Chapter 7 is here!

Harry woke up with a jolt. His scar was hurting. He rubbed on his scar but nothing happened. It was a weird pain, it was almost as if someone was pricking him with 5-10 needles at the same spot continuously. It was the 4th time in a week he had woken up like this. All the times he had had the same nightmare. His parents would disappear in a flash of green light, a faint scream of "NO!" followed by a high voice cackling with laughter. After lying awake for some time, Harry went back to sleep. In the morning, he decided to tell somebody about his nightmares. Since both Ron and John were at Hogwarts, he decided he'd write a letter to them telling them about this, asking if he should do something.

"Hi, John! Thank you so much for your Christmas present, I hope it brings me all the luck in the world. No need to be alarmed, but for the past 3-4 days I have been getting this nightmare, the same one every time." Harry then went on to describe the nightmare in as much detail as possible. He finished off with, "PS: Tell Ron about this too, he may know something." Harry re-read his letter and went to Hedwig.

"Give this to John, and stay at Hogwarts if you want. I'll be going there in a few days anyway," he said to Hedwig.

Ron was staying at Hogwarts along with Fred, George and Percy for the Christmas holidays since his parents decided to visit Charlie who was in Romania. He was having a blast at the almost empty Hogwarts. One fine afternoon, the twins along with Ron were having an intense snowball fight. After a good one hour, they came into the Gryffindor common room, cold, wet and gasping for breath. John, who was sitting in the common room, noticed Ron coming and decided to wait for some time before telling him about the letter.

"Ron!"

"Hey, John!" said Ron cheerfully. "Why aren't you at the library?" asked Ron and gave a laugh immediately.

"Haha! Very funny" replied John and continued, "Will you come here for a minute?"

Ron got up and went to where John was sitting. He got up and dragged Ron out of the common room.

"Where are we going?"

"Somewhere quiet!"

They went outside the common room and were now walking through a deserted corridor. John stopped suddenly, looked around and gave Ron the letter. Ron who had gone from feeling joyous to perplexed was now feeling serious. He read the letter silently and after a minute, he gave the latter back to John.

"I don't know!" he replied.

"Neither do I," replied John. There was silence between the two and finally, John started talking.

"I'll just write to him telling him not to worry. His scar is not something any of us understand. If this continues even after he comes back, we'll go to Professor McGonagall."

"He has had these nightmares before. But only once or twice," added Ron. "What did you give him for Christmas?" asked Ron. "What's this luck he's talking about?"

"I just gave him a totem," replied John. "It's supposed to bring luck to anyone who owns it," he added. The true purpose of the totem that John didn't tell Ron or Harry was that it was a Portkey. A Portkey that'll take Harry whenever he wishes, directly to 4, Privet Drive.

Later that day John sent an owl back to Harry telling him not to worry as decided earlier.

2 days before the term was to begin, Harry came back to Hogwarts. He hadn't had any nightmares since that day. The more he thought about it, the more he thought that the whole idea was stupid. There was no reason to worry after all. He told John and Ron all about the way muggle celebrated Christmas, which wasn't very different to how Wizards/Witches did. He told all the fun things he did during the holidays with Dudley and Daisy. They had gone to the Zoo with Aunt Petunia, they had gone to the movies, the snowball fights, the baking fiasco. It was a fun afternoon spent by the 3 of them. In the evening, when Ron had gone to play Wizard's Chess with Percy and the twins, John asked Harry if he had told Daisy about him being a wizard.

"So, Harry, did you tell Daisy that you are a wizard?"

"I did" replied Harry, his face going slightly red.

"And?" asked John curiously. "I can tell by the look on your face, that she took it well."

"She did, surprisingly better than I expected. She kept asking me how France was, how they taught in their schools if I could speak French. I tried to steer the conversation away, but finally, I just blurted it out."

{Harry and Daisy's conversation}

"I need to tell you something," said Harry. Daisy was grinning at Harry.

"Ok… What is it HP? Do you have a girlfriend now Potter?" she asked laughing.

"What? NO! I.. I uh.. I am a wizard" said Harry in a low voice, hoping a little that she wouldn't hear.

"You're a what, Harry?" she asked, still laughing but mildly confused.

"I am a wizard."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means, I did not go to a school in France," replied Harry. There was a visible confusion on Daisy's face. Harry waited for a few seconds for her to say something, but she didn't say anything. Not knowing what to do, he decided to tell her everything. He started off with the letter and how he had hidden from her about it, about his scar (which till then was just thought of like a birthmark), about how his parents died, Voldemort, about Hagrid, Hogwarts. Daisy had a lot of questions and Harry answered them as much as he could.

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? Why did you lie about France?" asked Daisy, a look of disappointment in her eyes.

"I wasn't supposed to. I shouldn't be telling you this now. There's something called the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. Muggles, I mean people with no magic in them aren't supposed to know about magic." Harry was looking down at the floor. He was wondering if telling the truth was a good idea. After a minute, Daisy spoke again.

"So, why tell me now?" she asked.

"I didn't want to lie to you. I couldn't keep lying to you."

"Okay HP!" she said. The room was filled with an awkward silence for what felt like ages, but Daisy spoke cheerfully.

"So, you're telling me that you can move stuff with your wand, without touching them?" she asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I can make them fly."

"Show me"

"I'm not supposed to do magic outside of Hogwarts"

"Why?"

"Underage magic is not allowed. I can't use magic outside of Hogwarts till I'm 17."

"You lot have so many rules" she replied disappointed. "One of these days, I'm going to see you do magic," she added. That day was nearing, and she will never forget that day for the rest of her life.

PS - There was a concern raised by few people, regarding the International Statute of Secrecy and how it'd be breached if Harry told Daisy about the magical world. The answer is yes, it was breached. But there is no way for the Ministry to detect such an offence. Usually when a wizard may want to reveal to a muggle, performing magic would be crucial, which can be detected by the Ministry. Unless a Ministry official or another wizard provides sufficient evidence, just talking to someone about it cannot be detected. In this situation, Harry did not have to perform magic, and hence he doesn't have to worry about anything.

Chapter 8 is in the works, should be out by the 27th of June.