disclaimer
: i forgot, i don't own anything, except a different way of thinking
than everyone else
okay, here i go, writing the story...whoa
cool.
The slap stung Harry's cheek, and he winced inwardly as
Hermione stormed away, vanishing out the potrait hole.
"What
the hell is wrong with her?" Harry asked himself, before rushing
up to his bedroom, feeling his cheeks burning with embarassment and
the residue of Hermione's hand.
Ron greeted him at the top of the
stairs. in his hands he held his torn textbooks and the Harry's
shredded clothes. he had a puzzled expression on his face, an amazed
flicker of amusement passed across his face when he saw Harry.
"hermione?" He questioned, mutely harry nodded.
"Hermione?" He asked, motioning the garments and
belongings in Ron's hands. Ron nodded.
"I don't even know
what i did?" He sighed, throwing them to the ground, and
muttering under his breath as he and Harry made their ways to their
bedroom to try and salvage some of their things. Hermione had started
acting weird this morning, after returning early from breakfast.
harry and ron didn't even know she'd gone without them, until she
returned before they left, and did what she had done.
At the
moment, a knock came to their door.
"Ron, Harry?" A
voice called, "Are yuo guys ever coming to breakfast?"
Amazed, and confused, Ron opened the door to reveal Hermione. She had
changed from her casual clothes, and was now wearing her robes. She
smiled at them, and they stared back at her, Harry's cheek still
stinging from her slap.
"Hermione?" Ron questioned,
Harry averted his gaze, and looked down at the floor, tears welling
in his eyes. the hurt and bullying he'd suffered from primary school
came back with a blast, the pretend niceness, then the sufferable
taunts, and physical hurt he'd acquired. Hermione looked
questioningly at Harry (and i know i've said questioningly at least
three hundred times already, sorry), and turned to Ron, her eyes full
of worry.
"What's wrong, Harry?" She asked. Rn stared at
her harder, his eyes widening in amazement.
"are you stupid?"
He asked, and then wished he hadn't, as her eyes filled with flames
(not literally) and she glared at him.
"What do you think's
wrong with me?"Snarled harry, glaring at hermione, his eyes
blazing, a single tear strolled luxuriously down his cheek and hung
suspended from his chin. he wiped it away, and resumed his baleful
glare at Hermione. Hermione felt targeted, she unconsciously took a
step back, knocking over Ron's vase he'd been given for his birthday
from his mum. it was special to him, that much she knew, so she was
genuinely sorry when it broke in three pieces behind her, but she was
also genuinely sorry that she fell on top of it, breaking it even
further, and resulting in giving her a deep cut on her arm, which she
knew she should take straight to Madam Pomfrey, but she couldn't.
Ron gasped at her, and grabbed her by her arms, shaking her
roughly, his nails digging into the cut, and giving her blisters from
the rubbing of her robes against her skin.
Ron was yelling
uncomprehensively, something about breaking things, ruining
belongings, trashing their special things, breaking them up, being a
bully. She didn't understand.
"Ron, Ron, stop it, i'm sorry.
Ron!" She cried, and was shocked to discover that tears were
falling from her eyes. she felt unsure of what was going on. She had
never done any of those things he was accusing her of. Hit Harry,
she'd never do that, never. She knew his fragile upbringing, his
abusive childhood, his unsuredness (not sure if it is a real word, if
it isn't i claim it, it's mine, i made it up.Mine, but you can borrow
it) around people. She would not trash other people's belongings, and
was hurt to think that her two best friends thought she had.
"I
never did all that!" She shouted, her voice croaking, and
shaking, as Ron slowly released her. His sneer filled her
vision.
"I'm sorry about your vase, really i am, Ron."
She turned to Harry.
"Harry, you know i'd never. You know me,
you know i'd never. I didn't. Harry, Ron." They stared at her,
disbelieving.
"it was you, Hermione." Harry whispered.
"I can't not believe what my eyes saw. It was you. You hit me,
just before, in the common room, in front of all the first and second
years." hermione stared at him, then back at ROn, neither of
them looked like relenting anytime soon.
"This isn't a joke
guys!" She screamed, before turning and fleeing back to her own
room, where she promptly threw herself on her bed, and cried. it was
unfair. She never did all those things. She never would. She needed
someone to talk to, and, with her two best friends out of the picture
and Ginny in class, there was only two people left.
Hermione
crept along the secret passageway into Hogsmeade, her hair astrew,
shky on her feet, feeling targetted. Once in Hogsmeade she apparated
to Diagon Alley. Running, half staggering she collapsed into the
Weasleys Jokeshop, where she was greeted by Fred and George. Their
joking natures replaced by seriousness as she related her story to
them, and then their Geaorge's face screwed up in anger at what Ron's
part in it was. they fed her chocolate and gave her blankets, and
soon she was smiling hesitantly, curled up in the armchair above the
shop, watching the muggle tv shows and midday movies. wagging school
for the first time.
Oh, no,,,...what will happen next. who is the imposter Hermione, and what will happen next, what will happen with Ron and Harry, will they continue to hate Hermione, will Fred and George set them straight, and what has Draco got to do with it (damn, can't believe i just put that in, kind of giving away some of the storyline) I'm the only one who can answer these questions, so hurry and review, and i might just answer them, and write another interesting chapter.lol
Chapter two
Okay, so we left Hermione sitting comfortably in Fred and George's apartment, while Harry and Ron, what are they doing, and how are they feeling. Keep tuned for moreā¦another chapter. Okay, here we go. And as before, disclaimer: own absolutely nothing, just my wacky brain and the computer; the computer is mine, as am I. I am my own self. So weird.
