Chapter 22: The Third Task

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Y/n's POV:
After the twins birthday everything went back to normal. They made me let them keep some decorations to remember that day. I reluctantly agreed because I like to keep them too.

The months rolled by slowly, me and Fred have been getting stronger and stronger. George and Lee had starting betting on random things. Like when we next kiss, or when we call each other's nicknames. It's really fun. We figure it out and tease them about it.

Tomorrow was the third task. I'm nervous for Harry. He's only fourteen and has to fight through a maze. Cedric avoids me at every chance, he moved in potions but I liked working alone.

That afternoon I helped Harry along with Hermione and Ron for him to master some spells. I often became the target. Harry was getting better. I felt more at ease but still scared for him.

"Expelliarmus" he yelled. My wand flew out of my hand and onto the floor. He already mastered that spell.

"Well done Harry" Hermione cheered

"I think your all ready" I said. Exhausted for being hit with spells all afternoon. I grabbed my bag and headed down for dinner.

I took my usual seat next to Fred. The boys were already there talking about something. I wasn't listening, I wanted food then to go to sleep.

"Are you okay lovey" Fred asked whilst he wrapped his arm around me.

"Yeah" I yawned.

"You seem tired" George said.

"Do I" I replied sarcastically. "I'm shattered. I've been hit with spells all afternoon."

I laid my head on Fred's shoulder whilst we wait for the food to appear on the table. I piled food onto my plate and ate, yawning between bites. Once finished I walked really slowly back to the common room.

I walked out of the great hall and immediately felt my feet being lifted off the floor and I saw Fred carrying me back to the common room. I smiled and lazily kissed him before my head falls and my eyes close into a deep sleep.

Fred's POV:
I spent the day with George and Lee. Y/n had agreed to help Harry for the third task tomorrow. We played wizards chess, exploding snap and pranked some first years. But nothing I done could get her out of my mind. Even though she's a few classrooms away I missed her.

It was finally time for dinner. We started walking to the great hall and saw no side of her.

"Fred what's wrong?" Lee asked.

"I miss y/n/n" I said.

"Bro she's been gone for three hours" George said.

"When you get a girlfriend you adore you'll know how I feels" I replied.

We made it to the great hall and I sat down desperately looking for her to walk in. A minute or two passed by when I saw her walk in with Harry, Ron and Hermione. She sat down next to me and let out a massive yawn.

"Are you okay lovey" I asked as my hand wrapped around her waist.

"Yeah" she replied and let out a huge yawn.

"You seem tired" George said jokingly.

"Do I" she said sarcastically, clearly not up for it.

She laid her head on my shoulder, it was the cutest thing I saw all day. The food then appeared and she sat up and piled food on her plate and ate. She yawned between bites. I guess Harry is hard to teach.

Once dinner was over I stood up and started walking to the exit. I turned around to see y/n walking lazily behind. She was obviously too tired to walk. I lifted her off her feet and started walking her back. She lazily kissed me before she laid her head and fell asleep.

I carried her all the way up to my dorm. I laid her down and covered her over with a blanket. I went back to the common room to collect my cards and prank supplies before I went back to my dorm and got ready for bed. I climbed into bed and wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her towards me before falling asleep.

Y/n's POV:
I woke up the next morning with Fred's face right next to mine. I laid there and stared at his beautiful face. His mouth slightly open and hair messy. I played with his ginger hair gently. I loved being this close to him, it makes me feel safe. He stirred and let out a soft groan before opening his deep brown eyes. Our eyes met, I let out a small smile and felt my cheeks go pink. Fred also smiled and his cheeks went bright red.

"Good morning lovey" he whispered with a groan.

"Good morning beautiful" I replied. "You look very handsome this morning"

Fred turned me on top of him. He gave me a trail of kisses from the bottom of my neck up to my forehead whilst avoiding my lips. He finally made it to my lips. We kissed and I ran my fingers through his hair. He done the same back. He pulled away to not have a audience like we had before.

We got up and got changed. It suddenly clicked, it was the third task today. My stomach filled with nerves and I feel sick with nerves. I changed into jeans and a crop top before bushing my hair and teeth. I walked out of the bathroom to see George and Lee gone and Fred standing by his wardrobe in only his boxers.

"Oh Freddie, I thought you were dressed" I said as I looked away.

"It's okay darling. I don't mind" he said with a smirk in his voice.

He got out some jeans and put them on. I looked back up and admired his abs. I saw him smiling at me before grabbing a t-shirt and pulling it on.

