Here is the next chapter. I hope you like it. Please read and review love Hermione xxx
As they settled into their compartment side by side the picnic basket tucked under their seats they took out some books and started to read them Harry brimming with excitement for his Caring for Magical Creatures course. He'd had to ask the shop assistant how to open his book for it carefully but once he knew he read it with enthusiasm. Their silence didn't last long as Ron burst in exclaiming he'd made it at long last. They both rolled their eyes to heaven and ignored him.
"Harry mate how was your summer? I paid you a visit but you weren't there. I really missed you this summer mate!" he said sounding sad indeed.
"Oh really cause word on the street is that it was my money you missed and not me. Did you really think I wouldn't start asking questions huh? That I wouldn't find out what Dumbledore had been doing with my accounts and indeed you lot. You are not my mate and I hate your guts. I hope you rot in hell you selfish pig now get out of my compartment before I make good on Professor Snapes threat last year and send you to the damn hospital wing in a match box!" he snapped as Ron looked shocked.
"Harry I'm sorry about that. Mum and dad did eventually tell me where that money had come from. Initially I had thought it came from them as that's what they told me however when I learned it had come from you I'd already spent it. You do have loads of money and you can't deny that so don't even try it. Don't blame me for Dumbledore's mistakes as that's not fair. I'm your best friend and I'd never intentionally hurt you and you know it too so stop being such a damn prick and accept me back into your life right now!" he snapped as Harry looked gormlessly at him.
"Ron as I told you last year before I discovered what had been really going on with my money that had you only asked me for the money I would have given it to you. The fact is you accepted stolen money and when you discovered it was indeed stolen you still spent it. I may have more money then your family put together but that doesn't matter when someone who is supposed to be your best friend turns into a lying thief. Right now you might as well be in Hufflepuff house because you're as honest as Severus bloody Snape. Get away from me and don't you ever talk to me again. You're a disgrace to the name of wizard and I will not associate myself with a troll like you or a whore like your sister. Thankfully I am aware that Fred and George did not take my money so at least they can be free from the stigma that is being related to you!" he snapped as Ron's face went scarlet and he punched Harry square in the face.
Harry not expecting this reeled back in shock as he nose started to bleed. He wandlessly used the brackium immendo curse on Ron so he couldn't be caught for it and set him down on the chair opposite him. He called the nearest prefect who happened to be a Ravenclaw girl named Samantha Jones.
"I need help please. Ronald Weasley attacked me and then fell back on the chair like that. I don't know what's wrong with him or indeed why he attacked me!" he said looking most hurt as he tried to stem the blood coming from his nose.
"Yes I can see that I'll send for Madam Pomfrey at once as she has a way of coming on board the train and she'll get you sorted out at once. Ronald Weasley for punching your friend you will loose ten points from Gryffindor when we arrive at school. You should be most ashamed. Say sorry to him at once!" she ordered as he looked shocked.
"I can't feel anything in me legs. I'm not saying sorry to that scumbag he deserved it and I'd do it again if I thought I could. What the fuck is wrong with me? I feel awful. Fuck you Harry. You don't deserve me or to live. You selfish bastard. You should have perished not your parents!" he thundered as Madam Pomfrey entered and attended to Harry's nose quickly.
"Here take a pepper up potion and you should be fine. Mr Weasley you should be more careful with what you do. You'll serve detention with me when we get back to school for attacking your friend!" she said sternly as Harry interrupted her.
"Excuse me ma'am but Ron is a thieving bastard and he's not my friend now nor will he ever be again. I am sorry I cursed as I know that's not polite but he stole money from me and does deserve that title. When I called him on it and asked him to say sorry to me he punched me really hard in nose shocking me and then fell back on the chair like that. What has he done to himself?" he asked as she bristled at his tone.
"Mr Potter you are right it's not polite however you do know that so that's good. I can see he tried to harm you wandlessly and managed to vanish his own bones in his two legs. He'll need to come with me. I will be telling the new headmistress about you and of course Professor McGonagall too. You should be more careful. Unfortunately for you I think I might understand what Mr Potter is trying to say here and if I am right I am most disgusted with you. Come along now. Stay still while I transport you to school with me. Mr Potter you and I will talk later on as we need to about a few things which have come up with me personally. Suffice it to say I am angry and have done some things the wrong way because of personal circumstances and I wish to rectify things now. I will be seeing you too Miss Granger. We'll talk more later!" she said seriously.
"Thank you Madam Pomfrey. We'll be up to see you tonight after the feast ok?" Hermione said as she agreed with that and left a dazed, confused and still wildly cursing Ron floating behind her. The twins found him and had to laugh before finding Harry.
"Oi Harry mate what happened with Ron? He looked hilarious earlier!" they both chorused grinning from ear to ear.
