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Chapter 14-The Three Tasks
"Er….hullo," Harry said, trying to keep his voice calm. He looked up to a tall figure that cast a shadow over Harry.
"I think we need to have a very long talk," Mr. Chang began. "About what you did to my daughter."
Cho said. "Oh, Dad, you have everything mixed up! Harry didn't do anything."
Harry laughed nervously, glanced at Mr. Chang's dangerous face, and then stopped fairly quickly.
"He kissed another girl, Cho, and I don't think he should get away with that," Mr. Chang narrowed his eyebrows at Harry. "I cannot believe you would do such a dirty trick."
Harry gulped. "Well, you see, I didn't really kiss her, she kissed me, and so that's how it, uh, happened and uh….."
"TELL ME POTTER," Mr. Chang's voice boomed. "HOW IS IT, THAT YOU IMPREGNANT MY DAUGHTER AND THEN EXPECT FOR ME TO FORGIVE YOU FOR DISPLAYING AFFECTION TO YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND?"
"Dad!" Cho said. "Please, don't scare him." She glanced at the trembling Harry. "He didn't do anything! He is completely innocent! And he is very faithful, Dad, I've forgiven him."
"Cho, you're better than to let a guy go with such deeds. You deserve much better." Mr. Chang said firmly, keeping his eyes on Harry, who was inching back from Mr. Chang.
"He didn't mean to! Ginny kissed him!"
"Cho, if you are to marry someone, you should believe him to be faithful and trustworthy!" Mr. Chang suddenly his wand to Harry and muttered, "Veracito!"
"Tell me, do you love my daughter?" Mr. Chang asked.
"Yes, I do, sir." Harry replied. His eyes were down on the ground and his head was sort of rolling back and forth.
"Will you ever cheat on her again?"
"No, sir."
"Will you ever kiss another girl again?"
"No, sir."
"Do you plan to keeping your intentions to marry Cho?"
"Of course, sir. I swear." Harry answered each question immediately with a monotony voice.
"Will you take care of her always?"
"Yes, sir."
"Will you raise your child the best you can?"
"Yes, sir."
"Do you love Cho, and only Cho?"
"No sir."
Cho darted a look at Harry and Mr. Chang's eyebrows raised.
"Repeat that for me, Potter? Do you love Cho, and only Cho?"
"No, sir."
"So there is another girl in your life?"
"Dad!" Cho cried pushing Mr. Chang's wand out of his hand, and broke eye contact between Mr. Chang and Harry. Harry fell out of a daze and Cho's father's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Who is that other girl, Potter?" Mr. Chang asked in a death threatening tone.
Harry jerked. "What?" His head hurt a little. "What just happened?"
"I just placed a truth charm on you, Potter, one of my weaker charms." Mr. Chang said coldly. "You love another girl, too? Who?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Harry said, trying to get rid of his headache from the truth charm.
Mr. Chang raised his wand again, "Veracito!"
"Who do you love more, Potter, my daughter, or someone else?"
"Cho." Harry answered.
Mr. Chang stopped and looked Harry over, from Harry's sneakers to his messy hair. He pulled his wand away and shifted his eyes to his daughter. "Cho, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Dad." Cho said feebly. She still had her mind on Harry's answer. He loved another girl, too.
"Potter, you listen to me." Mr. Chang said quietly and with heaviness on his words. "I want you to be at my house this Christmas after the Yule Ball, and I want you to have three things ready to report. Where and when the wedding is going to be, how you and Cho will take care of your child," Mr. Chang paused. "And I want you to have read a book about parenting. Don't you think Cho is going to be the only waking up in the middle of the night, young man."
"Y-yes, sir." Harry said almost inaudibly.
"I have a lawsuit to follow," Mr. Chang said, putting his wand away. "Give Dumbledore my regards; he's a good man to let me come on such short notice. Good-bye, Cho." He gave her a kiss on her forehead and walked off.
"Your father," Harry said to Cho with nervousness in his voice, "Is the scariest man I've ever met."
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At breakfast a week later, Harry and Ron came into the Great Hall right in the middle of one of Fred and George's fights.
"Shut up!" George bellowed and pushing Fred into one of the tables. The plates crashed and Fred reached for his wand.
"Expelliarmus!" Fred yelled pointing at George's wand, his other hand was outstretching, reaching for the expectant wand, but instead, something strange happened. Fred's wand exploded with a huge bang and Fred's hair started to grow and curl at a rapid pace.
Ron and Harry laughed with the rest of the students as Fred's red hair soon grew past his shoulders and down his back in big, bright curls.
"He looks like Ginny when she was three." Ron teased.
"I heard that!" Ginny said, a few feet away.
"Rictusempra!" George pointed his wand at Fred, getting up from the shattered plates.
Fred bent over laughing like crazy.
"This is highly hilarious." Ron said, pointing to Fred, now with giant orange curls down to his knees. The thing was, the orange curls spouted everywhere, even down Fred's face like over-grown bangs.
Fred pulled his hair back, pulled another wand out of his pocket and said laughing, "P-Petrificus Totalus!"
But the spell had no effect whatsoever, as Fred's wand exploded again and this time, Fred found himself with women's lingerie on. His cheeks turned scarlet, but he couldn't help laughing and tried to cover his body at the same time.
"WEASLEYS!" Professor McGonagall's voice came in. "Detentions for both of you! Breaking school property and you know magic is not allowed during school hours unless it is in a class!"
She held the laughing Fred in his lingerie and George (now with a huge swollen bump on his head) by the ears and marched down to her office.
"You'd think they'll be friends again," Ron said as he and Harry took their seats at a table. Harry reached over and poured some milk into his glass.
