Disclaimer: I do not own "Harry Potter". It is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. I wrote this story when I was 12 years old in the year 2003. So, "Half-Blood Prince" wasn't out yet either. It didn't exist at this point. Again, errors in spelling and grammar have been intentionally left in to preserve my skills as a young writer. This story is complete. This is a repost.

Chapter Twenty Seven: Exams

Tai had gotten Harry's broom and helped him up. His vision was blurry, but he gave his head a shake and he could see again. He finally became aware of his senses, and noticed that Cho was holding onto his arm and walking with him, her head rested on his shoulder. Ron gave him a thumbs up, and Hermione smiled widely. Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore beamed at him. Madam Pomfrey bustled over and ushered Cho away, so she could have a look at him.

"I'm fine!" Harry insisted.

Madam Pomfrey seemed put-out but didn't complain.

Cho rushed back to his side and was grinning at him. The Gryffindors were roaring "We won the cup!" over and over again. Professor Dumbledore strode forward holding the shiny, silver Quidditch cup and placed it into Harry and Cho's hands. Engraved on it were the words: 'THE QUIDDITCH CUP- AWARDED TO GRYFFINDOR FOR THEIR 3RD YEAR OF HOLDING IT!' Cho and Harry found themselves being hoisted onto the shoulders of their fellow Gryffindor team mates and students. Tai even joined the Gryffindors and it was like he was a student at the school again…he roared along joyfully along with them. Whitney came over and congratulated them and Alyssia grinned and cheered with the Gryffindors. Cianna was among the crowd of Gryffindors.

"Amazing catch, Harry!!!" She commented.

Colin was taking pictures as usual, and Dennis was by his side, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"Ack! My back hurts…" Harry said.

"Are you alright?" Cho asked, concerned.

"Yeah…When I landed, I must've hit the ground pretty hard…but I'll be fine…" Harry said, massaging a spot below his left shoulder bade.

"Harry, maybe someone should take a look at it…" Cho said.

"Not Madam Pomfrey. She'd fuss over me too much…" Harry replied.

"True…oh I'll do it…you're so stubborn anyway…you wouldn't go to the hospital wing even if your life depended on it…" Cho said, with a bite of aggravation in her voice.

They were being steered into the front doors of the castle now…Harry and Cho got off of the shoulders of their friends before they could be knocked unconscious by the door frame. They gave the cup to Ron and Hermione to hold. They both apparratated into the Gryffindor common room.

"I'm guessing it's just a bruise…Cura. There. It should be fine…" Cho said brightly, tapping his back with her wand.

Harry casually laid down on a sofa.

"Ow! I'm in pain! Help me, Cho!" He said playfully.

The funniest part about it, Cho fell for it.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Come here…" Harry replied.

Cho took a few steps toward him so she was right in front of the sofa.

"Closer…" Harry said.

She was now leaning over him, but he motioned her even closer. Now she was lying on him. He grinned and kissed her deeply and wrapped his arms around her.

"Oh you faker!" Cho said.

She kissed him back, running her fingers through his already messy hair. They both were kissing so passionately that they didn't notice the many pairs of feet approaching. They didn't notice that the portrait hole opened, and Tai, Akira, Liam, Ron, Hermione, Alyssia, Draco, Whitney, Tom, and Alexa all walked in. They stared at Cho and Harry. Akira was casting nervous glances at Tai every few seconds. Finally Tai cleared his throat, making Cho jump off of Harry and into a small table.

"Ow…" She whispered.

"I think that's enough now…" Tai said, slightly annoyed.

Tai was very annoyed inside…it was not only the second time he had caught his sister and Harry kissing together, but just watching made him fear for his sister's safety…he knew that one day…it would happen…just like it did to Whitney…and he'd never forgive himself for it. He wouldn't let it happen. He couldn't. It was his responsibility now to keep his sisters safe.

Cho was rubbing her arm vigorously.

"That really hurt…" She muttered.

The one of the table's legs had broken off.

