CEDRIC DIGGORY, RISKS & DANGERS PRACTISING SPORT

Today, The Weasleys have discovered the sad story of Cedric Diggory, the prefect and captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

Cedric Diggory is a British wizard who was the son of Amos Diggory and his wife. He started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was sorted into the Hufflepuff House.

During his time at school he was a prefect and captained the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, playing as Seeker. In his sixth year Cedric put his name forward to compete in the Triwizard Tournament.

He was selected as the Hogwarts Triwizard Champion and, although overshadowed in the press by the entry of Harry Potter, Cedric enjoyed almost overwhelming support from the student body, and after the first two tasks, tied with Harry for first place.

Cedric and Harry completed the Third Task together. Both took hold of the Triwizard Cup, which transported them to the Little Hangleton graveyard. In the graveyard, Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew with the Killing Curse, on the order of Lord Voldemort.

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During the following duel between Harry and Lord Voldemort, Cedric's echo reappeared during Priori Incantatem, and helped the echoes of Harry's parents, Bertha Jorkins, and Frank Bryce hold off Voldemort long enough for him to escape. His only request was for Harry to take his body back to his parents, which Harry honoured.

Diggory's participation in the Triwizard Tournament and subsequent death was the subject of Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy's time-travel antics at the request of Amos.

They sought to save Cedric and created an alternate timeline where Cedric survived and became part of the Death Eaters, because of the humiliation they caused him when they tried to save his life. Cedric's original and heroic life and death was later restored.

Cedric was born to Amos Diggory and his wife. He grew up near Ottery St Catchpole, a small town located in Devon, England. When he was seven years old, his father enjoyed bragging about him.

Cedric started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Hufflepuff House. Soon after starting Hogwarts, Cedric became a popular student at the school, and people talked about him constantly.

He was present when Madam Poppy Pomfrey was petrified, and recounted the event to Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Jacob's sibling, and Penny Haywood.

After the Circle of Khanna was founded, Cedric's friend Ben Copper, one of the founders of the group, invited him to join. Cedric spent much of his time in the group training duelling with Ben and Diego Caplan. One time during training, his arm was broken as a result of Ben casting a spell Cedric was not expecting, and he had to be sent to the Hospital Wing. He was soon healed by Chiara Lobosca.

He distinguished himself as both an academic and athletic student. At some point, he became Seeker of his house's Quidditch team.

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Cedric became a Prefect and Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Cedric attended the Quidditch World Cup with his father, travelling to the game with The Weasleys, Harry Potter, and Hermione Granger as he and his father lived close to the Burrow.

Cedric started his sixth year, the same year that the Triwizard Tournament was reinstated. Being of age, Cedric submitted his name to The Goblet of Fire for the chance to become the Hogwarts Champion.

The Goblet chose the champions to represent the three schools; Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons, Viktor Krum for Durmstrang, and Cedric himself for Hogwarts.

During the Third Task, Peter Pettigrew emerged from the darkness carrying the small form of Lord Voldemort. At this point Harry's scar hurt with intense pain, upon him being in close proximity to Voldemort.

Voldemort ordered Pettigrew to Kill the spare, and he used Voldemort's own wand to murder Cedric with the Killing Curse. Harry heard Cedric's body hit the ground. Cedric's body was returned to the grounds, and Harry clung to it, refusing to let it go until Albus Dumbledore pulled him away. The crowd that had gathered for the Third Task erupted into screams when they realised what had happened, and Cedric's parents were grief-stricken by the fate that had been befallen their son.

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The Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge refused to accept Harry Potter's claims that Lord Voldemort had returned, and tried to hush up Cedric's death, claiming that it was a freak accident during the Tournament that killed him. He also slandered Harry Potter as a liar and questioned Albus Dumbledore's sanity.

In death, Cedric proved to be an inspiration to many students at Hogwarts. His death was heartfelt and was tragic enough to cause even those who disliked Harry Potter to believe his claims of Lord Voldemort's return.

Later on that year, only when incontrovertible proof of the Dark Lord's return was presented, did Fudge believe Voldemort had indeed returned and that Cedric was actually murdered.

