Yes I have returned! With chapter 13! I can't believe how long it's taken me to get down to the real plot of this story. Anyway finally Dumbledore comes into it! Now………er……..read and review. Not until I thank my fantastic, amazing, brilliant, wonderful, unbelievable, incredible, terrific, superb, great, outstanding, marvellous, fabulous, tremendous, awesome, magnificent and sensational reviewers! That's all the words I can come up with.
Purity: This is really weird you started off as my worst reviewer, now you keep telling me my chapters are good. Anyway to answer your question: Yes I do believe in fate, I believe if you're really meant to do something in you're life it will happen, like if there's someone you're meant to spend the rest of you're life with it'll happen. I don't care what other people think, that's my opinion. As for the deeper reasons it's difficult to explain, let's just say it's to do with people who are close to my heart. Anyway thanks again for reviewing and helping me with this fic and other things.
Kit Kat: I always love your reviews! They're nice and long. I know Harry has a hard life and now things just get worse, but I hate to tell you things get worse, like when Ron finally comes back. But I'm not telling you what, haha! Harry and Hermione will still be friends after they break up cos they have to help each other out when……..when something happens! I don't think any of the other Weasley's are going to be in it really, and the DA? I dunno. I'll just see what happens. Cho dreaming about the graveyard happened because she's the heir of Ravenclaw, that will be explained soon, but you'll have to wait. Just one thing, we're battling Voldemort, he was in Slytherin, why would Slytherin want to defeat him?! Anyway that's everything so hope you like this chapter!
Erika: Yes Dumbledore will help! And of course Harry loves Cho, he was just in denial! Anyway you'll have to wait and find out how their relationship progresses! It won't be so easy all the time! Damn it! I'm going to give everything away so I'll shut up now and let you read the latest chapter!
Rachellah: Glad you liked it! Chapter 13 is here, so I hope you like it as much as you've liked my other chapters! And keep reviewing!
Slimpun: So you liked it……..? thanks for reviewing, it's always good to hear you're fics are interesting instead of the usual boring stuff some people write!
LogicalRaven: You haven't reviewed in a long time, all my old reviewers seem to be coming back from the dead! Oh well it's a good thing! Thanks for reviewing! And coming from you, I'm flattered that you think I'm improving!
JkReviewer: I'll always update I hate it when people just stop writing fics in the middle. The updates are going to get further apart but I'll always keep updating! The break up comes. Ahahahaha! I'm not telling you you'll have to wait! It's not going to be for a while though so hope you're prepared to wait quite a while! On hasn't even come back yet! anyway thanks for reviewing! It's nice to hear you like my story! :)
Foxysquid: Lara why do you even read this if you don't understand it! You're crazy! *laughs* ita makea no sensa! Anyway I like monkeys too *dances* *plays ukulele* ahahahahahahahaha! Now go feed your bush babies in the garage! Tee hee! Or you could read the chapter and become even more confused!
Ghetx2o: You'd think that eventually you'd run out of compliments! But you never do! Every review I get from you is better than the last, so either I'm getting better at writing or you're becoming steadily more insane! Lol! just kidding! Thankyou sooooooooooo much for that amazing review! You're the greatest! *hugz you* I hope I haven't kept my most faithful reviewer waiting! I surely don't deserve all your praise you're waaaaaaaaay too nice to me!
Wingsofsilver: You haven't reviewed in ages! Oh well I don't mind, since you said you're still reading! I hope I update soon enough! and thankyou so much for saying my story is good!
Pinkee: Do you really like it that much! Aaawww thanks! *hugz you* you're sooooooooooo kind! *grins* hope you like chapter 13 as much as you liked the others!
Sz: What the hell! Ita Makea no sensa! *looks confused* if you're gonna review! Review with something that makes sense! I don't get it! Oh well sorry I took so long posting this, there were reasons: 1. I was writing chapter 16, 2. I wanted to annoy you, 3. I like monkeys! *dances*
Zou-Chang: You've come back from the dead too! All my old reviewers are returning! Yay! It's really strange, you all stopped reviewing! then you somehow started reviewing again! Really quite random! Anyway thanks for reviewing! I know Harry and Hermione shouldn't be together, they'll split up eventually, but you'll have to wait, Harry's too scared to dump Hermione yet!
Tylah: aaawww, thanks! Glad you liked it! Sweet is fine with me, as long as you liked it. Hope I updated quick enough, I know it was longer than some of my updates but I've been busy writing other chapters and I kept forgetting to post it! Sorry!
HoshiHikari4ever: Well glad you liked it! Harry had to realise his feelings sooner or later, he was just in denial. What did you mean by the conversation, what conversation? Oh well I was just confused maybe I'm just thick. Anyway I hope you like this chapter and keep reviewing!
Sparkling-snowy: aaawwww! You're so sweet! I can't believe you can like it so much, I'm so flattered! Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long, here's chapter 13!
Jazzy D: The best chapter ever? Really? Thankyou! *gives you cookies* always nice to know I'm appreciated. Seems like you have a lot of things to be happy about and the moment. I read stuff on fanfic at school, I've never actually been caught though! Ahahahahahaha! Anyway hope you have fun in the Philippines and enjoy chapter 13!