"This summer was hard for me. I discovered Dumbledore had been stealing from my accounts and giving the money to Ron and Ginny. I confronted Ron about it asking him to apologise to me for stealing money from me and he lashed out punching me and somehow managed to wandlessly vanish the bones in his own legs he was so angry. Last year I discovered him and Ginny had been stealing money from my trunk at school and when I told your mum she said they were poor and that I should get over that it happened but I can't do that. You see my main problem is why did they steal from me when you two didn't and you're all from the same family? It doesn't make sense one bit and I hate that. I mean I hate Ron and Ginny for betraying me so much in the worst way possible as I'd have given them all the money they needed if they'd asked me about it but they just stole it instead. Look I truly do respect you two and my respect for you doesn't need to change because he and I are no longer friends!" he said seriously as for once Fred and George actually stopped laughing and looked so serious it scared Harry slightly.
They looked between each other a few times not saying anything aloud but obviously speaking via their twin bond when they finally looked at him again.
"We have plans to go about opening a joke shop in the future and we have been devising various items which are both silly and serious to sell in the future. We made a prototype listening device which came in the form of a worn out teacup so we could place it in the kitchen with mum and it would go unnoticed. We thought we might catch some embarrassing footage of her singing but instead we caught something else. We know that Dumbledore came to our home but not why however we did hear dad tell him that everyone will know about the money he stole and gave to them when they read the paper and he needs to leave them alone for a while. I am assuming Dumbledore then left or something because I didn't hear him any more however mum did say that Ron and Ginny should be allowed to keep their money without punishment as it's not fair!" said George shocking Harry to the core. If he'd expected anything this wasn't it.
"As Georgie says we were on our way to find you when we saw Ron's hilarious condition. We just wanted to assure you we had nothing at all to do with it and are indeed still loyal to you. We are just as surprised as you because it would seem you already knew that. Please just know that you'll always have our support no matter what. We told Percy, Charlie and Bill all about what we'd seen and even showed them. Percy said you deserved it for trying to always be better then others when you're not but soon changed his mind when the others spoke firmly to him. Essentially they put him firmly in his place and he's not been the same since. If you decide not to be Ron's friend you'll always have us" they chorused kindly.
He teared up slightly shocking them. "Oh guys you have no idea what it means to me to hear this. I was most concerned I'd loose you as friends. To be honest I really admire you two. I mean we're on the same quidditch team and everything good like that. Listen and I want you to take me seriously here if you ever need financial backing for your joke shop I'd love to be part of something which isn't normal. I imagine five thousand galleons or a few more galleons then that would do it. You could consider it a very generous birthday gift for the two of you. I'd be honoured if you would accept it from me. It would be a gift however I would expect to see clear evidence of profits made. If you insisted on giving me back the money once you made it you could do that and then the shop would be totally yours. I don't see why good and honest people like yourselves should suffer. Now can I please see the footage you captured?" he asked as they frowned.
"Harry mate thank you so much. We've been working out how much it would cost us and already we have a thousand galleons saved to go into it's location and a further five hundred galleons to spend on crafting the merchandise. It will cost us eight thousand in total. We've been speaking with the owners of the building who really like us and have agreed to keep it for us until we're finished in school. We hope to have enough money by then. Thank you so much for your offer and we accept one two conditions. Number one we can give you back the money once we make it and number two you'll always be a shared holder in our company even if a small one. We can't show you the footage like that however you can listen to it here!" they said producing a square box which when opened and so Harry could hear everything.
He heard all Molly and Arthur had said and it was like the twins had said it would be. He was most disgusted.
"Tell you what guys. You keep saving your money to use on crafting the merchandise and I will give you the eight thousand galleons for the building myself. I accept your conditions and I want a forty percent stake in the business with you two having the major share hold. I'm a big fan of a show at home called Dragons Den so that's why I know so much. Can I give you some ideas when I have any? I really think some things would be good but I need to research them first to see if they're viable!" he said as they gasped.
"What were you thinking of Harry?" Hermione asked him full of interest.
"Well actually I was thinking of a weightless cloak which is very light on but turns as hard as marble when a spell hits it so that the spell is automatically redirected instead of stopped totally. That way if someone should curse you the spell they are throwing at you will go somewhere else such as a building nearby or something so then people don't get hurt unnecessarily. As it's a cloak you're wearing people won't understand why they can't curse you so much. We could make it defend certain spells only and then that would be good. Or we could custom make them to deter spells only the wearer wants. I think it would sell so fast however we need to figure out how to go about making it properly first. What do you think?" he asked addressing everyone present.
"Harry that was fantastic. I'll help you research for sure. Don't worry boys we will figure this out one way or another. I think it will seriously involve runes which both of us will be starting this year!" said Hermione smiling.
"Harry mate that's fantastic. You two look into that and we're in the process of looking into hats to repel mild charms so we can come together in a few weeks and see what we've all come up with!" they chorused leaving the two third years alone. Hermione was if she was honest delighted that Harry was thinking so seriously about the future and protecting people. Deciding to start eating their picnic they tucked in and were soon joined by a much more confident Neville. It would seem he'd been practising his magic over the summer and having his own perfectly suited wand had made him better at magic then he'd ever been. As the train trundled along the tracks they eventually fell asleep and when they woke up they would be at school. It would be exciting times ahead for sure.