron and Hermione. While Harry asked the twins to wait. When I went through the barrier. I saw Tonks with her parents. Along with Charlie. Who was talking to Charlie. "Andy!" my aunt cries and hugs me. "I'm so glad you're ok" she states.

"I'm ok" I assure her. I then hug my uncle and then Tonks. Before smiling at Charlie. "Hi Charlie" I say.

"Hi Andy" he says.

"Hi Charlie, promise to stay in contact?" I ask him.

"Of course" he says and hugs me. "I'm so glad you aren't going back to that house" he whispers. He pulls away. "Talk to you later Tonks, take care of your cousin" he tells her. Before heading over to his family.

"So are you two dating?" Tonks asks as we leave the station with her parents.

"No, but who knows what the future holds" I tell her. She giggles. We all go home.