| Firecrab
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Chapter twenty-three
Harry and Ron sat in transfiguration, Hermione was placed strategically between them as there new teacher sat at the desk talking about how to transfigure people.
“I wish I could change you into a more sensible human being Ronald” she told him at the end of the lesson. Harry walked next to them and spoke up. “So are you and Ron official now?”
Hermione stopped in her tracks, “How do you know?”
“Gin noticed you seemed closer, and told me she thought you were going out but not telling us yet”
“Oh” she started to walk again and was about to talk when Ron spoke, “We are, just we’re keeping it quiet for now”
“Ok, I was just wondering is all?”
“We didn’t what to say anything to Ginny, you know you in a coma and everything”
“Like I said I was just wondering, and im glad you finally asked her since you’ve been brooding over dear Hermione for weeks now” he smiled at her, and looked to Ron.
“Can we talk Ron; just want to ask you something’s?”
“Sure” he looked at Hermione slightly worried before following on after him.
They went to a nearby empty classroom and sat on the desks.
“Are you ok with me and Ginny now?”
“I suppose, I can’t stop you from seeing her, and she obviously won’t stay away from you if you’ve had the opportunity to bite her”
He ignored the comment and continued “But you say you’re ok?”
“I’m fine with it just don’t go snogging her around me”
“Are we still mates?”
“You’ll all ways be my best mate no matter what stupid things I do or say”
“Depends if I want to be yours”
“You didn’t before and now you acting like you are”
“You make me angry sometimes-”
“I make you ready for you know who to attack”
“- but we’ve been friends after you thought I was a glory hog before”
He nodded his head and Harry continued,
“Sorry about the punch and the vampire thing this morning”
“Sorry about accusing you and Hermione and being a general pain”
“Well that’s all sorted; we can act like this talk never happened, it’s not very manly to talk about feelings is it” Said Harry laughing, and Ron joined in, “Hey were best mates just don’t tell me about your love life with my sister and it will be fine”
“We’d better go before Hermione thinks we killed each other”
“She’s not as paranoid as me, and I think she’s a bad influence on me”
Harry laughed “How’s that?”
“She makes me do my homework as soon as I get it without her having to tell me”
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Harry sat on his bed finishing up a chart. He put it away and lay down thinking, going through his head were all the places for Voldemort to hide something. A Gringotts vault and Hogwarts were the only places that came to mind, but what of Ravenclaw’s or Gryffindor’s would he use and how would he find out what they were. He grabbed his firebolt from inside his trunk, cloak and marauder’s map from his bag and made his way downstairs quietly. Going out on his broom for a bit would clear the fuzz in his head. He walked out the portrait door just as Ginny stepped through, and whispered
“Im just going for a fly, be back soon”
“Ok” she replied and joined Ron and Hermione on the couch.
Harry got up into the air feeling the wind on his face and the cobwebs blow away from his brain. He soared higher looking at the moon before turning round and zooming back down to earth. He flew over the top of the forbidden forest and back to the quidditch pitch to see Ginny sitting in the stands her face anxious.
“What’s happened?”
“Ron and Dean were talking”
He swore loudly,
“And then it turned to an argument, then shouting then ‘im going to kill him’ and punching the wall”
“He knows then”
“He believed what Dean said and I left before he could shout at me”
“Can we not just have one day of peace and quiet?”
“Doesn’t look like it, but hey you have a reputation to hold up now, not only are going to kill Voldemort you also slept with a girl in a public place, you’re a hero to every guy in your year now”
“You gotta be kidding, if that’s what Deans told Ron im a dead man, its not even true! You saw him this morning after Hermione’s vampire comment, he nearly choked to death while having steam gush out of his ears they were that red.”
“Maybe you could just live with your cloak on and then he can’t see you to kill you”
“You’re such a joker” he kissed her forehead, “I’m going to have to shout at him until it sinks it I haven’t defiled his little sister”
“Defiled” she laughed “where on earth did you get that from?”
“Muggle TV show”
“Of course, we can talk to him together he has to listen to the both of us, but we can’t get you angry or your head will explode”
“Oh thanks for that lovely description” he wrapped his arms round her and pulled her into a hug,
“We’d better go before the curfew kicks in, and he goes on patrol, we’ll get detentions for a week if I just look at him”
Luckily they avoided him using the marauders map, seeing he was in McGonagall’s office with Hermione.
“They going on patrol, now” he looked down at the map just as they got to the portrait hole. He cleared the map and put it away, before taking a deep breath and walking in behind Ginny, his cloak on.
Dean and Seamus were in a corner and there were some other, older pupils still up and about. Ginny walked straight over to them and Dean turned to look at her.
“Oh hello Ginny”
“Why the hell would you tell Ron?”
