Disclaimer: I do not own "Harry Potter". It is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. I wrote this story when I was 12 years old in the year 2003. So, "Half-Blood Prince" wasn't out yet either. It didn't exist at this point. Again, errors in spelling and grammar have been intentionally left in to preserve my skills as a young writer. This story is complete. This is a repost.

Chapter Sixteen: The Mysterious Disappearance

Harry woke on a bright, cheery, January morning. He yawned and stretched, and reached for his glasses and put them on and saw the dormitory door open.

"Morning…" Cho said, carrying a tray.

"What's that?" Harry asked curiously.

"Breakfast. I woke up late too…so I made this for you since breakfast is already over…Thank god we don't have class today…Blessed Sundays…" Cho said, walking over with the tray and setting it on Harry's bedside table.

"Thanks Cho. It looks great." Harry said as he started to eat.

Harry ate in silence since Cho had a lot on her mind. Harry realized this and asked,

"Cho, what's the matter? You haven't spoken a word to me since you brought in breakfast."

"Harry lets take a walk." She said.

They walked out of the castle and towards the lake. They sat down under a tree. Then Cho began to speak:

"Cianna left today on a train back home. She said it was a family emergency, but I'm not to sure…"

"So, do you think that she's like the Angel of Darkness or something?" Harry asked.

"Well, I don't really think she is... well actually she could be." Cho replied.

"How?" Harry asked very confused.

"OK, do you remember when Akira used the her powers trying to figure out who was the Angel of Darkness?"

"Akira, she passed out before she told us." Harry said notably.

"She got out the first few letters. She said Cian- and then she passed out. I didn't realize this until this morning. I'm starting to believe it." She replied.

"But how can that be true? I mean, our only lead is from what Akira had tried to tell us…" Harry said.

"Well, there is another thing, it's what Dumbledore told me in his office. I'm not allowed to tell you. But you will find out in time. Ok?" She replied.

"Ok, lets go find Ron and Hermione and tell them what you figured out." Harry said.

"Actually, I need to find Whitney Felton, she need to ask me something." Cho said.

"I wonder what she wants to ask…" Harry said.

"I have no clue." Cho replied.

They walked around the grounds until they finally saw Whitney sitting on a bench talking to Alyssia.

"Hey Cho, Harry what's up?" Alyssia asked.

"Whitney wanted to ask me something." Cho replied.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. You know how Tom asked me to marry him. Well, I was wondering if you, Akira, and Hermione wanted to be my bridesmaids?" Whitney asked.

"Well, certainly, I'll go ask the others. I'm sure they'll be happy to do it though!" Cho answered.

"Thanks." Whitney said

Cho and Harry ran back to the castle, and to the Gryffindor tower to tell Hermione, Ron, and Akira to tell them everything the had found out.

They rushed into the hallway, sliding on the smooth floor. They dashed up to the portrait of the Fat Lady and skidded to a halt. They said the password and ran inside the common room, panting and sweating.

"Hey! What's up?" Akira asked.

"Need…to…tell…you, Hermione, and Ron something…" Cho said as she tried to catch her breath.

"Ron! Hermione! Get over here!" Akira called, motioning the two over.

"What?" Ron asked, walking over to Akira, Harry, and Cho with Hermione on his arm.

"Cho has a hunch…of who the identity of the Angel of Darkness is…but she isn't sure…" Harry explained.

"Really?" Hermione, Ron, and Akira asked interested.

"Yeah." Harry answered.

"And…?" the three asked.

"Cianna." Cho said.

"Cianna?"

"Yes, Cianna. She's just left on the train because of a family emergency…"

"Family emergency? Uh huh, right…" Ron said.

"Look, remember when I had you use the locator spell, Aki? Well, right before you blacked out, you were starting to say something that sounded a lot like Cianna's name. You only said maybe half of it…but Cianna's been acting weird, you know? I mean, it's like she's waiting for something…something big to happen…that's why I think she keeps 'accidentally' showing emotion towards Harry right in front of me." Cho said.

"Hey, you're right!" Ron, Akira, and Hermione said in realization.

Classes resumed the next day and Cianna wasn't in class. Days went by, Cianna still had not returned. Weeks, she was still missing…finally, on the last day of January, she returned.

