Harry sat at his desk at Number 4 Privet Drive reading the Daily Prophet. He was outraged at the slander, the press, and most of all, Fudge. The incompetent minister is now unwittingly helping Voldemort. Too bad for them though. Before Dumbledore was kicked out of the Wizengamot he had taken the liberty of granting Harry a permit to practice magic while in the presence of a legal Witch or Wizard. The guard outside supervised his training. Tonks and Remus were a great help.

Harry was surprised to meet the clumsy Auror, but the young Metamorphmagus was really nice. She knew a surprising number of spells that could distract an opponent, then do something nasty to them. She was the prankster after his father and before Fred and George while attending Hogwarts as well. So it was no surprise that she knew several uncomfortable jinxes.

Mooney was just as good a teacher as Harry remembered. He appeared to know everything on every subject. It was during this time that Harry noticed how much Hermione Mooney was like.

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"Harry, you must concentrate!" Harry gritted his teeth in annoyance. He was concentrating. Just not as much as he could, and Mooney seemed to know this. "Harry, if you won't concentrate, let's read. Now open Marshilda Grimtooth's…

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Harry chuckled at this memory. Mooney knew every book that Harry had and knew what information was in them to the page. It scared Harry sometimes.

Harry was thrown out of his train of thought by Hedwig screeching. Harry looked up to see three owls coming. One he could tell was Errol, but the other two were owls Harry had never seen before. The first two landed on his desk and dropped their letter while Errol flew through the window and hit the wall.

Harry just sighed and gathered the letters, to be surprised that they were from Cho, Padma Patil, and Ginny. Now what on earth could those three want with him? 'I won't find out by just staring with my mouth so open that I'm attracting flies.' He thought to himself.

Harry just sighed and opened Cho's first.

Dearest Harry,

First off, I would like to say that I am so sorry about turning you down for the ball. I just thought you might want to know that Cedric and I are definitely NOT dating. He and I are just good friends, albeit ones who occasionally go on dates, but nothing more.

Harry, all of last year, Cedric was trying to get me to ask you out, but I am no Gryffandor. But I'm asking you now, would you be willing to go out with me?

Sincerely,

Cho

Harry felt himself smiling more than he ever remembered after reading that letter. She reciprocated his feelings! 'Wait! I just thought the word reciprocated, I spend to much time with Mooney.'

Harry was going to reply, but Hedwig's screech reminded him of the other letters and thought that he should read them as well.

He was curious as to why Padma was writing him, so he opened that one next.

My dear Harry,

I wish to say that I have been watching you through the years, and I hope you know that, while I was disappointed with you and Ron at the Ball, I found you very charming.

Harry, first things first, you are a GREAT person. You are smart, witty, have a great sense of humor at times, and you have the capacity to love others like the people in fairy tales I've heard.

Enough about that, I was just wondering if we could be friends. Personally I would like to date you, but things may not work out, so I have decided to take things one at a time. If you don't agree, just send a letter and we shall remain acquaintances.

With a crushing heart,

Padma.

If Harry was catching flies with Cho's letter, he was probably attracting flying spiders now. He had no idea that Padma fancied him. He didn't like her that way, heck, he hardly knew her. But he didn't see anything wrong with being friends for now.

Lastly, he picked up Ginny's letter.

Harry,

I'm just going to get straight to the point.

No matter how much I try, I can't get over my feelings for you. I understand if you can't return them, but I want to be as honest as I can. I think I love you, but I will remain the role of a friend if that is what you wish.

I know that you have many things to worry about with the Prophet and Voldemort, but please try and relax and be a teenager every now and then. You have been in more life and death situations that Dumbledore, (and that's saying something considering how long he has opposed Dark Wizards) but please try to remember that there are things worth living for as well as fighting for.

With Love,

Ginny.

Harry appreciated that Ginny was honest and that her letter was heartfelt. He would continue to be her friend, but he couldn't return the feelings she was talking about. Maybe if things didn't work out with Cho, but now was not the time to worry about it. He would try to be honest, but he didn't know what to say. Maybe if Hermione was here she could compose the letters. He would have to think about what to write.

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