Chapter Sixteen~ The Untold
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Everyone was quiet. Chills were in the air, even among the warm aura given off by the candles that surrounded them. It was like a power failure... but it was still meant to be like that. Harry couldn't help but talk...
"What is going on? Where is Hermione? Ron? Why are you all here?" Harry asked all this, expecting to be answered but none came. Dumbledore sighed. "Harry, terrible things... you have to be prepared..."
"What? Is this another one of the things I don't know? Why must you keep this all from..." "Harry," Cho's voice came. Harry looked at her. "Let's just listen..." Harry looked back at Dumbledore who still looked calm.
"Voldemort, Harry," no one jumped, surprisingly. "He is the cause of why we are all here. I am sure you that very well." Dumbledore said. Harry nodded impatiently.
"As you see, not all the Order is present. Hagrid is in Hogwarts, Arthur Weasley, in the burrow and Professor Snape..." Dumbledore paused. "Is with your friend, Hermione granger." Dumbledore said as if a conclusion.
"What?" Harry asked, astounded.
"Let me explain everything." Dumbledore started. "As you know, professor Snape teaches you Occlumency. He saw things in your mind that you have kept and because you are still not a master, you allowed him to extract thoughts from you, letting him be aware of things on your mind. He told me, about one thought in your mind about a certain black rose,"
Cho twitched a little on this.
"And, he extracted a dream from you, a full dream to be exact. It was about Voldemort, you and Ms. Chang here. But you weren't mindful of Voldemort's words not like professor Snape Harry." Dumbledore cleared his throat. "He said that Cho was as beautiful as a rose, something of connection with what you saw.
"Professor Snape then summoned Ms. Granger that is why your meetings of Occlumency were reduced. Ms. Granger told Professor Snape about you showing Mr. Weasley, her and Ms. Chang the rose where a certain black figure had left it. They analysed connections Harry, they wanted to warn you before anything. But Christmas vacation has cut their meetings short."
"No wonder Hermione told me to be safe before she left..." Harry said. "Could be. She was giving you forewarnings. She wanted you safe. Snape had owled Ms. Granger not to continue with her vacation because of her being in danger since she has this connection with you.
"Snape did not finish his letter Harry. The figure turned out to be Bellatrix, one of Voldemort's most loyal servants. She figured out that Snape and Ms. Granger were on the right track so she had to take care of them. A Death Eater kidnapped Hermione in the airport and Snape was tortured. The Order was summoned right away after the complaint of Mr. and Mrs. Granger.
"We had to call you and Ms. Chang here because you two are greatly involved..." "But sir, if I may ask, what is the significance of the black rose to any of us?" Harry asked. Dumbledore exchanged looks with some of the Order.
"A symbol of death. Cho, are there any specific instances wherein you experience pain?" Dumbledore asked. Everyone eyed her. Cho swallowed hard. "Y-Yes..." "When, may I ask?" Dumbledore asked. "When Harry held up the rose when we first saw it, I felt it and when Harry was sleeping a while ago, the figure was there, on the grounds, when a petal was taken off, I felt it again..."
Harry eyed Cho. "Y-You never told me," he said. Cho lowered her head. "I'm sorry Harry, I didn't want you to worry anymore..." Cho muttered. "Rose Harry, You-Know-Who, in your dream called Cho a beautiful rose, Bellatrix brought the rose to Hogwarts, it was black meaning death and Cho experiences pain once it is touched." Tonks explained.
"Do you know what this means?" Tonks asked. Harry was quiet for a while. "I'm sure Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley told you to protect Ms. Chang, it is because, her life is at stake." Dumbledore concluded.
Harry stared at everyone. They were all speechless. "Understand Harry, nothing lasts in this world. Protect it with all your might but still..." Lupin said.
"NO!" Harry shouted as he stood up, pushing his chair back. "NO! I won't have it!!" Harry said loudly. "Harry, listen to me..." "DAMMIT I WON'T LISTEN!!" Harry shouted at Tonks. He was so angry and sad; he didn't know what to do.
"All my life, I've never experienced true love from the people I expected to love me! My parents!! My mum and dad!! They're gone!! Killed by that... that so called Dark Lord and now..." Harry looked angrily at Cho. She wasn't looking at him, she was crying softly.
