"The Creeveys house has four bedrooms, " explained Colin, "All on the west side of the house. My bedroom is the one most to the north. Dennis's bedroom is second to the north, the guest room is third to the north, and the master bedroom where mom and dad sleep is the one most to the south."
Next nanosecond, Colin led Dennis, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny to his bedroom.
Perhaps appropriately for someone had always been happy and go lucky, the walls in Colin's bedroom were a vivid yellow and his bed, which was located at the south side of the room, had bedsheets and pillowcases that were a slightly paler yellow. Almost absentmindedly, the five of them all sat down on Colin's bed.
They had only been seated for a nanosecond when Fawkes the Phoenix surprisingly swooped into the room.
Fawkes immediately went for Harry and settled himself on Harry's knee. Fawkes then let out one note of song.
"Hello, Fawkes, " said Harry politely, "I'm sorry about how your master turned out to be."
Fawkes vigorously shook his head at the mention of the word master.
Realizing what this might mean, Harry asked Fawkes clearly, "Are you still loyal to Dumbledore?"
Fawkes shook his head again.
"Do you wish to detach yourself from Dumbledore?" grilled Harry.
Fawkes quietly nodded his head.
"Phoenixes can change masters, " explained Hermione, "But this can only be accomplished if the phoenix catches fire and rises from the ashes on the new master's knee."
A nanosecond later, Fawkes burst into flame right upon Harry's knee. But minute later he had indeed risen from the ashes.
"Does this mean, " said Ginny, hardly daring to believe it, "That Harry is now Fawkes's master?"
Fawkes nodded.
"Does that mean?" inquired Harry, "That you will now not only be loyal to me but come to the aid of people who show loyalty to me?" asked Harry.
Fawkes nodded.
"Fawkes has come to realize what Dumbledore truly is and decided to seek out a worthier master, " guessed Colin.
Fawkes nodded.
"This is incredible, " said Ginny with a grin, "Not only has Fawkes abandoned Dumbledore but he's chosen Harry."
"I suspect Dumbledore may have been controlling Fawkes before and that Fawkes has found a way to break free of that control, " observed Hermione, "Once he was able to throw off that influence, he sought out a master of higher character."
"I only hope I can live up to the responsibility of a being a phoenix master, " said Harry solemnly.
"Dennis, Harry, Hermione, " grinned Colin, "Ginny and I have a bombshell shell of our own."
"What might that bombshell be?" inquired Harry.
"Apparently, Ginny has historically been great at Easter egg hunts and so have I, " grinned Colin, "Ginny and I have a bet on who can get more Easter eggs between the two of us during our Easter egg hunt here."
"Ginny, " said Harry sharply, "I don't think you should be gambling, not even on a low level scale. I know you don't have much money-"
"Oh, it's not a monetary bet, " smirked Ginny.
"Let me take a guess, " said Hermione, "Colin and Ginny have a hair bet. If Ginny wins, Colin has to grow his hair super long and if Colin wins Ginny has to cut her hair super short."
"Not a bad guess at all, " admitted Colin, "But still wrong. As you know, Ginny and I will be third years next year. That means we will be visit Hogsmeade for the first time. Our bet is that the loser has to go into Hogsmeade naked on the first visit."
"Wow, that's a pretty juicy bet, " grinned Harry.