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 Thirty: Phoenix Song
Lumé, Cho's phoenix fluttered in front of her and then shrieked a shrill note and Cho's amulet started to glow a bright white. Rochelle was grinning, and darkness shone from her heart, and Lumé continued to shriek the shrill notes of the Phoenix Song. Rochelle had sprouted bat-like wings, and she floated up into the sky above them. Cho glowed of white light, and had angelic wings. She floated up to where Rochelle was. Rochelle was in a dark ball of light, then she broke out of it, and a red light shot into the air.
Miles away at the castle, Dumbledore was watching from the window. The students were all interested, so they went to the roof and watched the red light shoot through the night sky.
"So it has begun…" Dumbledore muttered.
Cho was in a white sphere of light, she too, broke away from it, and a bright white light shone through the sky. Rochelle shot down to the ground. She was in a dark dress, torn in places, her hair no longer wavy, but straight and streaked red and black. Cho came gently from the air, and landed softly on the ground. Her hair was still raven black, and she had beautiful white wings, and a white flowing gown made of floaty material. She walked slowly over to Harry, and stood in front of him.
"I wanted to tell you…that this is what happens…when I hear the Phoenix Song…Remus, Sirius, Tai, and Dumbledore have known all along." Cho explained.
She reached out her hand, and it touched the barrier, and Harry held out his.
"I have to fight…I must go…" Cho whispered.
"I understand." Harry replied.
"Hey Cho! Make sure you kick her ass ok?" Ron said.
Cho grinned, then she glided away where Rochelle was.
"You know, we have names…for this form…" She said.
"Is that so?" Cho asked mildly.
"Yes. You happen to be Angel Serenity, and I, Angel Genesis."
"Interesting…"
Remus and Sirius were whispering to each other.
"It isn't time to release the light. But it'll come soon…" Remus muttered.
"But when it does, what will happen?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know…we can only hope that Cho can find the key of destiny and open the doors of fate with it…"
Rochelle was circling Cho and watching her.
"It's a pity we have to fight like this…we could be great friends you know…we have great powers…and together, we'd be able to do such wonderful things…like kill all with impure blood, cleanse the world of those without magic in their blood…it would be a nice place to live wouldn't you think?" Rochelle asked.
"It sounds horrible. I only see two people here with impure blood…everyone else's blood seems fine to me." Cho replied.
Rochelle made a fist and she had a purple flame in her palm.
"How dare you! Time for the little angel to go to heaven…" She said dangerously.
"Go to hell!" Cho said angrily.
With those words said, Rochelle flung the purple flame at Cho. Then created a purple snake made of flames, to go after her. Cho had a silver flame in her hand and she threw it at the snake and it dissolved. Rochelle flew into the air, and Cho followed. They started throwing magic back and forth at each other, multiple colors of light flashed through the sky, the fight was astounding, but also horrifying.
"You know what the other piece of the prophecy said when I found it?" Rochelle asked.
"And what's that?" Cho replied.
"'Take the wings of and angel, for she will not be able to fly, let her taste the darkness, and she will fall before you…'"
"That's not all of it! Tell me the rest!"
"Fine. 'However, if the demon loses her power, the light shall overcome the darkness, purifying the earth, setting all spirits free, and laying all tainted souls to rest. Darkness cannot survive, the world is bright, peace and happiness rise from the angel's heart, but a new prophecy will begin…The one who will forever guard the worlds and keep the peace…will be the one that the angel loves…'" Rochelle answered irritated.
"Good. Now that we both know how to destroy each other, want to have a go at it?" Cho asked sarcastically, in an unusually bright voice.
"Sure, why not? Sounds quite fun!" Rochelle replied, grinning.
Cho closed her eyes and thought of only the light.
'Setting all spirits free…' She thought.
A white glowing sphere came from her heart, and she opened her eyes, and saw that Rochelle was doing the same thing, only she had a sphere of bleak darkness from her heart. Both flew about ten feet away from each other, and held out their hands, then flew at each other.
"Taste the fury of the light!" Cho screamed.
"Darkness is the heart's true essence!" Rochelle cried.
Cho threw the light at Rochelle, and Rochelle threw the darkness in retaliation. Both elements spiraled through the air gracefully and collided, exploding, and causing a great shockwave, knocking Cho and Rochelle out of the air and sending them falling to the forest floor. Cho's wings melted away, leaving a shower of white feathers as she fell. Rochelle's bat-like wings crumbled into ash and she kept falling in a cloud of dust. Both of them hit the floor with thuds and glowed gold. Their clothes changed, Cho wearing a white spaghetti strap mini dress, Rochelle wearing a black long sleeved mini dress. Harry happened to lean forward, and noticed that the barrier had disappeared. A blue light shone from Cho, and floated away. Then blue light also shone from Harry. It felt like someone had reached into his soul and was ripping something from him. The blue light joined Cho's and they flew away together. Orange light came from Rochelle and flew away. Harry and run forward, Voldemort walked over to Rochelle.
"Pick her up. We must leave now." He said to a nearby Death Eater.
