Alternative Ending: Lorenzo Berkshire

As you hear those words leave Harry's mouth, you immediately run back to the portkey. As you're running
, you quickly realize that the mysterious man was voldemort. As you were about to reach the portkey, more death eaters arrived, one of them being Lucius Malfoy.

When you finally arrived back, you decided to wait for Harry and decided that if he wasn't back in ten minutes that you would go after him.

Thankfully, you see Harry running towards you. You wait for him to catch up to you before the both of you go to the portkey.

The both of you reach out to the Cup, and both of you are teleported back to Hogwarts.

You and Harry are both shaken up and scared when you arrive back to Hogwarts. Harry immediately yells; "Voldemort's back! He's back!"

Gasps erupt through the Great Hall, but before they can question you on what happened, you storm out, rushing towards one of the many courtyards in Hogwarts.

You feel tears forming in your eyes as you sit down on the ground, leaning up against a wall, taking fast and shallow breaths.

"YN?" You hear a concerned voice say. You take your head out of your hands to look up, and your eyes are met with Lorenzo's.

He immediately sits down next to you, pulling you into a tight embrace as his hand rubs your head as a form of comfort. "What happened? I heard what Harry said about you know who and you just rushed out." Lorenzo asks softly, looking down at you. "If you're not ready to answer, you don't have to, only if you're comfortable."

You look up at him, tears falling out of your eyes slightly, "Voldemort possessed Viktor. He was acting strange. He just started running straight at me instead of the cup. It looked almost like he was going to kill me."

You pause for a moment, taking a deep breath before continuing, "But when he saw Harry near the cup he started walking towards him, then Harry and I touched the cup, we got teleported to a graveyard where voldemort tried to kill us. But as we were running Harry said something about him being here before in a dream and that we had to leave now or else something bad was going to happen. We both run to the portkey and the both of us touch the cup taking us back to Hogwarts, and now I'm here."

"I'm so sorry YN, I know that must have been scary. But I'm just glad you're alive." Lorenzo says with a sigh. The both of you just sit there for awhile basking in eachothers arms.

Eventually Dumbledore came and found you, which meant you had to go with him an answer some questions. As you were walking with him to his office he kept glancing towards you, but no words were shared.

As you arrive to his office he makes you wait a little farther back so he can say the password to his office. As the door opens he ushers you in.

You sit down in one of the chairs in his office as he sits in front of you. He asks you a couple basic questions like if you're okay, what happened, and you're sure it was voldemort.

You answered all of his questions as fast as possible, hoping to get out of there quickly so you could just got to bed. After about an hour of questioning he finally tell you that it's alright for you to leave.

"Be safe YN and if anything strange happens tell a teacher immediately." Dumbledore states in all seriousness, looking at you.

You look back at him nodding your head that you will before walking out of his office and towards the Slytherin common room.

Opening the door to your dorm had never felt better. You quickly went into your bathroom, took a shower and did your nightly routine before changing into your pajamas. You hop into bed, but you can't sleep. Visions of voldemort filling your mind preventing you from falling asleep.

A long night of tossing and turning was what you experienced. Most of it was spent thinking about voldemort and some of it was questioning your relationship with Draco.

After seeing his father with voldemort trying to kill you, you didn't know how to feel about your relationship. It always seemed like Draco was never a good boyfriend, especially after he left you alone with a ripped dress crying at the yule ball. But knowing now that his father was actively trying to kill you with voldemort just made things worse.

You knew deep down that being with Draco wasn't good for either of you. He wasn't there for you when you needed him the most, and your family problems with his is just to much to handle.

So you decided that you were going to talk to him in the morning about your relationship.

When you woke up you got out of bed and went to the bathroom, you did your morning routine even though there wasn't school today. The only reason you got uo was because you knew you had to talk to Draco.

You walked into the common room, hoping to find Draco. You were about to exit the common room to go look around the school but you see a blob of blonde hair coming up to you.

"YN hey I've been meaning to talk to you after yesterday but I never got the time to. Are you alright?" Draco asks, quickly pulling you into a hug. As his arms rap around your body, you catch yourself not enjoying the hug as much as you used to, it felt strange.

