Alana Potter (Harry Potter fan-fic)

Chapter 8: He Rises Once More

It was the day of the 3rd task. Harry looked ill, and though both Hermione and I were trying to get him to eat, he looked like he was going to throw up anything that we could give to him. 

We finally got Harry to eat a piece of toast covered in strawberry jam, and one gulp of pumpkin juice. Poor boy.

Harry and Cedric were tied for the lead, so they got to enter the maze first. I watched from the stands as the pair of them entered first, followed by Krum, then finally Fleur. 

Now all we had to do was wait.

Hermione and I's hands were interlocked tightly, holding each other for moral support. 

"You two are such girls." Ron snorted. "Relax! He'll be out soon and he'll have won and then this will all be over."

Hermione and I glared at him. He looked at us. I snarled at him and he looked at me like I was insane.

There was an awkward silence, then I quickly leaned forward. "Boo."

Ron squealed like a girl and jumped away like a wimp.

"Who's the girl now, Ronald?" I rolled my eyes at him as Hermione laughed. 

Suddenly, I heard a hissing voice in my head.

"Go."

I jumped. Hermione looked at me.

"Are you ok?"

I nodded and waved her off.

"Go to the side of the maze."

I stood up automatically and tried to push my way off our row of the bleachers.

Hermione grabbed my wrist, stopping me. "Where're you going?" She asked.

"I- I need to use the loo." I said quickly. "I'll be right back." I made my way down the bleachers and towards the side of the maze. The voice was gone, but I knew there was something that I needed to do. 

"Potter!" I turned to see Professor Moody coming towards me. My brow furrowed. 

"I...professor...." He stopped me.

"I have a task for you."

"What?" Was the voice him?

"I need you to go into the maze and switch the Cup with this one." He waved a replica. I found out that the one that is in there is a fake! It's a Portkey, put in by a Death Eater!"

"Why can't you enter yourself?" I asked.

"An alarm will go off if a teacher sets foot in the maze. You, though, are not a teacher, and are therefore able to enter the maze." He said. The Cup is in the middle of the maze, to the right." He handed me the cup and I took it and ran into the maze.

It was dark and spooky in the maze. I raised my wand and snuck through the maze. I saw someone ahead of me. It was...

Harry! No! He couldn't see me or else it wouldn't work! I has to help Professor Moody, for the sake of all of the champions. Suddenly, Cedric appeared out of a gap in the hedge in beside Harry. The two paused, looking at each other, then began to sprint towards the Cup. I gritted my teeth. I knew that the two of them could run faster than me on any day. I cast an invisibility spell on myself and shot a spell at the ground around Cedric's feet. Vines snaked out of the ground, wrapping them around his ankles. He fell, screaming. Harry turned back and looked at Cedric. As I knew he would, he stopped to help him, Harry being the boy that he was. They gave me time to catch up to them, but I couldn't go more than 10 feet ahead of them when they began to run. They caught up to me and we were all running side-by-side. That was when I noticed that the real Cup was gone from my grasp. I risked a glance back, but there was nothing there.