A Promise Fulfilled
Harry groaned, his head was hurting like hell. He slowly opened his eyes and immediately noticed the white walls, and white tiles on the floor. Why was he at St. Mungo's? Did something go wrong during a mission?
"Ah you're finally awake." He heard someone say.
He saw Joseph approaching him, checking a clipboard that were most likely his vital signs.
"Joseph, what's going on?" Harry asked. "Why am I here?"
Joseph opened his mouth to say something, but the door opened, and Harry's eyes widened.
"Cedric?" Harry said as he stared in disbelief.
"Harry, thank Merlin you're alright." Cedric said, pulling the shorter male into a tight hug.
"I don't understand." Harry said, but hugged back. "What happened?"
Was he dreaming? Cedric definitely felt real. Perhaps he had ingested something experimental from Joseph's lab.
"I'm going to go pick up James from my parents' place, and we'll be back soon, alright?" Cedric said.
Harry didn't know what was going on, he didn't know if any of this was real. Not knowing what to say, he nodded. Cedric leaned in a gave him a short kiss before leaving.
"Joseph…that was Cedric" Harry said.
"Yes it was." Joseph said, still going through Harry's charts.
"Why was he here?" Harry asked. "And who's James, and why did Cedric go pick him up from his parents' place?"
"To check on you, of course." Joseph returned. "I think that's the natural reaction when your husband is hospitalised."
"What? Husband?" Harry asked.
"And James is your five year-old son." Joseph continued, and Harry's jaw dropped.
"Cedric and I are married? And we have a son?" Harry said in disbelief.
"You really don't remember anything?" Joseph asked.
"No." Harry said as he shook his head. "My head hurts really bad, and I can remember things from like, months ago, but nothing from the past week."
"Yes, I had a headache too when I woke up." Joseph said as he tapped Harry's chart. "But it faded after a few minutes, and I didn't lose any memory of what happened recently. Perhaps this is happening because there are more new memories for your brain to process than mine."
"What? New memories?" Harry asked as Joseph sat next to him.
"Maybe this will jog your memory." Joseph said. "Congratulations, you've successfully changed the past."
If you haven't guessed, I'm writing a sequel to this story. Yes, Cedric lives. How? I'll explain in the sequel. First, I'd like to thank all of you who stuck with the story and patiently waited for the updates, especially when it seemed like I had bailed. Thank you to everyone who gave kudos and comments. Those always boosted my motivation to finish the story.
As for the sequel, I won't be writing it yet. I'm going to focus on my other on-going stories before starting new ones. But I promise to start writing it by the end of the month. I won't guarantee any publish date, because I will most likely miss it. What I will say is that the sequel will mostly focus on Harry's life after the Triwizard Tournament with Cedric. Joseph and Draco will also be featured, since a lot of people seem to like them. (Which I'm extremely happy about). I might throw in some other couples, and some post-war Harric.
Once again, thank you all for your patience and support. I wouldn't have been able to finish this story, which has 113,374 words and took up 335 pages. Thank you again, and I hope you will read the sequel