That following week of school went by quicker than ever before. Classes sped by, and so did time between classes. He did not do much during his next Occlumency lesson, except practice a little bit more, and during Animagi lessons, he just started researching his forms, to find out the characteristics of the animal. Quidditch practices were fine. The team was progressing well, getting ready for their first quidditch match of the season. Before Harry knew it, the weekend was there, and he did not have any classes. He was happy that he didn't have to go to classes, and once again neither Hagrid, or Snape, were there to teach. Hagrid was off trying to get the giants, and Snape was lying in a hospital bed, slowly dying, unless there was a way to help him.
That Saturday, he went to see Cho. He entered the hospital wing, and walked over to her bed. She was still lying there, her body had not moved an inch. Snape was lying two beds away, his eyes closed, and his body still. He felt a cold hand on his shoulder, and he jumped, turning around to see Madame Pomfrey. "No need to jump. Tis only I," she told him. Harry acknowledged her before asking, "Is she going to be alright? Please tell me you have good news." "Well, Mr. Potter, we have no new news, although Professor Dumbledore does believe that she does not have much more time. "Alright, I guess I should be going though," Harry said, feeling very depressed. He truly believed that it was his fault she was in the hospital bed. It was he that the dementors were after, and she got in the way. But Harry had a plan. He knew how to help her, and he was going to help her that next day.
Saturday night, he could not go to sleep. He kept waking up in the middle of the night, not able to sleep peacefully. The tiniest noise would wake him up, and Ron's snores were not doing him any favors. He finally just decided to get it over with, and go retrieve the Novo Animus, in hopes of bringing back Cho.
He walked along the school corridors, with his invisibility cloak thrown over him, and reached the third floor corridor on the right hand side. The door was locked, so he had to use the knife Sirius had once given him. He entered, and saw Fluffy, the three-headed dog, guarding the trap door. He remembered suddenly that he needed something to play music. "Creo Insumo!" he said, thinking about a harp. The harp was created, and sat right in front of him. Harry started to play some music, and the dog fell asleep at once, leaving Harry free to go down the trap door. He went down, landing with a thump on the ground below, and he saw at once the object he wished to find.
There it was, sitting right in front of him, the Novo Animus. It's golden beauty, with it's ancient markings all over it, and the ruby red button on the tip of the instrument. He walked forward towards it, when a cold hand grabbed him on the shoulder. He could see the long, pale fingers, and he could feel his scar start to sizzle. When he turned around, he saw Voldemort staring at him, with those piercing eyes, and the long black robe, his wand in his pocket. Harry quickly lunged forward and grabbed the Novo Animus, so Voldmort could not. "Expelliarmus!" Voldemort shouted out loud. Harry's wand flew out, and Voldemort caught it. "Give it to me!" Voldemort instructed. "No!" Harry shouted. "I said give it!" Voldemort yelled. Harry felt his scar burn even more. He knew Voldemort was mad.
"I will never give it up!" Harry screamed. "Oh, yes you will! Crucio!" Voldemort yelled pointing Harry's wand at its owner. But the wand would not work. "Crucio!" he shouted once more, but yet again, the wand would not work against its owner. Voldemort pulled out his own wand, and tried again. "Crucio!" he shouted once more. Even his own wand would not work. Harry knew why it would not. He had been pointing the Novo Animus at Voldemort, and his finger was pushing the ruby button on the tip of it. "You think you can defeat me?" Harry asked him, gaining some courage. Voldemort laughed a little, with his fake smile. "Then let's fight like men. Give me my wand. We'll fight even," Harry told him. "You think I'm stupid, you fool? You think I don't remember the last time? I know our wands don't work against each other," Voldemort said. "Ahhh, but our's do," someone said from behind. Harry saw in the shadows of the room, Stefanie emerge.
"What do you want?" Harry asked her. "You know who I am," Stefanie replied, "Father, let us duel. Give him his wand." "If you must," Voldemort replied. He threw Harry's wand back to its owner. "Serpensiorta!" Stefanie shouted out. A snake appeared. "Conficio Anguis!" Harry retaliated. The snake burnt up and turned into ashes. "Expelliarmus!" he yelled out. Stefanie's wand flew to him and he caught it in his hand. "Conglutino!" he shouted. Thick metal binds flew out of his wand, and wrapped around Stefanie, causing her to scream. "Release her now!" Voldemort ordered.
