Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
~* Hey guys, sorry, but I haven't been allowed online to check my reviews (if I have any *sniff*), so I can't thank anyone. . . so anyway, I won't say much, I'll just get on with the chapter. Geez, this fic is getting pretty long !! 20 Chapters already. *~
Chapter 20 ~ No More Love
Starkals Black and Starkals White were training like mad on the many Quidditch Pitches that Hogwarts had to offer. Professor Bishop's only query was that the Hogwarts Students did not watch them train. Dumbledore agreed to this without a second thought, and put charms around which ever Quidditch Pitch Starkals were using, which stopped Hogwarts Students from entering the area.
Draco and Andrea had been spending a lot of time together, more than usual, to make up for Draco's time in St. Mungo's. Cho was beginning to become quite jealous of Andrea, as she was never seen without Draco by her side.
One afternoon, Cho was sitting with Mariette and Anabelle, when she spotted Draco and Andrea walking down the hall, laughing, and talking wildly. Cho scowled, and hurried after the Slytherins.
'Cho! Hi, how are you?' Andrea smiled and waved at Cho as she came up to the pair. Draco looked uncomfortable.
'I'm fine, I was just wondering, Andrea, if I could have a word with you. . . alone.' Cho added, after seeing the look on Draco's face. Andrea looked curious, but she knew Cho wasn't about to hex her.
'Sure, Draco, I'll meet you in the Slytherin Common Room when I'm finished talking with Cho.' Andrea said happily. Draco smiled weakly, waved goodbye to the girls, and walked off.
Cho walked right up to Andrea, which looked kind of funny, because Cho was a lot taller than Andrea, so Andrea found herself looking up quite a long way to meet Cho's eyes. Andrea brushed a golden brown curl out of her eyes, and smiled warmly at Cho, who scowled in return.
'You would have made a model Slytherin Cho, with that scowl on your face!' Andrea joked cheerfully, which made Cho shove the small girl into the wall.
'Oh!' Andrea let out a small noise as she smacked against the wall. She let herself slide to the floor, and gazed up at Cho curiously.
'Now,' Cho said, as she roughly pulled Andrea up from the floor. 'You learn to keep your distance from Draco.' She growled into Andrea's ear. Andrea's bouncy curls were messed up, and she wasn't too happy about this.
'What's brought this on Cho?' Andrea asked.
'You just leave him alone. I can see you flirting with him, and he's not yours to flirt with.' Cho growled. This was the final straw for Andrea. She was normally well natured, but Cho had pushed her too the limit. Andrea's eyes hardened, and she scowled at Cho.
'He's not yours either, remember that Cho.' Andrea spat, saying her name with absolute disgust. 'If you touch me again, I will be telling Draco.' She hissed, straightened up her robes, and stalked off, leaving Cho standing in the hall.
Cho went back to Mariette and Anabelle, who both gave her looks of curiosity as neither of the two had seen the fight.
'What was that all about Cho?' Mariette asked.
'Nothing.' Cho sat down and refused to say another word.
~***~
Draco was sitting in the Slytherin Common Room, talking with his old Cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. Well, to be precise, Draco was talking, and Crabbe and Goyle were listening, and to be honest, they weren't even doing that properly.
Andrea burst into the Common Room, and Draco looked quite relieved to see his friend. Andrea however, looked quite dull, and lifeless, as she had looked while Draco was sick and in St. Mungo's Hospital. Draco frowned in concern as he walked over to Andrea, putting his hands on her forearms.
'What happened Andrea?' Draco asked suspiciously.
'Nothing, I just um, fell down some stairs, that's all.' Andrea said dully, obviously lying through her teeth. She broke away from Draco, and headed up the girls staircase.
'Andrea!' Draco called after her, but there was no response.
~***~
The next morning, there was lots of talk on the arrival of Beauxbatons students. No one knew who had found out, and no one cared, they were all interested in finding out as much information as possible on the arrivals of the two other Wizarding schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.
