Intruder

Chris ran as she had never run in her life, they zigzagged behind headstones. As they went closer to the crowd, the death eaters turned towards them.

"Now." Chris said.

"Stupefy!" Chris and Cedric cried together.

The spell hit some surprised death eaters but few were fast and alert.

They started to throw some dark curses at them. Chris blocked them gracefully and Cedric created a shielding charm.

Chris noticed Malgino was holding Stormy back. Only they weren't fighting, which confused Chris. Suddenly when Chris was distracted, a death eater threw a spell and it passed by Chris's hair. Chris guessed it was Lucius Malfoy, under the hood. Chris casted some advanced curses which caught him off guard.

When almost all death eaters were on the ground, "NOW!" Harry yelled; he pulled his wand upward with an almighty wrench, and the golden thread broke; the cage of light vanished, the phoenix song died — but the shadowy figures of Voldemort's victims, including Harry's parents did not disappear — they were closing in upon Voldemort, shielding Harry from his gaze —

"C'mon Harry!" Cedric shouted.

Harry grabbed Cedric's arm, Chris ran to reach them but before she could Stormy stepped forward. She casted a spell and Chris flew back and hit a gravestone.

"Ow." Chris moaned.

Stormy was more powerful than any other death eaters there. Chris looked up as Stormy raised her wand again.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry and Cedric cried together running towards Chris.

The combined spell came towards Stormy, she tried to block it but before she could.

"Stupefy!" Chris shouted.

Stormy staggered, but there was no time to see which spell hit her. Harry and Cedric pulled Chris up from the ground.

"Stun him!" She heard Voldemort scream.

Chris grabbed Harry's hand and thrust the snake carved key into his fist and a golden, blinding light burst out from Chris, Harry and Cedric. Chris closed her eyes. She heard Voldemort's scream of fury. All this happened in few seconds.

Chris felt a warm feeling inside her. Like it was a cold, freezing winter evening and then suddenly someone wrapped a warm, soft blanket around her.

And with this feeling she landed softly on a solid ground. The warm feeling was still there but a little less. She opened her eyes.

And saw the Triwizard Cup was floating in front of her.

Chris looked at her both sides, and saw Harry and Cedric standing beside her. Cedric and Harry were watching the Cup, with a surprised look on their faces. Like it was a bad dream, nothing happened in last few hours. They were standing at the same place, they were standing after saving Chris.

The three of them looked at each other and realized this was also the same place where the creature appeared.

"Let's get out of here, fast." Chris said urgently. "Just touch the Cup together."

Cedric and Harry nodded, looked at each other and both grasped a handle of the Cup at the same time.

The hedge in front of them, started to make a straight path to walk out. And they broke into a run, they run as fast as possible. Chris stopped after exiting the maze.

A great applause sounded through the stadium. The judges came hurriedly towards them.

Seeing Dumbledore's face, Chris fell on her knees. Now they're safe. They don't have to fight anymore. Dumbledore was there. That was enough to calm Chris's nerve. After tonight, Chris realized there was lot to learn to survive in this world. Only now, Chris felt her robes were soaked in blood and now it was feeling cold on her skin. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Christina! Harry!" Dumbledore grabbed her roughly and pulled her up from the ground.

Harry clutched Dumbledore's arm tightly.

"He's back," Harry whispered. "He's back. Voldemort."

Dumbledore stared at Harry for sometime, then turned to Chris.

Chris nodded.

"We saw him." She said with a choked voice. "Malgino was with him."

"Malgino!" Dumbledore repeated but not blankly. His face looked like he had a pretty good idea about Malgino.

"What's going on? What happened?" Cornelius Fudge appeared behind Dumbledore. He looked surprised, seeing Chris, "What were you doing in that maze?"

"I was kidnapped." Chris said.

"What rubbish!" Fudge said angrily. "And who kidnapped you? Dumbledore you should take action against this girl. She broke the Triwizard Tournament's rules."

"Chris hadn't broke anything. We're alive because of her." Cedric burst out. "Harry and I found her in the maze, tied...."

"What're you saying Ced?" Amos Diggory's happy face suddenly broke into a deep frown. "She... saved you?"

"Yes... there was a creature... who can..."

The crowd was pressing around them. Everyone was whispering, "Chris... Christina... she was in the maze..." "Norton was in the hedge..." "That Gryffindor girl..." "Maze... Christina Norton."

Their whispers are growing louder and louder, in between of Fudge's angry remarks about Chris, "you can't allow this Dumbledore. As a judge... I can't..." and someone's concerned voice, "Harry's injured.. I'll take him to the Hospital wing.. C'mon Harry..."

It was a mess. Because of the dark and so much crowd Chris was barely making out who was saying what. She was feeling weak now because of the blood loss.

Why's someone so concerned about Harry's injuries but not hers. Is that because Harry's a champion and she's a intruder, according to them?

Chris closed her eyes again, feeling very weak and cold. Someone supported her by shoulder. Chris thought it was Harry but as she turned, she saw it was Cedric. Cedric was holding Chris tightly, while explaining the situation to his parents and Madame Maxime. Chris looked around, there was no sign of Harry. But Harry was just standing between her and Cedric, where he went suddenly? As Chris was thinking this another memory hit her hard. A death eater was in Hogwarts, till now.

Without waiting Chris shook Cedric.

"A death eater is in Hogwarts." She said.

Cedric looked at her sharply. Without saying anything, he pulled Chris towards Dumbledor, pushing everyone aside.

"Professor! A death eater is in Hogwarts." Chris said as they reached him.

Dumbledore was looking around, hearing Chris, he grabbed both her and Cedric instantly, and walked towards the castle, "Minerva! Severus! Follow me." He shouted.