As the months flew by, they reached closer and closer to the end of the school year, quickly finding themselves in April. Thankfully, there was an Easter Break in the middle of Easter, something that Cho and her friends took full advantage of, heading back to Grimmauld Place instead of staying in school. More importantly, however, her birthday was on the last day of the holiday, something that excited her a ton, different from all her previous birthdays, she now had friends who truly cared for her. Unfortunately, many of them were not allowed to celebrate it with her at the birthday party that they were having at Grimmauld Place due to it being a secret place. Thankfully for Cho however, her boyfriend would be there to celebrate it with her again. Rustling Lupa's fur as it lay on Harry's lap, she could only be thankful for how smoothly the last few months had gone. With Malfoy suspended, the harassment from the Slytherins had largely died down, Nott had tried to take over Malfoy's place as the leader of the gang but the Slytherins were not as keen on following him. Harry's display of pure power had also scared the school a ton, with many rumours about the night when the Slytherin team tried to attack Harry and Daphne floating around the school, some saying that Harry injured Malfoy so badly that he had to leave the school. While that was definitely not the truth, the fear of Harry meant more peace for their group, no one wanting to get on their bad side.
Along with Malfoy's suspension, the entire Slytherin team being dropped also meant that the team had to reform, with Blaise being given the Captain's armband. To Cho's amazement, he formed quite a formidable team, with many younger talents taking over the places of the removed players. Their new chaser lineup consisting of Elisabeth Crow and Sadie Salmander proved to be rather deadly and despite their lack of experience together, threatened Cho's Ravenclaw team a fair bit. While Ravenclaw still won the game 270 to 80, it was still an ominous sign for next year where they would have more experience with each other. To Cho's dismay, Gryffindor destroyed Hufflepuff 290 to 50 despite Harry deciding to start his reserve chasers alongside Katie to give his reserve chasers some experience on the field for the next year. Ginny Weasley in particular looked deadly, easily a top 5 chaser in the school, only behind Blaise and the Gryffindor trio. This however, meant that Gryffindor had essentially sealed the Championship up, Ravenclaw had to win by more than 460 points in their next game to win the championship, an impossible task. However, Ravenclaw did secure a 2nd place finish, a rather decent display in Cho's opinion.
"Deep in thought again?" Harry asked snapping Cho out of her trance.
"Mhm, been a long term hasn't it, so much stuff has happened," Cho replied.
"Yeah, and we are not even at the end of the year yet, that's when the real shit kick-off," Harry said in his usual sarcastic way. Cho however, was truly worried, with the Death Eater breakouts in February and Dumbledore's training sessions with Harry, she knew that something was up, something was on its way.
"Annoying bastard," Cho muttered, whacking Harry with her pillow, "don't get into any trouble dumbass."
"I can't control it, trouble always finds me," Harry replied, dodging another smack from her pillow.
"If you end up in Hospital Wing all bruised up and bloody again, I will actually kill you."
"Relax Cho, I won't."
"Then tell me what are you and Dumbledore planning?" Cho asked.
"Planning?" Harry asked curiously.
"You 2 are clearly preparing for something, why else would he be training you so hard for?"
"It's nothing Cho," Harry tried to reassure her.
"What is it?" Cho demanded.
"It's nothing!"
"Harry James Potter," Cho said, making Harry flinch a slight bit as she used his full name, "what are you 2 planning?"
Cho looked deeply into Harry's eyes, while this would allow Harry to look into her mind as he was a skilled Legilmens, something that most would avoid. Cho wanted him to read into her mind, she had a message to get across to him. Sighing, Harry closed the door tightly, before sitting back down.
"Whatever I tell you here, do not tell anyone, not even Hermione or Ron," Harry said seriously, "I do not want anyone to know, not yet."
"What is it then?" Cho demanded, Harry sighed again before continuing.
"Have you ever wondered why Voldemort keeps coming after me? When I was a baby or when he specifically got me into the Graveyard to revive him?" Harry asked, to which Cho shook her head. While she knew about Voldemort seeking Harry's blood for the revival to bypass Harry's mother's protection, there was clearly another reason.
"It is because there was a Prophecy made after I was born, dictating that a kid who is born at the end of July would have to power to vanquish the Dark Lord," Harry said.
"Which is you…"
"Indeed, that is why he came after me as a kid, to remove the threat before he could do magic, that's why my parents are dead, that's why I have this scar," Harry said, pointing at his lightning scar.
"Fucking hell," Cho cursed, giving Harry a tighter hug as Lupa howled sadly.
"Yeah, Voldemort heard half of this Prophecy through a follower who could overhear it, leading to his attack on me which led to his fall 15 years ago," Harry continued, gripping Cho's hand, "the Prophecy however, is still alive because it has not been fulfilled yet, this means that he would keep coming for me because only I can end him, Voldemort however, have not heard the entire Prophecy, he only heard the first part of it and he is trying to get the other half of it, something that Dumbledore does not want to happen."
"That's what he is preparing you for isn't it?"
"Yes, only Voldemort or I have the ability to retrieve the Prophecy itself, Dumbledore is planning to launch an operation to bring me in and destroy it."
