Hehe…Sorry I took so long to update. I was making it longer. Oh yeah, the first one to answer the questions was Miss Aurelia. Aensland, I am so sorry but she was the first. Maybe you can still appear. What do you say?
Chapter 4:
"You still know your daggers, Harry?" Rei asked as they stood near the lake, after classes with Rei holding a few daggers.
"Of course I do," replied Harry.
"Think fast," Rei said, throwing a dagger at Harry.
Harry caught it and in just a split second, he threw it at a tree a hundred feet away from them.
"Go take it out, Harry," ordered Rei
He went to get the dagger and saw, as he drew near, that he had hit the center of a carving of a heart. His eyes widened as he saw the initials inside the heart. H.P. and C.C. Harry shook his head to make sure he was seeing clearly. The carvings were gone. Must have been my imagination, he thought to himself.
"What's taking so long?" Rei ran over to him and stopped as he reached the tree. "Here, let me take the dagger out since you seem content on just standing there."
Rei tried tugging it out but it didn't budge. He tugged harder but it still wouldn't move.
"Er…maybe you should go research some curses in the library while I take this blasted thing out," said Rei.
"Have fun trying to get it out," Harry said with a grin before heading back to the castle.
~*~*~
"Damn blasted book," muttered Cho as she tried to reach for a book on the top shelf in the library.
Someone reached up to get it and offered it to her.
"Here you go," came the voice Cho knew all too well.
Cho turned and found herself gazing into the emerald green eyes of Harry Potter.
"Thanks," said Cho, trying to stop her hand from shaking as she took it from him. "What are you doing here? I don't normally see you in the library."
"Oh, I'm just acting under the order of…Hermione," said Harry, shrugging. "I'm supposed to research curses."
"For what?" asked Cho.
"Who knows with Hermione?" Harry said with a smile.
Cho giggled as Harry took some books out of the shelves. They sat down at a table and put their books on the table none too quietly. Madam Pince gave them a glare before returning to her work.
A few minutes into reading nothing but the first few lines of 'Curses and Jinxes', Harry looked up and also found that Cho could not concentrate.
"Um…Cho, would you like to go practice Seeking or something?" asked Harry.
"Sure. I was getting pretty bored with this Astronomy book, anyway," said Cho, standing up.
"You like Astronomy?" Harry asked as both of them exited the library, Madam Pince getting ready to kick them out.
"One of my favorite subjects," replied Cho.
"Well, I don't think we can play Quidditch with our school robes so why don't we head back to our dorms and change?" suggested Cho.
"Good idea. So I'll meet you at the pitch in ten minutes?"
Cho nodded before heading to the Ravenclaw Tower.
~*~*~
After changing into normal clothes (a shirt and jeans), Harry took his Firebolt and a key out of his trunk. He headed for the door but then stopped, suddenly getting a crazy idea. He had a crazy grin on his face when he headed to the window. His Firebolt in one hand, he jumped onto the windowsill (the window is really big) and looked down. Surprisingly, he didn't feel any fear.
"Harry," Ron said as he walked into the dormitory. His eyes widened as he saw Harry on the ledge. "What the bloody hell are you doing?!"
~*~*~
"He's not going to do it, is he?" Destiny asked, eyes wide.
"He's a Potter, Destiny. What do you think he's gonna do?" said Fate.
"He's gonna do it," nodded Destiny.
~*~*~
Harry flashed Ron a grin before jumping. He let himself fall 30 feet before really getting on his broom. He was still grinning when he flew toward the Quidditch Pitch. That had felt great. Maybe he should do that more often. He did some loops and cork screws as he headed for the Pitch, feeling at ease in the air.
Beautiful music coming from nowhere suddenly made Harry stop mid-flight. He looked around, trying to find the source. There was nothing around him that could have made such music. He shook his head before continuing toward the Pitch.
~*~*~
"What even made you question that he wouldn't do it, Destiny?" asked Fate, leaning on the well and looking at Destiny, who had plopped down on the grass.
