| Firecrab
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since you have all been the best readers in he world i think you deserve an other chapter, ive been writing busily and have written up to chapter 20, theres just some tweaking and changing to do, so with out further ado ENJOY !
Chapter nine
There were three weeks of happiness following Harry’s removal to the burrow, as he and Ginny spent more time together, discussing each other, Ron and Hermione and how to bring about the down fall of Voldemort.
Ron had been living the hermit’s life since Harry had come to stay, and even though they shared a room they hadn’t spoken properly or even talked about what was said between them that day. Ron said little to any one but was still eating just as furiously showing that what ever was wrong with him was not affecting his appetite.
One afternoon Harry sat on his bed, Ginny next to him as they talked. Ron was downstairs asking Hermione about school work which had long since been completed.
“Gin, Ron’s the only one who still has a problem”
“Well it’s his problem” she replied
“Hmm” He lay back on his pillows, his arms behind his head. She lay down next to him her arm across his chest.
“He was your friend and now he doesn’t want to be, he is still my brother even though I don’t want him to be, count yourself lucky”
“Gin, be nice” he moved an arm to her waist but she moved it away,
“Be nice, why should I?” she sat up her face angry,
“Then don’t be, but he is your brother and he was once my best friend, you are allowed to show some remorse for being mean to him”
“And what if I don’t want to, what if he was so horrible to the both of us I can’t forgive him for what he did and said” she stood up and he sat up looking worried,
“Please Gin, wait a minute and talk to me” he reached for her arm as she moved to leave, “Why, you’re going to defend him after what he said about you not bothering about me if die, or saying horrid stuff when he tried to take me away from you at the Leaky cauldron”
“No but -”
“But what Harry, he just doesn’t want us together because he doesn’t have the guts to ask out Hermione”
“That’s not it Gin” she reached out to the door handle, “Just wait and listen, please Ginny” she turned back and looked in his eyes,
“Fine, be quick, why?”
“He say’s he doesn’t want me with you because you’re his sister”
“That’s not a reason Harry” She moved to leave again,
“Give me a chance I’m trying to explain, he wasn’t exactly clear”
“Keep going then” she said sitting on the end of the bed away from him.
“He was mad when you dated Michael and Dean, but he’s madder at me then you now. He thinks I should have never asked you to be with me because it’s too dangerous and that I’m his best friend and I should have known better then to date his little sister”
“So this is all because he thinks you betrayed him, by asking me out?”
“Yes” Harry replied, “He’s not mad at you, he’s mad at me, so I have to sort this out if I don’t want him killing me in my sleep”
“I would never do that, I’d wait until you were awake” the door opened and Ron walked in “Having your first row were you, sorry I interrupted”
“Well since you where listening you’d know what it was about” Ginny got up and pushed past him to leave. He grabbed her arm “Wait a minute sis, you have to say sorry for that”
“Let me go Ron, or I’ll hex you into oblivion” She smiled drawing her wand and pointing at his chest,
“And if she doesn’t I will” Harry stood up pointing his own wand when Hermione came rushing up the stairs holding a book and parchment.
“Ron you forgot you’re… Ron what are you doing, Harry, Ginny what’s going on?”
“There just having a little lovers tiff, I suppose he’s angry he’s not getting any action while he’s here”
Ginny was about to hex him but Harry was too quick; he moved forward swiftly and punched him in the face.
“I should have done that week’s ago” he said walking past Hermione as she went to Ron’s aid; he knelt on the floor blood pouring on the carpet. Harry went outside into the front garden and out of the gate, Ginny followed but thought better of it when she saw him put his invisibility cloak on and head to the village.
He’ll be fine he just needs to cool off; she thought and headed back inside to see her mother rushing up the stairs wand in hand.
*****
“You shouldn’t have said that Ronald” Hermione sat next to him as Mrs Weasley left
“Why not, it was easy and now we know how crazy he is”
“Harry isn’t crazy, he’s angry because you’re being horrid, immature and behaving like a spoilt brat”
“That simple is it, thanks for clearing that up for me” he lay back on his pillows “You can go now”
“You know you might have stood a chance with me, if you weren’t such a nasty pathetic little creature” she got up to leave when he registered what she said,
“Hey wait a minute, what do you mean might of stood a chance?”
