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Over the next few days, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry's]] worst memory is of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Cedric Diggory|Cedric Diggory]]'s parents. They never seemed angry, and instead thanked Harry for returning Cedric's body. They expressed relief that he did not suffer and died only after winning the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Triwizard Tournament|Tournament]]. Harry offered them the Tournament winnings, saying Cedric would have reached the Cup first, but they had refused.
After Harry returns to Gryffindor Tower after, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/AlbusRon DumbledoreWeasley|Professor DumbledoreRon]] addresses the school.and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/RonHermione WeasleyGranger|RonHermione]] andtell him that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/HermioneAlbus GrangerDumbledore|HermioneProfessor Dumbledore]] tell him that Dumbledore has instructed everyonethe school to refrainavoid asking Harry aboutany whatquestions happened inabout the mazeTournament. Harry, Ron, and Hermione reach their own tacit agreement to avoid discussing it. Ron says [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Molly Weasley|Mrs.his Weasleymother]] has asked Dumbledore ifinvited Harry couldto stay withat themThe Burrow for the summer, but Dumbledore saystold her Harry must first spend time at [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Privet Drive|Privet Drive]]. WhenMrs. Harry wonders why, Ron says that his motherWeasley assumes Dumbledore has his reasons.
The only person Harry feels he can confide in is [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]. WithThe noTrio [[Muggles'head Guidefor tohis Harry Potter/Magic/Defence Against the Dark Arts|Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher, that time is freehut, and the Trio heads to Hagrid's hut. He is pleased to see Harry and invites them all in. When Harry notices a second bucket-sized teacup on the table, Hagrid admits he was having tea with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Olympe Maxime|Madame Maxime]]. Hagrid startles Harry by saying that he knew [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]] would return, it was only a matter of time. Harry did as much as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/James Potter|his father]] would have, and there is no higher praise than that. Harry smiles for the first time in days. When asked, Hagrid is unable to tellsay Harryanything what missionabout Dumbledore's ismission, sendingthough Hagrid and Madame Maxime on; Hagridhas almost hasconvinced Madame Maxime convinced to go with him. He jokingly invites them to visit the last [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Skrewt|Skrewt]].
The Leaving Feast is a sad affair; the Great Hall is draped in black. Professor Karkaroff is still missing, andbut Harry wonders whether he has been caught yet. Thethe real [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Alastor Moody|Alastor Moody]] is there, looking jumpy., and Snape has returned from his mission, still looking sour;. Harry remembers from the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Pensieve|Pensieve]] that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]] told the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Wizengamot|Wizengamot]] that Snape became a spy at great personal risk before Voldemort's fall. Dumbledore rises to address the school, starting with a tribute to Cedric Diggory. Cedric, he says,who exemplified the attributes of Hufflepuff House, he was a good and loyal friend, and a hard worker. It is only fair to reveal how he died:that he was murdered by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Lord Voldemort]]. The Ministry, he continues, "does not want me to tell you this, and some of your parents will be horrified, but truth is generally preferable to lies, and saying Cedric died from an accident is an insult to his memory." Dumbledore then praises Harry, who faced Lord Voldemort, escaped, and risked his life to return Cedric's body. He toasts Harry, as do most in the Great Hall; but, through a gap in the standing figures,can Harry seessee that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Draco Malfoy|Draco]] and his cronies do not.
Finally, Dumbledore singles out the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Beauxbatons Academy of Magic|Beauxbatons]] and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Durmstrang Institute|Durmstrang]] students, and says that in light of Voldemort's return, anyone now in the Hall is welcome to return to Hogwarts any time. Discord is Voldemort's main weapon, and Dumbledore asks that when given a choice between what is right, and what is easy, that they remember Cedric, who died because he strayed across Voldemort's path.
As Harry, Ron, and Hermione prepare to leave Hogwarts the next day, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Fleur Delacour|Fleur]] runs up to say goodbye to Harry; she is hoping to get a job in England to improve her English. When Ron says that it is very good already, Hermione scowls. Ron wonders aloud how the Durmstrang students will get back without Karkaroff., [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Viktor Krum|Krum]] tell him it was the students who sailed the ship,. thenHe asks Hermione for a private word before bidding everyone farewell.
On the Hogwarts Express, Harry finally feels free to share what happened with Ron and Hermione. Hermione then shows them [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/The Daily Prophet|the ''Daily Prophet'']], saying the only Harry news in it is about him winning the Tournament. She thinks [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Cornelius Fudge|Fudge]] is putting pressure on them. When Ron suggestswonders thatabout [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rita Skeeter|Rita Skeeter]] would never missmissing a story like that,. Hermione admits that she discovered how Rita was getting her stories. Harry gave her a clue talking about electronic bugging. She, then produces a jar containing a large beetle.—Rita ItSkeeter is Rita Skeeter, an unregistered [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Animagus|Animagus]]. Hermione spotted her in the Hospital Wing the night Cedric died and trapped her in the jar. Ron and Harry recall that with every story Rita wrote,seeing a large beetle had beenbeing nearby during their private conversations. Hermione will release her whenafter they reachreaching London, but if sheRita writes any stories for one year, RitaHermione will bereport reportedher to the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].
Draco barges in, saying how clever Hermione is trapping a journalist. He tellstelling Harry he has picked the wrong side; Voldemort is back, and Cedric is only the first to die. Wand-flashes suddenly fill the compartment, and Draco, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Vincent Crabbe|Crabbe]] and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Gregory Goyle|Goyle]] are suddenly lying, unconscious and disfigured, on the floor. Harry, Ron, and Hermione each used a different hex on them, in addition to ones fired by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]. After dumping Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle in the corridor, Fred and George join the Trio for the trip's remainder.
Fred tells Harry asksthat who Fredhe and George were blackmailing. Fred responds it was [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ludovic Bagman|Ludo Bagman]], but they have given up. Ludo paid their winnings with vanishing [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Leprechaun|Leprechaun]] gold. When they demanded real money, he became virtuous, telling them young boys their age should not be gambling anyway. Apparently, he also cheated [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lee Jordan|Lee Jordan]]'s father. Ludo also wagered on the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Quidditch World Cup|Quidditch World Cup]] with the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Goblin|Goblins]] and lost heavily. He was betting on Harry to win the Triwizard Tournament, which is why he was always trying to help Harry. When Harry and Cedric touched the cup simultaneously, the Goblins claimed it was a draw, and Ludo had to run.
Reaching King's Cross Station, Hermione and Ron maneuver their trunks past the still-stunned Draco and his cronies. Harry privately calls George and Fred aside and gives them his Triwizard prize. George exclaims that he must be mental, but Harry insists he does not want or need it. He wants the Twins to finance their own joke shop with it, but there is one condition: they must buy Ron new dress robes. After bidding goodbye to Hermione and Ron, and receiving Fred and George's fervent thanks, Harry leaves with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Vernon Dursley|Uncle Vernon]], awaiting whatever may happen next.
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