*Author's Note!*
Okay- big thing first: I am really, really sorry about taking so long. It has been a busy summer so far and I am having trouble finding time to sit down and write. But I spent some time yesterday sitting down with a bunch of post-it notes deciding where I was going to go with this. I'm not going to change anything that I have in Chapters 1-13, but I made some changes to future chapters. I hope that you have as much fun reading them as I do writing.
*SPOILER FOR BOOK 5************************************************* Now, what am I planning on doing now that I have read Book 5 and seen some of the stuff they had in there. Well one, I think my fic was already AU- so there is no need for me to change stuff that I had previously. Nor do I intend to. As for the Death of You-Know-Who-If-You've-Read-The-Book- He was one of my absolute favorite characters. I was not happy when she killed him. I'm still having trouble believing that it is true. But since I have not put him in yet, I may just keep him dead- *runs off to cry*. But, I do not intend to change everything to make this OOTP perfect. I will be including things that were in it that I liked or thought were okay. Yay Order of the Phoenix! Yay Tonks! Yay Prophesy! That stuff may have some mentioning in my fic, and I will put a spoiler warning up for those who have not read Book 5 yet. But don't worry; I don't think I will have any of that stuff in until about 4 more chapters. ************************************************************************
Kaylyn: You'll see...
PhyrWitchGoddess: Thanks and I hope you will keep on reading!
BlackNightNix: Thanks!
Meg: Thanks and I will!
Evenstar: I am sorry to hear that you feel that way. I think that I did get a little out of hand in Chapter 6. I doused a lot of the flames in the later chapters, so I hope you will still try it.
BbyAngel947: Thanks! As to answer those questions- wait and see.
(^-^): Yea, I was never one for beginnings.
Jadziadaxx: Wow- Thanks! I didn't know people would be so enthusiastic about my story.
Kriss: Yea, But I have more in store for Cho than you may suspect...
Imperfectionist: Thanks!
Winter: Well, here it is!
Ringette-chick: I am sorry to have almost made you cry- Thanks for reviewing!
Angel125: Thanks!
Cute-Kitty: *nods* sniff...
B-chan and Syaorons angel: *smiles* you are really close about what they are going to do with Cho. Have you been stealing my notes, lol? I'm sorry that I can't e-mail you. I have a thing about giving out my e-mail address. Thanks for reviewing!
Mysterygirl: Thanks for reviewing! And I'm sorry, but I have a thing about giving out my e-mail address.
Legolas*Lover: Thanks!
Cutiepie99: Thanks!
Ash2324367: Here you go!
Libby: Thanks!
********************************* Oh, and as a last note: I am betaing a story that I think will turn out to be something really great. I think you should all give it a shot. The title is "Day Dreams and Night Realities" by Intofire101. Give it a shot! ******************************
Playground school bell rings again. Rain clouds come to play again. Has no one told you she's not breathing? Hello, I am your mind giving you someone to talk to. Hello. If I smile and don't believe, soon I know I'll wake up from this dream. Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken. Hello, I'm the lie living for you so that you can hide. Don't cry. Suddenly, I know I'm not sleeping. Hello I'm still here. All that's left of yesterday. - Evanescence- "Hello".
****************************** The remaining Death Eaters from the previous battle took their wands from out of their pockets and laid them in a circle. Each person stood behind his wand. Finally, the body of Cho Change was placed in the center. Voldemort smiled at the set-up.
"Today it will happen," he said, "The spies in Hogwarts have seen Potter's attachment to the silly girl. I feel a victory will be in store for us today. First, Harry Potter- next, Hogwarts! Nott!"
A Death Eater came stumbling out of the circle to Voldemort's feet, "Yes, my Lord?"
"Are you a faithful follower?"
"As faithful as all in this circle, Glorious One."
"I have chosen you to complete this spell."
"But, my Lord. I do not know how to do this intense amount of magic."
"I don't intend on having you do it. Just help me."
"Of course, Master."
"Good." Voldemort placed his wand on Nott's head and murmured a few words. Suddenly, the man screamed and tried to crawl away from Voldemort. Voldemort grabbed Nott's robes and pinned him to the ground. He took his hand and made a cage over Nott's mouth, where a forest green fog had begun to flow out. When Nott was dead, Voldemort stood up, holding the misty substance.
