I do not own Harry Potter.
Author's note: Bring on the chaos! Warning: Violence and maybe some slight OOC for Ron and Harry.
Harry called Ginny and Lily and asked if they could come over to Ron and Hermione's at 6PM so that they could meet his girlfriend and they both agreed happily. Rose owled her Dad and asked if he could be home at 6PM to meet her boyfriend and he replied quickly that he would be there. Rose then called Hugo and told him the same. When they were both finished they confirmed with Al and James that they would also come. Since it was Hermione's idea to do it at her house, there was no need to check with her. Rose then turned to Harry and said, "There's only a few hours left and I need to do a few things before tonight, so I'm going to head home and I'll see you there soon?"
Harry smiled, nodded and kissed her. He then said, "You still have a few hours to change your mind, love."
"Never," said Rose kissing him again before leaving with Hermione.
Harry turned to Al and James and said jokingly, "Boys if I don't survive tonight, please take care of your sister."
They all laughed for a minute before they became serious again and Al said, "Dad, that's really not funny. Uncle Ron is going to lose it tonight, you know that, right?"
Harry sighed and nodded his head, then replied, "Yeah, I know. I'm not so worried about me. I've dealt with his anger plenty of time." Harry paused for a minute then said, "Boys, all joking aside, I want you to promise me that if things start to go really bad that you'll get Rose and Hermione out of danger."
"Are you serious?" asked James shocked
"Yes, completely serious James. I can take care of myself but I won't be able to protect Rose and Hermione, while fighting off Ron." Replied Harry
"You think he'll hurt his own family?" asked Al incredulously
"I don't think so but the Auror in me wants to be prepared for anything. I know Ron's going to be furious that Hermione knew about this. I know he's going to feel betrayed by me. I don't know how he's going to handle it though. My guess is it's going to go a lot like our fight during the horcrux hunt and that doesn't work out well for Hermione or Rose. Just promise me that if Ron turns his anger on either of them and for whatever reason I can't protect them both, that you'll do your best to get them out of there." Harry asked gravely
They both nodded reluctantly
"And unless we're shouting the AK curse at each other, do not call the Aurors. This stays in the family. The press would have a field day with this." Said Harry sternly.
"Dad, it's not going to be that bad, alright." Said James slapping Harry's shoulder. When Harry just looked at him expectantly, James said, "I promise, Dad, I'll get them out of there if things go that badly."
Harry nodded and turned to Al expectantly.
Al sighed and said, "Yeah, sure. I'll take care of them."
"Thank you." Replied Harry seriously and then he clapped his hands together and said, "Well, I better go get washed up. I'll see you guys in a little bit."
They both nodded and watched Harry leave the kitchen. They then left to go home and relax before what was obviously going to be a very eventful night.
Harry got ready quickly and since he had some time to spare he made a quick trip to Gringotts to check on Al's present. He had put aside money for all three of his children after the divorce that no one knew about. When James had finished his NEWTS and made his career choice, Harry had given him his own vault with one million galleons. He made James promise not to tell anyone, as he was going to do the same with his other children. Harry was just transferring everything over now so that he could surprise Al when he got his trainee notification on Wednesday from the Ministry. He also thought it was a good time to add Rose to his accounts since she was his fiancé now. It probably wouldn't hurt to update his will while he was there as well…
Rose was at home in her room, secretly packing everything into her Mum's old beaded bag. She just had a feeling that things weren't going to go well with her Dad tonight and she wanted to be prepared if she wasn't going to be able come back. She finished with just enough time to shower and change before everyone arrived. When she was ready she took one last look at her room before turning the lights off and shutting the door. She shrunk the bag and placed it in her pocket, then headed out to the living room so spend a few minutes with her Dad before all hell broke loose.
Ron was in the living room watching television…
"Hey Dad." Said Rose sitting down next to him.
