As Harry said, the new powers spent time appearing and disappearing until they finally settled. Harry's flame became easier to control and Takuya was now able to fly on the wind. Their canine appearances did not alter, instead settling. Though they had heightened senses, only Takuya had a difficult time controlling them. Harry's experiences with his fire had made it easier, only giving mild troubles in the beginning. The one thing that grew was the visions. Harry and the rest of the trekkers were now known for collapsing at random times, waking up moments later looking like they had ran laps.
When Hermione had awakened after the battle, she saw Harry looming over her, a worried expression on his face. This was marred however, by his eyes which seemed to dance. When she sat up in the Entrance Hall, her stomach gave her so much pain that she had fallen back. Before she could hit the floor, Harry had swooped in and grabbed her, carrying her easily up the four flights to the Hospital Wing. While she was unsurprised at Harry and Ron standing at her bedside; she was shocked by the presence of Harry's friend Takuya, brown haired Kari Kamiya, and dark haired Joe Kido. Most shocking was Draco Malfoy. Though he waited by her bedside, Malfoy had taken to pacing up and down, lost in thought. When Hermione left the hospital a few days later, many students avoided her, having heard about when she had thrown Madame Pomphrey into the wall. The rumors were also fueled by Harry's occasional need to run off into the grounds, in pain over sensory overload.
One day, while returning from one of these trips, Harry was walking back up the stairs. He barely noticed where he was going; only stopping when he felt himself kick something hard. He looked down at the two forms in shock. Though he had seen both Ms. Norris and Colin, Harry was surprised at the blackened form of his house ghost. The other figure, Justin Finch-Fetchley, lay panicked at his feet. He heard a gasp and turned to see Professor McGonagall standing behind him.
"Professor, I swear I didn't do it!"
"This is out of my hands Potter." She said, escorting the boy to a statue of a gargoyle. "Sherbert Lemon!" Harry was surprised at the strange password, but it turned out to be the correct one, the statue opening up to a moving spiral staircase. Harry walked up and entered an elegant oval room, books lining shelves all around. Moving portraits decorated the walls and strange instruments sat atop cabinets.
Harry heard a bird squawk, turning to see what he knew was a phoenix. He instantly knew that the bird was dying, yet it would rebirth from its ashes. He could see that its song was pure and its tears could heal. The boy heard another squawk and walked toward the bird, wondering why it wanted him to come. Maybe it wanted some company or knew another fire beast when it saw one, but as Harry approached it grew peaceful. When Harry stopped by the bird's perch, it squawked at him and obediently, he picked it up, holding it in his hands. As soon as it touched his flesh, the bird burst into flames, most of the ashes falling to a trap below its perch. Some of the ashes however, fell onto Harry, being sucked into his being.
Harry heard someone approaching and turned to see Dumbledore looking at him. Harry stared but before he could speak, Dumbledore spoke up, "Fawkes is a phoenix Harry." Harry fought to keep a surprised look on his face as Dumbledore explained about the bird. Finally, the man finished and invited Harry to sit down. Not wanting to cause problems, Harry instead elected to stand, waiting for the man to speak.
Before either could speak, Hagrid burst in, a bleeding rooster in his hand. He noticed Harry standing next to Dumbledore and quickly spoke up, "It wasn't him Professor, I know it wasn't him." Dumbledore quickly surprised Harry by saying he knew this but Hagrid kept ranting on before it sank in. With a quick, "Oh," Hagrid elected to wait outside, face red through his beard.
"You don't think it was me?"
"No Harry, I brought you here to ask you if there was anything you wished to tell me."
Harry wondered if he should tell Dumbledore that the boy standing in front of his desk was not the boy Dumbledore had seen at the sorting. He knew Dumbledore expected something from Harry, but was unsure what it was. Even so, Harry felt that he couldn't let Dumbledore down and so remained silent. Dumbledore looked at him for a moment and then asked if he was sure, causing Takuya to chuckle. Keeping a straight face, Harry shook his head and was then dismissed. On his way out, Harry saw Hagrid walk back in and decided to listen in as he walked. Harry heard Hagrid saying that all of his chickens had been strangled, and that he had no idea of the culprit.
When Hermione heard about the chicken killings she got a funny look but said nothing when the boys asked her about it.
One day, Harry had found a strange diary in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, pulsating with a dark aura. Curious, Harry picked it up and brought it to the common room. It told him that the last time the Chamber had been opened, a girl had been killed and shortly after this, the culprit had been caught, Rubeus Hagrid. Harry and Ron decided to wait until another attack occurred, preferring to give their friend the benefit of the doubt. Shortly after, the second years were given another thing to think about, class choices for the next year. Izzy, Cody, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Takuya, Zoe, Takato, Tommy, Koji, Koichi, TK, Kari, Willis, Davis, Henry, Kristy, Kenta, Jeri, and Rika met in the library to talk it over.
"Well I for one am signing up for everything." Hermione explained at once. Harry and Ron decided to take Care of Magical Creatures and Divination but the others were less hesitant to pick classes. Cody and Izzy were eager to take everything, but both opted out of Muggle Studies. Davis quickly took a liking to Muggle Studies and Divination, deciding they would be easiest. Koichi promply picked both of Harry's choices, his twin deciding the same thing. Zoe, Kenta, Henry, and Jeri decided they wanted to try out ancient runes, other choices less known. After careful thought, Harry, Takuya, and Koichi chose Arithimancy, wondering if it would help with their visions.
Not long after classes were chosen, the Hufflepuff versus Gryffindor match was slated to begin. Of course, Kari and the rest of the Hufflepuffs would be cheering for their team. However, when Harry got down to the Pitch late, Professor McGonagall informed the crowd that the match had been canceled. Before he could protest, Harry and Ron were escorted to the Hospital Wing along with Thomas.
The three froze as they saw Hermione and Penelope Clearwater lying on two beds. Between them on a table was a mirror. They were all asked if they knew why there was a mirror in Hermione's hand but no one knew. As a direct result, Harry and Ron went to visit Hagrid. Before they could talk, Hagrid flung them back under the cloak as Dumbledore, Lucius Malfoy, and the bowler hat man, Cornelius Fudge entered. The conversation that followed was grave, ending in Dumbledore's suspension and Hagrid's arrest. Both gave words of advice involving hope and spiders and after everyone left, the boys returned to the school.
A.N. As you may have noticed, the format seems to be similar to my last book. Shortly after Christmas, the digibaddy gets defeated and then Harry takes care of wizard business without the Digidestined. I noticed this myself and figured I should change this. As such, I will try to steer one of the lesser written about Digidestined into the final battle, seeing if I can make a few "connections" there. It just doesn't seem fair that Harry and Takuya get all the attention, but when I first started I had little control over the story. As always, I thank you all for reading, grinning as the favorites and follows go up. I wish I could meet some of you and hear if y'all think Harry just keeps getting too OP. Either way, I am starting to get a good idea about some scenes in books 3-5, one involving Hagrid and Suzie. As you may have noticed, Suzie is getting close to the sorting age, making me wonder about what qualities she would possess. Will she still be a sweet and kindly kid? Or has she gotten a little moody? And of course, Thomas will have his last year at school, something I am excited about. See, Rowling never explained about graduating students and I want to do something like a Muggle ceremony. I'm sure most of you older readers remember your High School/ College graduations. I crossed the stage in tears, unable to hold myself together. Either way, I have a feeling that this book will be shorter, making me wonder if I should do some Digiworld summer thing. I've probably put you to sleep by now so remember to keep on trucking, and maybe this story will inspire you to write your own!
Fyrius