A/N: Here's the next chapter, I decided to post it soon because the first
chapter was short. I forgot to mention that the words in ~~ were from a
song ("Don't cry" by Seal and I do not own it! I wish I did though) and I
will not be doing that in the following chapters unless I think of a good
song.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything from the books, if I did I would get my butt in gear and give the readers the fifth book!
"Great. I'll-" Harry froze as he heard his uncle's voice.
"BOY! WHY ARE YOU TAKING SO LONG ON THE PHONE!? WHAT IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO CALL ME!? THE CALLS I GET ACTUALLY MATTER!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"But I-" Harry had no idea what he was going to say but it didn't matter, Uncle Vernon punched him in the stomach and the breath left Harry's lungs. Harry fell with a thud to the floor and Uncle Vernon slammed the phone down. 'No!' Harry's mind screamed but he dared not open his mouth.
"Time to teach you some respect!" said Uncle Vernon, grabbing Harry and dragging him to the cupboard under the stairs. He threw Harry inside and locked the door.
~*~
Cho sat frozen in shock. She had the feeling something terrible happened to Harry. She hung up and grabbed the phonebook again, reading the Dursley's address. "MOM! DAD! QUICK, I HAVE TO GET TO PRIVET DRIVE!" She yelled.
"Privet drive? Why would you want to go there?" asked her mother.
"No time to explain. Please just get me there." Cho and her mother went to the car. Cho stuck her hand in her pocket, making sure her wand was there, forgetting about the no magic rule.
(A/N: Since the books never say where Cho lives let's just say she lives in Little Whinging for the sake of her getting to Harry fast, okay?)
Cho fidgeted constantly until they reached 4 Privet drive. She leapt out of the car and rang the doorbell repeatedly until a large man opened the door. "Hello, Mr. Dursley, I'm Cho Chang, I'm here to see Harry."
"There is no Harry Potter here." Said Mr. Dursley curtly.
Cho raised one eyebrow. "You're lying, sir." She said coolly.
Mr. Dursley looked outraged. "How dare you accuse me of lying!"
"You must be, how else would you know I'm looking for a Harry Potter if I did not say his last name?"
Cho gave her mother a meaningful look and her mother distracted Mr. Dursley while Cho slipped into the house (which was quite a task as Mr. Dursley blocked most of the doorway.)
She quickly and quietly searched for Harry. After searching the downstairs she walked up the stairs and found a skinny woman, who was too busy spying on people to notice Cho, also a large boy, who was too busy eating to notice Cho.
'C'mon Harry, where are you?'
Unfortunately, she could search no longer as Mr. Dursley had noticed she was inside.
"Get out of my house!" He screamed.
"Where is Harry?!" Cho screamed back, surprising even herself with her outburst. She didn't falter though and drew her wand.
Mr. Dursley snorted. "I know you punks can't use magic, you can't scare me with that stupid stick."
"Some rules are better broken." Cho hissed, glaring at him.
Something about her tone of voice let him know she was serious and it scared him. "He- he went for a walk."
"Liar! Where is he?" Cho jabbed her wand into his chest and he backed away, backing down the stairs. Cho kept her wand aimed at his chest, hopping down the stairs three at a time.
That was when she heard it.
A small, almost inaudible moan, coming from behind a door she'd forgotten to check. Keeping her eyes on the large man before her she went to the door and opened it. Upon looking inside she gasped.
The door led to a cupboard, inside the cupboard was a bed and-
"Harry! Oh, my gosh, what on earth are you doing in here?"
Harry's jaw dropped. "Cho!"
Cho's mother walked over to her. "Good heavens, child! What are you doing in a dark cupboard?" Not waiting for an answer, she picked Harry up and walked out of the house.
Harry blushed and fidgeted slightly. "Would you like me to set you down?" Mrs. Chang said. Harry nodded so she put him down and he was almost knocked over as Cho hugged him. Harry winced, he'd banged his shoulder on the wall when he had been thrown into the cupboard but he hugged Cho back, ignoring the pain.
"I forgot about my trunk, wait here I'll go get it." Said Harry.
"I'll get it for you." Said Mrs. Chang.
