Spawn of Azkaban

Chapter Twenty-Nine

TW: Major character death and violence.

Song for the chapter: When I Look at You— Miley Cyrus

Everyone seemed to realize that something was off. The music stopped and worried chatter filled the still air. Bianca heard people approaching them, but she just stared at Cedric's lifeless body.

"MY BOY," she heard Cedric's dad yelling from the stands. Her heart seemed to break a bit more upon hearing that haunting yell. His boy.

"Bianca," Cassie said. She was behind Bianca and trying to pull her away from Cedric. Bianca didn't want to leave him though. She should've never left him when she walked him down here. She had a bad feeling about it and now he was dead.

"He's back," Harry yelled at Dumbledore who was pulling Harry off of Cedric's body. "Voldemort's back."

Chaos broke loose as people began realizing that Cedric was dead. Girls were sobbing, people were saying it repeatedly, and Cassie was still trying to pull Bianca away.

"She's right Bianca," Dumbledore said sternly, looking between Harry and Bianca. "Stay right here guys."

Dumbledore walked away to try to deal with the hysteria. Bianca just kept looking at Cedric's body, her mind going a thousand miles per minute. Cassie was at her side, touching her shoulder comfortingly.

"Let's get you to the hospital wing," Moody's gruff voice said to Harry grabbing him harshly by the shoulder.

"Dumbledore said to stay," Harry argues.

"You need to rest," Moody insists not taking no for an answer. He pulled Harry up, who seemed too shocked to protest. Bianca began walking towards them and Moody's glass eye swiveled around in its socket.

"I'm coming with you," she said. Moody had rubbed her the wrong way all year and she wasn't going to defy her gut feeling again. She knew Harry was in trouble and this time, she was going to do something.

"Very well," Moody said turning to hobble towards the castle. Bianca could've sworn she saw a small smile on his mouth. Bianca began following them up to the castle and Cassie came too. Bianca was grateful to have her twin with her. Even though they barely knew each other, Bianca felt stronger with Cassie close by.

Moody interrogated Harry the entire way to the castle. He wanted to know every last detail of what had happened while Harry was gone. The Triwizard Cup had been a portkey. Harry and Cedric had been transported to where Peter Pettigrew was raising Voldemort. He killed Cedric as soon as they arrived. He used bones from Voldemort's father's grave and Harry's blood to raise Voldemort again. Death Eaters came to welcome their lord and when Voldemort tried to kill Harry, their wands connected and Harry was able to get away.

They had reached Moody's office by the time Harry was done recalling the story. Harry was still in shock, so it was hard to understand, but Bianca was able to piece it together. Moody offered Harry a drink and Harry seemed to recover slightly. Moody kept asking questions though, not letting up.

"Can he rest for a second?" Bianca speaks up but her voice cracks.

"It's okay," Harry breathes nervously. "There's a Death Eater at Hogwart's that did all of this. Put my name in the goblet, made sure I was the one to get to the cup, it was Karkaroff."

Bianca felt nauseous. They had just been talking to Sirius about him a few days ago. Cassie grabbed onto Bianca, who had been swaying and nearly fell.

"You think Karkaroff did this?" Moody sneered. "Karkaroff's a coward. It was me."

The room filled with shocked silence. No one believed the words coming from Moody. He was a highly skilled Auror. There were rumors he was getting crazy in his old age, but there's no way he would support Voldemort.