Unexpected Futures – Chapter 1
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Unexpected Futures
Ron Weasley now had few things left in his life. Almost everyone he knew was dead. His entire family, minus the twins Fred and George, were all dead. His mother Molly, His father Arthur, his little sister Ginny, and his three other brothers Percy, Bill, and Charlie, all dead. The other two remaining Weaseys, beside himself, had become the top creaters and retailers of magical joke items, and co-owners of Weasley Wizard Wheezes, their chain of shops which were located all over the world. The other owner of the 3W was the mysterious Evan James, who was an American wizard who thought the twins had great promise. Ron, however, after the death of his family, dedicated his life to the destruction of the dark arts. He now lived at Hogwarts and was second in command after Dumbledore in the war against the darkness. Besides the twins, Dumbledore, Sirius, and Remus were the only people Ron had left. All his other friends were dead. Except his two oldest friends, which he held dearest. He wasn't sure if they were alive or not (nobody knew), but deep down in his heart, he knew, or prayed, Harry and Hermione were alright.
Their sudden disappearance left a huge void in his life.
It had happened on the way home from their seventh year of Hogwarts. They had just graduated.
* * *
-ten years earlier
"Dammit," Harry exclaimed," they are doing it again!" Harry had just received a letter and he did not seem happy.
"Who are you talking about, and what are they doing?" Ron asked
"Sirius and Dumbledore. They are trying to run my life again. They signed me up for Auror training without even asking me beforehand. I'm supposed to report to training camp on the fifteenth of this month. Sirius is picking me up at Kings Cross and taking me to his house to wait for my schedule date."
"I thought you wanted to be an Auror? Or would you rather play quidditch?" Ron questioned.
This had obviously been the wrong thing to say. "What is that supposed to mean, that I'm only good for fighting evil and playing quidditch?" Harry demanded, now clearly pissed off," What if I wanted to be a businessman, or I wanted to study dragons off in Romania? Are you saying I don't have the capacity to handle these jobs?"
"Look at this Harry," Hermione said," they did the same thing to me. Mcgonnagal got me a meeting with some research company to research new charms, spells, and potions. Who says I even want a job like that. People are making assumptions about my future because of my past academic history. What if I wanted to be an Auror, or a charm breaker at Gringotts like Bill."
"I don't know, I assumed Harry here, would either be a professional quidditch player or some kind of dark arts fighter, and you some kind of job that shows off your intellect and brains."
"I don't believe this," Harry said in disbelief," The whole world sees me and Hermione as some, pardon the pun, magical savior and a walking brain. Of all people, I believed thought more of us, it would've been you. But no you're just like all the others. Let's go Hermione, we're obviously useless here since we aren't solving school problems or fighting evil. "
With that said, Harry and Hermione swiftly got up and left ron stunned and short for words.
* * *
Forty minutes later they arrived at Kings Cross. Ron had tried to apologize to Harry and Hermione, but they were still mad at the worlds assumptions of them.
As everyone was getting off, Ron went looking for his friends. He went to their compartment but they had left. He got off the train and spotted them heading for the barrier. He was right up behind them when they passed through. He stepped through the barrier and looked around. They didn't appear to be anywhere. He continued to look but there was no sign of them. There was no way they had gotten away that fast. He had passed right after them. He spotted Sirius.
"Hey Sirius," Ron yelled. He waved and ran of to Harry's Godfather. "Sirius, did you see Harry and Hermione pass through the barrier?"
"No," Sirius replied," aren't they with you?"
"No, I kind of made them mad on the train, they got up and found a different compartment."
"Don't worry, they'll get over it. It was probably just two similar people you saw."
"Yeah probably. When they come out, say I'm sorry for me, I have to go get my stuff. See you later Sirius."
"Bye"
* * *
-Present
Ever since that day Ron Weasley has had people searching for them. But so far not even a follicle of hair has surfaced.
This memory had been played through his head every day for the last ten years. Each more painful than the last.
Knock, Knock, Knock …"Come in!" Ron yelled.
Sirius walked in ," There's some good news, and some bad news."
" The good news?"
" The good news is there have been no attacks in the last three months by Voldemort or any of his death eaters. In fact all the known and suspected death eaters are all missing, they have disappeared apparently off the face of the world. But the bad news is this is seen as though he's planning some mass attack on Hogwarts or the Ministry. Which means we need some serious protection on them both in case of an attack."
There was another knocking on the door. "Come in." Ron said.
"Mr. Weasley," The boy said excitedly," We found them!"
Ron's brow furrowed," Whom?"
"Harry and Hermione!"