Disclaimer: I don't own "Harry Potter", it is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. I wrote this story when I was 11-12 years old and between the years 2001-2003, so the actual "Order of the Phoenix" had not been released yet. Errors in spelling and grammar have been purposely left in to preserve originality and my skill as a young writer. This story is complete. This is a repost.

Chapter Twenty: The Return

As they got closer, they could see hundreds of witches and wizards looking for them. One saw them in the sky and pointed up. The wizards below thought that they were Voldemort. Each of them raised their wands and sent stunners towards them.

"Uh oh." Said Harry.

"We're not going to make it Miss and Harry Potter, sir!" Dobby exclaimed.

Cho had her eyes closed and was chanting. She was in a trance. White light was shining around her and a white crystal orb was floating in her hands. With a final chanted word, the crystal orb turned into a crystal shield of light. The stunners faded into the shield, making it stronger. Cho and Harry flew their brooms down slowly. They reached the ground and Cho's shield disappeared. From behind, a jet of purple light hit her. Voldemort had followed them without knowing. He had obviously figured out that Harry and Cho had escaped. Cho had fallen to the ground, blood staining her shirt. She gasped in pain. She reached her hand over her shoulder and saw the blood on her hand. Shakily she stood up again and she took out her wand Harry did as well. The witches and wizards followed suit also. Cho murmured something no one could hear then screamed at spell at Voldemort. Her voice echoed on the silent grounds. A great burst of wind picked up and blew Voldemort into the air. He steadied himself. The wind blew harder. It howled and screamed, and blew and blew. Voldemort still remained. Then the wind blew so hard that everyone got blown somewhere. Then at last, Voldemort was blown away. The witches and wizards rejoiced.

Cho hadn't healed her wound and it was bleeding freely. The blood stained nearly the entire back of her shirt. She fell to the ground again, but did not get up. She was still alive, but nearing her end. Harry was by her side. Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey strode onto the grounds and saw Harry holding Cho's bloodstained hand. Madam Pomfrey shook Harry off of Cho and turned her on her side and conjured some bandages and a stretcher. Harry, Cho, Madam Pomfrey, and Dumbledore briskly walked into the Great Hall towards the hospital wing. All of the students were in there waiting for the outcome of the search. They saw Harry and were about to run and greet him, but then they saw Cho lying on the stretcher with bandages wrapped around her back. The students gasped. And Akira knew that it was Voldemort. She ran towards Harry and walked with Harry to the hospital wing.

"What happened?" Akira mouthed.

"I'll tell you later. It's a long story." Harry whispered.

Akira nodded and continued walking with everyone else to the hospital wing. They reached the door and Cho was immediately taken to a bed in the room. Madam Pomfrey drew the curtains around the bed. She removed the shirt Cho was wearing and put it in a silver basin to soak in. She removed the bandages and started healing the bleeding wound in her back. She put new bandages on Cho's back and secured them at her chest. She found a spare shirt that fit Cho and put it on her.

"You may visit her now." Madam Pomfrey said, pulling the curtains back, allowing Harry and Akira to see Cho lying on the bed, staring at them all.

Both of them walked forward and took seats next to her bed on either side.

"What happened?" asked Akira.

"Voldemort…he attacked me…from behind…" Cho answered in a whisper.

"Does it hurt?" Harry asked in concern.

"A little bit…but not as much…" Cho replied.

Harry reached for Cho's hand and grasped it. Cho looked at him and tried to pull herself up. Harry gently pushed her back down.

"Rest now. We'll see you in the morning." Harry whispered in Cho's ear.

Cho nodded. Harry kissed her forehead and talked to Madam Pomfrey and then he came back to Cho's bed.

"I'll be staying here with you until you're ready to leave." He said.

Cho face brightened and she smiled. Harry sat back down in the chair he was in and stroked Cho's hair. Soon Cho fell asleep.

Akira had left an hour after Cho had fallen asleep. She knew that her sister would be safe with Harry there. Harry was still awake and was keeping watch. He was quite tired. Cho had awoken and noticed that Harry was awake.

"Harry, you're tired. Sleep. Besides, if anything does happen in the night, Voldemort wouldn't try it since Dumbledore is here." Cho said, making Harry jump slightly.

"You're supposed to be asleep!" Harry replied.

"Well, I would think it's impossible for anyone to stay up a whole night when they look as tired as you do." Cho stated.

Cho motioned Harry to come out of his chair and pick a bed.

"I'm staying in yours. I don't want to be too far away, if anything bad should happen. I want to be close by." Harry said.