Cedric was thereafter remembered as someone who had not strayed across the dark path and whom had stood up to Lord Voldemort.

The name Cedric was unintentionally created by Sir Walter Scott in his Ivanhoe character Cedric the Saxon when he misspelt the name Cerdic. Cerdic was a sixth-century Saxon leader and the first king of Wessex.

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Remember, if the time should come,

when you have to make a choice between

what is right and what is easy,

remember what happened to a boy who was good,

and kind, and brave,

because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort.

We'll celebrate a boy who was, kind and honest, and brave,

and true right to the very end.

Remember Cedric Diggory.

Albus Dumbledore

PETER PETTIGREW, A TRAITOR INSIDE THE MARAUDERS

Today, The Weasleys and The Grandma have known an interesting Hogwart's story about The Marauder's Map and one of its creators, Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail, the most famous traitor in this school of witchcraft and wizardry.

The Weasleys & The Grandma have walked across this wonderful map and they have discovered its magic and its secrets.

The Marauder's Map was a magical document that revealed all of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Not only did it show every classroom, every hallway, and every corner of the castle, but it also showed every inch of the grounds, as well as all the secret passages that were hidden within its walls and the location of every person in the grounds, portrayed by a dot. It was also capable of accurately identifying each person, and was not fooled by animagi, Polyjuice Potions, or invisibility cloaks; even the Hogwarts ghosts were not exempt.

One of the map's possible flaws was that it did not differentiate people who had matching names, the shared names were not given a Junior or Senior at the end. Also, it did not seem to show unplottable rooms, as it was Dobby and not the Map that revealed the existence and location of the Room of Requirement.

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The Marauder's Map was created by Remus Lupin (Moony), Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail), Sirius Black (Padfoot), and James Potter (Prongs) while they were attending Hogwarts.

The four created the map via the usage of the Homonculous Charm, a powerful and advanced charm that enchanted the Map to track the movements of everyone in the castle, as well as a charm to insult Severus Snape.

The ability of Sirius, Peter, and James to become Animagi enabled them to explore the castle grounds by night undetected. The interior of the castle, meanwhile, was mapped over time with the help of James's Invisibility cloak.

This artefact proved quite useful to the foursome, commonly termed the Marauders, through the years, until it was confiscated by Argus Filch. Although the precise circumstances surrounding the makers' loss of their map is mostly unknown, it is easy to conclude that they eventually over-reached themselves and were cornered by Filch, probably on a tip-off from Snape, whose obsession it had become to expose his arch-rival, James Potter, in wrongdoing. 

The masterpiece of a map was confiscated in Sirius, James, Remus and Peter's final year and none of them were able to steal it back from a well-prepared and suspicious Filch.

Harry used the Map throughout his time as a student at Hogwarts, especially during his third year, when he tried to find his way into Hogsmeade. Then, he used the One-Eyed Witch Passage which led into Honeydukes cellar.

Professor Remus Lupin caught Harry with the Map after Snape found it while interrogating Harry, and subsequently confiscated it, surprising the younger wizard with his knowledge of how to activate it.

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The Map was the real reason Professor Lupin discovered Peter Pettigrew was still alive, leading him to conclude it was indeed the latter that had betrayed Harry's parents, in the process framing their old friend Sirius Black for the crime.

This would go a long way towards repairing the rift between the two co-creators of the map. He would return the map to Harry before leaving Hogwarts at the end of the year, seeing no regret in doing so since he is no longer a teacher, and that he has no further use for the map himself.

The Map is normally disguised as a blank piece of parchment. To view the map, one must tap it with one's wand and recite, I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

The content of the Map will then reveal itself. To hide the contents of the Map so the parchment appears blank again, one must again tap it and recite, Mischief managed. An added bonus is that if the bearer of the map approaches the entrance to a secret passage protected by a password, the password will appear on the Map, usually as a speech bubble that appears close to the dot representing the Map's holder.

In some rare cases, the map may not be used to the best of its ability. Heading out through the secret passage from the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack will make the person disappear, as Snape mentions, so the Shrieking Shack is not included on the map because it goes off the edge of the map.