"No Harry! You don't have to," a voice said. Harry looked, and saw Dumbledore emerge from the darkness, with his half-moon spectacles, looking very angry. "Now, now, Tom, you have gotten away from me too many times, and I don't plan on having it happen again," Dumbledore said, very calmly. "Well, you're wrong!" Voldemort said, and with a wisp of his cloak, he was gone, and so was Stefanie. "Harry, come with me, we need to have a chat," Dumbledore told him. Harry followed Dumbledore to his office, where the portraits were fast asleep, along with everyone else in the building.
"Harry, you need to keep using Occlumency. Voldemort could have easily killed you tonight. He obviously used legilimency to get into your mind, and try to lure you to a certain place. You must ignore any dream you have, and try to block them out all together. Do you understand what I am getting at?" Dumbledore asked him, as soon as they sat down at his desk. "Yes, I understand," Harry replied. "Okay Harry, just one more thing. Why didn't you come to the Order meeting last week?" Dumbledore asked him. "I don't know professor, I guess it just kind of slipped my mind," Harry said. He had totally forgot about the Order meeting last weekend. "Well, I think you need to go get some rest," Dumbledore told him. "Yes, I'll see you tomorrow," Harry replied, strolling out of the office.
He did not go back to the common room. Instead, he headed off to the hospital wing. Dumbledore did not ask him about the Novo Animus, and Harry didn't tell him that he had it in the pocket of his cloak. He took a piece of paper out of his pocket, which had the words for using the Novo Animus on it. He walked into the hospital wing, and Madame Pomfrey, thankfully, was nowhere in sight. Harry walked over to the bed where Cho was lying, and stood to the side of it. "Everything's going to be alright, Cho," Harry said to the lifeless body of the Ravenclaw Seeker. He took a few steps backwards, and pulled out the Novo Animus, ready to perform the restoration of her soul.
He pointed the Novo Animus at Cho's body, and concentrated very hard on wind. He could feel a breeze blow by, and knew that he had now taken control of the element of wind. While holding down the ruby red button, he clearly stated, "I push this button of ruby red, to restore the person in this bed. I wish to resurrect this soul, Restoring it is my goal. I want to help this body bound, This dead body I have found. Please help me restore this person, so their condition does not worsen." He opened his eyes, and saw something magical. He saw the wind carrying what looked like a ghost of Cho, which was not doubt her soul, and saw the 'ghost' take a head-first dive at the lifeless body of Cho Chang. Cho immediately took a long deep breath, sitting up very quickly, and fell back down on the bed. Harry knew that he had done it correctly.
He exited the room, wanting to get back to the common room before he got caught, but did not know what he should do with the Novo Animus. Should he keep it? Or should he put it back where he found it? He ultimately decided it was best to put it back. But he was going to do that later that day after
getting some rest. He walked into the common room after giving the Fat Lady the password. He headed into his dormitory for what seemed like the millionth time that day, climbing the steps, and entering the room. He saw Ron roll over, and start snoring again. Harry just rolled his eyes and walked over to his bed. He put the Novo Animus inside his trunk, and laid down on his bed. Only a few minutes later, he fell asleep.
He awoke later that day, Ron shaking him violently, trying to wake him up. He got out of the bed, and grabbed his wand from the table beside his bed. He put that in his pocket. He took the Novo Animus out of his trunk, and shoved it in one of the pockets on the inside of his cloak, concealing it from everyone else. The trio headed down to the Great Hall for some breakfast, where the rest of the school had already begun to eat their breakfast. He looked up at the front table, and saw Dumbledore looking at him suspiciously. Harry supposed he had found out about Cho. He didn't think Dumbledore knew how Cho's soul had been restored, but he knew Dumbledore was aware of the fact that the soul had been restored. Harry continued to eat his breakfast with his friends. Ron was almost completely finished his, Harry had barely taken a bite.
