Warning to all readers who don't like Clay Aiken, a part of his song will appear in this chapter.

Chapter six:

"Great practice, guys," praised Harry as the team landed. "If we play like that against Hufflepuff, I doubt they can recover."

"Just don't do a Wood and try to drown yourself when we lose, Harry," said Katie.

"I don't think we're gonna lose, Katie," Harry said honestly. 

"Well, we will if you can't keep your head when we play against Ravenclaw," remarked Ron, smirking as they headed for the locker rooms. "Hey, Brandt," he said to one of the Beaters.

"Yeah?" said Josh Brandt.

"Hurl a Bludger at the Captain if he gets distracted by the Ravenclaw Seeker," said Ron.

Josh looked confused for a second then he remembered who the Ravenclaw Seeker was.

"Sure thing," he replied with a smile.

"Sod off," muttered Harry, blushing

The team laughed.

~*~*~

"I think I've developed a liking to Quidditch," said Aurelia, still sitting in the bleachers.

"Me, too," said Jessica.

"They made it look so easy," Lara remarked. "I was certain that Harry was going to fall off his broom when he performed that…what was it called again, Cho?"

"Sloth Grip Roll," answered Cho.

"What do you reckon that group is doing?" asked Erin, gesturing to Harry's fan club, who were all waiting in front of the lockers.

"Waiting for Harry to come out so they can ambush him, I suppose," said Jessica, glaring at them. "Or maybe they're going to ask for his autograph."

"I wonder what Harry's going to do to get out of this one? He was never one to sign autographs, was he?" asked Aurelia.

"Nope," chorused the others.

"Lockhart made Harry sound like some attention-seeking prat in his second year," said Cho, frowning at the memory.

"I never did like Lockhart," claimed Lara. "He was so full of himself."

Jessica, Aurelia and Erin rolled their eyes.

"Oh, please, Lara, you were drooling all over Lockhart in third year," said Erin.

~*~*~

"Well, look who's finally come back," Serendipity said as Destiny appeared.

"So how were Future and Fantasy?" asked Fate.

"Fine," mumbled Destiny, shrugging. "What's going on?"

Serendipity turned her back to him and picked a flower.

"Not much," replied Fate, shooting a look at her sister. "See for yourself. I still can't figure out how to get him away from his fans."

"Harry's a smart guy. He'll figure out what to do," said Serendipity, her back still turned to Destiny. "But if he doesn't figure something out, he's probably just going to smile at the girls politely and sign those autographs."

~*~*~

Harry probably hadn't paid much attention to the giggling girls during practice because he came out of the locker rooms, talking to Ron about some moves, totally unprepared.

"Hi, Harry," said one girl who Harry had never met but he was quite sure that he had seen someone who looked like her giggling over Viktor Krum in his fourth year.

Harry looked up.

"Uhh…hi," he said, not really knowing what was happening. 

The girls giggled.

"I'm Brittany Smith," said the girl who had spoken.

Harry looked around, looking very uncomfortable.

"Harry, c'mon! We still need to finish our homework in History of Magic," Hermione, who had just arrived, said while tugging Harry away.

"But we don't have---" Ron started to say.

"C'mon, Ron," said Harry, cutting Ron off and giving his friend a glare.

"Oh! That homework!" exclaimed Ron before following Hermione and Harry into the castle.

~*~*~

"You think he really has homework?" asked Cho, looking at her friends.

"Nope," was the reply.

~*~*~

Harry stepped onto the Quidditch Field the next afternoon, after classes, inhaling the fresh air. Hermione had forced him and Ron to really do all their unfinished homework (which probably weren't due for another week) right after they had arrived in the Gryffindor Common Room yesterday.

"Well, if it isn't the great and oh so magnificent Harry Potter," came a voice from behind him.

Harry turned around, ready to take out his wand. He didn't really recognize the voice but it didn't sound too friendly. Standing in front of him was a boy around his age with dark blonde hair and mocking brown eyes, who was followed by Vincent Crabbe, Theodore Nott and Gregory Goyle.

