YEAR Six at Hogwarts
Harry Potter and the Power of the Blood
A/N: I should probably start putting in my disclaimer so I don't get pulled off the site. Nothing but the original stuff here is mine. Also, I would like to ask on a more personal note that anybody who reads this chapter pauses and takes a brief moment of silence, because my grandmother passed away while I was working on it. This chapter will therefore be dedicated to her. Thank you.
Ch. 4: Discoveries
"Why?" asked Cho.
"Cho, this may be hard to believe, but you are the heiress of Rowena Ravenclaw. The cuff proves it. It was hers."
"No way. That can't be true. I don't believe it."
"It is. Your dream, it must be of some significance. You said that there was a staircase behind the fireplace?" She nodded. "That must be where the ring and book belonging to Rowena were hidden. You have to have them before you turn seventeen. Wait, when's your birthday?"
"Not for another week. Why?"
"You have to put on the ring and read the journal before you turn seventeen. Before you finish growing into your power."
"Alright Harry. I have no idea what's going on, but you at least seem to have one. What should I tell my parents?"
"Just tell them that you're going back a little early, to do some studying or something. I don't know, you're the Ravenclaw; use your mind."
"They'll buy the studying story. But couldn't I tell them about who I am now?"
"NO! Absolutely not! Why do you think that Vol-, I mean you- know- who was after me in the first place? He's the heir of Slytherin. If he kills off all the other heirs then he gets all the power of Hogwarts. And he's already gotten all of Hufflepuffs' descendants. We're the only ones left. Just us."
"Alright. I just have to get my things from Diagon Alley first. I'll meet you downstairs at dinner time." Cho turned to leave.
"Wait Cho." said Harry. "That crazy old witch told me to give you this too." Harry held out the raven necklace that the lady had given him." She said it was for you. She said it was as old as the cuffs. Take it." Cho fastened it around her neck.
"Thanks Harry. It's beautiful." Cho put on the necklace and disappeared to find her parents. Harry just sat on his bed, mulling over what had happened.
"I meant what I said Harry. I can see through your mind why you were so eager to meet your 'friend'. Though I think she may be a bit more to you." Emrys snickered mentally.
"Shut up you. You shouldn't go rifling through other peoples' thoughts, you know."
"I didn't. Our bonding keyed me in to your emotions. Also, my hearing is sensitive enough to detect that your heart race increased when Miss Chang entered the room. Incidentally, hers was the same, and I was able to pick up some emotions from her as well. She apparently feels the same way about you as you do her."
"That's interesting. But still, don't get into other peoples heads. It's not polite."
"As you wish." There was another snicker, but Harry was once again lost in thought and didn't hear. Harry sat and continued to think for several more hours.
Several hours later Harry roused himself to pack up and make ready to leave. But this time he had Hedwig with him as well.
"Hedwig, we're going to leave. But I'm going to put your cage in my pocket. Can you ride on my shoulder for a bit?" Hedwig flapped over to his shoulder and settled in. He put her cage into the pocket with his trunk. "Come on Emrys, we're going to be late!" he said. The little winged being glided over from the window where he was investigating the Bundimuns on the underside of the windowsill. He settled without complaint onto Harrys' free shoulder. Then the trio turned and left the room for good.
Harry waited for Cho near the entrance to Diagon Alley. At five minutes to six she and her parents walked back through. Her parents were defiantly not what he was expecting. Harry expected to see two people dressed in traditional Oriental robes and putting up a good fight about sending their daughter off with somebody they didn't know. What he was greeted with instead was an enthusiastic young pair of parents. Chos' father seemed to be in his early forties, and was wearing a pair of tan slacks with a maroon sweater on under a pair of blue robes. Her mother wore robes of the same shade blue, with jeans and a long sleeved black shirt on underneath. She looked to be in her late thirties. Chos' father came up to Harry and grabbed his hand, shaking it enthusiastically.
"Mr. Potter, how wonderful to finally meet you! Cho has told us so much about you. It's an honor to finally meet." He let go of Harrys' hand and stared at the Wyvern on Harry's shoulder. "Amazing! You keep company with a Wyvern! Tell me, do they talk?"
"Yes, I do." said Emrys, swishing his tail a bit.
"He talked to me! Truly amazing."
"Dad, we have to go!"
"Right, yes dear, have a good time studying at school. We'll see you in December." With that Chos' parents exited back into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Sorry about that," said Cho " Dad's a bit of a magical creature enthusiast. He was born a Muggle, so he finds magical creatures really exciting. Like I said before, they bought the schoolwork story. They were ecstatic when I told them I was going with you. They hold you in high regard ever since I told them about you teaching me DADA last year. They saw how well my score had improved and I think they wanted you to take over for Umbridge. Plus, they never lost faith in you when you said you- know-who was back."
