Chunhua Cheng

## Chunhua Cheng (程春华)

**Chunhua Cheng** (b. 28 February, 1979) was a Scottish witch with Chinese ancestry who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1990 to 1997 and was sorted into Ravenclaw house. She was a seeker for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team and a popular student, mostly due to her beautiful looks and boy students fancying her. Chunhua was a year older than the famous Harry Potter, and even dated him for a few months in her sixth year.

In her fifth year, Chunhua began to date Cedric Diggory after being asked to the Yule Ball by him. Cedric was a Hufflepuff a year ahead of her, and the two had been friends before they started dating in 1994 due to their shared interest for Quidditch. Unfortunately, Cedric became one of the first casualties of the Second Wizarding War, when he was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on the orders of Lord Voldemort in June of 1995. His death greatly upset Chunhua and thus made her determined to fight against the returned Dark Lord.

In Chunhua's sixth year she joined Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter, against her parents' wishes. In the same year she also began a romantic relationship with Harry in order to learn about more about Cedric's death. Chunhua's best friend Marietta Edgecombe betrayed the D.A., and her relationship with other D.A. members became very strained due to her supporting Marietta. Harry was extremely angered by Chunhua's decision to support her friend, to which Chunhua thought the real reason for his anger was the fact that she had broken up with him. Despite this, she remained loyal to her school and to the D.A., returning after she had graduated to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts.

Chunhua survived the Second Wizarding War and eventually married a Norwegian Muggle hiker, Astrid Nilsen, whom she met while setting inside of her new house in Fearnmore, Scotland.

## Biography

### **Family history**

Chunhua's mother, Maisie Lee, was a Scottish witch that earned an interest in Chinese culture due to her stepfather being half-Chinese. When she was around 16 years old she became an exchange student at Wushi Chengzhang School for Magical Individuals and met Zai Tian Cheng, a Chinese student with an interest for English culture. So there was really no surprise when Maisie and Zai Tian began to date, and eventually even got married in Hong Kong.

### Early life

Chunhua was born on February 28, 1979 to Maisie and Zai Tian Cheng in Hong Kong, China. When Chunhua was six years old, in 1985, she and her parents went to a Quidditch match in Scotland, which pushed the family to move there later that year. She became a great Quidditch fan after the match, cheering for the Tutshill Tornados whom she had watched in Scotland. After moving to Scotland, her parents began to work at the Ministry of Magic.

### Hogwarts years

#### Early years (1990 - 1997)

In 1990, Chunhua was sent her Hogwarts letter, letting her know that she had been accepted into the school. Her father eagerly told her to accept it, though her mother was hesitant and wanted Chunhua to instead accept a Wushi Chengzhang invitation in the future. The family came to an agreement that Chunhua would accept the Hogwarts letter and if she wanted to attend Wushi Chengzhang when she turned 14, then she'd switch schools.

Chunhua began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September 1990 and was sorted into Ravenclaw house just like her mother had been. She befriended Marietta Edgecombe whom she shared dormitories with and even tried out for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team in her third year, not thinking she would get in. Though she surprised even herself by landing the position of seeker at the age of 13.

Now being the seeker for her own Quidditch team, Chunhua told her parents that she didn't want to go to Wushi Chengzhang anymore, which her parents supported by learning of her position. Chunhua also met and befriended Quidditch players in different teams, including Cedric Diggory who was the seeker for Hufflepuff.

#### Fourth year

"*Their seeker, Chunhua Cheng, was the only girl on their team.*"
— Harry Potter seeing Chunhua for the first time

During a Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Quidditch match in her fourth year, Chunhua first met Harry Potter, who was a year below her and a fellow Seeker. Harry noticed she was very pretty and she made his stomach "*feel funny*". Chunhua's impression of Harry was favourable, and when she later wished Harry good luck before Gryffindor had a Quidditch match against Slytherin, Harry went bright red.

During the match against Ravenclaw, Chunhua began to tail Harry rather than find the Golden Snitch herself. Harry soon caught on to her strategy and attempted to trick her into thinking he had spotted the Snitch. As he dove, he saw the Snitch for real. Chunhua then gasped at the sight of a trio of Dementors.

Harry managed to unleash a powerful Patronus Charm as well as snag the Snitch; the dementors were actually: Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and Marcus Flint in disguise. Ravenclaw did not win the Quidditch Cup that year with Gryffindor winning it instead of Slytherin.

Sometime during her fourth year, Chunhua developed a crush on her friend Cedric Diggory.