After finishing his breakfast, Harry got up from the table. "I have to go do something. I'll meet you back in the common room in about a half an hour," Harry told them. He left the Great Hall, and went up to the third floor, heading towards where Fluffy was. He entered the doors, and saw the harp still sitting there. He played a little tune, just so the three-headed dog wouldn't wake up, and went down the trap door once more. He place the Novo Animus on the stand where it had been the night before, and quickly left, not wanting to be anywhere near that place, ever since what had happened earlier that morning. He headed back to the common room like he had told his friends. He really wanted to get some rest.
He entered the common room and saw his friends sitting there, waiting for him. "Hey guys," he said, walking over to where his friends were. "Oh, hey Harry," they replied. Harry took a seat next to them. "So, where did you go?" Hermione asked. "Oh, just to go see Lupin," Harry lied. He had been keeping so much a secret from his friends this year, unlike the past five years, when he had told his friends everything. He read Hermione's mind once again, and knew that she doubted that was where he was. He still wasn't sure if he enjoyed his new power of being able to read people's minds. It was still a little bit weird to him, although it had come in handy when he had been attacked by death eaters.
The trio headed outside, onto the grounds, talking about things. "Stefanie Riddle won't be going here anymore. So we're going to have to find a new Beater. I guess Dean will have to be the new Beater, since he was third during try-outs," Harry told them. "Yeah, I guess it will have to be Dean. Although he isn't the greatest, he would be our best pick," Ron admitted. "Alright, we'll have to go talk to him. See you later Mione! Don't get yourself into any trouble!" Harry yelled to her, laughing, and running with Ron back to the castle.
They entered the castle, and walked down the corridors until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady. "Patronus," Harry said, and the portrait flung open. The two boys walked into the common room, and saw Dean sitting in a chair next to Seamus and Parvati, working on what appeared to be an essay for Defence Against the Dark Arts. "Dean, come here, we need to talk to you," Harry called over to him. Dean got up and walked over to Harry and Ron, with a puzzled look on his face. "What?" he asked very inquisitively. "Well, Stefanie won't be attending this school anymore. So, we're going to need a new Beater for the quidditch team. We just wanted to know if you still wanted to be on the team," Harry told him. "Are you kidding? I'd love to!" Dean replied, "Thanks Harry!" "Not a problem," Harry told him. Dean went back to Parvati and Seamus. Harry heard Dean telling the good news. Seamus seemed very happy for him, but Parvati didn't seem to happy. Harry knew this was probably because she wanted the place as new Beater.
They spent the rest of the day hanging out in the common room, Hermione eventually joining them. They finished up all of their homework that day, and still had a little bit of time left to hang around before dinner. When they did go to dinner, they had a surprise waiting them. They entered the Great Hall, and the Great Hall was decorated so beautifully. It was virtually indescribable. Harry had never seen such a sight. The Great Hall was decorated in the colors of Ravenclaw, and Harry knew exactly why. He saw Dumbledore up front tap his glass with his fork, signalling that he wanted the school's attention. "Ahem. I would just like to say that I have some very exciting news for all of you. Cho Chang, the Ravenclaw seventh year, has now been revived. She is still in the hospital wing, but she is awake, and doing better. She will still be in there for at least a week, under supervision of Madame Pomfrey, but we are just excited that she is doing well," Dumbledore told the school. There was a great round of applause, especially from the Ravenclaws. Harry could see the Ravenclaw quidditch team, who was looking very excited about their Seeker doing well. Harry was also very happy that Cho was alright. After all, he was the one who brought her back.
The trio ate dinner that night in silence. They ate quickly, as all of them were very hungry, especially Harry. The three of them were very busy thinking about how Cho had miraculously been saved, and none of them said a word. Harry was amazed at how quiet everyone was being. Everyone except the Slytherins were extremely happy out the news. When conversation did break out at the Gryffindor table, the topic wasn't on anything except the quidditch team. Harry kept hearing things like, "So, Dean, I hear you're the new Beater," and, "I wonder what happened to Stefanie!" Nobody except Harry and Dumbledore knew about what had happened with Stefanie and Voldemort very early that morning.
After dinner, they all went back to the common room, and began a discussion on Voldemort. Harry did not bring up what had happened earlier that morning. They eventually went to sleep, as they had to go to classes that next morning, and Harry was very curious to find out if Snape was going to be back teaching Potions. He didn't know how well Snape was doing, and ever since finding out Hermione's secret, he had really felt bad for Snape being in the condition he was, as Snape was one of his best friend's uncle.
