In a small, magical community, located in Devon, England, Cedric Diggory and his family peacefully lived amongst the wizards and witches. Cedric is an intelligent, young wizard, with light, fluffy brown hair and eyes that shine an amorous grey. He appeared quite tall and lanky for his age of about seventeen. He is known specifically for his success as a Hufflepuff prefect and captain and seeker of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he began his schooling there in 1989. Cedric's father, Amos Diggory, was a content wizard who spent his time working in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magic Creatures in the Ministry of Magic. Cedric and his father possessed a tight relationship. It was the school holidays of 1994 and Cedric had arrived home to spend some relaxing time with his father.
"Cedric, my boy!" Amos expressed, limping down the gravel track excitedly to welcome his son.
"Hello father." Cedric replied, enveloping his father in a warm hug.
"Come inside and tell me all about your year! I am sure it was mighty successful." Amos gloated, once again showing his excessive gratitude and pride of his son.
Later that evening, Amos was enjoying a soothing Butterbeer, which he had brewed himself, whilst Cedric was upstairs catching up on his reading. 'Theories of Transubstantial Transfiguration' is one of his favourite books which has helped him in succeeding academically. A storm approached the Diggory house, with threatening gales and violent lightning and thunder. The storm didn't seem to bother Cedric, as he was too enthralled in his book. Suddenly, a faint tap on the murky window beckoned his attention. Gradually moving his eyes away from the book, Cedric glanced at the window. Confused, he cautiously slid off his bed, and crept his way towards the mysterious sound. The tapping seemed to gradually get louder and more violent. Cedric snuck over to his bedside table and grabbed his 12 and ¼ inch wand. He wearily lifted it up to chest-height and aimed it at the window, and continued to sneak over. He was only just 2m away when an enigmatic object burst through the glass and landed in Cedric's room. The shadowy figure advanced on the boy.
"Stupefy!" cursed the unknown figure, violently swishing their wand. Cedric moved his wand in a waving motion, sending out a Shield Charm and defending himself from the spell before it could hit him.
"I said, Stupefy!" The enigmatic figure piercingly cursed. This time, Cedric had little time to react. The spell sped towards the adolescent wizard, targeting him in the chest and sending him back into the wooden wall. Cedric's body lay unconscious on the floor whilst the figure dashed through his room, giggling and laughing manically.
Cedric awoke from the curse, finding himself on the ground and clueless of what happened, as if someone used the Memory charm on him. He slowly got up and staggered around for a couple seconds. He scanned around to find that his delicate room had been perfidiously trashed. Cedric hastily rushed around his room and tried to clean up the mess, but then it hit him. Where is his father? In a panic, Cedric hurried downstairs to find his father. He saw his father's drinking glass shattered over the wooden floor and Butterbeer was spilt everywhere. Cedric started to become worried, but he stayed persistent, as he needed to find his father. Staggering through the house, Cedric was clueless as to where his father was. What if he was kidnapped? What if he was killed? Countless pictures flowed through Cedric's mind.
"Okay, I need to find my father!" Cedric sighed, however he remained resilient. Distant screams coming from the front of the house caught Cedric's attention. Sprinting through the house, Cedric slipped over on the spilt Butterbeer and landed face first on the ground covered with shattered glass. In atrocious pain, he crawled along the ground towards the front door, where the piercing screams kept coming from. Cedric grabbed his wand and performed the Healing spell, Tergeo, on himself, to clean up to wounds. Bursting through the front door, the image of Bellatrix Lestrange duelling against Amos Diggory flowed through Cedric's traumatized eyes. Cedric clutched his wand from his pocket and in an attempt to grab it and point it at Bellatrix; he fumbled and dropped the wand. He dived onto the muddy earth to search for his wand. Frequently glancing up, Cedric was panicking immensely and was clueless on what to do. Grasping his wand, Cedric jumped up ready to defend his loving father, and defeat the horrid Death Eater. Cedric advanced on Bellatrix, aiming his wand and screaming at her to stop. Bellatrix, laughing hysterically, rolled her eyes at the boy and continued to duel Amos.
"You foolish boy, Avada Kedavra!" Bellatrix cursed at Cedric's father, sending a stream of green light towards the man, striking him right in the chest and sending him to the ground, killing him instantly. The Death Eater quickly apparated out of sight, to leave Amos' lifeless body to lie amongst the rubble in the rain. Screaming with grief, Cedric sprinted over to his dead father and started caressing his body. Cedric lied down next to his motionless father and squeezed his hand firmly, as the gentle rain softly fell on their broken souls.
"I'm going to make you proud, father!" He sobbed, placing his head gently on his father's chest. The whole night, Cedric lied next to his father, by his side, crying his eyes out, his heart breaking more and more. This was the night that changed the life of Cedric Diggory, forever…