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Chapter 9

 "In case you are wondering, I'll not go through that incident with you today. I feel that that is something which is to be done only after you regain your strength." Dumbledore continued. "I'm here today not as you-know-what, but as your headmaster Harry. Miss Chang you should be listening to this also. I have here two letters, one for each of you, and I think their contents will make the both of you very happy."

Dumbledore then stood up and walked over to them, and handed them 2 letters.

"If you read the letters, it will tell you that you have been officially made Head Boy and Head Girl respectively by the school." Dumbledore continued. "Normally Professor McGonagall makes these trips to inform the chosen students about what to do, but she's quite busy planning something for your coming year and this old man have to do the job himself. I also question the need for a letter when a professor would already have to go down himself to discuss some details of the job, but that being tradition, I shall not oppose it."

"I'm Head Boy!" Harry smiled weakly; he would have chuckled out loud if his body had allowed it, but currently his body was still lead-like and other then simple movements of turning his head or talking, he was unable to do anything else. He also noticed Cho staring at Dumbledore, apparently in shock.

"But…" Cho seem to have thrown off her shock and started. "I thought only prefects can become Head Boy and Head girl? And both I and Harry weren't prefects. And Harry is only in his 6th year. And…"

"No Miss Chang." Dumbledore interrupted, chuckling to himself, seemingly very happy with himself for being in charge of such a thing. "If you would just calm down and let me explain, you will understand everything."

"Now as I was saying." Dumbledore started again. "Normally these two posts will only be offered to 6th year prefects who are entering their 7th years. But this year, due to Voldemort's return, I wanted students who had experience handling sadness due to his actions to lead our students."

Harry, after hearing this, had expected Cho to start crying over Cedric again but surprisingly, it didn't seem to have a big impact on her.

"Anyway this isn't the first time a 6th year or a non-prefect had the job, so I'm sure the both of you will be able to handle the job well." Harry tugged himself back into reality and continued to listen to Dumbledore. "As Head Boy and Head Girl the both of you will share a common dormitory, which also have a common room normally used for prefect meetings. Only the two of you will be allowed into the dormitory and I think the both of you are mature enough to stay in one room together."

Remus, who had been sitting silently in his chair, gave a chuckle. Harry stared at Remus and started blushing. "Share a room with Cho?"  Harry turned his head towards Cho and saw that she was blushing crimson also.

"In the letter you will find a list of things you can do as Head Boy and Head Girl, as well as the things you and the prefects need to do during school." Dumbledore continued, smile apparent on his face. "I expect the two of you to read the letter carefully before going to school. And that concludes the matter."

Dumbledore then peered at both Harry and Cho over his glasses, and seemed to be waiting for questions. Harry just looked back at him, mind still torn between the happiness of being appointed Head Boy, and the thought of being with Cho in the same dormitory. After a few minutes of silence, Harry decided to ask Dumbledore a few things which were on his mind since he woke up.

"Professor…" Harry started, only to have Dumbledore cut him off.

"Albus, Harry"

"Albus" Harry muttered, uncomfortable about calling the greatest wizard of his time by his name. "I just want to know… How did I survive? I thought I was hit with the killing curse?"

"Ah yes… It seems you will not be deterred from talking about the incident…" Dumbledore replied. "Sixteen years ago, you became the first person to survive that curse… And now, you had survived the same curse again… Why…?"

"We have a few theories in our minds…" He continued after a short pause. "I originally thought that the protection your mother gave you when she died… was so pure… that even a curse that evil was unable to touch you… I can't be sure about this theory…"

"Yes…" Remus started. "But I can't help but notice that at that point of time, you have been emitting a strong magical aura… I feel that it is related to how you survived…"

"Ah yes…" Dumbledore spoke again. "The feeling of pure power… Tonks and Kingsley were going on about trying to stun a person who portrayed only a feeling terror and power, only to have their spells waved away easily by that person…"

"Yeah…" Remus chuckled. "We threw the stunning spells together, aiming at the three standing figures we saw… Tonks was going on about that person being Voldemort after he just waved away the five or so stunning spells with a wave of his wand."

"And Alastor was telling a different story about that person deflecting his own reflected spell for him after it was reflected from Bellatrix protego spell…" Dumbledore chuckled together with Remus. "The way the whole rescue team was arguing about that person being Voldemort or not…"

The room was suddenly very lively; the combined chuckles of Harry, Cho, Remus and Dumbledore would give the image of a small party being held in the room.

After a few minutes, Dumbledore stopped laughing and looked at Harry, making him stop laughing in turn, which stopped all laughter. Harry looked at Dumbledore, expecting him to say something.

"You know what this means Harry?" He asked.

"No? I have no idea what you are talking about."

"It means…" Remus answered for him. "That person who emitted the aura… Why it is you Harry."

"You're joking." Harry replied, looking around for support. "How can I be portraying as powerful a image as Voldemort portrays? Cho was there… Cho… Tell them it wasn't me…"

Cho just remained silent, staring at the floor.

"Now Harry." Dumbledore started again. "Without a doubt, that person is you. Miss Chang here told us that she saw you emitting the aura just feet away from her."

Harry just stared at Cho. "What? How can this be?"

"It seems that you magical powers are growing fast Harry. Although your skills may still be low, the incident shows that you may have potential that is equal to Voldemort, if not higher." Dumbledore stood up and began walking around. "That's if what the eye-witnesses say is true… Perhaps with some more training, you may become as powerful as Voldemort is…"

"This brings us to another possible theory Harry." Remus started again. "It may be possible that your magical powers during that time became so much more powerful then Peter's, his spell was rendered ineffective."

"But personally, I think that it would be a combination of both to repel the curse." Dumbledore continued. "The spell was not fully ineffective against you, but it had no doubt sapped you of your strength. Poppy had run tests on you and she concluded other then a lost of strength, you did not suffer any other injuries…"

Dumbledore broke off, apparently buried in his thoughts. The silence lasted a few minutes before Dumbledore broke the silence with an exclamation.

"Oh I forgot all about this…" He started, bending down over Harry's trunk. Standing up, Harry saw that he was holding the two rings Cho had found just now; the rings that Remus gave him.

"Ah… this rings…" Dumbledore swept over to his bed. "These rings are from your parents Harry, passed down to your dad by his mom, your grandmother."

"My grandmother?" Harry injected. "So this is not the Potter's heirloom?"

"Yes, this is not the Potter's heirloom." Dumbledore chuckled. "This is the heirloom of the Gryffindors."

Harry heard Cho gasped. He stared at Dumbledore, who is now just beside him, mind thinking about the words that had just been said.

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Reposted to change the Harry's description by Remus more specific. What I meant is to look and feel like Voldemort, not as powerful as him. Thanks to slate07 for pointing it out.

Boring chapter uh? Think I'm going to hasten the arrival of the school term in this fic before I lose my supporters. I'm still trying to determine what to reveal of the plot to you guys at this point of time… Never thought that 1 conversation would be stretched to 3 or more chapters… anyway hope you guys like it. Remember to Review!

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