"Fair enough," Cho replied. "Just don't try anything…" she added.

Harry laughed and said "You'd think that I would try something like that?!"

"Well, all the boys that have been after me ever since I came here would've died to be where you are now." Cho responded.

"Well I'm not those other boys that go after you for looks." Harry said.

Madam Pomfrey stumbled out of her office and saw both of them awake.

"Quiet both of you! Miss Chang, you should most definitely be sleeping and trying to recover from your injury. Potter, you should be sleeping and not engaging the patient in conversation! Don't make change my mind about you staying here! It's nearly 3:00 am!" Madam Pomfrey said strictly.

"It's my fault that we're both awake. I had woken up and seen Harry awake and I started talking to him." Cho admitted.

"Miss Chang, I would've expected better from you. But both of you go to sleep!" Madam Pomfrey scolded.

She walked back into her office and blew out her candle. Harry took his shoes off and climbed into bed next to Cho. Both fell asleep and didn't wake until at least ten o' clock in the morning. Akira was sitting on the bedside holding two trays of food.

"It's about time you both woke up! I've only been holding your food trays for an hour!" Akira said sarcastically.

Harry sat up and helped Cho do the same. She winced with pain, but managed to sit up. Akira handed both of them their breakfasts. Cho's had a small potion bottle on it.

"What's this?" She asked when she saw it.

"It's medicine. It's so your wound can heal faster, by sealing it. It decreases the amount of pain you have too." Akira answered.

"Good enough for me!" Cho exclaimed, draining the tiny bottle.

She started coughing and gagging.

"That stuff tastes…HORRIBLE!" Cho gasped, drinking half of her orange juice.

Together all of them laughed. Cho picked up her fork and started eating. Harry had started eating while Cho had taken her medicine and nearly choked on the food he was about to swallow.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Harry asked Akira.

"I already ate." Akira replied.

Harry and Cho continued to eat and finished their breakfast and a house-elf, Dobby came and whisked their plates away.

"Anything else you will be needing? If so, Dobby can go get it!" Dobby asked.

Everyone shook their heads no.

"Call Dobby if you need anything. Dobby will come straight away!" Dobby said, bowing and opening the hospital wing door and left.

A minute later, Hermione and Ron came in, their arms full of sweets and get well cards.

"Hi Cho! You feeling better?" Ron asked.

"Yeah. Loads." Cho replied.

Hermione looked at Harry and Cho sitting in the same bed together for a second, reached the nearest bedside cabinet, and put everything on it.

"That is so heavy!" Hermione said.

"What the hell is all of that?" Cho exclaimed.

"Get well cards from all of the Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, and this one will amaze you, a few Slytherins gave you some too. I personally took them to Dumbledore to see if they were jinxed, and they're not…Oh yeah, the candy here, just so you know, Fred and George sent some over, so you've been warned." Hermione replied.

Cho reached into the pile of sweets and pulled out a Canary Cream. She recognized it, and tossed it to Akira. "Here! Eat that one!" she said to her sister.

Akira unwrapped the candy, took a bite into it, and swallowed it. She instantly turned into a large, yellow-feathered bird. After a minute, she returned to normal and Akira was keeled over on the floor laughing her head off. There were yellow feathers everywhere they looked.

"Free quills!" Akira joked.

She picked up a handful of feathers and gave one to each of them. She had one herself, and put it in her robes. They all laughed and Cho curiously grabbed one of the get-well cards from the Slytherins.

"'To Cho: I hope you feel better soon! –Draco Malfoy'" Cho read aloud, nearly choking.

"Malfoy?!" Ron exclaimed.

"Malfoy has a crush on Cho!" Akira teased.

"Shut up!" Cho said.

Cho grabbed a stack of the cards and started sifting through them.

"From Oliver; From Ryan; From Melly; From Justin; From Ernie; From Crabbe; From Goyle; From Mandra; From Fred; From George; From Patrick; From Aaron; From Chris; From Simon; UGH! The list goes on!!!" Cho muttered, sifting through the cards and reading the names of who had sent her all of it.

Cho threw a few of them on the floor and made a small pile on the floor.

"I don't even know who half of these people are!" Harry and Cho said in disgust.

"Here, those on the floor can be returned to the sender." Cho said.

The door opened. In stepped a Slytherin with gray eyes and blonde hair. Draco Malfoy.

"Hello. I see you've received your fan mail. Any of it worth looking at?" Malfoy asked, smiling at Cho.

"He's freaking me out!" Akira whispered into her sister's ear.

