For the next three and a half months, Harry worked harder than he ever had
before. He had been told he didn't need to do homework, and he barely ever
got to see his friends, except at meals and classes.
Harry became a full fledged animagus, and he passed his apparition test with flying colours. (a/n who cares if he's too young? Not me!) he kearned many new defensive and offensive spells, and worked really hard at occlumency (a/n spelling).
Finally, on April 30, Harry was ready to go. He just had to say his goodbyes, and go get changed. After much crying from Hermione and a very green look from Ron, Harry decided he needed to go find Cho. He searched the entire school for her; he even asked Professor Flitwick to check the Ravenclaw common room. But he couldn't find her. He decided to go say goodbye to Hagrid.
"'Arry!" Hagrid boomed when he opened the door. "Great teh see yeh!"
Harry gave him a hug. Hagrids great smile faded away, and his black eyes looked scared. "Be careful." He said, as Harry trieed to pry Fang off of him.
"It's alright, Fang, I'll be back soon!" he said as Fang howled. "Smart dog, isn't't he?" He laughed. "Bye, Hagrid."
Harry left the small wood cabin, as Hagrid was now crying too much to talk to. It was getting late, and Harry still needed to find Cho.
He got an idea. "Accio maurader's map!" a moment later, a small piece of paper flew into his hand. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." Harry whispered, tapping the parchment. He looked over it, trying to find Cho's name. He saw, finally, a small dot name "Cho Chang" in the astronomy tower.
He ran up the tall staircase to the tower three steps at a time. It was getting late.
"Cho?" Harry said, coming to the top of the stairs.
"Harry!" she turned and looked at him. "Come sit down!" Harry sat beside her. He could tell she had been crying, but he didn't say anything about it.
"You know, Cho, we still haven't had that date we planned on Christmas. In fact, we have barely even talked. Promise me that when I get back, we'll take that date, whether we're allowed to or not?" Harry asked.
Cho looked down, and Harry could see tears fall on to the floor. She nodded.
"Look, Cho. It's almost curfew, you should probably get out and patrol for students out of bed. I'll walk you to the Great Hall, or something. She told him that she was not on duty tonight. Harry nodded.
'Won't you be caught?" She asked. He realized she didn't know exactly when he was leaving.
"No, I'm leaving in an hour." He paused. "I'm going to miss you. I'll be back in a month, though." They were almost at the Ravenclaw common room.
"Promise me you won't get hurt?" Cho asked quietly.
"No."
Cho looked shocked at his answer, and tears welled up in her eyes. She blinked them away.
"I can't promise I won't get hurt. That would be impossible. But I can promise I'll come back. Is that fair?" they had reached the common room.
"Bye, Cho. I will come back." He gave her a hug. It felt so good, holding her. She was so warm, and she just melted into his arms.
"Excuse me, Cho, but I would really like to get back to my common room before I get in trouble. I'm not allowed to be out all night with someone, even if you are. Would you mid moving?"
They pulled apart. Alan was standing in front of them, glaring at Harry. They stepped away, and Alan walked in the door.
"Good bye, Cho." Harry whispered. He turned, and ran. He didn't want to stop until he was far enough that he wouldn't turn back. He ran all the way to his dorm.
What he didn't know, was that Cho was still standing in front of the door, crying, when he reached his dorm.
He walked to his trunk and pulled out all the stuff Lupin had sent him. He needed to be extra careful when he was traveling, because the order couldn't spare anyone to come and get him. When Harry found out he wasn't apparating, he was worried. Dumbledore had explained that there were spells to find out where people had apparated, and they didn't want anyone to trace him.
Harry changed into the clothes that Lupin had sent, full of pockets and completely black. He put his wand in his belt, and in his rucksack he put his invisibility cloak, his firebolt, he sneakoscope, and some robes. Moody had even supplied him with a gun for his travels, just in case. He shuddered when he touched the cold metal of it, but he strapped it on.
"Where are you going, Harry? You'll get in trouble if you go somewhere! There are Dementors outside the school walls!"
the other sixth year boys walked in as Harry was packing his socks.
"Yeah, mate, where are you going?" Seamus asked.
Harry looked at them. They all looked so happy, except Ron, who was very quiet, and still very pale. "Very far away. I'll be in more trouble if I stay here. I'll miss you guys."
Confused, they followed him downstairs. Harry guessed that the entire house was sitting in the common room. He marched past them all , and turned around at the portrait hole. Everyone was watching him silently.
He looked around the room at them. Some, his innocent first years, looked excited, but the older students seemed to understand that he was doing something above them all.
He took a deep breath. 'I wish you all luck on your studies. Work hard, and stay out of trouble. Dumbledore has too much on his mind right now to deal with mischievous students."
They were still staring at him. "I hope I'll see you all here next year, every single one of you."
He walked out the door.
He walked slowly to the Astronomy tower, where he was leaving from. Just at the foot of the tower, he met another student. He sighed. It was Pansy Parkinson, the sixth year prefect for Slytherin.
"ooh, Potty!" She squeaked. "out of bed after curfew? We'd best take off, oh, fifty points from Gryffindor! And explain what you were doing out at this hour!"
Harry walked around her, but she persisted. Suddenly, a voice carried from the top of the tower.
"100 points from Slytherin for questioning a teacher."
Pansy blanched. Dumbledore's voice continued. "Please return to your dormitory, Miss Parkinson."
She huffed a bit, but skulked away. Harry climbed the stairs.
"Are you ready to go?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, sir. I'll se you on May 31." With that, he changed into his animal form and flew away.
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Well, we know his animal can fly.what is it??? (like I said, its predictable)
Thanks for all the review, but keep going! Now, I have to go write an English essay!
