Chapter 97
Crowning the Champion
When Cedric took Fleur down in the final duel, he was declared the Champion, and was taken back to the castle on the shoulders of his friends and school mates. Fleur congratulated him on a great duel, and smiled sweetly at him then went to her new boyfriend for comfort. The gentleman on Fleur's arm was kissing her softly on the well fought duel, and congratulated Cedric on his win, in which Cedric said. "Thank you Bill, it means a lot to me that you have said that to me. I wish you two the best in the world, and hope that Cho and I get invited to the wedding when you two eventually get married. Good duel Fleur, this has been a great year that the three of us have had in these tasks, and you and Viktor both have proven to be worthy champions of your schools." He gave the French girl a friendly hug before going with Cho to the Great Hall for the celebration and the crowning of the champion.
"Your quite welcome Cedric, and we will definitely invite you two to the wedding, when it happens that is, as long as you two invite us to the wedding when you get around to asking her." Bill gave Cedric a pat on the back and laughed a bit at the look of bewilderment on the look of Cho.
Cedric took Bill to the side for a second as thegirls kept walking. "Hush about that Bill, I know that I told you what I was going to do if I won, but she doesn't know yet. Don't worry we will invite you two to the wedding, but still got to keep it quiet until then." He slapped Bill on the back and they caught up with the girls.
When they walked up to the Great Hall, Cedric and Cho were lead up to the head table where they were seated next to the Headmaster and the Minister of Magic where he was the guest of honor, and he was chatting happily with the Minister and having fun. He was listening to the luminairies that were saying speeches about how well the tournament went, and how they were thinking about having it again in a few years. Each of the Heads of the schools spoke about their agreement to have it again in five years at Beauxbatons, then again in another five years and every five years after that at first Durmstrang, and then starting at Hogwart's again.
Minister Weasley then stood up and started his speech and the giving of the prize money and trophy to the champion. "Dear friends, relatives, and distinguished guests, we are here to congratulate the champion of this years Tri-Wizard Tournament, Cedric Diggory. It was a well fought battle between the three champions, that ended with a well fought duel between the champion of Hogwart's, Cedric Diggory, and the champion of Beauxbatons, Ms. Fleur Delacour. It was a well fought duel, and in the end Cedric finished her off with a well shot stunner spell. I want to congratulate all three of the champions for representing their schools and their countries in this tournament. To end my speech, I will ask Cedric to up and receive his trophy and prize money, come on up here Cedric, and if you could, would you please say something to the people that are here." There were a huge round of applause and cheers as Cedric stood, gave Cho a kiss, in which there were many flashes of cameras, and came up to receive his award and to make a speech.
He took the money and trophy and started on his speech. "Thank you Minister Weasley, Headmasters Dumbledore and Karkaroff, Madame Maxine, friends, family and distinguished guests. I am proud to represent my school and county in this tournament, and thank you for giving me the chance to participate in this. I'm not the only one who this belongs to tho, but the other two champions fought just as well, but there can only be one champion so thank you." He sat down to the applause and cheers of the people, and he ate his meal and had a good night.