Summary: This is what the Goblet of Fire would have been from Cho Chang's point of view. There's not much said about Cho in the first four books. This story is what I think Cho would have been, her character and what she went through during her fifth year at Hogwarts.
The story starts with HP Book 4 Chapter 22, up to the end of her fifth year.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Cedric Diggory, Poliakoff, Professor McGonagall and Sleekeazy's Hair Potion (and all other HP terminologies) are obviously not mine but JK Rowling's intellectual property. As a matter of fact, all characters in this story are JK Rowling's, except for the following: Pam, Jane, Crystal and Patrick (plus the Wise Old Man.)
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Before the Yule Ball
(This chapter is concurrent to parts of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 - The Yule Ball")
"Cho, can I have some of this?" asked Pam, and then took the tube of hair potion from Cho's dresser even before she consented.
"Sure, go ahead," said Cho without looking. She had pulled her hair into an elegant knot and was busy securing it with pins.
"I cannot for the life of me imagine why you would have a tube of Sleekeazy's Hair Potion," said Pam, as she squeezed the creamy potion on to her palm and went about smoothing her hair out. "Your hair's sleek and shiny as it is."
"She keeps one so people like you would have somebody to ask hair potion from," Jane retorted as she straightened her dress robes in front of a full-length mirror. Pam would have chased her around their dormitory room if she weren't too busy fixing her hair.
"Cho?" Crystal called as she stepped back into their dormitory. She had been ready a couple of minutes ago and had gone down to the common room.
"Yes?"
"You better hurry up. Patrick told me Cedric has been by the portrait of the Wise Old Man a full fifteen minutes," replied Crystal. Patrick was Crystal's date, a seventh year student also from Ravenclaw.
"He's too early," said Jane, rolling her eyes up. "The Yule Ball isn't in thirty minutes."
Ignoring Jane, Cho told Crystal, "Please tell him I'll be ready in five."
"I still cannot believe you are going with him," Jane said as Crystal left the dormitory room.
"Jane, please..." said Cho wearily.
"Ok, I'll stop bugging you," said Jane. Then she smiled, "I hope you have a great time tonight."
"Thanks."
Five minutes later, Cho was hurrying down the staircase, into the Ravenclaw common and out of the portrait hole. Cedric was waiting a few feet away.
"Hi Cedric!" Cho called to him. Cedric walked quickly towards her and then stopped as if to say something. She waited as he looked at her. Something about the way he looked at her made her a little uncomfortable.
"Cho, you look - er - stunning," Cedric finally managed to say.
"Thanks," she replied. She felt her face turn red. She tried to think of a compliment for Cedric but words just failed her.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you hurry up or anything, " Cedric said, "I, um, I'd rather wait for you than have you waiting for me."
"And he was just a tad bit too excited to see you," somebody from behind Cedric said. She recognized him as a Hufflepuff student. She saw him a few times in the Great Hall but never knew his name.
"Ced, you two better get going," the Hufflepuff student continued, "you're the school champion. You can't be late for the Ball."
"One of the champions," Cedric corrected him. The Hufflepuff student just shrugged and walked away with his partner.
Cho was certain she heard Cedric mutter something under his breath. "You were saying something?" she asked.
"No, nothing. It's just that-" Whatever it was that Cedric wanted to say, it seemed like he didn't know where to begin. "Why can't they just leave him alone," he sighed.
"Who?"
"Harry Potter," Cedric said as he glanced at her.
Don't blush now, she told herself. Thankfully, Cedric had looked away. Did he see that name had so much effect on her?
"He's a great guy, I'm telling you," he said thoughtfully as they walked towards the Great Hall. "Who knows how he managed to put his name in the Goblet, but that's beside the point. He's a very talented wizard. He deserves a chance to compete in the Tri-wizard tournament."
Cedric had now stopped walking and was looking earnestly at her. "I can't really explain it but Harry's one decent guy. You need to know him a only short while to see the kind of person he is."
Cho was surprised to hear this from him, of all people. She knew he was a nice guy but never knew how mature he was. She was starting to admire the guy standing in front of her.
"Champions over here, please." It was Professor McGonagall. She didn't realize they were only a short distance from the Great Hall.