You pull out of the hug before answering; "Its okay, I'm okay." Draco looks sad that you pulled away from the hug so fast but he smiles slightly at you, knowing that you're alright makes him happy.

"I need to talk to you about something serious Draco." You state looking at him. "Ok what do you need to talk about?" Draco questions.

You pause for a moment before saying; "I think we need to break up. Your father tried to kill me yesterday, and knowing that you're in a family of death eaters who want me dead, doesn't exactly make me feel secure. I just think that what we have isn't good for either of us."

Dracos jaw clenches at your words, his eyes begin to water slightly. He doesn't know what to say, so he just stands there, hands hanging at his sides staring at you.

As you watch his face contour into sadness it makes you feel sad as well. You've liked Draco since first year, but his family wanting to kill you means that you just won't work out. Your relationship has always felt a little strange, and now you now that you and Draco were not meant to be.

"Can you say something... please?" You mumble at him. "Okay, I guess we're breaking up then. We don't work because of our families." Draco states calmy, he turns around to walk away but you grab his wrist. "Draco wait."

"I'm sorry Draco, I really an sorry we don't work." You utter, weakly letting go of his wrist. You give him one last look before heading out of the common room.

You decide to walk to the courtyard where you and Lorenzo hang out, you always feel at peace when you're there with him. When you finally arrive to the courtyard you find that Lorenzo is already there.

You walk up to Lorenzo and plop down next to him on the bench. Your hand going up to ruffle his hair. "Hi Lorenzo." His face lights up when you sit next to him, smiling as he answers; "Hello YN, to what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you?'

You laugh slightly before answering; "I was thinking about you and wanted to come down here. I was hoping you'd be here and my wish was granted." Lorenzo blushes slightly at your words.

"You only come down here alone to think though. So are you alright?" He asks. "Uh yes. I feel good. A little weird but I feel kinda relieved I guess?" You state looking up to the trees. "What happened?"

Your head turns slightly back towards Lorenzo before responding; "I Uh... broke up with Draco." Lorenzo looks at you shocked, "What why?! What happened?"

"We just didn't work out, we broke up for private reasons, but they just made it so our relationship couldn't work out." You state calmy, your eyes drifting back up towards the trees.

"You're not sad or anything?" He asks.

"No not really, I know that it's for the best, it does feel a little weird since I've had a thing for Draco since first year but... I'm okay." You say.

No other words were spoken after that. The both of sitting in a comfortable silence, but while your were admiring the trees Lorenzo was admiring you.

After the both of you sit there for awhile you begin to feel yourself getting tired. You lean your head on Lorenzo's shoulder, his body tenses for a moment before he lays his head on top of your head.

Once it starts to get dark out the both of you head back to the common room, mindless conversation between the both of you. You finally make it into the common room, you tell Lorenzo goodnight before heading into your dorm and going to bed.

You weren't up all night, instead when you layed down you went straight to bed, no thoughts or visions about voldemort.

A week has passed since the triwizard tournament and school has pretty much so gone back to normal. Classes resumed as usual but there was still some uneasiness in the air. School was almost over for the summer and just thinking about having to go back to the Dursleys made you shiver.

Lorenzo doesn't say anything after that, the atmosphere around you feels awkward. You were about to apologize and walk away, but he grabs the sides of your face gently, but before his lips meet yours, his eyes searching for consent. You nod yes at him, giving him permission to kiss you.

Lorenzo immediately leans in, his lips meeting yours in a sweet kiss. One of his hands moves down from your face and onto your waist, pulling you closer.

You pull away from him, needing to get a breath. The both of you stare into eachothers eyes, his hand never leaving your waist. "I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner, I really do love you Lorenzo."

He smiles at you before responding; "I love you too YN." His hand interlocking with yours as you both walk back to the Slytherin common room. As you enter the common room, you see Draco sitting on the couch.

Your grip tightens on Lorenzo's hand as you walk past Draco, making eye contact with him. Lorenzo whispers telling you to not worry. You make it back to your dorm, inviting him in to spend the rest of the night with you.

As you lay down, Lorenzo pulls you in closer, his body warming yours. The both of your heartbeats syncing, helping you fall into your first relaxing sleep in a very long time.

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