Jinx Not-So-Malfoy and the Triwizard Tournament

Chapter 31

And so the end has come. 

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When I got back to Hogwarts, Fred found me almost immediately. 

"Jinx!' he called. He looked at me. "Are you alright?"

I shook my head and he took me into his arms. 

"It's okay..." he told me. "Why don't you tell me what happened?"

"I can't," I whispered. "But everyone's safe and that's not important."

"Not everyone," Fred said seriously. "Cedric's dead and apparently Moody was really a Death Eater in disguise. Harry's going insane and no one really knows what's going on..." He looked at me. "You know, don't you?"

"Not about Moody," I said. "The rest I've heard."

"Well, yeah," Fred said. "Anyway, everyone is worried about you. You don't show up for the third task and then no one can find you anywhere -- and believe me, we checked. So where were you?"

"I can't say," I said. "But there are things you need to know."

"If you're talking about You-Know-Who coming back then we already know."

"Dumbledore announced it?"

"Yup."

"Alrighty then."

Fred laughed. "Come on. Let's go tell everyone you're alive."

 "For now, at least," I said. 

"Yeah, for now," Fred agreed. I rested my head on his shoulder as we entered the castle. 

"Things are going to change now, aren't they?" I asked. 

"They are," Fred said. "But fo you know one thing that's never going to change?"

"What?"

He stopped and looked down at me. 

"How I feel about you."

He leaned in and kissed me. 

The kiss was better than any kiss we have shared before. It was passionate and loving. It was slow and sweet. 

And in that moment I knew. 

I was only fifteen (oh yeah, I forgot about my own birthday...) but I didn't care. 

"I love you," I whispered. 

"Love you more," Fred replied. 

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite. 

As the days passed I told no one that I had been there, not even Dumbledore. It was a secret between myself and I, and a dozen Death Eaters. I saved everyone that night. I was a hero, but no one knew it. 

And I was okay with that. 

I realized a long time ago that I didn't need to be in the limelight all the time. Even now, I prefer being the one that does the backstage work. I realiized I had changed over the last year or so. I wasn't as loud and random as I used to be. 

And that was probably the most depressing thought ever. 

I missed being like that -- being that Jinx. I knew she was still here, somewhere, but I didn't know how to reach her.