The next day was a very strange one for Harry. Especially having Dumbledore as a Potions teacher. Snape was not there once again, but Dumbledore told them that Snape would be back the next week to teach them. During the class, they continued learning as if Snape was there. Dumbledore seemed to be very proficient in every subject. Harry now understood even better, why Dumbledore was a 'hero' to many witches and wizards. Harry took notes on Veritaserum, and Dumbledore told them that next week when Snape was back, they would be ready to actually perform the potion, and try to make it.
Dinner was also very weird, as they served some very weird food, that Harry had not eaten before. Dumbledore stood up at the beginning of the meal, and began to speak, "Professor Grubbly-Plank will no longer be able to fulfill her duties, as she has decided of her own free will to leave the school, for personal reasons, which I am unable to discuss. I would like to announce your new Care of Magical Creatures teacher, until Hagrid is able to return, Professor Krum." A man stood up next to Dumbledore, and Harry saw that it was none other than Viktor Krum. That was why they were eating this weird food. It was to welcome someone from a foreign country to come teach them. Harry was not too happy about Krum teaching them, and Ron looked rather angry when he had seen Krum. Hermione, however, looked very excited when she saw Krum, as they had once 'dated'.
After dinner, Harry overheard a three-way conversation between Krum, Ron, and Hermione. This just added more things to Harry's list of weird things that had happened that day. Krum and Ron were fighting over Hermione, and Hermione was just laughing at the two of them, and wound up running off afterwards, with tears in her eyes. Harry and Ron grabbed their brooms, and headed off to quidditch practice. The first one with Dean as the other Beater. Dean did pretty well for his first time, but the team now had to get readjusted, to incorporate the new Beater, and the team still needed to get used to the new Beater, which wouldn't be an easy task, especially for Seamus.
A/N~ Thank you to everyone who reviewed. Here are the answers to some questions you have had:
Jeff~ Sorry I don't paragraph correctly, I'm just not a big fan of doing it, but maybe one of these days I'll get into a habit of doing it.....
Perverted monk Miroku~ Wow, what a strange name...lol Anyway, Ginny was a replacement for Harry when Harry got kicked off, however, when Umbridge left, so did Harry's ban from quidditch, so he became the new Seeker. Therefore, Ginny is no longer on the team, and has to try out once again.
That Saturday, he went to see Cho. He entered the hospital wing, and walked over to her bed. She was still lying there, her body had not moved an inch. Snape was lying two beds away, his eyes closed, and his body still. He felt a cold hand on his shoulder, and he jumped, turning around to see Madame Pomfrey. "No need to jump. Tis only I," she told him. Harry acknowledged her before asking, "Is she going to be alright? Please tell me you have good news." "Well, Mr. Potter, we have no new news, although Professor Dumbledore does believe that she does not have much more time. "Alright, I guess I should be going though," Harry said, feeling very depressed. He truly believed that it was his fault she was in the hospital bed. It was he that the dementors were after, and she got in the way. But Harry had a plan. He knew how to help her, and he was going to help her that next day.
Saturday night, he could not go to sleep. He kept waking up in the middle of the night, not able to sleep peacefully. The tiniest noise would wake him up, and Ron's snores were not doing him any favors. He finally just decided to get it over with, and go retrieve the Novo Animus, in hopes of bringing back Cho.
He walked along the school corridors, with his invisibility cloak thrown over him, and reached the third floor corridor on the right hand side. The door was locked, so he had to use the knife Sirius had once given him. He entered, and saw Fluffy, the three-headed dog, guarding the trap door. He remembered suddenly that he needed something to play music. "Creo Insumo!" he said, thinking about a harp. The harp was created, and sat right in front of him. Harry started to play some music, and the dog fell asleep at once, leaving Harry free to go down the trap door. He went down, landing with a thump on the ground below, and he saw at once the object he wished to find.