"Reparo!" She whispered.

The broken leg flew onto the table and attached itself.

"Hey Ron, how about all of you except Aki, and you Cho, go upstairs or something, you know? Like play chess or something…" Tai suggested.

No one objected and they all went upstairs, Akira and Cho staying behind.

"Sit." Tai said, as calmly as he could.

Both of them sat down. Cho knew what would be coming…a long shouting match about how it was his responsibility to protect them.

"Look. I'm going to try and stay as calm as I can, ok? Mum and Dad are dead now. It's my job to make sure you know right from wrong…my responsibility that what happened to Whitney, won't happen to you. And Cho, please, I know Harry means a lot to you, but try to avoid too much social interaction as possible, alright?" Tai said, his voice shaking.

"Tai! I love him! You're practically telling me to break up with him! I can't. I won't." Cho replied.

"I just don't want you to get hurt alright?!" Tai snapped, his voice rising.

"Tai, you don't know Harry like I do. He would never hurt me in any way. He cares about me so much, and he won't do anything that I wouldn't want him to do." Cho said calmly.

"Well, listen, us guys tend to…forget the rules, and certain lines get crossed. Boundaries are broken! He'll eventually not remember! And you won't remind him, and it'll go too far!" Tai shouted.

"Are you implying that you don't trust me, or Harry?!" Cho asked fiercely, her voice also rising.

"No, I'm not! I'm just saying, stay away from him, I don't want you two to be doing nothing more than having a normal conversation!" Tai yelled.

"You just-just…DON'T UNDERSTAND! You don't care about how I feel! I love him, Tai! It's never going to change!" Cho screamed.

"Then you'll never see him again! I'll send you to American boarding school if I have to!" Tai roared.

"AUGH!!! I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU!!!" Cho shrieked.

She ran out of the common room and up the stairs and into the girls dormitory, slamming the door so hard that the walls shook. Tai was about to respond, but Akira interrupted him.

"Tai! STOP IT! That's enough! You've made her upset enough already!" She snapped.

"Upset?! I'm just knocking some sense into her head!" Tai retorted.

"Sense?!!! More like wrong choices! It's her life! She has one more year of school after this! She's smart enough! We trusted you…now, you just…can't direct us in the right way anymore…" Akira shouted.

"Well, you've got two more years! And I'm not going to watch you and Liam get up to something!"

"Oh now you're biting my head off about Mez?! Cho's right…you don't understand…anything…"

She ran away, up to her dormitory, leaving Tai alone, seething.

The next day everyone was informed that they were to take their exams. The fifth and seventh years were doing some last-minute cramming, and all the other students were lazily lying on the grounds. Akira and Liam both had their books out and they were testing each other on two different subjects. Whitney, Tom, Alyssia, and Draco were watching the pair of them interestedly. A bell rang and Professor McGonagall's voice rang out.

"All fifth years and seventh years, report to the Great Hall immediately. You will receive instructions once inside. Everyone else, report to your first scheduled class to take your exams."

Everyone went their separate ways without a fuss, and the fifth years were nervous, while the seventh years looked very calm. Cho and Harry were walking down the hall. Ron and Hermione were behind them. They passed Tai in the hallway, a warning look on his face. Cho glared at him and walked a little faster. She very much disliked her brother now. She knew he was trying to protect her, but this was too much…they reached their first class, Charms, and took their seats. Today they would perform various charms they've learned over the years, and attempt a Disillusionment Charm for bonus house points.

Exams went on for the entire day, and they were able to take every exam except Divination, Transfiguration, and Potions. Cho, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Alexa, Cianna, Whitney, Tom, Alyssia, and Draco just got finished with their Care of Magical Creatures exam. They were all extremely tired, and they had been on their feet pretty much all day. They all couldn't walk a single step more, so they just collapsed onto the soft grass, resting their throbbing feet, and their aching muscles. Cho had taken out a small brush and a bottle of ink and a Chinese scroll. She put the brush in the ink and started writing several characters very quickly.

