Disclaimer: I do not own Cedric or any of the other recognizable Hogwarts characters, I have never owned them, and probably will never own them (Which is sad because I love the twins so much!) Nor do I own certain quotes in this story…they were taken from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire therefore, I do not own them, the ever lovely J.K. Rowling owns those quotes. I do however own Ria, so take her and die. I do not own the song I'll Be that belongs to Edwin McCain.

Music blasted in Ria's ears as she shut the door of her house. With luck, she would never have to see that place again.

On her back was a black book bag, the bag was filled with everything important that Ria had ever owned. Even though the book bag could be expanded to fit a car in it if that's what Ria wanted to put in it; it had only needed to be expanded a little.

Ria walked to the end of her family's driveway and stuck her right hand out in the air in front of her. There was a bang and a triple-decker purple bus appeared in front of where she was standing.

Ria, who had grown accustomed to the Knight Bus, she had used it to run away from her house many times, climbed up the stairs and turned with a smile to the conductor, Stan Shunpike.

"Hello Miss Ria, where are you running to this time?" Stan asked with a smile.

"Erm, 256 Dunfry Avenue, please." Ria answered.

Stan nodded, "That's where you went the first time you ran away, am I right?"

Ria nodded and handed him the three galleons that she had taken from her older brother and sat down in her usual seat by the window. She turned her ipod back on and closed her eyes.

"Dunfry Avenue!" Stan yelled.

Ria started, "Huh?" she asked Stan.

"We're at your stop, Miss Ria." Stan told her gently.

Ria nodded and stood up in her seat, picking up her book bag as she did, "Thanks Stan, you too Ern." She said with a nod before stepping off the bus.

Stan waved with a smile, and Ernie nodded, tipping his hat toward Ria. Then there was another bang and the Knight Bus disappeared, leaving Ria to stand on the walk way of a large, beautiful house surrounded by many other houses, that were just as huge, and just a beautiful.

The birds chirped, and Ria could hear small children playing down the street, what they were playing, she had no idea, but in this completely magical neighborhood, they could be playing Quidditch for all Ria knew, they didn't have to worry about muggles.

She walked up the walk way to the front door and rang the doorbell.

"I'll get it, Mum!" a teenage boy's voice called from within the house.

Ria smiled as the door opened.

"Ria?" her best friend asked in a confused voice.

"Not happy to see me?" she asked in a joking tone.

Cedric smiled and hugged her, "What are you doing here?" he asked her.

"Ceddy, can I stay here until school starts?" Ria asked.

Cedric stood aside and let her walk in the house. He took her book bag off for her and placed it on the floor by the front door.

"What was it this time?" he asked knowingly.

Ria sighed, "They got mad at me, I mean they were furious, because I want to be an auror when we get out of school."

"So?" Cedric asked, "You've wanted to be an auror since like the beginning of time, or at least as long as I've known you."

Ria nodded, "They always thought it was just a childhood dream that would go away after a while, now they're mad because I still want to be one."

"What do they want you to be?" Cedric asked.

"You mean besides an auror?" Ria asked.

Cedric smiled and nodded.

"They want me to be, get this, a model for Witch Weekly, they should know that I hate those creepy long-legged blonde..things."

Cedric started laughing.

"It is not funny!" Ria said as she hit him upside the head.

"You have to admit that it is a little bit funny." Cedric said.

Ria shook her head as if to say "No way."

Cedric nodded.

Ria shook her head again, "They should know me well enough to know that there is no was in hell that I would ever become a model, I want to actually help people, not be some creepy puppet thing for them to stare at."

Cedric started laughing again as he led Ria to the kitchen.

"Mum?" he asked as they walked in.

"Yes, Ced?" his mother asked as she turned around, "Oh, hello Ria." She said with a smile, when she caught sight of Ria standing next to Cedric, her only son.

"Hey Mrs. Diggory." Ria said with a small wave.

"Mum, is it ok if Ria stays with us for the rest of the week, until school starts?" Cedric asked.

Mrs. Diggory nodded.

"Thank-you so much!" Ria squealed, rushing forward to hug Mrs. Diggory.

Mrs. Diggory laughed as Cedric grabbed Ria's hand and pulled the girl up the stairs.

