Lament of the Angels

by TheGoldenSeraphim

Series of drabbles. Canon compliant. What would the deceased characters of Harry Potter have to say, if they could speak to him from beyond the grave? Rating for caution. ON HIATUS.

3. Cedric's Lament

Lament of the Angels:
Cedric Diggory

You blame yourself. I know you do.

I never knew you very well in life... Now, here in death, I know you better than almost anyone.

I've learned a great many things in my time here, and do you know what I've learned? It. Was. Not. Your. Fault. There was nothing you could have done. You were weak, blinded, incapacitated, and yet you still blame yourself for my death, when I was too dumbfounded, too slow to act. It never ceases to amaze me, how you blame yourself for the deaths and hurts of everyone you know.

You have the greatest capacity for love, for compassion, for self-hatred of anyone I have ever met, on this side of Life and the first.

And I hate not being able to help you.

I will sit.

I will watch.

I will wait.

And when the time comes, I will act.

Death will not stop me.

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LIZ