"Thanks. But you should call him by his name. Voldemort. Or at least Tom Riddle, that's his real name. Professor Dumbledore says far of a name increases fear of the person."
"I don't think I can manage his name yet. But I think I can handle Tom. By the way, how are we getting to Hogwarts? The express doesn't leave until September."
"Emrys can teleport us, can't you?" Emrys nodded. "Hold on Cho." Cho grabbed her trunk in one hand and Akis' cage in the other. Harry put his am around her waist and they were off in a swirl of Wyvern magic. Emrys was able to tell where to go through Harrys' thoughts. As the magic receded, they found themselves in Professor Dumbledores' study facing a very surprised headmaster.
Hedwig took wing out of the widow in Dumbledores' tower as soon as the last vestiges of the transfer wore off. Emrys flew up to Fawks stand and they began to look at the phoenix as though they were talking.
"Might you perhaps tell me Harry, how it is that you and Miss Chang have come to stand in my office?" asked Dumbledore.
"Well sir, it's kind of a long story." said Harry.
"I assure you, we have all the time we need."
"Well, as you know since you sent me my 'inheritance', I have stepped into the power of Godric Gryffindor. You then sent me to Diagon Alley. Cho had already asked me to meet her there, so I wrote to tell her where I was. Then some old lady pulled me off the street and gave me Chos' necklace, our cuffs and the Runeblade." Dumbledore interrupted to ask about the Runeblade. Harry presented it, and he turned it over in his hands for a few moments before allowing Harry to continue. "Anyway, the old lady gave me those things, telling me the Raven Talon would activate in the presence of Rowennas' heiress. It was on my dresser when Cho came to see me, and it reacted. She's the heiress to Ravenclaw. And now we need to get her the ring and book from in Ravenclaws' common room." Cho nodded, agreeing with Harry.
"Yes, that would probably be a good idea. Please come see me when you have finished, miss Chang. You too, Harry."
"Headmaster, how will we get into the common room?" asked Cho.
"Ah, yes. None of the common rooms have passwords set until the beginning of the term. You shall be able to get in just by asking the passageway to open."
"Thank you professor."
Harry and Cho walked along for a while. He let Cho lead, as he had never been to the Ravenclaw rooms. Eventually he recognized the hall as the one the library was in. Harry commented on this.
"What better place for the Ravenclaw rooms than here?" Cho said, stopping across the hall from the library. There was a stone statue of an ancient wizard.
"Please let us into my common room." said Cho. The wizard stepped out of the way and a door opened in the wall. A staircase was behind it, leading upwards. "After you." She said to Harry. He walked up the stairs and into the common room. It as a bit smaller than the Gryffindor common room, but was much cozier. The entire floor was carpeted in blue rug up to the fireplace. The fireplace. Harry and Cho walked up to it. There was no fire burning in it, and no ashes left from the previous one.
"Ready?" Harry asked.
"No. But we have to anyway." said Cho. They both held up the cuffs and the back of the fireplace dropped away, revealing the passage from Chos' dream. True to her dream, they walked straight through to the pedestal. Cho reached out with trembling hands and removed the book and ring. She was about to put the ring on when Harry stopped her.
"Lets go somewhere else. I have an idea…"
Harry and Cho walked up the staircase towards the portrait of the Fat Lady. As they neared her, Harry began to tell Cho the way in.
"See, she's right up there."
"Hello Mr. Potter. You've come back early."
"I know I have. Could you please let us in?"
"I have no problem allowing you in, but who is your friend. I don't recall seeing her before. Is she in Gryffindor?"
"No, but she is trustworthy, you can let her in."
"As you wish. You are the master of Gryffindor tower, you are the one to say who can and cannot enter." The Fat Lady swung on her hinges and exposed the hole into the Gryffindor common room. Harry helped Cho up the step and followed through the portal.
"Harry, why did we come here? It's a nice room, and it's nice you would trust me with being allowed in here, but did it have to be now?"
"Well, I had an idea. If there was a Chamber of Secrets for Slytherin, and you had your hidden rooms, then I probably have one too. I was going to look around while you read your journal. That's something that should be done on your own."
"Alright, but how are you going to find the chamber?"
"I noticed that when we opened your passageway the stone in my ring lit up. I was hoping to use it as an indicator."
"Oh. Okay. But one last question. I know what the Gryffindor ring is, but what are the other three?"
"Well, I'll tell you, but you shouldn't tell anybody else. They came from the three leaders of the goblins, merfolk and centaurs. They pledged their loyalty to our side and cause. The rings let me converse with them if I need to."
