Count the Lillies

by onion


I do not own Harry P -- blablabla, you know what ..

Please read and review. This is my very first Harry fic ... so be nice.


CHAPTER FOUR

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"Should I tell Sirius?" said Harry, to himself.

Professor Snape is practically my enemy .. but he is kind of at the good side., thought Harry.

Harry took a long walk to the Owl Post to meet Hedwig, his snowy-white owl. "Hello, there girl. I've come to send a message to Sirius." He spoke to her like a human being. He took out a piece of parchment and a quill ...

Dear Sirius,

Have you heard? Professor Snape was killed over the summer. The killer has not yet been determined. He WAS a former death eater. Do you know anything about this?

Harry knew that it didn't really matter and that Sirius wouldn't give a rat's ass about it, but ....

We have this new Defence Againts the Dark Arts teacher. HER name is Lily McKinney. And she's only 18! Or 19. I'm not sure. I heard she was famous and very gifted. Do you know anything about her? Have you read any of her books?

Please reply as soon as you get this.

Harry

"Harry?"

Harry turned his head to see who it was. He turned very red.

"Oh, hello Cho."

Harry put his eyes back to Hedwig and tied the parchment to her leg. His heart was beating faster.

"That's a very beautiful owl, Harry." said Cho Chang with awe.

"Thank you. Uh .. Do .." He was proud of his owl, but didn't want anyone to feel envious. "d-do you want to pet her?"

"Sure!" Cho stood next to Harry and crouched to get a better look at Hedwig. She massaged Hedwig's neck. Hedwig closed her eyes with pleasure.

"Hey, she's cute!" giggled Cho. Harry smiled. He couldn't help looking, but Cho was not wearing her robes: she was wearing a white button-down blouse, a short plaid skirt, white knee socks and leather high-heeled shoes. The top two buttons of her blouse were not closed, which means her 'cleavage' was showing. Harry turned even more red and looked away from her chest very quickly.

Seconds later, Cho's smile turned into a frown. She looked like she was hypnotized. Harry left the piece of parchment on Hedwig's leg and it said "Sirius". Just before she touched the parchment, Harry knocked her hand away.

"Sirius Black?" said Cho.

"It's not what you think." said Harry.

"You've been writing to a killer, Harry?"

"He's NOT A KILLER."

Silence surrounded the two and was broken by Cho's footsteps. She walked a few steps backwards. Just before she started to run, Harry grabbed her arm. "Where the hell are you going, Cho?" said Harry furiuosly.

"You're hurting me, Harry!"

"Sirius Black isn't a killer, Cho. And please, don't tell anyone about this!" Harry had a very sinister face.

"Harry!" Cho was turning very red. Harry was hurting her. He found his nails digging into her arm. Harry let go of her arm quickly.

Cho was down on her knees, her bleeding arm nestled on the better. She let out a short cry. Harry knelt in front of her.

His angry face faded. "I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to."

Harry didn't know what to say. His spine started to shake when he saw a tear fall down from her left eye. He didn't know it would hurt that bad. "Did I hurt you very badly, Cho?"

Her eyes were now on Harry. "No .. I'm sorry. I'm being such a baby."

"Cho. You don't have to apologize." He looked at the five small cuts on her arm.

"So. What relation do you have with Sirius Black? I heard that he wanted to kill you."

"Cho .."

"Nevermind." she interrupted Harry's explanation-to-be. "It's really none of my bussines, is it?"

Again, Harry didn't know what to say.

Cho stood up. "I promise I won't tell anyone .. about .." she paused for another short cry. "about Sirius. Cedric was killed by You-Know-Who, wasn't he?"

"Cho. Listen to me. Sirius is not a killer. He is on my side. It .. it's very complicated .. but Sirius did not kill anyone, okay?" He remembered the kind-hearted Cedric Diggory was killed by Lord Voldemort. "And he definitely didn't kill Cedric."

"Yes. Okay. I believe you, now." She wiped the tears off her face.

"Cho, I'm very sorry."

"Don't worry abou ---" Her eyes looked behind Harry. Her eyes were very wide.

"Harry!" she said in a choking voice. She levitated as the owls hooted like crazy. Harry was frightened when he looked behind him and nothing was there. He looked back at Cho. It was as if an invisible creature is lifting her by the neck.

"Har----ry ... GAKKKhhh .."

He called out for help very loudly. Cho was floating higher and higher very fast. Harry didn't know what to do. He caught her by the leg and tried to pull her down. The invisible arm dropped her to the floor. But it was too late. Cho Chang, Harry's crush object, was dead. Her eyes were very wide and her mouth was half open, blood rivered out from it.

"Cho!" Harry shook her shoulders. "Please don't be dead!"

Harry, with blood all over his robes, ran to Hedwig. He opened the parchment ..

When I was about to send this letter, Cho was killed by an invisible man. Maybe Snape was killed the same way. Please. Write back soon.

END OF CHAPTER FOUR

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Kids ... Cho is DEAD. .... .... ....
Just wait til the next chapter!!!!!!!!! Chapter Five is coming ----- VERY VERY VERY SOON!