Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I'm sorry I abused Hermione in
that previous chapter. I'll try to do better in this chapter. I'm sorry
for the misspelled words and everything, I'm pathetic, I know. I'll try to
read through my writings now.
If Ever A Star Shone Brighter, Chapter 7
Cho was sleeping, a peaceful sleep for once in her life. It was pure white, and she saw His face. He came towards her and kissed her forehead lightly, and he pulled away. She felt at peace, and she felt warm. She felt, well, down right good, when suddenly blackness engulfed her, and it was getting hard to breath. She kicked her legs over and over again, but she couldn't throw whatever was doing this to her, off her. She woke up, expecting it to all just go away, but she felt the softness of a pillow being pressed against her face. Cho scrambled out from under her bed, falling on the floor, gasping for air when she looked up in time to see a knife go for her. She dodged it, however, and ran out of the room, she ran, as fast as she could, trying to get away from who ever, or whatever was going this to her. But as she turned the corner to get out the front doors of Hogwarts, she caught a flash of red hair flying behind her pursuer.
Cho ran, and ran, she looked back once, and Ginny was close behind. She didn't see where she was going, however, and she tripped and fell on the floor near the lake. Cho flipped on her back, just in time for Ginny to hurl herself on top of Cho, and the two silently wrestled for the knife. Finally, Cho got hold of the knife and threw Ginny off her.
"Bitch," Ginny gasped for air, "I knew I never liked you,"
Cho was standing, and gasped for air as well, "But (gasp) why?"
"I KNOW YOU NEVER LOVED HARRY!!"
Cho stopped, and she fell to her knees, and after a moment, started crying.
"And is that why you tried to kill me? For Harry's sake?"
"You loved Malfoy. And Malfoy used you to get to Harry."
"MALFOY LOVES ME!"
Ginny chuckled, "You stupid little girl, he never loved you. Why does he hit you?"
Cho stared at Ginny, "Why did you try to kill me? It wasn't for Harry's sake, so don't pretend."
"You knew too much."
"But I would never use it against you!"
"LIER!!!"
"I SWEAR! I will never hurt you, Ginny."
Ginny stared at the knife in her hands as if looking at it for the first time, "Look at me," she whispered, "What have I become? I don't even know what I'm doing any more! I'm a, a, a killer."
Cho, not knowing what to say, just sat, waiting for her to go on.
"I have a problem, I know. At first, it wasn't serious, but now, now it's horrible. I kill people! I killed my parents! Look at me; I can kill on my own free will. I can kill who ever and whatever I want if they annoy me enough."
Cho remained silent, and Ginny sniffed. She looked up at Cho, "You aren't telling me everything."
"What?" Cho asked
"Tell me. Tell me about Draco being my brother, about wanting to kill Harry. I want to know everything."
Cho sighed, "I don't know much myself,"
Ginny laughed, "Well, sweetie, if you show up in the middle of the hall imitating my mother revealing a very personal scandal, Hell, of course you don't know much."
Cho laughed, as she and Ginny stood and walked off together in the night.
"What was that?" Asked Ron as they saw a figure dash past them, and fallowing fast behind it was another figure. They caught a flash of red hair from the moonlit windows.
"Was that- Ginny?"
"Couldn't be. Ginny has enough brains than to be out here at this time of night. Plus, why would she be chasing whoever she was chasing?"
"I dunno."
They where walking slowly through the halls, since they where wearing the invisibility cloak.
"Never mind that, remember, we came to see Cho. I don't get why you guys wanted to come with me." Harry complained
"Well, believe it or not, she's our friend, too! We want to know what happened back there in the hall!" Hermione said.
"Yeah, I want to know how she figured Ginny was Draco's sister. She's clearly a Weasly."
"Well, yes, Ron, but she does have those gray eyes."
"My great great great great Aunts husband had gray eyes!"
"And did your mother tell you that?"
"You know what, Hermione? I don't need to answer to you! Who do you think you are, any ways?"
"I'm just trying to help-"
"sshh!" Harry said, for they had reached the portrait of Sir Cadogan.
"WHO'S THERE?!" Shouted the wee little man.
"Shakespeare" whispered Harry. The portrait swung open to allow the unseen visitors in.
"C'mon, Cho's room is up here." Harry whispered and moved toward the girls dormitory,
"And you would know because-" Ron started
"Just shut up and follow." Harry snapped
They entered Cho's room only to find her bed empty. Harry threw off the Invisibility Cloak to look closely at her bed covers.
"So, Cho is walking around campus somewhere?" Ron questioned.
"No," Hermione said. They stared at her, "Look at her bed covers, see? The bed covers are disturbed, like she was struggling in them. It's more like she's running around somewhere."
"But where-" Harry stopped mid-sentence
"So what you're saying is that the reason my father, and Draco's father fought so much, was because they both loved my mother?" Ginny asked
Cho nodded
"Surprising, I must say."