"But-" Harry started but Mrs. Chang had already ran back inside the house, ignoring the Dursley's shouts of protest. A minute later she came back with Harry's trunk.
"Thank you. I still have a few things in there though, that I hid under a loose floorboard." Said Harry. Cho offered to summon them but Harry ran up to a part of the house covered in ivy and climbed up to a window, jumping inside and returning a minute later with a stack of letters and other various items.
They all climbed into the car; Harry couldn't stop thanking them until Cho threatened to gag him.
Cho noticed one of the letters addressed to Sirius Black and she screamed. "Harry, what in the world are you doing contacting him!?"
"Who?" Harry followed her gaze to the letter, "oh, Sirius? He's my godfather and he's innocent. He's really nice, look-" he pulled his Firebolt out of his trunk, "he gave me this."
"I knew you'd gotten one but I didn't know it was your godfather who gave you it." She looked at it in awe; "I've wanted one of those for years. a real Firebolt."
Harry grinned and put it back into his trunk and Cho caught sight of something silvery. "What's that?" she asked, pointing to it. Harry pulled it out and she gasped. "An Invisibility Cloak! Wow, did Sirius give you that too?"
"No, it was my father's. Sirius and my dad would use it a lot in their school days, sneaking around Hogwarts." Said Harry.
"I didn't know your father and Sirius knew each other."
"Oh, yeah, they were best friends. Professor Lupin was friends with them too."
They arrived at Cho's house and Cho started to carry Harry's trunk. Harry tried to take it from her but she wouldn't let him. She had trouble getting it up the stairs so Harry picked up one end and they carried it together to her room.
Just before they walked into Cho's room Mrs. Chang called up to them, "Hey, you two! No smooching up there!"
Cho rolled her eyes and sighed.
Cho's room had two beds built in to the wall, a bookcase in one corner, a chest of drawers in another corner and one window, there was light blue carpet and cream colored walls.
Cho put Harry's trunk in the closet as Harry went to look out of the window that gave a view of the backyard and the pool.
"Nice view, huh?" said Cho, walking over to him.
"Yeah. That's a huge pool." Said Harry.
"Yeah, ten and a half feet deep at the deepest, five feet at the shallowest. Want to go swimming?"
"I don't have any swimming trunks." Said Harry.
"Not a problem." Said Cho, opening her chest of drawers and pulling out some dark green shorts. "You can wear these if you want."
"Thanks." Said Harry.
"Sure. I love having a friend to swim with, swimming alone isn't fun and swimming with my parents is kind of boring too." Said Cho, she faltered for a second, wondering if she shouldn't have touched the subject of parents but Harry didn't seem to mind. Regardless, she changed the subject. "I'll go change into my swimsuit, meet me downstairs, okay?" She grabbed a swimsuit and went to the bathroom to change.
Harry changed into the shorts and went downstairs; Cho was waiting for him at the bottom. He blushed at the sight of her in a Speedo.
She led him down a hall and into the kitchen. "Are you hungry?" she asked.
Harry's stomach growled, answering for him. She smiled and opened a door, walking into the pantry. "Let's see. there's some chips and crackers, some chocolate chip cookies." Cho pulled out the cookies, "I'm going to have some of these, if you don't want any feel free to look for something else."
"Thanks." Said Harry and he grabbed a cookie. "Wow, these are great!"
"I made them from scratch." Said Cho.
"Well, you did a great job." Said Harry.
"Thanks."
They smiled at each other and nibbled on the cookies, telling jokes and sharing laughs. Harry had never been happier, even at the Weasley's.
~~~~~
A/N: Okay, I didn't leave you with a cliffhanger this time. This chapter seems a bit rushed at times, I hope it's not too bad. This is the first fic I've ever posted so I'm a bit inexperienced. Though I've been writing for years this is the first thing I've ever made available to the public; it's pathetic, huh?
Well, here are my responses to my reviewers; it's not much because I posted this chapter so soon after the first one but oh, well.
Ecl@ir: First things first, thanks for reviewing! Now I believe you misinterpreted what I meant by the "what do you need?" he meant it kindly as if to say, "how can I help you?" not "what do you want? I'm busy" I'm sorry, I should have worded it better but that's what I meant.