"Thank you for telling me Harry. Now, I should probably start reading." Cho slipped the ring onto her right ring finger, settled onto one of the couches and began to read. Harry meanwhile began to use his ring as a method of searching for a hidden room. As he did, he also looked at the other three rings on his right hand, as Cho had drawn his attention back to them. He hadn't realized it at the time, but all four of his rings were on the same hand. First, the goblin ring, on his index finger. Then the centaur ring on his middle finger. His right ring finger bore the ring of Gryffindor and the ring of the merfolk chieftain was on his little finger. It was a wonder he could hold his hand up at all. The ruby in his third ring flared up in the midst of Harrys' musings. He was faced at the stone wall between the two staircases leading to the dormitories. Without conscious thought, Harry held up the ring and a portion of the wall turned into a door. Harry opened it and walked inside. It was near identical to the one in the Ravenclaw common room. However, instead of a pedestal in the middle of the main room, there was a large shimmering glass mirror, not unlike the Mirror of Erised. But the glass seemed to be made of the same material as the fluid in Dumbledores' Penseive. It shimmered and glowed with a silver inner light. No sooner had Harry thought of Dumbledore than the mirror shivered and the image of his study appeared. It was incredibly accurate, down to the silver instruments on the small table. Harry became engrossed in the image and was watching Dumbledore for a good ten minutes before anything happened. Just as Harry was about to continue exploring, the door to Dumbledores' study burst open and an out of breath Remus Lupin burst in. Dumbledore stood immediately and rushed to his side. Harry found that he could hear what was happening as soon as Lupin spoke.
"I came as soon as I heard, headmaster. I have just found out that Lord Lobos himself is on his way here, accompanied by two full ranks of his personal bodyguards. His intention is to extend the Pacte de Lupus to Harry."
"What? How is it that he has found out Harry is here?"
"He was apparently having the boy watched. Also, some lookouts were stationed around the perimeter of Hogwarts, as soon as he appeared here they notified Lord Lobos."
"They shall have to be detained as long as possible. Harry is currently with Miss Chang, and is helping her to come into power. She is the second heir to Hogwarts power, and we must make sure we have all the possible power on our side when Voldemort finds out about Harry stepping into the mantle of his inheritance."
" I do not think it will be possible, sir. I have also heard that three troops of vampires and the Count Trismegestus are on their way here. It is my own personal belief that he wishes to offer Harry the Pacte de Nocternus. Both groups will arrive within minutes of each other."
"Then we have no choice. We must find Harry and miss Chang to remove them to a safer location as quickly as possible." Harry involuntarily shuddered and inadvertently touched the mirror. He instantly felt a suction on his entire body and a slight whirling. The next moment he landed, unceremoniously, on the floor in Dumbledores study.
A/N: Thanks to all of you who have read this far. All of you who review my work give me some real happiness. Thanks.
Keyblade Master 44: Now that you mention it, I think I've seen it before too. So, to everybody out there, if it was your idea, credit is rightfully yours.
White Wizard 101: Nope, the Wyvern is reptilian, similar to a dragon, but possessing only one set of legs. They do, however, have powers similar to that of a Phoenix.
Crimson Katana: Yeah I know the storyline is a bit cliché, but it's one I like, and hopefully I can put a new spin on it. And I know that all of you must have seen the Cho as Ravenclaws' heir coming a long way off.
Dragon Sword Master: About the Harry and Cho getting together; it'll happen, but I don't want to rush it. When I rush, I get sloppy and it becomes a piece of shit. Plus this is (hopefully) going to be a real romantic, loving relationship between them. Not just some shoddy quickie. And as for the Harry being powerful, same thing. No rushing. Harry has become Gryffindors' heir, giving him the potential to be as good or better as Godric was, but he hasn't automatically gained all the power and knowledge that he had. And a lot of his power will be form outside sources (Emrys, the sword, the Runeblade etc.).
And about the Blaise thing, she can't be related to Voldemort or Slytherin at all. To hold all the power of Hogwarts, Voldemort will have to be the only heir left. And that includes from Slytherin. But I may still be open to the possibility. Especially if Cho turns out to be a bit of a nympho.
Thebravegodric: I honestly wasn't thinking of that when I wrote the merfolk in. I was thinking more along the lines of support to the war effort (food for the troops, shelter the ones who need it, help the wounded and that sort of stuff). But that would be friggin' awesome. I think I might have to do that now. And I have an idea for Voldemort, if you're willing to help. Find any info on the kraken that you can and e-mail it to me. I would, of course, modify it with some nasty little magical powers. It might be a bit before I respond, because this isn't my primary e-mail address.
Puer2: I wouldn't sit there waiting, cause like I put at the end of chapter three, I type slow and have a lot of other stuff to do. But I am aiming for once a week, every other week at most unless something comes up.
Well, until the next installment, my faithful reviewers. I bid you a fond farewell and goodnight.