They laughed.
"You won't tell anyone, will you, Cho?" Ginny asked
"I think it's a little too late about that, sweetie. Everyone saw in the hall and heard what I said." Cho laughed
"No, I meant, about mom- and Dad, and me-" Ginny said
"CHO!!" Harry was running down the steps toward them.
"Harry!" Cho made a move to go and meet him, but Ginny grabbed her arm,
"You won't tell any one, right, Cho?"
Cho looked at her, pity in her face. She sighed, "Of course I wouldn't, Ginny. I would never tell anyone."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione had reached them by then, and Cho didn't look at Ginny long enough to see the relieved and grateful smile on her face. Ginny then looked at Harry and his friends and automatically hid the knife behind her back, smiling at them.
"We where so worried about you!"
Cho laughed, "Why would that be? I'm fine."
"I can see that now, but you didn't seem fine a minute ago when you where running through the halls in fear!"
"What?"
"We where under the invisibility cloak," Hermione provided, "We didn't see you specifically, but we did see Ginny," Hermione looked pointedly at Ginny.
"We wanted to ask you about what happened today, but when we came to your room, your bed seemed to be disturbed, and you weren't in it." Ron continued
"Oh, well, I'm sorry to have worried you,"
"WORRIED? I WAS SCARED SHITLESS!! What the Hell where you doing running through the halls like that in the middle of the night??" Harry demanded.
"Shh!" Ginny hissed.
Cho looked up at him, hurt in her eyes, "You where the one who chose to visit me. I never told you to."
Harry sighed, took her up in his arms, and held her close. Cho sighed, and closed her eyes in his arms. Ginny watched, with a half blank, half thoughtful expression on her face as Ron brought Ginny close to him and gave her a little hug.
Draco was on the 3rd floor, watching them from outside the window. Neville was standing next to him.
"What do you think, Neville? Is it an act?"
"Definitely, Sir. She'd do anything for you. She loves you. She's a great actress, after all. Remember when she stayed up all night crying just to get you to talk to her?" Neville said
"Ah yes. Wait, that was an act?" asked Draco
"Oh, um, yes sir."
"Well, she is a good actress, isn't she? And she's gonna be my ticket to greatness." Draco chuckled
"You are great, Sir."
"I know, Neville, I know."
A/N: If any one has an idea which way my story should go (and please, no angry or mean retorts) please, review. I'll let my reviewers decide what will happen next in my story.
If Ever A Star Shone Brighter, Chapter 7
Cho was sleeping, a peaceful sleep for once in her life. It was pure white, and she saw His face. He came towards her and kissed her forehead lightly, and he pulled away. She felt at peace, and she felt warm. She felt, well, down right good, when suddenly blackness engulfed her, and it was getting hard to breath. She kicked her legs over and over again, but she couldn't throw whatever was doing this to her, off her. She woke up, expecting it to all just go away, but she felt the softness of a pillow being pressed against her face. Cho scrambled out from under her bed, falling on the floor, gasping for air when she looked up in time to see a knife go for her. She dodged it, however, and ran out of the room, she ran, as fast as she could, trying to get away from who ever, or whatever was going this to her. But as she turned the corner to get out the front doors of Hogwarts, she caught a flash of red hair flying behind her pursuer.
Cho ran, and ran, she looked back once, and Ginny was close behind. She didn't see where she was going, however, and she tripped and fell on the floor near the lake. Cho flipped on her back, just in time for Ginny to hurl herself on top of Cho, and the two silently wrestled for the knife. Finally, Cho got hold of the knife and threw Ginny off her.
"Bitch," Ginny gasped for air, "I knew I never liked you,"
Cho was standing, and gasped for air as well, "But (gasp) why?"
"I KNOW YOU NEVER LOVED HARRY!!"
Cho stopped, and she fell to her knees, and after a moment, started crying.
"And is that why you tried to kill me? For Harry's sake?"
"You loved Malfoy. And Malfoy used you to get to Harry."
"MALFOY LOVES ME!"
Ginny chuckled, "You stupid little girl, he never loved you. Why does he hit you?"
Cho stared at Ginny, "Why did you try to kill me? It wasn't for Harry's sake, so don't pretend."
"You knew too much."
"But I would never use it against you!"
"LIER!!!"
"I SWEAR! I will never hurt you, Ginny."
Ginny stared at the knife in her hands as if looking at it for the first time, "Look at me," she whispered, "What have I become? I don't even know what I'm doing any more! I'm a, a, a killer."
Cho, not knowing what to say, just sat, waiting for her to go on.
"I have a problem, I know. At first, it wasn't serious, but now, now it's horrible. I kill people! I killed my parents! Look at me; I can kill on my own free will. I can kill who ever and whatever I want if they annoy me enough."
