Chapter Ten; The Trouble With Tobey

Thanks a lot and yeah I figured that most everyone reading this are probably Christians, I'm just surprised that I haven't gotten an angry message from an atheist by now. LOL Oh well, my mother always taught me never to feed the trolls so I'd just ignore it anyway. But actually believe it or not JK Rowling herself is a Christian and so was Harry and his parents. I've just sort of added to it to make it interesting and powerful, but yeah you can look it up if you don't believe me. Anyway, here's the next chapter!

After the feast was over Ginny stayed behind to talk to Ron and Hermione. "Guys I'm worried about Tobey. He hasn't been acting like himself at all." She told them before telling them all about the conversation at dinner and what Carlos had said.

"Gosh, that doesn't sound like the Tobey I know. He's usually a well behaved little boy. Not to mention the fact that I thought he loved God just as much as Harry does." Hermione said.

"Uh Harry's a Sunday school teacher, it's kind of impossible for Tobey to love Him that much." Ron said.

"Yes but you know what I mean." Hermione said.

"So what do you think we should do?" Ron asked her before she grabbed ahold of his hand.

"Come with me." She told him leading him out of the great hall with Ginny following along behind them.

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"Well, here goes nothing. I sure hope that we're not disturbing him at this hour." She said as she took a deep breath and popped her head up through the fireplace.

"Do you see him?" Ron questioned her when all of a sudden they heard a toilet flush and Harry scream while he leapt up about a foot in the air after he opened the bathroom door.

"I'm sorry." Hermione apologized with deep sincerity. "I didn't mean to scare you but I really needed to talk to you. It's about your brother." She explained.

"What are you talking about?" he asked her as he walked closer to the fireplace and knelt down in front of it.

"I think he's taking your mother's death harder than we thought he would. Ginny and Eve are certain that something's really bothering him that he's not telling us about." She said.

"You mean that's why he was acting up today." Harry said finally coming to that realization. "I'm so stupid, I should have known why he was behaving like that. I shouldn't have been so rough on him." As a few moments of silence fell between them while he thought it over for a moment. "Hold on, I'm coming over there. I've just got to go pack." He said.

"But what about your teaching and dragon careers?" she asked him.

"It's no problem I'll just call off my work with dragons and ask my father to fill in for me at the church. I might put God first in my life but He is the one who made me a brother, and right now is the time when I need to be there for Tobey." He told her.

"Well alright if you insist but you'll have to talk to him in the morning at breakfast, he's already in bed." She told him.

"That's alright, I'll see you three in a few minutes." He said before he leapt to his feet and ran back down the hall as Hermione pulled her head out of the fireplace and stood back up.

"Harry's coming. I'm sure he'll finally be able to get through to Tobey." She began. "Boy that really is a very uncomfortable position." She said before turning around and walking away while Ron and Ginny exchanged grins.

The next morning Tobey and Eve both woke up, got dressed, and went down to breakfast only to find Harry waiting for them. "Harry," Tobey began with disgust. "what are you doing here?" he asked him.

"Ron Hermione and Ginny wanted me to talk to you." He replied.

"So did I." Eve told him.

"They're all concerned about you Tobey and whether or not you want to believe it I am too." Harry said.

"No you're not! You're only concerned about Jesus. That's all you care about anymore." He grouched.

"Don't be ridiculous! I mean yes I care about my faith a whole lot, but that doesn't mean that I don't care about you or anyone else. I love you." He said.

"No you don't!" he snapped.

"What are you talking about I'm your brother of course I love you. I may not always agree with you and I really don't like the attitude that you are showing me right now but I still love you and I want to understand what's bothering you." He said.

"I can't tell you. You wouldn't understand." Tobey told him with a shake of his head before he got up and walked away and Harry groaned and heaved a heavy sigh while rolling his eyes.

"Well, that went well." Eve said sarcastically.

"I just don't know what has gotten into him lately. You're the one who used to be difficult and now you're the easy one." He told her. "Lord give me the strength to deal with this." He prayed while he rubbed his eyes.

"So now what are you going to do?" she asked him.

"I honestly have no idea, Mum was so much better at this kind of stuff than I was." He told her.

"He's trying out for Qudditch this afternoon, maybe I can try talking to him then." He said.

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Harry walked down to the Qudditch pitch with his cross twinkling in the sunlight. Ron and Hermione were already there waiting for him. "Hey Harry, have you talked to your brother yet?" Ron asked him.

"Oh yeah I talked to him alright, he just wouldn't listen to me! I just don't understand why he's so angry at me and the rest of the world!" he cried when suddenly there came a loud crash and a bunch of gasps broke throughout the crowd as Harry, Ron, and Hermione exchanged worried glances before darting out onto the field. Harry's heart pounded against his chest when he saw the sight of his brother lying unconscious on the ground with the shattered pieces of his broomstick all around him.

"Oh my God, Tobey!" he exclaimed as he raced over to him as Ginny (who was now the Qudditch captain) knelt down beside him and glanced up at him with tears in her eyes while Harry knelt beside her. "Ginny, what happened to him?" he asked her.

"I'm not sure." She told him with a shake of her head as tears started rolling down her cheeks. He was chasing after the Snitch when all of a sudden he lost track of it and crashed into one of the posts." She told him. "I'm afraid that he's been knocked unconscious. I'm sorry Harry, I don't know what else to do." She sobbed before taking a rather large sniff.

"It's alright, Madam Pomfrey will. C'mon, help me get him to the hospital wing." He told her as he scooped his little brother up inside his arms and stood up before he started carrying him away.