'I heard that Beauxbatons are coming tonight.' Said a Hufflepuff first year named Carrie-Ann Feller.
'I heard that they're bringing not two, but FOUR teams!' Said a Ravenclaw fourth year by the name of Clayton Green, who no one really took seriously anyway. People were actually wondering why he had been made a Ravenclaw, as he was always playing the role of "Class Clown".
'Get real. As if they'd bring four teams.' Said Millicent Bullistrode, who just happened to be passing the boy at the time. She shoved him roughly into a statue of a famous Wizard, and walked off.
Harry was walking down this hall, and he saw a group of people in Orange Robes. At once, he knew that these were Starkals Students, as their uniform was orange. He ran up behind them, and recognised the Seeker for Starkals White, Victoria Heather. Harry tapped her on the shoulder, and she turned around, surprised, but relieved when she saw Harry.
'Hi Harry! How are you?' She said politely.
'I'm alright, I just wanted to congratulate you on making the team! You did awesome.' Harry said, sticking out his hand, which Vicky shook.
'You're not so bad yourself, I mean, I heard you're the Captain of Hogwarts Silver, that's quite an achievement Harry.' Vicky said. Harry noticed the people who were standing around her. He recognised Phillip Davidson, the Starkals White Keeper, Brittany Mitchell, a Starkals White Beater, Ricky Kunde, a Starkals White Chaser, Melanie Bennett, the Starkals White Captain and Chaser, Tai Sullivan, the Starkals Black Captain and Seeker, Josh Hickling-Wright, a Starkals Black Chaser, and Kerri Stallard, another Starkals Black Chaser.
'Are you heading out to train or something?' Harry asked, 'You seem to be with all the Quidditch Players.' He queried.
'Oh! No, we're just all good friends! We all decided to play Quidditch together!' Vicky said proudly.
'That's great! Well, I'd better get going, I heard that Beauxbatons are coming tonight, and I have to go tell Ron and Hermione.' Harry said. 'Bye everyone.' He called out after him. The Starkals people waved.
'I heard that they're arriving by Bus.' Harry heard a girl say.
'What's a Bus?' Another girl said as Harry walked past them.
'It's a form of Muggle Transportation, it's -' Harry didn't hear the rest of her sentence, as he rounded a corner and picked up the pace to the Gryffindor Common Room.
As Harry rounded yet another corner, he bumped into the last person he expected to bump into. Cho. They both stumbled back.
'Woah, Harry, watch where you're going.' Cho grumbled, and straightened out her robes.
'Sorry Cho.' Harry muttered, and went to walk around her, but Cho quickly stopped him.
'Harry,' She said loudly. 'How would you like to go to Hogsmeade sometime with me, you know, it'll be like old times?' Cho asked, her voice still rather loud.
'Um, I'm not sure Cho, I've kind of got my eye on someone.' Harry said feebly. Cho grabbed his arm to stop him from walking away.
'Come on Harry, it'll be fun!' She urged.
'Um, sure, I guess so, but it'll just be as friends.' Harry said rather uncomfortably. At that moment, Draco and Andrea decided to walk up to Cho and Harry. Cho had apparently noticed the Slytherins, bringing upon her sudden urge to ask Harry out.
'Cho, what's going on?' Draco asked, his beautiful silver eyes sparkling with betrayal. Andrea gave Cho a death stare.
'Nothing Draco, I was just asking my boyfriend Harry if he would like to go to Hogsmeade with me next time we go.' Cho said, fake cheerfully, emphasising the word "boyfriend". Draco looked crushed. Harry shoved Draco out of the way, and faced Cho.
'I am NOT your boyfriend, Cho. Do you understand that? I agreed to go to Hogsmeade with you as just FRIENDS, and it appears that you don't even want to be near me, you're just trying to get at Draco.' Harry said, outraged. 'Forget about going to Hogsmeade.' Harry said, and stormed off to the Gryffindor Common Room.
Andrea looked between Draco, and Cho. Draco looked really upset and hurt, and Cho looked outraged. Andrea felt the need to tell Draco about her "talk" with Cho the other day.