"What're you writing?" Ron and the others wondered.

"Oh, just hate mail to my brother…" Cho replied, still writing.

"Hate mail??!" Everyone said incredulously.

"Yeah, you heard right. Last night when he told you to go upstairs, he had a little 'talk' with Aki and I…"

"What kind of 'talk'?" Hermione asked.

"Basically, as he put it, 'I don't want you to do what Whitney did. So just like, stay away from Harry.'" Cho replied, mimicking her brother. "Lousy git…"

"We're sorry…"

"It's not your fault. Tai just doesn't trust us anymore…"

She finished writing and reread her work then rolled up the scroll.

"Taichi Chang." She whispered, throwing the scroll into the air.

The scroll vanished in a puff of smoke, then a few minutes later, the scroll reappeared and fell into Cho's lap. She angrily unrolled it, read it, and then wrote a response. It went on like that for a few minutes.

"I have to go and get yelled at again by Tai…" Cho said irritated.

She put away the scroll, brush, and ink, then swung her bag over her shoulder and disapparatated.

"That note must've been really bad…" Whitney said.

Cho reappeared in an empty classroom where Tai was standing, waiting for her.

"I told you…I don't want you around Harry." He said.

"Well that's too bad. Because I'm stubborn, and I won't listen to you anymore." Cho replied.

She was about to disapparatate, but Tai grabbed her wrist and ended up coming along. They had reappeared on the grounds where Cho had left her friends before. Both didn't notice their change of surroundings, and both started yelling at each other.

"Get off!" Cho snapped, prying Tai's fingers off her arm.

"Cho! You have to listen! I'm your brother!" Tai shouted.

"I did listen! I let you talk as much as you wanted last night, and now it's my turn!"

"What?"

"I don't care what you have to say! I'm staying with Harry no matter what you do! I'll always be with him! It'll never change!"

"Listen to me, not as a professor, but as your brother, I just want to keep you safe. That Whitney girl, when I learned what happened, I kind of brushed it off…but after Snape's confrontation, it opened my eyes to the world out there. I have to protect you. You're my little sister. And it's my responsibility." Tai said calmly.

"My brother no longer exists to me!" Cho replied fiercely.

She walked away. Tai looked extremely hurt and finally looked around at all the faces staring at him.

"It appears…that watching you two fight, opened all our eyes to the real you…" Cianna said.

"Oh you shut up." Tai snapped.

"Just because you're sister knows what she's talking about, doesn't mean you have to take out your rage on us." Cianna remarked.

"Sorry…I can see I'm not wanted…well…I'll just…go now…" He said, walking off to the castle.

Cho climbed into the oak tree and sat amongst the branches. Harry climbed up into the tree with Cho. She was crying.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked calmly.

"Tai…that foul creature…I hate him…" Cho replied.

He kissed away her tears, and Cho smiled at him, then she kissed him back, wrapping her arms around him. They were now so close to each other, they could feel each others heart beating. Harry held her in his arms, and they sat in the tree together, the sky growing dark.

The warm night smelled strongly of May flowers, and Cho wanted to stay in that tree forever in Harry's arms. She felt so safe and secure. At long last, they decided to turn in. Both disapparatated and reappeared in the common room with a loud crack, making several head turn.

"There you both are! We've been waiting for you all this time!" Ron exclaimed.

"You all worry too much." Cho replied.

"Well, we went in about ten minutes after Tai left…but it's been an hour, and Akira and Liam have been here…in fact, both of them just went to bed…" Hermione explained.

"I see…well…I guess this is goodnight then…so uh…goodnight…" Cho said.

Harry and Cho climbed the spiral staircase to the sixth year dormitories, kissed goodnight, then crawled into bed, falling asleep right away.

The following morning, everyone finished their exams, and soon, sooner than anyone expected, May faded away into June. The final month of the school year. On a particular June evening during dinner, one of the most unexpected things happened…