“You know Ron, im not going to answer that, figure it out yourself” She left closing the door behind her leaving him feeling confused and angry with himself for letting her go.
Hermione made her way to Ginny’s room to find her staring out the window looking anxious and worried.
“Where did Harry go?”
“For a walk to calm down, it’s ok though he has his cloak”
“So why you looking so worriedly out of the window every few seconds”
“It’s what I do, how’s the git, has he bled to death yet?”
“Ginny he’s your brother”
“I have five other’s, I think I can manage without that one”
“You say that now, but then what if -”
“I suddenly need him and he’s not there”
“Yes”
“I’ll find away to manage without him”
“Like you did without Harry?”
“Harry’s different; I like Harry I can’t stand Ron”
Hermione sighed “why did he say what he did to make Harry punch him?”
“He was listening to me and Harry arguing”
“You two argue?”Hermione smiled in surprise,
“This would be the first, and it was about Ron” Ginny sat turning to face her, “Now Harry knows I’m right about him, I slapped him, Harry punched him we understand each other perfectly”
“How did you manage to argue about Ron?
“Harry wanted me to be nice to him, I said I wouldn’t, he said if we didn’t figure things out with him Ron would get worse, and tried to tell me why Ron didn’t want us to see each other”
“What is Ron’s problem?”
“He doesn’t want me and Harry together because im his little sister or at least I used to be”
*****
Harry walked his fists clenched angrily. Ginny was right about Ron, they would never be friends again.
He got to the village and made his way into the supermarket wandering around the aisles. The muggle world hadn’t been his home for years now and he felt lost. He left and decided to apparate somewhere quiet, he still had the cloak on so no one would notice.
He drew his wand but a searing pain came over him, he dropped to his knees clutching his scar in agony. Voldemort had opened the connection, but for what purpose. Harry couldn’t move let alone think, he pulled him self up the cloak slipping off. Luckily there was no one around to see as he made his way to a bench holding the cloak and his wand, crawling on the floor.
He sat his head in his hands, sweat dripping from his forehead his scare feeling as though it would rip his head open. He knew he didn’t have the strength to apparate with without splinching himself and that pain on top of everything else wouldn’t do him any good. He took a deep breath and concentrated, but looked up when someone came over.
“Harry! I thought it was you when you fell on the floor but my dad made me go into to the shop, he didn’t see you”
He looked up her bright eyes shining happily as she swayed quite maniacally on the spot her butterbeer cork necklace and radish earring’s moving along with her.
“Are you ok Harry only you don’t look so good?” it wasn’t her swaying it was him.
“Ginny” he whispered before his vision failed as his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he collapsed on the bench.
“Harry? Harry?” he shook him gently “Dad” she called back to the shop “Dad help!” a tall middle aged wizard peaked around the door of the shop
“What is it Luna? I’m - Oh my goodness it’s Harry Potter” he abandoned his purchases and rushed over,
“We best take him to the burrow, the Weasley’s are in the Order they’ll know what to do” he felt his pulse, weak and slow.
“pick up his cloak and wand, lets be going then” He looked around but there was no one and they apparated Xenophilius and Luna holding Harry up between them.
Molly was the first to see them out of the window of the kitchen as she sat listening to the wizard wireless.
“Oh my god, Xeno what happened to him?”
“We don’t know” was Luna’s reply, “I saw him fall on the floor under his cloak, and I didn’t know it was Harry until he sat on the bench clutching his head”
“I was in the shop so I didn’t see anything apart from when Luna called me over” He and Molly placed him on the couch in the living room and Luna ran upstairs to tell Hermione, Ginny and Ron.
“He’s burning up, but his pulse is too quiet and too slow.” She placed a cold, wet flannel on his head as he laid ghostly pale, sweat dripping.
*****
Luna got to the door knocked and opened it; “Hi Luna” said Hermione and Ginny.
Luna didn’t smile but looked at Ginny, her face grim and opened her mouth to speak, “Ha-”
“Harry” Ginny replied for her and ran down the stairs two at a time, Mrs Weasley stopped her before she reached the living room door and held on to her daughters wrists,
“Ginny, you can’t see him, not yet”
“Tell me what’s wrong with him” she tried to break free but her mother held on firmly, “What’s happened to Harry?” she shouted angrily
Her mother replied her face ashen, “We don’t know”
“Let me see him mum, please, just let me see him”
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