Not Even Time Can Separate Us

Chapter 1

"This place is so cool!" Cassie smiled at Ron's exclamation as she stared at the house in front of her.

It had been three months since the war with Voldemort ended and she was tired, more tired that she should since she was barely seventeen. Granted, she had gotten used to the exhaustion over her life. Having grown up with the abusive muggle family that she had, it was kind of expected.

The source of her current exhaustion was the war combined with other events. After facing dementors at only thirteen, she had returned to the Dursley's and suffered with Vernon and Petunia's abuse and Dudley's bullying. Her fourth year had luckily been uneventful if you didn't count the dementors that almost killed her during the final Quidditch game of the year. But that game, had born unexpected blessings.

Cedric Diggory.

Her currently lost in time and probably dead soulmate.

They had learned of their bond while she was recovering from her fall of her broom during the game. One single touch of their hands and they knew. They sadly had to part that summer, just shortly after they started to get to know each other. They had kept in contact through letters that summer till they reunited at the Quidditch World Cup where she had also met his father.

When she returned to school they made their relationship public, much to the dislike of Cedric's psycho ex-girlfriend, Cho Chang. A few people flipped out about the age difference, her being fifteen and him seventeen and a legal adult. They didn't really have to deal with that too long with the announcement of the Triwizard Tournament.

After her name had come out of the Goblet, Cedric had been one of the few to believe that she hadn't put her name in, considering she had freaked the fuck out when he put in his, even if she had understood the reasons. He had lost it when she was forced to fight the dragon.

The night of the Yule Ball was almost perfect. They had danced and laughed and loved and the only incidents that occurred where Cho's utter freak out when they publicly kissed after the first dance and Ron and Hermione's drama. Shortly after he took her home to meet his parents and she spent Christmas getting to know his family. Amos and she had talked Quidditch for hours while Laura had dragged her shopping and into the kitchen for help with the baking.

Of course, being the sentimental idiot Cedric was, he was a little upset that they weren't each other's prize during the Second Task, Ron was hers and his best friend Sampson Harris, or Amp, was his. She had only laughed and reminded him that it would have ended up with her in danger of drowning which he would have flipped out at.

The months before the third task been them at their happiest. Peter Pettigrew had been spotted in public, though was not caught, and Sirius was brought to the Ministry for questioning. When the truth came out, he was cleared, and Pettigrew became the most wanted man in Britain instead. He had registered as a legal Animagus and had started filing the paperwork to get guardianship of Cassie, so she would only have to stay at the Dursley's for about a month.

The task ruined everything.

They originally split up till she was attacked by a possessed Viktor Krum. Cedric had stunned him and pulled her with him as they raced through the maze. When they reached the cup, he had begged her to take it, not caring about what his father would say but she decided they both would.

It had been all on her.

The cup had been a portkey and taken them to a graveyard. They had fought off several dark creatures together which was when he decided to unofficially propose. The ring he apparently had gotten was still in his dorm room, but he had asked, needing an answer before they got themselves into further trouble.