Harry woke up in the hospital a few days after the fateful night. The
calendar said that it was December 22, a few days before Christmas and
about the middle of the winter break. Harry heard voices first, very
quietly talking not too far from him. He slowly opened his eyes and saw
nothing but a bunch of blurs. After he squinted his eyes a few times they
began to clear and shapes began to form. He turned his head slightly and
saw Hermione talking with Seamus, Neville and Draco about ten feet away. A
slight snore from his other side made him turn the other way and he saw
Colin asleep in a chair beside the bed. Harry felt sleep rushing up on him
again, then his mind realized the fact that Colin was sitting beside him,
asleep and not dead. He jerked upright in a half second.
"Harry's awake!" Neville called from the small group and the four of them were moving to his side.
"Quiet Neville," Hermione chided, "you might wake Colin, and you know how much sleep he's gotten in the last few days."
"Sorry," he said as they drew close.
"Harry, good to see you awake, mate," Seamus said after they were sitting in silence for a few seconds. The others nodded in agreement but said nothing. Another pregnant silence filled the room.
"Okay, I think someone needs to explain something to me," Harry said very quietly. "The last thing I remember is Ron having killed Colin and fighting with the spirit or whatever it was." Hermione shared glances with the three other boys and finally spoke again with their consent.
"Alright, Harry. This is what happened. Ron did kill Colin, but it wasn't really Ron in control of Ron's body." Harry looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "The spirit of an evil wizard was controlling him, and had been controlling him all term it seems. He had no control over what he did."
"Where is Ron?" Harry asked sternly, still mad at him, but not as much as just a few minutes ago.
"I'm getting there, Harry. When you were fighting the spirit he somehow lost control over Ron. Maybe he gave it up, I don't know. But after you attacked him a second time and he struck you down, Ron picked up the stone you dropped and used it." Hermione stopped for a moment and composed herself. "He unleashed the power of the stone and became one with some sort of phoenix. They destroyed the spirit and then they turned to Colin's body and resurrected him. The last thing he said to me was for me to try to make you understand that he never meant to hurt neither you nor Colin. He said that it was all his fault and he had to make amends for it." "He sacrificed himself for the two of you, Harry," Neville said when he saw a look of incomprehension on Harry's face.
"He, he died for Colin?" Harry asked, incredulous. Harry shook his slowly in disbelief. Harry glanced up at the ceiling and spoke in a tear filled voice, "Thank you, Ron, thank you." He looked back down at Colin's sleeping form and saw the younger boy rubbing sleep from his eyes. Colin's eyes grew as big as a baseballs and a huge smile spread across his face.
"Harry!!" he cried out and launched himself from his chair onto Harry's bed, tears flowing from both him and Harry.
I just couldn't leave the story where it was, so I pretty much just gave you guys part of the first chapter of the sequel. I also just wanted to say a few things about this story before I hang it up. First off, sorry to everyone who stuck around for the entire thing and endured my ramblings. This was my first story for FF.N and I was just pretty much experimenting with style and dialogue with it, having no intention of making it into the long winded thing it eventually became. I kept having new ideas and more new ideas and this thing just grew. It actually got a plot about the time Harry and Ron started having problems. Originally it was going to be a jealousy issue with Ron but the idea generator inside my head wanted to throw in the whole phoenix idea after seeing about eleventy billion stories about 'the order of the phoenix'. Maybe I should have started over, who knows. I'm fairly happy after it is finished and I hope you guys are too.
Second, I wanted to touch on Ron's seemingly inexplicable behavior. In a review enoimreH mentioned that Ron's behavior never really was well explained. My boyfriend (my Colin ;) [I just wish I was as cute as Harry.] mentioned the same thing. Here is an attempt to fix that. Surtain noticed Ron sometime in the previous year (I mentioned that somewhere in the middle of the story) and felt the potential power within him and planted a little something in his head. On the way to Colin's house way back when, the power of Surtain started to manifest itself. At first it just made him irritable then progressed to anger and depression. These emotions fueled Surtain and allowed him to begin his quest to live again. When Ron passed out on the rocks near the lake he did so because he nearly threw Surtain out of his head and that really pissed the spirit off and he retaliated on Ron. every time he visited Surtain in the tower he unconsciously powered him further, letting the power Surtain held over him grow even stronger, pretty much making him a puppet for Surtain to pull strings on whenever he wanted to. I hope that might clear that up for everyone.
Third, I just wanted to describe the way I saw the final act to you all, mainly to see if you got the message I was trying to get across. When Ron first activated the stone, light surrounded him like (okay, I know this will make me sound like a video game dork, but oh well.) a Limit Break from Final Fantasy 7. For those of you who haven't played the second best game in the series (after FF1), a small ring of light appears around the character and then explodes upwards around them, pulsing. Then, when the phoenix emerged the way I saw it was sort of like the Phoenix Saga or whatever it was called in the X-men cartoon. Jean Grey was surrounded by a flaming bird that added to her already massive mental powers. Little bits of flame dripping off like candle wax and everything..
