Extracurricular activities - year 6

Harry went to the common room and found Hermione sitting by herself reading. "Where's everybody?" he asked.

"Still talking Quidditch. They'll probably be there all night. You look happy, so you must have won," Hermione asked.

"Yeah, it was a good match. McGonagall's not happy France won. Kristi said something unusual to me."

"That she wants to take you out?" Hermione joked.

"No, that wouldn't be unusual. She said contracts are coming up and I should get a business or financial person to help me with it. She says that rookie contracts are really bad and that the team will probably try to not pay me enough. I don't know anything about stuff like that. I'd keep playing for free if they'd let me."

"For once, I like what she had to say to you. That's good advice. You don't want the team to know you'll play for anything. I say you should find somebody to help."

"Did you hear the giants are leaving? They may even be gone by now. Duram said something about forming an alliance with another clan. Seems more aren't joining Voldemort."

"That's good; they must have thought we were worthwhile to side with. Any chance you'll talk to Ron when they come up?"

"Sure, if he apologizes to me. Otherwise, no way."

"You really need to work this out with him."

"I don't' need to work anything out. Percy's a prat trying to climb to the top of the Ministry over anybody. If Ron sides with him, then so be it," Harry said in a tone that Hermione realized was final.

"By the way, who are you going to root for tomorrow?" Hermione asked.

"I'm rooting for Cho to catch the snitch but for Gryffindor to win. That's my official statement to keep me out of trouble," Harry joked. They were able to have supper by themselves since Ron kept everyone talking Quidditch until late. He and Hermione were back in the common room when the team came in.

"Slave driver that one!" Colin said angrily.

"I'm going to mess up just to teach him a lesson." Another player added.

"He's totally lost it," Ginny said walking by.

Ron walked over and yelled at the team, "Just be ready to play tomorrow!" He sat down next to Hermione and Harry got up. "You don't have to leave," Ron said but not in a convincing voice.

"Why, do you have something to say to me?" Harry asked, obviously annoyed.

"Not really," Ron added curtly.

"See you tomorrow Hermione," Harry said and left.

He was sitting next to Ginny at breakfast when the mail came. Hermione quickly glanced at the front page smiling but then looked worried when she started reading. She handed it to Harry;

Ministry Feeding False Information About Seeker

This reporter overheard after France's win over England yesterday that the reason Harry Potter and another student were interacting with giants was that they were chosen to be envoys to a visiting clan. We did some checking of facts and found out that the students presented the giant's leader with welcoming gifts and were in return given gifts. When asked if he was siding with giants, Potter responded by saying "he was no more siding with giants than the reporter was. These particular giants happen to be siding all with us."

Now the information the Ministry leaked was that Potter was secretly meeting with giants about who knows what, and keeping information from the Ministry. Our Ministry needs to learn to not try and use smear campaigns. Especially on people who have been nothing but honorable. This reporter is calling for a full investigation in to how this information was leaked out and joins our staff in apologizing for the inaccuracies of our previous article.

On a lighter note, the reporter interviewing Potter after the win asked him when he would be coming to the celebrations at a club in Paris since there were so many young ladies wanting to meet him. He responded that he would sometime but had too much schoolwork to do. This was before Kristi Belig whisked him away assuring the reporter she would drag him to the club before long. Can you imagine a star seeker more worried about schoolwork than going out to a club? This is who the Ministry chooses to smear.

Harry smiled broadly. "Finally, an article that makes me happy. Hermione, can I keep this one?" Harry looked straight at Ron and said, "It proves who was really wrong. I'm going to talk to Cho." He got up and went to the Ravenclaw table.

"What what's this one about?" Ron asked. Someone on his other side passed him a copy and his face fell reading it.

"Good luck today Cho. Officially I want you to catch the snitch and for Gryffindor to still win," Harry said giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks. Why didn't you come to see me after your match?"

"I figured you were like our team and not wanting to be bothered."

"Nope, we were done early and just sat around all night."

"Then why didn't you come find me?" he asked disappointed.

"We told her she needed a night off. We didn't want you talking her into a dance and affecting her performance today," Kelly said firmly.

"That's really what they said!" Cho confirmed. "So, you're going to that club sometime to meet young ladies?"