PHENIXHEART: Glad you like it! Hope I haven't kept you waiting for chapter 13!
Rivers: I didn't realise I made that chapter so long, this chapter has 1,900 words not including thankyou's and random notes from moi! Yes I know Harry's a cheating bastard but that's just the way my story is. It gets worse, he'll start doing even more lying soon. It'll come around and he'll pay! Mwahahahahahaha! Maybe Hermione could get someone else, but it's not Draco, hate him! Ah! Bastard! Anyway thanks for reviewing and here's chapter 13!
An anonymous squirrel by the name of Celia: Happy now Suzy! I posted! I had a few bits I needed to sort out! And I will do what I like with this fic cos it's my fic, mine! All mine! So go away chub head!
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The two students sat in silence for a moment or two, both thinking the same thing. 'how I am I supposed to put everything into words?'. Both were thinking how complicated this was. So much needed to be told, but there seemed to be no beginning or simple way to start.
It was Harry who eventually broke the tension by taking a deep breath and starting to re-tell the whole story.
"Yesterday……..er…...Cho asked me to meet her in the room of requirement," Harry began rather shakily. Dumbledore's soothing, gentle eyes rested on Harry urging him to continue. "Well she told me…….that she………er………had a dream about Voldemort," Harry said, not really knowing how to continue. Dumbledore's eyes moved to Cho, who looked nervously back at him. Harry's heart was beating very fast at the memory of the previous evening. He Cho was thinking about the kiss too. It sent shivers through his whole body just thinking about it.
"Is this true Miss Chang?" Dumbledore asked intrigued. Cho nodded dumbly. "Could you tell me what happened in your dream?" Dumbledore inquired. Cho considered it for a moment, letting her mind dwell on the kiss she'd shared with Harry, it seemed so long ago, yet she remembered every detail perfectly.
"I dreamt I was standing in a Graveyard, with Harry and C…….C….Cedric," Cho stuttered. All the memories of the dream came flooding back and she had to fight not to cry. She swallowed and continued, trying to keep her voice calm. "Harry and Cedric were talking, they didn't seem to know where they were or why, then this hooded figure came towards them carrying a bundle, like a baby or something."
Cho paused briefly to glance fleetingly Harry, who flashed an encouraging smile, which made her heart beat faster and her insides flutter. How did he do that to her? Just a smile made her insides clench with excitement and her heart beat like crazy against her chest. She composed herself and shot him a brief smile in return.
"Then Harry suddenly fell to the ground, he looked like he was in pain, he was clutching his scar, then the bundle of robes sort of spoke, he said 'k…..k....kill the spare' then the hooded person k…….k……..killed C……C…….Cedric,"
Cho let a single tear slip from her left eye. Harry felt an overwhelming urge to run over to Cho and hug her, make her feel better and comfort her. He couldn't bear to see her unhappy in any way. But he sat still, holding himself back. He reached out his hand to hers and took it in his. He knew Dumbledore was watching him, but he couldn't let Cho, the woman he loved so dearly, go uncomforted.
Cho almost gasped as she felt the warmth of Harry's hand on hers. One touch of his hand made her buzz all over with excitement. She felt stronger and collected herself to continue, squeezing Harry's hand momentarily, to show her gratitude.
"They the graveyard just dissolved away and I was in this big white room, my grandmother was stood in front of me, she told me I'd just seen the rise of Voldemort (She didn't even flinch this time when she said his name) She told me I had to help defeat him, that I am the heir of Ravenclaw," Cho stopped again, recalling again what had happened.
Dumbledore's expression had become unreadable behind his half moon spectacles, Harry knew this must sound really weird to him. But he said nothing and Cho ended her recount.
"She said that I was supposed to defeat Voldemort with the heir of Gryffindor, which is Harry, she said it was destiny, then she vanished and I woke up." Cho finished, looking at Dumbledore, (mostly so she didn't have to look at Harry and feel her heart melt again.) for his reaction. For a moment or two everything was silent. Until Harry spoke up.
"Is it true professor? Am I the heir of Gryffindor?" He questioned. Dumbledore sighed and took off his spectacles to rub them on his robes.
"Yes Harry, everything Miss Chang has just said is true," he said slowly, looking piercingly at Harry, who didn't flinch.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Harry asked.
"Because, Harry, it was something you had to find out yourself," Dumbledore answered. Harry sat in silence thinking this over for a moment before asking another question.
"What are we supposed to do now?" he enquired.
"Like Miss Chang said, it is your destiny, you will do whatever destiny and future has in store for you, I can guide you no further, just follow your heart, you will know what to do," Dumbledore replied. Harry knew better than to ask more questions even thought he still had many. So he sat in thinking, waiting for someone else to break the silence.
"I know this will have come as a shock to you Harry but I'm sure it is nothing to what Miss Chang is feeling," Dumbledore said. Harry looked again at Cho. They sat regarding each other for a while, not wanting to look away, both held in each others gaze by their feelings.