He shrugged.
"I guess he's more like James than I thought," he said.
"Speaking of James, why'd he chase after Lily so much?" Fate asked curiously. "You should know, by the way."
"Well, I think James just wanted to have a little challenge. Lily was probably the only girl in Hogwarts that didn't drool over him, which is why he frequently chased after her," said Destiny. "But then, in his sixth year, he finally got it through his thick skull that Lily was special and that he loved her."
Fate smiled.
"That was one of your brother's more brilliant plans, Destiny," she said.
"Hey! I suggested that to him," said Destiny.
"Uh-huh. Right," said Fate.
~*~*~
Cho looked up as she heard Harry's Firebolt speeding toward her with Harry on it. He stopped a few feet off the ground beside her, wearing a smile that now made all the girls swoon.
"Hey, where did you come from?" asked Cho with a smile.
"Gryffindor Tower," answered Harry.
Cho raised an eyebrow. She shrugged before mounting her broom and flying to Harry's level.
"Ready?" asked Harry.
"What are we going to use for a Snitch?"
"Oh, yeah. Forgot about that," said Harry.
He jumped down and ran to the Equipment Room. He came back out a minute later putting a key into his pocket and the Snitch in his hand.
"How did you do that?" inquired Cho.
"I'm Team Captain. Professor McGonagall gave it to me," Harry replied, getting back on his broom.
"You never told me you were Captain," said Cho.
"I'm the team's secret weapon," Harry whispered as if it was a big secret.
"Don't overestimate yourself, Potter," Cho muttered, rolling her eyes.
Harry grinned.
"Shall we get started, Miss Chang?" he asked, the Snitch still in his hand.
Cho also grinned and nodded.
Harry let go of the Snitch and both of them gave it a minute's head start before flying after it.
~*~*~
"You are such a prat, Harry," Cho said as they landed an hour later.
Cho had won four out of five in their game of Seeking.
"W-What?" asked Harry, a bit surprised.
"You heard me. I won because you weren't concentrating," said Cho, giving him a small glare.
"Sorry," Harry ran his hand through his windblown hair. "I just have a lot on my mind." He had been thinking of the carving he had seen on the tree an hour earlier.
"How about a rematch tomorrow?" suggested Cho.
"I'd like that a lot but I'm holding tryouts for the Chasers and Beaters tomorrow," said Harry.
Cho frowned and Harry expected the worst.
"I thought your team already had Beaters," said Cho.
Harry almost sighed in relief that Cho didn't get mad.
"Ah, well, Katie said they quit just after the final match last year…" Harry trailed off, remembering that Ron had said Cho had thrown her broom.
Cho blushed at the memory.
"I-I'm sorry about that particular match. It's just that---" she started to but Harry cut her off.
He would have thrown his broom, too, if he had been under as much pressure as Cho probably had been.
"You don't need to explain. I understand," he said with a smile.
They stood in comfortable silence until someone invaded the silence.
"Harry!" Ginny called as she walked onto the Pitch. "My idiot brother's been searching the whole castle for you."
"He saw the broom in my hand. Where else would I go?" Harry muttered dryly.
Ginny stopped in her tracks when she saw Cho.
"Oh, hey, Cho. I hope I'm not interrupting anything," said Ginny.
"You're not," Cho assured her.
"So why was Ron looking for me?" asked Harry, as if he didn't know.
"Oh, yes, about that, would you mind telling me why you jumped off a tower?" Ginny asked with a raised eyebrow.
Cho also raised an eyebrow and looked at Harry.
"You jumped off a tower?" repeated Cho.
Harry grinned sheepishly as he ran his hand through his hair.
"I was looking for some excitement,"
~*~*~
"More like looking to get yourself killed," muttered Destiny as Fate fed the birds around them.
~*~*~
"More like looking to get yourself killed," Ginny said under her breath.
Harry smirked as Cho giggled.
