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Author's notes: Thanks, again, for the reviews. I decided to do this next chapter right away before school starts. I want you guys to check out the ending for the last chapter. I sort of changed it because somebody told me that they were out of character. Thanks Moony's Number 1!

Chapter Ten: The Awakening of the Suzaku

Harry and Ginny made their way through a crowd of students gathered at the Three Broomsticks. The pub seemed to be remarkably full today. No surprise there since it is, after all, Hogsmeade weekend for Hogwarts students. Through the massive crowd, Ginny immediately saw his silver blonde hair at the far end of the room.

"Harry! He's over there!" Ginny said in a loud voice pointing at the blonde's direction. It became impossible for them to hear each other through this noise.

He nodded signaling her that he understood. They then proceeded into walking towards that direction. Of course, Draco and Harry have to do their glaring contest first before they could occupy the seat in front of him. She had a hard time convincing Harry not to start up with their regular verbal contest. She told him that they might get some new information from Draco so he should avoid starting conflicts for now. Harry hesitantly agreed.

Before a conversation could even start, Blaise arrived with two butterbeers. He gave one to Draco and then took the seat beside him.

"Gin, I'm going to get us some drinks. Do you want something else?" Harry asked standing up hoping to avoid any confrontation with the Slytherins for a couple more minutes.

She smiled before saying, "No, thanks. The butterbeers will do."

"What did you bring Potter here for, Weasley? Scared that we'll do something to you?" Draco sneered.

"Well… if you could bring a friend, why can't I?" she said pointedly.

"Weasley, the issue of your meeting today also concerns me. Potter, on the other hand, has nothing to do with this!" Blaise interrupted.

Raising her eyebrow, Ginny said, "And pray tell, how does it concern you?"

"You'll find out soon enough, Weasley." Blaise said. He said this with an air of mystery. It's as if he knew something that she doesn't. But that's why they're having the meeting, right? To exchange information?

"Yes, Weasley, Blaise is here not only because he is a close friend of mine but this concerns him as well." This time Draco was the one who told her.

"Okay, fine! Let's just get started with this." she said raising her hands up in surrender. She turned her head on the bar and saw that Harry was coming back. He was holding two large mugs of butterbeer.

"Here, Gin" he said sliding onto the seat beside Ginny.

"Thanks." She smiled up to him.

Draco cleared his throat loud enough to interrupt the two. "Let's get to the issue of this so called meeting. Tell me, Weasley, what information did you gathered up regarding these bloody bracelets."

She then began the elaborate narration of the legend behind the four bracelets. How they were found and how they were used to defeat the demon, Rinden. She told them that they were now under the protection of old wizarding families passed on from one generation to the next. This part was proved to be true since the Malfoys and the Weasleys were one of the oldest pure blood families in the wizarding world.

"That's all we have so far. We can't find anymore books that contain more information." She told him, taking a sip of her butterbeer.

"Nobody usually writes about them, Weasley. Only a few people actually know about the legend behind them. Most of them, of course, knew about it because their family holds one of them. When I was young, I remember my father mentioning that there is a possibility that the bracelets still has the legendary creatures that were used to defeat Rinden. Unfortunately, nobody was able to prove that." Draco said.

"Yes, that was what I was told as well." Blaise added.

"Malfoy, do you know anything about your family history with regards to the bracelets?" Ginny asked Draco.

"As a Malfoy, I have to know a lot about my family history. Apparently, nobody has every enlightened me about the history behind our most priced possession. I asked my mother about it. My mother is born as a Black and not a Malfoy so she knows very little about them. She told me that my father was the one to ask regarding them." he replied.

"I believe my mom knows the story behind them. I asked her just a few days ago. She replied saying that my father wants to tell them personally." She told them.

"It sounds logical since it is a family secret." At last, Harry was able to say something. Draco merely ignored his comment, pretending that he wasn't there.

"As much as I hate it, I have to agree on what Potter said." Blaise stated after taking a sip of his butterbeer. "Our bracelets are now considered something sacred in each of our families. They are symbols of power and what separates our families from the rest. "

"Our?" Ginny said confused. "Don't tell me…"

"Yes, Weasley, I too have one." He lifted the sleeves of his sweater to reveal a golden bracelet. The bracelet has the same detailed design on it with only one difference. The animal that was carved in it was a turtle. It was the Genbu, the turtle with the emerald eyes. "I found out that our family has one of them just a few days ago. My father sent them with a letter mentioning that I should guard this with my own life."

"That leaves the Byakko. Does anybody know who has the last one?" Harry said. Blaise shook his head. Draco, on the other hand, continued his act of ignoring Harry.

"I haven't seen anyone on Slytherin wearing one of them. As you might have noticed, Weasley, they're irremovable. Once you've worn them, you won't be able to remove them." Blaise told them.

"But they weren't before." She replied.

"Yes, that's true. Curiously enough, I noticed that change as well. What do you think of it, Draco?"

