Meanwhile at Hogwarts, Harry was panicking because he hadn't seen Hermione all day and he was starting to get extremely fed up with not talking to Ron. He decided to put an end to it. It had to be clever thinking, he couldn't say anything with Lavender being around so he had to distract her, and the only way of doing that was if Parvati was aware of the situation.
Harry had been spending even more time with his girlfriend, Luna, and as much as he loved her, she wasn't the same as his sister. Luna was well aware of that, and as she loved Harry as much as he loved her, she tried to help him through it. She was always there for him when he needed a shoulder. Harry felt that, at this very moment, he didn't want his girlfriend or even his sister to talk to, he needed his best friend.
Yet again as Hermione wasn't present that night in the common room, Harry felt that he needed to talk to Ron more than ever. He needed to talk to Parvati now.
Luckily for Harry, she was sat by the fire writing an essay, so he pulled a chair and whispered to her:
"Hey, Parvati, can I speak to you for a minute?"
"Sure Harry, what's up?" She asked after marking her place in her text book and putting down her quill.
"Can you distract Lavender for tonight and maybe tomorrow too, I need to talk to Ron?" Harry told her.
"It's about time you and he sorted it out. Dean's keeps saying that as much as he loves Ron as a friend, he has Seamus as his best friend." Parvati said. "And sure, I'll keep her busy, I've been meaning to talk to her about something for quite a while, I won't tell you the details." She giggled.
"Thank you so much Parvati, I could kiss you," Harry joked at the wrong time.
"As much as we're friends Harry, and you need to remember that you're dating Luna, I'm dating Parvati," Harry heard Dean say behind him.
"I know mate, I'm happy for you, and I love Luna. I was simply asking Parvati to do me a favour and she agreed, hence why I said it," Harry replied.
"Fair enough," Dean said and shrugged before picking up Parvati and making her sit on his knee.
Harry heard Parvati's squeal of surprise and then her shout of "Lavender!" as her best friend came through the portrait whole.
Lavender went straight over to her best friend, after kissing Ron goodbye, obviously, to ask her what she wanted. Harry watched as he saw Ron make his way up to their dormitory.
Harry waited for a minute or so to make sure that Ron was planning on staying up there for a bit before making his way up himself.
When Ron heard the door open, he presumed it was Dean or someone so he didn't look round. Harry was barely in the dormitory anymore, usually the Room of Requirement or the library with either Hermione or Luna. So Ron was obviously surprised when Harry started to speak:
"Ron, will you have a seat, we need to talk?"
"Sure Harry," Ron replied, a look of worry was plastered on his face.
"I'm worried about Hermione and about our friendship," Harry stated, feeling it was better to just come out with it then to just fiddle around with it.
"I wasn't the one who changed," Ron said.
"No one has changed," Harry promised, "We only found out that Hermione was my sister, it wasn't our faults, we don't even know why we've only just found out. Listen, Ron, you're my best mate and you always will be; I don't want that to change. It's been ages since we've talked properly and almost the same amount of time since we've been alone in a room together. If I'm honest Ron, I miss you. You're my brother."
Ron was gobsmacked with what Harry had told him. In truth, Ron felt the same, he'd always felt a brotherly nature towards Harry and was sad when he found out that he was no longer dating Ginny, it meant that they wouldn't become brothers in law like he'd once hoped. He also missed Harry, he was man enough to say it, and he just didn't have the nerve to say it.
"I've missed you too bro," Ron told him and they both hugged as men do.
"Now about Hermione," Harry muttered.
"I don't know Harry, I haven't seen her in a day or so," Ron replied.
"That's my point Ron."
"Oh, I get you now."
Just then there was a short rap on the door and in stepped Professor Snape.
"Professor, what are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"I need to speak with you two immediately." The professor told them. "I am Hermione's Godfather, and she is in danger."
"What?" Both Ron and Harry cried. Severus held up a hand to stop them for saying what there were planning on and started telling them everything. The only part he left out was that they'd slept together and that they were in love with each other. Severus made it seem that he was only taking care of Hermione because she was his Goddaughter.
After what felt like a week of talking, when actually it was only fifteen minutes or so, Severus finally finished what he had to say and he let the teenagers say whatever they needed to.
"Are you telling me," Harry began.
"That you're Hermione's Godfather, and you've just let all of this happen?" Ron asked.
"I understand that is how you would have seen it, but I have to do what is best for everyone. On Saturday I am organising a meeting with some Order members on how to get Hermione out of this situation." Severus told them.
"You mean Hermione marrying that monster?" Ron almost threw up just thinking about it.
"Yes that, I've asked Albus to see if you can come, he agreed, is there anyone you think needs to come?"
"I need Luna there," Harry said at once, "She always has a good idea or two."
"Yeah, even if one of them is kinda crazy," Ron joked, "Can I have Lavender there?"
"Is she a close friend to Miss Potter?" Severus asked, knowing the answer was no, after all the long conversations with Hermione about her friends, all those weeks ago, she'd never mentioned anything other than annoyance from the Brown girl.
"Not really," Ron confessed, "But she's my girlfriend, I figured if Harry could have his, I should be able to have mine."
"That's fair enough, but Miss Brown isn't very good at secrets, and the information cannot be spread, and I'm not cruel enough to force anyone into making an oath. Miss Weasley is coming also, Draco asked if she could, and she is one of Miss Potter's best friends. Please inform her about this, she wasn't in the common room and even as a professor, I am still a male so I'm not allowed into the girls dormitories. Even the Slytherin's, I have to call Minerva to help them," He muttered the end more to himself then to the boys as he shook his head.
"We'll be there professor," Harry vowed.
"Yeah, and I'll tell Ginny tomorrow," Ron promised.
"Well, goodnight then boys," Severus said and disillusioned himself before he made his way out of the Gryffindor territory and back to the dungeons.