"So where's Ron now?" asked Harry as they started to walk back to the castle.
"Knowing him, he probably got himself lost with his horrible sense of direction," replied Ginny.
"True," nodded Harry.
"I have to go. My friends are probably looking for me," said Cho once they had reached the Great Hall.
"Well…um…bye," said Harry.
"Bye, Cho," said Ginny.
"Bye, Harry. Bye, Ginny," Cho waved at them before heading to her House's tower.
~*~*~
"What's taking them so long?" groaned Destiny.
"What's taking them so long to what, Destiny?" asked Fate, looking up from feeding the birds.
"They're taking so long to get together," said Destiny.
He sighed and sat down beside Fate.
"Patience, Destiny,"
"So when do you plan to get them together?"
"I don't know. Maybe early November," Fate replied with a shrug. "But I'm not entirely sure that they'll become a couple then,"
"Why aren't you sure?" asked Destiny.
"You should know by now, Destiny," sighed Fate. "I don't control their lives; I just give them clues as to what they should do. It's their choice to follow the clues or not."
"Ah, okay. Didn't know that," said Destiny.
"You don't know anything, Destiny," teased Fate.
"Shot straight through the heart," Destiny said with a mock hurt expression and a hand to his chest.
Both of them laughed.
~*~*~
Harry looked at the stars as he lay down on the flat part of the roof, with the Marauder's Map beside him. It was a really great night out which was why he had chosen that time to go there with the CD player Hermione had bought him for his sixteenth birthday. He could clearly remember what he had said once he saw the player.
Flashback"Not to sound ungrateful or anything but why did you get me this?" Harry asked, looking at Hermione with the CD player in his hands. "It's not like I'll be able to use it at Hogwarts. I mean, you said so yourself, Muggle electronics go haywire with too much magic around."
"It's nice to know someone listens," said Hermione, giving Ron, who was munching on a Chocolate Frog, a look. "Anyways, it does go haywire but there's a certain spell I got Tonks to do on it that makes it run on magic instead of batteries."
Harry grinned.
"I also got you some CDs. The player would be pretty much useless without them," Hermione said, giving Harry another box.
"Wow. This is great! Thanks, Hermione," said Harry before giving Hermione a hug.
Ron choked.
End of FlashbackHarry took his headphones off as the last song ended and stood up. He pocketed his CD player and picked up his broom before going to a certain spot on the roof. He took out his wand and muttered, "Oriccous."
The spot on the roof disappeared and a way into the Astronomy Tower appeared. Harry jumped down.
~*~*~
"Fate! He's gone!" exclaimed Destiny, his gray eyes wide.
"What do you mean he's gone? He can't be gone," said Fate as she looked at the well.
"See for yourself. He isn't there. It isn't possible, is it?"
"Not probable, Destiny," Fate looked at Destiny.
"Well, what the heck's the difference? He's gone. That could only mean…"
"He's not dead,"
"I wasn't going to say that! This well only keeps track of the happenings in the mortal realm, right?" asked Destiny.
"Yes," answered Fate. Then, she frowned. "What are you trying to say?"
"Well, maybe he's not in the mortal realm anymore. Maybe he's in another one. You know, like the Elven Realm, the Dwarven Realm, the Realm of the Dead."
"What? No mortal can jump realms," said Fate, closing her eyes to think more clearly.
"You should know, Fate, he isn't just a mortal. He's Merlin's and Godric's descendant. Merlin was half-demon and somehow Godric had elf blood in him," Destiny pointed out. "Harry's human, yes, but he also has little elf and demon blood in him."
Fate's eyes shot open.
"Destiny!"
"What?" asked Destiny.
"He's here,"
"What do you mean he's here? He can't be here,"
"You said so yourself, he can jump realms and what is this place, Destiny?"
"Umm…a realm?" Destiny said weakly.
