Ok guys! I'm back with my next hp fic. I hope it's just a much as a success as my last one, please read and review cos it really encourages me to write. This has nothing to do with my last fic but I hope you like it anyway.

This story will be written from Harry and Cho's POV depending on who I think has the most interesting storyline, it just depends. But it'll be in the 3rd person, so it won't be written as if I'm Cho. It'll be what Cho's thinking no-one else. If you know what I mean.

P.S. No flames please! If you think this story is really crap just give me some advice or leave me alone, flames are pointless and don't help me or any other author write better. So no flaming, just constructive criticism or praise if you like it -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It was almost Christmas time at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and everyone was in the Holiday spirit. There were decorations all over the castle. The usual 12 Christmas trees in the Great Hall were decorated with huge amounts of tinsel, ever lasting candles, icicles that didn't melt, other magical objects and of course they were all topped with a sparking, golden star.

There was Holly and Mistletoe everywhere, all the suits of armour wore wreaths around their necks or tinsel halos and singing cheery carols to any student that passed. The ghost were similarly dressed and wishing every pupil who they passed a Merry Christmas!

Even the most quiet and moody students were enjoying the Christmas festivities.

Among these students was Cho Chang. A lot had gone wrong in life recently. First Cedric's death, this had started a long stream of bad luck for Cho. In her 6th year she'd been out with Harry Potter but let her feelings get in the way of their relationship. She knew she would regret that for life, it was a burden she would take to her grave.

This had been followed by the betrayal of her best friend Marietta. She would never forgive Marietta for that, she still understand why she'd done that.

Then her parents had spilt up right at the end of her 6th year. In the summer holidays Cho had been told her father was suffering from depression at divorcing his wife. Cho had then lost her Grandmother in the holidays too, someone she could confide in and talk to. A then to make things even worse Cho had come back to school to find Harry Potter had a new girlfriend, Hermione Granger.

So Cho had so far had a pretty crap year. Her bad moods had reflected in her school grades and a lot of her friends had become sick of her brooding all the time.

As Cho wandered along the corridor towards her Charms lesson alone all the thoughts built up in her head until she didn't know whether she wanted to cry or hit someone. Nothing made sense any more.

"Hey Cho wait up!" A voice called from down the corridor. Cho knew who it was. One of her most loyal friends Samiha was running down the corridor towards her. Cho turned around to look at Samiha. She was tall with short, brown hair. Her ocean blue eyes sparkled in the early morning, winter sun streaming through the window.

Cho was happy to see Samiha, she could always make Cho feel better by making her laugh. Everyone liked Samiha, she had a great, bubbly, outgoing personality, which made her easy to like. Cho forgot her troubles around Samiha, she could always have a laugh with her. She was just the sort of person Cho needed now.

"Hi Samiha, sorry I didn't wait, you looked too busy chatting up Michael Corner," Cho said letting her bad mood slip away. Samiha grinned sheepishly.

"Well he's pretty cute, what did you expect me to do, he's handsome and single." They both laughed. Samiha seemed to put a cheering charm on everyone she met.

"So you think he likes you," Cho asked feeling much better than she had five minutes ago. Samiha grinned at her.

"Yeh! He was so flirting with me," Samiha smiled happily.

"Good for you, who wouldn't want to go out with you anyway!" Cho said enthusiastically. Cho and Samiha talked about Michael Corner until they realised the bell had rung 10 minutes ago.

"Oh crap! Lets go!" exclaimed Samiha and started running down the corridor.

"Wait," whispered Cho, grabbing Samiha's arm, "Can you hear that?" There were voices coming from around the corner. The two girls put their heads around the corner wondering who else could be so late for class. The site that met Cho's eyes made her heart sink and her new found happy mood vanish.

Harry and Hermione were standing in the corridor talking quietly. Harry had one arm around Hermione and they were looking deeply into each others eyes.

"See you later Harry," Hermione said quietly.