"Shame too, they were really funny, both of them, but now with all this tension…."
"Harry!" Hermione said, rushing to the table. "Guess what? No, not you Ron---" Ron sat back down looking quite offended. "Look at this." Hermione pulled Harry away to look like a single hair in a small bottle.
"Er, that's great, Hermione." Harry replied, confused.
"I entered the December polyjuice contest, and Dumbledore called up all contestants to receive their hair strands of an anonymous teacher." Hermione held the dark hair strand up. "This has to be Snape's hair strand."
They both looked over to Ron, and then at each other and laughed.
"This is brilliant!" Harry said. "Ron looking like Snape!"
"What's going on?" Ron's voice said, his red hair sticking up.
"Nothing." Hermione and Harry replied.
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"And now, we are going to clear our auras and find out what our death date is," Professor Trelawney said in a misty voice.
"Oh, yay." Ron said sarcastically. "That's about all she cares about, deaths and disasters."
He and Harry sniggered underneath their desks.
Professor Trelawney raised an eyebrow towards their direction but continued on, "Some of you might have terrible deaths, but no matter what you see, be brave."
She instructed everyone to close their eyes and use their wands to clear their auras.
"This is really dumb." Ron said as he and Harry closed their eyes and swished their wands around.
After a few minutes, Harry and Ron were having a "wand fight". Professor Trelawney tightened her lips and walked over to the boys.
"Are you two having trouble clearing your auras?" Professor Trelawney asked.
Lavender was looking at Ron and Harry disapprovingly.
"Uh--" Harry began.
"Let me help you dear."
Harry's face dropped into a frown.
Professor Trelawney waved her wand around dramatically and then closed her eyes.
"Oh, dear, oh dear," she started.
Ron and Harry rolled their eyes.
"My, Harry, you do have the more terrible death," she said in a faint voice. "You die a heroic death, saving someone else……someone not worth saving…..but you do anyway…..and oh, dear…..you will die by the end of this year." Professor Trelawney said, wiping her tears away.
"Well, thanks." Harry replied. "But, Professor, can you predict something very useful to me? Like how Christmas with my future in-laws will be like?"
Harry was being sarcastic, but Professor Trelawney took his hand and looked at his palm.
"I do feel a strong force within you," she said. "You will suffer the most terrible Christmas of all."
Then, she walked over to Lavender.
"Well," Ron said, coming over to Harry, "That was comforting. Death and torture from Cho's dad."
* * *
Harry and Ron forgot about Trelawnley's prediction as soon as they went to lunch. The aroma of hot soups and toasted subs welcomed them.
"Hey, Harry, mail came for us," said Hermione. She was munching on a turkey sandwich.
"It's from Hagrid!" Harry said.
Dear Hermione, Harry, and Ron,
I know you three get Friday afternoons off, so how about coming down to my hut and visit me for awhile? I want to hear about what's been happening to you three. Especially, you Harry, how's engaged life treating you?
Cheers,
Hagrid
That afternoon, Harry, Hermione and Ron went over to Hagrid's hut, without the slightest suspicion they were being watched from a high window.
As the three all too familiar backs reached Hagrid's hut, Harry knocked on the door.
Hagrid opened the door with a bright smile on his face. "Bin wonderin' if yeh 'membered me----come in!"
The first thing Harry noticed when he entered Hagrid's hut was how strange the smell seemed to be; very rubbery and fishlike.
Harry, Ron and Hermione took seats in Hagrid's hut. Hagrid poured them some tea and held up some muffins. "Wan' one?"
Harry, Ron and Hermione stared in hesitation and then each took one and pretended to enjoy the cakes.
"So Harry, yeh getting' well wit' Cho?" Hagrid said patting Fang.
"Pretty well," Harry answered. "Not much with her father though."
Hagrid chuckled. "He'll grow on yeh, pretty soon an' you're a good person Harry, I won' worry 'bout that."
Harry highly doubted this, but didn't say anything.
"Hagrid," Hermione spoke, picking up a huge, wet rubber boot of his. "It wasn't raining today, where did this come from?"
"Oh, er," Hagrid immediately swiped the boot from Hermione and threw it over his head. "Don' worry 'bout that."
"When's yeh baby gonna be born, Harry?" Hagrid asked.
"Madam Pomfrey told Cho and I that the due date is somewhere around late May."
"Soon as school's 'bout teh end?"
"Yeah, I suppose. Did I tell you Hagrid? The Dursleys kicked me out of their house!"
"Wha'?!" Hagrid replied, outraged. "Wher' yeh gonna stay at now?!"
"I don't know." Harry replied.
"Why don't you come to the Burrow with me?" Ron asked. "Percy is gone, and Fred and George are leaving this summer to open up their joke shop…..that is, if they make up by then. We'll have plenty of room."
"That's great," Harry replied. "If it's not too much trouble."
"None at all, Mum loves you." Ron said, and threw the hard as rock cake over his head when he thought Hagrid wasn't looking.
"What about Cho?"
"Bring her along too."
Hagrid turned to Ron and Hermione. "Hey! 'eard you two were dancin' at teh dance!"
Hermione blushed to the roots of her hair and Ron gave an innocent whistle and looked around the hut. "Hey!" Ron said, pulling up a huge, long, black hair. "What's this?"
The hair strand was two feet long and didn't look the slightest like Hagrid's.
"Oh, that." Hagrid said and took the hair out of Ron's hands and threw it over his shoulder. "Don' worry 'bout that."
Harry and Hermione and Ron looked at Hagrid with suspicion.
"Hagrid," Harry said smiling. "You're not raising another pet, are you?
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A/N: Next chapter is titled 'The Argument and the Miscarriage' Thanks for your reviews!
