Rain: hehe. Don't kill me! I beg of you! I just haven't been able to write recently!

Ron: yeah, yeah.

Hermione: I've got a question.

Rain: how very nice for you.

Harry: +_+

Angel: (giggles)

Hermione: (obliviously) when are we going to show up?

Rain: I'm not entirely sure. Sometime after Harry gets some of his new powers, I suppose.

Ron: why only then?!

Rain: well, I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with you.

Hermione: what is THAT supposed to mean?

Angel: it means she doesn't know what she is going to do with you. See, she reads all kinds of Harry Potter fic's. From evil Harry, to nice Malfoy, to evil you two.

Hermione: oh . . .

Rain: and just want to remind you, that in Harry Potter, baby unicorns are gold. Just one of those facts that stuck in my mind.

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Morgana Magi Lady of Light: it is, er, undecided how they will react.

athenakitty: all will be explained in due time, young grasshopper.

(Harry: +_+ who's the maniac who gave her sugar?)

Makotochi: she is 5. She might be a bit smart for her age, but I have a 4 year old sister who's doing basic math already . . .

Shadow Mage: you'll see!

Cestrel: go ahead! But make sure to send me a review and tell me when you start it and/or update, I wanna read it!

Charlie26: thankyou!

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Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, the fantastic writer who was crazy enough to kill off Sirius . . .

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***Change of time/place***

/Thoughts/

"Speech"

(me interrupting and/or adding information) * * *

"HAAAAAAAAAARY! Wake UUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPP!" this was the second time he had been woken up by a sweet but annoying voice. He wasn't sure whether he liked it or not.

"Morning, Angel." He said, stretching.

"Morning, Harry." She replied, bouncing on his bed.

As they walked down stairs, (Harry walked; Angel skipped) she asked, "What are we going to do today?"

"Well, I want to stop by the library. No, don't look at me like that. I'll get some books and you can practice flying while I read them. The teachers won't show up again." He had had a long talk to them about it and, well, let's just say they wouldn't do it again and leave it at that.

She considered it for a moment before saying, "Okay!" just as they reached the great hall.

When Angel saw the teachers she ducked behind Harry. Harry merely waved at them before sitting down at the Gryfindor table (the only table there) and they began to eat.

After they were done with breakfast (Angel forced Harry to eat something; breakfast was NOT his favorite meal of the day) they stopped by the library.

(Hmm. This chapter's pretty dull so far; better speed things up a bit)

Harry was just going to get the books he wanted when Brenna (the Raven) came swooping in, screeching.

Thanking the fact that Madam Pince was on vacation, Harry quickly put down his book and walked over to where Brenna had landed on the table in front of Angel.

Holding out his wrist Brenna hopped on to his arm, still screeching.

But Harry didn't hear screeching. Instead he heard, 'Quick! Get down to the forest, there's a boy there and he's bleeding to death!'

Harry didn't bother to find out why he could understand Brenna. Instead he grabbed his broomstick, and jumped out the window to hover.

"Angel, go get Professor Dumbledore and tell him-"

"That there is a boy who's hurt."

Harry nodded and took off, glancing back just in time to see Angel grab her broom and fly through the halls.

Making a mental note to compliment her on her quick thinking Harry took off after Brenna keeping up with her as best he could.

He tumbled off his broom right in front of the forbidden forest he stumbled in as fast as he could and came to sudden stop in surprise.

Draco Malfoy lay on the forest floor, blood pooling around him and unconscious.

Brenna pecked Harry's head, hard. 'Don't just stand there, help him!'

Obediently Harry pulled out his wand and cast a healing spell. Poppy would do a better job but at least this would stop the bleeding long enough to get him to her.

"Wingaurdium Leviosa." He muttered floating Draco off the ground.

Then, after thinking it through quickly, he got on his broom and began fly them both towards the window that he knew belonged to the hospital wing.

After getting them safely through the window, he floated Draco onto a bed at the same time calling out, "Poppy! Poppy!"

