"Dobby is free!" cried out the little House-Elf, his voice fervently happy.

Hermione would have liked that, thought Cedric, blinking back tears.

Exhausted, and possibly emotional, Cedric ached in places he didn't he could ache, and he very much wished to find himself a bath.

And possibly drown in it, but that was neither here nor there.

"You cost me a servant boy!"

You nearly killed Ginny and countless other people, thought Cedric, watching gleefully as Mr. Malfoy was sent arse over kettle by Dobby, the free elf.

"No one shall hurt Harry Potter!" called out the elf, fiercely.

Cedric looked to his girlfriend's best friend.

Yeah, no one shall hurt Harry Potter.