(A/N: Time for things to get a bit dramatic.)

Chapter 6: Ron Enraged

It was the middle of the night and Harry found himself on the grounds of Hogwarts. Only something was very, very wrong. Hogwarts was surrounded by a graveyard; and not just any graveyard, but the graveyard Lord Voldemort had been reborn in. The light of the Dark Mark reflected off the tombstones. One tombstone read TOM RIDDLE. And laying lifeless underneath it was Cedric Diggory. But he wasn't the only one there. Standing over him was…

"Sirius?" whispered Harry, looking at his Godfather.

Sirius looked up from Cedric's body. His eyes, his lifeless eyes, bore into Harry's.

"It's your fault." Sirius said. "You're the reason he's dead. You're the reason that I'm dead. You killed us."

Sirius's words tore at Harry's heart. "No, Sirius, I didn't. I tried to stop it."

Sirius floating backwards. Behind him was the stone Veil with the black curtain.

"We're dead because of you." said Sirius. "All of us are dead."

"Sirius NO!" Harry shouted.

But Sirius vanished behind the Veil and was gone. Harry felt like falling to the ground and weeping, but a loud voice cried "Avada Kedavra!"

Harry looked in the direction of the voice. It was coming from the Astronomy Tower. The body of Albus Dumbledore was falling from the tower.

"Professor!" Harry cried.

But as Dumbledore's body fell something else flew by it. Harry recognized it immediately; a Dementor. The dark creature floated over to Harry, who pointed his wand at it. The Dementor reached up and lowered its hood. Harry gasped when he saw that it was not the rotting head of a Dementor, but the young handsome Tom Marvolo Riddle.

Tom turned around so his back was facing Harry, who gasped at what he saw. On the back of Tom's head was the face of Lord Voldemort, just like it had been with Quirrel.

"Harry." hissed Voldemort. "Did you really think you could beat me?"

Harry struggled to speak. "I did kill you."

Voldemort laughed. "You can't kill me. You can never kill me. I shall kill you. You and all your friends."

And then Voldemort changed. His skin became scaly, his face got longer, his body came together, and he grew to an enormous size. He had become a giant snake, a basilisk.

"I will rule this world." hissed the basilisk in Parseltongue. "There is nothing you can do to stop me. You couldn't even save the ones you care for."

"Harry." said a voice behind him.

Harry turned around. Ginny was standing behind him.

"You let him get us." she said. "How could you do that? We were all counting on you, and you let us down."

Now Harry was crying. "Ginny, I tried." he said. "I didn't want any of this."

Ginny shook her head. "It's too late now, Harry."

Something burst up from the ground behind Ginny. It was a giant Monster Book of Monsters version of Tom Riddle's diary. Harry didn't even have time to warn Ginny before the book swallowed her whole.

"GINNY!" Harry shouted.

The basilisk laughed behind him. Harry turned back to the giant snake. It had changed again. It was still a basilisk, but the face had changed back to Voldemort's.

"It's time to finish what I started 17 years ago." said Voldemort.

Harry raised his wand to cast a spell, but instead his wand turned into a rubber chicken just like one of Fred and George's fake gag wands.

Voldemort laughed. "Good bye Harry. Avada Kedavra!"

Jets of green light flew out of Voldemort's eyes. All Harry could see was the bright green light…

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Harry woke with a start. He was still in his bed at Hogwarts. It had just been a dream. One of his many nightmares that would remain with him for many years.

Harry took deep breaths, trying to bring his heart rate down. That had been one of his worst nightmares.

"Harry."

Harry jumped at the sound of his name. As his eyes adjusted to the dark he saw Ginny sitting on his bed.

"Ginny." Harry breathed in relief.

"You ok?" she asked.

Harry nodded. "Yeah, just a bad dream. Are you ok?"

Ginny nodded. "I woke up a little while ago, and somehow I felt like you needed me. You sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine." he reassured her. "Just another dream."

"About Voldemort?"

"Yeah."

Ginny hugged him tightly, and Harry felt all his fears leave him.

"It's ok." said Ginny soothingly. "I'm here. And that monster can't hurt you anymore. You beat him. He's gone."

Harry hugged her back. "He'll never be truly gone Gin. He always comes back in my nightmares."

"They'll stop." said Ginny. "It may take awhile, but the nightmares will go away." Ginny leaned into Harry's chest and he held her. "After the Chamber of Secrets, I didn't think I'd ever get over the experience. Every night I saw Riddle. I thought he would never go away. But he began appearing in my dreams less and less until finally I never dreamed of him again. Just give it time Harry. Soon Voldemort will be nothing but a memory."

Harry kissed her. "Thanks Gin. I don't know what I would do without you. I love you so much."

Ginny smiled. "Really? How much?"

Harry smiled back. "More than anything."

"Why don't you show me." said Ginny slyly.

Harry kissed her again, long and hard. Ginny turned over so she was on top of him and kissed him back with just as much passion. Harry began trailing kisses down her neck as Ginny pulled out her wand. The curtains closed around Harry's bed and Ginny cast an Imperturbable and Silencing charm.

"Ginny we can't do this." said Harry. "Not here."

"Why not?" said Ginny.

Harry knew that if they didn't stop they would be able to. "We just can't."

Ginny began kissing him again. "Yes we can. I love you. You love me. I don't want to hold back anymore."

Harry felt his last ounce of will power leaving him. "Ginny-"

"Harry shut up." said Ginny, kissing him with even more passion.

