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Authors notes: Ok I'm not a great writer I just really like H/C fics and there aren't that many people that write them :(. So here's my pitiful attempt at a piece of writing. This should be a Romance and sort of action/adventure in the later parts.


Harry Potter and The Dark Lord's Apprentice
Part 1.



Harry Potter was back from his fourth year at Hogwarts. Unlike previous summers Harry did not have the same amount of energy to fight with his uncle or with Dudley. It had been one month since his uncle had picked him up from the train station. The summer had been very uneventful so far except for the little voice in the back of his mind reminding him of the third task.

"It's your fault." "You killed Cedric." "It's your fault the dark Lord is back. People will die because of you. Their blood is on your hands."

This little voice was driving Harry out of his mind. He needed some one to talk to, but his uncle was not exactly what you would call understanding.

"Boy, Get down here now!" Uncle Vernon had been very cruel towards Harry since his return from Hogwarts. Harry figured that this was his uncle's way of getting revenge for the fireplace incident last summer with the Weasleys.

"Coming." Harry called from his room. Harry had to admit that it was nice having his uncle scared to death of his Godfather. Having a fugitive for a relative provided certain… perks. Harry went down to the kitchen to get his breakfast. As usual, it was a very small portion of grapefruit. Harry made a mental note to write his friends and ask for some real food.

Harry and the Dursley's finished their breakfast in silence. Harry went back to his room ready to go through another day of total boredom. Harry had just sat down to write his letters when he heard a tap on the window. He opened the window and saw a small owl flying around rapidly.

"PIG!" It was his best friend's owl. Harry's Godfather had given this small owl to Ron in the end of their 3rd year. Harry gave Pig a cup of water he had next to his bed and sat down at his desk to read the letter.

Dear Harry,

Hey great news, Dumbledore said that you can come and stay with us the rest of the summer as soon as you like. Please write back ASAP and we'll be there whenever you like.

Your friend Ron

PS: Hermione is going to be staying with Ginny for the rest of the summer. She bagged the trip to Bulgaria for…… certain reasons. I'll tell you when you get here.


This was the best news Harry had heard all summer. He wrote back a short response and attached the letter to Pig.

Dear Ron,

Pick me up tonight around 11. My aunt and uncle should be asleep by then. I'll leave them a note.

Harry

PS: NO FLOO POWDER!!!

Harry hurried over to catch Pig and get him on his way as soon as possible. Harry could not imagine staying in the pit of despair any longer than he had to. He walked over to the window and put Pig on his way. Harry figured it would take the small owl at least 3 hours to get back to Ron's, and it was only 10:00 AM right now, so he would have plenty of time. By 5 o'clock harry was packed and ready to go to Ron's. Seeing as it was only 5 he figured that he could take a little nap before his friend arrived. As Harry was falling a sleep he felt a relaxing mist come over him. He found himself in a dark room with a set of eyes peering in at him from the shadows. The figure stepped out into to the light making Harry gasp for air.(A/N: I thought about leaving it here but I'm not that mean.)
From out of the Shadows came Cedric Diggory.

"Harry, I need to talk to you." Ceidric said soothingly.

" I thought… I saw… How?" Came these confused words out of Harry's mouth.

"Yes Harry, I am dead. But I need to take care of some things before I leave this Earth. Cedric said.

" So… You're like an Angel?"

"Yah, I Guess you could say that."

Timidly Harry said, "Ok so what is it that you needed to talk to me about?"

"Ok I'll start from the beginning. Cedric said. " Last year right after the first task we had the Yule Ball."

"Yah, I remember" Harry grumbled at Cedric.

Cedric continued as if he hadn't heard Harry. " As you know I asked Cho to the dance. The thing that you don't know is that she never really liked me in the way that I liked her. As soon as I was told that I needed to find a dance partner she was my first thought. It took me 3 days to get up the confidence to go and ask her. I couldn't figure out why it was so hard to ask her, she was two years younger than me and I was a school champion. When I finally got up the nerve to ask her I was sadly disappointed. She told me that she was kinda hoping' that you would ask her to the dance."

"Really?!?" Harry jumped in.

" Yah really. As I was saying… She told me that if I wanted to wait I could ask her again in a couple of weeks, and if you hadn't asked her then she would go with me. As I later found out, you didn't ask her until just a few days before the dance. By then I had asked her a second time and she had reluctantly accepted. It was not the most gratifying way to get the girl you like to go with the dance with you, but I went along with it. As the rest of the year went on Cho and I became very close friends, but nothing more than that, to my displeasure. Before the Third task I had agreed with her to get you to ask her out on a date. I knew that this wouldn't be hard because it was extremely obvious that you had a crush on her. Cho and I resolved that after the third task we would have me take you to the side and either congratulate you on your win or tell you that you did well. Then Cho would come up and ask you out right then and there."

" Well as you know I never made it out of the third task." Cedric said softly.

" I never knew any of this" Harry whispered. "So what should I do?"

"That's why I'm here. I have been watching Cho all summer. All she is doing is staying in her room and crying. She only comes out to eat occasionally. Her parents are worried sick. They think that Dumbldore corrupted her by telling her of the Dark Lords arising, but that is not the case at all. She is crying because she can't cope with the fact that I'm dead and that she thinks that you hate her now."

"Why would she think that???" Harry exclaimed

" There are two big reasons. First of all she thinks that you hate her for breaking your heart. She could tell when you asked her to the dance that you really liked her. She felt so bad because she had already said yes to me the day before. In her mind you don't care about her anymore because of the act Cho and I had put on to set you two up. The second reason she thinks that you hate her is because of all the rumors about you killing me."

" I NEVER SAID THAT SHE BELIEVED THOSE!!!!!" Harry yelled.

" Don't tell me that, tell her"……………….


Harry woke up right then. He did not know all of what to with this newfound information, but he did know one thing…. He had to talk to Cho. He jumped out of bed, ran over to his desk and wrote and Owled a letter to Cho. It said:

Dear Cho,

Hi Cho, It's Harry. I think that we really need to talk I'll be at my friend, Ron Weasley's house for the rest of the summer. Please owl me there and I will meet you any time any place.

Love,
Harry

Harry was then left to contemplate the meaning of this encounter with Cedric until it was time to be picked up by Ron.


A/N: OK how did you like it?? I know that it was really confusing and needs a lot of editing but besides that was it good? If you want to volunteer to be my editor then leave your e-mail address in your review and I'll contact you. This will be a long series so watch for the next ones. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WON'T POST THE NEXT ONE UNTILL I'M SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT OF REVIEWS.