a/n: I usually wait for a certain number of reviews before I put out the
next chapter if it's ready soon enough. But I don't think I will be
getting 3 more reviews anytime soon (people don't review my story anymore),
therefore I will be posting chapter 6 today (or tonight or whatever you
want to call it). Any who, this chapter is a tad bit longer than the
previous ones and begins to have a hint of plot in my opinion. For all
three of my loyal followers (one of whom has reviewed only once since
chapter 1 ::coughbluebananascoughcough::) I do hope you enjoy this chapter
and be sure to tell all your friends about the wonderful story you are
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Disclaimer: I own none of this. The characters aren't mine. The settings aren't mine. Heck, the pathetic excuse for a plot isn't even mine. That belongs to my muse who only visits seldom and then rarely stays for long. In fact he's more of a bother than anything as he often overfills my tiny head with ideas that I couldn't possibly have enough room for in my story.
Warning: This chapter may/mayn't (I think that's actually a word as it isn't registering as not a word) contain slash as I really haven' decided yet. But one thing is for sure, it does contain graphic sex scenes. It may be too graphic for some of you, for others it may not be graphic enough but oh well.
Spoilers: I have actually been meaning to put up a spoiler warning since the prelude but it has always slipped my mind when typing out the chapters. So here it is, better late than never I say. Spoilers include all four of the HP books.
Title: A Fire Within
Rating: R Pairing: RW/DM; HP/HG
Chapter 6: Ring And Consequences
Ron woke up feeling better than he had in months and yet a heavy impression of regret hung over his head. He crept slowly into the Great Hall, hoping Harry hadn't noticed the fact that he left last night
"Hey, Harry, hey, Herm. Good morning."
"My, aren't we chipper this morning. Feeling better?"
"Much, thanks for asking, Hermione. Where's Gin?"
"Still sleeping." She reached for the goblin of pumpkin juice.
"Figures. She really loves to sleep, doesn't she." Ron sat down relieved that his absence had gone unnoticed last night. Now all he had to worry about was Draco.
He grabbed the waffles and began filling his plate. The door opened and Ginny sleepily walked in. Ron sighed heavily. At least it's not Draco, he thought. I don't think I could look him in the eye, not after what happened last night. Luckily, Draco didn't show up for breakfast and the day passed all too quickly for Ron. It also went by quickly for Harry and Hermione, but for a totally different reason.
***
The two ran giggling down the hallway as the pictures looked on, repulsed by the behavior they were witnessing.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"You owe me for yesterday." He grabbed her arm and urged her to move faster. They turned down another corridor and headed toward the end. When they stopped, Hermione gazed at the nearly empty hallway. She wondered why she had never seen it before. The was but one door and not a single painting, tapestry, suit of armor, or anything of the sort. Harry had busied himself with counting the blue flowers on the carpet.
Hermione smiled thinking how cute he looked when he was trying to remember something. He was mumbling almost incoherently. "Was it seven? No, eight. Wait what color flowers were they?" He pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and scanned it quickly. "Oh, three red leaves on the wall. Well that makes sense." He then became engages with counting the red floral wall paper.
"Um Harry, what are we doing here?" she inquired sweetly.
"You'll see." He now wore an extremely mischievous smile. "Ok, stand back." He pulled her away from the door and poked a single red leaf with his wand.
"Magnificus atrium!"
The door fell off the wall and landed on the floor with a giant thud. Hermione gasped as Harry smiled, obviously proud of what he had done. He bent down and opened the door to reveal a secret stairwell. He pulled a small black bandana out of his pocket and began to tie it around her eyes. He picked her up and carried her down the stairs, pulling the door closed behind them.
When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Harry lightly set Hermione down and put his arm around her waist. She immediately grasped his shirt for support as he led her blindly down a hallway. Instinctively her other arm went straight out in front of her, possibly to break a fall. They walked for what seemed like ages when finally Harry broke free of her grasp.
"Stay here, I'll be right back."
A sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the hallway.
"This had better be good. I have homework to do." She yelled jokingly after him, not sure of how far away he was or in which direction he had left.
As quick as he had left, Harry was back.
"Come on, Herm. We're almost there."
"Almost where?"
"Wouldn't you like to know."
They continued walking and after a short amount of time, they stopped again. Hermione heard a sound like creaky door hinges and Harry brought her into the room. The door closed with a barely audible clunk. Harry loosened the makeshift blindfold but instructed her to hold it in place. She heard Harry scurrying around the room, diligently preparing last minute details. Figures, she thought. He always waits till the last minute to fix everything. Such a procrastinator.
"Okay, Herm, you can take off the bandana now."