"Who are you?" asked Harry.

"You don't know who I am? I'm insulted," said the boy. "My name's Sean Avery, Potter. Remember that."

Harry's eyes narrowed. Voldemort had a Death Eater named Avery. The git standing in front of him was probably his son.

"What do you want, Avery?" Harry spat out.

"Something going on here?" Rei asked, appearing behind the Slytherins.

"Nothing, professor," Nott said quickly.

"Well, you better get going then," said Rei as he looked at the four Slytherins with some concealed hate in his eyes.

"Yes, professor," said Avery.

The four of them walked away but not before throwing hateful glares at Harry.

"What did they want?" Rei inquired as soon as they were gone.

"They were just being jerks," replied Harry, frowning a bit.

Rei threw Harry a questioning look once he saw the frown.

"What's up?"

"Nothing. It's just that Malfoy used to hang around Nott, Crabbe and Goyle. I'm just wondering why he isn't doing that now," replied Harry, running his hand through his hair.

"Draco Malfoy? Isn't he the kid you told me about who thought that being a pure-blood was the greatest honor and that all Muggleborns should drop dead?" asked Rei.

Harry nodded.

"Well, I don't think he's like that anymore," said Rei.

"What makes you say that?"

"You have some classes with him, don't you?"

"Potions and Herbology," said Harry "But I only have Herbology with the Slytherins on Tuesdays."

"Haven't you noticed that he's separating himself from his House and that he doesn't pick fights with you anymore?" Rei pointed out. "C'mon, don't tell me you haven't noticed that."

"Actually, after the first week," Harry started. "I was wondering why Malfoy didn't pick a fight with us yet. I mean, he insults us as many times as he can. But after that I really didn't give it much thought anymore."

"I guess he's changed, Harry,"

Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Malfoy? Changed?" he asked, not really believing it.

"Yeah. I mean, you've changed, too, you know. You're not throwing temper tantrums anymore and everyone thinks you're nicer and according to most of the girls, more handsome," Rei said with a smirk.

"Shut up," Harry mumbled.

~*~*~

Cho walked to the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, bringing a small notebook and a Muggle pen with her. Ever since her fifth year started, when an odd elf had told her how to get in, she had used the Room for Requirement for her own purposes. Mostly to be alone and think and write poems when the inspiration hit her.

I need someplace where I can have my privacy, she thought. Just give me a place where I can be comfortable and alone.

The polished door appeared after her third walk past.

"Finally," Cho muttered before opening the door and walking into a room much like the Ravenclaw Common Room with blue couches and armchairs in front of a big fireplace with a fire already burning.

Cho plopped down on one of the armchairs and opened her notebook. She stared at the fire and thought for a moment before she started writing.

Birds can fly, they have their wings

But penguins can't fly at all

Is it because they have small wings

Or they try but always fall?

They say that most

Birds have wings

And for us to know,

Whether or not it is a bird

The feathers tell us so

But what about angels,

Whose wings are bright and fair?

Do we also call them birds

Who soar because of air?

If they are like our feathered friends

Then why the diversity?

Why are they our guardians

Who guide us tenderly?

The issues seem uncanny

The questions, out of hand

If feathers mean that it's a bird

Then where do angels stand?

And if angels are really just like birds

Why the miraculous things?

Birds fall down when injured

While angels fly on broken wings.

Cho looked up from the notebook as she finished the poem. She reread the poem and wrote the title at the top of the page, 'Angel Wings'. She closed the notebook and leaned back, staring at the roaring fire, her thoughts drifting to a certain Seeker with messy, jet-black hair and the most mesmerizing emerald green eyes.

Stop thinking about him, you idiot! she scolded herself.

 ~*~*~

"Nice poem, isn't it?" said Fate.

"I suppose," Destiny replied with a shrug. "How long has Cho been writing poems?"

"I think around five to six human years ago," said Fate. "You were visiting me when she started writing, right, Serendipity?"

"Yeah," answered Serendipity, who was avoiding Destiny's eyes. "And she started writing six years ago."