"Get out." Cho said.

"Why? I just wanted to visit you!" Malfoy said, somewhat pleadingly.

"Get out!" Cho said, her voice rising.

"No. I think I'll stay for a while…Keep you company…" Malfoy responded.

"I don't want your company here! You aren't welcome! Now get out!" Cho shouted at him.

Malfoy stepped closer. Hermione, Ron, and Akira surrounded the bed that Cho and Harry were on.

"Out of the way Mudblood! You too, you Muggle-loving fool! And who are you?" Malfoy shouted at them, but once he saw Akira, he stopped shouting.

"Me?" Akira asked, pointing to herself.

"Yes you! Who else?" Malfoy replied.

"I am Akira Chang. Cho's younger sister. I will not let you hurt my sister!" Akira said defensively.

"Stand aside, little girl!" Malfoy yelled.

Akira did not move. Neither did Ron or Hermione. Malfoy shoved his way past all three of them. He outstretched his arm, grabbed Cho's wrist, and pulled her off the bed. She fell on the floor.

"Oww!!!" Cho moaned.

Malfoy pulled Cho to her feet and she tried to struggle and fight back. He held on tightly to Cho's wrist. He had a strong grip. His Quidditch training certainly made him less weak, he was able to fling Ron across the room at Harry when he was trying to save Cho. Malfoy continued to grip Cho's wrist, nearly cutting off her circulation. Then Harry finally reached Malfoy and pulled his hand off Cho.

"Are you ok?" Harry asked.

"Somewhat…just in pain…that medicine is wearing off…" Cho replied.

Malfoy was getting up. Cho was filled with anger and pain. She gave Malfoy a good kick and he went across the room, spitting out a bit of blood.

"You should have left this place when I told you to." Cho said.

Harry looked at Cho, only it wasn't her. It was Rowena Ravenclaw. Malfoy sat up and ran out of the hospital wing.

"I think you can go back to your dormitory now, Miss Chang, after such a display." Dumbledore said quietly.

"Professor! I didn't know you were in the room!" Cho exclaimed.

"Do not worry, I am not mad at you or Harry. What you did was in defense. Mister Malfoy is the second heir of Slytherin. Voldemort is the first. Because Voldemort has Death Eaters, one of which being Lucius, the first born child from any of the Death Eater's wives would be the second heir if Voldemort were killed somehow. Mister Malfoy was born first. Voldemort was just using him as a puppet, just now. Oh yes, there is a Quidditch game in two days. Since Oliver Wood has left the team and graduated from Hogwarts, Harry, you are captain. We could use some chasers for Gryffindor as well…Use a time turner if you need extra time to practice." Dumbledore explained to them, then handed them a small chain with an hourglass hanging from it.

They nodded. Dumbledore promptly left.

"I'll play the position of a chaser. I've missed Quidditch so much!" Cho said.

"I'll be a chaser too!" Akira piped up.

"And I'll be the last chaser." Hermione said.

"Ok. We need a keeper…" Harry said.

"That'll be my job, Harry." Ron said.

"Ok, we've got a full team. Now, we've got to get some Quidditch robes for you. And we've got to train." Harry said.

They nodded.

"Ron, go get Fred and George. Have them meet us on the field and one o' clock. I'm going to book the field. Akira, stay here with Cho in case that rat Malfoy comes back." Harry ordered.

"You mean, ferret…" Hermione said.

"Yeah…whatever…that ferret Malfoy…Ok, Hermione, you can get the Quidditch robes. Talk to Madam Hooch." Harry said.

He found some parchment lying around and scribbled a note to Madam Hooch giving Hermione permission to get the robes. He handed it to her, gave Cho a quick kiss, and went out the door. Ron and Hermione followed.

Akira remained and said to her sister "There's no better cure than playing Quidditch!"

Cho nodded and stayed silent.

Harry went to Madam Hooch in the Great Hall and talked to her about booking the field. She took out her chart and today the field was free. So the field was booked. Harry went to return to the hospital wing with Cho but Hermione was there and saw Madam Hooch.

"Oh! Sorry, Harry…I didn't know you were there!" Hermione exclaimed in surprise.

She went around Harry to Madam Hooch and started talking to her. Harry spotted Ron talking to Fred and George. Both twins were looking quite serious and nodded each time Ron had finished a sentence. Then the twins rose from the table, saw Harry, and clapped him on the back.

"Great job on making Gryffindor captain, Harry! We're going to see that beautiful Quidditch Cup again, this year. Oliver's going to be proud!" Fred complimented.