"I like going south. Somehow, it always feels like I'm going downhill."
-unolimboe H
Harry became a full fledged animagus, and he passed his apparition test with flying colours. (a/n who cares if he's too young? Not me!) he kearned many new defensive and offensive spells, and worked really hard at occlumency (a/n spelling).
Finally, on April 30, Harry was ready to go. He just had to say his goodbyes, and go get changed. After much crying from Hermione and a very green look from Ron, Harry decided he needed to go find Cho. He searched the entire school for her; he even asked Professor Flitwick to check the Ravenclaw common room. But he couldn't find her. He decided to go say goodbye to Hagrid.
"'Arry!" Hagrid boomed when he opened the door. "Great teh see yeh!"
Harry gave him a hug. Hagrids great smile faded away, and his black eyes looked scared. "Be careful." He said, as Harry trieed to pry Fang off of him.
"It's alright, Fang, I'll be back soon!" he said as Fang howled. "Smart dog, isn't't he?" He laughed. "Bye, Hagrid."
Harry left the small wood cabin, as Hagrid was now crying too much to talk to. It was getting late, and Harry still needed to find Cho.
He got an idea. "Accio maurader's map!" a moment later, a small piece of paper flew into his hand. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." Harry whispered, tapping the parchment. He looked over it, trying to find Cho's name. He saw, finally, a small dot name "Cho Chang" in the astronomy tower.
He ran up the tall staircase to the tower three steps at a time. It was getting late.
"Cho?" Harry said, coming to the top of the stairs.
"Harry!" she turned and looked at him. "Come sit down!" Harry sat beside her. He could tell she had been crying, but he didn't say anything about it.
"You know, Cho, we still haven't had that date we planned on Christmas. In fact, we have barely even talked. Promise me that when I get back, we'll take that date, whether we're allowed to or not?" Harry asked.
Cho looked down, and Harry could see tears fall on to the floor. She nodded.
"Look, Cho. It's almost curfew, you should probably get out and patrol for students out of bed. I'll walk you to the Great Hall, or something. She told him that she was not on duty tonight. Harry nodded.
'Won't you be caught?" She asked. He realized she didn't know exactly when he was leaving.
"No, I'm leaving in an hour." He paused. "I'm going to miss you. I'll be back in a month, though." They were almost at the Ravenclaw common room.
"Promise me you won't get hurt?" Cho asked quietly.
"No."
Cho looked shocked at his answer, and tears welled up in her eyes. She blinked them away.
"I can't promise I won't get hurt. That would be impossible. But I can promise I'll come back. Is that fair?" they had reached the common room.
"Bye, Cho. I will come back." He gave her a hug. It felt so good, holding her. She was so warm, and she just melted into his arms.
"Excuse me, Cho, but I would really like to get back to my common room before I get in trouble. I'm not allowed to be out all night with someone, even if you are. Would you mid moving?"
They pulled apart. Alan was standing in front of them, glaring at Harry. They stepped away, and Alan walked in the door.
"Good bye, Cho." Harry whispered. He turned, and ran. He didn't want to stop until he was far enough that he wouldn't turn back. He ran all the way to his dorm.
What he didn't know, was that Cho was still standing in front of the door, crying, when he reached his dorm.
He walked to his trunk and pulled out all the stuff Lupin had sent him. He needed to be extra careful when he was traveling, because the order couldn't spare anyone to come and get him. When Harry found out he wasn't apparating, he was worried. Dumbledore had explained that there were spells to find out where people had apparated, and they didn't want anyone to trace him.
Harry changed into the clothes that Lupin had sent, full of pockets and completely black. He put his wand in his belt, and in his rucksack he put his invisibility cloak, his firebolt, he sneakoscope, and some robes. Moody had even supplied him with a gun for his travels, just in case. He shuddered when he touched the cold metal of it, but he strapped it on.
"Where are you going, Harry? You'll get in trouble if you go somewhere! There are Dementors outside the school walls!"
the other sixth year boys walked in as Harry was packing his socks.
"Yeah, mate, where are you going?" Seamus asked.
Harry looked at them. They all looked so happy, except Ron, who was very quiet, and still very pale. "Very far away. I'll be in more trouble if I stay here. I'll miss you guys."
Confused, they followed him downstairs. Harry guessed that the entire house was sitting in the common room. He marched past them all , and turned around at the portrait hole. Everyone was watching him silently.
He looked around the room at them. Some, his innocent first years, looked excited, but the older students seemed to understand that he was doing something above them all.
He took a deep breath. 'I wish you all luck on your studies. Work hard, and stay out of trouble. Dumbledore has too much on his mind right now to deal with mischievous students."
They were still staring at him. "I hope I'll see you all here next year, every single one of you."
He walked out the door.
He walked slowly to the Astronomy tower, where he was leaving from. Just at the foot of the tower, he met another student. He sighed. It was Pansy Parkinson, the sixth year prefect for Slytherin.
"ooh, Potty!" She squeaked. "out of bed after curfew? We'd best take off, oh, fifty points from Gryffindor! And explain what you were doing out at this hour!"
Harry walked around her, but she persisted. Suddenly, a voice carried from the top of the tower.
"100 points from Slytherin for questioning a teacher."
Pansy blanched. Dumbledore's voice continued. "Please return to your dormitory, Miss Parkinson."
She huffed a bit, but skulked away. Harry climbed the stairs.
"Are you ready to go?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, sir. I'll se you on May 31." With that, he changed into his animal form and flew away.
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Well, we know his animal can fly.what is it??? (like I said, its predictable)
Thanks for all the review, but keep going! Now, I have to go write an English essay!
"I like going south. Somehow, it always feels like I'm going downhill."
-unolimboe H