"Cianna! You have so much work to catch up on! You missed an entire month!" Hermione said.

"That sounds absolutely dreadful…so where do I start?" Cianna asked, a bite of coldness in her voice.

"Well, why were you gone for so long?" Hermione asked.

"Family emergency. Couldn't be avoided." Cianna replied.

"What happened?" Hermione asked.

"It is none of your business! So don't be poking your nose into other people's affairs!" Cianna snapped.

"You're acting so different now…something really bad must've happened…but you have to give Professor Snape five different potions before Tuesday, give Professor Flitwick two essays, five inches long, due next week, give Professor Sprout a definition of plants with healing properties, any length you want, due next week also. And Care of Magical Creatures, a foot long essay on mammals that have a shape-shifting ability." Hermione said.

"Well. Thank you. I'll be going to dormitory so I can catch up on my work. I would ask that no one is to disturb me." Cianna said, marching off.

Hermione stood, rooted to the spot. She was shocked at Cianna's new attitude. She rushed off to find Cho.

Cho was in the library doing homework, and was hard at work in a quiet corner.

"Cho!" Hermione hissed.

"What?" Cho asked.

"Cianna's just arrived back. And you won't believe how much she's changed. I think your theory is a pretty good one, but it has to be confirmed…" Hermione whispered, taking a seat across from Cho and pulling out a textbook.

Cho was thinking hard.

"We'll have to test it…but not now…later…and I think Madam Pince is watching us…" Cho whispered after a while.

She stuffed her homework back into her bag and crammed in her books, quills, parchment, and ink bottles, then swung the bag over her shoulder and started walking out of the room. Hermione put her textbook back into her bag then followed Cho.

"So when-?" Hermione started to ask, but Cho cut her off.

"Not here!" Cho said.

They continued to walk and reached the common room. Harry, Ron, Akira, Liam, and Alexa were all hard at work on their homework.

"Sis, can you check my work?" Akira asked, as Cho came in.

"Yeah, sure, what're you working on there?" Cho replied.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts. My mist-demon essay…Mez and I have to take our OWLs this year. You all are lucky…you don't need to take your next examination until next year! It's not fair!" Akira complained.

"Yes, I know, life isn't fair…now let me see your essay…" Cho said, taking a seat next to her sister.

"Here you go…" Akira said, pushing the piece of parchment at her.

Cho read the essay and looked up at her sister.

"It's pretty much all wrong…you've gotten it confused with a boggart. Mist demons turn into someone we like, not something we're afraid of." Cho said.

"No way! Let me see that!" Akira exclaimed in shock.

Cho gave her sister's essay back to her. Akira read it over.

"Oh man! Now I have to write it over! I spent an hour writing it!!!" Akira whined.

"Well, you got the part where they try to lure you someplace to kill you correct. You just have to rewrite the first two paragraphs." Cho said, notably.

Akira scowled at her essay, tore off a fresh piece of parchment, and started rewriting her essay.

"Hey Cho, can you check mine too?" Liam asked.

"Ok." Cho replied.

Liam handed her his essay and Cho read it.

"It's very good. But the spell used against it is 'Rayden' not 'Radian'. Everything else is fine." Cho said.

"Oops! Thanks…" Liam said.

Cho gave him back his essay, and she looked very bored.

"Next week Saturday is the Quidditch match. Isn't that great?" Ron asked.

Cho wasn't listening anymore. She had fallen into her subconscious, a deep dark tunnel with no way out. She could faintly hear the sound of everything going on in her conscious self. She felt like she was falling. She was in pain. But she couldn't see. All she could see was darkness. Then she realized, that the darkness had swallowed her. She could feel her memories floating away, and her hope draining. She had to get out. She had to find the light in the dark. She felt her heart and the light came bursting through, the darkness disappearing. Her hope gushed forth and her memories flooded back.

"Cho? What happened?" came a voice.

Cho couldn't tell who was speaking. Her eyes weren't working right. They wouldn't open. Then she saw something. It was like a fog had drifted in front of her face that only she could see. Then she was hit with a vision, and she started to cry.

"She's crying…why?" Akira wondered.

"What happened to her anyway?" Liam asked.

