Checkmate, Diggory

One year after the Triwizard Tournament, Cedric Diggory returns to his final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the boy who survived Lord Voldemort. The entire school sees him as a hero-charming, talented, and impossible not to admire.

Everyone except Y/N.

A fiercely competitive Slytherin with a razor-sharp mind, Y/N has spent years trying to outscore, outthink, and outmaneuver Diggory in every class. To her, he's nothing more than an infuriating rival who somehow always manages to come out one step ahead. While the rest of Hogwarts fawns over him, Y/N is determined to prove that Diggory isn't untouchable.

But their rivalry begins to blur the line between hatred and something far more complicated as secrets surface, tempers flare, and the cracks beneath Diggory's perfect reputation start to show. Because surviving the graveyard didn't mean escaping it.

In a year of relentless competition, buried trauma, and sharp-tongued clashes, Y/N and Diggory find themselves locked in a war of minds neither of them is willing to lose.

After all, in a game like theirs, the real danger isn't losing. It's realizing you might not want to win.