#### Fifth year

**Harry Potter**: "*D'you — d'you want to go to the ball with me?*"
**Chunhua**: "*Oh! Oh Harry, I'm really sorry, I've already said I'll go with someone else.*"
— Harry asks Chunhua to the Yule Ball[src]
On 25 August 1994, Chunhua went to the Quidditch World Cup Finals after having been asked by Cedric. While she met up with Cedric, she exchanged greetings with Harry Potter, who had a crush on Chunhua by this time, having been developing feelings for her since the previous year when he first saw her during a Quidditch match against the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. He considered her to be very pretty and a good Seeker.

She was friendly towards Harry throughout the year, but did not return his romantic feelings since she fancied Cedric Diggory, who was now a champion in the Triwizard Tournament. She accepted Cedric's request to be his date to the Yule Ball.

Despite this, Chunhua refused to treat Harry poorly, as the majority of the school did because the Goblet of Fire had also selected him; she refused to wear one of Draco Malfoy's *Support Cedric Diggory* badges, something Harry was grateful for. He asked Chunhua to attend the Yule Ball with him, and she let him down kindly, even apologising for being unable to accept his offer; he still spent most of the ball watching Chunhua, who began dating Cedric soon after the ball. She was the **thing** Cedric would miss most and thus became his hostage during the Second Task of the Tournament; he employed the Bubble-Head Charm to save her from Hogwarts' lake.

That June, Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on Lord Voldemort's orders. Chunhua was devastated and openly cried at the memorial service at the end of the school year.

#### Sixth year

Cedric's death made Chunhua believe Harry's claim that Voldemort had returned despite the Ministry of Magic and *Daily Prophet* branding him a liar or insane. She sought Harry out several times and attempted to engage him in conversation, in order to learn about the circumstances of Cedric's death. Unfortunately for Harry, these encounters did not go well. The first time Chunhua found him covered with Stinksap that was accidentally let off by Neville Longbottom's Mimbulus mimbletonia. The second time, she ended up arguing with Ron Weasley about Quidditch teams. On the third try, when Chunhua entered the Owlery to send a letter to her mother for her birthday while Harry was there, she defended him from a suspicious Argus Filch.

When invited by Hermione Granger to join Dumbledore's Army, Chunhua went against the advice of her parents, who wished her to remain on Dolores Umbridge's good side, as her mother worked at the Ministry. She also brought her best friend and fellow Ravenclaw Marietta Edgecombe along, despite the other girl's reluctance to join due to her mum's position at the Ministry as well. Chunhua joined because she was determined to fight against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters after what happened to Cedric in the previous year.

However, as a D.A. student she had her ups and downs. At first, she got nervous and performed her spells poorly, though, she was able to conjure a corporeal Patronus in the shape of a swan later on. However, she did have some trouble with a Disarming Charm, saying *Expellimellius* instead of the actual incantation, causing Marietta's sleeve to catch on fire. She also mentioned that she had never been able to stun anything before Harry taught her and commented that he was a good teacher.

Chunhua initiated a kiss with Harry under some mistletoe shortly before Christmas after a D.A. session. However, she soon ended up in tears, confused and guilty because of her conflicting feelings for Harry and Cedric. This kiss was something that Harry did not enjoy much and described as being "*wet*", because of all the tears and a repeat kiss did not happen. Despite this, she and Harry went on a date in the wizarding village of Hogsmeade on Valentine's Day where the couple sent their time at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop. The tea shop made Harry uncomfortable, as it reminded him of Umbridge's too pink office.

Chunhua's continuing grief over Cedric's death and Harry's overall inexperience with girls soured the experience. She ended up in tears after Harry refused to discuss Cedric's death with her. Therefore, sometime after their first date, Chunhua decided to end things with Harry and apologised for leading him on in order to find out what happened to Cedric.

Later in the year, Chunhua's friend Marietta betrayed the D.A. to Umbridge, and, as a result, was afflicted by the jinx performed by Hermione on the piece of parchment, signed earlier by all members of the D.A. The hex made purple pustules spell **SNEAK** across her face that could not be removed, something Chunhua considered a **horrible trick**. When Harry scorned Marietta for the betrayal and Chunhua defended her, he got angry at her. Although Chunhua believed his anger to be because she broke things off with her.

**Seventh year**

At the beginning of her seventh and final year at Hogwarts, Chunhua caught a glimpse of Harry on the Hogwarts Express. She did not speak with him, instead hiding back in her compartment with Marietta Edgecombe. Harry commented that she was the only one not staring at him, he also noticed that her friend Marietta still had the word SNEAK written in pimples on her face.