"We should really go," Harry said, eventually tearing himself away from Cho. Dumbledore simply nodded.
"Just remember I'm always here, I can't answer all your questions, but I'll do what I can," he said, before Harry and Cho left.
They walked in silence for a while. Both deep in thought. Until they came to the staircase where they parted ways.
"I guess we can't just leave it like this," Cho said nervously. Harry was starting to feel really tired from thinking so much, and didn't want too much further discussion on the matter of Voldemort. But he did want to see Cho again, they had to talk everything over, decide what to do about their future as a couple and as a team against Voldemort.
"Yeh when do you want to meet up again?" Harry asked.
"How about 9:00pm this time next week?" Cho suggested.
"Yeh ok," Harry said. A silence settled over them yet again. Harry was summoning up the courage to do what he wanted to do, but it seemed so hard just to reach out his hand for her.
Eventually he extended his hand and took hold of hers, pulling her towards him. Cho smiled and let his arm snake around her waist. They were only inches apart. Cho put her arm around Harry's neck and they kissed. It seemed every time they kissed it was more passionate and magical than the last. Harry wanted to stand there all night kissing Cho. The longer it went on the harder it was to stop.
When they finally broke apart it was with reluctance.
"I love you," Cho said softly. Harry smiled and kissed her again, savouring her just once more. Not matter how wrong it was, everything felt right to Harry, being together with Cho was how it was supposed to be.
"I love you too," he said then he let his hand slip out of hers and with one last look at her he departed to his common room.
Hermione was waiting for Harry when he finally got back to the common room. He had taken as much time as possible, wanting to be alone with his thoughts of Cho. The site of Hermione seemed to puncture the happy feeling in his stomach. He couldn't tell her now, not when he was so happy.
"Where have you been?" she asked when he climbed through the portrait hole and flopped into an armchair beside the fireplace.
"I……….er………got talking to someone, took me ages to finish the essay," he said quickly. Hermione shrugged and went back to a letter that she was working on. Seeing the letter Harry remembered how he'd meant to tell Ron everything, he'd do it tomorrow he thought, he was too tired now.
"I'm going to bed," Harry said standing up.
"Ok see you in the morning," Hermione said, glancing up at him and smiling sweetly. Harry couldn't return the smile properly. He went upstairs quickly and got into his four-poster, where he could think about everything that had happened that evening.
Hermione finished off her letter and rolled it up. Then, making sure Harry was really gone she opened the portrait hold and snuck off quietly to the owlery.
Hermione almost ran up to the Owlery with her letter clutched tightly in her hand. She called the nearest owl down and tied the letter to its leg. She watched in fly off into the distance smiling slightly to herself.
She had to stop doing this, it wasn't like her to go behind Harry's back like this, but she couldn't tell him. He seemed so happy with her and, though she cared very much about him, there was someone out there she'd rather be with, someone who she wished was here now. She was a good actress, but see couldn't hide her feelings much longer……
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The next morning Harry got early, his dreams had been filled with memories of Voldemort and he woke with his scar prickling with pain. Harry had the nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach that Voldemort was building forces again, becoming stronger by the day. It wouldn't be long before he would strike again and Harry had to be ready.
But this time he wasn't alone, he had Cho by his side. Thinking of Cho made his insides swell with happiness, he had to see her again soon, he couldn't live without her, they were part of each other now. He knew there was something binding them now, something that would hold them together forever. He couldn't live without her. He would do anything for her, he would sacrifice his life for her.
Something suddenly clicked in Harry's brain, if he and Cho were supposed to work together, that surely put Cho in danger, Voldemort must be after her as well. Harry's heart started beating fast, he had to protect Cho. He had to warn her. He was the most important thing in his life now, no matter what happened, he would protect her. If Voldemort wanted her, he would have to go through Harry first.
He got quickly out of bed and, grabbing two pieces of parchment and a quill, he raced down the stairs to a deserted common room. He sat down and wrote:
ChoI have to meet you as soon as possible, not tomorrow I have Quidditch practice, are you free the next evening same time same place. This can't wait until next week.
Love Harry
On the second he wrote a personal reply to Ron.
RonHope the Burrow's Ok. I'm writing to you without Hermione because, I met Cho again a while ago, and she told me some weird stuff about Voldemort, can't say more, in case this gets intercepted I'll fill you in when you get back, but I can tell you that I kissed her again, now I know I shouldn't be with Hermione but I can't find the words to tell her. Anyway see you soon.
Harry
He sealed the two letters and raced up to the Owlery to send them. He sent the first letter to Cho with Hedwig, telling her not to give it to Cho with the morning post, and hoping desperately that she didn't get intercepted. The second her said with a school Barn owl, wishing more than ever that Ron was here to talk to in the flesh, instead of in brief letters.
Harry walked quickly back to the common room, hoping it was still too early for Hermione to be up.
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Well you'll have to wait until chapter 14 to see what happens next! I know that chapter wasn't as good as previous ones, but please review anyway. I'm trying to improve my chapters.