"Yeh, bye honey, see you at lunch," Harry replied. Cho watched in misery as Hermione stood on tiptoes and Harry kissed her passionately on the lips. Cho stood horrified watching Harry and Hermione put their arms around each other and hold themselves close.

They looked so happy like that. a stab of pain shoot through Cho's heart. She hated seeing Harry so close to another girl. She didn't love him anymore, she doubted whether she ever had but she could still remember how she'd felt, how they'd both felt. The night they'd kissed under the mistletoe.

Cho couldn't stand it any more. She grabbed Samiha's arm and pulled her round the corner, she stalked past Harry and Hermione not looking at them, simply pretending she hadn't seen them. Harry and Hermione broke away immediately looking embarrassed.

"Oh…………..er………….Hi Cho," Harry said uncomfortably. Cho pretended she hadn't heard him, walking quickly but gracefully away towards her charms classroom Samiha in pursuit.

Samiha seemed to realise it was better not to say anything, all her friends knew how Cho had felt about Harry. Though she'd never admit it to herself Cho still had feelings for Harry.

Cho hurried to the refuge of her Charms classroom only to have 5 points taken from Ravenclaw for so being late. She took a seat right at the back of the classroom next to her other best friend Serena.

Serena gave her a hug when Professor Flitwick had turned his back on the class to write on the blackboard. Serena was an understanding friend. She was always there to give you a hug when you were upset. She could always make you feel better. Cho's two best friends balanced each other out. Samiha the funny, cheery one and Serena the comforting, kindly one.

Cho felt a tear trickle down her cheek onto Serena's shoulder. Serena's long blonde hair tickled Cho's cheek and her sparkling emerald eyes shone with pity and comfort.

"Tell me about it at lunch," Serena whispered when Cho had wiped away her tears and managed to smile thankfully at her. Cho nodded.

"Yeh, ok," she replied and turned back to the blackboard to copy down the notes Professor Flitwick was writing.

Cho couldn't concentrate in any of her lessons that day. She wasn't listening to what the teachers were saying. Seeing Harry with Hermione that morning had brought back everything that had happened to make her life a misery recently. She saw her mothers tear stained face as she told Cho she was divorcing her father.

Her mother's usually smiling face was sorrowful and grief-stricken. The constant flow of tears gushing from her mothers eyes made Cho realise just how much her father must be hurting.

The scene of her grandmothers grave floated into her mind. The flowers laid beside it hardly seemed to satisfy what she had stood for. She had been close to her grandmother now she was gone and her father had depression. There didn't seem to be anything happy in Cho's family.

And she hadn't exactly started off a new year at Hogwarts very well. Lower grades, mood swings, drifting away from her friends, Hermione and Harry, nothing was going right. It just wasn't fair.

Cho was relieved to return to her common room that evening. She talked with her two best friends until past midnight. They did their best to brighten Cho's spirits, but nothing could lift the burden off her chest.

What had been done could not be undone. She couldn't stop her parents divorce, her Grandmothers death, her father's depression, Harry's new girlfriend. Not even Christmas could completely change her mood, though it did bring a spark of light to Cho's otherwise dark and painful life.

At 12:30 her friends dragged her to bed.

"Everything will look brighter in the morning," Samiha said,

"Yeh come on, only 1 week until Christmas, We're going shopping in Hogsmede tomorrow, remember, we're going to buy new dresses." Serena said opening the door to their dormitory.

"And today was the last day of term," Samiha chipped in smiling.

"And then there's the Ball, surely you're looking forward that, Hogwarts Christmas balls are great!" Serena continued, racking her brains for anything that would help cheer Cho up.

"Yeh I guess, thanks guys," Cho said with a weak smile. She changed and climbed into bed. Maybe everything would look better in the morning.

Well that was chapter 1, please read and review cos I need all the support I can get. I hope it didn't go too fast, I wanted to make it interesting straight away. I will reply to all reviewers, answer all question and I'm open to any constructive criticism or ideas to make this better. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!