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Whatever It Takes
It had been six whole months since the end of Harry's fourth, Cedric's sixth year, and the Triwizard tournament. In addition, six months had come and gone since Peter Pettigrew had murdered Cedric Diggory, due to having been in the wrong place at the wrong time after the Triwizard cup turned out to be a portkey.
Now everyone seemed to have thought Cho Chang had been the one Cedric had been dating, as she had been the only one seen openly grieving in public. Then of course, she had gone as his date to the Yule ball. Little did anyone know, was that Cedric had been secretly dating Harry Potter since a few weeks after facing the dragons during the first task.
Cedric had not cared that Harry was two years younger, or that he had three years of his Hogwarts education left to complete. He had promised Harry he would wait for him to graduate then he would ask him to marry him. He had sealed his promise by making love to Harry in the prefect's bathroom the night before the third and final task was to take place.
If only they had known, known he would be unable to keep that promise. If only they could have known of how he would not survive the final task, that he would be dead in Harry's place within less than twenty-four hours. If they had been aware of the fact two little precious twin gifts would end up conceived the very same night they declared their love for each other.
Only Cho, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Sirius, Remus and Tonks, along with the rest of the Weasley, the elder Diggorys and professors Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape, knew otherwise. No one else was aware even after six whole months.
Harry had been even more pained when he discovered he was pregnant two and a half months after Cedric's funeral. He had had no idea wizards could even get pregnant. Albus had informed him that only powerful wizards who were truly in love with each other were able to get pregnant. Not just any ordinary wizard was able.
At six months pregnant, "The powers that be" decided Harry had suffered enough. The main key needed for Harry to destroy Voldemort was love. "The powers that be" had realised Harry was not receiving the right kind of love, which he would have received from Cedric his lover
Most people were convinced "The powers that be" were just a myth, but were in fact very much real. They had been keeping track of Harry since Voldemort killed James and Lily Potter. "The powers that be" had watched and decided enough was enough.
They could not return Cedric from the dead. Instead, they would have to send Harry back in time a couple of hours before the third and final task. Where he would attempt to make his past self, along with a very much alive Cedric believe him, and to take precautions against events repeating themselves.
Harry had been thrilled to the point that he had burst into tears of relief and gratitude. They explained to him, that if he was successful then once he returned the timeline should have altered. That Cedric would have been alive the whole time, he and the others would never remember what had happened in the current timeline. No one would remember due to another being created in order to replace the current one.
Harry had asked in worry if it would be safe for him to travel whilst pregnant with the twins. He was reassured that his own magic and his love for his unborn children would protect them. That an invisible barrier produced from his own magic would surround the area of his midsection.
Therefore, this was how Harry found himself standing in the centre of Albus Dumbledore's office, surrounded in a bright and blinding golden light, vanishing seconds later.