Cedric Diggory had a short appearance in the harry potter series but had a huge impact on both Harry and the entire franchise itself in
this video i'm going to explain the life of Cedric Diggory.
Cedric was born to a Amos Diggory and his wife in
1977 the family lived in the outskirts of a small village called Ottery St
Catchpole located in devon england it was nestled among rolling hills and fertile meadows they lived near a few other wizarding families
including the Fawcett the Weasleys and the Lovegoods.
Amos worked for the Ministry of Magic in the department of
Regulation and control of magical creatures. He was an extremely proud father and pushed his son to be competitive.
He often bragged of Cedric's talent when Cedric got his Hogwarts letter he went to
Ollivanders and he purchased a wand that contained a single hair from the tail of a fine male
unicorn. When he went to school he was sorted into Hufflepuff
He exceeded both in class and on the quidditch pitch. He was made seeker for his house team in the second year and was one
of the best players Hufflepuff had seen in a very long time he was a different build than most seekers most were small and
Speedy but he was more muscular making him bigger and heavier than most seekers but this didn't stop him from still being just as speedy
as the other ones. When at Hogwarts Cedric was described as having dark hair
grey eyes
was tall, strong and silent and an
extremely handsome boy.
He turned the heads of many girls when he walked by and many girls had a huge crush on him he was extremely popular and
was known to be a nice guy.
During
his fifth year he was made both a prefect and the captain of the hufflepuff quidditch team his first game as captain was against gryffindor
It was pouring rain making it difficult for him and harry to see the golden snitch
Cerdic eventually saw the snitch and was pelting up the field harry saw Cedric going after it and
followed but as he was racing toward Cedric and the Snitch they were being surrounded by over a hundred
dementors and Harry collapsed off his broomstick.
Cedric caught the snitch seconds after that he later said that he didn't realize what had happened the telly already caught the snitch
When he looks back and saw Harry on the ground he tried to call it off
and he wanted a rematch but the whole Gryffindor team said that they had won fair and square and that even if the dementors weren't
there he would have caught the snitch before Harry.
Cedric was the first seeker to ever outplay Harry when Harry received the Fire Bolt broomstick Cedric came over to congratulate him on
having acquired such a superb replacement for his old Nimbus 2000.
The following summer Cedric and his father went to the Quidditch World Cup they woke up at 2 a.m.
and met up with the Weasleys along with
Harry and hermione to catch a portkey to the match.
When they all met up Fred and George didn't say hi to Cedric as everyone else did because they still hadn't forgiven
Cedric
for beating them in quidditch the previous term. When Amos was introduced to Harry he said "Told Ced, that'll be something to tell your grandchildren
that will you beat Harry Potter." After his father said this he looked very embarrassed and modestly said "Harry fell off
his broom Dad i told you it was an accident." "Yes but you didn't fall off did you?"
Amos than said "Always the gentleman but the best man won one falls off the broomstick one stays on you don't need to be
A genius to tell which one's the better flier."
When they all took the portkey every one of the kids fell to the ground but Cedric managed to stay on his feet with
his father and mr Weasley.
When he went to Hogwarts for a sixth year it was announced that they were having a Triwizard Tournament and that one
person from each school would compete. When he heard about it Cedric wanted to compete for Hogwarts and had full support from all of Hufflepuff.
Cedric put his name in the Goblet of Fire and a week later when it was time to see who was chosen it was announced
that he would be the Hogwarts champion.
Cedric grinned broadly when his name was chosen and the clapping for him went off for so long then it took Dumbledore some time before
he can make himself heard again. Everyone thought that was it but the when the Goblet of Fire spit out another name "HARRY POTTER"
When Cedric was told that Harry was the fourth champion he looked surprised and confused and thought that he must have misheard
because not only was Harry the second Hogwarts champion but he was also underage making
him ineligible to enter his name in the first place. After the champions had gotten their instructions for the first task
Cedric and Harry walked out together
Cedric smiled and said "So we're playing against each other again so tell me how did you get your name in?"
" I didn't put it in. I was telling the truth." Cedric didn't believe Harry and said bye
to him and went back to Hufflepuffs commoner. When Cedric got there he was greeted with cheers
by his whole house and they had a huge celebration.
The entirety of Hufflepuff and many other students from other
houses were extremely upset that Harry was the second champion. The Hufflepuffs who were usually on great terms with the Gryffindor's turned
remarkably cold toward them. They felt that Harry had stolen their glory. Something their house had rarely gotten and
Cedric one of the few people in their house that had ever given it to them was overshadowed by Harry and Gryffindor making them
feel insignificant once again.
