The way it was meant to be

Summary: What would have happened if Harry and Cedric hadn't been the only ones to grab the cup and enter the graveyard?

Chapter one

The story is changed

The three Champions were pulling at each other each reaching, trying to get to the cup first. Harry and Cedric were in the lead followed closely by Krum. Then it happened, Viktor's leg was caught in the underbrush of the bushes of the maze pulling him down, he reached out blindly to catch himself and ended up grabbing Cedric's arm and pulling him down with him. It didn't take the bushes long to attack both Viktor and Cedric, pulling them away as Harry continued forward.

"Harry!" Cedric yelled, hoping to get the Gryffindor boy to turn around and help them, "Harry!" he yelled again, This time he saw the movement stop, as he continued to struggle, he managed one more time, "Harry please!" Then he heard it.

"Reducio!" Harry yelled pointing his wand at the vines that were holding the two older boys to the ground. The vines lessoned in size as Harry ran to them and pulled the rest of them off, helping Cedric stand up and then looked to Viktor but he was already on his feet.

Cedric coughed, "Th-thanks." He said nodded to Harry.

"Don't mention it," Harry said with a small smile.

"You know, for a moment I thought you were going to let it get us," Viktor said brushing off his arms.

"For a moment so did I," Harry said with a sigh.

Just then the wind picked up throughout the maze heading for them, the cup was still glowing just ahead of them. Cedric picked up his wand which he had dropped when he had fallen and grabbed Harry by the arm, "Go!"

The three of them raced for the cup but instead of grabbing for it, all three stopped right in front of it, Cedric turned to Viktor and he nodded then turned back to Harry, "Go on take it, you saved us take it!"

Harry faltered for a moment then looked at them, "Together, all three of us, on three, one."

Both Cedric and Viktor nodded and started counting down too, "Two, three."

All three of them grabbed it, at the same time, they felt the familiar pull of a port key and then they were on their backs in the dirt. They got of slowly looking at each other.

"You both okay?" Viktor asked.

Cedric and Harry nodded and Cedric bent down to take a better look at he cup, "It's a port key." He whispered.

"We have to get out of here, now," Harry yelled suddenly.

"Why?" Viktor asked.

"I've been here before," Harry yelled again he sound like he was in pain.

"Harry, what are you talking about?" Cedric asked looking a bit concerned for Harry.

Suddenly Harry was on the ground, holding his head in pain. A man walked towards them, he seemed a bit familiar to Cedric but he couldn't place him, both he and Viktor held their wands at the ready making a protective circle around Harry.

"Who are you?" Viktor said his voice not at all friendly.

Then they heard it, "Kill the spares."

"Protego!" Cedric yelled the moment he heard the word kill, throwing a shield over himself. Viktor wasn't fast enough.

"Avada Kedavra!" the man yelled sending the spell towards both boys, it bounded off of Cedric's Shield but hit Viktor in the chest, he flew through the air and landed not far away from them though Cedric didn't need to look at him to know that he was dead.

"No!" Cedric heard Harry yelled, he didn't know what to do, he wanted to protect Harry but his shield wouldn't last forever, so he did the only thing he could think of, he turned his wand on himself, "Deletrius," he whispered and disappeared.

Cedric may have been invisible but he saw everything, he saw Voldermort return, he saw him cut Harry's arm, he saw him torture Harry, the whole time racking his brain to come up with a way the get them out of this alive.

Suddenly he saw Harry lock wands with Voldermort, it was stare down, both of them locked on each other, then he saw them, the people coming out of Voldermort's wand, he's eyes fell on Viktor and he realized that these were the people Voldermort had killed. Then he also realized that Viktor Krum was staring at him, he could see him.

"Cedric," Viktor said slowly, "We are going to help Harry unlock his wand, get him back to Hogwarts."

Cedric nodded showing that he understood.

"Oh and one more thing," Viktor said, "Take my body back will you-take my body back to my Headmaster."

Cedric swallowed then nodded again, "Salvio Hexia" he whispered releasing the vanishing spell, the charm would protect him long enough to get to the cup. Just then Harry's connection to Voldermort's wand broke, "Harry!" Cedric yelled and ran to Harry, he helped him to Viktor's body, pulling Harry's arm around his shoulder and putting his hand on the body, he put his other hand out and said, "Accio!"

They landed on the grass with a loud thud, and the band started playing, they were back in the clearing again. The cheers roared and the band got louder but the only sound that Cedric could hear were the loud sobs coming from Harry as he bent over Viktor's body. Cedric tried to hold back his own tears as he pulled Harry away from the body and into a brotherly hug.

"Sh, its okay Harry," Cedric whispered as Dumbledore reached them noticing that Viktor wasn't moving, once there he looked to Cedric.

"What's happened?" Dumbledore asked.

The tears Cedric was trying to hold he couldn't hold anymore as he continued to rub Harry's back, "He's back, Voldermort's back," Cedric said his voice cracking as he began to cry freely, "Viktor-he asked us to bring his body back-I couldn't leave him not there…" Cedric was crying almost as hard as Harry now, sure they hadn't known Viktor that well, but they had both just seen him die.

Dumbledore knelt closer to the two boys and cupped the older one's face, "Its alright Cedric, its alright-he's home you all are."

After that everything seemed to move in slow motion for Cedric, he was still holding Harry, he could hear him whispering over and over again, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault." He heard his father's voice, "Ced, you don't want to be here right now." He felt himself being pulled to his feet someone pulling Harry from his arms, Mr. Weasley? He didn't know, because after that he remembered nothing.

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When Cedric woke up he was in the hospital wing, his parents on one side of the bed, the Weasley's and Hermione on the other. He managed a small smile and then he pushed himself up and his elbows looking for someone. He found him. Harry was in the bed across from him and he was awake, he gave Cedric a sideways smile and a wave.

"Hey Harry," Cedric said quietly.

"Hey Cedric," Harry said pushing himself up on his left arm, his right in a sling.

"How are you feeling?" Hermione asked, and to Cedric's surprise the question was meant for him.

"Oh-I think every part of my body is bruised but I'll live," Cedric said as pulled himself up the rest of the way, "How are Viktor's classmates, and Headmaster?"

"They left yesterday, they told us to tell you thank you doing all you could to help him and for not leaving him there," Mr. Diggory said sadness in his voice.

"They left yesterday-how long have I been out?" Cedric asked surprise entering his eyes.

"You've been out for five days, gave us all a good scare mate," Fred and George said together.

Cedric's eyes widened, "Five days, really? Wow." Then his eyes turned to Harry, "Well, what about you Harry-are you alright?"

Harry nodded, "My arm hurts a little but nothing to bad."

"You both should be able to go to the farewell dinner tomorrow night before summer break," Mr. Weasley said with a smile.

"Summer break, oh joy," Harry said rolling his eyes.

"You'll write me won't you Harry?" Cedric asked as he leaned back into the pillows again.

"Only if you'll write me," Harry said with a smile, and Cedric grinned and nodded.

"That goes for you two too," Cedric said turning to Ron and Hermione.

"Of course Cedric," the both said with a smile.

"Well, I wish I hadn't been so into just being a Hufflepuff this whole time, the past four years I've missed out on three good friends," Cedric said with a sigh.

"Well you got us now, and you know what they say," Harry said with a smile.

"What do they say?" Cedric asked looking puzzled.

"Better late, then never," Harry said, then everyone started laughing.