"Shall we?" asked Cedric. He took her hand and they started their way towards the Great Hall.
The story starts with HP Book 4 Chapter 22, up to the end of her fifth year.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Cedric Diggory, Poliakoff, Professor McGonagall and Sleekeazy's Hair Potion (and all other HP terminologies) are obviously not mine but JK Rowling's intellectual property. As a matter of fact, all characters in this story are JK Rowling's, except for the following: Pam, Jane, Crystal and Patrick (plus the Wise Old Man.)
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Before the Yule Ball
(This chapter is concurrent to parts of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 - The Yule Ball")
"Cho, can I have some of this?" asked Pam, and then took the tube of hair potion from Cho's dresser even before she consented.
"Sure, go ahead," said Cho without looking. She had pulled her hair into an elegant knot and was busy securing it with pins.
"I cannot for the life of me imagine why you would have a tube of Sleekeazy's Hair Potion," said Pam, as she squeezed the creamy potion on to her palm and went about smoothing her hair out. "Your hair's sleek and shiny as it is."
"She keeps one so people like you would have somebody to ask hair potion from," Jane retorted as she straightened her dress robes in front of a full-length mirror. Pam would have chased her around their dormitory room if she weren't too busy fixing her hair.
"Cho?" Crystal called as she stepped back into their dormitory. She had been ready a couple of minutes ago and had gone down to the common room.
"Yes?"
"You better hurry up. Patrick told me Cedric has been by the portrait of the Wise Old Man a full fifteen minutes," replied Crystal. Patrick was Crystal's date, a seventh year student also from Ravenclaw.
"He's too early," said Jane, rolling her eyes up. "The Yule Ball isn't in thirty minutes."
Ignoring Jane, Cho told Crystal, "Please tell him I'll be ready in five."
"I still cannot believe you are going with him," Jane said as Crystal left the dormitory room.
"Jane, please..." said Cho wearily.
"Ok, I'll stop bugging you," said Jane. Then she smiled, "I hope you have a great time tonight."
"Thanks."
Five minutes later, Cho was hurrying down the staircase, into the Ravenclaw common and out of the portrait hole. Cedric was waiting a few feet away.
"Hi Cedric!" Cho called to him. Cedric walked quickly towards her and then stopped as if to say something. She waited as he looked at her. Something about the way he looked at her made her a little uncomfortable.
"Cho, you look - er - stunning," Cedric finally managed to say.
"Thanks," she replied. She felt her face turn red. She tried to think of a compliment for Cedric but words just failed her.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you hurry up or anything, " Cedric said, "I, um, I'd rather wait for you than have you waiting for me."
"And he was just a tad bit too excited to see you," somebody from behind Cedric said. She recognized him as a Hufflepuff student. She saw him a few times in the Great Hall but never knew his name.
"Ced, you two better get going," the Hufflepuff student continued, "you're the school champion. You can't be late for the Ball."
"One of the champions," Cedric corrected him. The Hufflepuff student just shrugged and walked away with his partner.
Cho was certain she heard Cedric mutter something under his breath. "You were saying something?" she asked.
"No, nothing. It's just that-" Whatever it was that Cedric wanted to say, it seemed like he didn't know where to begin. "Why can't they just leave him alone," he sighed.
"Who?"
"Harry Potter," Cedric said as he glanced at her.
Don't blush now, she told herself. Thankfully, Cedric had looked away. Did he see that name had so much effect on her?
"He's a great guy, I'm telling you," he said thoughtfully as they walked towards the Great Hall. "Who knows how he managed to put his name in the Goblet, but that's beside the point. He's a very talented wizard. He deserves a chance to compete in the Tri-wizard tournament."
Cedric had now stopped walking and was looking earnestly at her. "I can't really explain it but Harry's one decent guy. You need to know him a only short while to see the kind of person he is."
Cho was surprised to hear this from him, of all people. She knew he was a nice guy but never knew how mature he was. She was starting to admire the guy standing in front of her.
"Champions over here, please." It was Professor McGonagall. She didn't realize they were only a short distance from the Great Hall.
"Shall we?" asked Cedric. He took her hand and they started their way towards the Great Hall.