There it was, sitting right in front of him, the Novo Animus. It's golden beauty, with it's ancient markings all over it, and the ruby red button on the tip of the instrument. He walked forward towards it, when a cold hand grabbed him on the shoulder. He could see the long, pale fingers, and he could feel his scar start to sizzle. When he turned around, he saw Voldemort staring at him, with those piercing eyes, and the long black robe, his wand in his pocket. Harry quickly lunged forward and grabbed the Novo Animus, so Voldmort could not. "Expelliarmus!" Voldemort shouted out loud. Harry's wand flew out, and Voldemort caught it. "Give it to me!" Voldemort instructed. "No!" Harry shouted. "I said give it!" Voldemort yelled. Harry felt his scar burn even more. He knew Voldemort was mad.
"I will never give it up!" Harry screamed. "Oh, yes you will! Crucio!" Voldemort yelled pointing Harry's wand at its owner. But the wand would not work. "Crucio!" he shouted once more, but yet again, the wand would not work against its owner. Voldemort pulled out his own wand, and tried again. "Crucio!" he shouted once more. Even his own wand would not work. Harry knew why it would not. He had been pointing the Novo Animus at Voldemort, and his finger was pushing the ruby button on the tip of it. "You think you can defeat me?" Harry asked him, gaining some courage. Voldemort laughed a little, with his fake smile. "Then let's fight like men. Give me my wand. We'll fight even," Harry told him. "You think I'm stupid, you fool? You think I don't remember the last time? I know our wands don't work against each other," Voldemort said. "Ahhh, but our's do," someone said from behind. Harry saw in the shadows of the room, Stefanie emerge.
"What do you want?" Harry asked her. "You know who I am," Stefanie replied, "Father, let us duel. Give him his wand." "If you must," Voldemort replied. He threw Harry's wand back to its owner. "Serpensiorta!" Stefanie shouted out. A snake appeared. "Conficio Anguis!" Harry retaliated. The snake burnt up and turned into ashes. "Expelliarmus!" he yelled out. Stefanie's wand flew to him and he caught it in his hand. "Conglutino!" he shouted. Thick metal binds flew out of his wand, and wrapped around Stefanie, causing her to scream. "Release her now!" Voldemort ordered.
"No Harry! You don't have to," a voice said. Harry looked, and saw Dumbledore emerge from the darkness, with his half-moon spectacles, looking very angry. "Now, now, Tom, you have gotten away from me too many times, and I don't plan on having it happen again," Dumbledore said, very calmly. "Well, you're wrong!" Voldemort said, and with a wisp of his cloak, he was gone, and so was Stefanie. "Harry, come with me, we need to have a chat," Dumbledore told him. Harry followed Dumbledore to his office, where the portraits were fast asleep, along with everyone else in the building.
"Harry, you need to keep using Occlumency. Voldemort could have easily killed you tonight. He obviously used legilimency to get into your mind, and try to lure you to a certain place. You must ignore any dream you have, and try to block them out all together. Do you understand what I am getting at?" Dumbledore asked him, as soon as they sat down at his desk. "Yes, I understand," Harry replied. "Okay Harry, just one more thing. Why didn't you come to the Order meeting last week?" Dumbledore asked him. "I don't know professor, I guess it just kind of slipped my mind," Harry said. He had totally forgot about the Order meeting last weekend. "Well, I think you need to go get some rest," Dumbledore told him. "Yes, I'll see you tomorrow," Harry replied, strolling out of the office.
He did not go back to the common room. Instead, he headed off to the hospital wing. Dumbledore did not ask him about the Novo Animus, and Harry didn't tell him that he had it in the pocket of his cloak. He took a piece of paper out of his pocket, which had the words for using the Novo Animus on it. He walked into the hospital wing, and Madame Pomfrey, thankfully, was nowhere in sight. Harry walked over to the bed where Cho was lying, and stood to the side of it. "Everything's going to be alright, Cho," Harry said to the lifeless body of the Ravenclaw Seeker. He took a few steps backwards, and pulled out the Novo Animus, ready to perform the restoration of her soul.
He pointed the Novo Animus at Cho's body, and concentrated very hard on wind. He could feel a breeze blow by, and knew that he had now taken control of the element of wind. While holding down the ruby red button, he clearly stated, "I push this button of ruby red, to restore the person in this bed. I wish to resurrect this soul, Restoring it is my goal. I want to help this body bound, This dead body I have found. Please help me restore this person, so their condition does not worsen." He opened his eyes, and saw something magical. He saw the wind carrying what looked like a ghost of Cho, which was not doubt her soul, and saw the 'ghost' take a head-first dive at the lifeless body of Cho Chang. Cho immediately took a long deep breath, sitting up very quickly, and fell back down on the bed. Harry knew that he had done it correctly.