"Behold! This man's Life Force will aid me in bringing the girl somewhat back to life, but not truly. She will be...a demon! And we all know what a kiss of a demon does!"
The Death Eaters looked at each other excitedly and began to murmur praises to Voldemort for his cleverness.
Voldemort looked at the Force in his hand, and in one swift motion drank it down. The Death Eaters all stayed in their circle and began to softly chant in Latin. The phrase translated to "Bring her to life for our own devices." Voldemort went in the center of the circle and picked Cho's limp form up into his arms. Bringing her face up to his, he clamped his mouth over hers and exhaled. Cho glowed a faint green, and then red. Voldemort then laid her body back on the ground, and then stepped out of the circle. Amidst the chanting of the Death Eaters, watching her intently, Cho's eyes snapped open.
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"That tastes disgusting," Hermione sputtered as she choked down some medicine from Madame Pomfrey.
"Oh, come now," said Harry, who was standing by the cot that had been set up in a tent. McGonagall had made the announcement earlier that they would have to travel to Scotland to one of the magic schools there to see if they could help them. Tents had been set up everywhere. "It has to be better than Skellgrow."
Hermione laughed remembering Harry's deflated arm. Both Harry and Draco stood by her bed. Ron was not present, for he was healing from a few nasty cuts and from getting in the way of the first year's stunning spells. Harry was there for to see how she was. He had managed only to come out with a black eye and a few lacerations. Draco was also being treated by Madame Pomfrey for his injuries, minor as they were.
"I swear," huffed Madame Pomfrey, "I think we should start teaching all of you healing magic so that students can help. First dementors, next dragons, now battle! There is no way that I can handle it all."
"Oh," said Hermione, "Magical healing sounds interesting. I'll definitely take it if you are going to offer it."
Madame Pomfrey nodded approvingly at Hermione then whisked off to attend worse wounds.
"How are you feeling?" said Draco, sitting on her bed and receiving a glare from Harry for doing so.
"Okay, I guess. It is healing really well," she answered cheerfully.
"Well," said Harry.
"Yes, Potter?" Draco sneered.
"Okay, you guys, stop it! Draco, Harry and I have been friends for a long time. You can't make me stop talking to him. Harry, Draco and I are friends now, and you are just going to have to accept that."
Harry looked at Draco, exhaled, and said, "Well, for Hermione, acquaintances?"
Draco laughed, and shook his, "Potter, I think that is the most sense that you have ever made in years."
"Oh, I could probably say a lot of things that would make sense to you."
"Try me."
"Well, for one- you have very good taste in broomsticks."
Draco smiled, "Nice, weren't they? Better-", Draco bit his lip to avoid saying something that would upset Hermione.
Hermione looked at the two of them, "Well, I guess if nothing else, it is Quidditch right? There is only one thing I am worried about, Harry. Ron- how is he going to take this?"
"I don't know," answered Harry. He looked at Draco, "Can you be civil?"
"Fine, as long as during down time we can insult each other for fun. And tell him to not take everything so seriously. Some things I say are jokes; as in funny. Hahaha."
"Okay," said Harry, "I vote we wait a little bit before we tell him. That way we can get all of the glitches out. It is going to take much longer for him than it did for me to get used to the idea of Hermione being friends with you."
"Agreed," said Hermione and Draco.
"Okay," said Harry, "And for me, it has been a very long day. I'm going to bed."
Hermione and Draco bid him their goodbyes, and he walked out of the Hospital tent. He walked into the Gryffindor boy's tent and found his bed. Harry took off his glasses and set them on his bed. Finding the chest full of PJ pants bewitched to fit you, he pulled one out and threw it on his bed. Stripping off his shirt, he put that on the bed also. Then he heard a rustling in the corner. Snatching his wand out from his pocket, he called, "Who's there?"
Cho came out of the corner, her eyes looking slightly reddish, "Hello, Harry."
*********************** Dun Dun Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
What is going to happen?! Stay Tuned!
