Oliver held his breath. He was going to have to rush in. With a cry he ran through the front door, and towards the staircase Cho had fell into. He jumped in immediately. He landed with a thud.

"Cho!" he said, relieved. However, he noticed that she wasn't alone.

"Oliver!" Cho said. "Watch out!"

A blast of magic almost caught him, if his Keeper reflexes hadn't been fast enough. He looked around and saw the pale ghostly boy coming towards him.

"Don't you dare try to take Cho Chang away," said the ghost. "You will never succeed."

"Who are you?" said Oliver, anger flashing in his eyes.

"You don't need to know that. You only need to know that Cho Chang belongs to ME!" said the pale boy, and sent another spell in Oliver's direction.

Oliver dodged it, but this time he didn't manage to get away in time. The spell hit his arm, and a deep red cut appeared at the side of the arm. It started bleeding profusely.

"Oh damn. This is NOT the time to be without a wand!" he muttered to himself. Another curse came flying past and Oliver dodged it again. He was not going to be able to keep this up for long.

Cho Chang noticed that. Oliver is going to die, he's going to die if I don't think of a way to help him, she thought frantically. Oliver can't die. . .he can't die. If he died what was I going to do?

"JOE! Stop it! If you'll let Oliver go I'll promise to stay here forever with you!" she shouted suddenly.

"Really?" said Fawnings, stopping.

"NO! Cho, you can't do this! I can't let you do this, Cho!" Oliver said, shocked.

"Oliver, I'm sorry. I can't let you die. I'm sorry. . .because I've fallen in love with you, Oliver," she said, her voice almost becoming a whisper.

"Cho. . . I can't let you sacrifice yourself for me, because I've fallen in love with you too. I'm sorry," he said, looking into her eyes, which were now filled with tears.

He turned to Fawnings. "Kill me if you want! But let Cho Chang go."

The ghost laughed. "That's so touching. I'm going to cry. A pair of lovebirds tries to sacrifice themselves for each other! Hahaha! I've decided that I'm going to keep you both! I'm going to kill the boy first, and I'm going to keep Cho Chang in here forever!" He fired another curse at Oliver. The human boy dodged it again.

Cho Chang pulled at her bonds. She had been trying to get free since just now, and was succeeding. The knots were getting loose. Cho Chang suddenly felt glad that she had joined the Girl Guides when she was younger. The ropes that had bounded her tightly were now coming off. She looked at Oliver. He was already tired and it seemed like he couldn't hold out any longer. Fawnings fired curse after curse at him, and Oliver's strength was already draining away. Any moment now and the curse was going to hit him. Fortunately Fawnings didn't seem to want to use the Avada Kedavra curse. He was probably afraid of hurting Cho Chang. He was firing a sort of curse that causes the part that was hit by it to bleed. He was aiming for Oliver's heart, she realised.

Oliver Wood was defeated. He couldn't dodge the curses any much longer. He lay, tired, on the ground near Cho Chang's chair. He had failed. He hadn't been able to protect Cho Chang. He would die for his mistake. He would die protecting the girl he loved. Suddenly he felt proud. Maybe he was going to be as famous as Harry Potter, the only difference was that Harry was alive and Oliver was going to be dead very soon.

He saw the curse coming straight at him. He didn't have anymore strength to move aside anymore.

"NO!" he heard Cho Chang cry, and before he knew it, she had thrown herself on top on him. The curse hit her on the back. She screamed in pain.

"CHO! WHAT?!" Fawnings said, in shock.

"NO! CHO! YOU CAN'T . . .!" said Oliver, pulling her into his arms. Her back was bleeding. There was blood all over her t-shirt and her long hair. His hands were smeared with her blood.

"Oliver. . .I--I--am sorry. I'm not going back to H-H-Hogwarts with you," she forced a smile, and reached up a weak hand to touch his face.

"What?! No! This can't be happening! It's like a Muggle soap opera! NO!" he said, holding her closer to him.

"Oh, so you watch Muggle soap operas too?" She tried to laugh, but she ended up coughing lots of blood onto his shirt.

Oliver looked at Fawnings. "See what you have done?! Look at what you have done to her! She's going to die! And it's all YOUR fault. GET OUT OF THE WAY, DAMN YOU!" he shouted, as he picked Cho Chang up in his arms and struggled to his feet. Holding Cho Chang close, he ran out of the Fawnings House.

Joe Fawnings knelt down on the ground. He had never seen love like that. She had sacrificed herself although she knew Oliver Wood would die anyway. She would rather die in his arms than stay with me, he thought to himself. That was love. All Fawnings had was a crazy obsession with her. A crazy obsession that had gone wild over the years of not seeing her. A crazy obsession that will kill her. It was his entire fault. Oliver Wood was right about him. It was all his fault.

Joe Fawnings buried his pale face in his cold hands, and wept icy tears.