It also does not show any person that may be inside the Room of Requirement, as the Room of Requirement is unplottable and it itself does not show up on the map, or the Chamber of Secrets, as it is very unlikely that any of the creators of the map knew of its existence at the time that the map was made.

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Similarly, it identifies animagi by their actual name even when they are in their transformed state. It was by this mechanism that Lupin was able to identify Peter Pettigrew's presence at Hogwarts despite being presumed dead.

The Map is enchanted to insult Severus Snape if he should ever come into possession of it and attempt to use it. It did this when Snape confiscated it from Harry Potter and attempted to discover what information it contains, but it simply insulted him as an ugly git.

The Map also shows how to access the sealed passages by showing the password required to unseal it, displayed as a minuscule speech balloon shown close to the dot representing the user of the map that appears when the Map's holder comes close to the available passages. More importantly, the map shows the name and location of every person within the Hogwarts grounds, even if they are wearing an Invisibility cloak.

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 Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot,

and Prongs Purveyors of Aids to

Magical Mischief-Makers are proud to present.

The Marauder's Map

Peter Pettigrew, usually referred to as Wormtail or Scabbers, is a wizard and the son of Mr and Mrs Pettigrew. He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House after the Sorting Hat pondered over which house he belonged in for over five minutes, a true Hatstall.

During his years at Hogwarts, he became one of the Marauders; he was best friends with Sirius Black, James Potter, and Remus Lupin, and together they created the Marauder's Map.

During the First Wizarding War, Peter was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, but became a spy when he was coerced into joining Lord Voldemort. He was made Secret-Keeper for the Potters when they went into hiding with the use of the Fidelius Charm, and betrayed James, his wife Lily, and their son Harry to Lord Voldemort.

After Voldemort's fall, he faked his own death and framed Sirius for betraying James and Lily, as well as for his own murder and those of the twelve Muggles he killed during his escape.

Peter spent twelve years living in his Animagus form as the Weasley family's pet rat, Scabbers.

However, his identity was exposed by Sirius and Remus in 1994, and Pettigrew, with nowhere else to go, sought protection in returning to the service of Lord Voldemort, whom he found in the forests of Albania.

Pettigrew played a key role in Voldemort's rebirth and continued to serve him during the Second Wizarding War. During the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor, in a moment of rare mercy, he hesitated to strangle Harry. The silver hand Lord Voldemort had given Pettigrew interpreted his hesitation as weakness and/or disloyalty, and strangled him to death, saving Harry and finally finding redemption for his treason.

Pettigrew soon became friends with Sirius Black, James Potter, and Remus Lupin, fellow Gryffindors he idolised for their popularity and talent. The four friends called themselves the Marauders and designed a map to navigate Hogwarts.

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After graduating from Hogwarts, Pettigrew and his friends joined the Order of the Phoenix and fought against Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War. However, Pettigrew began working as a spy for Voldemort, having come to believe that nothing could be gained from opposing him.

After a prophecy was made regarding Harry Potter and the Dark Lord, James and Lily Potter took their son and went into hiding. In an attempt at misdirection, they were convinced to select Pettigrew as their Secret-Keeper by Sirius Black.

On Hallowe'en night, Pettigrew betrayed his friends, and Voldemort murdered James and Lily, but was unable to do the same to their son when his Killing Curse rebounded, destroying his physical form.

Apart from James and Lily, Sirius Black was the only person who knew that Pettigrew had been their Secret-Keeper. When he realised what Pettigrew had done, as his hiding place was empty with no signs of a struggle, he tracked him down hoping to avenge his friends.

When he closed in on him, Pettigrew screamed that Sirius had betrayed the Potters for everyone to hear, and before Black could draw his wand, Pettigrew swiftly pulled out his from his back and then killed twelve Muggles by blowing up the street with a Blasting Curse, which created a crater large enough that the sewer pipes were showing. He then faked his own death by cutting off a finger and leaving it behind as he transformed into a rat and fled.

