What It Means To Be A Hufflepuff
The Spares –

"Kill the spare."

To be a Hufflepuff is to be laughed at. They trailed behind, while the others sped ahead. Hufflepuff were the leftovers; those children not particularly brave, or intelligent, or cunning.

So Cedric Diggory is their hero. He is a Hufflepuff chosen above students from all the other houses. He is deemed to be better than them.

Harry Potter steals his thunder. In the Tournament, when they take the Cup together. Cedric is not Cedric Diggory; he is once again a Hufflepuff, the leftover, the spare. And he is killed for it.

Cedric should have won the Tournament. He should have been the one to bring Hufflepuff house glory. But he was cheated out of his victory by a Slytherin.

The Hufflepuffs mourn Cedric, not their loss of glory. Hufflepuff rarely win anything, but they don't complain. They carry on. They are strong and resilient, and most of all, they can see what is truly important.

And that is what makes Hufflepuffs more than just the spares.


A/N: I originally had this as part of a series of drabbles, but I'm lazy and I couldn't be bothered to write more. So I've decided to put it up seperately. Go review. Now.