Hey everyone this is my second story. Like always the characters of this story do not belong to me...they belong to J.K. Rowling and may I say...she's done a pretty good job of things.

"Life is a chance to grow a soul" A. Powell Davies

Chapter 1: The Announcement

There was a silence that filled the entire Great Hall

The lights were dim as the candles flickered in the non-existing wind. Every eye was locked onto the Goblet of Fire. Every ear longed to hear the Headmaster call out the Hogwarts Champion. At last out from the Goblet shot out a tiny piece of paper. A third and final name slowly fell towards the earth, towards the headmaster's open palm. At last he held it in his hand and opened it up to look at the name.

"The Hogwarts Champion," exclaimed Dumbeldore, "is Cedric Diggory."

The boy named Cedric arose from his seated position at the Huffelpuff table. His palms were clammy and his legs shook. He had hoped that his name wouldn't be chosen. In fact he had stayed up the night before and prayed for it.

All of his friends, even his girlfriend Cho Chang, all agreed that he should put his name into the Goblet of Fire. And Cedric went along with the game, because that's all he thought of it, just as a game. But it wouldn't become anything real. It couldn't. There was no way he could possibly represent Hogwarts to the rest of the Wizarding world. He'd make a mockery of Hogwarts.

The golden haired boy walked past rows of his classmates and friends. They each held a grin on their lips. Cedric walked through the Ravenclaw tables. He passed Cho who blushed as he looked at her. He smiled and shook his head. Then he walked past the Griffindor tables. He looked at the boy who lived, Harry Potter, cheering for him and Harry's friends do the same. There was the big redheaded one with the freckles who clapped his great hands loudly, and the bushy blond one, Hermione who politely applauded. She smiled at him. He couldn't help but smile back and already the weight upon his shoulders felt lighter.

Cedric continued through rows and rows of his peers gazing up at him with awe. At last he made it to Dumbeldore. Dumbeldore clasped him on the shoulders and smiled warmly down at him, in a way that his own father might have done. This, like Hermione's smile, brought warmth to Cedric's terrified heart. Dumbeldore motioned for Cedric to go to the trophy room to join the other champions. He whispered how proud he was of Cedric.

As he walked towards the trophy room, he pictured his father's face when he was informed of the news. Cedric knew that the ministry would inform Mr. Diggory via owl but in his mind he pictured what he'd say to his dad.

Hey dad. He'd have begun with a giddy grin on his face.

Now Cedric could almost see the scene in his mind.

What is it? Mr. Diggory would raise one eyebrow with caution, but a smile would break through his lips nonetheless.

I'm a triwizard champion. It would come out in a flurry of words. His reply would spill out onto the floor. But his dad would still be able to catch every word that escaped from his son's mouth. This was the moment Mr. Diggory had been waiting for.

"Now he'll finally, really, honest to God, be proud of me," Cedric thought. But the thought of being a triwizard champion still tasted bitter to his tongue. He couldn't really form the words. He was ashamed of his feelings, but as ever he'd become a natural at hiding them.

So he pushed his own regrets inside of his heart as he pushed open the door to the trophey room.

Inside the room, stood the two other champions from Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. Both students were watching Cedric intently as he walked inside the room and walked towards them. The one from Durmstrang, Victor Krum, was glaring at Cedric. Victor was Cedric's age but he looked much older. He carried himself with the supriority of an adult and he was quite tall. The Dumstrangs had been assured all the heat that they wanted and the fire place in the trophey room was lit, but Krum still wore a thick burley coat and a big hat.

The girl from Beauxbatons, Fleur Delacour was gazing up at Cedric dizzily. She had deep mistly blue eyes and thick golden hair.

She is quite beautiful Cedric thought to himself. But as he looked intently into her eyes, and tried to see past into her head, he found out that there wasn't much past the beauty. Immidetly he found that he was disgusted by her. The beauty that had turned on his heart now revolted him. Had she worked her ways on more then one poor guy.

Then Cedric began to feel ashamed of his own looks. He knew that girls looked at him the same way that he had gazed at Fleur, but he suddenly felt imensly bad for all of the girls that had ever loved him from afar. But then he shrugged off those feelings.

All three students were awkwardly silent.

This isn't a good way to start things off Cedric reasoned. What would Dad want me to do? Cedric often found himself thinking about what is father would do in trickly situations that Cedric felt he couldn't personally handle. So he mentally closed his eyes and thought of Amos Diggory. Cedric could almost make out his father's glasses dangling from the bridge of his nose. He always wore a happy smile on his face.

He knew his wise father would want him to start the conversation. It didn't have to be intelleget, and it didn't have to be smart, but as long as there was something for the three to discuss, maybe that would grow to acceptance. So the Hufflepuff boy cleared his throat and began.

"Did anyone read about that Quidditch game last night? Boy that was something wasn't it?"

Fleur raised her eyebrow but Krum responded, "Yeah but get this, I didn't hear about it. I was there."

"Really?"

"I know the manager of the Scottish team, he was able to get a couple of tickets for me and my friends," explained Krum.

This was going better than Cedric expected. Maybe a little more participation from Fleur would have been nice but this was okay with just the guys talking. The boy's flutters were starting to calm themselves down a bit. He was starting to relax and laugh with the Bulgarian when an unexpected face appeared from the doorway.

Okay. That was the first Chapter. I'm not sure how it's all going to work out but I think it'll be okay. Please tell me what you think of this. Feedback is soooo much appreciated that I'd hug you all for doing this.