Chapter 6

A/N: You've probably noticed that I don't write chapter by chapter. Sorry. Every time I add pieces to the story or finish the chapter, it won't say that I've updated it. Only when I write a new chapter, it will show up. Anyways, thanx for all the kind reviews. I'll try my best to write longer chapters. I don't know if Harry is a bit out of character, . we'll see won't we?

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~* Harry's Thoughts *~

'Wow she loves me. I can't believe it!' Harry's head repeated that thought for a while until another thought popped in his head. 'Then why won't she go out with you then?' No matter how he hated that thought, he just couldn't come up with an answer to properly explain it. He finally decided that she just needed some time to get over Cedric's death. That theory was partially true.

~*Cho's Thoughts*~

'Oh Cedric, I'm really sorry but there's a connection between Harry and me.' But another voice said: 'The connection could just be the friendship.' 'No it's something more.' 'Who's face do you see before you drift to sleep?' 'Well, it used to be Cedric, up until a month or two ago. But now it's almost always Harry. Besides Cedric pasted away, of course I would think a lot about him.' 'If Cedric was to return, whom would you go out with?' Cho tried to shake off that thought. 'There's no way Cedric can return.' 'Harry spoke to Cedric after he had died, something similar to that could happen.' Cho was really too tired from all the excitement that day that she just drifter off to sleep in her personal bedroom.

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The sun shone onto Harry's bed and awoke him. Harry searched for his nightstand with his hand.

"Damn it! Where are my glasses? Ron! Have you seen my glasses?" Harry shouted automatically. There was silence, except some birds chirping outside.

Then it had struck him that he was no longer sharing a room with Ron, or any of the other boys in Gryffindor. Slowly he began to remember last night's events. He had confessed his love for Cho, and asked her out. They shared a kiss, she said that she loved him but had no answer for his question yet.

He checked his watch, the random broomsticks on his watch magically floated together to form 9:07 AM. Harry swore. He quickly got dressed and tried to flatten his hair. He had to look presentable in front of Cho, Dumbledore and the other teachers now that he was Head Boy. 'Why won't this hair stay down?' No longer has he said the words and his hair instantly lay neatly on his head. He looked around searching for a person who might've done that. He looked down and saw that his necklace, the one that Dumbledore gave him yesterday, was glowing. 'Cool, this thing can groom me.' Harry thought.

Harry ran down the endless marble staircases to suddenly remember that his necklace can transport him anywhere within the castle. He shouted his destination and was once lifted by an invisible force and dropped back down on the Ravenclaw table. He landed uncomfortably on the table to find Cho sitting two chairs away from him. She looked up and grinned at Harry, who forced a smile back.

"Good morning Harry!" Cho said cheerfully as she helped Harry get off the table.

"Good morning Cho." Harry leaned in to kiss Cho. She was rather surprised but enjoyed it all the same.

"You do know that we aren't officially together, YET right?" Cho said playfully stressing the word yet.

"I know, but I hope we will be soon." Harry breathed into her ear, Cho giggled.

"Kiss me again, and I'll tell you." She replied, half laughing. She knew for sure that she was going to say yes. She thought about it this morning. She was pretty sure. But when Harry kissed her, she no longer had any doubt that she would be that man as long as she could.

Hagrid walked in right when the newest couple of Hogwarts were kissing and cleared his throat loudly. The two immediately broke away from each other and hopelessly attempted to straighten their robes to avoid having to look at Hagrid.

"How's the newest couple o' Hogwarts doing. Goin' steady?" Hagrid asked.

"Well, technically we're not a couple yet. She never gave me an answer." Harry now faced Cho hoping for an answer.

"Of course I'll be your girlfriend, silly." Cho said and gave her (now official) boyfriend a peck on the cheek, not wanting to openly kiss Harry in front of Hagrid. Harry's eyes were saying 'Is that all?' Cho mouthed 'Later.' And Harry nodded somehow being able to understand Cho's thoughts. He didn't think t o much about it then.

"And Hagrid, to your question. We are going steady." Cho replied. Harry grinned.

"So I can expect to be er' uncle soon, eh?" Hagrid teased.

Cho and Harry both shouted "Hagrid!" outrageously.

"Anyways, what were your original intentions for coming over here Hagrid?" Cho asked changing the topic. She knew if they spoke more of it, it would turn out bad.

"Oh yeah, Dumbledore an McGonnagal wants ter' see yer' two in Dumbledore's office, something about a speech. Yer' better go now. He sent me a while ago. Sorry, but I totally forgot what I was supposed to do when I saw yer' two kissin' like mad."

They blushed again. They nodded to each other and disappeared into thin air.

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~* Dumbledore's Office *~

"Albus, do you really think we should tell them? I mean, they're just kids. Who knows how they will handle it?"

"Minerva, I made the same mistake many times. If I told Harry about the Prophecy in the first year, he would've been better prepared for Voldemort, and not have risked Sirius' life. Never underestimate that boy's power. He has been through more than 10 men added together. He successfully escaped from Voldemort five times. No one else has been able to survive him even once (except me). He is as ready as a boy will ever be."

Cho and Harry both were set on the floor in front of Dumbledore's desk. Cho landed gracefully on her feet, Harry wasn't so lucky.

"Good morning, professor McGonnagal, Albus." Harry said politely, brushing off his robes. Cho followed suit.

