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Chapter 4: Intruder and Catching Up
Harry, Albert, Hermoine, and Ron appeared in the Order of the Pheonix headquarters at number twelve Grimmauld place. Ron said, "I thought only the secret keeper could tell the location of this place."
Harry replied, "Technically, I haven't told anyone anything. Either way, I'm the owner, I'm sure there's an exception in the fidelius charm for the owner."
"Harry's right Ron. My question is, were you even thinking about that when you lead us here?" asked Hermoine. Admittedly, he didn't but Harry nodded with a sure look on his face and that was enough to convince Hermoine.
All of a sudden, there was a loud crashing sound from right in front of them and before anyone else could react, Harry and Albert had their wands to each other's throats. "Put the wand down. This is my house, and that's an order." said Harry.
"Easy there, I mean no harm, I just took my wand out to the direction of the noise. There, you see, my wand is away." Albert put his wand away and Harry turned around to face the direction the noise came from. A body was on the floor and everyone remained silent until Hermoine said,
"Cho? Cho Chang? What are you doing here?" Then Kingsley Shacklebolt appeared from the kitchen and said, "Do you know her?" Harry replied, "Yes. She can stay." Kingsley nodded his head in consent and they all followed him and sat in the dining room. For a while, no one was talking much until Harry said, "So what are you doing here Cho? Better question, how did you find this place?" Cho smiled and answered,
"I was walking around after apparating to this place accidentally, I was trying to get home. Then I found this piece of paper. It said the headquarters for the Order of the Pheonix can be found at number 12 Grimmauld Place. I figured this had to be Grimmauld Place, and decided to explore and try to find this place. At first, all I saw was number 11 and 13, but I looked down at the paper then looked up again and there it was. I walked in and started to look around but when i got to the kitchen, this man attacked me and that's when you saw me on the floor. That's about all ther is to it."
There was another silence and after what seemed like much thought, Harry said, "Well I guess by now you've figured out that this the headquarters for the Order of the Pheonix. But, I bet you didn't know that this is also my house. I don't appreciate trespassers but since you are a friend, I guess i can make an exception." Cho smiled and said, "Thanks Harry. I'm kinda tired, so would it be okay if I stayed for the rest of the night?" Harry nodded and Cho left the room.
Albert was watching Cho as she spoke and found himself quite infatuated by this Cho Chang. Harry, Ron, and Hermoine then turned and began to have a deep conversation with the man called Kingsley. When she left and no one else was looking, Albert slipped out of the room and followed her. "So, do you know where you're going or are you just winging it?" "For the most part, I'm just winging it. The way I see it, I get to find out some stuff about the house I'm staying in for the night." Cho responded. Albert raised one of his eye brows and walked a little bit closer to Cho, so that he was looking almost completely down at her. He said, "Would you mind if I helped, in looking for a room for you to sleep in?" Cho blushed a little and said, "I would like that, as a matter of fact, very much."
When Harry, Ron, Hermoine, and Kingsley were done catching up on what was happening at the battle of Hogwarts, they were all extremely tired. Kingsley announced that he was gong home and Ron slumped in his seat. Harry thought 'Hopefully I can finally have a normal life... Well, normal as possible for my situation.' Hermoine broke the silence saying, "Did anyone else notice that Albert is gone? He was just right next to us, now where is he?"
Harry sat up apprehensively and started to look around. He had a feeling that Albert hadn't gotten too far and started to look around the house until he found a sight that made him kind of happy, but at the same time longing for Ginny.
Hermoine and Ron ran over to where Harry was and gasped. Albert let go of Cho and Cho jumped back and faced Harry, Ron, and Hermoine. Cho looked nervous and said, "Oh my God Harry, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to disrespect your house, I'm sorry." "It's okay Cho I don't mind at all, I'll just go to my room and you can continue, really I've got no problem with it." Harry replied. Albert stood there with his arms crossed, an unreadable expression on his face, but with a little bit of warmth in his face. His electric blue eyes reflecting a bit of long over due happiness, with a little bit of regret and again that unreadability. Ron, Hermoine, and Albert looked at Harry, and Harry and Cho at Albert. He said, "No, really, it's ok, i really don't mind." Harry started to think, 'Electric blue eyes? No way, just like'...