A/N: NEW STORY TIME! Yes, I'm absolutely crazy, but when inspiration hits, you must go with it. This, I am proud to say, will be one of the very few stories about two of the most beloved Harry Potter characters: Lily Evans and Cedric Diggory. How's that for exciting?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
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Over the Horizon
Prologue: Cedric's POV
AVADA KEDAVRA.
And the black swirl of falling into a infinite nothingness.
Those are some of the last things I remember of my human life.
They say when you die, you're gone. You're body is surrendered to the Earth to be disintegrated into something beautiful. You're soul is released from the prison it was placed in since your birth, finally able to fly up to the paradise of the afterlife. But where does your mind go?
They also told us, that the second that cursed green flash hit you, you were gone. No thoughts, no pain, nothing in-between. You were hit and you were gone.
Well, they're wrong.
I watched in slow-motion as the green light headed straight for me, aimed directly at my heart. I felt a blast of raw energy flow through my entire body, followed by an indescribable shock of pain. My body frozen, then. I felt my body fly through the air and hit the group with a thump; heard the Dark Lord's cruel, snake-like laugh, along with the chuckles of his followers, as he took pleasure in seeing my death. Like it filled some deep, sick void within him. My body laid on the cold, graveyard floor, as I watched the Dark Lord and Harry duel. I tried to call out to Harry, tried with my entire being to warn him, but my voice was gone.
I felt myself slowly fading away. My heart had long stopped beating, my soul ready to depart the second my body was empty. But, my mind was stubborn and refused to leave.
I watched as Harry ran over to my body, after my soul told him to take my body back. He grabbed onto me, then grabbed the Portkey.
The swirl of time made me woozy, it was then that I knew I had to leave. Harry was safe, for now, and the Dark Lord would be on the run. All was okay in the world at that point in time. I finally let go.