"Did you hear about what happened at the World Cup?" Ria asked Cedric as they walked into his bedroom.

"Hear about it? I was there!" Cedric said, sitting down on his bed.

"No way? Really? You have got to be kidding me! Really?" Ria asked, throwing herself down on the bed next to her best friend.

"Yeah, the deatheaters were actually quite frightening." Cedric said.

Ria started laughing.

"What?" Cedric asked with a smile.

"I was talking about the whole 'Krum catching the snitch, but Ireland winning the game' thing, not the deatheaters." Ria said.

"Yeah, that was cool too, the Weasley twins actually bet on that you know? And they won so much money."

"Not really." Ria said.

"What?" Cedric asked.

"The money that cheat, Ludo Bagman, gave them was Leprechaun gold, it disappeared within a few hours."

"Ludo did that?" Cedric asked.

Ria nodded, "Just goes to show how corrupted the ministry is these days."

Cedric nodded.

It got quiet for a few moments, each teenager engaged in his or her own thoughts.

"So tell me about the deatheaters!" Ria said excitedly after a while.

Cedric laughed,"You never change do you?" he asked.

Ria shook her head.

Cedric stared into her pretty brown eyes.

Ria was always saying that her eyes were nothing special, that they were the color of mud.

But Cedric knew differently, her eyes were like Chocolate, and you could see all of her inner thoughts through them, when she was excited about deatheaters, or when she and the Weasley twins were planning their next prank, there was a sparkle in her eyes that was breathtaking.

Cedric had never been able to figure out how Ria didn't notice how captivating she was to the whole male population of Hogwarts school.

Ria waved her hand in front of Cedric's hazel eyes, "Ceddy? You there? Ced-Ced? Hello? Snap out of it!"

Cedric turned to her, "Sorry, what were we talking about?" he asked.

"You were about to tell me about the deatheaters." Ria said.

"Oh yeah, Sorry." Cedric said, turning away from Ria before he could get lost in those dark chocolate pools again.
"We're back at school!" Ria yelled as she and Cedric jumped off the Hogwarts Express.

"It's our seventh year!" Cedric yelled excitedly.

"This is going to be our best year yet! I can feel it!" Ria squealed, she started dancing on the platform, gaining some weird looks from the other students milling about.

Cedric laughed and joined in.

"Yay Ceddy!" Ria shouted.

Cedric looped his arm through Ria's, "Come on." He said, "Let's get in a carriage, it's raining again."

Ria laughed at Cedric's comment, "It's always raining on the first night at Hogwarts, Ced-Ced." She said with a smile.

Cedric just shook his head and led Ria to one of the horseless carriages.

"One of these days, I'm going to ask Dumbledore how these things move without a horse." Ria told Cedric.

"You tell me this every year Ri, and you have yet to actually ask him."

"One of these days." Ria said cheerfully before jumping on Cedric's back and letting him carry her to the carriage.

Inside, Fred and George Weasley, Angelina Johnson, and Alicia Spinnet were already sitting.

"Hey guys, what's shaking?" Ria asked as Cedric dumped her in a seat.

"Hey Ri," they all answered.

"Hey Cedric." They said when they saw him enter the carriage.

He waved at them and shut the carriage door.

"So, who's our captain this year?" Ria asked looking around the carriage.

Angelina raised her hand.

"Really, you made Quidditch captain? Awesome!" Ria shouted.

Angelina smiled, "Yeah, we just need to hold try-outs for a new keeper, since Oliver left."

Ria nodded, "How are they going to work?" she asked.

"If they can stop one of your goals, then they're on the team." Angelina said.

"But, wait! I didn't agree to this cruel form of try-outs." Ria protested.

"Come on Ri, you are the best chaser on the team, I'm not insulted to admit it, and if they can block one of your goals, no goal is getting through them." Angelina said.

Ria rolled her eyes, "Fine." She muttered.

Cedric laughed at her.

"Yeah, you're going to be captain too, I know." Ria muttered to him.

He smiled, "And we're going to be Gryffindor's ass!"

"You shouldn't have said that." Ria warned.

"And why not?" Cedric asked.

Ria smiled evilly, "Because you're in a carriage full of Gryffindor Quidditch team players." She said.

