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Grey

Cedric closes his eyes. They're like him, he thinks, bland, uninteresting. Grey.

He can't understand why the Goblet of Fire picked him, him with his grey eyes and his mask of the perfect Hufflepuff. He didn't want to enter, but he did anyway, so as not to disappoint anyone.

In the maze, when he faces the Mirror of Erised, he doesn't see winning the tournament or the Quidditch Cup. Instead, Cedric sees a friend, someone who will not love him for his Quidditch skills or perfect grades or the glory he gives to Hufflepuff house, but for himself.

Just Cedric.