"Cho is going to leave me?! Dammit!! I won't have it! I don't want it! I love her and I want us to last!! Don't tell me anything!! I know what you are all going to say... I'm out of here..." Harry said as he pushed back his chair making it fall hard on the floor and he left the room.
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Breathing hard, Harry leaned against the wall beside the door he had just exited. He was crying now but not sobbing. He felt tears stream down his cheeks and he was shivering.
Harry walked up the stairs and to his former room during the summer. He lay on the bed and started the ceiling. He was so angry, sad, frustrated, everything! He was so confused and lost. Cho was leaving him? Everything was a joke?
A few moments later, a knock was heard on the door. "Get out... I don't want anyone here." Harry said as his greeting. "Harry, it's me, Cho." Cho's voice came. Harry's mind changed. He stood up and opened the door.
"Harry-" Cho was about to say when Harry caught her in a tight hug. Harry felt her little arms circle him as well. "Cho... don't leave me... you said we will last..." Harry muttered. Cho closed her eyes and tears fell slowly.
"I won't leave you... I won't..." she said. They stayed that way for a while, in each other's arms. Harry then let go and lifted her chin as he captured her lips in a kiss. They kissed each other gently and sensuously. Harry then removed the kiss, kissed her cheek, her ear then her neck.
"Cho, I love you." Harry said softly as he faced her. Cho smiled. "Tonks told me you'd be here." Cho said as Harry's hand cradled her cheek. "I don't care about them, I only care about you Cho..." Harry said.
Cho smiled, tiptoed and planted a kiss on Harry's nose. "Harry, I won't die, I won't leave this world. You know that's what I told you before; I will never leave you. I will love you no matter what Harry." Cho said. Harry smiled and hugged Cho again.
"Where will you sleep?" Harry asked. Cho smiled. "I'll just ask Mrs. Weasley. She might give me a room anyway." Cho said. She let go of Harry and looked around. "Was this your room during the summer?" Cho asked. Harry nodded. During their bonding time, Harry had told Cho everything from Sirius black to the Order of the Phoenix.
Cho walked over to Harry's bed and lay on it. "I like your bed, it's soft..." Cho said. Harry smiled and went to Cho, kissing her. "Why don't you sleep here for tonight?" he asked. Cho giggled. "Harry, you know everyone down there might think." Cho replied. Harry gave her a lop-sided smile. "C'mon, Tonks knows!" Harry said.
Cho sat up abruptly making Harry go backwards. "What?!" she asked. Harry explained everything when he and Tonks made their way to his Occlumency lesson.
"But still..." "Harry! Cho! Come down here!" Mrs. Weasley's voice came. Harry and Cho eyed the door and went out of Harry's room. Mrs. Weasley was at the end of the stairs and she had a smile on her face. "Want some dinner dears? I fixed you up some things!" she said. Cho eyed Harry.
"Um, no thank you Mrs. Weasley, we had dinner before we arrived here." Harry said. Cho looked at Mrs. Weasley and smiled telling her Harry's right. Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Okay then! Have a nice sleep you two!" she said as she left.
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"You never told me Cho..." "I'm so sorry I didn't Harry, I didn't want you to worry anymore. I mean, you had lessons, you had problems and I didn't want to be a burden any longer than I already am." Cho replied. The two were on Harry's bed, lying down as they talked.
"Look, you should tell me. I want you to be honest. I don't care if it's bad, I want to know." Harry said as he rose from the bed and looked over to Cho. Cho smiled. "Well, you know now, right?" she said.
Harry sighed and lay back on the bed. There were a few moments of silence. "Cho?" Harry asked softly. Cho didn't respond. Harry turned to her and saw her sleeping. "Good night Cho..." Harry said as he kissed Cho on the lips.
He lay back down on the bed, holding her hand as he put an arm under his head. He heard Cho giggle. He looked to her side and saw her giggling with eyes closed. "You thought I was sleeping!" Cho said. Harry smiled. "Oh, very funny!" Harry said.
Cho smiled and kissed Harry lightly, "Ha, ha! So sorry..." she said.
Harry smiled and kissed Cho back.
~Okay, I'm in the process of typing chapter seventeen. Sorry IF I kind of got things wrong in the revelation part, no comments anymore about that, I was kind of puzzled myself but oh well... so wait for chapter seventeen, I'm still trying to find out the perfect spot for battle... he, he~
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Everyone was quiet. Chills were in the air, even among the warm aura given off by the candles that surrounded them. It was like a power failure... but it was still meant to be like that. Harry couldn't help but talk...
