Gryffindor Quidditch Match versus Hufflepuff Quidditch Match, 1993

The Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff took place in November 1993. Hufflepuff won when Cedric Diggory caught the snitch when Harry Potter fell from his broom due to the presences of Dementors.The game was originally meant to be played by Slytherin instead of Hufflepuff until Draco Malfoy was hurt by Buckbeak, and Slytherin decided they had to change the date they played.
==History==
===The match===
The game was played in a downpour of rain, ferocious wind, thunder, and lightning. The wind was that powerful, the players staggered sideways as they walked onto the very muddy pitch. The sound of the thunder drowned out the crowd's shouts. Madam Hooch's whistle to start the match coincided with the first bolt of lightning. Harry's vision was hindered by the constant raindrops on his glasses and he was almost struck by a Bludger twice.Gryffindor took the lead and were winning by fifty points. The captain of the Gryffindor team then asked for a time-out for the team to regather themselves due to the weather. When the game started again, both Cedric and Harry saw the snitch and both went after it to win the game. En route, at least one hundred Dementors arrived at the game and attacked Harry making him fall from his broom. He was saved by Albus Dumbledore. Cedric managed to win the snitch and then realised what had happened to Harry. Hufflepuff won the game by one hundred points. Harry’s Nimbus 2000 fell into the Whomping Willow and was destroyed.
===Aftermath===
Cedric would later offer Gryffindor the chance to replay the game because he thought it was unfair that he won due to the Dementor. The offer was declined, but certain members of the team had a grudge against Cedric for the next year. Harry would seek the aid of Remus Lupin and would learn the Patronus Charm, as a means of keeping the Dementors at bay.Amos Diggory (Cedric's father) was very proud at Cedric for having beaten Harry Potter in a Quidditch match, although Cedric insisted to his father that he had won on unreasonable terms.
==Participants==
==Behind the scenes==
*The game was the second one arranged for Gryffindor and Hufflepuff that took place in 1993, though the one played earlier in the year (during Harry's second year) was cancelled due to the opening of the Chamber of Secrets.
*In , Rionach O'Neal made a non-canonical appearance as one of the Gryffindor Chasers for this match.Yes! It is me! by Marianne Chase on Twitter 
**Also, Cedric fell off his broom after being struck by lightning, as a result, when Harry also fell after being attacked by Dementors, the Snitch was left uncaught and the match was most likely called off.
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Dementor Entire Attacks
Category:Hogwarts Quidditch Matches