"Very good,"
~*~*~
Harry shook his head as he got up from the ground. He shielded his eyes from the glaring sun once he was up. Wait a minute. Sun? he asked himself. It had been night when he had left that roof. He looked around and saw two people a, hundred meters away, deep in a conversation. He started walking towards them. Maybe they would know where he was and how he could get back to Hogwarts.
"Err…excuse me,"
~*~*~
"Err…excuse me,"
Fate and Destiny both looked at Harry.
"Do you know where this place is?" asked Harry.
Destiny gave Fate a what-do-I-do look. Fate took a deep breath before touching Harry's neck. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
"What did you do?" asked Destiny with a raised eyebrow.
"I just used a power that came with being a goddess," said Fate. "He'll be knocked out for a while and when he wakes up, he's going to have a splitting headache."
"Ah, okay," Destiny nodded. "So what should we do with him?"
"We're going to send him back of course, but not before I do this," Fate leaned down and took Harry's glasses off.
Destiny raised an eyebrow.
"What are you going to do?"
"Something I've always wanted to do," replied Fate.
She threw the glasses away and placed her hand on Harry's forehead. She then stood up.
"There. He won't need those horrid things anymore," said Fate, smiling.
"You amaze me sometimes, you know that?"
~*~*~
"Harry, mate, wake up! Harry!"
Harry opened his eyes and saw Ron standing over him. He sat up but then winced.
"What a headache," he muttered.
"You okay, Harry?" asked Ron.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Just a headache," Harry saw the worried look on his best friend's face. "Don't worry, though. Just your normal everyday headache. It's not because of Voldemort."
Ron flinched at the name.
"God, I hope this won't last," said Harry.
Harry looked around. He closed his eyes and shook his head, trying to get rid of the headache. Predictably, it didn't work. He opened his eyes again.
"What the bloody hell?" muttered Harry.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Ron, did I sleep with my glasses on?" asked Harry.
"No. If you did, you'd have them on right now,"
"Then, why do I see so clearly?"
"I don't know. Let's think of that problem later. Classes start in fifteen minutes," said Ron, looking at his watch.
"Right, right," Harry mumbled as he got off his bed.
~*~*~
"Mr. Potter, please concentrate. You need full concentration to turn your desk into a real animal," McGonagall said, later in Harry's, Ron's and Hermione's class.
"Sorry, Professor," apologized Harry, looking at the half-lion, half-bird which had once been his desk.
"Why aren't you wearing your glasses? It might help you concentrate more," said McGonagall.
"No, it's not that, Professor. I just have a headache,"
"Do we need to go inform the Headmaster?" the Transfiguration teacher asked with a worried look.
Now, everyone in class was looking at Harry.
"No, Professor. It's just a normal headache," said Harry. Then, he added quietly, "But I doubt anyone's ever suffered a headache this painful.
"Well then, go see the nurse to get it treated, Mr. Potter,"
"I'm okay, Professor. Really,"
"I insist you go see the nurse,"
"But…"
"If you protest again it will be five points from Gryffindor,"
Harry nodded weakly before he picked up his bag and headed for the Hospital Wing.
~*~*~
"Excuse me, Madam Pomfrey?" Harry called as he walked into the empty Hospital Wing.
A woman who looked no older than twenty-two appeared with a smile. She was quite pretty with her long brown hair and magnificent blue eyes.
"Madam Pomfrey's on leave, young man. I'm filling in for her," she said. "I'm Sarah,"
"Err…hello,"
"You're Harry Potter, right?" asked Sarah.
"Uh…yeah,"
Harry felt quite uncomfortable under Sarah's interested stare.
"What can I do for you, Mr. Potter?"
"I…I have a headache," said Harry, tugging at his collar.
"A headache, is it?"
Harry nodded.
"Well, I'll take care of that in a jiffy, Mr. Potter," said Sarah before disappearing behind a door.
She emerged a moment later, carrying a small vial and handed it to him.
"Drink up, now,"
"What's this?" asked Harry as he looked at it carefully.
"It's a potion that cures headaches," replied Sarah. "Don't worry, it's not poison."