"Good morning! Did you have a nice sleep?"

"Oh yes professor Dumbledore!" Cho replied.

"We have two matters of importance to share with you. Minerva?"

Professor McGonnagal opened a piece of parchment and read it silently.

"I just stumbled across this piece of paper yesterday. It states that the Heads usually open the school year with a speech together with the Headmaster. We never knew that, but we've decided to follow the long forgotten tradition anyways. Especially because you both are a year younger than normal Heads, professor Dumbledore suggested that we give you more acknowledgement." Prof. McGonnagal said in a monotone voice. "I want you two each to prepare a speech welcoming students, new and old; back to Hogwarts and acknowledge that you two are Head Boy and Head Girl before the feast tonight. Preferably, the speeches should be around one minute each."

Harry looked at the professor with great awe. He had one day to prepare a speech in front of the whole school. He was going to make a fool of himself. Cho merely just nodded. She seemed perfectly fine of the idea, even a little excited. Dumbledore gave the two youngsters enough time to process the task just given to them before proceeding to the next one.

"The next thing I'm going to say will probably shock you, Harry." Dumbldore said calmly. Harry listened attentively.

"Harry there's one thing I didn't tell you last year when I told you about the prophecy."

Cho looked a bit confused. Harry read her mind once again and replied mentally: I'll tell you about it later. Cho was surprised that she heard that but was not planning to interfere what Dumbledore was about to say.

" Why was the prophecy about a boy who could defeat Voldemort, you might've asked. As you know Tom Riddle is the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin. You, my friend, are the last descendent of Gryffindor. Your father was the great-great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great-grandson of Godric Gryffindor."

Silence. Harry just stared at the Dumbledore, then stared at the sword of his great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- grandfather.

"Harry, that's the power within you, the power that can defeat Tom. Gryffindor and Slytherin had a personal conflict that caused Salazar Slytherin to build the Chamber of Secrets and to move out of Hogwarts."

Harry Potter, the Heir of Gryffindor, picked up Gryffindor's sword, suddenly a flood of energy overpowered him, flowing into his body from the touch of the sword. A golden aura erupted around him. He felt like the mightiest being on the face of the world. He felt the urge to finish Voldemort in honour of Godric Gryffindor and all his descendants, including his father, James Potter.

Cho watched as Harry received all that power. She knew that he was the one to defeat Voldemort. A tear fell from her eye. But then a thought sparked in her mind.

"Professor, there's only one thing I don't understand: Why is Harry's last name Potter, and not Gryffindor?" Cho asked.

"Same reason, why Tom's name is not Slytherin but Riddle. Along the way, there was a girl Gryffindor, when she married a man, the child's name would become the husband's. If I'm not mistaken, Maria Gryffindor married a certain James Potter Jr, about 300 years ago."

"Ah." That was all that was said by Harry since he first received the news. He had just drifted back to reality. The news was just overwhelming. It all made sense now, when he first chose his wand, or rather the wand chose him, red and gold sparks flew out of the wand (Gryffindor colours). Also, he pulled out the Gryffindor Sword out of the Sorting Hat. His shield, that protects him from spells, isn't it also gold? Now he understood, those weren't just coincidences, they were pointers to Harry's ancestors.

Harry now was getting drowsy, unaware of his surroundings. He heard distant voices, and saw blurred faces. Then . everything became black, total darkness. He had fainted.

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Harry woke up in the Hospital Room. The first thing he saw was his girlfriend, standing beside his bed.

"Cho?" Harry asked softly. His voice was barely above a whisper.

"Harry! You're awake. I was so worried. Madame Pomphrey said that you were just exhausted after the Power Transport. The students will arrive in about two hours. Will you be fine for the feast?"

"Yeah, I'm ok." Cho gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Cho, is he power transfer what happened to me when I touched the sword?"

"Yeah, I don't know too much about it though. You have to ask Dumbledore."

"What about the speeches? I haven't prepared yet!"

"It's ok. Dumbledore said that he would just talk on our behalf."

Harry couldn't resist it. He just felt like giving Cho a long, passionate kiss. That's exactly what he did. She was a little surprised. "Not here Harry!" but she gave up, and kissed him back with the same passion. Madame Pomphrey caught the two this time.

"Out! Out! Out!" She had screeched. "You seem to be healthy. Go smooch somewhere else! The students are about to arrive anyways. Go greet the first years! Now! They'll be here any moment now! Out! Out!" She shooed them away.

Harry and Cho ran out as fast as they could, laughing and holding hands. When they stopped halfway down the marble staircase to catch their breath. Cho suddenly slapped Harry across the cheek playfully. "That was the first time a teacher has been mad at me in ages."

"You should get used to it. Now that you're spending time with me." Harry kissed Cho once again. She pulled out of the kiss.

"I really think that we should go help Hagrid fetch the first years. He said there would be a whole bunch this year."

The sun was in the process of setting. The reflection upon the lake was truly beautiful. Both stared at it, Harry's arm around her shoulders. They just stood there for what seemed like eternity until the first boats appeared along the horizon. Moments later, the first carriages pulled up to the station, Ron and Hermione stepped out followed by Ginny and Neville.

~* I'm gonna stop here. Started writing Ch7. Expect the first part out still tonight. The rest will follow tomorrow (or the day after). Thanx for all the reviews!*~