"What is going on? Where is Hermione? Ron? Why are you all here?" Harry asked all this, expecting to be answered but none came. Dumbledore sighed. "Harry, terrible things... you have to be prepared..."
"What? Is this another one of the things I don't know? Why must you keep this all from..." "Harry," Cho's voice came. Harry looked at her. "Let's just listen..." Harry looked back at Dumbledore who still looked calm.
"Voldemort, Harry," no one jumped, surprisingly. "He is the cause of why we are all here. I am sure you that very well." Dumbledore said. Harry nodded impatiently.
"As you see, not all the Order is present. Hagrid is in Hogwarts, Arthur Weasley, in the burrow and Professor Snape..." Dumbledore paused. "Is with your friend, Hermione granger." Dumbledore said as if a conclusion.
"What?" Harry asked, astounded.
"Let me explain everything." Dumbledore started. "As you know, professor Snape teaches you Occlumency. He saw things in your mind that you have kept and because you are still not a master, you allowed him to extract thoughts from you, letting him be aware of things on your mind. He told me, about one thought in your mind about a certain black rose,"
Cho twitched a little on this.
"And, he extracted a dream from you, a full dream to be exact. It was about Voldemort, you and Ms. Chang here. But you weren't mindful of Voldemort's words not like professor Snape Harry." Dumbledore cleared his throat. "He said that Cho was as beautiful as a rose, something of connection with what you saw.
"Professor Snape then summoned Ms. Granger that is why your meetings of Occlumency were reduced. Ms. Granger told Professor Snape about you showing Mr. Weasley, her and Ms. Chang the rose where a certain black figure had left it. They analysed connections Harry, they wanted to warn you before anything. But Christmas vacation has cut their meetings short."
"No wonder Hermione told me to be safe before she left..." Harry said. "Could be. She was giving you forewarnings. She wanted you safe. Snape had owled Ms. Granger not to continue with her vacation because of her being in danger since she has this connection with you.
"Snape did not finish his letter Harry. The figure turned out to be Bellatrix, one of Voldemort's most loyal servants. She figured out that Snape and Ms. Granger were on the right track so she had to take care of them. A Death Eater kidnapped Hermione in the airport and Snape was tortured. The Order was summoned right away after the complaint of Mr. and Mrs. Granger.
"We had to call you and Ms. Chang here because you two are greatly involved..." "But sir, if I may ask, what is the significance of the black rose to any of us?" Harry asked. Dumbledore exchanged looks with some of the Order.
"A symbol of death. Cho, are there any specific instances wherein you experience pain?" Dumbledore asked. Everyone eyed her. Cho swallowed hard. "Y-Yes..." "When, may I ask?" Dumbledore asked. "When Harry held up the rose when we first saw it, I felt it and when Harry was sleeping a while ago, the figure was there, on the grounds, when a petal was taken off, I felt it again..."
Harry eyed Cho. "Y-You never told me," he said. Cho lowered her head. "I'm sorry Harry, I didn't want you to worry anymore..." Cho muttered. "Rose Harry, You-Know-Who, in your dream called Cho a beautiful rose, Bellatrix brought the rose to Hogwarts, it was black meaning death and Cho experiences pain once it is touched." Tonks explained.
"Do you know what this means?" Tonks asked. Harry was quiet for a while. "I'm sure Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley told you to protect Ms. Chang, it is because, her life is at stake." Dumbledore concluded.
Harry stared at everyone. They were all speechless. "Understand Harry, nothing lasts in this world. Protect it with all your might but still..." Lupin said.
"NO!" Harry shouted as he stood up, pushing his chair back. "NO! I won't have it!!" Harry said loudly. "Harry, listen to me..." "DAMMIT I WON'T LISTEN!!" Harry shouted at Tonks. He was so angry and sad; he didn't know what to do.
"All my life, I've never experienced true love from the people I expected to love me! My parents!! My mum and dad!! They're gone!! Killed by that... that so called Dark Lord and now..." Harry looked angrily at Cho. She wasn't looking at him, she was crying softly.
