Borrowed Heaven

Disclamer JKR's characters and settings, My Ideas (sort of) Thanks for reading

Chapter 1

March 2, 2091: It was the 111th birthday of Ronald Weasley. Hero of the Great War - member at large for the International Confederation of Wizards, and last but not least, – proud owner of the Chudley Cannons. He sat at the head of a large table full of family and friends and thought to himself that his life so far had been truly sweet. Ron figured that he had everything a man could ask for, an amazing wife (Hermione Weasley), two great kids (Rose and Hugo), grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The fact that he rose to such heights in his career riding on the coat tails of his best friend, Harry Potter, eluded him. Having had to finally emerge from Harry's shadow after Potter was murdered in his sleep by Ron's sister Ginny. The – Man –Who –Conquered had, rather foolishly, admitted to a lengthy affair with Romilda Vane, the Patil twins and several witches and muggles to Ginny during a heated argument. Ginny Potter smothered her husband with a pillow while he slept. She then went to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and confessed to the crime. Mrs. Potter was never convicted of the crime. She did however; have to spend the next 15 years in the secure ward of St. Mungos being treated for a case of magical depression.

That was 20 years ago and Ron still missed his best mate of 80 years. A tear slid down his cheek at the remembrance of his old friend.

Ron's eyes immediately brightened when his great great grand children brought out his birthday cake. Ron blew out the candles, Hermione sliced the cake and handed Ron the first piece. He greedily shovelled the cake into his mouth and began to chew. Suddenly, Ron was unable to breathe! His face turned crimson as the large group of people looked on in stunned disbelief. Finally, after Ron collapsed on the floor did anyone move to help him, but it was already too late. Ron Weasley was dead.

Hugo Weasley stood up and shouted, "Finally the Old Bastard who gave me this bloody stupid name is dead! It's amazing what a little bit of muggle poison can do." Before anybody could react, Hugo touched his wand to the plate in front of him and muttered "portis." The plate turned portkey glowed blue. He left what now had to be the happiest day of his life and was never heard from again. No one heard his Aunt Ginny whisper "Adios Hugo".

Ronald Weasley awoke to find himself sitting in an uncomfortable wooden chair as chains snaked their way around his limbs. Staring at him from the benches that surrounded the walls of what appeared to be courtroom ten were hundreds of angry witches and wizards.

Front and center, looking down at Ron was Fred Weasley. On either side of Fred were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and James , Lilly & Harry Potter. Ron tried to put on a winning smile as he said "Hi Fred! I've missed you." Completely missing the death glares that were being sent his way by the members of the courtroom, Ron spoke up again – "Hi guys I've missed you too. By the way, what the heck is all this? Is it a dream? Is it real? Come on Harry! This is some kind of joke, isn't it? When do we eat?"

Having heard enough, Lilly Potter raised her wand - pointed it at Ron and said "Silencio!" Turning to Harry the red headed witch whispered "I don't know how you managed to remain friends with that stupid git for eighty years, let alone marry that whore he calls a sister!" Harry looked remorsefully at his mother and softly replied "It was the only way to stay close to her." James Potter smiled knowingly at his son and patted his shoulder gently.

"Sorry little brother, but this is Sirius business, seriously!" roared Fred Weasley. "Damn right!" barked Sirius. Remus Lupin spoke next. "Ron you will notice that the members of the court are wearing 3 different colours of robes. The people wearing black robes were those who died before your crimes or who were going to die soon anyways." Ron noticed James and Lilly Potter wearing black robes. Lupin continued "The people in red robes are those that died as a direct result of your crimes, while the people in white robes are those that were never given a chance at life because of you" Most of the people seated in the court room were wearing blood red robes, while there were also a fair number wearing white robes. Every single one of them glared at Ron Weasely, while he stared around the chamber, Dumbstruck.

Fred Weasley stood up and banged his gavel twice and then spoke in a strangely authoritative tone. "Ronald Bilius Weasley you are here by charged with the following crimes!" Just then a black robed Albus Dumbledore strutted into the courtroom and dramatically stated "Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore for the defence." He then used his wand to make himself a comfortable chair. James Potter rose quickly waved his wand quickly and transfigured Dumbledore's chair into a large stag. The stag glared at Dumbledore, snorted and began to paw the courtroom floor. A livid Lilly Potter shouted "Your trial is next old man! You have a lot to answer for! Get the hell out of here before I hex your sorry ass into oblivion!" The stag began to charge and Dumbledore had only enough time to shout a hasty "Sorry Ron" before he exited the courtroom with the angry stag on his heels.

Fred banged his gavel and began to recite the charges once more. "Ronald Bilius Weasley you are here by charged with the following crimes!

1. Acting like a jealous prat towards your friends

2. Deserting your friends when they needed your support

3. Keeping Harry Potter from bonding with his soul mate Hermione Granger.

How do wish to answer these charges." Ron tried to speak, but no sound came out. Fred looked to Lilly Potter who picked up her wand and waved it, only to have the wand emit a large bang and turn into an extremely large goldfish. The marauders and Fred laughed together until Lilly glared at them. Fred muttered a quick apology and handed Lilly her wand. Lilly removed the silencing charm. "Would you like to enter your plea now or wait until the evidence has been presented?" inquired Fred. Ron chose to wait until he saw the evidence against him.

Scene after scene played on a the courtroom wall – Ron bullying Hermione – Acting jealous of Harry – Influencing Harry to stay away from Hermione – Deserting Harry and Hermione – Lavender Brown. Ron Just hung his head in his hands. "Guilty!" he cried "Guilty, please have mercy on me. I didn't know. I had no idea" Severus Snape stood up and spat at him "The things that you don't know Weasley could easily fill up several libraries worth of books" Lilly Potter stood up once more and with tears in her eyes she asked "How could you be jealous of my Harry, when you had the only thing that he ever really wanted – a loving family?"

Lilly's words stirred something deep in Ron Weasleys' soul. The weight of what he had done hit him like a frozen bludger to the head. For the first time in his life he felt true remorse for his actions. And in the end that is what saved him……………..