This is the extremely short introduction to what is probably going to be a story with many chapters (which are hopefully going to be much longer than this one). It takes place during the year of the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts and starts just before the Yule Ball, but instead of focusing on Harry's very dramatic life at this time, this fic is about Roger Davies, Cedric Diggory, and a few others who have some sort of connection to them. This has many surprising (and not so surprising) plot twists (hence the title). It also includes a little slash, so if that kind of thing grosses you out, protect your virgin eyes by not reading this story.
"Hey, Ced! D'you finally ask her?" Roger Davies asked Cedric Diggory very excitedly and a little too loudly, as the latter sat down next to him and two of his friends from the Ravenclaw Quidditch team at a table in the library during break, causing Madam Pince, who was dusting off some ancient books a few shelves away, to give him a deadly stare.
"Yeah, I actually did this time," answered Cedric, who had just as much excitement in his voice as Roger but much less volume, "and she said yes!"
"Wait, who are we talking about here? Who're you going with, Cedric?" inquired one of the Ravenclaw Chasers, whose name was Joe.
"Only the sexiest girl in the school, as Cedric calls her," Roger, in a mocking voice, answered for Cedric, "though I sure as hell wouldn't mind going with her myself."
"BLOODY HELL, CEDRIC!" exclaimed Roger's other friend, a Beater named Greg in a loud whisper, who appeared to just have figured out an extremely exciting and important secret, "YOU ASKED FLEUR DELACOUR TO THE BALL, AND SHE SAID YES!?
"No, asking Fleur is Roger's job," said Cedric, who couldn't quite conceal the huge smile now spreading across his face along his highly amused tone of voice, "although I'm not so sure if the second part of your statement will be true for him."
"WHAT?" yelled Roger at the top of his lungs in mock anger, "THERE'S NO DAMN WAY SHE'D TURN THIS DOWN, AND IF SHE DOES, THEN SHE DOESN'T DESERVE IT, DOES SHE? Oh, and Fleur technically doesn't go to our school, Greg." Even though Roger's second statement was somewhat quieter than the first, the damage was done. Madam Pince was screeching at the four boys to the hell out of her library, thus doing the same thing she was kicking them out for. Cedric, Roger, Joe, and Greg didn't have time to think about the irony of the situation, though. Madam Pince was infamous for charming heavy books to chase misbehaving students out of the library, hitting them repeatedly in the backs of their heads in the process (Roger had personally experienced this), so the four of them, Roger in the lead, sprinted as fast as they possibly could out of the library, stopping only when there were a good three floors between them and Madam Pince.
Panting and laughing their asses off at the same time, Cedric, Roger, Joe, and Greg found a nice spot in a corridor to hang out until classes resumed.
"Why were you guys hanging out in the library, anyways?" asked Cedric, who honestly couldn't think of a more illogical place to be with Roger.
"We were going to get that essay from Flitwick out of the way, but Roger made sure that didn't happen," answered Joe.
"I'll get the essay done tonight in about two seconds, and then I'll let you two copy it," said Roger dismissively, "but let's get back on the subject of who Ced's taking to the ball.
" I'm going with Cho Chang," said Cedric, smiling.
"Can you elaborate on that? You know, tell us exactly what happened when you asked her down to every last detail?" asked Roger, but before Cedric had a chance to begin to describe his awkward, embarrassing, and yet successful encounter with Cho, the bell signaling the end of break sounded, and Cedric headed for Transfiguration while other three started off to Herbology.