"I'm only going if you promise to come with me. I've never been out to a club or anything. The Leaky Cauldron and Three Broomsticks have been it. Three Broomsticks has a very strange crowd in the middle of the night though." They all looked at him confused. "It was last year, don't ask." Her friends started laughing but he thought Cho wanted a better explanation.

They all left to get ready for the match and Harry saw the Gryffindor team do the same thing. He went back over to Hermione. "This should be a really good match."

"Ron's even madder now," Hermione said sounding really worried.

"Why? What did I do now?"

"Being so happy about this article. You know Percy will probably get into a lot trouble for it."

"Good, he should. None of this is my fault. Percy leaked the info. Ron didn't believe me and got mad at me for suggesting it. Now, Ron is even madder at me because I was right."

"I think he's madder at himself than at you but he's not happy."

"Well I'm happy. And, if this gives you two another excuse to be alone, than you'll be happy also. See, it's not so bad," Harry said hugging her shoulder trying to make her feel better.

"We haven't been that happy alone lately," she confessed seriously.

"Probably the stress of the match plus being mad at me. He'll get over it. If he wins today, it'll probably all be gone. I want you to be happy though. Of any of my friends, you deserve to be happy the most."

She smiled. "Thank you Harry, that means a lot."

They were sitting in the front row on the Gryffindor side, ready to watch the match. They both clapped for the Ravenclaw team and stood up and yelled for Gryffindor. The match was really close. Both Cho and Ginny missed the snitch one time each. Harry's hope for Gryffindor to win but Cho get the snitch wasn't going to happen, they were too close. Both teams played a really clean game with no penalty shots awarded. When the snitch did come out, Ginny got blocked by her own chasers on a scoring run and Cho got off to a big head start and was able to catch it before Ginny caught up. Harry wanted to cheer for her but since he was a Gryffindor, he couldn't. They went down to tell the team they played really well.

"Ginny, if the chasers hadn't blocked you, you would have easily gotten to it," Harry said.

He skipped talking to Ron and ran over to Cho who was celebrating with her team and a bunch of Ravenclaws. She saw him and yelled, "Come here Gryffindor!" Cho hugged him tight. He was invited to their celebration but skipped it so she could concentrate on her classmates and this win.

Harry was walking back to his common room when Professor Dumbledore stopped him. "Harry, could you come with me please." He sounded like something was wrong. When they got to his office, Sirius was standing there not looking happy either.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked sounding very worried.

Dumbledore looked at him and said, "Professor Snape has been kidnapped." Harry was shocked. Why Snape? He hadn't been a spy for over a year. Dumbledore must have known the question Harry was thinking. "Our sources say that Voldemort didn't do this, it was another Death Eater. Maybe this Death Eater is trying to impress Voldemort, we just don't know."

"Why are you telling me? Is there something I can do?" Harry asked feeling helpless.

"No Harry, there's nothing for you to do. I'm going to meet a couple of the giants who just left here and they are going to help. We think two Death Eaters are guarding Snape and it should come as a huge surprise when two giants come in to rescue him. I will be there as well, but this shouldn't be any problem for the giants. I'm not entirely comfortable around giants, to tell you the truth." Sirius said sounding unhappy about going.

Dumbledore added, "Our big concern is what condition Professor Snape will be in. If they have been torturing him, he could be in bad shape."

Harry lit up. "Sir, if all they've been doing is the Cruciatus curse, I think Professor Snape can block it now. He asked me to teach him how to block that one earlier this year. He said he had made progress. So, if he's been able to block the spell maybe he'll be all right."

"This is news to me. Severus didn't mention it at all. Let's hope you're right. Please don't' mention this to anyone. We will have a substitute until this is resolved. We just wanted you to know since Sirius would be gone," Dumbledore said, looking at Harry.

"Be careful Sirius. The giants are ok, just don't make them mad," Harry said and hugged his godfather.

He walked slowly back to the common room and found the whole team standing around talking about the match. Ginny yelled, "See, you should have been playing today."

"If those chasers had been in my way, Cho would have still caught the snitch. It was just bad timing, there was no way for you to play any better Ginny. I was there, you played great," Harry said, sounding distracted.