"No idea. Something must've happened to cause that. We could only guess what it was."

"Zabini, are you experiencing the dreams too?" Ginny asked.

"No. Luckily for me, only you and Malfoy are the only ones that are having them."

"Do you reckon that the bracelets have some sort of dark history behind them? Especially after all these times that you two have been possessed." Harry asked.

"Yes, Potter does have a point there. What are you two planning to do with it?" Blaise said.

Draco and Ginny looked at each other for a while and then Ginny answered, "We surely don't want any incidents happening again but there's nothing we can do about it. Our bracelets hold some sort of power over us. We can't take them off."

"There must be some sort of way we can prevent getting possessed but for now somebody should look after us just in case." Draco said.

"I'm up for it, Gin, but we don't exactly have the same classes together. We only have Potions and breaks." Harry told her.

"Well… it's you guy's problem. Not ours." Blaise said.

"Aren't you getting possessed as well, Zabini?" Harry asked him.

"No, Potter. I'm not experiencing it. Well… we should be going." Blaise answered as he slid off the chair.

"Weasley." Draco hoarsely said, unconsciously holding her hand. "The dreams and possessions must stop! Even if it takes working with you and Potter to make them stop, I'll do it! Send me an owl after you receive the information from your father." Shocked, Ginny could only nod. Draco even gave her hand a squeeze after letting go and walking off.

"By the way, good luck for the game. You'll need every last bit of luck because you're going to lose big time!" Blaise told them as he followed Draco through a herd of Hogwarts students.

A few weeks later…

Ginny could barely hear Zacharias' commentary through the loud cheers from the Gryffindor and Slytherin stands. She looked over the score board. The score was tied. 60-60. Ron called for a time out after the new Slytherin chaser, John Reid, scored another goal.

"Ginny, would you please pay attention!" Ron shouted slightly irritated.

"Sorry, Ron."

"Okay, I want you, Colin, to hit the bludgers on Zabini's direction. Dennis, you hit them on Reid's direction." Ron instructed. "Dean, guard Vaisey. He has good moves into getting the ball in but I noticed that he's not a very good catcher. If they're on possession, the perfect opportunity to get the Quaffle is when they pass it to him. Seamus, you deal with Ryuen Conner. Gin, take on Reid. Okay team, let's go and win this!"

"But… Ron." Her voice faltered when she noticed that everybody was already flying. The new Slytherin chasers were very good. Even with Ginny's caliber, she was still having a hard time stealing the Quaffle. The new Slytherin chaser, John Reid, was an awesome flyer. It was as if he came out of his mother's womb with a broomstick.

She mounted her broom up getting ready for another round and the game continued.

Two hours already passed and the scores were now against them. It was 120-150 in favor of Slytherin. Ginny glanced around the field for Harry, wanting to know if there was any progress in his search for the snitch. He saw him near the Ravenclaw stands still looking for it. Not far from him was Malfoy who wanted Harry to do all the work.

WHHIIZZ!

A bludger just missed her head by inches. That was close! she thought to herself. Concentrating back to her job, she zoomed past Ryuen catching the ball on time before it could reach the goal. She quickly passed it to Seamus. He, then, passed it to Dean who was already halfway through the field.

Vaisley and Ryuen were not far from Dean. They were able to catch up with him sooner than expected. They cornered him making it hard for him to pass it to the other two. Unfortunately for the two Slytherins, Dean had a brilliant idea to pass the ball to the other players. Do you know what he did? He dropped the Quaffle to the ground. Yes! He dropped it!

Ginny, at that moment, sped up and flew right below them. She easily caught it and zoomed past everyone headed straight for the goal. A second longer and she probably missed the Quaffle. Only Blaise was on her way now. Struck by an idea, she gave a signal to Colin and flew way up.

Blaise followed Ginny with his eyes. As planned, he was blinded by the sun. Colin, on queue, hit a bludger on Blaise's direction. The bludger came in contact with his right arm disabling him for a couple of seconds. Ginny took advantage of the moment and scored the goal!

Loud cheers were heard from the Gryffindor stands. Luna's lion-topped hat which was roaring loudly became distinctly heard. Dean and Seamus even flew over and gave her a slap in the back before going back to the game. She followed them until they were set up in a V-formation. Then, the most shocking thing has happened. She heard a loud noise while flying towards Ryuen. It sounded as if a bludger just hit an unsuspecting player breaking the player's broom in the process.

"RON!" Ginny heard somebody screamed from the Gryffindor stands. It sounded a lot like Hermione. She took a glance at the goalposts and to her horror; Ron was falling fast, hundreds of feet from the ground.

Ignoring the game for awhile, she gripped the handle and dived hoping that she could catch him on time. Far ahead of her was Harry who was also flying over to save him. Please, I hope I can make it on time. She prayed.

"Go faster!" She heard Harry yelled to his broom.

