Chapter 4: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Appearance

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Serena Goodkey- Thank you for having an interest in my story!

bluerose x33- Ahhhh... errrrr... I'm trying! --

(A/N: In case you were wondering, in accordance to chapter three's title, the owl and the rainbow will come into play later in the story. Hah, Neville really is acting quite mean, isn't he?)

Cho stopped dead in her tracks. Oh my God, Neville is STILL coming after me. Something must have really gone nuts in his brain. Either he's developed a Ginny fixation, or he's hell-bent on destroying my life... hmmm, I choose the latter. "Oh, hi, Neville! I was just looking for Ginny. I didn't see her in the Great Hall." Oh, Lord, now he's REALLY going to kill me. Ginny's probably in the Great Hall right now, wolfing down some pastries and chatting with her Gryffindor mates. Well, I hope I don't get TOO badly beaten... Cho gulped and gave Neville an "I'm trying my hardest" smile. Neville was having none of it, though. "Oh yeah?" Neville asked. "Well, I'm headed toward the Great Hall right now. It's about time I got a bite to eat. We'll see who's telling the truth!" There was a manic glint in Neville's eye. As he descended towards Cho, she gave a small shriek of delight. Baffled, Neville turned around, and was positively overjoyed to see Ginny hopping down the steps. Cho grinned mischievously and nudged Neville "You owe me for this, Longbottom." Then, before he could reply, Cho was off and running up to the Ravenclaw common room. Ginny stopped and stared at Neville, who was staring at her as if in a trance. She poked him on the shoulder and asked, "What's up?"

Neville stared back. "How would you like to go to Hogsmeade next week for tea and chocolates at Madam Puddifoot's?" Ginny broke into a fit of hysteria. "Are you kidding? Doesn't everyone know by now? I'm dating Colin Creevey! Sorry, bad luck, Nev. Maybe next time, eh?"

Cho sank back into her favorite velvet armchair in front of the fireplace of the Ravenclaw common room. This was truly the greatest place in the world to be. Cho was just about to fall asleep when she saw Angelica walk past, whispering "Draco Malfoy is looking for you! Be careful, Cho. He's devious." Then Angelica said goodnight and ran up to the girls' dormitories.

Within a minute, Lucia walked over to Cho, who was just about to fall asleep at this point. Through half-closed eyelids she asked, "Lucia, what's up?" She noticed right away that Lucia looked much, MUCH taller than before. All of a sudden, Lucia began morphing. Cho watched in utter horror as it was soon Draco Malfoy who sat before her and not the girl she had met earlier at the Ravenclaw table in the Great Hall. Draco leered ominously.

"It's amazing what a bit of Polyjuice Potion can do," he hissed. His tongue flickered back and forth, like the dying flames in the fireplace. Cho was frozen with uncertain terror. "Don't worry," Draco promised, "I will be back soon enough. Sooner than you think." Draco leaned in, as if to kiss Cho, or even strangle her, but he just touched her nose with his own. Then he walked out of the room, leaving a speechless Cho to wallow miserably in her thoughts.

After a half hour of deliberating, Cho retired to the girls' dormitories. And sure enough, the real Lucia Frost was sound asleep and snoring. Cho gave a silent laugh and climbed into her four-poster bed.

Well, Cho thought as she drifted off to dreamland, this has definitely been the strangest first day at Hogwarts ever. Ha, maybe tomorrow can be normal... pshhhhyeah, right.

(A/N: I know, it's weird, it's weird. Just bear with me. I'm trying. R&R, me mateys, R&R!)