Dark Whispers: Thank you for reviewing. I hope you are not disappointed with this chapter. If you are, I'm really sorry.
Thanks to everyone who read this and I hope to get the next chapter up soon.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything from the books, if I did I would get my butt in gear and give the readers the fifth book!
"Great. I'll-" Harry froze as he heard his uncle's voice.
"BOY! WHY ARE YOU TAKING SO LONG ON THE PHONE!? WHAT IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO CALL ME!? THE CALLS I GET ACTUALLY MATTER!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"But I-" Harry had no idea what he was going to say but it didn't matter, Uncle Vernon punched him in the stomach and the breath left Harry's lungs. Harry fell with a thud to the floor and Uncle Vernon slammed the phone down. 'No!' Harry's mind screamed but he dared not open his mouth.
"Time to teach you some respect!" said Uncle Vernon, grabbing Harry and dragging him to the cupboard under the stairs. He threw Harry inside and locked the door.
~*~
Cho sat frozen in shock. She had the feeling something terrible happened to Harry. She hung up and grabbed the phonebook again, reading the Dursley's address. "MOM! DAD! QUICK, I HAVE TO GET TO PRIVET DRIVE!" She yelled.
"Privet drive? Why would you want to go there?" asked her mother.
"No time to explain. Please just get me there." Cho and her mother went to the car. Cho stuck her hand in her pocket, making sure her wand was there, forgetting about the no magic rule.
(A/N: Since the books never say where Cho lives let's just say she lives in Little Whinging for the sake of her getting to Harry fast, okay?)
Cho fidgeted constantly until they reached 4 Privet drive. She leapt out of the car and rang the doorbell repeatedly until a large man opened the door. "Hello, Mr. Dursley, I'm Cho Chang, I'm here to see Harry."
"There is no Harry Potter here." Said Mr. Dursley curtly.
Cho raised one eyebrow. "You're lying, sir." She said coolly.
Mr. Dursley looked outraged. "How dare you accuse me of lying!"
"You must be, how else would you know I'm looking for a Harry Potter if I did not say his last name?"
Cho gave her mother a meaningful look and her mother distracted Mr. Dursley while Cho slipped into the house (which was quite a task as Mr. Dursley blocked most of the doorway.)
She quickly and quietly searched for Harry. After searching the downstairs she walked up the stairs and found a skinny woman, who was too busy spying on people to notice Cho, also a large boy, who was too busy eating to notice Cho.
'C'mon Harry, where are you?'
Unfortunately, she could search no longer as Mr. Dursley had noticed she was inside.
"Get out of my house!" He screamed.
"Where is Harry?!" Cho screamed back, surprising even herself with her outburst. She didn't falter though and drew her wand.
Mr. Dursley snorted. "I know you punks can't use magic, you can't scare me with that stupid stick."
"Some rules are better broken." Cho hissed, glaring at him.
Something about her tone of voice let him know she was serious and it scared him. "He- he went for a walk."
"Liar! Where is he?" Cho jabbed her wand into his chest and he backed away, backing down the stairs. Cho kept her wand aimed at his chest, hopping down the stairs three at a time.
That was when she heard it.
A small, almost inaudible moan, coming from behind a door she'd forgotten to check. Keeping her eyes on the large man before her she went to the door and opened it. Upon looking inside she gasped.
The door led to a cupboard, inside the cupboard was a bed and-
"Harry! Oh, my gosh, what on earth are you doing in here?"
Harry's jaw dropped. "Cho!"
Cho's mother walked over to her. "Good heavens, child! What are you doing in a dark cupboard?" Not waiting for an answer, she picked Harry up and walked out of the house.
Harry blushed and fidgeted slightly. "Would you like me to set you down?" Mrs. Chang said. Harry nodded so she put him down and he was almost knocked over as Cho hugged him. Harry winced, he'd banged his shoulder on the wall when he had been thrown into the cupboard but he hugged Cho back, ignoring the pain.
"I forgot about my trunk, wait here I'll go get it." Said Harry.
"I'll get it for you." Said Mrs. Chang.
"But-" Harry started but Mrs. Chang had already ran back inside the house, ignoring the Dursley's shouts of protest. A minute later she came back with Harry's trunk.
