Harry Potter Character x Reader Oneshots

Draco/Cedric x reader

THIS ONESHOT IS BASED OFF OF A POV BY @LIZDYERR ON TIK TOK
Trigger warnings: major character death, cussing
Genre: angst
Notes:
Y/N - Your name
Y/f/c - your favourite colour
Y/h/c - your hair colour
Y/e/c - Your eye colour
ALSO. I KNOW DRACO DOESN'T JOIN THE DEATH EATERS UNTIL THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE - BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS ONE SHOT TO WORK, I MADE IT SO HE JOINS IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE.

"Can't you see he's dangerous?"

It had all gone very wrong, this was not the Yule Ball I'd wished for when I entered Hogwarts. I knew that The Yule ball wasn't every year so I felt blessed to have it fall whilst im at Hogwarts. Whats even better is that Draco Malfoy, my best friend had asked me to go with him along with your other friends. You see, I have a friend from each house, Luna from Ravenclaw, Cedric from Hufflepuff and Harry from Gryffindoor (even though Draco despised Harry, he made an exception because I mean so much to him) and, of course, Draco from Slytherin. I've always felt something more with Draco, he was ever so sweet to me, showered me in compliments and never let me down. We'd study together, eat together, cosy up by the fire when he didn't go home for Christmas, we're inseparable - it was no wonder most people who encounter us believe us to be dating. God how I wish.
But anyway. As the night progressed, Cedric had gone off with another Hufflepuff girl, Harry had gone off with Ron and were sat to the side, being completely ignored by their dates, Luna hadn't attended and Draco was dancing with someone. I couldn't tell who but I didn't mind. I went over to the punch table, which had been beautifully decorated with ice swans and Christmassy cupcakes, and poured myself a drink, downing it almost immediately,
"You can stop staring now, Cedric," I utter, I knew Cedric had been standing there for a good few minutes, acting as if he was there for a cupcake, when really he was just staring - a little weird but nonetheless, he's my friend,
"Caught me red handed," Cedric said with a wide grin, he then watched me put my plastic cup in the bin next to the table and then offered out his hand, bowing to me like I was royalty, "May I have this dance?" He said smoothly as another song came on. Thinking nothing of it, I nod and take his hand, he leads me to the dance floor and we begin to dance. Our feet moved in perfect sync and our movements linked together into a pattern that was soon established into a somewhat appealing dance. It was fun. Was. We laughed and talked as we maintained our stance, until I heard a glass shatter over by my blonde friend,
"Draco?" I frown, muttering to myself, "Hold on a minute, Cedric, I need to go see what happened," I say before leaving Cedric's embrace and sauntering over to Malfoy. From first glance, he looked like he got into some form of fight, the sleeve of his dark emerald suit was ripped on his right arm and his hair had been very ruffled, as opposed to how sleek and slicked back it was earlier that night, "What happened?"
Draco sighed and shook his head, walking out. As he does this, I catch a glimpse of his skin under his ripped sleeve, it was a jet black mark that contrasted his pale complexion like ink would placed on snow. Out of curiosity, I follow.

