The Silver Crane

Chapter 1 - At the Lake

As Cho dipped her feet into the moonlit lake, she saw her reflection change. She watched as her ebony hair, goes away and replaced with red feathers. Then, her body was replaced with a body of a crane, and wore feathers that glowed like silver, instead of black witch robes. Her neck extended, and grew a beak that glimmered like gold. Her wingtips and the side of her face had short black feathers. Then her feet grew skinny, and turned black. Cho sighed. She had always tuned into a crane every night as long as she could remember. Cho remembered when she was little, her muggle father had stolen a witches gold, and in when she found out, she put a curse on Cho. Cho still remembered the witch's words too well. She repeated the words in her head.

To walk by day,
To fly by night
This is how it will be until this,
True love, and true love's first kiss.

Cho always wondered who would true love be. She knew it wasn't Cedric, since she didn't even like him that way. But, Cho always hoped it would be Harry. Cho still remembered that Harry asked her to the Yule Ball last year, but unfortunately, Cedric already asked her. Now, she is afraid that Harry doesn't like her that way anymore, and so doesn't have the guts to tell him. Cho began singing to herself.