"Why haven't he already done that?"
"It's because the moment we step foot into the Department of Mysteries, the Death Eaters will be there ready to fight, they have so many infiltrators that there would not be any way that we get in and out without a fight, he is preparing me for the fight and waiting for the perfect date to strike."
"And- And… when is that?" Cho asked, stammering with worry.
"After the Easter Holidays," Harry replied, "There isn't an exact date, but after the Easter Holidays, we will do it."
After a few moments of silence, Harry just holding her as she grappled with her emotions, Cho finally spoke again.
"You will come back ok?"
"I will Cho," Harry replied.
"Promise me it."
"I promise Cho, I will come back for you."
"Ok, until then, let's celebrate my birthday, you better get me a good gift to make up for this stupidity," Cho glared at Harry.
"Oh trust me I did," Harry smiled, grabbing her and pulling her down.
As compared to a Christmas, Grimmauld Place definitely looked better, with Sirius apparently working hard to clean up the place, after much persuading from Dumbledore, Sirius had temporarily made up with Kreacher, with Dumbledore convincing him that for security, it was better for the Order. While they certainly did not like each other, Sirius was treating him more cordially, which made Kreacher tolerate him more. With Kreacher's help, the cleaning up of the place went by much faster, the poster of his mother, however, was still left standing, continuing to sprout racist comments.
Today however, the lower floor was entirely blue, decorated for her birthday as blue was her favourite colour and was her house colour. When she entered the first floor, she was greeted by many fireworks courtesy of Fred and George, something that Mrs Weasley now tolerated. Learning about this through Ron and Ginny, Mrs Weasley apparently had a mother-to-son talk with Fred and George, with both of them convincing her that opening a joke shop was feasible. Fred and George had apparently shown her and the Hogwarts staff their many inventions, leading to many impressed approvals from the staff, with McGonagall saying that for the first time in her life, she was proud of them for their creativity and their forward thinking. After much convincing, with the twins showing Mrs Weasley their elaborate planning for their shop and future plans, impressing Ms Weasely and convincing her that they were truly serious about this. Mrs Weasley gave them the go-ahead as long as they at least got 5 N.E. each, leading to both of them bunkering down and studying harder than they ever had, with both of them seeking help from their girlfriends and even Harry, Cho, Hermione and Daphne at their best subjects respectively as all 4 took Masters. However, through all of this Fred and George had to let Mrs Weasley in on Harry's contribution, leading to Mrs Weasley treating Harry even better than before, something that Harry wasn't a fan of, feeling bad for it.
"We can start the party then!" Sirius shouted, the entire crowd cheering happily. Among the guests today were her parents, sister, the Weasleys with the exception of Charlie who was still in Romania, Harry and Hermione, Kingsley, Tonks, Lupin, Sirius and McGonagall. On the table, Cho spotted a huge Tunshil Tornado Cake which was made by Mrs Weasley, impressing her a ton. Also on the table, there was a huge array of Chinese dishes, all of which Cho could tell were made by her mom, there were also a few of Cho's favourite Western dishes with bottles of Butterbeers on the table as well.
"Let's tuck in shall we?" Cho suggested which the entire group excitedly did. Cho watched with delight as everyone at the table tried the many different dishes on the table, enjoying them as much as Harry did when Harry originally tried them. Digging in as well, Cho was greeted by her mom's cooking, something that never fails to wonder her even after the many years of eating her dishes.
Within an hour, all the food disappeared from the table, every plate being clean of any last scrapes of food as the entire group feasted. The cake was amazing as well, being a chocolate cake that Mrs Weasley excelled at making. However, it soon came time for the gifts, opening the gifts one by one, she was once again overwhelmed by the large array of gifts others had given to her, her favourite however, was Luna's painting once again, this time her celebrating after the Slytherin win, admiring the intricate details on the painting, she was once again stunned by Luna's talent at art. Among the other gifts, she was delighted by the wand holster that Hermione had given her, clearly inspired by Cho's gift to Harry during Christmas. The final gift however, was from Harry himself. Opening it, she found 2 mirrors in it.
"That is a 2-way mirror," Harry explained, "it allows 2 people to communicate through it, say my name and tap your wand on it."
Doing as Harry said, she was amazed by the image of Harry's face on it.
"Merlin's Beard, that is some impressive magic," Cho commented, observing the runes on it.
"Yeah, it is something that both Sirius and I have, allowing us to communicate better, I worked with Lupin and him to remake it and we made 2, one for you and one for your parents so that you can communicate with them."
Looking at Harry emotionally, Cho had to calm herself down and not rush into kissing Harry in front of everyone. This was something that Cho truly wanted, a way to communicate with her parents, while that was possible through letters, nothing beat seeing and hearing their voices.
"Thank you Zhu," Cho said, hugging him tightly instead of snogging him on the spot.
"Thank you Harry," her father also said, taking the 2nd mirror, "this is a really thoughtful gift."
"Just doing my job as a boyfriend," Harry smiled before whispering to Cho, "Is this good enough?"
"It is Zhu," Cho whispered back, "but you still owe me one more."
"What is it?"
"A snogging session."