Cho the Honest
Cho had always been a pretty popular girl.
She was smart, attractive, and fun to be around.
It was a good combination, and eventually led to be dating one of the most popular guys in Hogwarts- Cedric Diggory.
Cedric, despite being a Hufflepuff, was well-liked by students in all four houses.
He was smart, pure-blood, and a really good person.
When the Yule ball came around, Cho felt sorry for Harry (he seemed like a nice guy), but she was already dating Cedric.
So she was honest with him, and tried to let him down gently.
At that time, she never really considered being with Harry.
She was in love with Cedric, and that was that.
They were both young still (him seventeen and her only fifteen), but that was the way things were done in the wizarding world, especially in pureblood families.
Cho was like that, and very open, too.
She was in love with Cedric, and didn't see any reason to hide it.
Secretly, she hoped that he would love her until she graduated, and then maybe they could have a real chance together.
It was young love, and Cho was swept up in the wonder of it all.
She supported him in the Triwizard Tournament, and hoped that he would do well.
But more than that, she hoped he would be safe.
Few at Hogwarts seemed to realize how dangerous the tasks were.
But as the last task approached, Cho grew hopeful that Cedric and she may have a happy ending.
She was devastated when he died.
It was right before summer, and before anyone knew what had happened, they had to leave Hogwarts and go home.
Being young and in love doesn't make the love any less- that's the problem with adults, they underestimate the feelings of teenagers.
Don't they remember, remember how all-consuming those feelings were?
Just because teenagers don't have a stronger love to compare to does not mean the love they feel is not real.
And it may be true- Cho and Cedric may not have made it if he survived, but there was always the possibility that they would.
And the fact that the possibility had been ripped away so cruelly from them was devastating.
And it was this tendency of teenagers to feel emotions so strongly that made it all that much worse when Cho had to continue her life without Cedric.
It has been said that teens often think they are invincible, that whatever horrors there are in the world, they will happen to someone else.
This was so with Cho, and it seemed as if the reality of mortality had struck her in the face, leaving her a sad, wounded creature.
She barricaded herself in her room, only coming out occasionally.
She didn't write to her friends, and refused to talk to anyone at all.
When the summer was over, she returned to Hogwarts.
No one could blame her for bursting into tears now and then.
But children can be mean, so some did.
Cho was very honest with herself and others, which was often a good thing.
But in this time, it was unfortunate.
She found herself crying whenever she though too much about Cedric.
This place had become more than where she had spent years of her life.
Hogwarts had become the place where Cedric died.
(Well, not exactly, but close enough).
She found it difficult to return to the Quidditch Pitch.
Two images were raging a war in her mind; a place of fun and joy, flying.
The other was of Harry Potter, clutching the dead body of her former boyfriend.
And then there were the memories of the good times with Cedric.
She couldn't get the images out of her head, they repeated over and over and over.
The statue that they would talk by, the corner where they often kissed, the classroom where they first meet...
It had only been a couple months since Cedric's death, and a summer of solitude did no favors to her mental health.
But the year progressed, and Cho began to try to heal her broken heart.
But distracting her from the healing process was one Harry Potter.
She felt seriously conflicted, between her love for Cedric and her attraction to Harry.
It made her feel even more miserable, because she couldn't tell if she really liked Harry, or maybe she was just lonely.
And even if she did, did she like him more than Cedric.
Either answer was unacceptable, and she couldn't lie to herself, so she avoided the question.
If she liked Harry more, than it felt awful to be getting over Cedric so quickly, when she had loved him so.
And if she loved Cedric more, than wasn't she just leading Harry along dreadfully?
She couldn't answer.
She tried to be honest with Harry.
She had always been a very open person, but it was hard to talk to anyone about Cedric...
She'd end up bawling her eyes out.
Everyone else seemed to have a person to talk to, except her.
No one knew Cedric like she had, and it made her feel dreadfully alone.
She tried to talk about it with Harry, but he already had someone to talk to.
He didn't understand.
Still they tried getting together, but it didn't work out.
She was still too emotionally damaged to be in a healthy relationship, and he was too young to know how to deal with another's heartbreak.
So they drifted apart, and their feelings died.
After a couple years, Cho began to heal.
She finally found people to talk to.
For a few moments, she entertained the idea of getting back with Harry, but banished it from her mind almost immediately.
She knew instinctively that it wouldn't work...
Better to get a fresh start.
Author's Note: I don't like how it ended, but at least it's here. Happy Halloween!