Cedric smiled and lifted Ria onto his lap.

"If you want to hurt me, you have to hurt her first!" he said jokingly.

The others cracked up.

"Ceddy, put me down now!" Ria yelled.

As the carriage pulled up in front of the castle, Ria jumped up and stared at it.

She looped her arm through Cedric's, "Do you realize, Ceddy, that this is the last time we will ever go to a Hogwarts sorting ceremony?" she asked him.

Cedric nodded, "I was thinking the same thing Ri." He said.

"Oh cheer up," Alicia said.

"Easy for you to say Spinnet, you still have one more year after this. So do you, Weasleys." Ria said sadly.

Fred and George wrapped their arms around Ria's shoulders, "It won't be the same without you." They said in unison.

Angelina laughed, "They do have that right, but think of how good our Quidditch team will be this year! Gryffindor is so going to win the cup again."

"What if Hufflepuff wins?" Cedric asked.

"I don't care, as long as it's not Slytherin, Flint has been getting on my nerves since first year." Ria said.

"Is he still asking you out?" Alicia asked.

"Asking, he's almost trying to force me to go out with him." Ria said with a laugh.

"Do not worry, Lady Fair." Fred said.

"We will help you, for we care!" George continued.

"We'll help you squash that ugly troll." Fred said.

"After that we'll….take a stroll?" George questioned.

Ria started laughing, "I love you guys." She said with a smile.

They had neared the castle now and were walking into the entrance hall when a red balloon went whizzing through the air and narrowly missed Ria's head.

She laughed and looked up in the air, " 'Ello Peeves." She said cheerfully.

A little man in horribly miss-matched clothes appeared floating in thin air.

"Miss Ria, how nice to see you on this fine evening." The poltergeist said.

Fred and George smiled and waved.

The others smiled shyly and started edging away, afraid of the water balloons.

"I'll contact you about the end of the year prank." Ria whispered conspicuously.

Peeves winked and went back to throwing water balloons at unsuspecting students.

The group walked into the Great Hall.

Cedric went and sat at the Hufflepuff table as the Gryffindors went to their table.

They watched the sorting, a new Creevy was added to the house.

Ria did not know Colin Creevy personally, but Harry had told her about him on many occasions.

Ria was not like most seventh years, she would talk to younger students, like Harry, and not just because he was famous, she had first got to know him when Wood brought him to their first team practice.

She could still remember how amazed she had been after she saw him fly.

Flash Back:

"Wood, what's this first year doing here?" Ria called.

Ria was a fourth year Gryffindor and she still remembered how hard she had worked to get on the Gryffindor Quidditch team in her second year, and here is this first year coming to Quidditch practice. It wasn't right, at least not in Ria's eyes.

"This." Wood had said, placing his hand on the first year's shoulder, "Is James Potter's son."

Ria's mouth dropped open, she hadn't even thought that James Potter's son was THE Harry Potter, all she was thinking was that this first year was related to THE James Potter.

"James Potter? He's related to the best seeker Hogwarts has ever had?" Ria yelled.

Oliver nodded.

Ria rushed forward and hugged the new kid, "Merlin! Your father is like my hero! Him and Sirius Black were like the best pranksters Hogwarts has EVER seen! Could you like get me his autograph?"

The first year looked at her weirdly.

Wood rushed forward and pulled Ria off of him and away from the group.

"Ria?" he asked.

"Yeah?" she answered.

"That's Harry Potter, The boy who lived." Oliver said plainly.

"Oh yeah, I forgot that his parents- oh….that must be a touchy subject, am I right?"

Oliver nodded.

"I'm sorry." Ria said.

"Apologize to him, not me." Oliver said plainly.

Ria walked back towards Harry.

"Hey." She said softly.

Harry looked up at her.

"Listen, I'm sorry about the whole…yeah, I got wrapped up in the fact that you were related to my idol that I forgot about the…night."

Harry had nodded, showing her that it was all right.

Over the next year, they had gotten really close. Oliver had enlisted Ria to help train Harry for matches, and Ria had begun to look at the boy as her little brother. He had thought the same about her..after he had gotten over the fact that he thought she was cute, that is.