"Hey sweetheart. So tonight's the big night, I finally get to meet this mystery man you've been seeing!" said Ron smiling at her evilly
"Yeah…" replied Rose quietly
"Is everything OK sweetheart?" asked Ron concerned
Rose nodded and said sincerely, "Dad, I just wanted you to know before everyone gets here, that I love you. Even if you don't like my boyfriend, I'll still love you."
"I love you too sweetheart." Said Ron pulling Rose in for a hug and kissing the top of her head. They hugged until they heard the floo activate and pulled apart to see Al and James.
Rose wiped away some stray tears and got up to go into the kitchen with her Mum, while Ron got up to talk with the boys, calling for Hugo to come in.
When Rose entered the kitchen Hermione looked up and said, "How are you doing?"
Rose shrugged and said, "Not so good. I have a really bad feeling about tonight."
Hermione smiled sympathetically and said, "Maybe it won't be so bad, Rose."
Rose nodded but changed the subject and asked, "Mum, why are you cooking? No one's going to eat once we've told them our news."
Hermione shrugged and said, "It's giving me something to do and that's calming my nerves right now."
Rose swore the clock had stopped, she kept looking at it and it was barely moving. It was so bad that she was actually watching the seconds pass. She wasn't sure she was going to survive the few minutes wait until everyone was here. She was a nervous wreck and was fairly certain she might throw up. In fact when Ginny and Lily came into the kitchen, Rose did get up and go to the bathroom to throw up. She washed up and freshened her breath, then left the bathroom, sighing in relief when she saw Harry had finally arrived. He walked over to her and gave her a hug then whispered, "Are you alright?"
She nodded yes but he didn't look convinced so he said, "We don't have to do this Rose, if you don't want to."
"No, I do. The wait was killing me; I just made myself sick with anxiety while I was waiting for everyone. I'm fine now; trust me, I want to do this." Said Rose genuinely.
Harry nodded and smiled in response, and then Hermione was calling them all into the kitchen to sit down.
Harry grabbed Lily and said to her quickly, "Lily, I want you to know how much I love you. Later, when this is all over, promise me you'll let me explain everything to you?"
Lily looked at him curiously for a minute then said reassuringly, "Sure, Dad. I love you too, you know that."
Harry smiled and they entered the kitchen. Harry walked over to Rose then cleared his throat and spoke loudly to the group, "I know I've told you all I've been seeing someone special. It was an unexpected surprise to find out how perfect we are together and I can honestly say I am truly happy. I couldn't imagine my life without her and this morning I asked her to marry me."
Shouts of congratulations were given to Harry and he merely smiled in response. When everyone had quieted down again, Rose spoke up saying clearly, "And I said yes." Then she grabbed Harry's hand and intertwined their fingers.
There seemed to be a sense of confusion among those that did not know. After a short pause Rose gathered all her courage and said loud and clear, "The person I have been seeing, the older wizard that I have fallen completely in love with, is Harry."
Rose and Harry were standing holding hands and were watching Ron to see what his reaction was. They were so focused on Ron that they forgot about the others…
Ginny stood up from her seat so quickly that her chair clattered to the floor and she screeched, "ARE YOU FUCKING MENTAL HARRY? SHE'S A CHILD! SHE'S THE SAME AGE AS ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN! SHE'S FAMILY FOR MERLIN'S SAKE! HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MARBLES?"
Harry looked quickly to Lily to see a look of complete shock on her face. She was completely speechless.
Before Harry could say anything in response to Ginny, Ron, who had lunged at him over the table and was now strangling him with all his might, knocked him to the ground.
Rose was screaming, "STOP," and everyone else seemed to be in shock. Hermione had known this would happen so she was just making sure they didn't actually kill each other. It helped that she secretly summoned everyone's wands while Harry and Rose were talking and hid them under the table with a sticking charm.
They all watched in horror as Ron and Harry continued to fight, rolling across the floor knocking everything over that was in their path. Rose was still yelling for them to stop. Lily was crying now and the boys looked like they were going to intervene until Hermione said "No."
