Chapter 1: A fight and revelations.

"HARRY POTTER!"

Dumbledore's shout after the fourth flame burst out of the Goblet of Fire kept ringing through Ron's head. Harry was taking the spotlight, and not for the first time. Oh, how he wished he could have entered. But he wasn't able to, and neither should Harry. But his so-called friend did the impossible, again, making all the lights fix on him.

And Ron was FURIOUS! Harry hadn't even mentioned his plans to his 'best friend'. Why had he lied?

Ron was wondering all these things while lying on his bed. The bed next to him, where Harry spend his nights in Hogwarts, was still empty. Harry was somewhere down in the castle, with Ron's hero, Viktor Krum, that beautiful girl, Fleur Delacour, and that Diggory boy they had met just before the Quidditch World Cup final.

He was even glad Harry wasn't here. He certainly didn't want to talk to 'Mr. I'm so famous'. Well, if it was up to Ron, 'Mr. I'm so famous' was now 'Mr. I'm friendless', effective immediately.

Suddenly the door to the dorms opened, and Harry walked in, seeming to be in a bad mood. Ron didn't buy it. Surely the Boy-Who-Lived would be so happy he got into the Triwizard Tournament, or the Quadwizard Clash or whatever it would be named now.

He could have been a star in one of those muggle films. His acting is good, I admit.

"Hey Ron", Harry said.

"Bugger off."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Nothing is ever wrong with the Boy-Who-Lived", Ron spat.

"Come on Ron, you know I don't want to compete. I didn't put my name in the Goblet."

"Sure you didn't", Ron said with a note of disbelief in his voice. Then he closed the curtains around his bed.

"Please, Ron, I need my friend", Harry said as he opened them again.

"You should have thought about that before you put your name in the Goblet."

"But I didn't do that!"

"Even now you lie to your best friend? I thought we were mates, Harry. Apparently, I was wrong" Ron snapped.

"It must be so hard, being the Boy-Who-Lived" he said with a voice filled with sarcasm and something near hatred. "Now bugger off."

Ron turned his back to Harry and tried to ignore him while he was pleading his case for 5 minutes. Figuring Ron would be okay the next morning, and went to his own bed. How wrong he was.

When Harry woke the next morning, Ron's bed was empty already, which was odd. On Tuesdays, they wouldn't have class until the third period, and Ron always managed to nearly be late to that class, due to sleeping in. Harry and Hermione always brought some breakfast with them for him, so he wouldn't starve. Whatever he missed at breakfast, he made up for it at lunch though.

But now Ron was up and gone already. Harry checked the time. He hadn't overslept, that was for sure. Harry decided to get up, and to find Ron for a talk.

When he left the boys dorms, he saw Hermione waiting in the common room. They always went together to breakfast, which meant that Hermione had to wait for Harry.

"Good morning, Hermione. Sleep well?"

"Yes, I did. And good morning to you too. I guess it must have been a rough night for you, after last night's events?"

"It was, though nothing out of the ordinary. Have you seen Ron? He was already up and gone when I woke up."

"I did see him walk by this morning. He seemed to be in a bad mood. When he saw me, he asked if I would come with him to breakfast. I offered him to wait for you instead, since we always go down together. Then he muttered something like "Of course." and stormed off. Did anything happen?"

"Last night he was mad at me. The reason wasn't really clear though. It had something to do with me being entered in the Tournament, I think, though I couldn't shake the feeling something more was going on."

"You two should talk before Transfiguration, our first class" Hermione offered.

"My idea. I will try."

But when they got to the Great Hall, Ron was nowhere to be found. When they later searched for him in the Common Room, just before Transfiguration, they didn't find him either. They finally spotted him when they entered Transfiguration class five minutes before the start of their lesson. Professor McGonagall wasn't there yet.

Ron was already seated, and Harry decided to sit next to him. As soon as he sat down, and opened his mouth to talk, Ron grabbed his stuff and went to sit next to Seamus.

Harry was shocked (and so was Seamus). He and Hermione couldn't believe their eyes. Hermione took the empty seat next to Harry, while Harry stood up to talk to Ron. At that moment, McGonagall walked in and told everyone to sit down, so the lesson could start.

When the lesson ended, Ron packed fast and left immediately to avoid Harry.

This went on for the whole day. In the evening, Harry decided to wait for Ron in the dorms. He killed the time by pondering about the First Task. After nearly 2 hours, Ron entered.

"Ron, talk to me! What's wrong? Why are you avoiding me? Why are you angry?" Harry started.

"Stop with the innocence! You know damn well why!"

"No I don't, Ron. Just tell me. I just want us to be best friends, like before today."

"I'm done with standing in the shadow of the 'great' Boy-Who-Lived! Why do you get everything? Why am I always ignored?" Ron complained.

"I don't ignore you! You are one of the most important people of my life!"

"Sure I am, Harry."

"And I don't get everything. Not even close. You have more than I, though you don't see it. You have a loving family, you had a youth, you were LOVED!"

"You don't have five brothers, one famous 'friend' and a very smart friend to live up to! I'm done with all the shadows cast over me!"

And so the fight went on. And it didn't calm down during the next few days. Ron withdrew himself from Harry's company, and slowly lost Hermione as a friend as well. Harry felt worse each day, missing Ron's company dearly, and hurt that he didn't even try to believe him.

Two more weeks later, Harry stated to Hermione: "I have to speak to Professor Dumbledore." and left immediately.

Later that evening, Harry was talking to Hermione in the Common Room, discussing what Harry was going to do next. When Ron walked in, Harry said: "It's time we should tell him."

Ron was intrigued when he heard this, but didn't show it. He knew that 'him' meant him, because they were looking in his direction. Hermione was looking rather shocked. Then Harry and Hermione walked over to Ron.

Harry began. "Ron, there is something you should know. It's a plan devised by Dumbledore, for which he hired me and the Weasleys to make it succeed."

"I'm so sorry Ron, I had just heard it from Harry, please don't be mad" Hermione said with a trace of guilt in her voice.

"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you earlier, mate. Our recent fight made me see the light, and I convinced Dumbledore to tell you."

"What is it? Out with it already!"

Harry waved his wand, and it seemed that some Glamour charms wore off. His black hair turned blond, and the scar vanished. "I'm not Harry Potter. You are."

A/N: Thank you for reading so far. I'm making this a two shot, please expect the next part to be uploaded within a week (it could be tomorrow, but I'm not sure).

I have been toying with this idea for a few days, and I tried it out. Please tell me if you like where this story is headed, or where you think it's headed.

Reviews would help me a lot, so throw all you got at me (ok, I'm joking, please don't, I'm not ready to handle all the critics yet =)).

A/N2: I just updated a bit on this chapter, because it was impossible to have a fight for 3,5 weeks. The First Task would have been over by then, but it is still part of this story. I had to change "three weeks" into "two weeks". Sorry for the confusion.