Title: Year of Discovery
Chapter: (26) Everything Comes Tumbling Out
Author: Laen
Editor: Fallohe Leng
Summary: Will the truth come out?
Disclaimer: It's not mine, okay?
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"Who the hell are you?" Ron yelled as Nick continued to cough away.
"Calm down Ron!" Ginny shouted as she pulled her wand out.
"Stu—"
"Calimemartei!" Nick managed to say as Ron froze in his actions.
"Get him off me!" Nick gasped as he wrenched Ron's hands off his t-shirt.
"What's wrong with him!" Neville asked as he and Ginny moved Ron so he was on top of a nearby bed.
"It's kind of like the body bind, except he's just frozen. Period." Nick whispered as he summoned another cup and water, and drank it this time. Nice and slowly.
"Nick, are you alright?" Hermione asked in concern as Nick finally finished the soothing liquid.
"Yeah."
"Why aren't you dead?" Luna asked suddenly.
"What?"
"You were hit with at least a hundred stunners... why aren't you dead?" Luna continued to ask.
"I—the cloaks... the reduce the attacks thrown at us to a good one percent of it's original power... I presume I was hit by Dumbledore's stunner too?" Nick answered.
Ginny nodded to reply his question.
"Why did Kazu get thrown across the room if the cloak was protecting him?" Hermione asked.
"The cloak only protects us from spells that are cast by weak wizards or witches. Wizards who haven't been properly trained and—"
"Are you calling us weak?" Ginny butt in angrily.
"No, all of you... you're strong but—"
"You guys might want to see this." Neville cut in as all eyes fell upon Ron, who Neville had been watching.
The eyes of Ron were moving around like mad, and the expression on his face was mixed with pain, sorrow, worry, and hate.
"Shit. Stand back." Nick said with a cough as he got to his feet.
He whispered something under his breath quietly, and immediately, Ron was released from the charm.
"You! Why did you do it? Do you have any idea how long we searched? And all this time! Damn you H—"
"Silencio!" Nick waved his hand, and placed a silencing charm around him and Ron, so the others couldn't hear what they were saying.
"—Harry Potter!" Ron finished angrily.
"You want to know why I did it? The prophecy! I was tired of it! I wanted a normal life! But you know what happened? I ended up going to the same school as one of my best friends and I made the mistake of falling in love with her!" Nick exploded as he grabbed Ron by his t-shirt.
"Yes, I know how long you've been searching! Yes, I know how hard! Yes, I know you're mad but for Merlin's sake, just listen to me!"
"You don't know what it's like! I hate all this fame and fortune! I want freedom! Dumbledore never gave me the freedom I deserved when I was a kid! I ended up living with a family who hated my existence! Do you want to know why I attacked Snape? Because he attacked Kazu!"
"Why did he attack—"
"I don't know! But Kazu saved me from the Dursleys! In the last four months, he's taught me more then I've ever learned from Hogwarts in the last five years! He's my mentor! He's practically like family! I swore on an oath that I would protect him with my life." Nick hissed as tears formed in his eyes.
"I've already lost Sirius, I've already lost my parents, I'm not about to lose someone who gave me four months of a normal life. A NORMAL LIFE! That's why I left!" Nick shouted as he finally released Ron.
"For what seemed like the millionth time in my life, I wanted to be NORMAL! In the last five years... I've been forced to grow up! I've been forced to give up my childhood to fight Voldemort!"
Ron flinched at the name of the dark lord.
"I—I—I... I'm sorry." Nick whispered as he sat back onto his bed and wiped the tears out of his eyes.
"I shouldn't have exploded like that I—"
"Shouldn't have kept it bottled in." Ron cut in.
"I knew something was up when you dived into the lake without resistance. I knew something was up when you beat up a professor because he joked about Hermione's life. I knew something was up when you knew who we were..."
Nick closed his eyes.
"Then why didn't you say something about it."
"I was afraid I was wrong." Ron answered.
"What happens now? You tell Dumbledore?" Nick asked.
"No."
"No?"
"I've got a plan.
"A plan?"
"Yes."
"Do you think it'll work?"
"I've no idea. But it won't hurt to try, won't it?"
"No, it won't... but Ron..."
"Yeah?"
"How did you figure out who I really was?"
"The way you reacted when you woke up. Usually people asked 'where am I'. You on the other hand... don't."
Nick frowned slightly.
"Do you think they'll realize that too?"
Ron shook his head.
"So, what's the plan?"
"Well... we can start by removing this silencing charm off of us, Hermione and Ginny have been trying to break through it for the last five minutes."
"Oops." Nick grinned sheepishly as he removed the charm.
"What the heck was going on?" Ginny asked first.
"Voldemort took over my body! I have absolutely no idea what was going on! Apparently he thinks Nick's grandpa was cousins with Harry's grandma!" Ron said immediately.
"He does?" Hermione asked.
"Does he now?" Nick muttered under his breath as he gave Ron a look.
"Yeah! It was freaky! It felt all cold... and I couldn't think and—"
'Thanks Ron.' Nick sent the message over mentally.
'WHAT THE HELL!'
'I'm a telepath... meaning I can talk to you mentally... you might want to say something, they're staring.' Nick explained as Ron blinked a few times before talking.
"Holy shit."
Nick could only rolls his eyes as he fell back onto his bed dead asleep.
A/N: Good? Or Bad? I'm starting to get a cold... so I don't think I'll be on the computer as much this summer... crap ... PLEASE REVIEW!