That's not what I'm not afraid of, Harry thought.
He gulped before drinking the substance. It didn't taste so bad and it cured his headache in a second.
"Thank you…err…Sarah," said Harry.
He handed the vial back to Sarah and quickly walked out of the Hospital Wing.
~*~*~
"So what did Madam Pomfrey do?" asked Hermione as she and Harry headed for the History of Magic classroom (Ron had Herbology).
"Nothing," answered Harry.
His friend looked at him with a questioning look.
"Because she wasn't there," Harry added. "Someone named Sarah was filling in for her. She freaked the hell out of me,"
"Why?" asked Hermione. "What did she do?"
"It's not what she did. It's how she looked at me. You should have seen the look on her face when I said I just had a headache. She looked so disappointed that I wouldn't be staying the night," said Harry, giving a small shiver.
Hermione giggled.
"She likes you, Harry," she said.
Harry's eyes widened.
"But she's a lot older than I am," he pointed out.
"Nonetheless, Harry, she, like most of the other girls in school, has a crush on you," said Hermione.
"I don't think I'm ever going to the Hospital Wing again,"
~*~*~
"Hey, Ron, you know what Katie's last class is?" asked Harry once the trio's last class ended.
"I think its Transfiguration. Why?"
"Just thought the three of us could go to the Pitch together since we're the only people left on the team," Harry replied with a shrug.
"Can't. I have to owl Fred and George about something," said Ron. "But I'll meet you at the Pitch though. Bye."
"I'll be in the Common Room if you need me, Harry," said Hermione before walking away.
~*~*~
Harry arrived at his destination and saw that students were filing out of the classroom, chattering amongst themselves. He didn't see Katie though. He decided to wait for her and leaned against the wall, looking down at the floor, thinking up Quidditch strategies.
"Harry?" came Cho's voice.
Harry quickly looked up and saw Cho with her friends beside her.
"Cho," he said with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" asked Cho.
"I'm waiting for Katie," answered Harry.
Before Harry could explain why he was waiting for her, she appeared.
"Someone said my name?" inquired Katie Bell, walking out of the classroom, her blonde hair in a ponytail.
"Oh, hey, Katie. Mind if we walk to the Pitch together?" said Harry. "You know, since we're the only ones on the team left."
"I don't mind. Let's go," said Katie.
"Great. Bye, Cho," said Harry and he and Katie walked away.
"To what do I owe the presence of the great Harry Potter as my escort?" asked Katie. "I could just faint from the happiness."
Harry turned red but grinned.
"Cut it out, Katie. I know you're dating Fred," said Harry.
Katie also grinned before ruffling Harry's hair.
~*~*~
"I'm sure it was nothing, Cho," Erin Herald assured Cho as they watched Katie and Harry walking away.
"Why would I care?" said Cho.
"Well, that's simple, you like him and you're jealous," said Jessica Turner.
Cho blushed.
"Knew it!" exclaimed Lara Samuels.
"Okay. So I do like him. Me and almost every other girl in school," muttered Cho.
"Well, there's a difference, Cho," said Erin.
"Which is?" said Cho.
"He likes you back,"
~*~*~
Harry stared at the clear blue surface of the lake after the tryouts. The team had gained very good members. With training, the team would be indestructible.
He suddenly looked up. There was that melody from yesterday again but this time it was clearer. He looked around.
~*~*~
"What? You're going to give 'The Shadow' to him now?" asked Destiny.
Fate nodded.
"Yeah. I think he's ready enough," she said.
~*~*~
Harry's emerald green eyes widened as they landed on something black and elegant flew toward him. It couldn't be. Phoenixes were only red.
The black phoenix flew gracefully down before landing on his shoulder.
"Hey there," Harry said softly. "What can I do for you?"
You can start by giving me a name, young master, 'said' the phoenix.
Somehow Harry wasn't surprised. Surely such a magnificent creature would have great powers.