"Eleven? Quite young," said Destiny.

Fate nodded while Serendipity picked another flower.

~*~*~

"Cho!" Aurelia called as Cho walked into the Ravenclaw Common Room, fifteen minutes later.

"Hi, Aurelia," said Cho, smiling at her sister.

"Freya was here a while ago. She delivered a letter from Mum," Aurelia informed her.

Freya was Mrs. Chang's barn owl.

"Really? What did the letter say?" asked Cho, placing her notebook on a nearby table.

Aurelia handed her a rolled up piece of parchment.

"Here. See for yourself but I don't think you'll like it much," she said with a frown.

Cho raised an eyebrow before unrolling the parchment. Aurelia watched as Cho read through it.

"They want us to come home for Christmas Break?" said Cho, frowning a bit. "Another one of Mum's Muggle Christmas Balls?"

Aurelia nodded.

"There's more," she said.

"The Carlisles will be at the Ball with their son, Robert," Cho's eyes narrowed, "who's studying in the prestigious Muggle school, Cambridge, so I hope both of you will be on your best behaviors. Hugs and Kisses, Mum. P.S. We'll go shopping for new dresses once you get back!"

Cho moaned as she set the piece of parchment down.

"Why?" she whined. "Why on earth did Mum have to invite Robert?!"

"Mum thinks he's nice and charming," Aurelia pointed out.

"Oh, please, he's a snob," muttered Cho, rolling her brown eyes.

"Exactly why I call him Snobert," quipped Aurelia.

Despite herself, Cho giggled.

"You know," started Aurelia. "Mum and Dad already approve of Harry." She shot a suggestive look at her sister.

"What are you suggesting?" asked Cho.

"Don't play daft!" scolded Aurelia. "You're not a Ravenclaw for nothing you know! I mean, Mum and Dad usually allow us to bring friends or dates. So if you brought Harry with you as a date, I'm sure most of the guys will stay away, seeing that Harry is quite well built now. I don't know about Snobert though. He's too thick to get the picture."

"I don't know, Aurelia," Cho said slowly.

"Fine," said Aurelia, shrugging.

"You know where the others are?" Cho asked, sitting down.

"Lara's probably off snogging her current boyfriend, Alex," Aurelia rolled her eyes. "Jessica's up in your dorm, flipping through her new issue of Teen Witch, she practically jumped off the couch when she got it, and as for Erin, she's trying to get more gossip from her 'sources'…Do you ever wonder who Harry's second girlfriend was?"

Cho shrugged.

~*~*~

"So who was Harry's second girlfriend?" asked Destiny, cocking an eyebrow at Fate.

Serendipity looked at her sister, also waiting for an answer.

"You'll find out sooner or later," said Fate with a mysterious smile.

Serendipity groaned.

"But Fate…"

"I'm not saying anything else," said Fate. "The two of you will have to wait and see."

"But…"

"Not another word!"

"Fine," huffed Serendipity, pouting and turning around.

"How long will we have to wait?" asked Destiny, equally annoyed by all the mysteriousness.

All they got from Fate was a shrug and a smile.

~*~*~

"If I was invisible, then I could just watch you in your room. If I was invincible, I'd make you mine tonight. If hearts were unbreakable, then I can just tell you where I stand. I would be the smartest man. If I was invisible, wait I already am," Harry sang to himself, turning the page of 'Powers You Never Knew You Had and What To Do Now You've Wised Up' while listening to his CD player in the nearly empty Common Room (it was almost dinner time).

Hermione had lent him her Clay Aiken CD earlier when he had told her that he had seen the video on TV and had liked it.

"Nice to know you have good taste in music," she had said.

Harry wondered why Rei had told him to read this book. Rei had said that it would come in handy in the future. What powers could I possibly have that I don't know about now? Harry asked himself as he flipped to another page.

Master Harry,

Harry nearly jumped off his seat.

"Dammit, Caleb, don't do that!" he said to the phoenix perched on the lounge chair's arm.