Once out, I see him sat on a bench against the stone wall, I sit next to him, almost automatically, he stands up,
"God Y/N! Why can't you just leave me alone! I'm fine on my own!" He hisses, rolling his eyes,
"Draco I am your friend! If I didn't check up on you, I'd be a pretty shit person and an even shittier friend. Why don't you just tell me what's going on?" I snap back, folding my arms over my chest, "In the god knows how many years I've known you, I've never, ever, seen you cry,"
It was true. I've known Draco since he was the little snob in year 1 of Hogwarts, and not once have I seen him cry. I'd just assumed he was incapable of doing it, or he never had a reason to, but now, I saw a new side of him. Like the dark side of the moon. I finally see his greyish blue eyes gloss over with that familiar ice, his throat Bob up and down as he swallows back tears, and at one point, I could've sworn I saw his bottom lip wobble,
"You really want to know why, Y/N?" Malfoy said quietly, I could hardly hear him through the banging, yet drowned noise from the great hall,
"What is it? You can tell me anything?" I match his tone, voice barely a whisper as I reach for his quivering hand. Before I can take it into my own, he draws it back, using his other shaking hand to peel back the ripped fabric of his arm. There it was; the dark mark. Just looking at it made me feel sick to my stomach, the look of it carved onto Draco's arm was enough to make both tears spring to my eyes but vomit rise to my throat. I thought looking from the snake slithering around the skull on his arm to his face would make me feel better, but the fear-stricken look plastered on his now paler face made me feel worse. I saw his lips move again,
"Please don't leave me..." he choked out. Before I could answer- a bolt of blue shot past us, missing Draco by a strand of his messed-up hair, from there I hear a familiar voice cast the spell again
"Expulso," Cedric yelled out at Draco. Before I could scream at him, I was looking at his back, his body blocking me from Draco, "Malfoy get away from her," he snapped at Draco, Cedric's arm held steadily in front of him, preparing for a duel. As far as I could see, Draco resumed the same stance,
"Cedric stop it!" I scream
"Oh yeah, Diggory? Or what?" Draco yelled back. My heart stops, they were really going to duel. Right here. This was supposed to be a happy night! Not like this...
"Draco please stop it!" My sharp inhales scratch and claw at my dry throat. Cedric uses his other arm to shove me back and many curses and spells were thrown, some missing, almost hitting me. Heart pounding, I attempt to scream out again, but the fear pinned me to the ground, and I'd lost my words. I was never like this. Usually I would get between them... but the spells were far too dangerous, we hadn't even learnt about them,
"Confringo!"
"Antonin Dolohov!"
"Petrificus Totalus!"
"Reducto!"
This goes on for far too long, just back and forth harm between the two boys, all the while, me screaming in pure pain for them to stop, until one silences my scream,
"Mosmordre!" And it wasn't Draco that said it... it was Cedric. Unsurprisingly, people in The Great Hall start screaming at the sight of it on the lawn - then Cedric starts running from Draco, like a coward, a dog with its tail between its legs. Except, he was screaming something inaudible, until Professor McGonnagall comes running out, cursing at Draco for performing such a spell, when he didn't. I saw it- he didn't!
"Professor it wasn't him!" I cry; and then I see Draco run after Cedric...

McGonnagall keeps me there, not letting me run after Draco, she'd put me under a spell where my body was completely frozen, par my head, so I could answer her inquiries. Then, it hits me. They were duelling again. Faintly, I could hear screams of students and utters of harmful curses were being emitted from The Hall - that's when the spell wore off.

Upon running into the hall, I see Draco with a cut on his cheek, more of his suit ripped, and burn marks all over him, Cedric didn't look nearly as bad. Because Draco didn't want to hurt his friend. He was scared to be seen as the bad guy again - all his life he'd been seen as a bad guy. Cedric had nothing to lose. As I stood at the entrance to the hall, Draco looked at me; knowing his defeat. So as Cedric muttered another curse, he kept his eyes on me, praying that would douse the pain,
"Crucio," Cedric said. One of the three Unforgivable curses. We'd learnt about them, only briefly after Hermione asked about them. Suddenly, Draco let out a blood-curdling cry of agony, and I saw him start sobbing too, tears streaming from his eyes
"CEDRIC STOP IT, PLEASE!" I scream,
"Shut up Y/N!" Cedric yells back at me.

The curse goes on for what feels like a lifetime, as Cedric asks Draco questions that he was in far too much pain to answer - then he finally stops. Finally. I thought it was over. I run to Draco as fast as my legs would carry me, he was still sobbing, his whole body weak and too tired to fight back anymore, I put his head on my lap and stroke his hair, expecting Cedric to be taken away and arrested, put in Azkaban never to be seen again. But instead, Diggory crouches down next to me, putting his wand to Draco's head. The fear was so clear in his face,
"Cedric, please," Draco whispered through a choked sob, "stop it..."
"You're one of them, Malfoy. You deserve to die,"
"Cedric please,"
Before I could take his wand, I see Cedric lean down to Malfoy' dear, whisper something, give his cheek a gentle, mocking kiss, before uttering one final curse under his breath,
"Avada Kadavra," he whispered - then yellow light shot from the tip of his wand and went straight to Draco, making his eyes go wide and struck with death. He was dead within an instant. One final curse and Draco was gone. My best friend had killed him. How did he even know that curse? How?!

I was too shocked, feeling my heart crack and rise to my throat in a deafening cry, launching myself over Draco's body and hugging it tight,
"You monster!" I yell at Cedric, looking at him in pure rage then he simply says,
"He could've hurt you,"
"But he wouldn't!"
"That's a risk I wasn't willing to take. You need to forget him,"
I see him point his wand at me, and I'm scared he'll do the same to me. Suddenly, I feel my mind go black. All memory of Cedric ever doing this is erased, yet I still remember Draco dying, I just don't remember Cedric doing it. Lowering his wand, his eyes meet mine, I see him point at Draco's body,
"Do you know who that is?" He asks tauntingly
"Yes.." The word barely makes it past my lips before I register the confusion and disappointment on his face
"I'll never forget him,"
"It's for your own good Y/N!" Cedric says softly, pointing his wand at my head again
"Cedric stop," i say

"I could never forget him. I love him..."