Sirius was arrested for being a Death Eater, killing Pettigrew and the Muggles, and betraying the Potters, and was imprisoned in Azkaban without a trial.

The surviving Muggles who witnessed the event had their memories erased and were given an excuse by the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee that a gas-leak occurred.

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Pettigrew went into hiding as a rat, hoping to avoid Lord Voldemort's other supporters. Looking for a wizarding family to take him in, he came into the possession of Percy Weasley and, later, Percy's youngest brother Ron. He was taken good care of while living with the Weasleys and was named Scabbers.

Pettigrew was an extremely short man, no taller than Harry when he was thirteen or Hermione when she was fourteen years old, with grubby skin, small watery eyes, and a pointed nose, all of which were lingering attributes of his animagus rat form; he even spoke in a squeaky voice that is another lingering attribute of his rat form. In his youth, his hair was mousy brown, but by his mid-thirties, it had thinned, lost a lot of its colour, and acquired a large bald patch.

Peter Pettigrew was characterised by weakness. Despite having been Sorted into Gryffindor, he did not possess true bravery, possibly proving that the Hat saw potential in him rather than any actual inborn courage, potential that he never lived up to.

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 And you understood Wormtail too...

you knew there was a bit of regret there,

somewhere...

Peter Pettigrew

SIRIUS ORION BLACK, GODFATHER OF HARRY J. POTTER

Today, The Weasleys and The Grandma have met Sirius Black, an interesting wizard who has suffered an unfair imprisonment in Azkaban. Sirius Black is one of the most important characters in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. He is one of the Marauders and the godfather of Harry.

Before meeting Sirius Black, The Weasleys have been doing a new Cambridge Key English Test A2.

Sirius Orion Black, also known as Padfoot or Snuffles in his Animagus form was an English pure-blood wizard, the older son of Orion and Walburga Black, and the brother of Regulus Black.

Although he was the heir of the House of Black, Sirius disagreed with his family's belief in blood purity and defied tradition when he was Sorted into Gryffindor House instead of Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which he attended from 1971-1978. As the rest of his family had been in Slytherin, he was the odd one out.

As Sirius' relationship with his relatives deteriorated, he gained lifelong friendship in James Potter and Remus Lupin. Peter Pettigrew was a friend as well for ten years. The four friends, also known as the Marauders, joined the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War.

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Sirius was named the godfather of Harry James Potter, the only son of James and Lily Potter. When Pettigrew betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, Sirius sought to exact revenge on Pettigrew. However, Pettigrew was able to frame Sirius for his betrayal of the Potters, the murder of twelve Muggles, and the staged murder of Pettigrew before Sirius could accomplish this.

Sirius was sent to Azkaban, and after twelve years became the only known person to escape the prison unassisted by transforming into his Animagus form of a massive black dog often confused with a Grim, an omen said to cause death.

Sirius exposed Pettigrew's treachery to his old friend Remus and his godson. After Lord Voldemort returned, Sirius rejoined the Order. He was murdered by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and subsequently cleared of all charges by the Ministry of Magic, though he was too late to enjoy his freedom.

He briefly appeared again to Harry through the Resurrection Stone on 2 May, 1998, along with James and Lily Potter, and Remus Lupin. Harry later named his first son James Sirius Potter after him and his best friend James Potter I.

Sirius Black was born in the London borough of Islington, England, to Orion Black and Walburga Black, both of whom were Dark Wizards and second cousins. He was the last remaining heir of the House of Black, a once-notable pure-blood wizarding family.

Sirius had a younger brother, Regulus, who died after turning against Lord Voldemort in 1979 by attempting to destroy his Horcruxes; he was killed by the Inferi guarding one of his Horcruxes, although Sirius did not know this. Sirius did not share a close relationship with his brother, calling him a better son than himself.

Sirius became the first known person ever to escape from Azkaban. After receiving an issue of the Daily Prophet from Cornelius Fudge during an inspection, he discovered that Pettigrew was indeed hiding in his Animagus form as Ron Weasley's pet rat, Scabbers.