He exited the room, wanting to get back to the common room before he got caught, but did not know what he should do with the Novo Animus. Should he keep it? Or should he put it back where he found it? He ultimately decided it was best to put it back. But he was going to do that later that day after
getting some rest. He walked into the common room after giving the Fat Lady the password. He headed into his dormitory for what seemed like the millionth time that day, climbing the steps, and entering the room. He saw Ron roll over, and start snoring again. Harry just rolled his eyes and walked over to his bed. He put the Novo Animus inside his trunk, and laid down on his bed. Only a few minutes later, he fell asleep.
He awoke later that day, Ron shaking him violently, trying to wake him up. He got out of the bed, and grabbed his wand from the table beside his bed. He put that in his pocket. He took the Novo Animus out of his trunk, and shoved it in one of the pockets on the inside of his cloak, concealing it from everyone else. The trio headed down to the Great Hall for some breakfast, where the rest of the school had already begun to eat their breakfast. He looked up at the front table, and saw Dumbledore looking at him suspiciously. Harry supposed he had found out about Cho. He didn't think Dumbledore knew how Cho's soul had been restored, but he knew Dumbledore was aware of the fact that the soul had been restored. Harry continued to eat his breakfast with his friends. Ron was almost completely finished his, Harry had barely taken a bite.
After finishing his breakfast, Harry got up from the table. "I have to go do something. I'll meet you back in the common room in about a half an hour," Harry told them. He left the Great Hall, and went up to the third floor, heading towards where Fluffy was. He entered the doors, and saw the harp still sitting there. He played a little tune, just so the three-headed dog wouldn't wake up, and went down the trap door once more. He place the Novo Animus on the stand where it had been the night before, and quickly left, not wanting to be anywhere near that place, ever since what had happened earlier that morning. He headed back to the common room like he had told his friends. He really wanted to get some rest.
He entered the common room and saw his friends sitting there, waiting for him. "Hey guys," he said, walking over to where his friends were. "Oh, hey Harry," they replied. Harry took a seat next to them. "So, where did you go?" Hermione asked. "Oh, just to go see Lupin," Harry lied. He had been keeping so much a secret from his friends this year, unlike the past five years, when he had told his friends everything. He read Hermione's mind once again, and knew that she doubted that was where he was. He still wasn't sure if he enjoyed his new power of being able to read people's minds. It was still a little bit weird to him, although it had come in handy when he had been attacked by death eaters.
The trio headed outside, onto the grounds, talking about things. "Stefanie Riddle won't be going here anymore. So we're going to have to find a new Beater. I guess Dean will have to be the new Beater, since he was third during try-outs," Harry told them. "Yeah, I guess it will have to be Dean. Although he isn't the greatest, he would be our best pick," Ron admitted. "Alright, we'll have to go talk to him. See you later Mione! Don't get yourself into any trouble!" Harry yelled to her, laughing, and running with Ron back to the castle.
They entered the castle, and walked down the corridors until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady. "Patronus," Harry said, and the portrait flung open. The two boys walked into the common room, and saw Dean sitting in a chair next to Seamus and Parvati, working on what appeared to be an essay for Defence Against the Dark Arts. "Dean, come here, we need to talk to you," Harry called over to him. Dean got up and walked over to Harry and Ron, with a puzzled look on his face. "What?" he asked very inquisitively. "Well, Stefanie won't be attending this school anymore. So, we're going to need a new Beater for the quidditch team. We just wanted to know if you still wanted to be on the team," Harry told him. "Are you kidding? I'd love to!" Dean replied, "Thanks Harry!" "Not a problem," Harry told him. Dean went back to Parvati and Seamus. Harry heard Dean telling the good news. Seamus seemed very happy for him, but Parvati didn't seem to happy. Harry knew this was probably because she wanted the place as new Beater.