Frowning they stayed put and watched as somehow Ron managed to pick Harry up and throw him across the table, breaking everything on it in the process. Harry fell off the table and rolled quickly to his feet, facing Ron.
They watched in fascination as the two men stared each other down. They both looked pretty bad, with only Harry looking slightly worse. They were both breathing heavily and Ron finally spoke, anger radiating off of him in waves. His voice was gruff, low and fierce; he was practically growling at Harry when he said, "I'm going to fucking kill you Potter. How dare you even think you can touch my daughter!"
Ron made a move towards Harry but Hermione quickly stepped in his path. She was only able to get out, "Ron…" before she was cut off by him, using the same tone he had with Harry, saying, "Hermione, get the fuck out of my way!"
Harry said, "Mione, No!" and tried to pull her out of the way but she wouldn't budge.
Al and James exchanged worried glances at this turn of events. Things were definitely not going well.
Ginny chimed in at this point and yelled, "You can't be serious Hermione! Harry's shagging your daughter for Merlin's sake and you're still going to stand there and protect him?"
Ron took this opportunity to reach for his wand only to find it wasn't there. Needless to say this did not help his temper, "where the fuck is my wand hermione?" bellowed Ron getting so close to her their noses were practically touching.
They all reached for their wands then and realized that they all were missing their wands. Several expletives' were shouted and Hermione instinctively took a step back from Ron but remained defiantly silent. Harry tried again to pull her behind him but she was fighting him.
Seeing his wife protect Harry so fiercely was the last straw for Ron, and he grabbed Hermione by the shoulders and shoved her out of the way. He used so much force that she yelped when she was thrown several feet until she crashed into the floor, at the same time hitting her head on the wall, leaving her slightly dazed.
This act sent Harry over the edge and he lunged at Ron screaming profanities at him. He slammed Ron into the cabinets, making everything crash around them. He then grabbed him by the shirt, turned him around and slammed him into the refrigerator.
While this was going on Ginny, Rose, and Lily were all screaming or crying hysterically. James and Al nodded to each other and Al went for Rose while James went for Hermione. Hugo still in shock went to see if his mother was OK.
"Rose, we need to go." Said Al urgently grabbing her hand trying to pull her out of the room.
She seemed to realize that she was getting further away from Harry and started to panic and scream, "NO! I'M NOT LEAVING HARRY!" over and over again.
James was trying to reason with Hermione that he needed to get her out of there but she was adamantly refusing and trying to stand at the same time. James put his arm around her and helped her up. She leaned against the wall and looked at what was happening in shock. Harry and Ron were ripping each other to pieces. Then Rose seemed to scream louder than all the noise in the kitchen and this made everyone stop to see what was going on.
All eyes turned to see Al literally pulling Rose towards the door with all his might.
Ron's rage seemed to come back and he shoved Harry aside and quickly strode over to Rose, grabbing her arms hard and pulling her out of Al's grip. She screamed in pain as she was dragged away. Ron threw her against the wall and stood in front of her threateningly with his hands on her throat, and then he turned slightly and addressed everyone, looking and sounding completely off his rocker. "MY DAUGHTER IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW. YOU'RE ALL GOING TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE! THEN I'M GOING TO TEACH MY DAUGHTER A LESSON. AND POTTER IF YOU SO MUCH AS THINK ABOUT GETTING IN MY WAY, I'LL KILL YOU BOTH. IS THAT CLEAR?"
Harry was completely still desperately trying to think of a way to get Rose out of there.
Al, James, Hugo and Lily were in complete shock with their mouths hanging open.
Ginny and Hermione both started taking small steps towards Ron. Hermione spoke up quietly saying, "Ron, please, let go of Rose…"
Ginny then said, "Ron, what are you doing? She's your daughter, let go of her!"