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Filled with the desire for revenge and concern for Harry, Sirius took his Animagus form and, thinned from undernourishment, was able to slip through the bars of his cell and past the Dementors. He swam across the North Sea back to the mainland and to freedom.

Sirius was a tall, well-built, darkly handsome man with fair skin, medium, lustrous black hair, which sometimes appeared light in the sun, striking grey eyes, and an air of casual elegance. This vestige of aristocratic beauty is apparently an attribute passed down through the Black Family.

When Harry entered into Snape's memory, he saw a fifteen-year-old Sirius finishing his exams while being ogled by a girl who sat a few rows behind him, due to his considerable good looks and casual yet elegant attitude.

Sirius was true to the ideal of a Gryffindor student. He was true-hearted and brave, as shown by his participation in both wars and willingness to die for those he loved. He was particularly loyal to his best friend, James Potter, a fellow Gryffindor.

In his youth, he was a witty and talented wizard, but also quite an arrogant and mischievous troublemaker. He bullied and humiliated those he particularly disliked, namely Severus Snape. He was vicious towards those he hated, sometimes unjustifiably -deliberately sending the teenage Snape off to the Shrieking Shack when Remus Lupin was a full-fledged werewolf, while knowing that it could be fatal for Severus. He, along with James, were acknowledged to be some of the most brilliant students Hogwarts had ever seen, as proven by their ability to become Animagi as underage wizards and by the creation of the Marauders' Map.

The name Sirius Black is a play on his Animagus form of a black dog since the star Sirius is known as the Dog Star and is the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation.

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Sirius is derived from the Ancient Greek Σείριος, Seirios, meaning glowing or scorcher. In Greek mythology, it is Orion's dog. In Arabic, the star is known as al-shira, the leader, and in Scandinavia, it has been referred to as Lokabrenna, meaning Loki's torch.

Loki was a trickster god in Norse mythology, a possible allusion to Sirius' days of mischief-making as one of the Marauders. His full name is an oxymoron of sorts, as his first name, Sirius is referring to the brightest star in the night sky, and his last name, Black, is referring to the darkest colour, which is the result of the absence of light.

Padfoot refers to a spectral Hellhound, Most commonly known as Black Shuck, with glowing red eyes that haunts the moors around Leeds, in Northern England. Its presence is announced by soft, padding footfalls that may be accompanied by the rattle of chains or a fierce roaring as the beast draws closer to its intended victim. It's one of many black dog myths and is the likely source for Sirius' nickname. Black hounds also appear on the Black family crest.

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 We've all got both light and dark inside us.

What matters is the part we choose to act on.

That's who we really are.

If you want to know what a man's like,

take a good look at how he treats his inferiors,

not his equals. 

Sirius Black

CEDRIC DIGGORY, RISKS & DANGERS PRACTISING SPORT

Cedric Diggory

Today, The Stones have received the wonderful visit of DR, their Occupational Hazards' teacher who has been talking about labour risks in sports. The Stones have discovered the sad story of Cedric Diggory, the prefect and captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

Cedric Diggory is a British wizard who was the son of Amos Diggory and his wife. He started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was sorted into the Hufflepuff House.

During his time at school he was a prefect and captained the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, playing as Seeker. In his sixth year Cedric put his name forward to compete in the Triwizard Tournament.

He was selected as the Hogwarts Triwizard Champion and, although overshadowed in the press by the entry of Harry Potter, Cedric enjoyed almost overwhelming support from the student body, and after the first two tasks, tied with Harry for first place.

Cedric and Harry completed the Third Task together. Both took hold of the Triwizard Cup, which transported them to the Little Hangleton graveyard. In the graveyard, Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew with the Killing Curse, on the order of Lord Voldemort.

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During the following duel between Harry and Lord Voldemort, Cedric's echo reappeared during Priori Incantatem, and helped the echoes of Harry's parents, Bertha Jorkins, and Frank Bryce hold off Voldemort long enough for him to escape. His only request was for Harry to take his body back to his parents, which Harry honoured.

Diggory's participation in the Triwizard Tournament and subsequent death was the subject of Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy's time-travel antics at the request of Amos.

