YEAR Six at Hogwarts

Harry Potter and the Power of the Blood

Disclaimer: The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead.

Ch. 7: School Daze

"Professor? How long have we been out?" asked Harry.

"About an hour Harry. We were all worried about you. Count Trismegestus most of all, as he pushed for the double bonding in the first place. Now that we know you are all right, I shall go and inform the others. I expect that you may wish to speak with miss Chang; she appears to be coming around. Once you are done here you are free to wander the castle. Only, please come see me sometime tonight. We must discuss the matter of yours and Miss Changs training." Dumbledore rose and headed off towards his office. Harry looked over to see Cho just beginning to wake up.

"Cho! Are you all right?" Harry asked, concerned.

"I think I am. It feels like I've nearly been trampled though." She looked confused for a moment. "Harry, was I dreaming, or did we really just speak to the four founders of Hogwarts?"

"You weren't dreaming unless you know some way to share dreams." Harry stood up and realized there was something sharp in his pocket. He pulled out the dementor crystal. "Nope, not a dream."

"What is that?"

"It's a really long story. To shorten it up a bit, this crystal that Godric gave me will get rid of the dementors. Permanently."

"Wow. What else did he tell you?"

"Loads of stuff. To start with, Salazar Slytherin isn't the evil git everyone thinks he is. He apparently had a muggle wife. Then there was the bit about me having to kill Voldemort." small shudder "and that was about it, unless you're interested in hearing the advice Salazar gave me?"

"What was it?"

"He told me to make a basilisk. He said they were inherently good, and only did bad things because their masters were bad. He said to use some of the power I 'inherited' to expediate the process."

"He said WHAT!"

"Yeah, he said that another 'good' basilisk would be something to put my talents to. Since I'm a parsletoung and all."

"I don't know if that's such a good idea. What if it got loose and hurt people?"

"But it wouldn't hurt people because it's good. And since I can talk to it, it'll know that killing isn't good."

"Well, I'm still not entirely convinced, but I know you'll probably do it anyway."

"Yeah, you're right. So… how do I do that?"

"I'll help you with it later. What are we going to do now?"

"I really don't know. What do you think of going to see Dumbledore one more time? He said to come see him later."

"Yeah I guess. Maybe I'll ask him about the other three people in my vision."

"Lets go."

"Harry, miss Chang, how nice to see you. I wasn't expecting you for some time." Professor Dumbledore said as they walked through his door.

"Well, you said you wanted to see me," said Harry "and Cho has some questions for you too."

"Do you, Miss Chang? Well, I will do my best to answer them."

"Well, uh, I had a dream before we came back here that said I was Rowennas' heir. It also showed me and Harry meeting some people. Seven of them. Four of them were the founders of Hogwarts, who we just sort of met while we were unconscious, but I want to know who the other three were."

"So, you met the founders, did you? Am I correct in assuming it was simply their images, engraved in this building into which they poured their hearts and souls?"

"Uh, yeah, they said they were just memories hanging around Hogwarts." said Harry.

"I have often felt their presence on lonely nights. Miss Chang, could you describe the other three people to me?" asked Dumbledore.

"Well, it was two men and a woman. The girl had purple- blue hair and a white robe. The older man had gray hair and a silver robe. The last guy was dressed funny for a wizard. He looked like a muggle. He had on a sleeveless white trench coat, and his hair was spiked up green with silver tips. The oddest thing was they all seemed to fit with each other. Do you know who they are?"

Dumbledore slowly stood up and turned around. He rummaged around in his cupboard for a minute before producing his penseive. He set it on his desk and waved his hand over it. An image of the three people floated to the surface, all of them standing together in Dumbledores' office.

"Would this be the ones you seek?" asked Dumbledore. Cho nodded. "I thought so. This is the new defense against the dark arts teacher I hired, Jacob Devro, along with his daughter Susannah and his adopted son Kian Parker. They will be assisting in teaching some of his advanced classes. Specifically, fifth years and up. Now, do you have any further questions? No? Then I suggest the two of you go to bed. You've had a long exhausting day. Goodnight." Professor Dumbledore showed them out of his office.

Harry was nearly back to his common room when he realized Cho was walking next to him. In the opposite direction of her common room.

"Cho, what are you doing?"

