Chapter 8

                                    

                                          
The next day, the three of them were in the great hall eating breakfast when the owl posts arrived. Cheryll also received her mother's owl. "It has arrived!" She exclaimed. She opened it and read it at a very low volume so that no one except Albus and Scorpius would be able to hear it. It read:
                          
Dear Cheryll,
                          
I am very happy that you are comfortable and have settled. I would like to meet your new friends soon. Yes, I know a lot about the Battle of Hogwarts and what happened before it but I can answer your questions only when they are specific. Right now, I can tell you that Voldemort was after Harry because of a prophecy. A part of him was transferred to Harry when he had tried to kill him for the first time and his scar is proof of that. He could kill Voldemort only when he had destroyed the seven horcruxes and Harry was also one of them. I don't know the whole story about this as no one except Harry was present there, I can only guess that he faked his death so that he reached Hogwarts and there was help for him. This is probably the only thing that I don't know as you know that I was very observant and knew almost everything that happened around here. 
                          
I am giving you information but that does not mean that I give you permission to get yourself in trouble or to go looking for Delphini. I know that you are brave and I am sure that your friends are also like you but everyone is not Harry Potter. I am not underestimating you but informing you that even he did some foolish things that  have also led to the deaths of people and I don't want you to be in that situation. The ministry will look after it. 
                          
Will be waiting for you owl.
                          
Cho.
                          
"Yeah just like the ministry looked after everything during the Battle of Hogwarts." Said Cheryll sarcastically. 
                          
"Chery, your mom is right." Said Scorpius.
                          
"She thinks that I will go looking for the person who wants to kill my best friends.. I mean I know that I am not very wise about all this but I am not that stupid also." 
                          
"My dad looked for the person who wanted to kill him." Said Albus.
                          
"No. He was always found and even if he did, he still killed that person. He finished the dark ages."
                          
"As your mom said, even he did some foolish stuff. Sirius Black was killed because of him. And I know that I shouldn't be badmouthing my father when the whole World owes to him but we can't disagree with this."
                          
"Whatever."
                          
"Well now we should decide what we have to write to your mother." Said Scorpius trying to ease the tension.
                          
They thought for a while but then it was time for the classes. Cheryll and Albus couldn't concentrate but Scorpius of course knew the answer to every question. "My dad says he is like Hermoine. She also knew the answer to every question." whispered Albus.
                          
"Your dad knows that you are friends with Draco Malfoy's son?" Cheryll whispered back.
                          
"No, he just knows that I have a know it all friend. I didnt have the guts to tell him that I am friends with Draco Malfoy's son."
                          
"Mr. Potter and Ms. Chang, I would be very grateful if you stopped talking." Said Professor and they had to shut up.
                          
In the evening, the three of them were completing their homework when Cheryll remembered that it was 6 and she had Quidditch practice. She reached the pitch to see that the other players had just arrived. She didn't know anyone rather than Zachary and was sure that all of them were senior to her. Zachary stood beside her and said "This is Cheryll Chang, our new seeker and the only girl on the team." All the team members waved their hands or nodded their heads in acknowledgment. All of them were very tall and muscular and any other person would have been frightened to play with them but Cheryll knew how to handle all kinds of people and she was sure that she would get to know them in no time. 
                          
"So these are the beaters Charles Robinson and Gregory Rowen. These are the chasers Beckard Barbusca, Maxmillian Hudson and me. Our keeper is Joshua Kendrick and of course you."  
                          
They played for an hour. After practice, Cheryll was walking back humming a muggle song when Gregory and Joshua came jogging towards her. "Hey!" Both of them said. They were breathing heavily. 
                          
"Hi. What happened?" Asked Cheryll. 
                          
"Nothing, we just wanted to tell you that you were amazing out there." Said Gregory
                          
"Thanks." She smiled.
                          
"I have a feeling that we are going to win this year." Said Joshua.
                          
"Don't be so sure, I have a bad record of injuries." She said.
                          
"Ohh, that's fine. We will drag you out of the hospital wing if we have to." Said Gregory.
                          
"No pressure there." Said Joshua and smiled.
                          
"What were you humming before?" Asked Gregory.
                          
"A muggle song."
                          
"How do you know a muggle song?"
                          
"Because I am a half blood."
                          
"Whoa!!! You are a half blood and still in Slytherin! You should be having great potential." Said Joshua.
                          
"I don't know. There have been a lot of half bloods in Slytherin. For instance Voldemort." Shrugged Cheryll.
                          
They flinched when they heard the name. "Point. Well you have great potential in Quidditch." Said Gregory.
                          
"Thanks.''
                          
"See you later" Said Gregory.
                          
'' Bye" She replied. Now she couldn't help but think if she had the potential to be a Slytherin or if she was sorted into it by chance.