They sought to save Cedric and created an alternate timeline where Cedric survived and became part of the Death Eaters, because of the humiliation they caused him when they tried to save his life. Cedric's original and heroic life and death was later restored.

Cedric Diggory

Cedric was born to Amos Diggory and his wife. He grew up near Ottery St Catchpole, a small town located in Devon, England. When he was seven years old, his father enjoyed bragging about him.

Cedric started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Hufflepuff House. Soon after starting Hogwarts, Cedric became a popular student at the school, and people talked about him constantly.

He was present when Madam Poppy Pomfrey was petrified, and recounted the event to Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Jacob's sibling, and Penny Haywood.

After the Circle of Khanna was founded, Cedric's friend Ben Copper, one of the founders of the group, invited him to join. Cedric spent much of his time in the group training duelling with Ben and Diego Caplan. One time during training, his arm was broken as a result of Ben casting a spell Cedric was not expecting, and he had to be sent to the Hospital Wing. He was soon healed by Chiara Lobosca.

He distinguished himself as both an academic and athletic student. At some point, he became Seeker of his house's Quidditch team.

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Cedric became a Prefect and Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Cedric attended the Quidditch World Cup with his father, travelling to the game with The Weasleys, Harry Potter, and Hermione Granger as he and his father lived close to the Burrow.

Cedric started his sixth year, the same year that the Triwizard Tournament was reinstated. Being of age, Cedric submitted his name to The Goblet of Fire for the chance to become the Hogwarts Champion.

Cedric Diggory & The Goblet of Fire

The Goblet chose the champions to represent the three schools; Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons, Viktor Krum for Durmstrang, and Cedric himself for Hogwarts.

Harry Potter & Cedric Diggory

During the Third Task, Peter Pettigrew emerged from the darkness carrying the small form of Lord Voldemort. At this point Harry's scar hurt with intense pain, upon him being in close proximity to Voldemort.

Voldemort ordered Pettigrew to Kill the spare, and he used Voldemort's own wand to murder Cedric with the Killing Curse. Harry heard Cedric's body hit the ground. Cedric's body was returned to the grounds, and Harry clung to it, refusing to let it go until Albus Dumbledore pulled him away. The crowd that had gathered for the Third Task erupted into screams when they realised what had happened, and Cedric's parents were grief-stricken by the fate that had been befallen their son.

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The Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge refused to accept Harry Potter's claims that Lord Voldemort had returned, and tried to hush up Cedric's death, claiming that it was a freak accident during the Tournament that killed him. He also slandered Harry Potter as a liar and questioned Albus Dumbledore's sanity.

In death, Cedric proved to be an inspiration to many students at Hogwarts. His death was heartfelt and was tragic enough to cause even those who disliked Harry Potter to believe his claims of Lord Voldemort's return.

Later on that year, only when incontrovertible proof of the Dark Lord's return was presented, did Fudge believe Voldemort had indeed returned and that Cedric was actually murdered.

Cedric was thereafter remembered as someone who had not strayed across the dark path and whom had stood up to Lord Voldemort.

The name Cedric was unintentionally created by Sir Walter Scott in his Ivanhoe character Cedric the Saxon when he misspelt the name Cerdic. Cerdic was a sixth-century Saxon leader and the first king of Wessex.

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Remember, if the time should come,

when you have to make a choice between

what is right and what is easy,

remember what happened to a boy who was good,

and kind, and brave,

because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort.

We'll celebrate a boy who was, kind and honest, and brave,

and true right to the very end.

Remember Cedric Diggory.

Albus Dumbledore

PETER PETTIGREW, A TRAITOR INSIDE THE MARAUDERS

The Marauder's Map

Today, The Stones and The Grandma have known an interesting Hogwart's story about The Marauder's Map and one of its creators, Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail, the most famous traitor in this school of witchcraft and wizardry.

The Stones & The Grandma have walked across this wonderful map and they have discovered its magic and its secrets.

