Chapter 13
He’s Fine, Ron
Harry stormed up to Gryffindor Tower and into the common room.
“Were you released already?”
Harry jumped slightly, stopping where he was. He saw a surprised Hermione now standing behind a couch.
“Well technically no...”
“Harry! You have to go back...”
“No, Hermione. I’m fine now anyways; it wasn’t much to fret about it in the first place...”
“You could barely move, you were so pallid you’d swear a full moon fell onto your face and you could barely speak properly. That’s something to ‘fret about’,” she snapped back. “Now...”
“I’m not going back! I know where Dom is and since I don’t have permission to leave...”
“You’re not leaving Hogwarts to find Dom, Harry,” Hermione cut in sternly. “It’s a job for Aurors...”
“You sound like Dumbledore!” Harry exclaimed in irritation. “He first said I couldn’t go alone, but then said I couldn’t go at all. When will you people make up your mind?”
“Are you sure you should’ve left the hospital Harry...?”
Harry’s flaming expression flicked to Ron, warily coming closer to him.
“I’m fine, Ronald!”
Ron looked horrified. Harry covered his mouth with his hand quickly with wide eyes.
“Where’d... when’d you turn into Hermione!” Ron exclaimed. “Or my mum... Is this some sort of trick or did you two just switch bodies or something?”
“Honestly, Ronald, that’s ridiculous,” Hermione responded. “It’s literally impossible - even in the magical world - to change bodies.”
“Then how’d I get my visions last year?” Harry pointed out as he removed his hand from his mouth.
“Well you’re different,” Hermione said curtly. That response took a small blow to Harry.
“Are you saying I’m a freak?”
Hermione exclaimed in an angry way.
“Forget it!” she then stormed off; running up the stairs and disappearing into her dormitory, leaving both Harry and Ron shocked.
“It was an honest question...” Harry mumbled. Turning away from the door Hermione went through to get to her dormitory, Ron looked at his friend.
“Where’re you going?” he asked plainly. Harry was taken by surprise.
“What makes you say I’m going anywhere?”
“Just because I wasn’t here at the exact moment it doesn’t mean I can’t hear. So tell me, where’re you going?”
Harry sighed. He still wasn’t sure how he was supposed to get to Wiltshire without being noticed leaving, so his plans were yet to be figured out.
“Wiltshire,” was all Harry responded as he passed Ron to go up to the dorm. Ron stopped him.
“Why?” Ron asked as he cut off Harry’s path.
“I need to,” was Harry’s bland response. Ron rolled his eyes, unmoving from the wall in which he was leaning on.
“Why do you need to?”
“Dom.”
“What about her?”
“She’s there,” Harry responded with a sigh.
“How’dya know... never mind. But you can’t go alone, what if you’re caught?”
“Who said I was going anywhere that I’d get caught?” Harry responded suspiciously.
“You made it bloody well clear this ‘morning’!” Ron retorted, his hazel-blue eyes starting to gleam angrily.
“Look, Ron, I’m going to the Malfoy Manor. Surely you don’t want to go there.”
Ron’s face contorted into indecisive anger.
“And besides, you’d be in as much trouble as I’ll be, so I’m going alone.”
“We’ve broken over 100 school rules in one year before, Harry,” Ron pointed out. “What difference does it make that you’re leaving Hogwarts grounds to break into a student’s home? I can...”
“Ron,” Harry said forcefully to cut off Ron’s speech. “I’m going alone. You know where I am now, so if I take forever to get back, you can go to Dumbledore and tell him if I’m not back in... a month to a month and a half or so; even with a Firebolt it’ll take a long while to get from Hogwarts to southern-Britain, find the manor, find Dom and get her out without being noticed, and back. I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes two months...”
“You’ll need help.”
“We both can’t fit underneath the Invisibility Cloak anymore. Sorry, Ron, I’m going alone.” Harry then pushed past Ron and went up the stairs leading to their dormitory. He heard Ron grumbling, the occasional swear being heard as well, and then leaving the common room.
Running into the dormitory, Harry dug around for a few minutes until he found his Firebolt and Invisibility Cloak. Looking out the window next to his bed, Harry noticed it was increasingly dark outside. Checking his watch, he knew he would have to hurry if he wanted to get into the kitchen for extra food.
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