In the Daily Prophet there was a story that was supposed to be written about all four of the champions but it turned out
To be all about Harry and Cedric's name wasn't even mentioned in the article.
Cedric however still got a lot of recognition which even rivaled the Durmstrang competitor Victor Krum - professional quidditch players straight off winning the World Cup.
Cedric catgirls begging for his autograph
Even Fleur Delacour a beautiful girl who was also one of the champions and who was part vela beings that are naturally
Irresistible to men was flirting with him and throwing back her long silvery hair as
she did so. A huge chunk of the school started wearing badges that said
'Supports Cedric Diggory the real Hogwarts champion" it would then vanish and replace the letters to say "Potter Stinks"
Cedric was nervous but very excited for the first task. The other three champions all knew what they had to do in the first
task due to cheating and seeing the sneak peek of it early and harry decided to tell subject what was to come "Dragons.
That's the first task.
They've got one for each of us."
Cedric asked Harry why he was telling him this and Harry
responded saying "It's just fair isn't it we all know now." Because of this Cedric told people to stop harassing Harry and to stop
wearing the support Cedric Diggory badges.
With the information that Harry had given to him Cedric came up with a plan for the task and started practicing his transfiguration spells.
When it came time for the task Cedric was pacing up and down the tent looking rather green in the face.
When Harry walked in Cedric smiled at him. When it came time for the champions to choose a dragon they had to get pass to
collect a golden egg. He pulled out a swedish short snap with a number one around its neck
meaning that he was the first to go.
Cedic was greener than ever when he went out to face the dragon.
The crowd roared when he came out. It took him about 15 minutes before
he was able to get past the dragon and get the egg. He transfigured a rock to turn it into a dog trying
to make the dragon go after the dog instead of him. It worked at first but when he was halfway to the egg the dragon
changed its mind and decided that it wanted
Cedric more than the dog. He got the egg but ended up getting burned on his face by the dragon.
He wasn't injured too badly and was still standing but madame Pomfrey had to tend to him afterwards. She put a thick orange based on
one half of his face to calm the burn. When he saw Harry after the task he smiled at him and said "Good one Harry."
After that they told the champions that the egg that they had captured would give them a clue for the next task. When Cadric went
cack to the castle and opened the egg it wailed an ear-piercing screams.
He eventually went into the prefix bathroom with the egg and opened it under water and it sang a song to him that gave him
the clue
It sang that something he would solely miss would be taken from him and he would have to retrieve it while breathing underwater for an hour.
When it came time for the Yule Ball Cedric and the other champions had to find a date. As they started the first dance
Cedric asked the girl named Cho Chang days before Harry asked her. Something that made Harry very frustrated as he really liked Cho as well.
Cedric than show opened the ball as they danced with the other champions.
After the ball a Cedric and Cho were walking out. Cedric called after Harry.
He told Harry that he owed him one for telling him about the dragons and he gave Harry a clue about
opening the egg. "You know the prefix bathroom on the fifth floor.
It's not a bad place for a bath. Just take your egg and
Mull things over in the hot water." He also gave Harry access to the prefix bathroom. When it came time for the second task
Cedric magically made a bubble around his face which allowed him to breathe underwater.
He found out that the thing he had to retrieve that he would solely miss was Cho Chang. She was tied up
underwater with Ron Hermione and Fleur's sister each person for one of the champions.
Cedric was the second person to find them. Harry being the first. He pulled out a knife to cut show free and was the first
to finish the task as Harry stayed back to make sure that the others tied up were safe.
Cedric finished one minute past the time limit but was still in first place for this task when the marks went up after the other
champions finished he and Harry were tied for first place overall.
Cedric and the other
champions started to wonder what the next task was. He and Fleur talked about it and she told him that she thought it was going
to be an underground tunnel but they would have to find treasure.
One night Cedric and the other champions were told to go to the quidditch pitch where they would receive
instructions on the third task
When they walked into the stadium the pitch was no longer flat but was growing long walls to twist it and crisscross in every direction.
Cedric stopped dead when he saw this. He was upset about what he had done to the pitch but they assured him that he would
have it back to normal after the task.
They were then told that the Triwizard Cup would be placed in the center of the maze and they would face creatures
jinxes and other magical enchantments.
Cedric and Harry were told that they have the advantage to go in first as they were both tied for first place.