"Well, it gets really lonely in the Ravenclaw dorms at night. Can I stay with you?"

"Uh, y-yeah sure." Harry gulped. She was going to stay with him. In his dorm? W-where in the tower were you planning to stay, exactly?" Harry asked, his voice just barely beginning to squeak.

"I already said. With you." They arrived at the Fat Lady and she simply swung open to admit them. Harry walked in silence all the way up to his dorm. Cho followed him. When they got there, Harry pulled his trunk from his pocket and placed it at the end of his bed. Surprisingly, Chos' trunk was just inside the door. She rooted around in it a moment before disappearing off to 'the bathroom'. Harry put on his pajamas quickly and climbed into bed. He wasn't going to pull the curtains until Cho came back. When she did, he was struck speechless. Cho was wearing a pink satin nightgown that went to her mid- thigh, which she filled out very nicely. She deftly slipped into bed next to Harry. "What's the matter? You act as if you've never had a beautiful girl climb into bed with you before."

"I uh, well …er, it nev-, no, I haven't." Harry said. Cho instantly went as pink as her nightgown and began her own round of stammering.

"I-I'm so sorry, I didn't, I mean, I thought you would've, I'm sorry Harry." She started to get out of the bed when something finally clicked in Harrys' head.

"No, Cho, stay with me. It's nice. Just laying here with you. Please. Stay." Harry said. Cho slid back into bed next to him.

"Yeah, it is nice." she said. The two of them snuggled closer to each other and drifted off to sleep. And for the first time in months, Harry slept soundly through the whole night, not moving once.

When the pair finally woke early the next afternoon they just lied there, content to hold each other. No words needed to be spoken to know that each forgave the other for everything that happened the last year, and that they were each willing to try it again. They finally dragged themselves out of bed and cleaned up. Then they headed down to lunch.

"Ah, Harry, Cho, so nice of you to join us at last." Said Lupin from the staff table. He was sitting with Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall, along with Madam Pomfrey. "I trust you both slept well?" he asked. Harry and Cho mumbled some and grabbed food to eat back in the common room. The rest of the day they lounged around and talked, sharing stories from their pasts. At night they would drift off to sleep in each other's arms, never going any further than good night kisses. At this pace, two weeks passed fairly quickly and September first rolled around. Nervously, Harry and Cho waited, hands clasped, in the hall waiting for the return of the other students. As the clock struck six, the doors to the great hall creaked open…

A/N: Hey, any of you ever had a whole ton of files just vanish off your computer? It sucks. This chapter would have been up sooner were it not one of said files that up and disappeared before I got it saved to disk. Anyway, thanks for the patience. Unfortunately, I wouldn't count on more than maybe two updates over the summer. Damn summer camp. I'll post as soon as I get the chance. Sorry! And just to let you know, even if I don't get another chapter out before book six comes out, I plan to continue the story.

J or the Blind: Okay, I was wrong. I'm man enough to admit it. But maybe if I'd gotten my book five back recently, I wouldn't have made a mistake. Stupid 'friend' hasn't given it back. But, whatever, you're right. Yes, Harry will get a basilisk of his own, sometime soon, and no, no freed dementors until spring in the storyline.

The Brave Godric: Ding ding ding, you got it. The founders Harry and Cho met were memories of the founders, clinging to the castle. Sort of like ghosts, only more corporeal and less visible (if that makes sense). So, they have been there ever since the founders passed on, watching and collecting knowledge from each age they pass through. So naturally, language customs would get picked up. And about Salazar; I'm sick of him constantly being portrayed as an evil git. If he helped found the school he cant be all bad. So I sort of turned him into a kindly uncle figure.

Dragon Sword Master: Yeah, well, this one took longer. And so will the next few. About Rowenna, I type it on my computer with two n's, but when I upload to it looses an n for some reason. Not a real big deal, but annoying. Thanks for the compliments.

ZeroX1999: Sorry you feel that way. Personally, I think I should speed it up, but it comes as it comes. And just because Harry has the power doesn't mean he knows how to use it yet.

Frozenwands: Glad you like my story. Your saying it's believable means a lot. Thanks.

To all my other reviewers, thanks, keep 'em coming. Next Chapter gets into classes as all the other students are back.