Cho remained silent, and Ginny sniffed. She looked up at Cho, "You aren't telling me everything."
"What?" Cho asked
"Tell me. Tell me about Draco being my brother, about wanting to kill Harry. I want to know everything."
Cho sighed, "I don't know much myself,"
Ginny laughed, "Well, sweetie, if you show up in the middle of the hall imitating my mother revealing a very personal scandal, Hell, of course you don't know much."
Cho laughed, as she and Ginny stood and walked off together in the night.
"What was that?" Asked Ron as they saw a figure dash past them, and fallowing fast behind it was another figure. They caught a flash of red hair from the moonlit windows.
"Was that- Ginny?"
"Couldn't be. Ginny has enough brains than to be out here at this time of night. Plus, why would she be chasing whoever she was chasing?"
"I dunno."
They where walking slowly through the halls, since they where wearing the invisibility cloak.
"Never mind that, remember, we came to see Cho. I don't get why you guys wanted to come with me." Harry complained
"Well, believe it or not, she's our friend, too! We want to know what happened back there in the hall!" Hermione said.
"Yeah, I want to know how she figured Ginny was Draco's sister. She's clearly a Weasly."
"Well, yes, Ron, but she does have those gray eyes."
"My great great great great Aunts husband had gray eyes!"
"And did your mother tell you that?"
"You know what, Hermione? I don't need to answer to you! Who do you think you are, any ways?"
"I'm just trying to help-"
"sshh!" Harry said, for they had reached the portrait of Sir Cadogan.
"WHO'S THERE?!" Shouted the wee little man.
"Shakespeare" whispered Harry. The portrait swung open to allow the unseen visitors in.
"C'mon, Cho's room is up here." Harry whispered and moved toward the girls dormitory,
"And you would know because-" Ron started
"Just shut up and follow." Harry snapped
They entered Cho's room only to find her bed empty. Harry threw off the Invisibility Cloak to look closely at her bed covers.
"So, Cho is walking around campus somewhere?" Ron questioned.
"No," Hermione said. They stared at her, "Look at her bed covers, see? The bed covers are disturbed, like she was struggling in them. It's more like she's running around somewhere."
"But where-" Harry stopped mid-sentence
"So what you're saying is that the reason my father, and Draco's father fought so much, was because they both loved my mother?" Ginny asked
Cho nodded
"Surprising, I must say."
They laughed.
"You won't tell anyone, will you, Cho?" Ginny asked
"I think it's a little too late about that, sweetie. Everyone saw in the hall and heard what I said." Cho laughed
"No, I meant, about mom- and Dad, and me-" Ginny said
"CHO!!" Harry was running down the steps toward them.
"Harry!" Cho made a move to go and meet him, but Ginny grabbed her arm,
"You won't tell any one, right, Cho?"
Cho looked at her, pity in her face. She sighed, "Of course I wouldn't, Ginny. I would never tell anyone."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione had reached them by then, and Cho didn't look at Ginny long enough to see the relieved and grateful smile on her face. Ginny then looked at Harry and his friends and automatically hid the knife behind her back, smiling at them.
"We where so worried about you!"
Cho laughed, "Why would that be? I'm fine."
"I can see that now, but you didn't seem fine a minute ago when you where running through the halls in fear!"
"What?"
"We where under the invisibility cloak," Hermione provided, "We didn't see you specifically, but we did see Ginny," Hermione looked pointedly at Ginny.
"We wanted to ask you about what happened today, but when we came to your room, your bed seemed to be disturbed, and you weren't in it." Ron continued
"Oh, well, I'm sorry to have worried you,"
"WORRIED? I WAS SCARED SHITLESS!! What the Hell where you doing running through the halls like that in the middle of the night??" Harry demanded.
"Shh!" Ginny hissed.
Cho looked up at him, hurt in her eyes, "You where the one who chose to visit me. I never told you to."
Harry sighed, took her up in his arms, and held her close. Cho sighed, and closed her eyes in his arms. Ginny watched, with a half blank, half thoughtful expression on her face as Ron brought Ginny close to him and gave her a little hug.
Draco was on the 3rd floor, watching them from outside the window. Neville was standing next to him.
"What do you think, Neville? Is it an act?"
"Definitely, Sir. She'd do anything for you. She loves you. She's a great actress, after all. Remember when she stayed up all night crying just to get you to talk to her?" Neville said
"Ah yes. Wait, that was an act?" asked Draco
"Oh, um, yes sir."
"Well, she is a good actress, isn't she? And she's gonna be my ticket to greatness." Draco chuckled
"You are great, Sir."
"I know, Neville, I know."
A/N: If any one has an idea which way my story should go (and please, no angry or mean retorts) please, review. I'll let my reviewers decide what will happen next in my story.