"We had a good run, won the cup twice. Nothing to be ashamed about," Dean said trying to make everyone feel better.

Harry leaned toward Ginny and whispered, "Those two don't look like it's going well. Ron's mad at me and I thought it would all go over if you guys won today."

"They've been talking quietly ever since we came up," Ginny said softly, not wanting anyone else to hear.

They all went down to supper together and Harry noticed most of the Ravenclaw table was empty. He was sure they were still celebrating. He sat next to Hermione but didn't say much, he was thinking about Snape. "What's bothering you Harry?" Hermione asked.

"I think you know me too well. I'm going to work on different expressions to confuse you," he tried joked back.

"That's all well and good, but what's bothering you?"

"Just a lot on my mind right now. How's Apparation coming?"

"Pretty good, we start going to Hogsmeade tomorrow. Now, I'm glad I didn't learn with you two. I would have never known all the background information about it."

"I'm just glad to have a free period. And now with the giants gone, I may actually study."

Back in the common room, Ron was talking to Dean and Seamus which left Harry and Hermione together. "Hermione, I want to tell you something. You'll find out part of this tomorrow anyway. Snape's been kidnapped."

"When? Do you think You-Know-Who did it?" she asked concerned for their Professor.

"It happened just the other day and Dumbledore doesn't think Voldemort did it. Sirius and a couple of the giants are going to try and rescue him. Whoever is holding him will be shocked when two giants come and beat down the door. So, we'll have a substitute for a little bit. There, now I'm not keeping anything from you."

"It doesn't make sense for Snape to be taken and You-Know-Who not to have anything to do with it. And, you do too keep things from us?"

Harry was confused. "Like what? I really don't think I do."

Hermione smiled a little. "Like where do you and Cho go to be alone? What have you been doing when you're alone? What's the real deal with Kristi?"

"Hermione! There's nothing with Kristi. Cho and I stay in the castle and I can't talk about what we do. You know that."

"I think there's more to Kristi than you say. I'd still like to know where you two get off to, and Cho tells her friends everything, why shouldn't you?"

"I don't know how much she tells them, but it embarrasses me. We call it -dancing-. She'll come right up to me with her friends around and ask if I want to dance tonight. I can't believe she does that."

"That's because she loves you and is comfortable that everyone knows she does. You should take it as a compliment. Why don't you tell me where it is? I promise I won't tell."

"Then I'd have to worry about you and Ron walking in on us."

Hermione gave a slight -huff- and said, "You don't have to worry about that. C'mon show me."

"Ok, but on one condition. You have to close your eyes when I say and keep them closed until I say open them. I don't want you finding the place without me. And, we need to take the cloak."

"Deal! Let's go." Harry ran up and hid his cloak under his robe and came back down. Hermione said they were going to do something but Ron didn't seem to care. They got near the secret stairs and no one was around so they put on the cloak and Harry made Hermione promise to close her eyes. He held her shoulders and led her to entrance and up the stairs. At the top he told her to open her eyes and he removed the cloak. Then he opened the door to the tower room. She was shocked. It is a very nice room with a soft rug, small loveseat and a large fireplace that was lit. You could see very far out the window. "Harry, this is really nice. How did you find it?"

"R.J. talked Dobby into making us a special private diner and Dobby led me up here. After that we ate up here almost every night. I think he and Winky keep the fire going."

"So, you and R.J. you...danced too?"

"Umm. Yeah. She was the first of course. She was...aggressive. Remember when you came back from holiday and my back was sore? It was because of her fingernails. She had me bleeding almost every time," Harry said with a chuckle.

Hermione laughed. "Think you'd still be with her?"

"I like to think so. Maybe it wouldn't have worked out but I thought it would. She treated me more normal than almost anyone ever has. I'm lucky things worked out with Cho and that she understands about R.J."

"You know that you've really grown up since you met R.J. I guess we should get back," Hermione said. Harry made her close her eyes again and they snuck back out. When they were far away from the stairs and no one was around, he removed the cloak. "Thanks for showing me that Harry."

"That's ok. I really don't need to keep anything from you." They walked back to the common room and found the others pretty much where they were before. Ron barely acknowledged them when they came in.