Harry gave up his resistance. He began kissing her back with all the love and desire he felt.

"I love you Ginny."

"I love you too."

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"Hey Harry, it's time to- … -WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?"

Harry and Ginny woke up to Ron's angry shouting. They suddenly realized that they had been caught in the worst possible way. The two of them pulled up the blankets, Ginny making sure her chest was covered.

"Ron… I… we…" Harry didn't know what to say. The Imperturbable and Silencing charms had obviously worn off or Ron wouldn't be standing here right now. Behind the red faced Ron was an equally red Hermione, only she was red with embarrassment.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON?" Ron bellowed again.

"GET OUT!" shouted Ginny, red from both embarrassment and anger.

Hermione grabbed Ron and pulled him out of the room. As soon as the door closed, both Harry and Ginny fell back against the pillow, letting out their breath.

"Please tell me this is one of my nightmares." said Harry.

"Afraid not." moaned Ginny. "How are we going to explain this?"

Harry suddenly sat up. "Ron and your brothers are going to kill me." he said.

Ginny sat up. "They're not going to kill you. But it would be a good idea to talk to Ron before he goes blabbing. I don't exactly want my brothers to know about this either."

The two got up and began getting dressed very quickly. They could hear Ron shouting angrily in the other room.

"Do you think a Memory charm would work?" Ginny asked hopefully.

Harry shook his head. "Only if we want to spend five years in Azkaban for illegal Memory charm use."

Ginny sighed. "Guess we have to face this head on."

Harry groaned. "I'd rather face Voldemort again."

Ginny smiled at him. "Just let me do all the talking."

"No problem."

Very cautiously, the two exited the room. Ron was pacing back and forth muttering words that had his mother heard she would have jinxed his mouth shut. Hermione sat on the sofa, making sure to keep a safe distance from Ron.

Once Ron spotted Harry and Ginny, he pulled out his wand and fired a spell at them. Harry and Ginny quickly cast a Protego, blocking the spell. Hermione jumped up from the sofa and ran in front of them.

"Get out of the way Hermione!" Ron growled.

"Ron, I think we should just hear what they have to say." she said.

"HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY!" Ron shouted. "There's nothing to say! Get out of the way or I'll curse you too!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Ron's wand flew out of his hand.

"Accio wand!"

And into Ginny's hand. She glared angrily at Ron. "Now brother dear, we are going to sit down and talk like civilized people."

"Talk! TALK!" bellowed Ron. "I have nothing to say to either of you! How could you… you…"

Words seemed to fail Ron. He was too angry to speak his mind. Ginny pointed her wand at him. "Sit down Ron, or I will make you!" she ordered.

Knowing that she could very easily carry out that threat, Ron grudgingly sat down. Harry realized he had been holding his breath and let it out. So far so good. No one was dead or injured… yet. Now if they could just get through this without anyone killing each other.

Ginny sat down on the couch opposite of her brother and Harry sat down net to her. Ron was glaring at him furiously. If looks could kill…

"Now then," said Ginny, trying to keep her voice low. "There's no point in beating around the bush. I told you Ron, what I do is none of your business and doesn't concern you."

"Doesn't concern me!" snapped Ron, not even attempting to keep his voice low. "Of course it concerns me! You are my sister! And he was my best friend! I go to see why he's sleeping so late, and I find you two together! How could you do this?"

Ginny gave up the acting calm act. "Oh, don't you try and act all innocent! You're just as guilty as I am!"

Ron flinched. So did Hermione. "What are you talking about?" he asked, although he had a feeling he knew what it was.

"I'm not stupid Ron." said Ginny, lowing her voice. "We were being careful. I borrowed one of Hermione's books; 'Anti-Pregnancy Spells and Potions.' Now why would Hermione need a book like that?"

Hermione blushed crimson, while Ron first paled then turned just as red as her. "That's different." he muttered.

"Why?" asked Ginny angrily. "Because it's you and not me? I can make my own decisions."

"You're too-"

"I'm 17!" Ginny yelled. "I'm officially an adult! You have no right to tell me what I can and can't do!"

"I'm you're brother!"

"You're a prat!"

Ron got up. "I have nothing to say to either off you!"

He turned to leave, but Ginny waved her wand and the doors closed. "Well I'm not done talking to you yet." She turned to Harry and Hermione. "Can you two leave us alone for a minute? This may get ugly."

Neither Harry or Hermione needed telling twice. They jumped up and ran out of the room. As soon as the door closed, Ron and Ginny began shouting at each other again before Hermione cast a Silencing charm. For a few minutes, neither of them said anything. They didn't know what to say.

"Sooooo, do you think everything is ok in there?" Harry asked eventually.

Hermione shrugged. "Ginny's got the wands. So it can't be that bad."

"I guess…" A few more seconds of silence. "Ron's never going to speak to me again."

Hermione opened and closed her mouth. "Of course he will." she said. "He's just… angry at the moment. But he'll cool off. He's just, as Ginny said, being a prat."

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After about ten more minutes, both Ron and Ginny came out of the room, Ron was looking pale while Ginny looked satisfied.

Ron didn't even look at Harry or Hermione. He just left the common room without saying a word. Harry gave Ginny a questioning look.

"Don't worry." she said. "It's settled, for now."

Harry groaned again. He wasn't sure how long 'for now' would last, but he had a feeling that he hadn't heard the last of this from Ron.

(A/N: You all knew something like this was bound to happen eventually. How will Ron and Harry make up, if they do? Wait and see. In the mean time please review.)