Harry and Chunhua had almost no interaction for the rest of the year, too embarrassed to even look at one another. That year Harry began dating Ginny Weasley, while Chunhua dated Michael Corner, who coincidentally had previously dated Ginny and had then offered Chunhua comfort after their sixth year Quidditch House Cup loss.

Chunhua did not participate in the battle that took place inside the castle after Death Eaters successfully infiltrated the Hogwarts, as she did not keep her D.A. coin on her person at all times. Chunhua was also present in the courtyard after Albus Dumbledore died. She and the rest of the students raised their wands as a farewell to their former headmaster. She attended Dumbledore's wedding with her parents, whom both were saddened by his death.

### After Hogwarts (1997 -)

#### Battle of Hogwarts

When Hogwarts was attacked, Chunhua demonstrated her loyalty by reuniting with other members of Dumbledore's Army and joining the final battle against Voldemort and the Death Eaters. She appeared amicable and friendly with Harry. She offered to lead him to the Ravenclaw Common Room in search of Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. However, in an unwarranted act of jealousy, Ginny Weasley recommended Luna Lovegood to accompany Harry in Chunhua's place.

Chunhua was present when Lord Voldemort falsely announced that Harry was dead. During the second stage of the battle Chunhua and the other defenders of Hogwarts were pushed back into the Great Hall. She witnessed Harry Potter's final defeat Lord Voldemort, thus ending the Second Wizarding War. After the battle, Chunhua reunited with her freinds. She was seen sitting with Katie Bell, Leanne, and Padma Patil in the aftermath of Lord Voldemort's defeat.

#### Settling down in Scotland

After the end of the Second Wizarding War, Chunhua moved into her own cottage in Fearnmore, Scotland where she met Astrid Nilsen. A norwegian hiker who had come to the Scottish highlands to enjoy the scenery. She offered Chunhua help to move things into her house, but Chunhua declined the offer since her parents were already on the way to help. Still, the two ended up chatting a little bit before Astrid went up the mountains, and Chunhua offered her a cup of coffee or tea when she came down the mountain to which Astrid gladly accepted.

#### Marriage to Astrid Nilsen

Chunhua ended up getting married to Astrid sometime in the early 2010s and they both chose to have their surname be Cheng. Astrid had known for a long time that Chunhua had been a witch and didn't love her any less because of this.

They even went to see the Harry Potter movies in theatres once they were released, and seeing Cedric once again made Chunhua feel quite emotional. Sometime in 2008, the couple decided to go see the movie Twilight that starred Robert Pattinson, who had played Cedric in the Harry Potter movies, which Chunhua found quite humourous.

The two didn't have any children but instead had two huskies by the name of Bella and Edward, which were named after the Twilight characters. Choosing those names were a great way for Chunhua to help her with the loss of Cedric, which was exactly what Astrid's intention had been. Bella and Edward went with their owners on many hikes in the Scottish Highlands, and they even posted their adventures on an Instagram account. Astrid easily forgot the password to the account, but Chunhua thankfully had written the password on many post its for her to find.

#### 2018 Quidditch World Cup

For the 20th anniversary of the Second Wizarding War, the D.A. members that still had their D.A. coins had a meeting at the 2018 Quidditch World Cup. Chunhua was one of those that showed up and brought Astrid with her, excited to meet her old classmates and see what they were up to in their adulthood.

Chunhua marrying a woman came as a shock to many of her classmates once she introduced Astrid as her wife. Ron Weasley had at first thought Astrid was just a friend of Chunhua's that she had brought, though he couldn't be more wrong. The news of Hua being queer came especially as a shock to Harry Potter, though he was happy for her that she had finally moved on from Cedric.

As Astrid was chatting with some of Chunhua's old friends, Chunhua decided that she wanted to apologise for how she had treated Harry after Cedric's death. Harry, who was now happily married to Ginny Weasley with four kids, accepted her apology and the two shook hands, finalising that chapter.

## Physical appearance

Chunhua was described to be an extremely pretty girl with long, shiny dark hair, a freckled nose and being a head shorter than Harry Potter. For her date with Harry, she tied her hair back into a ponytail, to which he described as very pretty. Because of her beauty, she attracted a considerable amount of male attention during her Hogwarts years, notably: Cedric Diggory, Harry Potter, Roger Davies and Michael Corner. Though she was also a gem for the female gaze, landing herself a wife in the early 2010s.