Disclaimer: I don't own "Harry Potter", it is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. I wrote this story when I was 11-12 years old and between the years 2001-2003, so the actual "Order of the Phoenix" had not been released yet. Errors in spelling and grammar have been purposely left in to preserve originality and my skill as a young writer. This story is complete. This is a repost.

Chapter Nine: A Disturbing Discovery

Harry walked down the stairs to the Great Hall and took up his usual seat at the Gryffindor table. Hermione was already there, reading a book. Ron was there too, trying to get Hermione's attention but gave up once he saw Harry.

"Hi Harry!" Ron said brightly.

"Hi Ron!" Harry replied.

Harry glanced further down the table and saw Cho and Akira sitting together looking at their new class schedules. Ginny had just grabbed her new schedule and passed the jumble of parchment down the table right in front of Harry. Harry searched around in the pile before finally pulling out his and passing it down to Hermione. She had finally stopped reading and crammed her book into her bag. She grabbed her schedule and handed Ron his then passed the pile further down the table.

"Excellent!" Ron said.

"What?" Hermione asked.

Harry looked at his schedule:

1. Herbology, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs
2. Transfiguration, Gryffindors and Ravenclaws
3. Charms, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs
4. Advanced Flying Lessons, Gryffindors only
5. History of Magic, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs
6. Potions, Gryffindors and Ravenclaws
Lunch
7. Care of Magical Creatures, Gryffindors and Ravenclaws
8. Divination, Gryffindors only
9. Defense Against the Dark Arts, Gryffindors only

-In light of recent events, all classes have been shortened to 25-30 minutes

Not a single class had Slytherins!

"We don't have any classes with Slytherin anymore!" Harry told her.

"Oh, I see. Well I'm going to Herbology. I'll meet you there." Hermione said.

"Ok see you!" Ron said.

"Hey Ron, I'll be right back. I'm going to visit Cho for a minute." Harry said as he gazed at Cho.

"Ok, whatever." Ron replied with a heavy sigh.

Harry got up from his seat and walked over to Cho.

"Hi Cho." He said.

"Hi Harry." Cho responded.

"I see you've gotten your new schedule. May I see it?" Harry asked curiously.

"Sure." Cho replied.

Cho handed her schedule to Harry and returned to her sister explaining what a niffler was. Harry looked over Cho's schedule and to his surprise, they had all their classes together. He gave Cho back her schedule and returned to his normal seat and ate his breakfast.

Harry finished his breakfast and rose from the table and went to Herbology. Cho soon followed and she met up with Harry a few seconds later as he walked to the greenhouses.

"Hello again!" Cho said with a light, carefree voice.

"Er…Hi." Harry said, his stomach slowly filling with butterflies.

"Going to Herbology?" Cho asked.

"Yeah. We have all of our classes together." Harry said.

"How cool! Well we're going to be late if we don't hurry!" Cho told him.

She began to run towards the greenhouses. She ran remarkably fast. Harry ran after her, instantly catching up. They both ran together to the greenhouses and made it to class just in time. Harry took a seat next to Ron.

"May I sit here? All the other seats are taken." Cho said after looking around.

"Yeah go right ahead." Harry said.

Cho sat down next to him and reached into her bag and got out her Herbology book. The rest of the class did the same.

"Good Morning, Class! Today, we will learn about Earth and Rock Nymphs." Professor Sprout announced.

A silent murmur of chatter struck up. It died down quickly.

"Now I want everyone to turn to page 274 and read the first four paragraphs." Professor Sprout said.

Hermione raised her hand.

"Yes Miss Granger?" Professor Sprout said.

"Will this be on our O. W. L. S.? Hermione asked eagerly.

"Yes it will. Everyone please pay attention to the lesson, it will be on your O. W. L. S." Professor Sprout told everyone.

The class continued to read while Professor Sprout wrote the day's homework (Define in your own words what a Earth Nymph and a Rock Nymph is with detailed descriptions and illustrations). Hermione had finished reading and was already doing her homework in class. The lesson ended very quickly. Harry was able to do a little bit of writing in class, but Hermione was done with the writing. All she had left was the illustrations. Everyone packed away their things and left the greenhouse and went to their next lesson.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Cho headed to Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. They arrived early to class and sat all in a row. Shortly after their arrival, the Ravenclaws and the rest of the Gryffindors filed in. Everyone took a seat and Professor McGonagall walked into the classroom. She took roll and wrote instructions on the blackboard.

"Please take out your books, turn to page 314. We will be turning side cabinets into desk lamps. I will be watching your progress very closely. The proper way to position your wand as you cast the spell is very simple. Place your wands in a pointing position, with the wand tip touching the cabinet. The spell is 'Greagen Holem.' Now you may begin. But first, read the given instructions on page 314. This will be on your O. W. L. S." McGonagall said to the class sternly.

Hermione quickly read the instructions in the book and was already transfiguring her side cabinet into a desk lamp. As usual, it was perfect. Cho transfigured her side cabinet into a desk lamp just as perfect as Hermione. Harry also transfigured his cabinet, and remarkably, Ron was able to transfigure it as well.

Professor McGonagall assigned some notes to be taken in class when the classroom door burst open and a small girl of about fourteen bearing Cho's appearance stumbled in, panting. It was Akira, Cho's little sister.

