Disclaimer: I OWN RON WEASLEY!!!! lawyers tackle her struggles out of heap FINE! brushes herself off

Ron was not having a good summer break. Except, Harry had been allowed to stay at the Burrow, and Hermione was writing letters constantly. But even the thought of his two best friends at Hogwarts couldn't take a way something that had been on his mind ever since Harry had told him and Hermione about the prophecy. He knew he needed to take up his father's job, he knew he needed to become the leader that he was fated to be since birth.

"Ron?" Harry looked questionably at him. It has been Ron's turn at wizard chess for ages. "Are you alright?" Something had to be wrong, Harry was winning.

Ron looked up trying to act normal. "Me? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm still wondering what to write for my 'What I did over the Summer' paper." He said while laughing faintly. What could he write for his paper? He'd been attacked by a death eater? Maybe, just maybe, one paper could explain it all. But would one paper be able to describe all the horror? "Harry, I'll be right back." He quickly thought up an excuse. "I have to get something from my room."

Running up the steps, he looked over at Percy's vacant room. Why'd he do it? Ron had enough on his mind, Percy was giving so many difficulties to his family. They had enough on their plates without him becoming a death eater. "Idiot." Ron muttered as he closed his bedroom door.

He flopped down on his bed and began to recall the day that everything went wrong. It didn't take him long, he remembered it all as if it were yesterday.

FLASHBACK

When Tonks, Mad Eye, and Lupin showed up at the Burrow, he knew that something was wrong. Even the weather seemed to herald doom. Everyone was apprehensive, the Order of the Phoenix's few members wer keeping something from all the kids. What was it? Just as tonks started to talk, a knock came from the front door. Ron got up to answer it.

The storm was getting worse. Lightning flashed outside as Ron went to open the door. As he opened it, there was an enormous crash of thunder as the door opened, almost as if a sign. Two figures were in the hall now. One slipped off his cloak, the other stayed hidden.

It was none other than Lucious Malfoy. All the words he said, the insults, the commands, everything that he said, Ron tried to ignore him. At last he could stand it no longer. He screamed and tired to pin Lucious to the ground. He failed, instead being thrown to the ground himself. Lucious smiled, he thought that he could just kill Ron and get to Harry himself. But he contemplated being a hero a moment too long.

Lucious found himself against the wall in an instant. He got hit twice, once on each side of his face. The force of the two curses was so hard taht blood was streaming freely down his face. Lucious looked up at his attackers. One person still stood in the doorway, with his cloak on, the other in the shadows of the next room. He looked from one to the other awestruck.

"No! It can't be! How dare you! How could you?" Ron stood up still a bit dazed. Thoughts swarmed in his head so fast he felt dizzy. Was this a trap? What was this all about? Who was the cloaked stranger? What is the secret that the Order of the Phoenix is holding onto?

Mr. Weasley walked out of the shadows. The cloaked stranger took off his hood, yet it was still too dark to see who it was, or Ron couldn't see clearly. Before anyone knwe what happened, Mr. Malfoy jumped up and screamed "AVADA KEDAVRA!"

Every second seemed as long as an hour. Everything was happening in slow motion. Ron watches as an emerald green light speeded tword him. He kept thinking why me? And This is it. At the last second, a body lunged forward to take the curse for him.

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