Before the third and final task
Cedric's parents came to Hogwarts Cedric's dad said to Harry "Bet you're not feeling quite as full of yourself
now Cedric's caught you up on points are you?" Cedric who was embarrassed
told Harry to ignore him and he frowned his father and said quietly to Harry "He's been angry ever since Rita Skeeter's article about
The Triwizard Tournament - you know when she made out you were the only Hogwarts champion. - Didn't bother to correct her, though, did he?
Still you'll show him Ced beating him once before haven't you?" When it came time for the task Harry and Cedric entered the maze first
Cedric first faced a Blast-ended Screwt that burned the sleeve of his robe leaving it smoking and he just barely got away.
Later on Viktor Krum who was under the imperius curse by Barty Crouch Jr
Snuck up on Cedric "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Krum than shot the Cruciatus curse or the torture curse right at Cedric.
Cedric fell to the ground and yelled in agony. Harry heard what was going on and ran over Krum stopped and tried to run away
but Harry's stunned him. The two then parted ways again
Cedric finally found the cup and started racing toward it but he was
so focused on the cup that he didn't see a giant spider speeding toward him. Harry who had just gotten there warned him. Cedric just
barely dodged it but he tripped while doing so. The spiders started bearing down on
Cedric and so Harry shot a spell at the spider and the spider went after Harry. Cedric got up and shot spells back at
the spider this time him trying
to save harry. Cedric and Harry then shot a stunning spell at the exact same time which finally knocked the spider out
and the two walk toward the Triwizard Cup. Harry then told Cedric to take it but Cedric
refused and said that Harry should take it since he saved his life from the spider. He then argued for a little bit longer until
they agreed to touch the cup at the exact same time so that they would both win.
Cedric grin as they did so
both
ready for the prize and glory. This however is not what happens the two ended up in a graveyard next to the Riddle family house.
The cup was a portkey.
They took their wands out not sure if this was part of the task or not their question was answered when a man carrying
what looked like a baby started walking toward "Who are you? What do you want?" Lord Voldemort than said "Kill the spear"
Cedric was lying spread-eagled on the ground beside him he was dead.
Harry stared in the Cedric's face at his open gray eyes at his half open mouth which looks slightly surprised.
Lord Voldemort then returned to a full functioning body.
'Such a handsome boy."
Harry and Voldemort
began duell and Cedric emerged from Voldemort's wand along with Harry's parents and a few others. All victims of the Dark Lord
Cedric looked at Harry he was still dueling Voldemort "Hold on Harry"
All the victims talked to Harry gave him courage to keep fighting. Cedric had one last wish "Harry take my body back, will you? Take my body back to my father."
The victims then told Harry to let go and as he did so they all closed in upon Voldemort hiding Harry from his gaze
allowing Harry to make it back to Cedric's dead body. He called the cup
to him and they vanished from the graveyard.
He arrived back at Hogwarts where the crowd was waiting for them. Harry let go of the cup but he clutched Cedric
to him even more tightly. "Cedric he asked me to bring, his body back. I couldn't leave him. Not there.
Cedrics parents were in the stands. The father who was so proud of his son ran over to a son's dead body.
"That's my son! It's my boy."
The loss of Cedric affected everyone. The Diggory stayed with professor Sprout that night who was the head of Cedric's house. As they grieved the loss
of their only son. The next morning that Diggorys met Harry. They told him that they did not blame him for what had happened
and both thanked him for returning Cedric's body to them. Mr. Diggory stopped through most of the conversation
mrs Diggory's grief however seemed to be beyond tears.
Harry told them how he had died
"He suffered very little then and after all Amos he died just when he'd won the tournament. He must have been happy."
Harry offered them a sack of gold that he'd won from the tournament they refused to gold however. At the end of term the Great
Hall was covered in black drapes as a mark of respect to Cedric.
Dumbledore then spoke to the students and staff as he honored Cedric "and we have celebrate a boy who was
kind and honest
brave
true right
to the burning hand."
Cedric's death had a huge impact on a lot of people for Harry not only was he able to see
thestrals now due to witnessing death right in front of them but he constantly thought of Cedric and dreamt about him.
"Moaning in your sleep every night. Don't kill Cedric!"
His death haunted Harry and was definitely a driving force as
he fought back against Voldemort. He kept the support Cedirc Diggory badge in honor of
his fallen ally. His death had a huge impact on the students of Hogwarts as well and was the driving force that fueled Dumbledore's army
and the reason why they kept fighting until the Battle of Hogwarts.
Cedric could have easily been someone who was a cocky arrogant jerk with his good looks
talent and popularity but time and time again
he proved that he was so much more than that. He was one of the kindest and most
selfless people in the series and treated everyone with respect up until his tragic end that started the Second Wizarding War.