"Thank you. I still have a few things in there though, that I hid under a loose floorboard." Said Harry. Cho offered to summon them but Harry ran up to a part of the house covered in ivy and climbed up to a window, jumping inside and returning a minute later with a stack of letters and other various items.
They all climbed into the car; Harry couldn't stop thanking them until Cho threatened to gag him.
Cho noticed one of the letters addressed to Sirius Black and she screamed. "Harry, what in the world are you doing contacting him!?"
"Who?" Harry followed her gaze to the letter, "oh, Sirius? He's my godfather and he's innocent. He's really nice, look-" he pulled his Firebolt out of his trunk, "he gave me this."
"I knew you'd gotten one but I didn't know it was your godfather who gave you it." She looked at it in awe; "I've wanted one of those for years. a real Firebolt."
Harry grinned and put it back into his trunk and Cho caught sight of something silvery. "What's that?" she asked, pointing to it. Harry pulled it out and she gasped. "An Invisibility Cloak! Wow, did Sirius give you that too?"
"No, it was my father's. Sirius and my dad would use it a lot in their school days, sneaking around Hogwarts." Said Harry.
"I didn't know your father and Sirius knew each other."
"Oh, yeah, they were best friends. Professor Lupin was friends with them too."
They arrived at Cho's house and Cho started to carry Harry's trunk. Harry tried to take it from her but she wouldn't let him. She had trouble getting it up the stairs so Harry picked up one end and they carried it together to her room.
Just before they walked into Cho's room Mrs. Chang called up to them, "Hey, you two! No smooching up there!"
Cho rolled her eyes and sighed.
Cho's room had two beds built in to the wall, a bookcase in one corner, a chest of drawers in another corner and one window, there was light blue carpet and cream colored walls.
Cho put Harry's trunk in the closet as Harry went to look out of the window that gave a view of the backyard and the pool.
"Nice view, huh?" said Cho, walking over to him.
"Yeah. That's a huge pool." Said Harry.
"Yeah, ten and a half feet deep at the deepest, five feet at the shallowest. Want to go swimming?"
"I don't have any swimming trunks." Said Harry.
"Not a problem." Said Cho, opening her chest of drawers and pulling out some dark green shorts. "You can wear these if you want."
"Thanks." Said Harry.
"Sure. I love having a friend to swim with, swimming alone isn't fun and swimming with my parents is kind of boring too." Said Cho, she faltered for a second, wondering if she shouldn't have touched the subject of parents but Harry didn't seem to mind. Regardless, she changed the subject. "I'll go change into my swimsuit, meet me downstairs, okay?" She grabbed a swimsuit and went to the bathroom to change.
Harry changed into the shorts and went downstairs; Cho was waiting for him at the bottom. He blushed at the sight of her in a Speedo.
She led him down a hall and into the kitchen. "Are you hungry?" she asked.
Harry's stomach growled, answering for him. She smiled and opened a door, walking into the pantry. "Let's see. there's some chips and crackers, some chocolate chip cookies." Cho pulled out the cookies, "I'm going to have some of these, if you don't want any feel free to look for something else."
"Thanks." Said Harry and he grabbed a cookie. "Wow, these are great!"
"I made them from scratch." Said Cho.
"Well, you did a great job." Said Harry.
"Thanks."
They smiled at each other and nibbled on the cookies, telling jokes and sharing laughs. Harry had never been happier, even at the Weasley's.
~~~~~
A/N: Okay, I didn't leave you with a cliffhanger this time. This chapter seems a bit rushed at times, I hope it's not too bad. This is the first fic I've ever posted so I'm a bit inexperienced. Though I've been writing for years this is the first thing I've ever made available to the public; it's pathetic, huh?
Well, here are my responses to my reviewers; it's not much because I posted this chapter so soon after the first one but oh, well.
Ecl@ir: First things first, thanks for reviewing! Now I believe you misinterpreted what I meant by the "what do you need?" he meant it kindly as if to say, "how can I help you?" not "what do you want? I'm busy" I'm sorry, I should have worded it better but that's what I meant.
Dark Whispers: Thank you for reviewing. I hope you are not disappointed with this chapter. If you are, I'm really sorry.
Thanks to everyone who read this and I hope to get the next chapter up soon.