A/N: Still don't own anything aside from the plot. Evry character belongs to Mrs. Rowling.

Endless

Chapter two: Who needs saving?

The group continued to walk. Ron was like in a semi-awake-semi-dreamlike state. Fred and George were talking aimlessly, who knows what? Mr. Diggory and Mr. Weasley are leading the pack. Hermione and Ginny are giggling, which continuously annoys Harry as to determine what they're giggling about.

"Stop making that noise!" Harry said, "What are you lot giggling about anyway?"

Hermione and Ginny just giggled and pointed at Cedric, who's just a few steps ahead from them.

"So he's tall, what's the big deal?" Harry argued.

"and?" Hermione pressed.

"and a Hufflepuff to boot… So not cool!" Ron, hearing their arguments interrupted the giggling and the arguing.

"You're just jealous because he's too good looking! And by the way,I can't believe I'll hear that from a Gryffindor. We should be the one fostering camaraderie among students. And besides you're not only a Gryffindor, your one of the founders and official member of the S.P.E.W. and we stand for equality" Hermione retorted.

"Whoa? And since when have I become THE founder? And besides, everyone knows that Diggory is pretty…but come on he's a bloody Hufflepuff… so pretty plus hufflepuff probably means… umm pretty dumb?" Ron retorted back

"Whatever! And why are you trying to be such an arse-hole about it?" Hermione argued back

"I'm not being an arse-hole about it! I'm just stating the obvious! And besides why are you giggling about him like that? What? you have a crush on Diggory now?" Ron's anger was starting to rise. Ginny and Harry were rooted to the spot both not sure whether to mediate or stay 5 meters away from the heated monsters. Both decided on the latter.

"You're unbelievable! I haven't have a crush on Diggory! But if I were to choose between a Hufflepuff, like Diggory and an arse-hole Gryffindor like you obviously are… I'll choose Diggory by a mile!" Hermione walked away from Ron thoroughly angry.

"What was that supposed to mean!" Ron shouted back following Hermone, obviously demanding for an explanation.

Harry and Ginny were left dumbfounded.

"Cant'believe those two!" Ginny said

"Tell me about it!" Harry said.

"I'd better go after Hermione and you---"

"Go after Ron?" Harry finished Ginny's sentence. "Right"

Ginny followed Hermione. Harry was about to do the same for Ron, when after five steps he missed the fifth and fell, only to be catch by strong arms.

"Whoa! Careful there!" a velvety voice

Damn, of all the people to catch me… Sure isn't my lucky day…"Thanks Cedric" Harry muttered.

"Welcome!" Cedric replied. Harry noticed that Cedric was still holding his arm.

"Umm… Can I have my arm back?" Harry joked.

"What if I don't want to?" Cedric started to caress Harry's arm with his thumb, making small circles. Harry blushed, he didn't even know why. Why the hell am I blushing? Sure this is a joke…

"Hey Diggory, trying to sabotage our precious seeker?" Fred Weasley said shouting from ahead.

"Yeah! Just trying to catch your little seeker before his face come in contact with the ground!" Diggory replied still not letting go of Harry's arm. Still caressing it.

"Stop playing Ced, Come on were going to be late!" Amos, shouted back.

Cedric finally let go. Harry the quickly hasten his steps, leaving Cedric behind.

"Hey! Potter, watch your steps, I can't catch you everytime, you know!" Cedric shouted, sounding rather amused

Argh! I just wish to wipe that amused look on that jerk's face! Harry thought only to look back and replied, "Like you don't enjoy catching me!" Harry smirked and went on…

Cedric was flabbergasted for a few seconds then smiled. He was so amused by Harry that by the time they reached the portkey, he was still smiling.

"What are you smiling about?" George took notice to ask loudly, which caught Harry's attention. He like, George was awaiting Cedric's reply.

"Just trying to think of better ways on how to CATCH things" Cedric replied, then winked at Harry. Harry blushed and looked away.

"Ahh! Here it is!" Amos expounded. "Everyone gather around here please!"

"Why are you all staring at that Mangy old boot?" Harry asked.

"That's not a mangy, old, boot mate, that's a portkey" Fred explained.

"What is a portkey---"

"Okay, everyone put your hands on the portkey now." Mr. Weasley states.

Harry holds the boot by the soles. He was just wondering what the thing was about, when huge hands covered his own. He looked for the owner of the hand and saw that it was from Cedric Diggory. Harry made a questioning glare, but Cedric wasn't looking at him. Harry just shrugged the thought off, as the boot was so small it isn't that a task to hold hands, when Cedric thumb started making small circles at Harry's little finger. Harry glared questioningly and met Cedric's grey eyes, thorough amusement was there. Harry blushed.

"One, two, three!" said Mr. Weasley's voice. Harry was just in time to look at Mr. Weasley when a pull was felt around his navel. He was like zooming in all time and space and he was inconveniently and irrevocably dizzy. He was just about to complain when he heard Mr. Weasley's voice saying, "Let go!"

"What?!" he heard Hermione said. "Let go!" Mr. Weasley repeated.

Harry couldn't believe he was asked to let go. But being a THE courageous Gryffindor he had. Then he hit the ground! "AW!" Harry's voice was not the only AW within the distance.

Ron was holding and grasping the grass promising he'll never leave such a warm and steady place. Hermione and Ginny were speechless. George and Fred saying "Amazing!" well, leave it to Fred and George to find anything a horrible as a portkey---amazing.

However, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Diggory and Cedric were floating lightly and decending gracefully to the ground.

"Looks like you do need saving!, Can't catch you there though, might as well open my hand" Cedric said offering Harry his hand. Harry accepted lifting himself up. Quite frankly, he shouldn't have accepted it, but he just couldn't trust himself to stand alone when his vision was whirling. Instead he muttered "thanks" and look for Ron, only to be held again by the arm.

"Wait---" Cedric said.

"What? I said thanks haven't I?" Harry was really starting to get annoyed. How dare him. He's playing jokes on me all this time that we met. Were not even that close…

"You've got grass on your hair!" Cedric said, picking the grass at Harry's hair, and then smiling, thoroughly amused.

"Well, thanks… I think… I need to find Ron" Harry retorted.

"What? No smart-ass reply?" Cedric said, still smiling.

"No! Diggory! In fact, I would not reply at all!" Harry is thoroughly, and irrevocably annoyed. Better go now, than to hex this arse-hole! Harry left quickly, when he heard Diggory shouted back laughing.

"No reply? But you just did!" Cedric's laughter was evident.

Diggory! Argh! If I could just hex him, just this once… Arghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

A/N: Ok… Just have the time to update. I'm not sure when my next update is. Have exams this week so probably can't update in the next few days. Still, anything's possible. Please review my story. Tell me how you feel about it. (for me to determine whether to continue it because a lot are reading my story or otherwise). If anything might be familiar, that is because I've read a lot of fanfictions and some of them might be leaking into my story, so please let me borrow some scenes, and because it might be from my imagination or I've read it somewhere. No pun intended.