The Hogwarts Champion
An Ode to Cedric Diggory
by me, valerie:)

a/n Not the best poem ever written, I think it's good, and long…
disowner: JKR owns allHe was born in a time

When darkness reigned supreme
But he was born
A boy of great nobility
And dignity

This beautiful blonde angel sent
A child of grace and strength
A parent's joy
A House's pride
Full of magic and beauty

And come his eleventh summer
An invitation did come for him
To send him of to a school of magic
Like his parents did before him

And there he stood
With the other first year
Humble, yet proud
For he would be great

And when it came time
For him to take on the Hat
He was sorted without much delay
It to the House
Of Hufflepuff

And there he did grow
In virtue and in strength
Learning the ways of the world
In which he did live
He did complain
Nor attack
When taunted by the Slytherins
A child of virtue
A child of joy
He continued on with his work

He was selected out of many
To play of the yellow and black
As the greatest flier
The house had ever seen

But even then
He did not brag
He picked up his broom
And practiced long and hard
Searching for the Golden Snitch
Knowing that his practice
Might one day be repaid

This boy
No longer a boy
Yet not a man
Was wise beyond his years
Taught the gracious ways
Of the Hufflepuff house

And as the years did pass
And he grew older
And ever more wiser
He was chosen
To wear the sliver prefect's badge

On the Quidditch field
Were the battles between the houses
Did take place
He captained his team
Against the great Lions of Red

And in an instant
These innocent games were disrupted
By a swarm of dark beasts
As the two Greats dived for a little bird
But one managed to fall
To the calls of the beasts
But he did not see
And caught the prize
Defeated, by score, Gryffindor
But this earthly angel did claim victory
He saw what happened unjust
And raced to aid his fallen enemy
For enemy he was no longer
The game had ended

Though his father took to pride
That his son had defeated
The great Potter
The Hufflepuff
Did not claim it so

Then come his final year
At Hogwarts School
Of Witchcraft and Wizardry
A Tournament would take place

Three students
From three different schools
Would compete
Chosen by
The Goblet

From Drumstrang came
Another seeker
By the name of
Victor Krum

And from Beauxtues
Came a girl
With natural beauty
Of that to rival any flower

And then from Hogwarts
Does our hero come
That wise and great
Hufflepuff

But then something happens
Quite unexpected
As once more the flames go blue
And another name appears
Scrolled out
Harry Potter
While the rest of the schools
Shouts and yells
About how unjust this is
The Hufflepuff does not mind

It was an accident
And that is that
No more can be done
So yet the games begin

The first was to take place
In the bleak November cold
And stay unknown
Until its time

But all found out
'Cept our hero
Of what the task shall be

So Harry, seeing what he could do
Slit the bag of books
And let the secret spill
Of dragons and eggs

And then came time
For the first task
He used his schooling wisely
And created and diversion

And as the dragon chased the dog
He went for the golden egg
But the judges favored others
And he did not get the honor
Of being number one

Inside the egg
Was riddle
Screaming whenever opened
But our hero took it
Dunked it into the water
And the answer was revealed

Now, being of Hufflepuff
As he was
A good deed deserves another
And so he told the other boy
Of how to solve the egg's mystery

The first task now completed
And the second now known
Another, unexpected task appeared
A dance, a ball for Yuletide season

The Belle of the Blue
Caught his eye
And heart in seconds time.
It was her that he asked
And 'yes' she answer.

He was in love
He was in the center
Of the school adoration
He was in the greatest part
Of his life
And it seemed as if this dream
Would never end.

An endless waltz
Opening the ball
With the three other
Champions
As the final two tasks
Approached in time

Now, underwater prisoners
Must be freed
In a minutes time

From the surface he did dive
And journeyed to the merfolk's city
To free that angel he did dance with

But once more
He did not place in first
For the Potter's courage
It was his honor.
But there is always the third trial

And as time wore on
The once beautiful quidditch field
Did seem to change
As bushes grew
Where feet once took to the air
And the last great maze
Was created

They filled it with challenges
They filled it with curses
And a single trophy at the center
Gold in color and in status

So the final race had begun
On a glorious summer's day
And through that maze
Did the four champions run
Falling to curses
And two circling toward
The center trophy

Harry offered him a helping hand
And he did the same
Until the they saw it there
Center reached

But who should be the champion?
Claim the glory
For Hogwarts?
They batted it back and forth
Saying that the other deserved it
Until the decision was made
It would be a tie

They grabbed the handles together
And together did they journey
To the Dark Lord's Lair
In a graveyard
Not far from the his
Father's run down manor
His red eyes lit up
As he saw the two boys
And with the raising of a wand
The killing curse performed
Left our hero
Lifeless at the feet of a statue

The other two dueled
With wands as brothers
Saved Harry's young life
And those last lives lost
To that yew wand
And evil hand
Were honored
With a few words

"Take my body back"
Was the hero's simple request
Fulfilled
Harry made sure
As he returned to the quidditch field
One boy gone
Taken by the Dark Lord

A boy
Yet wiser
Then those of years more than him
A Champion
For Hogwarts
And the house of the noble
And virtuous
Cedric Diggory