“He should know what his supposed best friend is doing to his sister”
“What exactly did you tell him?”
“What I saw” He paused to smile “And heard”
She didn’t flinch and continued to stare at him; he looked surprised that it hadn’t affected her.
“What were you doing down stairs in the first place?”
“I was getting some homework I forgot, you shouldn’t have been down there with him, doing whatever it was you were doing”
“Nothing” By now the whole room was listening to them,
“Like I said to Harry, it didn’t look like nothing and you were missing half your clothes” He grinned and then continued, “You weren’t half that easy when I dated you, does your boyfriend have to have a scar on his head for you to take your clothes off”
The students gasped in shock as Harry appeared out of nowhere and moved to punch him; the room stared as Ginny held him back.
“Don’t Harry” his heart beat was racing, his body fuelled in adrenaline,
“Yeh Harry, just do as you’re told” Dean smirked
“I want to do the honours” Ginny relaxed her hold on him and he stepped aside smiling and saying “Ladies first”
She grinned as Dean registered what was said and her clenched fist hit the side of his face. “Did you ever consider the fact it might be your fault I didn’t want you touching me?”
He sat on the chair holding his jaw in pain, a large bruise forming quickly,
“Next time I’ll leave you to Harry” she turned to him, “Night Harry” she smiled brightly,
“Night Gin” They kissed passionately the room whooping and laughing before she walked up the stairs. Dean stood up, crossed his arms and spoke, “You won’t be half so cocky when Ron gets to you”
“If I can deal with Voldemort im sure I can cope with Ron”
“You’ll need her to punch him for you, just like you couldn’t punch me”
“I’ve punched Ron before so your time will come soon enough.”
“I’ll be looking forward to it, though maybe you know who will have finished you off before that can happen”
He drew his wand and grabbed the front of Deans robes pushing him back against the wall “I might just curse you now and get it done with” he raised the wand to Deans chest, feeling the desire to hurt him running through his veins, crawling under his skin.
“Go on then, let’s see the chosen one in action without his little girlfriend” Dean smirked,
“You’re only like this because she’s with me and not you” Harry’s hand held him fast against the wall, tried to move forward. “She lost out; I mean how anyone could love a freak with a scar and the most evil wizard in history after them I’ll never understand”
“Well she seems to manage pretty well considering”
“Your own Aunt and Uncle don’t even want you how can you expect anyone else, I bet Gin’s only with you for the recognition”
“Didn’t sound like it the other night did it Dean”
“How much did you pay her?”
His anger building, he remembered that he had to leave; he had to calm down before anything happened. He clutched his scar as it started to burn, he lowered his wand and took a deep breath, he wasn’t going to let him self be taken again. He saw the snake like face, pointed fingers the blood red eyes boring into his soul.
“What’s the matter with him?” he heard there whispers, as he kept breathing.
“Go get his girlfriend” he heard them say, as the room became blurry and he made his way to a couch.
A girl ran up the stairs, “Weasley” she shouted banging on the door, Ginny came down behind her and rushed to sit next to him,
“Harry, Harry its ok just stay calm” He nodded and she held on to him, “he can’t take you if you stay calm” He looked into her eyes, he was fighting for her. He focused on Ginny, her smiling, laughing, and the smell of her perfume, the colour of her hair. His vision became clearer.
“Im not going anywhere” he hissed in parsel tongue, the red eyes faded into darkness and he saw only her brown eyes looking back as the room stared at them.
She smiled at him, “Come on, your going to have to leave while I beat Dean up”
“I might help you and release some of this pent up rage that’s not mine”
She stood up leaving Harry on the couch and walked round to Dean, “What happened?”
“He went all funny”
“What did you do?”
“Nothing”
“HE DOESN’T GET ATTACKED BY VOLDEMORT OVER NOTHING YOU HAVE TO MAKE HIM REALLY ANGRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY?”
“I told him you know who would finish him off before he would punch me so he shouted that he would just curse me now and then he went all funny holding his scar.”
“Wasn’t just that, he was really horrible” Said the girl who had gone to get her
“NEVER MIND HIM PUNCHING YOU, I’M GOING TO KILL YOU, STAY AWAY FROM US”
“What ever” He got up leaving to go up to his dorm.
She sat down next to Harry, “I’d better talk to Ron tomorrow I’m not going to lose you for a third time”
“I’m so helpless, I can’t even get angry or I end up in a coma, you have to shout at people for me everyone must think im a joke” the room emptied around them,
“You’re not a joke to me, and if you do what you did tonight next time you get angry you should be fine”
“I hope so, but I might have to carry you around with me just in case, but you would think after the last time he might figure out he shouldn’t try and possess me”
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