'Draco,' She said softly, 'Cho yelled at me, and threatened me if I didn't stay away from you. She also threw me up against the wall.' Andrea said, hanging her head in shame, her bouncy curls hanging limply.
Draco stared at Cho, his expression now cold, and filled with hatred. Cho looked scared.
'Did you touch my best friend?' Draco growled at her.
'I'm your best friend Draco, remember?' Cho said, hopefully. Draco turned around and punched the wall, causing his knuckles to start bleeding.
'You will stay away from Andrea, my BEST friend, and you will stay away from me. Father was right in saying that you were good for nothing, and you were just slowing me down.' Draco scowled, and Cho's eyes welled with tears.
'I - she was flirting with you, and you said that you loved me.' Cho started crying.
'That's right Cho.' Draco said, Cho's face lightened up, but all too soon. 'I loved you. I surely don't love you anymore.' He said.
'But, but Draco!' Cho protested.
'No buts. Come on Andrea, let's go to dinner?' Draco said, holding his arm out to Andrea. She linked her arm in his, and the two best friends walked off to dinner.
~***~
When everyone had finished dinner, and the plates were cleared, Dumbledore rose in his seat. The entire school and the Starkals Students were gathered in the Great Hall, waiting eagerly to hear what Dumbledore was going to say.
'My dear students, and foreigners, I would like to squash the rumors that have been going around the school today.' He began, and several people moaned. 'However, I cannot squash these rumors, as they are true. Beauxbatons students are coming tonight.' There were cheers. 'I would like everyone to pile out into the fields!' Dumbledore said merrily, and everyone dashed for the doors.
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~* Promise, next chapter, BEAUXBATONS ARRIVE! Yay! So exciting! I'm trying to find French names. . . if you have any, please let me know via review! So what do you think of this chapter? Should Cho and Draco stay fighting, or end up back together? And what about Harry and Vicky? Woo hoo! Too much stuff happening in this fic! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hey guys, sorry, but I haven't been allowed online to check my reviews (if I have any *sniff*), so I can't thank anyone. . . so anyway, I won't say much, I'll just get on with the chapter. Geez, this fic is getting pretty long !! 20 Chapters already. *~
Chapter 20 ~ No More Love
Starkals Black and Starkals White were training like mad on the many Quidditch Pitches that Hogwarts had to offer. Professor Bishop's only query was that the Hogwarts Students did not watch them train. Dumbledore agreed to this without a second thought, and put charms around which ever Quidditch Pitch Starkals were using, which stopped Hogwarts Students from entering the area.
Draco and Andrea had been spending a lot of time together, more than usual, to make up for Draco's time in St. Mungo's. Cho was beginning to become quite jealous of Andrea, as she was never seen without Draco by her side.
One afternoon, Cho was sitting with Mariette and Anabelle, when she spotted Draco and Andrea walking down the hall, laughing, and talking wildly. Cho scowled, and hurried after the Slytherins.
'Cho! Hi, how are you?' Andrea smiled and waved at Cho as she came up to the pair. Draco looked uncomfortable.
'I'm fine, I was just wondering, Andrea, if I could have a word with you. . . alone.' Cho added, after seeing the look on Draco's face. Andrea looked curious, but she knew Cho wasn't about to hex her.
'Sure, Draco, I'll meet you in the Slytherin Common Room when I'm finished talking with Cho.' Andrea said happily. Draco smiled weakly, waved goodbye to the girls, and walked off.
Cho walked right up to Andrea, which looked kind of funny, because Cho was a lot taller than Andrea, so Andrea found herself looking up quite a long way to meet Cho's eyes. Andrea brushed a golden brown curl out of her eyes, and smiled warmly at Cho, who scowled in return.
'You would have made a model Slytherin Cho, with that scowl on your face!' Andrea joked cheerfully, which made Cho shove the small girl into the wall.