"Excuse me, I'm so sorry Professor…" she panted.

"Akira?!" Cho exclaimed when she looked up from her notes.

"Cho, Harry, Professor Dumbledore would like to see you." Akira said, still trying to catch her breath.

"I'm sure it can wait until class is over." Professor McGonagall stated coldly.

"No it can't. It's very important. They're going to be there for a while so they'll need to take their stuff." Akira told Professor McGonagall.

"Very well. Potter, Chang, pack up your things and follow-Oh, just go!" Professor McGonagall said starting to lose her composure.

Harry and Cho packed away their things and followed Akira out the door. Both Harry and Cho had confused looks on their faces. Minutes later they reached the stone gargoyle.

"Anyone know the password?" Harry asked.

"Nope." Cho said.

"Me neither. Dumbledore said we are supposed to knock." Akira said to them.

They knocked. No answer. They knocked again. Still no answer. They knocked for a third time and finally, Professor Dumbledore answered.

"Hello Harry, hello Cho, and hello Akira. Please would you three step into my office?" Professor Dumbledore asked them calmly.

No one said a word but merely followed Dumbledore into his office. They went up the moving staircase and reached an oak door. Dumbledore opened it and walked inside. Harry, Cho, and Akira walked in after him. A great shaggy black dog leapt off a chair in Dumbledore's office and trotted up to Harry.

"Please, sit down." Dumbledore said.

They sat down. Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix, flew down from his perch and onto Dumbledore's shoulder. Dumbledore looked at Fawkes then to the shaggy black dog.

"Sirius, you may resume your usual form." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye.

The shaggy black dog transformed into a man just as both Akira and Cho jumped. But they didn't scream.

"It's…it's…Sirius Black!" Akira stuttered.

"It's alright. He's not a murderer. He's innocent. Peter Pettigrew, the wizard he supposedly murdered, didn't die. He staged his own death. Pettigrew still lives and is a servant of Voldemort." Harry explained.

Akira and Cho flinched at the sound of the dark lord's name.

"When'd you learn that, Harry?" Cho asked.

"In my third year. He's my family too." Harry said.

"Really?" Cho asked, getting a bit more interested in the subject.

"Yeah. He's my godfather." Harry told her.

"How cool! It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." Cho said to Sirius warmly.

"Thank you." Sirius said.

"Sirius, you have contacted the old crowd?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes." Sirius replied.

"Good. Now, Harry, do you know why your father and you had to die that fateful night fifteen years ago? And not your mother?" Dumbledore asked.

"No." Harry said.

"It was because your father, James, was very powerful. Gryffindor's natural heir. Since he is gone, you now take the place as his heir. But you see, Voldemort knew that you and your father were Gryffindor's heir. He knew that Gryffindor's power was the only one that could defeat him. So that is why he sought out to kill you and your father, Harry. There are two powers that the heir of Gryffindor is to unleash to defeat whomever the evil one is. You are the heir, Harry. But you only have one of the powers." Dumbledore explained.

"So something's wrong?" Harry asked.

"No not at all. You see, the two powers, love and pure good, is what is to defeat Voldemort, or at least, weaken him severely. You have the power of love Harry. But Cho here, has the power of pure good within her. When Hogwarts had just begun, Rowena Ravenclaw and Godric Gryffindor were good friends. They'd known each other since they were children. Godric told Rowena about the Order of Phoenix, basically, the two powers of love and pure good. He told her how anyone of great powers of darkness could be defeated or just weakened. So Rowena offered to take one of the powers and give it to her heir. Rowena's heir had to be a Ravenclaw that had been transferred to Gryffindor." Dumbledore continued.

"I didn't know." Cho said exasperated.

"Cho, you aren't really sixteen either. You are fifteen just like Harry. Your parents didn't want you to die, they knew about what would happen. So they said you were a year older. They were scared." Dumbledore explained, still continuing.

"How is the power of pure good released? And what do you mean, my parents didn't want me to die?" Cho asked.

"You'll find out what I meant by that once I explain. You see, in order for the power to be released, you must sacrifice yourself in some sort of way and you must do it not because you know you have to, but because of love. True love. A power that Voldemort cannot understand. If you sacrifice yourself in means of love, it will leave Harry with a new kind of shield to protect him so he can't die." Dumbledore finally finished.

Cho said nothing. Akira said nothing. In fact, no one said anything. They were just really shocked. Sirius wasn't. Harry figured that he had known for a while.

"Professor, Harry and I, when he was staying at my home, well we had the same dream one night. It was more like a dream within a dream." Cho said finally.

Dumbledore looked at Cho with interest.

"Go on, tell me what happened." Dumbledore said.

So both Harry and Cho explained what happened in their dream. When they finished, Dumbledore still looked calm, but a hint of worry and concern could be found.

"Professor, I had another dream." Harry said just remembering.

"Tell me what happened." Dumbledore said to him.

"Well Cho and I were somewhere. I don't exactly know what happened, but Voldemort was there and he was about to kill me, I think, then Cho does something and she dies. Then I hear the words 'She holds a great secret, Harry. You must be careful of it.' Or something like that." Harry explained.

"Harry, you might've just predicted the future, or seen an image of what is to come in the near future." Dumbledore said.