Chapter 5: Trouble's brewing

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Two weeks had gone by since that little encounter in the common room. The past 2 weeks had been hectic, especially for Harry. He had a hard time doing school work, Quidditch practice, and entertaining Cho and his friends. Harry felt guilty every time he had to turn down his friends. But Cho always kept him busy. They always hung out with Cho's popular friends but they never hung out with Harry's. Harry didn't even get to say hi to James, and she was his cousin!

Harry had just gotten back after taking Cho out for date. He said the password and got into the Gryffindor common room. When he got in he surprised to see Ron, Hermione and James sitting by the fire. They had stopped their conversation and they all stared at Harry as he came closer. Hermione however darted her eyes away and immediately stood up before Harry could even speak. "I'm very tired, guys. I'm going to bed." She said as she quickly started heading for the girls' dormitory. Harry quickly grabbed her arm before she got in; however his arm went right through. "It's something James thought us during the past two weeks. You would know too but you were to busy hanging out with Cho!" She then went straight to her dorm without even looking at him.

James stood up as well and went towards the girls' dorm. "I might as well head in and cool her down." She went pass Harry not saying a single word. Ron watched her leave. As soon as the door of the girls' dorm closed he stood up and left too.

Harry quickly went after him. "C'mon Ron! You can't be mad at me too! It's just that I was really busy. You know how having a girlfriend can be, right?"

Ron stopped and turned to face him. "No I don't. But I know that you should still make time for you friends and family! For all I know, you could even be hanging out with Draco now!" Harry tried not to look at Ron in the eye. Unfortunately, they did. "Oh God! That's so low!"

They entered their room. Ron saw the picture of Cho that was on his night stand. Ron picked up a book that was on the floor and threw it on the portrait. "What do you think you're doing?!!" Harry said while trying to fix the mess.

Ron pulled him up by the collar. "I am so fed up of Cho! You know, usually, I'd be happy for you. I thought you were the kind of guy who made time for your friends! Well, I guess I was wrong." After that, he put Harry down then got ready for bed.

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That night, Harry kept tossing and turning. He was having a nightmare....

Nightmare

Harry looked around the huge chamber he was in. 'Looks like the Chamber of Secrets!' Harry looked around again then he saw Voldemort. 'Oh crud.....'

On Voldemort's right side was Cho and on the left, was Hermione. There was a cage in the far corner which James, Ron and Adam were in. Harry tried to grab his wand out of his pocket, but there was no wand. "Potter, I'll let you choose. The one you don't choose will die. You're best friend or your girlfriend?"

Harry looked back and fort at Hermione and Cho. Cho got a grin on her face. "He'll pick me of course! I am after all his girlfriend. His friends don't matter to him!"

Voldemort released Cho and she ran past Harry and hugged Draco. Harry looked at back at Hermione and Voldemort ran a sword straight through her chest.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

End of nightmare

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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Harry was kicking and screaming out of his bed.

Ron went to him and started shaking him. "Oi! Harry wake up! It's just a nightmare!"

Harry opened his eyes and saw Ron. "I'm so sorry! I've been such a jerk to you guys!"

Ron pulled Harry into a brotherly hug.

"Oi!" Ron and Harry then saw James falling out of the mirror. "You guys can't have a group hug without me!" She then ran toward them and hugged them.

Then suddenly, Hermione came out of the mirror. "Jamie Lillian Potter! You know better than to enter a mirror portal at this time of—" Hermione stopped dead in her tracks as she saw what was happening. "Traitors!" She went through the portal again.

Harry looked at Ron and James sheepishly. "Well...I guess she's still mad at me."

James looked back at them with a worried expression. "Worse! She's mad at us."

Ron looked at Harry expecting that he had some plan under his sleeve. "Well, what are we gonna do?"

Harry looked away to where Hermione had passed through. "We'll just have to wait."

--------------------------- The day went on like usual. Cho talked about junk, except Harry didn't listen today. "—Harry are you even listening?!!"

Harry went back to reality then noticed Cho. "Oh. Um. Sorry. I was distracted. See, Hermione and I got in this huge fight—"

"Then let's not talk about her! Let's focus on our plans for our next date!" Cho snapped back at him. Cho felt a pang of jealousy. 'She's a threat! I need to eliminate the threat......'

Harry suddenly surprised her with what he said next. "Look. I think need to make some time for my friends. I need to work things out with them. Is that ok with you?"

Cho looked at him like he had gone mad or something. Cho felt the pang of jealousy again. Harry was starting to get nervous. Cho got a cold face on and finally found her voice. "Ok."

Harry was a little nervous, but hey it was an answer. "Thanks! You can't imagine big of a favor this is!" He then ran to meet Ron and James.

"I will get rid of that little mud blood...." Cho then left after saying those words. ------------------------------

After all classes had been over, Hermione headed to library. She had been avoiding Harry, Ron and James. Somehow she got distracted and ended up wondering around the halls. She suddenly stopped walking. 'I swear I heard someone laugh......' She started walking again. She heard footsteps. She started walking faster. The footsteps followed her faster too. She suddenly stopped. When she did, she heard a girl giggling. Now she started running. At the end of the hall, Cho jumped infront of her.

Hermione froze. Cho started circling her. She looked at her from head to toe. "What do want Cho." She said sternly. She was very nervous because she knew that Cho would never talk to her. She knew that this was going to bad.

Cho laughed softly. "Do you know how much of a threat you are to me? I, Cho Chang, find you as a threat!" She stopped circling her. She had stopped so that she was facing Hermione straight in the eye. She snapped her fingers and her friend came out from their hiding places. "I need to destroy the threat!" Her friends surrounded her. She had no place to run. Everything in Hermione's mind became a blur. She couldn't find her voice. She was frozen. Then, with a single snap, Cho's friends started to beat her up.

After a few minutes, Cho was done with the beating. Before her and her goons left, she took a knife out of her pocket. She crouched to where Hermione was and put a scar on her face. "Stay away from Harry! I don't want to hear another word coming out of his mouth that involves you." She then started to walk away leaving Hermione curled up in a ball in the middle of the hallway.

Harry was walking down the hall looking for Hermione. Dumbledore ha announced her disappearance during dinner. He heard some muffled crying so he started running towards to where he was hearing it from. Then he saw it. Right in the middle of the hallway, curled up in a little ball, was Hermione. He ran towards her. When he got to her, he lifted her of the ground and started walking to the hospital wing. "Hermione who did this to you?"

Hermione looked at him in the eye. "If I told you, she would hurt me even more. Please put me down. She'll hurt me when she sees us...."

Harry listened to her intently. "Cho....Cho!" Harry felt hatred in his heart. 'How can she betray me?' ---------------------------------

Harry stayed the whole night Hermione was there at the hospital wing. He was thinking about what Cho had done. 'It's so over.........'

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