"Cho is going to leave me?! Dammit!! I won't have it! I don't want it! I love her and I want us to last!! Don't tell me anything!! I know what you are all going to say... I'm out of here..." Harry said as he pushed back his chair making it fall hard on the floor and he left the room.
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Breathing hard, Harry leaned against the wall beside the door he had just exited. He was crying now but not sobbing. He felt tears stream down his cheeks and he was shivering.
Harry walked up the stairs and to his former room during the summer. He lay on the bed and started the ceiling. He was so angry, sad, frustrated, everything! He was so confused and lost. Cho was leaving him? Everything was a joke?
A few moments later, a knock was heard on the door. "Get out... I don't want anyone here." Harry said as his greeting. "Harry, it's me, Cho." Cho's voice came. Harry's mind changed. He stood up and opened the door.
"Harry-" Cho was about to say when Harry caught her in a tight hug. Harry felt her little arms circle him as well. "Cho... don't leave me... you said we will last..." Harry muttered. Cho closed her eyes and tears fell slowly.
"I won't leave you... I won't..." she said. They stayed that way for a while, in each other's arms. Harry then let go and lifted her chin as he captured her lips in a kiss. They kissed each other gently and sensuously. Harry then removed the kiss, kissed her cheek, her ear then her neck.
"Cho, I love you." Harry said softly as he faced her. Cho smiled. "Tonks told me you'd be here." Cho said as Harry's hand cradled her cheek. "I don't care about them, I only care about you Cho..." Harry said.
Cho smiled, tiptoed and planted a kiss on Harry's nose. "Harry, I won't die, I won't leave this world. You know that's what I told you before; I will never leave you. I will love you no matter what Harry." Cho said. Harry smiled and hugged Cho again.
"Where will you sleep?" Harry asked. Cho smiled. "I'll just ask Mrs. Weasley. She might give me a room anyway." Cho said. She let go of Harry and looked around. "Was this your room during the summer?" Cho asked. Harry nodded. During their bonding time, Harry had told Cho everything from Sirius black to the Order of the Phoenix.
Cho walked over to Harry's bed and lay on it. "I like your bed, it's soft..." Cho said. Harry smiled and went to Cho, kissing her. "Why don't you sleep here for tonight?" he asked. Cho giggled. "Harry, you know everyone down there might think." Cho replied. Harry gave her a lop-sided smile. "C'mon, Tonks knows!" Harry said.
Cho sat up abruptly making Harry go backwards. "What?!" she asked. Harry explained everything when he and Tonks made their way to his Occlumency lesson.
"But still..." "Harry! Cho! Come down here!" Mrs. Weasley's voice came. Harry and Cho eyed the door and went out of Harry's room. Mrs. Weasley was at the end of the stairs and she had a smile on her face. "Want some dinner dears? I fixed you up some things!" she said. Cho eyed Harry.
"Um, no thank you Mrs. Weasley, we had dinner before we arrived here." Harry said. Cho looked at Mrs. Weasley and smiled telling her Harry's right. Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Okay then! Have a nice sleep you two!" she said as she left.
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"You never told me Cho..." "I'm so sorry I didn't Harry, I didn't want you to worry anymore. I mean, you had lessons, you had problems and I didn't want to be a burden any longer than I already am." Cho replied. The two were on Harry's bed, lying down as they talked.
"Look, you should tell me. I want you to be honest. I don't care if it's bad, I want to know." Harry said as he rose from the bed and looked over to Cho. Cho smiled. "Well, you know now, right?" she said.
Harry sighed and lay back on the bed. There were a few moments of silence. "Cho?" Harry asked softly. Cho didn't respond. Harry turned to her and saw her sleeping. "Good night Cho..." Harry said as he kissed Cho on the lips.
He lay back down on the bed, holding her hand as he put an arm under his head. He heard Cho giggle. He looked to her side and saw her giggling with eyes closed. "You thought I was sleeping!" Cho said. Harry smiled. "Oh, very funny!" Harry said.
Cho smiled and kissed Harry lightly, "Ha, ha! So sorry..." she said.
Harry smiled and kissed Cho back.
~Okay, I'm in the process of typing chapter seventeen. Sorry IF I kind of got things wrong in the revelation part, no comments anymore about that, I was kind of puzzled myself but oh well... so wait for chapter seventeen, I'm still trying to find out the perfect spot for battle... he, he~