It turned out that they had a lot in common, Ria had told Harry about how her parents had been killed by You-Know-Who (she refused to say the name) and she had been sent to live with her father's sister and her husband.

And even though her family was a wizarding family it didn't make it any easier on her.

There were a few differences, Voldermort wasn't after Ria, and her family liked her. But the basic fact that both of her parents had been killed, like Harry's drew them closer together.

When Dennis got sorted into Gryffindor, Ria caught Harry's eye and smirked.

He laughed and shook his head.

They started eating and caught up with everyone.

Once the food was cleared, Dumbledore stood up to address the students.

"It is my painful duty to inform you that the Inter-House Quidditch Cup will not take place this year." He began.

"What?" Harry and Ria gasped at the same time.

Ria looked at the twins and Angelina. They all looked equally surprised.

"So much for squashing Flint." Ria muttered to the twins.

"Sorry Ri." They said, patting her on the shoulder.

Dumbledore continued, "This is due to an event that will be starting in October, and continuing throughout the school year, taking up much of the teachers' time and energy – But I am sure you all will enjoy it immensely. I have the great pleasure in announcing that this year at Hogwarts-"

But Dumbledore was again cut off before he could finish his speech. This time, he was not cut off by the students, but by the doors to the Great Hall bursting open.

There was a man standing in the doorway, as he walked toward the teachers' table, lighting flashed, illuminating his face.

All the students gasped.

The man's face was heavily scared and it appeared that he was missing half of his nose. On of his eyes had been popped out and was replaced with an electric blue glass eye that swiveled around, taking in the whole hall and all of the students. As he walked, every other step he took was announced by a dull thud, leading Ria to believe that he had a wooden leg.

"May I introduce our new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher?" Dumbledore asked brightly.

"Please!" Ria yelled out.

Dumbledore smiled, "Welcome, Professor Moody." He said then he started clapping. Only Hagrid joined in. Moody didn't seem to care or even notice though.

"Mad-Eye Moody?" Ria asked the twins.

"I guess." Fred answered.

"Wicked." Ria said.

"Why?" George asked.

"He is going to be the most awesome D.A.D.A. teacher ever." Ria said.

"How do you figure that?" James, a fellow seventh year asked.

"Because, he's really been out there, he knows what he's talking about. I bet him and Lupin will be the only Defense teachers that actually know what they're talking about.

The twins nodded, "She has a-" Fred said.

"Point you know." George finished for him.

Dumbledore cleared his throat to silence that hall.

"As I was saying," he said, smiling at the hall, "we are to have the honor of hosting a very exciting event over the coming months, an event that has not been held for over a century. It is my great pleasure to inform you that the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at Hogwarts this year."

Ria's jaw dropped.

George slipped his hand under her chin and gently closed her mouth.

"You're JOKING!" Fred yelled.

Dumbledore chuckled, "I am not joking Mr. Weasley."

George had moved his hand from under Ria's chin, and her jaw dropped again.

Again he closed her mouth for her, and this time he kept his hand under her chin so that it would not fall again.

"Although, now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag, and a leprechaun who all go into a bar…"

McGonagall cleared her throat loudly.

"Er- but maybe this is not the time…no…" said Dumbledore.

As Dumbledore went on to explain the tournament Ria just sat there staring wide-eyed at him. She could not believe that this was actually happening. This so beat squashing Flint for the Cup, this was a once in a life time opportunity. She couldn't wait to put her name in the running for the tournament.

"The heads of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving with their short list of contenders in October, and the selection of the three champions will take place on Halloween. An impartial judge will decide which students are most worthy to compete for the Triwizard Cup, the glory of their school, and a thousand Galleons personal prize money." Dumbledore said.

"I'm going for it!" Fred yelled.

Ria nodded. She was going to go for it too.

"Eager though I know all of you will be to bring the Triwzard Cup to Hogwarts," Dumbledore continued, "the heads of the participating schools, along with the Ministry of Magic, have agreed to impose an age restriction on the contenders this year. Only students that are of age – that is to say, seventeen years or older – will be allowed to put forward their names for consideration. This" – he had to raise his voice because of the out roar of students.

Ria could see her chances of getting in the tournament slipping away; she would not be seventeen until New Years. This meant that she would not be able to put forth her name.