~Dragonfires
Okay- big thing first: I am really, really sorry about taking so long. It has been a busy summer so far and I am having trouble finding time to sit down and write. But I spent some time yesterday sitting down with a bunch of post-it notes deciding where I was going to go with this. I'm not going to change anything that I have in Chapters 1-13, but I made some changes to future chapters. I hope that you have as much fun reading them as I do writing.
*SPOILER FOR BOOK 5************************************************* Now, what am I planning on doing now that I have read Book 5 and seen some of the stuff they had in there. Well one, I think my fic was already AU- so there is no need for me to change stuff that I had previously. Nor do I intend to. As for the Death of You-Know-Who-If-You've-Read-The-Book- He was one of my absolute favorite characters. I was not happy when she killed him. I'm still having trouble believing that it is true. But since I have not put him in yet, I may just keep him dead- *runs off to cry*. But, I do not intend to change everything to make this OOTP perfect. I will be including things that were in it that I liked or thought were okay. Yay Order of the Phoenix! Yay Tonks! Yay Prophesy! That stuff may have some mentioning in my fic, and I will put a spoiler warning up for those who have not read Book 5 yet. But don't worry; I don't think I will have any of that stuff in until about 4 more chapters. ************************************************************************
Kaylyn: You'll see...
PhyrWitchGoddess: Thanks and I hope you will keep on reading!
BlackNightNix: Thanks!
Meg: Thanks and I will!
Evenstar: I am sorry to hear that you feel that way. I think that I did get a little out of hand in Chapter 6. I doused a lot of the flames in the later chapters, so I hope you will still try it.
BbyAngel947: Thanks! As to answer those questions- wait and see.
(^-^): Yea, I was never one for beginnings.
Jadziadaxx: Wow- Thanks! I didn't know people would be so enthusiastic about my story.
Kriss: Yea, But I have more in store for Cho than you may suspect...
Imperfectionist: Thanks!
Winter: Well, here it is!
Ringette-chick: I am sorry to have almost made you cry- Thanks for reviewing!
Angel125: Thanks!
Cute-Kitty: *nods* sniff...
B-chan and Syaorons angel: *smiles* you are really close about what they are going to do with Cho. Have you been stealing my notes, lol? I'm sorry that I can't e-mail you. I have a thing about giving out my e-mail address. Thanks for reviewing!
Mysterygirl: Thanks for reviewing! And I'm sorry, but I have a thing about giving out my e-mail address.
Legolas*Lover: Thanks!
Cutiepie99: Thanks!
Ash2324367: Here you go!
Libby: Thanks!
********************************* Oh, and as a last note: I am betaing a story that I think will turn out to be something really great. I think you should all give it a shot. The title is "Day Dreams and Night Realities" by Intofire101. Give it a shot! ******************************
Playground school bell rings again. Rain clouds come to play again. Has no one told you she's not breathing? Hello, I am your mind giving you someone to talk to. Hello. If I smile and don't believe, soon I know I'll wake up from this dream. Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken. Hello, I'm the lie living for you so that you can hide. Don't cry. Suddenly, I know I'm not sleeping. Hello I'm still here. All that's left of yesterday. - Evanescence- "Hello".
****************************** The remaining Death Eaters from the previous battle took their wands from out of their pockets and laid them in a circle. Each person stood behind his wand. Finally, the body of Cho Change was placed in the center. Voldemort smiled at the set-up.
"Today it will happen," he said, "The spies in Hogwarts have seen Potter's attachment to the silly girl. I feel a victory will be in store for us today. First, Harry Potter- next, Hogwarts! Nott!"
A Death Eater came stumbling out of the circle to Voldemort's feet, "Yes, my Lord?"
"Are you a faithful follower?"
"As faithful as all in this circle, Glorious One."
"I have chosen you to complete this spell."
"But, my Lord. I do not know how to do this intense amount of magic."
"I don't intend on having you do it. Just help me."
"Of course, Master."
"Good." Voldemort placed his wand on Nott's head and murmured a few words. Suddenly, the man screamed and tried to crawl away from Voldemort. Voldemort grabbed Nott's robes and pinned him to the ground. He took his hand and made a cage over Nott's mouth, where a forest green fog had begun to flow out. When Nott was dead, Voldemort stood up, holding the misty substance.