We made our way down to breakfast. I barely ate a slice of toast before nerves overtook me again. I felt a arm wrap around me and being pulled into a hug.

"Come on lovey. Let's go for a walk" Fred said to me. I nodded and stood up with Fred. He took my hand and we walked outside.

The task started in the afternoon, so Fred had all morning to try and put my nerves aside. We walked down to the Great Lake hand in hand. We sat down under our favourite tree. We hugged and chatted for most of the time.

"How are you feeling lovey" He asked.

"Not to good. I'm really nervous" I replied.

"Then let's go teach you something" He said as he hauled me off my feet and walked me down to the lake.

"What are we doing?" I asked

"You don't know how to skim stones. So we're going to skim stones" he said as he picked up two identical looking pebbles.

He showed me how to do it. Then the pebble flew out of his hand and jumped on the water four times before sinking in the water.

"Your turn, you can do it" he said.

"Okay" I doubtfully said.

I threw my pebble the same way as Fred but it automatically sunk to the bottom of the lake.

"I can't do it" I huffed.

"Let's do it again"

He picked up only one pebble and gave it to me. He took my waist and my hand in which the pebble is held. He moved my hand back and flicked the pebble out of my hand. It bounced 3 times before it sunk.

Fred handed me a pebble. I done the same thing as he done to my hand. I flicked the pebble out of my hand and it bounced four times before it sunk.

"I done it. I done it" I jumped happily. Fred embraced me in a hug and lifted me up. We spent the rest of the morning skimming stones before we begun to make our way to the quidditch pitch where the final task was.

We took our seats by the middle of the stands. My leg bounced up and down with nerves, Fred soon noticed and placed a hand on my leg and I leaned into his chest. Soon after we heard Dumbledore's voice boom over the band in the background

"Good afternoon and welcome to the third and final task of the triwizard tournament" he boomed. "Our teacher Professor Moody has hidden the cup somewhere in the maze. He is the only one who knows it's exact location"

At that moment he walked out of the maze. And patted Harry on the shoulder.

"Our champions will have to locate the cup, the first to touch it wins the tournament" he said. "As joint winners, Cedric Diggory" the stands cheered but I nor Fred didn't move. I saw him looking at me but I didn't move. "And Harry Potter" the stands erupted in cheers. Me and Fred stood up and cheered for Harry "will be entering first. Followed by Viktor Krum" the Durmstrang boys had cheered "and Fleur Delacour to enter last" the Bauxbatons girls cheered and done the Macarena.

Dumbledore walked over to the four champions and said something to them. At that moment cheers erupted as Harry and Cedric walked into the maze and it closed behind them. Viktor and Fleur entered not to long after. Once the maze closed the stands went silent.

Me and Fred hugged as he attempted to comfort me, it worked at bit. We then talked for ages but red sparks flew into the sky. The entire stand went silent as a few minutes later Fleur came out on a stretcher and moved away for Madame Pomfrey to see to her.

About 15 minutes later Viktor also same out on a stretcher and went the same way Fleur did. The stands started to chat again me and Fred had a deep conversation about the summer holidays. That's when we heard a crack. The band started playing again. I looked over to see Harry clutching onto Cedric.

Fleur screamed and the stands went silent.

"He's back. He's back. Voldemort's back. He asked me to bring his body back. I couldn't leave him. Not there" Harry screamed as Dumbledore hauled him off Cedric's body. I felt my body go numb. Cedric was a kind man. I felt sick, I zoned out of the stands and heard a muffled version of Fred asking if I'm okay. I felt everything go dizzy. Then black.

I woke up again laying across Fred's, George's and Lee's seat. All three of them standing next to me. My eyes opened to see Fred give a sigh of relief. My hearing came back and the first thing I heard was Cedric's father yelling.

"That's my son! That's my boy" he screamed.

"Come on lovey. Let's go" Fred said as he pulled me up and walked me back to the castle. The stands were emptied the same time we left. Tears were rolling down my face and buried my head into Fred's chest.

He laid me down on his bed and I burst out crying.

"That could have been you. Or George" I sobbed.

Fred started drying my tears with his hand.
"But we're still here, it's okay y/n" he said as he pulled me into a hug, followed by George and Lee.

We sat there talking for a while. Soon enough I dosed off onto Fred's shoulder and felt peace at last.

Authors note: Sorry for the long and maybe boring part today. I hope you enjoyed it. Have a great day :)

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