Fred and George were complaining too, they wanted to compete, but they would not be seventeen until April of that year.

Ria looked toward the Hufflepuff table and saw Cedric smiling at her, "Yeah I know, you can compete." She yelled across the hall, rolling her eyes.

"In your face, Gryffindor!" Cedric yelled at her.

She shook her head and gave him the middle finger.

"This is a measure we feel is necessary, given that the tournament tasks will still be difficult and dangerous, whatever precautions we take, and it is highly unlikely that students below sixth and seventh year would be able to cope with them. I will personally be ensuring that no under-aged student hoodwinks our impartial judge into making them Hogwarts champion."

At this the headmaster's twinkling blue eyes darted toward Ria and the Weasley twins. All three of them tried to look innocent, but it did not work to well.

"I therefore beg you not to waste your time submitting yourself if you are under seventeen. The delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving in October and remaining with us for the greater part of this year. I know that you will all extend every courtesy to our foreign guests while they are with us, and will give your whole-hearted support to the Hogwarts champion when he or she is selected. And now, it's late, and I know how important it is to you all to be alert and rested as you enter your lessons tomorrow morning. Bedtime! Chop chop!"

Ria stood up and jumped on James's back.

His hands went instinctively to her upper thighs to keep her from slipping onto the floor.

"Piggy back ride?" she begged.

James nodded, "You seem rather tired anyways." He said with a smile.

Ria nodded and buried her head into James's shoulder, "Very tired." She whispered.

"Just one question, before you go to bed." James said.

Ria nodded.

"You're the prefect, so what's the password?" James said.

Ria yawned, "You're a prefect too." She whispered.

"I wasn't listening." James admitted as they walked toward the common room.

"Balderdash." Ria whispered.

"Ok." James said.

When Ria woke up the next morning, she was in her bed, but she had no idea how she had gotten there.

She sat up and stared at Angelina.

Angelina giggled, "You fell asleep on the way up here." She said.

Ria nodded.

"James grabbed his broom, and flew up the staircase to put you to sleep." Alicia said.

"It was rather sweet." Angelina said.

Ria shook her head.

"We offered to take you, but he said that you were his responsibility and that he wanted to make sure you were comfortable." Alicia said.

"Guys, I've known him since I was like two, he's just my friend." Ria defended.

"Right, like Diggory is just your friend." Angelina pointed out.

"Like Wood was just your friend." Alicia added.

Ria rolled her eyes, "Oliver and I tried going out, but it didn't work, we seriously were just friends. And James, he's not like Ceddy…Ced's special."

"I think she likes him." Angelina said knowingly to Alicia.

"Who? James?" Alicia asked.

"No, Diggory."

"I do not!" Ria yelled.

"Come on, just admit it Ri."

"No, cause it's not true." Ria told the girls, as they left the room Ria looked down at her journal, "At least, I don't think it's true." She whispered to herself before getting dressed in her uniform and running down to the common room.

It was October twenty-ninth; everyone was in the common room staring at a large sign.

"What's it say?" Ria asked the twins.

"See for yourself." James said, he lifted Ria unto his shoulder so that she could see over the heads of the other milling students.

Triwizard Tournament The delegations from Beauxbatons and

Durmstrang will be arriving at 6 o'clock

On Friday the 30th of October. Lessons will

End half an hour early.

Students will return their bags and books

To their dormitories and assemble in front

Of the castle to greet our guests before

The Welcoming Feast.

"Wicked!" Ria said.

"My last class is Divination, go me!"

James helped her climb off his shoulders.

"Jamie?" Ria asked.

"Yeah Ri?" James replied.

Ria held out her tie, "Tie my tie?" she asked.

"When are you going to learn to do this yourself?" James asked.

"Why bother if I have you to tie it for me?" Ria asked with a smile.

Before James could answer, she had hopped off out of the tower toward breakfast.

"They're coming!" Ria yelled from the back row of the Gryffindor area as the whole school stood in front of Hogwarts castle to greet the guests.

"Where?" Fred asked from in front of her.

"Look to the sky." She whispered.

"That black dot?" George asked.

"Actually, it's blue." Ria whispered.

