A/N: Nothing much to say here except tell me what you think, ask questions if your confused, cause let's face it I'm not perfect (gasp I know) so review please even if you hate it. Although if you hate it why are you reading chapter 6??? Caught you! Hahaha Enjoy!
Harry and Ron were heading down to Quidditch tryouts that Sunday.
"So Ron during Tuesday's game you're not gonna get distracted by madam hooch are you?" Harry said laughing as they walked outside. It was a beautiful day, the sky was blue and practically everyone was outside. This also meant that many people were in the stands watching the Gryffindor tryouts. Many of these people were girls sitting there to watch Harry. Ron saw them and gave Harry a look.
"Oh come off it Ron I bet they're here to support there friends." Harry said even though even he knew why all the girls in the stands showed up that day.
"Harry, you don't come to support a friend dressed like that." Ron pointed to a girl wearing such a low cut shirt that Harry wouldn't know the difference if she weren't wearing a shirt at all. Harry looked at Ron.
"Well maybe there's a good looking guy trying out." Harry suggested
"First of all, the good looking guy they're here for is already on the team, second, look at who's trying out!" Ron said glancing at the twenty or so people holding broomsticks walking onto the field. "Oh wait there is a major babe in the front but, I don't think all these girls are lesbians." Ron laughed, Harry joined him.
"It's possible." He joked. He got together with his team. They were short two chasers and a beater.
"Allright guys, take notes on the ones you think are suitable for the team and afterwards we'll meet and discuss them." Harry said handing out paper and quills, they all took a seat except for Harry, who greeted the people trying out. "Hello all." He said cheerfully. "Allright I want you to sort into what positions you're trying out for, beaters over here and chasers over here." The students sorted out and within a minute Harry continued. "Great now we'll start with the beaters, now you'll go according to alphabetical order, now is there a Winona Aristae here?" A very pretty girl stepped forward. "What grade are you in?" Harry asked for he had never seen her before.
"Seventh I just transferred from Beauxbatons." She said sweetly. Harry smiled
"Okay now here's what you do Winona…" Harry showed her what to do and she did it perfectly, in fact better than any of the others. Many barely even knew how to ride a broom. Harry had a feeling that they wouldn't need to discuss very long who would get the position for beater. He also knew that they would need to discuss the Chaser spots because many were excellent. After a long afternoon of arguing, they chose Winona for the new beater and a fifth year boy named Gregory Smith and a 6th year girl named Amy Douglas for Chasers. When the team was okay to go Harry waved goodbye to Ron to go to tell Amy and Gregory the good news. Ron headed up to the common room to shower. When he got there Ginny and Hermione were sitting on the couch.
"Why aren't you guys outside?" Ron asked pointing out the window
"It's much more quiet and privet in here." Hermione answered plainly.
"Oh so what are you talking about that's so private?" Ron asked curiously as he plopped down next to them on the couch.
"It's none of your business." Hermione answered, Ginny nodded.
"Oh that's so gonna make me not want to know what it is." Ron stated.
"Ron I swear you won't want to know." Ginny said.
"How do you know I don't want to know it? Cause right now I really do." Ron said bouncing up and down causing the couch to wiggle.
"Oh, trust me, I know!" Ginny said emphasizing every word.
"Come on!" Ron whined.
"NO!" Hermione said
"Please?" he continued to beg.
"NO!"
"Please?"
"NO!"
"Please?"
"FINE WE WERE TAKING ABOUT HOW GOOD HARRY IS IN BED!" Ginny shouted very frustrated at him.
"Hermione did you…" Ron said quietly wishing he had not said anything.
"No." Hermione said.
"I told you Ron!" Ginny said getting up. "Sorry Hermione I have to go now, I have a date." She said and rushed out.
"I hope you get pregnant with this one!" Ron stood up and shouted after her, then plopped back down next to Hermione "I can't believe my little sister's done it before me!"
"Ron sex isn't the only thing in life." Hermione comforted him.
"I guess you're right. Hey Hermione, if I'm still a virgin by the end of the year, would you…" Hermione stood up at Ron's words.