There were many questions when Mrs. Filmsaw was filling in at Defense classes. She assured everyone that Professor Snape was off on an errand and would be back soon.

Harry saw Professor Dumbledore later in the week and asked him about Snape. "Everything went remarkably well Harry. In fact, there are two bits of information you will be most interested in. I will only share one of them with you today. Duram himself met Sirius and helped rescue Professor Snape who as you guessed, held up quite well. Duram wanted a message passed onto you. He wanted you to know that he had no choice but to use your gift while saving the professor. He said he understands how you felt."

"So, when will I find out the other information?" Harry asked anxiously.

"Soon Harry. Patience," Dumbledore replied looking like there was much more to the story.

That day Professor McGonagall asked Harry if he could get an extra pass for his match against Italy. She had an acquaintance that would appreciate going.

There was only two more weeks of class when Harry had his final match. He saw Cho a couple days before in their private area and asked her a question. "Cho. This may sound weird but I could use your help. Would you please be my manager?"

"Your what? What are you talking about?"

"Contracts will be coming up and everybody says I need someone who knows finance and business to be my manager. I would end up telling the team I'd play for free, so Fleur and Kristi told me to get someone I trust to do the contract part for me. It wouldn't take that much of your time so you can go do whatever job you want. I think a manager normally gets 15% of the contract."

"You want me to negotiate your contract and you'll pay me 15% of it?"

"Unless you want more. As soon as we sign the contract, you can quit if you want. I could look for someone else to do it next time if you're too busy at you other job."

"I can't believe you'd trust me to handle your contract. That's a big deal. Why don't you get a professional?"

"Cho, I trust you as much as anyone. All that's important to me is that I play. You're really smart and can figure out what I should be paid. If you need to get ideas, you could talk to Kristi."

"Before I say anything, I wanted to talk to you about my job after school. I've changed my mind on what I'm planning on doing. What would you think if I did the business stuff for Fred and George Weasley? They seem to have a really good plan and some startup money."

"I think that's great! What does your father think?"

"My father just wants me to be happy. He's ok with it. I think he'll be much more ok with me being your manager also since that will probably pay more than the Weasley's for a while."

"What does your father think about you still dating me after you get out of school, since I'll still be here?"

"He'd probably disown me if we ever stopped dating, which I don't ever want to happen. He's got this thing where you are the perfect match for me. He keeps saying that he's going to tell you to marry me. He says that he and my mom got married when they were sixteen."

"So, you're coming to the match Saturday and if it comes up, can I say you're my manager?"

"Yes you can. Cho Chang, Professional Quidditch manager. Sounds good."

"I don't know Cho Chang Potter, Professional Quidditch manager has a nice ring. Maybe your father is onto something," Harry said smiling his mind starting to think about something.

They got dressed and went back to their rooms. Ron and Hermione were still up and called him over. "Harry we want to talk to you," Hermione said with a strange look on her face.

"We've wanted to tell you something for a while now but just couldn't bring ourselves to but we need to get it out," Hermione continued after a brief pause. "Ron and I are breaking up."

"What? No way! But, you two are perfect for each other. What happened?" Harry was stunned.

"We just decided we were better as friends than anything more. There just wasn't that spark that we expected when we were alone. It's ok though; we've been talking about it for a while. We're still really good friends. You never know what will happen down the road, but for now we want things back like they were."

"Ron. Is this what you wanted as well?" Harry asked still not believing what he heard.

"Well, I think we both wanted it to be like you and Cho but it just wasn't like that for us. We care about each other and do love each other, just more as friends. We talk about how you and Cho are together and that's what we both want."

"I've always thought you two would be the best. I can't believe this," Harry said getting really depressed.

"We were most worried about disappointing you since we knew you would do anything for us. It had to be hard trying to give us private time and everything," Ron added sounding sad as well.

"I just thought it would be Ron and Hermione and then I'd come around once in a while. I've never pictured anything else. This has turned into the worst day in a long time."

"Don't say that. Now that it's out, we can get back to acting normal. This is really the best thing for us. And, it'll be the three of us all next year, back to normal," Hermione said trying to cheer him up.