If they had thought Ron was angry before, they were completely unprepared for the unhinged psychotic Ron that started bellowing so loudly that the house shook and the magic around him crackled. "NO! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A FUCKING THING FROM EITHER OF YOU TWO! YOU'RE ALL FUCKING SLAGS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED! NONE OF YOU CAN SAY NO TO HIM! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY! FIRST YOU, HERMIONE, THEN YOU, GINNY, NOW ROSIE! WELL I SAY NO! IT STOPS HERE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME POTTER! I'M NOT LETTING YOU TAKE ANOTHER WITCH FROM ME!"
Harry realized at this point that the only way to get the others out of here was to draw Ron's rage on himself. He had to antagonize Ron so that he would attack him and this would give the others time to leave. He looked quickly to Al and when they made eye contact he sent him the plan through legilimency. It was quick and Al was shaking his head from the invasion but he nodded at his Dad when he regained his balance.
Harry stepped forward and arrogantly said, "You're right Ron. They always do what I ask. They always take my side. It's always been that way. When we were in school, Ginny did whatever I wanted her too even though you said not to. We would laugh about how clueless you were, when we were sneaking around behind your back in broom closets and the room of requirement, even in my bed when you were sleeping right next to me."
Ron had let go of Rose's neck at this point and was facing Harry his face showing if possible even more rage…
"Harry!" yelled Ginny appalled
He sent her an apologetic look but quickly went back to antagonizing Ron seeing that it was working, "Then when we were searching for the Horcruxes, Hermione always took my side. She took care of me first, made sure I was fed first, that my clothes were clean, that I got enough sleep, that I was warm enough. She cut my hair and shaved my face, took the Horcrux for me when I couldn't suffer through any more. She stayed with me while you were sleeping and told me her secret desires."
Ron growled incoherently and took a small step away from Rose but it wasn't enough, they needed him to move further away. Hermione understood what Harry was doing and she nodded at him to continue...
He did so knowing that he was pushing the limits of his friendship with Ron, "Then when you were finally gone, Hermione sought comfort in me. She needed me to hold her and kiss her and tell her that it was OK. She showed me a side of her that you've never seen. I showed her love that you weren't brave enough to. I gave her all the love I had, and she greedily took it!"
Hermione groaned, while Ginny looked on angrily.
Ron took a couple more steps and he was looking furiously between Harry and Hermione. Ron was in the middle of a triangle made up of Harry, Rose, and Hermione and Harry knew he wouldn't be able to get both Hermione and Rose out of there safely if he stopped right now. He saw Al moving towards Rose slowly as well as he pleaded with Rose with his eyes to understand…she was crying but Harry hoped it wasn't because of what he was saying, he hoped she understood that he was goading Ron to keep her safe. He mouthed an "I love you, please forgive me" to Rose when she looked up and sent her as much love as he could silently hoping she knew what he was doing, then he slammed the door shut on his friendship with Ron.
Snarling much like Snape with venom in his voice he said, "But I have to say Ron, you saved the best for last, because of the three of them, your daughter is by far the most skilled in the sack."
"YOU BASTARD!" Screamed Ron lunging at Harry and throwing him to the floor, while strangling him
Hermione dove for the hidden wands while Al grabbed Rose and started pulling her towards the doorway. James grabbed Lily and did the same while yelling, "Mum, we need to go!"
Hermione finally got the wands free and tossed a bunch at Al and James and then turned to the Ron and screamed, "STUPEFY!"
The spell hit him right in the back and he collapsed on Harry, who was gasping for air. Hermione fell to the floor and crawled over to them helping Harry move Ron to the side.
Rose broke free from Al and ran to Harry crushing him in a hug, crying hysterically. Harry kept saying over and over, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean any of it, I swear Rose, none of it was true; please believe me!" He was crying as well and had tears streaming down his face.
Everyone in the room just stopped and watched the pair in complete shock of all that had just happened.