The Death Eater bowed and picked up Rochelle, then, all the Death Eaters and Voldemort came forth, with Akira and Kashya with them.
"I'll be seeing you soon, Potter." Voldemort said softly.
Then in a cloud of green and black smoke, they disappeared, leaving Cianna behind. Harry ran over to Cho, and lifted her up and carried her over to where Liam, Hermione, Ron, Sirius, and Remus were standing.
"Don't worry about her. She might sleep for a while…she used so much energy and power on that last one…Rochelle is probably unconscious too…" Sirius muttered.
He walked over to Cianna and picked her up and carried her back to the rest of the group.
"Aki's gone…and she's being held against her will…by You-Know-Who and that Rochelle person!" Liam said angrily.
Liam wanted to cry. He had no one now…no one to understand him. Akira was the only one who knew how he felt and the only one he could relate to. And now, she was gone…
"Liam, don't beat yourself up about it. It's not your fault. There was nothing you could do. None of us could do anything." Ron said, reading Liam's expression.
"Yeah? Well what about her?!" Liam asked hotly, pointing at Cho.
"She couldn't do anything either! There wouldn't have been any time!" Ron protested.
"Well she could have at least tried to save her! She's got all those powers! She could've gotten Aki out of there in a second!" Liam replied, his voice rising.
Ron couldn't think of a decent thing to say in response, so he just dropped the subject. The seven of them walked through the path they had taken earlier, their wands alight, for the darkness in the trees was so bleak, they couldn't see even if they had their hand right in front of their faces. They had been walking for a while. It seemed that the journey back was longer than the journey coming was. The sky started to grow lighter and they soon had enough light to see without their wand tips lit. Dawn was breaking over the horizon, everyone continued to walk, watching the sky change colors. Hooves approached them.
"We waited for your return." Firenze said.
"That's very sweet of you, Firenze." Hermione replied.
"We know a shorter way of getting out of the forest. We can get you back to Hogwarts. We'll take you as far as Hagrid's cabin." Said the silver centaur.
All five centaurs kneeled, and everyone got on, Harry was holding onto Cho with one arm, and Firenze with the other. The centaurs broke into a quick gallop and trees were flashing by them. Harry was staring straight ahead, as were all the others. The sun was shining brightly now, and was above the trees. Cho slowly opened her eyes and adjusted to the light. She glanced around her and saw the others and noticed Harry's arm firmly holding her. She looked up at him, her eyes shining with happiness. Her heart filled with joy, and she leapt onto him and kissed him tenderly. Harry was quite surprised at her sudden movement, but after the shock subsided, (which only took a second) he kissed her back, and pulled her into a tight embrace, not even realizing that he had let go of Firenze, or that they had reached the grounds and the whole school was right there in front of them, waiting for their safe return, Tai among them.
"Ok, enough of that!" Tai snapped.
Harry and Cho suddenly became aware of their surroundings and realized that Firenze and all the other centaurs had stopped walking, so their riders could get off. Harry leapt off of the centaur, and Cho jumped into Harry's arms, and she stood up, suddenly feeling pain where the sword had stabbed her, and winced. With Harry's help, she walked over to Tai.
"If you have a problem with it, then sue me, ok?" She said through gritted teeth.
Madam Pomfrey had rushed forth.
"You need immediate care! Potter, what happened to her?" She asked.
"Oh nothing…just found out that Cianna was possessed by Rochelle, got into a sword fight, got stabbed, nearly died, got into a magic battle with Rochelle, got knocked out unconscious…" Cho replied sarcastically.
"Yes, well that certainly sounds fun…where's Miss Kelsey?" Madam Pomfrey wondered.
Cho pointed at Sirius. Madam Pomfrey bustled over and took Cianna and revived her and tended to her.
"Almost forgot! Voldemort's come back to haunt us." Cho added.
The usual chill ran down everyone's spine as they heard the name. Whispering rang out through the student body.
"Where's Aki?" Tai asked, his eyes searching the group.
"Gone. Voldemort and Rochelle took her. They got Kashya free…so she's quite alive and kicking…" Cho replied.
"Damn!" Tai shouted.
"Mr. Chang! Calm down!" Madam Pomfrey ordered.
"That bastard has my sister damn it!" Tai roared.
"Tai, please remain calm…Voldemort's second return is disturbing, yes. But your sister should be alright. As long as Kashya lives, your sister will as well." Dumbledore said.
"Seeing that you've all returned on the last day of school, I think you all should pack your trunks and join us for breakfast." Professor McGonagall said to Harry, Cho, Ron, Hermione, and Liam.
They nodded and walked up to the castle…
Their breakfast was silent. Even though everyone at the Gryffindor table threw millions of questions, none of them had the heart to answer them. Whitney and Alyssia had run over to the Gryffindor table and hugged each of them.
"We thought you were dead! You all were gone for so long! We were afraid!" Alyssia said.
"But now that we know you're all fine, we can all relax." Whitney added.
Draco and Tom walked over.
"Hey! Great to see you're all ok!" Tom said.