"Don't even finish that sentence." She glared at him stomping off out of the common room.
"It was worth a try." Ron said to himself, and he got up and headed up to shower. Hermione bumped into Harry on the way out.
"Hey Hermione what's wrong?" he asked seeing his friend fuming with anger.
"Oh nothing, your friend just asked me to have sex with him." Hermione said with an angry tone.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Harry said, he couldn't help but shout it. "RON?"
"Yes Ron!" Hermione yelled back even though it wasn't a dumb question at all. Suddenly Harry fell to the ground laughing. "What the hell are you laughing at!?"
"You having sex, and especially with Ron!" he continued laughing. Hermione kicked him, then began laughing herself, but suddenly stopped.
"Are you saying you can't picture me having sex?" Hermione said.
"Well I can picture it, barely, but with Ron?" Harry laughed. Hermione glared at him, he immediately stopped and stood up. "Sorry." He said sheepishly. She laughed.
"Come on let's go outside." As they headed outside they were stopped by Colin Creevey.
"Hiya Harry." He said excitedly not acknowledging Hermione. "Professor McGonagall would like to see you in her office she says it's important and the password's Green Gabbers."
"Thanks Colin." Harry said looking at Hermione, wondering what it was.
"Oh you are so welcome." He said he quickly snapped a picture and ran away.
"What could it be about?" Hermione asked
"I don't know but Colin said it was urgent so I'd better go." Hermione waved and Harry turned around and headed towards Dumbledore's old office. When he reached the gargoyle Harry muttered the password and the gargoyle jumped aside. He ascended the stairway until they reached the door and knocked on it.
"Enter." They heard McGonagall's. Harry opened the door and saw her sitting behind her desk. "Hello Harry, I bet you're wondering why I called you here." She stated conjuring up a chair and motioned him to sit, he did.
"Yeah." He answered.
"Well I'll just get to the point. I was cleaning out Professor Dumbledore's stuff," she sighed but continued, "And I found this." She handed him a letter. "It's addressed to you."
"Thanks." Harry said taking the letter. He thought hard as he stared at the envelope. Why would Dumbledore write him a letter and not give it to him. A better question was how? Dumbledore had died right next to him. Harry slowly opened the letter. He looked up and Professor McGonagall was looking at him probably thinking the same thing that Harry was. He continued to open it and read the letter.
Harry,
If you are reading this then I am dead. I figured that if I died I could leave you a list of items that I had suspected to be horcruxes. Now remember they might not be.
Nagima (Voldemort's snake)
Voldemort's Diary
Slytherin's Necklace
…
Harry had to stop reading the letter. He closed his eyes and swallowed hard. Dumbledore had crossed out the necklace. Harry looked up once more at McGonagall.
"Are you Allright Harry?" she questioned. Harry knew she was curious about the note.
"I'm fine." He said quietly so she could barely hear him.
"Here have a licorice snap." She handed him a bowl filled with them. Harry shook his head. And she took the bowl back.
"Excuse me professor." He said getting up. "I think I want to be alone now." She nodded and let him exit. Harry felt bad not telling her but knew that was not what Dumbledore wanted him to do. Harry knew Dumbledore was strange and worked in Mysterious ways but to write a letter knowing he was dead…Harry thought hard about what he should do. He knew it was now his responsibility to find and destroy the remaining horcruxes but he didn't know how or where to look to find them. He figured for know he would head to the common room and talk to Hermione and Ron. On his way he ran into Cho.
"Sorry." He said and began to continue walking.
"Harry, listen we need to talk." She said.
"What about?" he asked
"About us." She said. Harry didn't know how to respond. "This whole summer I couldn't stop thinking about you, and us and…well I still have feelings for you." She said nearing him. Harry still didn't know what to do. He wanted desperately to talk to Ron and Hermione about Dumbledore's note.
"Cho, I…" Harry began. But Cho stopped him and kissed him intensely. She pulled away. Harry was confused; he didn't know what to do about the letter or Cho. So he just kissed her back not realizing what he was doing. She quickly pulled away again.