Ron and Harry sat at the Gryffindor table; their food
lay mostly untouched before them. Since Hermione had stormed out on
them, they had felt kind of low. Just then they glanced Hermione
swooping down on them, her hair tied back in a ponytail, dressed in
casuals. The most peculiar of this image, was the casual clothes.
Everyone else was dressed in robes, and Ron and Harry couldn't
understand why she had gotten changed so many times already today.
She sat next to Ron, elbowing him as she ate. Ron took the first
three with good grace, but when the fourth, sharply dug elbow found
its mark in the pit of his stomach, he couldn't stop the groan that
emerged from his mouth. He glanced sideways at Hermione, noticing the
smirk that crossed her lips. With grimace he got up, and, with Harry
following close behind, left the Great Hall. Behind them, Hermione
smiled to herself, glancing up at Ginny across the table, who smiled
uncertainly back, then looked back down at her food, confused.
"Touchy, aren't they today?" Hermione commented, and Ginny
snapped her head back up, staring wide-eyed across the table. Harry
had told her about Hermione, and what she had done. Ginny glanced
sharply at Hermione and saw the malicious flame that glinted in her
eyes. There was none of the softness, or Hermione-ness that was
usually there.
"Hermione?" Ginny asked, and Hermione looked
into her eyes.
"Yeah?" She asked, the food before her being
replaced with the desert dishes. Ginny shook her head, and stood up,
walking quickly after Harry and Ron, and breaking into a run as she
left the hall, catching up to them.
"Hermione's different."
She breathed, "I don't think it's her. What if someone is
controlling her?" Harry stopped in his stride and his gaze turned
thoughtful. Ron just looked confused, which Ginny realised was his
usual expression. She slipped her hand into Harry's discretely, as
they continued to walk along, discussing at length, the reasons why
people would want to control Hermione, and who it might be. Their
conclusions came to someone who wanted to get at Harry, wanted to
split up the "dream team", someone like Draco, someone connected
to Voldemort. Their discussion found them at the Fat Lady, entering
the common room they came to a halt to see George standing before
them. They knew it was George, because he was wearing Fred's
Christmas jumper; he looked mad. Within a second, Ron found himself
pinned against the wall, George's arm across his throat, and Harry
and Ginny berating George. Ginny actually thumping him on the back,
Ron scrabbled at the arm choking him.
"George." Ginny yelled,
"George, stop it. George!"
"How could you?" George
snarled into Ron's face. Ron gaped for breath. George released him
from the wall, and he slumped to the ground, gasping for air, clawing
at his throat. Harry and Ginny stood staring at George, dumbfounded.
Ron was gasping for air, glaring up at George, eyes watering.
"What
the bloody hell was that for?" Ron spluttered. George forced back
the impulse to punch him, regarding him with content instead.
"There
is one certain girl sitting in my apartment, hurt, and confused by
two people's actions. Harry, you are not my family, but if you do
not explain what the bloody hell was going through your mind earlier
today, I will have no control over my actions, and may proceed to hit
you. Hard."
"George, what are you talking about? Hermione's
here, she's in the Great Hall." Ginny burst out, bristling at the
turmoil between her brothers.
A look of confusion and hesitation
crossed George's face.
"No. She's in Diagon Alley. Fully
robed, dried blood from a cut on her arm, and bruises on her arms,
where someone grabbed her rather hard, wrapped in a blanket and
watching muggle shows on TV." Now it was Harry, Ron and Ginny's
turn to look confused. Then, realisation crossed Ginny's
face.
"There are two of them." She gasped, and Harry, Ron, and
George's mouths dropped open (like in the cartoon Aladdin, when
Genie's jaw hits the floor, though not quite as extreme).
"No."
Ron said,
"Yes," Harry said, "polyjuice potion, or some
kind of transfiguration." Ginny lightly punched George on the
arm.
"Yes, it wasn't her at the Gryffindor table, her eyes
were all wrong." Their laughter ended abruptly though when the
casual clothes Hermione entered the common room, fixing her gaze on
them.
"Hi Fred." She said, breezily. George, Ron, Harry and
Ginny stared open-mouthed.
"Hermione." George said, but Ron
had already grabbed her, and was holding her against the wall.
"Who
are you?" He asked, voice simmering with anger. Without further
ado, Harry and George had released her from Ron's grip and carted
her up to their dormitory, where they shut the door behind them,
locking Hermione in.
"We should have a guard." Ginny
suggested, "I volunteer." She said, and sat down by the door.
Harry glanced at Ron and George, and then at Ginny.
"I'll stay
too," He said, "I'll get some cushions." Looking relieved,
Ron followed George back down the stairs, out the common room and
though the passage into Hogsmeade. Ron, still uneasy about
apparating, had to hitch a ride with George. They made their way to
the Jokeshop.
"I'm sorry about before." George said. Ron
waved it off. "It's okay, you just have to give me free stuff."
He smiled at the expression on George's face, as they ascended the
stairs to Hermione who had fallen asleep, drooling slightly, but
otherwise, perfect, at least in Ron's eyes. Before her, the TV
dimly blared. She was unaware that the day had resulted in four more
people wagging for the day.
Okay, that is the end of chapter
duo. Two that is. Hope you enjoyed it, and if you did, I hope you
review it. Umm, more coming up soon, such as the identification of
the intruder Hermione and the reasons behind it, and more
importantly, the improvements in relationships, apologies, and
whatnot.
Ciao
