Hope and Enmity

Cedric Diggory had been awake for a few days and being held in St. Mungos while the healers made sure he was completely healed. It took several days before the healers would allow visitors who were not his family or girlfriend. After a knock at his door, Megan got up to answer and found Amelia Bones along with Connie Hammer standing in the hallway.

"May we come in?"

She gave them a hopeful nod and opened the door wider to allow them entrance. Amelia smiled and said "It's good to see you both looking so well. We were informed that they were releasing you tomorrow and wanted to catch you before you got away."

Amos stood and said "May I ask what this is about?"

"Lord Diggory, we are only here to continue our investigation into the events which occurred that night. Cedric is certainly in no trouble."

Megan quietly asked "Is there any word on Harry?"

"I'm afraid not Miss Jones. The Veil has always been seen as a one way portal but the Head Unspeakable thinks that with the way it acted that night that it may no longer be the case. We don't have any proof to back this theory but are very hopeful this will turn out well in the end. I wish there was something more I could tell you to ease the pain you're in but sadly I have nothing to offer."

Daphne moved over and put her arms around Megan and began whispering in her ear to try and comfort her as tears began to once again fall from Megan's dark brown eyes.

Amelia turned back to Cedric and asked "Would it be possible for you to tell us what happened in the graveyard? We have a lot of blanks that still need filling in."

Cedric said "I don't know how much I could tell you but the Death Eaters attacked after Harry sent Fleur back. We traded curses for a while and I managed to get a lucky shot in and hit one in the face with an acid curse."

Connie said "We've had no report of anyone being treated for that. Do you know who it was?"

"At the time we were fighting for our lives and I was using anything I could think of to keep them away from us until Dobby came back. Everyone had on masks until I hit that Death Eater. I saw Lucius Malfoy's face staring back at me after he took off his mask after the curse burnt through part of it. It also ate away part of his hood and some of his hair. There should be no disguising the results as it won't grow back for a while."

Connie said "I should say not. That is a potentially dark curse Mr. Diggory."

"Ma'am, Harry and I were being attacked and were fighting for our lives. I did what I had to do to keep us alive and would do it again if faced with the same thing."

Amelia responded "I'm glad you did Cedric. The alternative is not acceptable and you were in a life and death situation. I would have done the same thing. Now is there anything else you can remember?"

"They herded us into a trapped position and then we heard a hissing voice say to kill me and that they only needed Harry. All of a sudden, there were AK's flying at us and I stepped in front of Harry to protect him. I knew I was going to die but Harry brought up a granite wall in front of us that kind of shielded us from the curse. You know, AK's are pretty damn destructive because that's where all the stone came from. That's the last thing I remember before waking up here."

"Are you sure you saw Lucius Malfoy?"

"Ma'am, I would know that sneering pompous git anywhere. It was definitely Lucy as Harry calls him."

Amelia chuckled "Thank you Cedric, if you think of anything else, have your father contact us. I'm glad to see you doing better. I know a lot of people will be happy to hear this news."

Amos said "Amy, you do realize that by attacking my son, Lucius has earned the enmity of all our houses. When Mr. Potter returns, I'm sure he will agree with this."

Amelia asked "You expect Mr. Potter to return?"

"I expect nothing less. We just have to be patient."

She looked him in the eyes and said "I hope you are right."

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