36.
The Trophy.
"He's saved it! Would you believe it! Hogwarts are the Cedric Diggory Quidditch Cup Champions!" Lee Jordan leapt out of his chair as Harry Potter grabbed hold of the Quaffle. They had done it. Hogwarts had actually beaten them. Beauxbatons. The favourites to win the tournament. The crowd was going nuts. Lee had never seen anything like it. Around 35,000 people were on their feet, jumping and clapping and cheering. The Hogwarts team was flying around the stadium in celebration, including Marcus, who had gotten onto the back of Ginny's broom. Eventually things would calm down and the trophy could be presented, but for now Lee wanted to let them enjoy it. He doubted there would be much sleep in the castle tonight.
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"Ladies and Gentlemen if you could please take your seats so we can begin the trophy presentation." Lee waited until there was a small degree of silence before continuing. "Before we present the trophy to the winning team, we have some individual awards to present. The Golden Glove Award for most saves in a single game goes to Christopher Wayland of Hogwarts, making a huge 122 saves against Durmstrang!" A loud round of applause erupted around the stadium before Lee broke the news. "Unfortunately Christopher can't be here tonight to collect the award, but it has been presented to him and he sends his thanks."
"The Golden Quaffle Award for most points scored throughout the tournament goes to Demelza Robins of Hogwarts, with 690 points!" Another round of applause filled the stadium as Demelza walked up the steps to the podium to collect her award. "And now, the Player of the Tournament Award, voted for by the players themselves, goes to Gabrielle Delacour of Beauxbatons!" More applause, but it was apparent that the crowd wanted Lee to get on with it.
"Now Ladies and Gentlemen please give a huge round of applause for the runners-up, from the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic: Christine Allard, Collette Bellerose, Emilie Bonnaire, Helene Cornette, Alana Bouchard, Josephine DuPont, Juliette DuPont, Emilie DuPont and Gabrielle Delacour!" The Beauxbatons team did get a well-deserved roar of applause from all sides.
The Beauxbatons team collected their silver medals with good grace, despite their disappointment. "Now before we bring out the winners," Lee began again, "please welcome, to present the trophy, Amos Diggory." A mixture of whispers and applause filled the air as Amos Diggory stepped up to the podium to introduce the winners.
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"Thank you," Amos Diggory began, "thank you all. Four years ago, almost to the day, I was standing here, mourning the death of my son. Cedric. It was a very tough, and sobering experience. Today though, I stand with all of you in celebration. In celebration of my son Cedric, in celebration of Quidditch, and in celebration of unity!" A large cheer filled the air once again.
"Cedric loved Quidditch, and he also loved being in the TriWizard Tournament. He loved both of these things, because of several things. Competition was one of these things, Cedric was very competitive, in anything he was doing. But most of all, he loved competitions because they brought people together. The last four years have taught us, more than anything, that all we have is each other, and we don't have each other for very long. So treasure the moments you have with each and every person that you love."
Harry slipped his arm around Ginny's waist as Amos continued his speech. Tears were in his eyes. Amos's speech really hit him hard, because he could relate to everything Amos was saying. "And treasure the friendships you have made throughout this competition, because what is love without friendship?"
"Through these past four years many sacrifices have been made by many people. These sacrifices were made so that we could live our lives in peace, free of prejudice, free of oppression, free of fear, and free to present to you the winners of the inaugural Cedric Diggory Quidditch Cup! From Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, please welcome: Marcus Hendricks, the absent Chris Wayland, Jimmy Peakes, Jerome James, Ritchie Coote, Harry Potter, Demelza Robins, Hannah Stephens and Ginny Weasley!" Amos shook each of the players' hands before handing the large trophy over to Marcus Hendricks.
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Lee Jordan continued his commentary over the cheers as the trophy was lifted. "Well it will be Marcus Hendricks who gets to lift the trophy first after captaining the side this evening. Harry Potter will get his turn, but you could view this, not just as a presentation of a trophy, but as a passing of the torch. Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Demelza Robins. All three of them will leave Hogwarts at the end of the school year. Marcus Hendricks, only in his second year at school here and he has already made a big impact. We could very well be looking at the future of Quidditch at Hogwarts. What do you think Angie?"
"Well, he has made a big impact like you said Lee," Angelina replied, "I'm sure we can expect big things from him in the future, and of course he has the opportunity to defend his title in five years time."
"That he does. Well folks, that's it for tonight's special episode of The Quidditch Show, but rest assured we will be back with more Quidditch news next week! Good night, and congratulations to Hogwarts for becoming the first ever champions of the Cedric Diggory Quidditch Cup!"
A/N:
Heyy Guys!
This chapter has been a long time coming! I hope you enjoyed it and weren't disappointed with the outcome. (sorry if you were!) I have made a couple of mistakes throughout the fic and will re-write a couple of chapters before continuing. Also, the extra characters added into each teams role call were the substitute players, just incase that confused you. I hope you liked Amos's speech, and that it wasn't to cliche filled. The final match is done, but this fic is NOT over yet so don't abandon ship just yet! Also once I am finished writing After The Battle of Hogwarts, I will write a sequel! There is your official confirmation^ Anyway, enjoy the chapter and please review! Lets see if we can get to 200 reviews! Also, the poll result were 100% for Hogwarts to win.
Iron Man.
Ps. Does anyone read these long Authors Notes that I write? Comment if you do!