'Oh!' Andrea let out a small noise as she smacked against the wall. She let herself slide to the floor, and gazed up at Cho curiously.
'Now,' Cho said, as she roughly pulled Andrea up from the floor. 'You learn to keep your distance from Draco.' She growled into Andrea's ear. Andrea's bouncy curls were messed up, and she wasn't too happy about this.
'What's brought this on Cho?' Andrea asked.
'You just leave him alone. I can see you flirting with him, and he's not yours to flirt with.' Cho growled. This was the final straw for Andrea. She was normally well natured, but Cho had pushed her too the limit. Andrea's eyes hardened, and she scowled at Cho.
'He's not yours either, remember that Cho.' Andrea spat, saying her name with absolute disgust. 'If you touch me again, I will be telling Draco.' She hissed, straightened up her robes, and stalked off, leaving Cho standing in the hall.
Cho went back to Mariette and Anabelle, who both gave her looks of curiosity as neither of the two had seen the fight.
'What was that all about Cho?' Mariette asked.
'Nothing.' Cho sat down and refused to say another word.
~***~
Draco was sitting in the Slytherin Common Room, talking with his old Cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. Well, to be precise, Draco was talking, and Crabbe and Goyle were listening, and to be honest, they weren't even doing that properly.
Andrea burst into the Common Room, and Draco looked quite relieved to see his friend. Andrea however, looked quite dull, and lifeless, as she had looked while Draco was sick and in St. Mungo's Hospital. Draco frowned in concern as he walked over to Andrea, putting his hands on her forearms.
'What happened Andrea?' Draco asked suspiciously.
'Nothing, I just um, fell down some stairs, that's all.' Andrea said dully, obviously lying through her teeth. She broke away from Draco, and headed up the girls staircase.
'Andrea!' Draco called after her, but there was no response.
~***~
The next morning, there was lots of talk on the arrival of Beauxbatons students. No one knew who had found out, and no one cared, they were all interested in finding out as much information as possible on the arrivals of the two other Wizarding schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.
'I heard that Beauxbatons are coming tonight.' Said a Hufflepuff first year named Carrie-Ann Feller.
'I heard that they're bringing not two, but FOUR teams!' Said a Ravenclaw fourth year by the name of Clayton Green, who no one really took seriously anyway. People were actually wondering why he had been made a Ravenclaw, as he was always playing the role of "Class Clown".
'Get real. As if they'd bring four teams.' Said Millicent Bullistrode, who just happened to be passing the boy at the time. She shoved him roughly into a statue of a famous Wizard, and walked off.
Harry was walking down this hall, and he saw a group of people in Orange Robes. At once, he knew that these were Starkals Students, as their uniform was orange. He ran up behind them, and recognised the Seeker for Starkals White, Victoria Heather. Harry tapped her on the shoulder, and she turned around, surprised, but relieved when she saw Harry.
'Hi Harry! How are you?' She said politely.
'I'm alright, I just wanted to congratulate you on making the team! You did awesome.' Harry said, sticking out his hand, which Vicky shook.
'You're not so bad yourself, I mean, I heard you're the Captain of Hogwarts Silver, that's quite an achievement Harry.' Vicky said. Harry noticed the people who were standing around her. He recognised Phillip Davidson, the Starkals White Keeper, Brittany Mitchell, a Starkals White Beater, Ricky Kunde, a Starkals White Chaser, Melanie Bennett, the Starkals White Captain and Chaser, Tai Sullivan, the Starkals Black Captain and Seeker, Josh Hickling-Wright, a Starkals Black Chaser, and Kerri Stallard, another Starkals Black Chaser.
'Are you heading out to train or something?' Harry asked, 'You seem to be with all the Quidditch Players.' He queried.
'Oh! No, we're just all good friends! We all decided to play Quidditch together!' Vicky said proudly.
'That's great! Well, I'd better get going, I heard that Beauxbatons are coming tonight, and I have to go tell Ron and Hermione.' Harry said. 'Bye everyone.' He called out after him. The Starkals people waved.