I can't talk to other humans like this, young master. It is only you I can talk to.
Harry smiled.
"A name, huh? How does Caleb sound?" he said.
Better than the name I had before.
"Which is?"
The Shadow.
"Who gave it to you?" asked Harry as he started walking around the lake.
Master Merlin and Master Godric. They both chose the same name.
Harry's eyes grew wide and he stopped walking.
"Merlin and Godric Gryffindor were your former masters? But then you have to at least be…"
More than a millennium old? Yes. I have been through many rebirths. My most recent one was six years ago.
"Wow."
~*~*~
A week passed and Harry still couldn't understand why he had perfect vision now. Even Caleb could not explain why and Hermione still wasn't talking to Ron.
"Maybe I should apologize," said Ron as they ate breakfast on a Saturday.
"Yeah. I strongly suggest you do," said Harry, nodding but he was looking at the Ravenclaw Table where Cho was chatting away with a brown-haired friend of hers.
"Well, wish me luck, mate," Ron said before heading to where Hermione was sitting.
~*~*~
"Hermione, can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Ron.
Hermoine looked up at him and shrugged. Ron took that as a yes. He sat down beside her.
"How long are you gonna stay mad at me?"
"Until you apologize and admit you were being a git," replied Hermione.
"I apologize and I admit that I was being a git that day on the train," said Ron. "Now, will you forgive me?"
Hermione looked at him for a moment. Then, she gave him a you're forgiven smile.
Ron smiled.
"Great! Will you go to the Halloween Ball with me then? It's only a few weeks away"
Hermione shook her head and sighed.
"You never look at the Notice Boards, do you?" she asked.
"Err…not really," said Ron. "Why?"
"Because we're not supposed to have dates during the Ball. It's supposed to be mysterious," said Hermione.
Ron frowned.
"Who thinks up this stuff?"
~*~*~
"He's looking at you," Aurelia Chang, Cho's younger sister, said to Cho.
"Who's looking at me?" asked Cho.
"Don't play dumb, Cho. You know exactly who I'm talking about," said Aurelia.
"Really, I don't know who you're talking about," said Cho.
"The most gorgeous guy in school a.k.a. Harry Potter was staring at you,"
"Was?" asked Cho.
"He's talking to Padma Patil's twin sister now," said Aurelia, glancing over at Gryffindor Table. "You know, the girl he took to the Yule Ball in my third year, his fourth year and your fifth year."
"Don't remind me," said Cho, pushing her vegetables around her plate with her plate.
"Oh, look, he's looking at you again," Aurelia nudged her sister.
Cho looked up and flashed a smile at Harry. He smiled back before continuing his conversation with Parvati.
~*~*~
"Hey, you two," a girl, who looked like Fate with the same flaming red hair and brown eyes, said as she appeared out of nowhere.
"Oh, hi, Serene," said Fate.
Serendipity smiled at Fate.
"Hey, sis," she said.
"Hiya, Dip," said Destiny, grinning.
Serendipity's smile disappeared and she stopped in her tracks.
"How many times have I told you not to call me that, Destiny?" she asked through gritted teeth.
"I don't know. I lost track after 644," said Destiny.
"Just shut up, Tiny," muttered Serendipity.
"What brings you here?" asked Fate.
"Got bored staying with Lachesis," replied Serendipity with a yawn. "You don't mind if I stay here with you, do you? I'll help with whoever's life you've been meddling with."
Fate and Destiny looked at each other. With Serendipity around, Harry was sure to have 'lucky' encounters with Cho.
~*~*~
Pretty long, don't you think? Well, that's the fourth chapter for you. I had fun making this and I hope you liked it. And here's what to look forward to in the fifth chapter: Lucky encounters with Cho! And maybe some meddling from Aurelia.
Someone weird I know said this when I made her read this for the first time:
Fate destined them together and Serendipity will give them lucky encounters.
She's sorta right but still it sounds weird.
Anyways, I'll see you guys in the next chapter.
angelwings.