"I can't believe how sad this makes me. I feel almost like Cho and I broke up."

"Don't be sad. We're really ok with it. We're still best friends and that's more important," Hermione said and hugged Harry.

"Mate. You're an international Quidditch star, you shouldn't be crying," Ron said trying to cheer up his friend.

"Don't let anybody take a picture of it," Harry joked, still trying to take in all of the information.

"I shouldn't have stuck up for Percy; I knew he probably did it," Ron said looking directly at Harry.

"Don't worry about it. None of that matters to me now. I shouldn't have rubbed it in when the article came out. I just can't believe you two are splitting up." Harry walked slowly up to bed. He had been so happy a while earlier and this just hit him hard.

Harry skipped breakfast the next morning and met the others in Defense class. They were waiting on the substitute but Snape walked in. Some of the students groaned but Harry, Ron and Hermione looked very happy. Snape seemed to nod at them and jumped right into the lesson. When class was over he said, "Potter a word please." Then when the other students were gone he continued, "Being able to block that spell made all the difference in the world. I can't thank you enough for that."

"No problem sir, can you tell me what happened?"

"I've been asked not to for now. You will find out soon enough. You can go now."

Harry was walking up to lunch when Cho came up. "Missed you at breakfast. You seem down, anything wrong?"

"Ron and Hermione split up."

Cho didn't seem surprised by the news. "Well, they didn't seem to be enjoying spending much time together. It's probably better since they look like they're still friends."

Harry looked at her shocked and said, "That's what they said. I almost cried when they told me. I always thought they would be perfect together."

"Harry, look at us and look at how they were. We joke around, kiss, and have fun. When was the last time you saw them acting like they were having fun? They weren't perfect together. Now you and I on the other hand are," Cho said and quickly kissed his cheek.

Harry spent the rest of that day with Ron and Hermione trying to have fun. It was getting easier to accept they weren't dating anymore.

The next day he got his stuff and headed to McGonagall's office for his final Quidditch match before the playoffs. McGonagall, Fleur and Cho were standing there when he opened the door with very strange looks on their faces. When he turned and shut the door he saw Sirius standing there. "Sirius!" Harry said and hugged him. "What are you doing here? I heard you and Duram got Snape out ok."

"Yes, but the most amazing part was the second wizard holding him. It seems this one had a silver hand," a wicked smile came to Sirius' face.

"Wormtail?" Harry asked.

"Yep. And guess what. He wanted to defect to our side. The little rat grabbed Snape thinking you would come after him. He almost didn't make it because Duram was going kill him but Snape stopped him in time. The wizard that Duram did kill wasn't in on it and was the one who had tortured Snape. Snape said the blocking technique you taught him worked great."

"So, with Wormtail talking, does that mean you're finally cleared?"

"Who do you think the extra pass was for Mr. Potter?" McGonagall added with an obvious smile.

"I can't believe this. Let's go get this over with so I can talk longer," Harry said, now feeling as happy as he ever had.

They got to the stadium, and a few people gave Sirius looks like they recognized him but it didn't matter. They took their seats and Harry went into the locker room to wait. He couldn't remember being happier. Kristi who never talks before a match asked him if everything was ok. "Never better Kristi, never better."

Italy was announced first and there were cheers and then the crowd roared when France was announced. Harry felt like he was floating. When play started, Harry took off like a rocket, trying to disrupt their chasers, and even Italy's beaters. It seemed like he was easily dodging the bludgers. He broke up Italy's first ten scoring runs. Slowing down, Harry scanned the area for the snitch and felt the other seeker come close so he dove straight for the ground. The other seeker tried to pull up but couldn't manage it and crashed, rolling off his broom. Italy called timeout while their seeker got back up.

Coach yelled, "Potter! What the hell's with you today?"

"Just a good day coach!" Harry yelled back wanting to end the match so he could have more time with his godfather.

Not long after play started, Harry saw a flash near Italy's keeper. Harry shot off straight at the keeper and saw his eyes get wider and wider. He thought Harry was going to ram him and darted out of the way which left the snitch wide open for Harry to catch. It was over, France won!

All of the crowd and the team were cheering. This win secured second place in the league, behind Bulgaria. It would give them an excellent seed for the playoffs.