'I heard that they're arriving by Bus.' Harry heard a girl say.
'What's a Bus?' Another girl said as Harry walked past them.
'It's a form of Muggle Transportation, it's -' Harry didn't hear the rest of her sentence, as he rounded a corner and picked up the pace to the Gryffindor Common Room.
As Harry rounded yet another corner, he bumped into the last person he expected to bump into. Cho. They both stumbled back.
'Woah, Harry, watch where you're going.' Cho grumbled, and straightened out her robes.
'Sorry Cho.' Harry muttered, and went to walk around her, but Cho quickly stopped him.
'Harry,' She said loudly. 'How would you like to go to Hogsmeade sometime with me, you know, it'll be like old times?' Cho asked, her voice still rather loud.
'Um, I'm not sure Cho, I've kind of got my eye on someone.' Harry said feebly. Cho grabbed his arm to stop him from walking away.
'Come on Harry, it'll be fun!' She urged.
'Um, sure, I guess so, but it'll just be as friends.' Harry said rather uncomfortably. At that moment, Draco and Andrea decided to walk up to Cho and Harry. Cho had apparently noticed the Slytherins, bringing upon her sudden urge to ask Harry out.
'Cho, what's going on?' Draco asked, his beautiful silver eyes sparkling with betrayal. Andrea gave Cho a death stare.
'Nothing Draco, I was just asking my boyfriend Harry if he would like to go to Hogsmeade with me next time we go.' Cho said, fake cheerfully, emphasising the word "boyfriend". Draco looked crushed. Harry shoved Draco out of the way, and faced Cho.
'I am NOT your boyfriend, Cho. Do you understand that? I agreed to go to Hogsmeade with you as just FRIENDS, and it appears that you don't even want to be near me, you're just trying to get at Draco.' Harry said, outraged. 'Forget about going to Hogsmeade.' Harry said, and stormed off to the Gryffindor Common Room.
Andrea looked between Draco, and Cho. Draco looked really upset and hurt, and Cho looked outraged. Andrea felt the need to tell Draco about her "talk" with Cho the other day.
'Draco,' She said softly, 'Cho yelled at me, and threatened me if I didn't stay away from you. She also threw me up against the wall.' Andrea said, hanging her head in shame, her bouncy curls hanging limply.
Draco stared at Cho, his expression now cold, and filled with hatred. Cho looked scared.
'Did you touch my best friend?' Draco growled at her.
'I'm your best friend Draco, remember?' Cho said, hopefully. Draco turned around and punched the wall, causing his knuckles to start bleeding.
'You will stay away from Andrea, my BEST friend, and you will stay away from me. Father was right in saying that you were good for nothing, and you were just slowing me down.' Draco scowled, and Cho's eyes welled with tears.
'I - she was flirting with you, and you said that you loved me.' Cho started crying.
'That's right Cho.' Draco said, Cho's face lightened up, but all too soon. 'I loved you. I surely don't love you anymore.' He said.
'But, but Draco!' Cho protested.
'No buts. Come on Andrea, let's go to dinner?' Draco said, holding his arm out to Andrea. She linked her arm in his, and the two best friends walked off to dinner.
~***~
When everyone had finished dinner, and the plates were cleared, Dumbledore rose in his seat. The entire school and the Starkals Students were gathered in the Great Hall, waiting eagerly to hear what Dumbledore was going to say.
'My dear students, and foreigners, I would like to squash the rumors that have been going around the school today.' He began, and several people moaned. 'However, I cannot squash these rumors, as they are true. Beauxbatons students are coming tonight.' There were cheers. 'I would like everyone to pile out into the fields!' Dumbledore said merrily, and everyone dashed for the doors.
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~* Promise, next chapter, BEAUXBATONS ARRIVE! Yay! So exciting! I'm trying to find French names. . . if you have any, please let me know via review! So what do you think of this chapter? Should Cho and Draco stay fighting, or end up back together? And what about Harry and Vicky? Woo hoo! Too much stuff happening in this fic! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~