A / N : Another drabble for the "Characters / Ships You Dislike" challenge on xoxLewrahxox's Forum.

Prompt: Write a drabble featuring a character/ship that you despise. This is NOT an opportunity for character/ship bashing. Instead it should be a serious attempt to portray the hated character(s) in a positive light.

So here we go – the canon ship I disliked the most, which annoyed me no end all through OotP. Harry / Cho. This one was actually really hard for me to write – I didn't think I'd make it to 100 words without Cho crying at some point! – so please let me know what you think, and where you're coming from. (Cho / Harry fan or not.)


It is a grey and blustery day, and Cho is huddled in the Quidditch stands.

The grass has grown back, smooth as velvet.

It is as if the maze - and the shadowy horrors at its heart - never existed.

But it did, and here is Harry, standing in the centre of the pitch, a tense and hounded figure.

Lonely, like her.

He leans down – sweeps the grass with shaking fingertips – and then straightens up and opens his hand, defiant.

A glimmer of gold shoots from his palm . . . . . and soars towards the sky.