Chapter 2: Special Bond of the past

Special Bond

Here I am all alone, depressed

Giving all of me, doing all my best

Won't someone come and care for me

Then you came with your love and glee

Saying 'Loving you, is oh so easy'

Oh how I felt so loved, so lucky

You, my friend, I grew rather fond

You became my love, my dear

As one, we hold a special bond

Losing you, my greatest fear

You called out my name

Saying 'To you, I feel the same'

We became one, You and me

We loved each other, we felt so free

Because we had loved so deeply,

Because we had loved so long,

God in his great compassion

Gave us the gift of song.

A song is but a simple thing

Oh but what joy it can bring

You've taken me under your spell

You sing our song, and all is well

I cannot deny that we had a special bond together. One time that bond even save Draco's life. I can still remember the look on aunt Narcissa's face when I brought in a bleeding Draco in the Malfoy manor. She was speechless. We aided Draco to his room were the nurses healed him. Aunt Narcissa and I waited in uncomfortable silence outside his room. When the nurses reported good news we quickly went in.

"Draco, my darling what happened?"

Sitting up, Draco looked at his mother, who was on one side of the bed, and then to me, who was on the other.

"Earlier this afternoon I showed father an ad of the newest, state-of-the-art broomstick I received from my copy of the Daily Prophet. When he said no, I got upset and stormed out of the mansion. Furious, I went for a walk. It took quite a while for me to realize that I was further in the woods than I ever had. My hand quickly reached for wand than I remembered I left it in the mansion. I panicked and started running. Then, of all the times to be clumsy it had to be then, I tripped over a stupid pebble and my leg hit a pile of logs. I ended up having those logs on top of my leg. I tried to wiggle out but I didn't dare to move too much or the logs might end up on top of me. All I could do was call for help but I doubted that anyone could hear me. Then I heard footsteps that really scared me. What if it was a beast or something really horrible? And I was helpless. Then Cho came." Grinning at Cho, Draco placed his hand on top of hers.

Grinning back, Cho started to tell her story.

"I was helping mother and the help in the kitchen when I felt uneasy and troubled but I didn't know why. It started to bother me and I know something was wrong, something bad happened. Deciding to investigate I grabbed my cloak and wand and headed here. It took me a while considering the distance between mansions. I knocked on the door and looked around while I was waiting for someone to answer. It was then that I noticed shreds of paper trailing to the woods. I looked a little closer and remembered it was the ad Draco showed me earlier. I didn't know what I was thinking but I ran towards the woods. Then I heard him call out. I got him out before the logs could trample him."

Aunt Narcissa was about to say something but was cut off when Uncle Lucius burst in the room and demanded to know what happened. While Aunt Narcissa retold the story for him, Draco and I talked about the sights we saw in the woods.

"Cho, we can't thank you enough for what you've done." Uncle Lucius said to me after he heard about everything.

"You're a hero Cho" Little Draco said playfully saluting at me.

"I did what I could for my best friend" Giggling, we both ran out of the room and went to the ball room did what little kids do best, play.

"Draco be careful"

We had a special bond together and I keep thinking what we did wrong. When Draco went to Hogwarts, things changed. He became distant and cold. Even though I was the only one he wouldn't torment he was still different, very different from the Draco I grew up with. A year after we graduated we went separate ways. Draco fulfilled his father's wishes to be a death eater and I trained to be an Auror. Why did he have to change?

Cho stopped there and continued to stare at the necklace. It was a beautiful piece of jewelry that Draco gave her the day before his first ride to Hogwarts. It was made of pure gold and had a raven and a serpent etched in its surface. DM and CC was engraved over it. On the other side was the word 'Forever'. They both had a necklace. The only difference is that Draco's had the 'Friends' instead of Forever. Both pendants fit together like a puzzle. Beautiful, it was no ordinary necklace, it can heal any illness if both people who have their names engraved on it still have enough care for each other. It had helped her many times. Looking at her healed hand, clearly Draco still cares for her even though he doesn't show it, even though he tries to ignore it.

She put down the necklace on the surface of her dresser. She looked in the mirror. Coal black eyes met her. She was Asian with long silky jet black hair, big innocent-looking black eyes, fair skin and slender, petite frame. Sighed she ran her hand across the smooth surface until it reached a hand mirror. Great… more memories. She thought sadly as she held up the mirror. The hand mirror was also a gift from Draco. She received it on her 8th Birthday. It was pure silver, sleek and superb. The back of the mirror had a raven and the serpent engraved on it just like the necklace. Their names were on it too. It was enchanted to show not the reflection of one's face but the reflection of the best memories of the persons whose names were inscribed on it. It was a beautiful gift, the best gift she ever received. They would take time to watch the mirror and reminisce. But sometime in her second year at Hogwarts it mysteriously broke. Now there was a big crack on it. Nevertheless she kept it, it held sentimental value. Until now she couldn't figure out how it broke.

Completely absorbed in her thoughts, she was startled when she heard tapping noises. Laughing at her behavior she headed for the window where an owl held a message for her.

To Ms. Cho Chang,

There have been changes in our plans. Please report to headquarters immediately, a special meeting has been called.

She looked up from the message.

"Accio Cloak"

She put on her cloak and apparated to headquarters. Something's wrong, I can feel it.