They spent the rest of the day hanging out in the common room, Hermione eventually joining them. They finished up all of their homework that day, and still had a little bit of time left to hang around before dinner. When they did go to dinner, they had a surprise waiting them. They entered the Great Hall, and the Great Hall was decorated so beautifully. It was virtually indescribable. Harry had never seen such a sight. The Great Hall was decorated in the colors of Ravenclaw, and Harry knew exactly why. He saw Dumbledore up front tap his glass with his fork, signalling that he wanted the school's attention. "Ahem. I would just like to say that I have some very exciting news for all of you. Cho Chang, the Ravenclaw seventh year, has now been revived. She is still in the hospital wing, but she is awake, and doing better. She will still be in there for at least a week, under supervision of Madame Pomfrey, but we are just excited that she is doing well," Dumbledore told the school. There was a great round of applause, especially from the Ravenclaws. Harry could see the Ravenclaw quidditch team, who was looking very excited about their Seeker doing well. Harry was also very happy that Cho was alright. After all, he was the one who brought her back.
The trio ate dinner that night in silence. They ate quickly, as all of them were very hungry, especially Harry. The three of them were very busy thinking about how Cho had miraculously been saved, and none of them said a word. Harry was amazed at how quiet everyone was being. Everyone except the Slytherins were extremely happy out the news. When conversation did break out at the Gryffindor table, the topic wasn't on anything except the quidditch team. Harry kept hearing things like, "So, Dean, I hear you're the new Beater," and, "I wonder what happened to Stefanie!" Nobody except Harry and Dumbledore knew about what had happened with Stefanie and Voldemort very early that morning.
After dinner, they all went back to the common room, and began a discussion on Voldemort. Harry did not bring up what had happened earlier that morning. They eventually went to sleep, as they had to go to classes that next morning, and Harry was very curious to find out if Snape was going to be back teaching Potions. He didn't know how well Snape was doing, and ever since finding out Hermione's secret, he had really felt bad for Snape being in the condition he was, as Snape was one of his best friend's uncle.
The next day was a very strange one for Harry. Especially having Dumbledore as a Potions teacher. Snape was not there once again, but Dumbledore told them that Snape would be back the next week to teach them. During the class, they continued learning as if Snape was there. Dumbledore seemed to be very proficient in every subject. Harry now understood even better, why Dumbledore was a 'hero' to many witches and wizards. Harry took notes on Veritaserum, and Dumbledore told them that next week when Snape was back, they would be ready to actually perform the potion, and try to make it.
Dinner was also very weird, as they served some very weird food, that Harry had not eaten before. Dumbledore stood up at the beginning of the meal, and began to speak, "Professor Grubbly-Plank will no longer be able to fulfill her duties, as she has decided of her own free will to leave the school, for personal reasons, which I am unable to discuss. I would like to announce your new Care of Magical Creatures teacher, until Hagrid is able to return, Professor Krum." A man stood up next to Dumbledore, and Harry saw that it was none other than Viktor Krum. That was why they were eating this weird food. It was to welcome someone from a foreign country to come teach them. Harry was not too happy about Krum teaching them, and Ron looked rather angry when he had seen Krum. Hermione, however, looked very excited when she saw Krum, as they had once 'dated'.
After dinner, Harry overheard a three-way conversation between Krum, Ron, and Hermione. This just added more things to Harry's list of weird things that had happened that day. Krum and Ron were fighting over Hermione, and Hermione was just laughing at the two of them, and wound up running off afterwards, with tears in her eyes. Harry and Ron grabbed their brooms, and headed off to quidditch practice. The first one with Dean as the other Beater. Dean did pretty well for his first time, but the team now had to get readjusted, to incorporate the new Beater, and the team still needed to get used to the new Beater, which wouldn't be an easy task, especially for Seamus.
A/N~ Thank you to everyone who reviewed. Here are the answers to some questions you have had:
Jeff~ Sorry I don't paragraph correctly, I'm just not a big fan of doing it, but maybe one of these days I'll get into a habit of doing it.....
Perverted monk Miroku~ Wow, what a strange name...lol Anyway, Ginny was a replacement for Harry when Harry got kicked off, however, when Umbridge left, so did Harry's ban from quidditch, so he became the new Seeker. Therefore, Ginny is no longer on the team, and has to try out once again.