The Marauder's Map was a magical document that revealed all of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Not only did it show every classroom, every hallway, and every corner of the castle, but it also showed every inch of the grounds, as well as all the secret passages that were hidden within its walls and the location of every person in the grounds, portrayed by a dot. It was also capable of accurately identifying each person, and was not fooled by animagi, Polyjuice Potions, or invisibility cloaks; even the Hogwarts ghosts were not exempt.

One of the map's possible flaws was that it did not differentiate people who had matching names, the shared names were not given a Junior or Senior at the end. Also, it did not seem to show unplottable rooms, as it was Dobby and not the Map that revealed the existence and location of the Room of Requirement.

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The Marauder's Map was created by Remus Lupin (Moony), Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail), Sirius Black (Padfoot), and James Potter (Prongs) while they were attending Hogwarts.

The four created the map via the usage of the Homonculous Charm, a powerful and advanced charm that enchanted the Map to track the movements of everyone in the castle, as well as a charm to insult Severus Snape.

The Marauders

The ability of Sirius, Peter, and James to become Animagi enabled them to explore the castle grounds by night undetected. The interior of the castle, meanwhile, was mapped over time with the help of James's Invisibility cloak.

This artefact proved quite useful to the foursome, commonly termed the Marauders, through the years, until it was confiscated by Argus Filch. Although the precise circumstances surrounding the makers' loss of their map is mostly unknown, it is easy to conclude that they eventually over-reached themselves and were cornered by Filch, probably on a tip-off from Snape, whose obsession it had become to expose his arch-rival, James Potter, in wrongdoing. 

The masterpiece of a map was confiscated in Sirius, James, Remus and Peter's final year and none of them were able to steal it back from a well-prepared and suspicious Filch.

Harry used the Map throughout his time as a student at Hogwarts, especially during his third year, when he tried to find his way into Hogsmeade. Then, he used the One-Eyed Witch Passage which led into Honeydukes cellar.

Professor Remus Lupin caught Harry with the Map after Snape found it while interrogating Harry, and subsequently confiscated it, surprising the younger wizard with his knowledge of how to activate it.

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The Map was the real reason Professor Lupin discovered Peter Pettigrew was still alive, leading him to conclude it was indeed the latter that had betrayed Harry's parents, in the process framing their old friend Sirius Black for the crime.

This would go a long way towards repairing the rift between the two co-creators of the map. He would return the map to Harry before leaving Hogwarts at the end of the year, seeing no regret in doing so since he is no longer a teacher, and that he has no further use for the map himself.

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The Map is normally disguised as a blank piece of parchment. To view the map, one must tap it with one's wand and recite, I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

The content of the Map will then reveal itself. To hide the contents of the Map so the parchment appears blank again, one must again tap it and recite, Mischief managed. An added bonus is that if the bearer of the map approaches the entrance to a secret passage protected by a password, the password will appear on the Map, usually as a speech bubble that appears close to the dot representing the Map's holder.

In some rare cases, the map may not be used to the best of its ability. Heading out through the secret passage from the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack will make the person disappear, as Snape mentions, so the Shrieking Shack is not included on the map because it goes off the edge of the map.

It also does not show any person that may be inside the Room of Requirement, as the Room of Requirement is unplottable and it itself does not show up on the map, or the Chamber of Secrets, as it is very unlikely that any of the creators of the map knew of its existence at the time that the map was made.

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Similarly, it identifies animagi by their actual name even when they are in their transformed state. It was by this mechanism that Lupin was able to identify Peter Pettigrew's presence at Hogwarts despite being presumed dead.

The Map is enchanted to insult Severus Snape if he should ever come into possession of it and attempt to use it. It did this when Snape confiscated it from Harry Potter and attempted to discover what information it contains, but it simply insulted him as an ugly git.

The Map also shows how to access the sealed passages by showing the password required to unseal it, displayed as a minuscule speech balloon shown close to the dot representing the user of the map that appears when the Map's holder comes close to the available passages. More importantly, the map shows the name and location of every person within the Hogwarts grounds, even if they are wearing an Invisibility cloak.

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Peter Pettigrew, usually referred to as Wormtail or Scabbers, is a wizard and the son of Mr and Mrs Pettigrew. He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House after the Sorting Hat pondered over which house he belonged in for over five minutes, a true Hatstall.