I am sorry, Master Harry, but I have just taken notice of the book you are reading, said Caleb. I suspect that there is something in there that Master Godric wrote a long time ago.

"Huh?" Harry stared blankly at Caleb, not quite believing what he had just said.

Master Godric wrote something a long time ago and someone placed it in that book.

Harry flipped to the table of contents as another song started. There was nothing contributed by Godric Gryffindor.

"There's nothing in here by him," said Harry.

Turn to the last page, Master Harry and point your wand at the fleur de leis.

Harry just shrugged and did as he was told. He saw some sparks before a few more pages appeared. He blinked and read the title.

"Elements?" Harry read aloud.

Yes, Master Harry. Master Godric could control water and at times, when he concentrated, ice. Master Merlin could control fire but he didn't learn that until he was near death. I have a strong, how do you humans say it?, hunch that you can also control water, ice and fire.

"How? Why?"

Well--

Before Caleb could reply, the portrait hole opened and he turned invisible almost immediately as Harry shut his book close and took off his headphones.

"Hey, Harry," Ginny greeted him, carrying her bag, some books and looking quite flushed.

"Hey, Ginny. Where were you?" asked Harry as Caleb flew away. "I haven't seen you since practice."

Ginny blushed.

"Oh…um…in the library," she mumbled, clutching her books closer.

Harry raised an eyebrow at her.

"Okay. Tonks taught me how to tell when a person is lying without a spell or potion over the summer and you're lying right now, Ginny," he said. "So why don't you just tell me where've you been?"

"Oh, all right," Ginny sighed sat down across him. "Promise not to tell, Ron? And promise not to get mad?"

Harry nodded.

"I've…I've sort of been seeing this guy…" said Ginny, fiddling with her silver bracelet.

"For how long?"

"Uh…a week," replied Ginny, blushing.

"Who is he?" Harry asked, feeling a little protective since Ginny had become one of his best friends over the summer.

Ginny mumbled something under her breath so quietly that Harry didn't hear.

"Sorry, didn't get that," he apologized. "What was his name?"

"Draco Malfoy," Ginny said more clearly.

"What?!" Harry stood up abruptly, the book on his lap completely forgotten.

"Harry, you promised you wouldn't get mad!" Ginny reminded him.

"But…but…Fine," Harry sighed, sitting back down. "So does he treat you right? Is he really a changed person?"

"Yes and yes," said Ginny.

Harry ran his hand through his hair. Ginny dating Malfoy was quite a big surprise for him and he could only imagine how Ron, who had never liked Malfoy, to say the least, would react.

"You really should talk to him, Harry. He's wanted badly to apologize but he didn't know how," said Ginny. Then, she added, "It's not like he's done a lot of apologizing to anyone but his father in the past."

"Are you sure that Malfoy's on our side now?"

Ginny nodded.

"Positive. I even slipped a Truth Potion in his drink once to make sure he wasn't lying. He wasn't," she said. "Besides, he isn't even a Malfoy anymore. His father disowned him during the summer when Draco disobeyed an order."

Harry considered for a moment.

"Alright, I'll talk to the git but don't expect us to become instant pals," he finally said.

Ginny gave him a big hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," she said over and over again. "I'll ask him to talk to you tomorrow. Oh and Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"Call him a git again and you'll find yourself at the bottom of the Lake as the Giant Squid's next meal," Ginny threatened, moving away.

Harry nodded slowly. Ginny could be pretty damn serious when she wanted to be and he didn't want to take any chances.

"There you are!" exclaimed Ron as he walked into the Common Room. "You two ready to go down for dinner? I'm starved."

"Let's go then, Harry. Before my brother dies from starvation,"

~*~*~

Cho walked along a garden, holding a white flower. She looked at the flower before throwing it away. Then, she started…singing?

"If there's a prize for rotten judgement, I guess I've already won that. No man is worth the aggravation. That's ancient history, been there, done that!"

Suddenly Erin, Lara, Aurelia and Jessica jumped out.