Back in the locker room, the team was really happy. "I don't know what you ate this morning Potter, but remember it. That was amazing flying," Coach said. They showered and headed out to face the reporters. Harry went straight to the only one he ever talked to.

"Congratulations Harry. The best record France has seen in over ten years."

"We just had a great team Ms. Mishmas. Everyone played really well."

"What do you think your chances are in the playoffs?"

"I think all the matches will be hard, but of course playing Bulgaria will be a real challenge."

"Will you be back with France next year? Do you think they can come up with a good enough offer? I hear many teams want to talk to you."

"Why would I think about leaving France? The fans here have been the best. This is a great team and I've learned so much from the coaches. I would be very disappointed to not be here next year. I couldn't imagine being happy anyplace other than France."

Harry found and hugged Cho and Fleur, shook McGonagall's hand and then was hugging Sirius when he heard.

"Nice interview schoolboy. They print that and the fans will demand the team bring you back." She noticed Sirius and said, "Now, who's your new friend?"

"Kristi, this is my godfather, Sirius Black. Sirius, this is Kristi, the best chaser I've ever known."

"Don't tell me, you taught him everything he knows," Kristi said shaking Sirius' hand.

"Actually, I wish I knew half of what he knows. Nice to meet you Kristi," Sirius replied giving the woman an appraising look.

"See you at practice schoolboy," she said and messed his hair, before hitting fists with him.

"What's her story?" Sirius asked?

Before Harry could answer, he heard another familiar voice, "Harry. We need to start discussing your contract for next year. We'd like for you to come back and play for us of course."

Harry interrupted him. "Um coach. You'll have to talk to my manager about that. She handles all my affairs. Coach meet Cho Chang. Cho...Coach."

She shook his hand and said, "Send me your offer and we'll look at it first thing," in a calm business-like voice.

The coach just looked at her but then smiled and walked away.

"I can't tell you how much I missed being out in public, and not as a dog," Sirius joked.

They all went back to the school. Harry sat with Sirius in Professor McGonagall's classroom talking for a while. "What are you going to do now?" Harry asked, still in shock that his godfather was no longer wanted.

"I'm thinking about traveling for a little bit. I'd like to see some old friends and to re-establish some old ties. It's strange; I haven't been really free in over sixteen years. The past few years were better than Azkaban of course but they still weren't free."

"Are you still going to stay at the castle when you're not traveling or are you going to get your own place?"

"I'd like to stay there if that's ok. At least until I figure out what I'm going to do. Now I can be a real godfather to you."

They talked for a while longer and then Harry went to the common room. "So, how was the match? You won didn't you?" Ron asked, being back to his friendly self.

"Sirius is free! He came to the match with us!" Harry exclaimed forgetting about Quidditch.

"Really? How?" Hermione asked.

"Wormtail. He was captured and that freed Sirius."

"That's great. Now he won't have to live in caves," Ron added happy as well.

"I hope he stays with me. I don't feel like being alone like I did last year."

They finished their exams early the next week and had nothing to do for a few days until the final meal. Harry tried to spend as much time as he could with both Cho and his friends. "How will we see each other now?" Harry asked again, worrying about not seeing Cho as much.

"I think my father is going to invite you to visit us and, I think he would let me come visit you. I'll have to do work with the Weasley's, but I can see you after that. I'll come to the playoffs with you as well. We'll make it work Harry. It's only a year."

"Only a year? Think back on everything that can happen in a year. I'll be nervous about visiting your house, but if that made it possible to see you more, I'll do it."

"Don't go running off to clubs in Paris without me? I'm going to subscribe to the Daily Gazette even though I can't read French just to look for 'Harry Potter' written in there. If I see it near 'Kristi Belig', you're in trouble."

