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ABOUT THIS SITE
What is a fanlisting?
It is a site where all fans of a certain subject are
listed. Hogwarts Champions is the fanlisting for the relationship of Harry Potter
and Cedric Diggory, characters from the Harry Potter series.
My favourite Harry/Cedric Exchange
(*warning* contain book 4 spoilers)
Cedric was standing feet away from the Triwizard Cup, which was gleaming behind
him.
'Take it, then,' Harry panted to Cedric. 'Go on, take it. You're there.'
But Cedric didn't move. He merely stood there, looking at Harry. Then he turned
to stare at the Cup. Harry saw the longing expression on his face in its golden
light. Cedric looked around at Harry again, who was now holding onto the hedge
to support himself.
Cedric took a deep breath. 'You take it. You should win. That's twice you've
saved my neck in here.'
'That's not how it's supposed to work,' Harry said. He felt angry; his leg
was very painful, he was aching all over from trying to throw off the spider,
and after all his efforts, Cedric had beaten him to it, just as he'd beaten
Harry to ask Cho to the ball. 'The one who reaches the Cup first gets the points.
That's you. I'm telling you, I'm not going to win any races on this leg.'
Cedric took a few paces nearer to the Stunned spider, away from the Cup, shaking
his head.
'No', he said.
'Stop being noble', said Harry irritably. 'Just take it, then we can get out
of here.'
Cedric watched Harry steadying himself, holding tight to the hedge.
'You told me about the dragons' Cedric said. 'I would've gone down in the first
task if you hadn't told me what was coming.'
'I had help on that, too,' Harry snapped, trying to mop up his bloody leg with
his robes. 'You helped me with the egg - we're square.'
'I had help on the egg in the first place,' said Cedric.
'We're still square,' said Harry, testing his leg gingerly; it shook violently
as he put weight on it; he had sprained his ankle when the spider had dropped
him.
'You should've got more points on the second task,' said Cedric mulishly. 'You
stayed behind to get all the hostages. I should've done that.'
'I was the only one who was thick enough to take that song seriously!' said
Harry bitterly. 'Just take the Cup!'
'No,' said Cedric.
He stepped over the spider's tangled legs to join Harry, who stared at him.
Cedric was serious. He was walking away from the sort of glory Hufflepuff house
hadn't had in centuries.
'Go on,' Cedric said. He looked as though this was costing him every ounce
of resolution he had, but his face was set, his arms were folded, he seemed
decided.
Harry looked from Cedric to the Cup. For one shining moment, he saw himself
emerging from the maze, holding it. He saw himself holding the Triwizard Cup
aloft, heard the roar of the crowd, saw Cho's face shining with admiration,
more clearly than he had ever seen it before... and then the picture faded,
and he found himself staring at Cedric's shadowy, stubborn face.
'Both of us,' Harry said.
'What?'
Above passage taken from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Book
4 of the Harry Potter series. Chapter 31. The Third Task. Copyright to J.K.
Rowling.
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