"Harry I always knew we had something." She said leaning in again. But this time it was Harry who backed away.
"Cho I'm sorry…I can't now." He said finally realizing what he was and needed to be doing. "I don't…"
"Sorry Harry." She interrupted. "I was, just…"
"Here, let's forget about this so we can still be friends." Harry said knowing that indeed he liked Cho as a friend and wanted to continue their friendship without it being awkward. Cho smiled she loved how understanding he was. She quickly kissed him on the cheek.
"Thanks." She said and walked away. Harry stood there for a moment and then headed up to the common room to find Hermione and Ron. He did find them sitting by a table doing homework. Harry sat down next to them.
"Harry!" Hermione said as she closed her book.
"Aw Hermione I wasn't done copying that!" Ron said angrily. Hermione turned and glared at him. "But that's okay because I should do my own work." He said sheepishly.
"So Harry what did McGonagall want?" Hermione asked eagerly. Ron looked at Harry and nodded. Harry showed them the letter. They read it quickly.
"Wow I always thought that man was a genius but whoa now he's crossed over into insanely genius, I mean it's weird how he wrote a letter to you, almost predicting his death." Ron said after finishing reading.
"That's what I thought." Harry said.
"Harry you do know he's basically telling you that it's your job to find these." Hermione pointed out.
"Yeah." Harry's heart sank as he kept remembering that he had to find five horcruxes, when he couldn't even help destroy one.
"Well do you think you should tell McGonagall?" Ron asked.
"I wondered that but last year, Dumbledore told me to not tell anyone, except you guys." Harry stated.
"Harry if you are to find these then you're gonna need all the help you can get. I mean we're here for you and Ginny, but now that McGonagall's headmaster if you somehow find out the whereabouts of a horcrux you running off without her knowing why id gonna be nearly impossible." Hermione pointed out.
"You're right Hermione, but I think I should figure out where one is before I tell her, this way, she can know all the facts." Harry said.
"We'll help you." Ron said, and Hermione nodded.
"Thanks, well, we should start figuring the whereabouts of one if I'm ever gonna stop Voldemort." Harry said. "I've wasted a summer not looking and who knows what he can do." Hermione and Ron nodded.
"Well you have a clue to one." Hermione said "For the necklace, we just have to figure out who R.A.B is and see if they destroyed it."
"Oh that'll be easy." Ron said sarcastically. Both Hermione and Harry glared at him, even though they knew he was right. Hermione looked back at the letter.
"I think we need to think like Voldemort." Hermione said. "Or at least his followers. But how?" They sat quiet for a few moments.
"Listen you guys," Harry began, "I'm beat, why don't we just focus on this tomorrow." With the note, Cho, Quidditch and homework, Harry was tired. However when he got dressed and in bed he could hardly sleep.
The next morning, Harry woke up from his full 4 hours of sleep and together he, Ron, Hermione and Ginny headed down to breakfast, they clued Ginny in on what happened last night. When the owls arrived Pigwidgeon came and landed in front of Ron. The letter was addressed from Mrs. Weasly.
"I wonder what's going on." He said as he opened the envelope and Read out loud.
Ron,
Are you okay? Please tell Ginny this when you finish reading…Last night your brothers shop was attacked by Death Eater, I knew it was a mistake letting them into the Order of the Phoenix. They defended the shop and were hurt, but not badly, Although their shop is no more. They're in St. Mungos Hospital as we speak. I've sent a letter to Professor McGonagall saying that Bill will pick you up and bring you, Ginny, Harry and Hermione here I need you here to make sure you're safe. I love you and will see you soon.
Mom
Ron gulped and everyone was silent. Harry looked at his watch. It was almost eight thirty. Professor McGonagall walked up behind them.
"I heard, and Bill is waiting for you by the main entrance." She plainly said and walked away.
"I'm so sorry." Hermione said to Ron and Ginny. Ron got up.
"We need to go and meet Bill now." He said very seriously, everyone agreed and stood up and walked to the entrance to meet Bill.