Alright, I've rambled on long enough and said what I wanted to say, so I'll stop it for now. Just keep on the lookout for the sequel, tentatively called 'Resurrection'. it might not be out as quickly as I hope because I just got back in school today and my education will have to take precedence. I'm sure you understand. It won't be another 7 weeks, I can promise you that!
Well, thanks for all the reviews and I'll get writing as soon as I can. Peace and love.
energy
"Harry's awake!" Neville called from the small group and the four of them were moving to his side.
"Quiet Neville," Hermione chided, "you might wake Colin, and you know how much sleep he's gotten in the last few days."
"Sorry," he said as they drew close.
"Harry, good to see you awake, mate," Seamus said after they were sitting in silence for a few seconds. The others nodded in agreement but said nothing. Another pregnant silence filled the room.
"Okay, I think someone needs to explain something to me," Harry said very quietly. "The last thing I remember is Ron having killed Colin and fighting with the spirit or whatever it was." Hermione shared glances with the three other boys and finally spoke again with their consent.
"Alright, Harry. This is what happened. Ron did kill Colin, but it wasn't really Ron in control of Ron's body." Harry looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "The spirit of an evil wizard was controlling him, and had been controlling him all term it seems. He had no control over what he did."
"Where is Ron?" Harry asked sternly, still mad at him, but not as much as just a few minutes ago.
"I'm getting there, Harry. When you were fighting the spirit he somehow lost control over Ron. Maybe he gave it up, I don't know. But after you attacked him a second time and he struck you down, Ron picked up the stone you dropped and used it." Hermione stopped for a moment and composed herself. "He unleashed the power of the stone and became one with some sort of phoenix. They destroyed the spirit and then they turned to Colin's body and resurrected him. The last thing he said to me was for me to try to make you understand that he never meant to hurt neither you nor Colin. He said that it was all his fault and he had to make amends for it." "He sacrificed himself for the two of you, Harry," Neville said when he saw a look of incomprehension on Harry's face.
"He, he died for Colin?" Harry asked, incredulous. Harry shook his slowly in disbelief. Harry glanced up at the ceiling and spoke in a tear filled voice, "Thank you, Ron, thank you." He looked back down at Colin's sleeping form and saw the younger boy rubbing sleep from his eyes. Colin's eyes grew as big as a baseballs and a huge smile spread across his face.
"Harry!!" he cried out and launched himself from his chair onto Harry's bed, tears flowing from both him and Harry.
I just couldn't leave the story where it was, so I pretty much just gave you guys part of the first chapter of the sequel. I also just wanted to say a few things about this story before I hang it up. First off, sorry to everyone who stuck around for the entire thing and endured my ramblings. This was my first story for FF.N and I was just pretty much experimenting with style and dialogue with it, having no intention of making it into the long winded thing it eventually became. I kept having new ideas and more new ideas and this thing just grew. It actually got a plot about the time Harry and Ron started having problems. Originally it was going to be a jealousy issue with Ron but the idea generator inside my head wanted to throw in the whole phoenix idea after seeing about eleventy billion stories about 'the order of the phoenix'. Maybe I should have started over, who knows. I'm fairly happy after it is finished and I hope you guys are too.
Second, I wanted to touch on Ron's seemingly inexplicable behavior. In a review enoimreH mentioned that Ron's behavior never really was well explained. My boyfriend (my Colin ;) [I just wish I was as cute as Harry.] mentioned the same thing. Here is an attempt to fix that. Surtain noticed Ron sometime in the previous year (I mentioned that somewhere in the middle of the story) and felt the potential power within him and planted a little something in his head. On the way to Colin's house way back when, the power of Surtain started to manifest itself. At first it just made him irritable then progressed to anger and depression. These emotions fueled Surtain and allowed him to begin his quest to live again. When Ron passed out on the rocks near the lake he did so because he nearly threw Surtain out of his head and that really pissed the spirit off and he retaliated on Ron. every time he visited Surtain in the tower he unconsciously powered him further, letting the power Surtain held over him grow even stronger, pretty much making him a puppet for Surtain to pull strings on whenever he wanted to. I hope that might clear that up for everyone.
Third, I just wanted to describe the way I saw the final act to you all, mainly to see if you got the message I was trying to get across. When Ron first activated the stone, light surrounded him like (okay, I know this will make me sound like a video game dork, but oh well.) a Limit Break from Final Fantasy 7. For those of you who haven't played the second best game in the series (after FF1), a small ring of light appears around the character and then explodes upwards around them, pulsing. Then, when the phoenix emerged the way I saw it was sort of like the Phoenix Saga or whatever it was called in the X-men cartoon. Jean Grey was surrounded by a flaming bird that added to her already massive mental powers. Little bits of flame dripping off like candle wax and everything..
Alright, I've rambled on long enough and said what I wanted to say, so I'll stop it for now. Just keep on the lookout for the sequel, tentatively called 'Resurrection'. it might not be out as quickly as I hope because I just got back in school today and my education will have to take precedence. I'm sure you understand. It won't be another 7 weeks, I can promise you that!
Well, thanks for all the reviews and I'll get writing as soon as I can. Peace and love.
energy