"Great to have you all back." Draco said.
At breakfast, everyone was running up to Cho and Harry and saying that they thought they were dead, but they were happy they were alive! After everything had quieted down in the Great Hall, Dumbledore tapped is glass and began to speak…
"Another year gone, and we can't say this hasn't been a quiet year. Two weddings, one pregnancy. and one very close Quidditch Cup. Now my first order of business is to tell everyone something, Voldemort is back, again. Now, don't everyone freak out. Secondly, after the feast I need to speak to Harry, Cho, Hermione, Ron, Liam, Whitney, Draco, Tom, and Alyssia. Now, with that its my privilege to tell all of you who has won the House Cup."
Cho couldn't listen because she was so worried about her sister. All of a sudden she felt a tap on her shoulder…
"Akira, how did you get here? I was so afraid that you were dead, I thought-"
"Cho, breathe." Akira said calmly.
"Oh right, sorry." Cho apologized.
"Alright well after everyone left the forest I started becoming aware of things and I saw Voldemort start slapping Kashya around for letting everyone leave alive. I guess she became quit dead because I was just able to run away from there. When Voldemort finally became aware that I was gone I heard him yell, That stupid girl got away, but I was already at the castle steps so there was nothing he could do about it…" Akira explained.
"Wow"
That was all Cho could say. She suddenly noticed that the entire school was staring at them.
"Oh sorry Professor, please continue." Cho said, blushing slightly.
"Thank you Miss Chang…Now, I was just about to announce the winner of the cup. In Fourth Place is Hufflepuff with 297 points, Third place goes to Ravenclaw with 324 points. Now, In Second place is Slytherin with 474 points, and winning the cup for 6 years in a row, Gryffindor with 523 points. Congratulations." Dumbledore announced.
Everyone started clapping, including the Slytherins. When everyone looked over at the Gryffindor table they saw a lot of people kissing, including Cho and Harry, which made Tai scowl, Ron and Hermione, and a very happy Liam and Akira. Whitney and Alyssia watched the couples with puzzled looks on their faces.
"What the hell?!" Both girls exclaimed.
They shrugged and joined in the fun. She and Alyssia both started kissing their husbands very passionately. When everyone finally stopped. Dumbledore began to speak…
"Now this year I'm going to give everyone an hour to walk around and talk to each other, the people whose names I called out earlier please meet me at the statue that lets you to my office. To everyone else, have a great summer and I will see you September 1."
With that, everyone got up and went their separate ways.
They reached Dumbledore's office and took seats around the room.
"I have called you here because your homes are no longer safe. You all will need to stay at Harry's muggle family, because that certain residence has a strong unbreakable charm of protection, and all of you will be safe there. Now Harry, Cho, Hermione, Ron, Liam, pack your things…" Dumbledore said.
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They were on the train home now. All of them squeezed into a compartment. They were happily chatting away, without a care in the world. They were still wearing the muggle clothes that they had on since they left the forest, and they couldn't care less. After several rounds of Exploding Snap, and trading Chocolate Frog cards, at long last the train slowed down and came to a stop at Platform 9 ¾. They disembarked and went through the barrier in pairs and saw the Dursleys looking as grumpy as they always did every year, and to their surprise, Remus, Sirius, Tai, Professor McGonagall, Mr. Weasley, and Mrs. Weasley. When they spotted them, Remus, Sirius, Tai, and Mr. Weasley walked over to Vernon Dursley.
"Listen here, all of those kids over there are staying with you for a month this summer." Sirius said.
"Wha- why?!!" Vernon demanded.
"Because your place of residence is the best place for them. They're all safe there. On Harry's birthday, we'll take them to London with us and they'll stay with us for the whole month of August. Also, after the next year, Harry won't have to come back to you anymore." Remus said, smiling.
"I'm not going to let his crowd destroy our family!" Vernon barked.
"Well you're going to have to deal with it!" Tai said dangerously, taking his wand out of his coat and poking Vernon in the chest with it.
Vernon's face turned a shade of puce, then he reluctantly nodded, and motioned Harry and the others over. Petunia grinned and gave each of them a kiss on the cheek.
"Welcome back dears! How was your year?" She asked warmly.
"It was really…" Harry began.
"Interesting." Cho finished.
Tai pulled Cho aside.
"Look, I don't approve of you staying at Harry's aunt and uncle's house, so I don't want you two to be doing anything, that you shouldn't be doing. I'm only letting you stay there for your safety. So please just listen to me, ok?" He pleaded.
"Fine…" Cho replied.
Tai grinned and gave his sister a hug, then he hugged Akira and walked away.
The Dursleys, Harry, Cho, Ron, Hermione, Liam, Akira, Whitney, Tom, Alyssia, and Draco walked away from the station and to the parking lot where the Dursley family car waited for them.
'This summer is going to be fun…' Harry thought, glancing at the parchment notice in his hand.
He stuffed it into his pocket and continued to walk away from the station, his hand in Cho's.
The End
Completed July 28, 2003 at 4:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time-