They all went to the final meal and after eating, they listened to Dumbledore's final message,

"What a year we've had. We've made new friends and valuable allies and have opened some people's eyes to see that there is good in every race out there. I am sad to see you seventh-years depart, but excited that you will be entering a new adventure. I hope we have prepared you well for the new challenges you will face. Those of us not leaving wish you all well. I would like to say that this year in particular has been one of my most satisfying. A wrongly convicted man who became a good friend has been cleared and can return to play the role of full time godfather. Our interaction with Beauxbatons has given me hope that our schools can become closer in the future. Seeing the remarkable growth of students also gives me great hope that the darker forces do not have much time left with us. Now, on to what you really want to hear. House points. In fourth place with 240 points Hufflepuff. In third place with 265 points, Slytherin. In second place with 310 points, Gryffindor. And, in first place with 320 points, Ravenclaw. Well done Ravenclaw, you hold both the Quidditch cup and House cup this year."

Everyone cheered, even some of the Slytherin's. They wouldn't have cheered if it had been Gryffindor who won. This was the first year since Harry started that Gryffindor was shut out of both cups. It seemed to bother some of the students and even Ron, but Harry and Hermione didn't seem to mind. Winning the cup was really nice, but there were other things much more important.

They went down early and said goodbye to Hagrid. He was going to visit the giants again this summer but would be back before term. Hagrid was really happy that they had become our friends.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all found a compartment on the train and Cho joined them quickly.

"Harry, where's your trunk?" Hermione asked, noticing that Harry didn't have one.

"Oh, Mr. Quidditch star had the house-elf take it," Ron said sarcastically.

"Dobby offered to take it for me; I didn't have him take it," Harry clarified.

"Speaking of that, are you playing for France next year?" Hermione questioned.

"I hope so, but don't know for sure. You have to ask my manager."

"Manager? C'mon you're not getting one of those are you?" Ron exclaimed.

"Have something against managers do you?" Cho asked coldly.

"Cho's your manager?" Ginny piped up.

Harry nodded and asked, "So, am I playing for France next year? Please say yes."

"I don't see why not. Their second offer wasn't too bad. We'll make them sweat for a bit and see about the next one," she replied. "I really think you should talk to other teams."

"No way. I like this team and they've been really nice to me. I don't care about the other teams."

"You're loyalty is costing you money," Ron added. "But, if you change teams you couldn't see Kristi all the time."

Ginny hit Ron. Cho laughed and said, "I knew he wouldn't talk to anyone else, but the French team doesn't know that. I don't want them to take too much advantage of your loyalty Harry. I'll take care of you, don't worry." She leaned over and kissed him.

"And, she'll take care of Fred and George. Did you know she's doing the business side of stuff for them?" Harry asked and caught everyone by surprise.

"Really? Why would you do that when you could go to the ministry?" Ron seemed totally confused.

"I think they have a chance to do really good. And now that I'll get 15% of Harry's contract, I can afford to take a chance on them," Cho said smiling. "I'll miss seeing all of you so much. Try to keep Harry out of trouble next year and take care of him. I want him to come back in one piece."

"I'll take care of him!" Ginny said a little too quickly and then added, "Keeping him out of trouble may be more than I can handle."

"Don't worry Cho we won't let anything happen to him," Hermione said and then got an evil smile. "But Harry, how will you go without dancing the whole time?"

"Hermione!" Harry blushed. Cho just laughed and squeezed Harry's arm but Ron and Ginny looked confused. They all enjoyed the train ride back. It was good to see all of his friends happy again. Ron and Hermione really did seem happier as just friends.

At the London Station, Harry walked Cho over to her parents to say goodbye. "It's good to see you again Mr. And Mrs. Chang," Harry said shaking Mr. Chang's hand.

"You too Harry. That was a very thoughtful gift you gave our daughter."

"When I saw that brooch, it just seemed to fit Cho. Nothing else came close."

"Bye Cho, I'll miss you." Harry went to just hug her but she gave him a big kiss, which made him uncomfortable since her parents were there.

"I'll see you soon Harry, I love you," she said loudly.

Harry quickly replied, "I love you to." He watched them walk away and went back to where the Weasley's were standing with Hermione and her parents.

"You make a cute couple Harry," Mrs. Weasley said, "Are you going to visit us this summer?"

"I'd like that. And, I'd like any of you to come visit me. Sirius said he may do some traveling, so I don't know if he will be there or not. I'll probably just help Mr. Wilkins work in the yard."

They all hugged and Harry watched his friends go. He stood there for another moment and apparated back to his home. Thankfully, Sirius would be there waiting.

The End.