"She just kind of fell asleep, but we tried waking her, but then she just kind of fell over, her amulet started glowing, and now she's crying…" Akira explained.

"Hmm…odd…" Liam said.

"She must be seeing something that we can't…I wonder what though…" Akira said.

"Something awful, I bet…" Ron added.

"Well, I might be able to see it too…let me try…" Akira said.

Akira took her sister's hand. She saw fire and death. She quickly let go, and realized that she too had tears streaming down her face.

"What did you see?" Liam asked.

"Death…lots of it…and fire…pain, suffering…" Akira replied.

She wiped her eyes on her sleeve. Cho's eyes finally opened, but slowly. She could finally see everything. She had come out of her subconscious and back into her conscious. Her head hurt badly.

"Ohhh…" She said as she stirred.

It caught Harry, Ron, Akira, Hermione, and Liam's attention. Cho tried to sit up, but kept falling. She gained her balance and sat up properly.

"She's up! Wow! Oh my god!!!" Akira said sarcastically.

"Oh you shut up…" Cho said, brushing the tears off her face.

"What happened?" Harry asked.

"Vision…it was dreadful…I saw the future…really…" Cho answered.

"So, in your vision, what happened?" Ron asked stupidly.

"I already told you! I saw it too!" Akira snapped at him.

"But you didn't see the whole thing…it's even worse than you think…" Cho said.

"Worse? How?" Akira asked.

"I can't say it…before I saw it, it was like I was bound to secrecy…we will know soon enough…" Cho replied.

Akira shrugged and Cianna came down the spiral staircase.

"Oh hello." Cianna said.

"Hi…" the six said.

"What are all you up to?" Cianna asked.

"We're just doing our homework…" Akira answered innocently.

"Great, then you can help me catch up…" Cianna said brightly.

The six shrugged and cleared a space on the table and moved over so Cianna could sit down. Cianna sat down on Harry's side, Cho on his other side. Cianna took out a book and parchment and quill. She took out her ink bottle and opened her book and scanned a page and started writing. Her handwriting was tiny, scarcely two millimeters tall.

"Doesn't writing that small hurt your hand?" Akira asked.

"No. Writing larger letters hurts my hand though…" Cianna answered, still writing.

"Hmmm…that's odd…but hey, if that's your style, then it's your style…" Akira said.

Cianna smiled at Akira, then continued to work in silence. Everyone else decided to finished their homework, and Akira had successfully rewritten her essay on mist demons.

"There! Now correct it, Cho!" Akira said, beaming, and giving her sister her paper.

Cho read it and nodded in approval.

"Much better. You'll do well on it…" Cho said.

Akira cheered and whooped, but stopped after a few people started looking at her strangely. Cianna had finished her Herbology and Charms homework, and was proceeding to Potions. She conjured a cauldron and ingredients for the potions and a set of glass vials.

"First one, Wolfsbane Potion…one teaspoon of powdered birch bark, three pinches of armadillo bile, one bat fang, two moon gems…they don't look like gems…they look like spring rolls…anyway…" Cianna muttered.

She added in the ingredients and stirred her potion and put a sample into a vial. She cleared her cauldron.

"Oh yay! It's yellow-orange…close enough…" Cianna said. "Next one, Polyjuice Potion…and Snape wants this in by tomorrow? Uh huh, yeah right…"

She started adding the ingredients to her cauldron and stirred some more and got her Polyjuice Potion.

"Hey, Cho, can I borrow some of your hair?" Cianna asked. "I just want to test it."

"Yeah, ok…" Cho replied, pulling out a strand of her hair.

Cho put her strand of hair into Cianna's hand, who added it to her sample. The potion turned white as milk. Cianna took a sip.

"It doesn't taste bad…tastes good actually…that's means you're a good person…but I already knew that…it tastes like…honey…" Cianna said.

A minute went by and Cianna turned into Cho. She put her hand into her pocket and drew out another vial. She uncorked it and drank it and turned back into herself. Then she put a fresh sample of her potion into a vial and went to her next potions. It took her about an hour, but she finished and then went on to her Care of Magical Creatures homework. She read the title, and scowled. She seemed worried about something. She just went on and started the assignment, but after a few minutes, she yawned and packed up her things and went into the dormitory and to bed. Everyone else packed up their things and headed to bed also.