"We're both going to get our Quidditch robes and stuff. We'll see you at one o'clock!" George said.

Hermione had disappeared with Madam Hooch and returned with an armload of Quidditch robes.

"Need help with that?" Ron asked.

"Yes, please." Hermione replied in thanks.

"Here, Harry, take some. That way we can just hold them over our shoulders." Ron said.

Harry nodded and took a Cho and Akira's robes. Ron was holding his own robes and Hermione was holding hers. Together the three of them walked into the hospital wing and saw Akira and Cho waiting for them patiently. Cho smiled when she saw Harry.

"We've got your robes." Harry said.

He handed Akira her robes and Cho hers.

"Do you have a broom, Akira?" Ron asked.

"I sure do! I may not be a Firebolt, but it suits me! I've got a Nimbus 2003. Even faster than Malfoy's cheap Nimbus 2001!" Akira replied.

"Well you all need to change into your robes and get your Quidditch things." Harry said, leaving the wing and dragging Ron out.

Both disappeared from the hospital wing and the three girls changed into their robes. Harry and Ron went to the boy's dormitory and changed into their robes. Harry opened his trunk to see Cho's things in there and the note she had left. He grabbed his Firebolt and was about to walk out the door when he saw Cho in her scarlet and gold Gryffindor robes.

"I need to get my broom too. And Akira's as well." Cho said. "These robes are…different…but I guess I'm used to wearing blue and bronze…"

"Well they suit you nicely. Feeling any better?" Harry asked.

"Yeah. I'm better. I can't wait until I set foot onto that field! At least it was the training grounds and not the field that was torn up yesterday!" Cho replied with mild enthusiasm.

"It's ten to one. I'd better let you go and get those brooms or you'll be late for practice." Harry said.

"Yeah, well see you in ten minutes!" Cho responded, opening the girl's dormitory door.

Luckily no one was in there and Cho quickly got her Firebolt and her sister's Nimbus 2003. She bolted out the door and onto the field.

Walking into the Great Hall, she was surrounded by admirers and friends asking if she was all right. She pushed her way through them and ran onto the grounds. With a minute to spare she made it onto the field. Everyone was already there, stretching their limbs. Harry had brought out the chest that held the four Quidditch balls. He threw a Quaffle at Akira. She missed from the sudden surprise of having a large object thrown at her.

"Oops! Sorry Harry!" She exclaimed.

"Complete focus. Being a chaser requires complete focus. You have to make sure you keep an eye on the Quaffle, the rest of the team, the goal posts, and the keeper." Harry explained to Akira, Hermione, and Cho.

All three were listening intently.

"You've got to get the hang of catching it and tossing it to one another. Fred, George, help Ron on keeper skills. After all four of you have learned the basics, I'll be putting you to the test. You will have to try to get the Quaffle past Ron." Harry continued. "Now, mount your brooms. Hermione, I have one for you, so don't worry. Mount them, kick off, and go over to the goal posts. I'll fly up there and toss it to each of you. So let's get started!"

Cho, Akira, and Hermione flew up and waited patiently by the goal posts. Harry opened the trunk, pulled out the Quaffle, mounted his broom, and flew up next to Cho.

"Ok, I'll call each of your names and when you hear your name, whether you're paying attention or not, you will have to catch the Quaffle. I'll do some mini-scenarios also. But first we'll start with catching…Hermione!" Harry said, then he threw the Quaffle at Hermione.

She held out her hands and she caught the ball.

"Good. Now pass it back to me." Harry said.

Hermione threw back the Quaffle.

"Akira!"

She almost missed again, but did a small loop and caught it, then threw it back to Harry.

"Cho!"

She caught it easily and did a few dives and loops for fun before handing it back to Harry.

"Spread out a bit, all of you, let's try catching from further away."

They moved away about eight feet from each other.

"Akira!"

She caught it and tossed it back to Harry.

"Cho!"

She caught it as well and flew up to Harry and handed it back to him.

"Is this really necessary? Because I am getting bored." She asked him.

"Ok, we'll move on to the mini-scenarios…" Harry replied.

"Hooray! I'll actually be able to fly on this field!" Cho said with sarcasm.

They moved onto the scenarios and they were doing so well one would have thought that they had been chasers for years. Ron was doing well too. All four of them had done very well for their first day of practice. They headed to the castle and went to bed, all of them too tired to eat dinner.

Cho had made a full recovery by the next day. The two days between practice and the day of the match flew by. The match was scheduled for 10:00 AM. On the day of the match, Harry was growing nervous.