Right then, tears started falling in her eyes. Fate was against her. Ron was just seconds away from hitting the ground. She and Harry was still a good fifty feet away.

"RON!" she screamed.

By some act of miracle, the Suzaku's eyes glowed. Afterwards, she felt warmth from the bracelet spreading across her body. No sooner later, her whole body released the same red glow it was emitting. She immediately gained speed about five times faster than her broom could do.

"Gotcha!" she caught Ron in his robes. He was unconscious and his head was bleeding. Surprisingly, his weight was as light as a child. It became easily for her to maneuver the broom while holding him.

"It seems that Draco Malfoy had already caught the snitch. Slytherin earns 150 points! Slytherin wins 300 to 130!" Zacharias' voice echoed throughout the Quidditch field. Loud cheers erupted from the Slytherin stands and Luna's lion-topped hat had gone silent. She felt as if that her heart stopped for the second time that day. They lost the first game of the season. No matter. At least, Ron is safe. She reasoned with herself slowly lowering them.

At last, they landed on the safe ground. The professors were already there waiting. One of them even had a stretcher ready. Hagrid immediately placed him in it and pushed it towards the castle. She was about to follow them when somebody called her. Turning around, Ginny saw Hermione running towards her enveloping her in a tight hug. After releasing her from the hug, she saw that tears were falling freely from the older girl's face. "It was Derrick! I saw him hitting the bludger just underneath him! It hit the broom first. Then, his head. He was falling and I couldn't even do anything! I couldn't even move a muscle." she cried.

Even if she herself was crying, she reassuringly told her, "Hermione, it's okay. He's safe now. Come on; let's go to the Hospital wing."

Hermione occupied the seat beside Ron's bed. She stared at his limp body. Madam Pomfrey did a great job cleaning up his wound and tying the bandages on his head. His face was calm almost angelic so unlike his regular witty face.

Ginny placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Hermione, you're not coming?"

"No. I'll stay here for awhile. You and Harry could go ahead." she said softly.

"Alright, then. But you should go soon."

"Yeah. I will."

Harry and Ginny left the infirmary. They walked silently towards the Gryffindor Common Room. Harry made a wise decision by taking the shortcuts that the Marauder's map showed him before. He might use the Cruciatus curse on Derrick if he saw him at that moment. At the corner of his eye, he saw a tear slowly rolled down Ginny's cheek. He stopped suddenly that Ginny did the same.

"Gin." his soft voice made her look up. Slowly brushing her tears with the back of his hand, he continued, "Don't cry, Gin. I hate to see you crying."

"Those bloody Slytherins! I can't believe they pulled a dirty trick like that!" she said her temper rising. "Mom's going to freak when she finds out!"

"We can't expect anything less from them, Gin. They are Slytherins."

All throughout the afternoon, there is a question that Harry wanted to ask her. It's been bugging him since the game ended. Taking a deep breath, he now asked, "Gin, during the game, what happened to you?"

Ginny gave him a what-are-you-talking-about look. Harry realized that she probably didn't know what happened. She's probably too worried about Ron, like everybody else, to know.

Resting a hand on her shoulder, Harry told her what happened. "Gin, your bracelet lit up while we were racing to save Ron. Did you notice that?"

"Yes, I did notice that. I remember the Suzaku's eyes glowing and its warmth spreading across my body. After that, I saw that I was surrounded by a red light and my broom's flying five times faster than usual."

"It all happened very fast. Most of the students probably didn't notice what it was. They just probably noticed a red glow."

"What is it, Harry? Tell me." She asked. Harry's expression worried her.

"Gin, seconds before you saved Ron, you were surrounded by what you thought was a red light. It wasn't just any red glow, Gin. After your bracelet lit up, something came out. It was a phoenix…"

"The Suzaku." She whispered to herself.

"… It looks just like the one illustrated in your bracelet. It appears as though you were inside it while flying at remarkable speed. It was even faster than my firebolt. You passed by me even at the speed that I was traveling. Look at this." He removed his school robe to reveal his shirt. The shirt's sleeve has a huge hole. You could see the soot on the borders indicating that it was burned.

"When the phoenix flapped its wings, it touched my quidditch robe and it immediately burned it in the process. When you passed by, my surrounding became extremely hot. I could've even passed out if I was exposed even longer. I was worried seeing that you're inside it with its extreme temperature."

"No, Harry. I felt comfortably warm."

"I was also shocked. You were able to carry Ron with only one hand. There's not even a sign of discomfort in your face." He now had two hands on her shoulder. "Gin, Ron's body would at least weigh a hundred and sixty pounds!"

She took a glance at her bracelet. "The Suzaku. It probably helped me when I needed it."

"Indeed, it did. The bracelets still have a lot of secrets that we have to uncover."

Author's Notes: Thanks for reading. I would appreciate it if you review as well. Next chapter, they'll be at the Burrow for winter break.