"Who'd ya think you're kiddin'? He's the earth and heaven to you. Try to keep it hidden, honey, we can see right through you. Girl, ya can't conceal it. We know how ya feel and who you're thinking of," they sang.

"No chance, no way. I won't say it, no, no," Cho turned away.

"You swoon, you sigh. Why deny it, uh-oh,"

Cho shook her head.

"It's too cliché. I won't say I'm in love," she started walking away from the four girls. "I though my heart had learned its lesson. It feels so good when you start out. My head is screaming get a grip, girl, unless you're dying to cry your heart out. Oh."

Jessica, Erin, Lara and Aurelia ran after her.

"You keep on denying who you are and how you're flying. Baby, we're not buying. Hon, we say ya hit the ceiling. Face it like a grown-up. When ya gonna own up that ya got, got, got it bad."

"No chance, no way. I won't say it, no, no," Cho ignored the four and walked past them

"Give up, give in. Check the grin, you're in love,"

"This scene won't play, I won't say I'm in love,"

"You're doin' flips, read our lips. You're in love,"

"You're way off base. I won't say it. Get off my case. I won't say it," Cho insisted, sitting down on the fountain.

"Girl, don't be proud. It's okay you're in love," Aurelia, Jessica, Erin and Lara sang before disappearing.

A black phoenix flew from its perch on a tree and picked the discarded flower with its sharp claws. It dropped it on Cho's lap before flying away and returning to its perch on the tree. It stared at Cho intently. Cho picked up the flower and held it tenderly.

"Oh. At least out loud, I won't say I'm in love,"

~*~*~

"That was fun," Fate declared. "Nice job, Destiny."

Destiny grinned and said, "Thanks."

"So why did she have that dream?" asked Fate. "I know you played around with her subconsciousness but what thought did you use exactly?

Serendipity looked as though she also wanted an answer.

"Harry," replied Destiny.

Fate and Serendipity frowned.

"So she's in love with him but she doesn't want to admit it?" Fate inquired.

Destiny shrugged.

"I guess," he said. "That's what some guys do. They fall in love with someone but stay in denial and don't mention a thing."

Fate looked at her friend.

"Or maybe she's not really over her ex-boyfriend," she pointed out.

"Or it could be that," nodded Destiny.

~*~*~

"Good morning, Cho!" Erin greeted Cho as she (Cho) walked out of the bathroom, already in her school uniform. Cho walked past her and didn't say a word. "Geez, it's nice to see you, too," Erin said sarcastically.

Cho sighed and sat on her bed.

"Sorry. Just had a weird dream last night," she said.

"Care to share?" asked Lara.

"I don't really remember the dream. All I know is that it involved a lot of singing, you three and Aurelia and a black bird or something," said Cho.   

"Ah, yes, having weird dreams of singing is a sign that you're growing delirious and you'll drop dead in the next 24 hours," Jessica said in her best imitation of Professor Trelawney's voice.

The three girls looked at Jessica then at each other before cracking up.

"Bravo!" praised Erin, clapping as Cho and Lara's laughter subsided into giggles.

Jessica bowed mockingly with a goofy smile on her face.

~*~*~

"Ginny, why can't we eat first before meeting Malfoy?" Harry asked as Ginny dragged him to an empty classroom.

Ginny chose to ignore him and continued to bring him to the empty classroom. They entered the classroom and saw Draco Malfoy standing by an open window, gazing outside.

"Draco," said Ginny before walking over to him and giving him a quick kiss on the lips.

Harry saw Draco's mouth curve into a genuine smile as he greeted the youngest Weasley. Then, Draco looked at Harry and gave him a polite nod.

"Po--Harry," said Draco.

Harry also gave him a nod.

"Draco," he said. "So I hear from Ginny that you two are dating."

"Yes," replied Draco. "And I hear that you dated Ginny over the summer."

"It never really worked out," said Harry, shaking his head.

Ginny nodded in agreement.

"Why?" asked Draco. "Ginny never really told me."

"Because you always make me forget what I'm supposed to say, you prat!" said Ginny, giving him a light smack at the back of the head.