During his years at Hogwarts, he became one of the Marauders; he was best friends with Sirius Black, James Potter, and Remus Lupin, and together they created the Marauder's Map.

During the First Wizarding War, Peter was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, but became a spy when he was coerced into joining Lord Voldemort. He was made Secret-Keeper for the Potters when they went into hiding with the use of the Fidelius Charm, and betrayed James, his wife Lily, and their son Harry to Lord Voldemort.

Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail or Scabbers

After Voldemort's fall, he faked his own death and framed Sirius for betraying James and Lily, as well as for his own murder and those of the twelve Muggles he killed during his escape.

Peter spent twelve years living in his Animagus form as the Weasley family's pet rat, Scabbers.

However, his identity was exposed by Sirius and Remus in 1994, and Pettigrew, with nowhere else to go, sought protection in returning to the service of Lord Voldemort, whom he found in the forests of Albania.

Pettigrew played a key role in Voldemort's rebirth and continued to serve him during the Second Wizarding War. During the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor, in a moment of rare mercy, he hesitated to strangle Harry. The silver hand Lord Voldemort had given Pettigrew interpreted his hesitation as weakness and/or disloyalty, and strangled him to death, saving Harry and finally finding redemption for his treason.

Pettigrew soon became friends with Sirius Black, James Potter, and Remus Lupin, fellow Gryffindors he idolised for their popularity and talent. The four friends called themselves the Marauders and designed a map to navigate Hogwarts.

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After graduating from Hogwarts, Pettigrew and his friends joined the Order of the Phoenix and fought against Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War. However, Pettigrew began working as a spy for Voldemort, having come to believe that nothing could be gained from opposing him.

After a prophecy was made regarding Harry Potter and the Dark Lord, James and Lily Potter took their son and went into hiding. In an attempt at misdirection, they were convinced to select Pettigrew as their Secret-Keeper by Sirius Black.

Remus Lupin, Sirius Black & Peter Pettigrew

On Hallowe'en night, Pettigrew betrayed his friends, and Voldemort murdered James and Lily, but was unable to do the same to their son when his Killing Curse rebounded, destroying his physical form.

Apart from James and Lily, Sirius Black was the only person who knew that Pettigrew had been their Secret-Keeper. When he realised what Pettigrew had done, as his hiding place was empty with no signs of a struggle, he tracked him down hoping to avenge his friends.

When he closed in on him, Pettigrew screamed that Sirius had betrayed the Potters for everyone to hear, and before Black could draw his wand, Pettigrew swiftly pulled out his from his back and then killed twelve Muggles by blowing up the street with a Blasting Curse, which created a crater large enough that the sewer pipes were showing. He then faked his own death by cutting off a finger and leaving it behind as he transformed into a rat and fled.

Sirius was arrested for being a Death Eater, killing Pettigrew and the Muggles, and betraying the Potters, and was imprisoned in Azkaban without a trial.

The surviving Muggles who witnessed the event had their memories erased and were given an excuse by the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee that a gas-leak occurred.

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Pettigrew went into hiding as a rat, hoping to avoid Lord Voldemort's other supporters. Looking for a wizarding family to take him in, he came into the possession of Percy Weasley and, later, Percy's youngest brother Ron. He was taken good care of while living with the Weasleys and was named Scabbers.

Pettigrew was an extremely short man, no taller than Harry when he was thirteen or Hermione when she was fourteen years old, with grubby skin, small watery eyes, and a pointed nose, all of which were lingering attributes of his animagus rat form; he even spoke in a squeaky voice that is another lingering attribute of his rat form. In his youth, his hair was mousy brown, but by his mid-thirties, it had thinned, lost a lot of its colour, and acquired a large bald patch.

Peter Pettigrew was characterised by weakness. Despite having been Sorted into Gryffindor, he did not possess true bravery, possibly proving that the Hat saw potential in him rather than any actual inborn courage, potential that he never lived up to.

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And you understood Wormtail too...

you knew there was a bit of regret there,

somewhere...

Peter Pettigrew