Pain
Disclaimer: NOT MINE! I wish it was though... everything belongs to JK Rowling.
Hermoine Granger stood at the opening to Griffindor tower. She just couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. The problem was that she had no idea what was wrong. She just felt a feeling of being hurt somehow and her throat was paining her a lot. She never quite felt so much pain in her throat, it was as if her throat was burning. She decided that perhaps she had a bad day and just needed a little rest. As she stepped into Griffindor Tower she came face to face with Lavender Brown. Lavender was the last person she wanted to see, she secretly hated her for being Ron's girlfriend and she could tell that Lavender did not want to have anything to do with her either.
" Oh, hello Hermione" said Lavender, looking at Hermione rather smugly, because Lavender had Ron and Hermione could do nothing about it.
" Lavender, excuse me but I have a headache and I want to go and take a nap." replied Hermione.
" Oh sure, I was just wondering if you have just seen Ron around?" asked Lavender.
" You know Lavender that Ron and I aren't speaking and I haven't got a clue where he is." said Hermione.
" Oh, well I was just going to give him part of my essay so that he wouldn't have to write it himself." said Lavender.
" OK, whatever," said Hermione, "I'll see you tomorrow, maybe".
So Hermione went up to her dormitory. She still couldn't shake the feeling that she was in pain, however it was not as bad as the horrible jolt of pain in her throat a few minutes before. She decided that instead of going for a nap that she needed to walk around the castle a bit. All she could think about was Ron and how today was his birthday and that she wished that she could share it with him, instead he would be spending it with Lavender, and she cursed herself for not getting the courage to wish him happy birthday even though she was mad at him. As she rounded a corner she saw Professor Slughorn carrying someone who had red hair and looked a lot like... no, it couldn't be ...
"Please God no!" Hermione whispered, she caught sight of the face, the face of the man she had loved from the first moment she saw him. She felt her heart break into as she just watched Slughorn carry Ron's unconcious body into the hospital wing. Hermione felt all the blood rush from her face and before she knew it, she was about to burst into the hospital and demand what the hell has happened to Ron, when Harry came to the door with Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall. They made him wait outside while they were whisked into the room by Madame Pomfrey. Hermione just stood there watching Harry for a moment in a shocked silence before a sudden madness engulfed her and she sprinted towards Harry.
"What the bloody hell happened to Ron!" Hermione demanded.
"He has been poisoned" replied Harry.
"P-P-Poisoned!" said Hermione.
'No!', screamed Hermione in her head, ' not Ron, anyone but him!'.
"W-will he--" Hermione couldn't finish her sentence.
" God no Hermione, Ron's going to be fine", said Harry,"Thanks to prince, I shoved a Bezoar in his mouth, he will be fine, I promise you".
" Oh thank god!" said Hermione as she sat in one of the vacant waiting area chairs. For the only time in her life she was actually glad that Harry had prince's book.
Hermione said nothing else and sat with her jaw clenched on the waiting area chair.She gave Ginny a very strained smile and let Harry fill her in on what happened to Ron when Ginny appeared at the hospital wing door. All she could think was that if Ron didn't make it she would never forgive herself for not telling him how much she loved him. As she sat she realized that she had a pain in her throat was not her actual pain but pain that Ron experienced. She then realized that they were connected and she had to find out how.