She came bustling out a moment later saying, "Oh Harry, what have you done now- oh my goodness!"

She ran over to Draco and began casting spell after spell. Harry just hung back, watching her work.

"What's going on?" asked Albus, striding into the room with Severus and Minerva behind him and Angel several paces behind them, Jethro (the griffin) and Star on her heals, Alana on her shoulder, Sly (the snake) around her wrist and Zeke (the badger) in her arms.

As soon as she saw Harry, however, she ran past them and hopped into his lap. Jethro laid down next to them, Alana flew onto Harry's shoulder, Sly rapped around his neck, Zeke hopped down to sit by Jethro, and Angel scooped up Star.

'God Harry, can't you stay out of trouble?' asked Jethro.

'It's not my fault. How can I understand you anyway?' Harry responded the same way. They didn't actually speak aloud; it was more like they spoke with their minds.

'You mean most people can't speak to animals?' asked Angel, confused.

'No, they can't. It's a special ability called the Speech.' Said Brenna, kind now that she wasn't panicked.

'Greeeaaaaaaatt. Another one.' Harry moaned silently, causing Angel to stifle a giggle.

'Another what?' asked Zeke interestedly.

'Another one. Surviving Voldemort, speaking Parstle tongue, Magic, wandless magic . . .'

'Wandless Magic?' asked Jethro.

'Yeah, I discovered it this summer.'

'Have you told anyone?' asked Sly quickly.

'No, I want to use it on Voldemort.'

'Good.'

Now Angel spoke up. 'Who's this Voldy guy you keep talking about?'

'Voldemort is a powerful dark wizard, and the one who sent those Death Eaters after you.' Spoke Alana.

'Oh . . .' was all Angel said as she leaned back into Harry's arms.

A long groan snapped them all out of their conversation and instinctively Harry snapped his head over to see made it.

He was surprised to see that it was Draco, with Poppy standing over him and Severus sitting beside him, he had started to wake up. Minerva had left and Albus was standing next to Severus, who looked worried.

Harry, thankful that he and Severus had put aside their differences and become pretty close to friends asked, "How is he?"

"He should be okay. I think I know who did this, though."

Harry winced. He * knew * who had done this, because they were the reason that he and Albus were not on the best terms. And from the look on Severus's face, he knew, as well.

You see, in the beginning of the year Harry and Albus had had a huge argument about whether or not Draco should go home. Severus was the only one besides them who knew the argument had taken place. Harry had known that Lucious Malfoy would do this, and tried to prevent it. Albus had refused.

Harry hadn't spoken to him for three weeks.

Now, as he looked over at Draco, who still looked bad even with all the spells cast on him, he decided the Albus deserved at least another week of the silent treatment. Even Harry couldn't have guessed Lucious would go this far.

"Unngg." Draco muttered, opening his eyes.

"Draco, are you alright?" asked Severus, and Harry nearly snorted.

Of course he wasn't alright!

Carefully placing Angel on the chair, he walked around the bed and placed a hand on Severus's shoulder. He calmed slightly.

"Who saved me?" asked Draco, still squinting in the light.

"Harry did, Mr. Malfoy. Do you know where you are?" asked Albus gently.

"Well, Hogworts would be my first guess. And what do you mean Potter saved me? Potter's at those Muggle relatives of his."

"It's not very well known, but I'm staying at Hogwort for the summer." Said Harry, letting his presence be known.

"Potter?" asked Draco squinting at him.

"Yes Malfoy?"

"Why is there a Silver Phoenix on your shoulder?"

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Rain: okay, here's the deal. I had all of the couples planned out, nice and neat.

I've forgotten them.

So, you, the reviewers, get to vote. Here are your options:

Harry/oc

Harry/Ginny (I might not do this in any case, I haven't liked it very much recently . . .)

Harry/Draco (yes, I do slash)

Hermione/Ron

Hermione/Krum

Hermione/oc

Ron/oc

I will NOT, I repeat, will NOT do Harry/Cho. I just can't do it. Never have, never will.

Review and Vote please!