Cedric sighed and walked down the corridors. He felt stares and heard whispers; he shook it off. Cedric knew exactly what they were talking about. They were talking about what happened in June a few months ago. The Triwizard Tournament was re-instated the previous year, and Cedric, along with Harry Potter, were chosen to represent Hogwarts, with Fleur Delacour representing Beauxbatons, and Viktor Krum representing the final task, Cedric and Harry were transported to a graveyard when they grabbed the Triwizard Cedric was looking around for were they are, Peter Pettigrew (who Cedric thought was killed by Sirius Black 14 years ago), killed Harry when he was told to "Kill the Spare", mistaking Harry to be Cedric. Cedric saw what happened, and luckily, Cedric grabbed Harry's body and the cup, and he had planned to Apparate to Hogsmeade and go back to the castle to tell Dumbledore, but they arrived back at Hogwarts, which made Cedric realize that the Triwizard Cup was a Portkey. Unfortunately, Voldemort had used Harry's blood to bring himself back to power, so the world was no longer safe. Cedric was infuriated because the Ministry did nothing to defend themselves against Voldemort. They did not believe him in the slightest, and said that Harry Potter's death was a "tragic accident" Harry's death had greatly effected Cedric. First, they became rather close friends throughout the course of the year, and Cedric began to consider Harry one of his close friends. Secondly, all Harry's friends were just as affected, if not more affected, than he was. There was person in particular that Cedric noticed had been affected: Hermione Granger, one of Harry's best friends. He noticed that she had not reprimanded anyone for not studying, not arguing at all with Ron Weasley. In fact, Cedric noticed that apart from classes and eating, the girl had not actually been doing anything. He could not recall a time when he heard her speak before she was spoken to. It really unsettled him. Lastly, Cho. Cho was devastated about his death, and was over-come with guilt because she could not go with him to the Yule Ball. She did not blame Cedric, but she claimed that "I could have at least gave him one dance!" when she over-heard that his date with Parvati did not go well. At all. So, Cho asked Cedric if they could have some time off, just so that they can recover from what happened. Deep inside him, Cedric felt no desire to do so, but he knew that was what was probably best for Cho, so he decided to go through with it. Though Cedric was slightly happy. Cho did desire to spend time with him on occasion, but she always left if they got too close.
Realizing he had been walking for a while, Cedric took out his time table, forgetting what class he was in next. Cedric's face fell into a what fun. Double Defense Against the Dark Arts with Umbridge he thought. He sighed, shoved the time table back inside his pockets and began walking to class, preparing himself for a couple of pain enduring hours.