"Oh." The twins said.

Within a few moments a powder blue carriage had landed on the sweeping lawns, the horses were gigantic; Ria could only imagine how excited Hagrid was to be able to take care of those things.

The students from Beauxbatons were pansies and went inside because it was too cold for them.

"Did you see that woman?" James asked.

Ria nodded, "She's got to be bigger than Hagrid."

She looked over at Cedric, who smiled and waved at her,

She smiled back and flashed him a "rock on" symbol.

Slowly a ship began to rise out of the lake.

The headmaster, Karkaroff, walked up to Dumbledore and talked to him for a moment before heading inside with one of his students.

As they walked by, the boy caught Ria's eye, she gasped.

As soon as they past, Ria caught Cedric's attention.

"Ced, it's Krum." She mouthed to him.

"Hey Everard!" Cedric called in the hallway.

It was October 31st the day that the champions would be chosen.

Ria turned around, "Hey Diggs!" she said with a happy smile.

"I just put my name in the Goblet." Cedric said excitedly.

"Really?" Ria asked.

Cedric nodded.

"No way!"

"Yes way!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"Way to go Hufflepuff!" Ria yelled.

"Keep it down, I don't want everyone to know yet." Cedric said.

Ria made a motion as if to zip her lips shut, "Your secret is safe with me, but really way to go!"

Cedric smiled as Ria wrapped her arms around his neck.

He got a slight shiver down his back as she whispered, "You're going to win, I know it," softly in his ear.

A small blush appeared on his cheeks, "Well maybe, we don't really know if I'll even get picked."

"Why are you so modest, of course you'll get picked." Ria said as she pulled away from him.

"Shouldn't you be rooting for Angelina, or something? I mean, she is in your house." Cedric pointed out.

"Yeah, but she's not my bestest friend in the whole wide world." Ria cooed jokingly pinching his cheeks.

Cedric smiled.

Ria looped her arm through his, "Walk me to the Great Hall so I can watch you become Hogwarts champion?" she asked.

Cedric nodded and they walked toward the Great Hall.

Today the students sat wherever they wanted, so Ria sat between Cedric and Harry and behind the twins on the seats that lined the outsides of the hall.

The Goblet of Fire was placed in the middle of the room and Dumbledore was standing next to it.

He gave his speech and the whole hall waited with baited breath for the Goblet to do something.

The flames turned blue and a piece of paper shot out of the goblet, Dumbledore reached out and grabbed the paper.

"The champion for Durmstrang," he said in a strong, clear voice, " will be Viktor Krum."

The whole hall burst into applause.

As Krum got up he glanced over toward Ria and smiled before entering the room.

Cedric glanced at Ria, silently asking why Krum was smiling at her.

She placed her head on his shoulder, "I don't know why Ceddy. Why are you jealous?"

Cedric just shrugged and went back to watching the goblet as the flames turned blue again, and another name flew out.

"The Champion for Beauxbatons is Fleur Delacour."

"The veela." Ria whispered under her breath.

"What?" the boys around her asked.

"Nothing." She hissed back.

The goblet turned blue a final time, "The Hogwarts champion is Cedric Diggory."

Ria threw her arms around Cedric, "What did I tell you?" she whispered in his ear before kissing his cheek.

Cedric just sat there in shock.

"Go on." Ria whispered, giving him a gentle push.

He smiled and stood up; Ria gently slapped his butt.

He turned to look at her.

"Got get 'em tiger." She said with a coy smirk.

After Cedric went through the door Dumbledore started speaking again, but he was cut off when the flames in the goblet turned blue again, a fourth piece of paper flew out.

Dumbledore caught it and stared at it for a moment, he looked as though he could not believe what he was reading.

Everyone stared at Dumbledore as he stared at the parchment.

Then he cleared his throat and read out, "Harry Potter."

Ok, I need to tell you how this is going to work...the following installments are going to be just as long as the last one, because I am trying to fit the whole fourth book (All 733 pages of it) into a 7 installment fanfiction...which means the chapters are going to be huge, (we're talking like the size of Madame Maxim huge) It's going to take me a while to post each new installment because..well I have other stuff I gotta do too. But lots of reviews may sway me to update faster, so review if you liked it!