Hey everyone. This is a story in Cho Chang's POV. She is in her sixth year and is feeling really down, struggling with Quidditch, schoolwork and also coping with Cedric's death and her secreted love for Harry. Reviews would be greatly appreciated.

Disclaimed: I do not own anything you recognize from the Harry Potter series. Only characters that you haven't heard of are my very own creation.

The holidays

Cho stared aimlessly around her room. It was the holidays and so far they had been the worst she had even had even though last holidays she spent her whole time grieving for Cedric. Cho sighed as she started out in the starry sky waiting for her owl to reply to a message she sent to her best friend Marietta Edgecombe one week ago. Marietta had never taken so long to reply to a message. "Cho", called out Yen-Lee, "Come down to dinner." It was only then that Cho realized how hungry she was. She scrambled out of her room and ran down the stairs where her mum had warmed up some rice prepared with sticky chilly chicken wings. Yen-Lee was Cho's younger sister, and she would be coming to Hogwarts this year. "I really want to be in Gryffindor, do you think I will be in Gryffindor?" said Yen-Lee "Oi Cho", shouted Yen-Lee "Ha, what", replied Cho "Never mind" muttered Yen-Lee Cho had been thinking about Harry, she had thought about him heaps since term ended. She wondered what he was doing now. Oh well, thought Cho as she would see him tomorrow on the Hogwarts express. Cho sighed as she finished eating her dinner while Yen-Lee sat chatting animatedly to her mother and father. Cho found her sister rather annoying sometimes as she was always so cheerful compared to herself. After awhile Cho and Yen-Lee ran upstairs to finish packing so they would be ready for the Hogwarts express tomorrow. Cho felt dreadfully tired. While Yen-Lee was dancing around her room singing the latest Weird sister's song while packing, Cho grabbed most things out of her room and just threw them all in her trunk. Soon after Cho collapsed on her bed and fell in a dreamless sleep which was a first