Draco grinned sheepishly as Harry watched them with an amused look.

"So why didn't it work out?" Draco asked again.

"Because when we kissed it felt like we were kissing a sibling," answered Harry.

Draco nodded in understanding. Then, he started to look a bit uncomfortable.

"Harry…I just want to say sorry for all the hard times I gave you and the others," he apologized quietly. "I really feel regretful for the things that I did. Especially last year…I'm really sorry about what I said and did."

"It's okay," Harry waved it away. "Besides I did my share of awful things to you." 

Harry held his hand out and Draco shook it firmly.

"Just don't expect me to go easy on you in Quidditch," said Harry.

Draco looked at him blankly.

"Didn't Ginny tell you?"

"Oh! I forgot!" exclaimed Ginny. "I was just so happy when Harry said that he'd talk to you that it completely slipped my mind."

"I was thrown off the team. Avery replaced me as Seeker," said Draco.

"Sean Avery?"

Draco nodded.

"Don't worry. I'll give the git what he deserves," Harry vowed.

~*~*~

"I thought my heart had learned its lesson. It feels so good when you start out," Cho sang softly as she did her homework with her friends and Aurelia in the Ravenclaw Common Room hours later. "My head is screaming get a grip, girl. Unless you're dying to cry your heart out."

Aurelia, Erin, Jessica and Lara looked up from their own homework and looked at her.

"Where did that come from?" asked Erin.

"Huh?" said Cho, looking up.

"You were singing something," explained Jessica.

Cho frowned in concentration, trying to recall where she had heard the song that she had been constantly humming.

"I think it was from the dream I had. That's about the only line I could recall," she said.

Aurelia slowly took away Cho's homework from her.

"Okay. You need a break from all that homework and studying," said Aurelia.

The others nodded.

"But Aurelia…"

"Don't argue with me," said Aurelia. "You know bloody well how stubborn I can get."

"Fine," sighed Cho.

"Your birthday's two days from now, right?" asked Lara. She continued when Cho nodded. "Let's plan your party. I'm pretty sure everyone needs a break." Lara gestured to the other Ravenclaws who were studying or doing their homework with utmost concentration.

Aurelia smacked her forehead. Then, she quickly stood up.

"Have to go. I've got something to do," she said before running out of the Common Room.

~*~*~

"Tell me again why we're in the Library when we've got no homework," Ron said as he, Hermione and Harry sat at a table in the Library.

"Ask Hermione," said Harry, who was busy reading 'Quidditch Teams Around the World'.

"Because we need to study for that test Professor Flitwick's going to give us at the end of the week," Hermione, whose nose was buried in 'An Anthology of Eighteenth-Century Charms', said even before Ron could open his mouth to ask the question.

"But Harry's not studying," Ron pointed out.

"Somehow Harry's mastered all of the Charms Flitwick's tried to teach us," said Hermione, looking at Harry with a bit envious look.

Harry grinned and put down the book.

"What can I say? I'm a natural at Charms," he said cockily.

Ron started coughing while Hermione rolled her eyes at her dark-haired friend. Harry smirked at them. He then felt a tap on his shoulder and turned his head to see Cho's sister standing behind him.

"Hi, Harry. Can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Aurelia.

"Sure. Take a seat," replied Harry, gesturing to the seat across him. "Aurelia Chang, right?"

Aurelia nodded but she didn't take a seat.

"Well, I just came to tell you that Cho's birthday is two days from now," said Aurelia. "Just thought that you should know."

Harry swore under his breath and stood up.

"Thanks for telling me, Aurelia. Ron, Hermione, I'll see you at dinner," he said before walking quickly out of the Library with Madam Pince, the librarian, glaring after him.

~*~*~

Well, that's it for Chapter Six. I had a really great time writing Cho's dream. I hope you liked it! In the next chapter, it's going to start on Cho's birthday. I've already thought of Harry's gift for her. It's really cool (for some people, that is). Now if only I can make it sound cool…

^-^angelwings^-^