"Behold! This man's Life Force will aid me in bringing the girl somewhat back to life, but not truly. She will be...a demon! And we all know what a kiss of a demon does!"
The Death Eaters looked at each other excitedly and began to murmur praises to Voldemort for his cleverness.
Voldemort looked at the Force in his hand, and in one swift motion drank it down. The Death Eaters all stayed in their circle and began to softly chant in Latin. The phrase translated to "Bring her to life for our own devices." Voldemort went in the center of the circle and picked Cho's limp form up into his arms. Bringing her face up to his, he clamped his mouth over hers and exhaled. Cho glowed a faint green, and then red. Voldemort then laid her body back on the ground, and then stepped out of the circle. Amidst the chanting of the Death Eaters, watching her intently, Cho's eyes snapped open.
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"That tastes disgusting," Hermione sputtered as she choked down some medicine from Madame Pomfrey.
"Oh, come now," said Harry, who was standing by the cot that had been set up in a tent. McGonagall had made the announcement earlier that they would have to travel to Scotland to one of the magic schools there to see if they could help them. Tents had been set up everywhere. "It has to be better than Skellgrow."
Hermione laughed remembering Harry's deflated arm. Both Harry and Draco stood by her bed. Ron was not present, for he was healing from a few nasty cuts and from getting in the way of the first year's stunning spells. Harry was there for to see how she was. He had managed only to come out with a black eye and a few lacerations. Draco was also being treated by Madame Pomfrey for his injuries, minor as they were.
"I swear," huffed Madame Pomfrey, "I think we should start teaching all of you healing magic so that students can help. First dementors, next dragons, now battle! There is no way that I can handle it all."
"Oh," said Hermione, "Magical healing sounds interesting. I'll definitely take it if you are going to offer it."
Madame Pomfrey nodded approvingly at Hermione then whisked off to attend worse wounds.
"How are you feeling?" said Draco, sitting on her bed and receiving a glare from Harry for doing so.
"Okay, I guess. It is healing really well," she answered cheerfully.
"Well," said Harry.
"Yes, Potter?" Draco sneered.
"Okay, you guys, stop it! Draco, Harry and I have been friends for a long time. You can't make me stop talking to him. Harry, Draco and I are friends now, and you are just going to have to accept that."
Harry looked at Draco, exhaled, and said, "Well, for Hermione, acquaintances?"
Draco laughed, and shook his, "Potter, I think that is the most sense that you have ever made in years."
"Oh, I could probably say a lot of things that would make sense to you."
"Try me."
"Well, for one- you have very good taste in broomsticks."
Draco smiled, "Nice, weren't they? Better-", Draco bit his lip to avoid saying something that would upset Hermione.
Hermione looked at the two of them, "Well, I guess if nothing else, it is Quidditch right? There is only one thing I am worried about, Harry. Ron- how is he going to take this?"
"I don't know," answered Harry. He looked at Draco, "Can you be civil?"
"Fine, as long as during down time we can insult each other for fun. And tell him to not take everything so seriously. Some things I say are jokes; as in funny. Hahaha."
"Okay," said Harry, "I vote we wait a little bit before we tell him. That way we can get all of the glitches out. It is going to take much longer for him than it did for me to get used to the idea of Hermione being friends with you."
"Agreed," said Hermione and Draco.
"Okay," said Harry, "And for me, it has been a very long day. I'm going to bed."
Hermione and Draco bid him their goodbyes, and he walked out of the Hospital tent. He walked into the Gryffindor boy's tent and found his bed. Harry took off his glasses and set them on his bed. Finding the chest full of PJ pants bewitched to fit you, he pulled one out and threw it on his bed. Stripping off his shirt, he put that on the bed also. Then he heard a rustling in the corner. Snatching his wand out from his pocket, he called, "Who's there?"
Cho came out of the corner, her eyes looking slightly reddish, "Hello, Harry."
*********************** Dun Dun Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
What is going to happen?! Stay Tuned!
~Dragonfires