She did and was overcome by a feeling of wonderment and awe. The room was unlike nay she had ever seen before. It was filled with such an immense beauty that it brought tears of joy to her eyes. It was like being in a garden. The Garden of Eden. But it wasn't a garden, although the entire floor was consumed by pink and yellow rose petals, and a countless number of vases and flower pots with a fabulous array of flowers were placed around the room. Against one wall was a gigantic canopy bed. On the opposite wall was a table filled with candles.
She looked at Harry who wore a proud smile. She ran over to and embraced him lovingly. She had never felt so loved in all her life.
"Is this all for me?" She still couldn't believe her eyes.
"Every bit of it."
"But why?"
"It's our two year anniversary next month but since we're on vacation now, and I wanted to surprise you, I'm celebrating today."
That's my Harry, the hopeless romantic, she thought blissfully.
They walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. It was the most comfortable bed in the world. The sheets were softer than silk. Harry retrieved something from under the bed. It was an attractive gift bag overflowing with ribbons and tissue paper. He handed it to her and she took it gratefully. Slowly, she removed some of the tissue paper and peeked inside. Between more tissue paper she found a rectangular jewelry box. Hermione removed it from the bag and proceeded in opening it. Inside was a long silver rope chain and a white and rose gold pendant shaped like a lotus flower with a solitary lavender pearl in the middle.
Hermione was lost for words. She leaned into Harry and kissed him. Her arms wrapped around him, massaging his back and his neck delicately with her fingertips. Her fingers ran smoothly through his messy, yet incredibly soft, hair.
A single protruding thought worked its way into Harry's mind in amongst the vivid thoughts of his love for Hermione. Do it now, said a little voice in the recesses of his brain. There won't be a more perfect time than now.
Might as well, he thought in response.
*~*~*
Meanwhile, Ron and Ginny were just sitting down for dinner. Ron hadn't seen Malfoy all day, and for this he was glad. But he also missed him. He couldn't wait for midnight and he also dreaded going. As he tried to take his mind off this puzzling paradox, he realized that two of his friends we absent.
"Hey, Gin. Where are Harry and Hermione?"
"I dunno. Haven't seen them since breakfast. Don't worry though, they're probably just off snogging somewhere. Those two must think they're rabbits."
"Figures." God, he thought, Those two are always at it. Do they ever spend any time alone? He was almost jealous of them. Almost.
*~*~*
Back in the secret room, Harry was rummaging frantically through his robes. I know I had it with me this morning. Where is it?! It must be here somewhere. he thought to himself. Good, I found it! He extracted a small black jewelry box and hid it behind his back.
"Hermione, I need to talk with you."
"Okay."
They sat on the edge of the bed looking into each other's eyes
"I was going to wait till later with this, but I have to do it now, while I still have the courage."
He grabbed he right hand and got down on one knee. Then he withdrew the jewelry box and opened it to reveal a magnificent ring. It was silver with a pear shaped diamond surrounded by ten tiny amethysts.
"Hermione," he placed the ring on her finger. "Will you marry me?" ________________________________________________________________________
a/n: ::dunhDunhDUNH:: I am so, so sorry for this cliffhanger but the thing is, I've gone slightly mad in the past few days and frankly I don't care. I shouldn't be doing this to you but I am anyways with the hopes that this chapter is a bit longer than usual because they have been a tad short lately. Next chapter will be out soon, don't you worry none.
Thanks: Thank you to all my lovely reviewers (all three of them) scythefire, Az the crazed vamp, and to Bluebananas - thank you for finally reviewing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Helga of Wurm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: I own none of this. The characters aren't mine. The settings aren't mine. Heck, the pathetic excuse for a plot isn't even mine. That belongs to my muse who only visits seldom and then rarely stays for long. In fact he's more of a bother than anything as he often overfills my tiny head with ideas that I couldn't possibly have enough room for in my story.
Warning: This chapter may/mayn't (I think that's actually a word as it isn't registering as not a word) contain slash as I really haven' decided yet. But one thing is for sure, it does contain graphic sex scenes. It may be too graphic for some of you, for others it may not be graphic enough but oh well.
Spoilers: I have actually been meaning to put up a spoiler warning since the prelude but it has always slipped my mind when typing out the chapters. So here it is, better late than never I say. Spoilers include all four of the HP books.
Title: A Fire Within
Rating: R Pairing: RW/DM; HP/HG
Chapter 6: Ring And Consequences
Ron woke up feeling better than he had in months and yet a heavy impression of regret hung over his head. He crept slowly into the Great Hall, hoping Harry hadn't noticed the fact that he left last night
"Hey, Harry, hey, Herm. Good morning."
"My, aren't we chipper this morning. Feeling better?"
"Much, thanks for asking, Hermione. Where's Gin?"
"Still sleeping." She reached for the goblin of pumpkin juice.
"Figures. She really loves to sleep, doesn't she." Ron sat down relieved that his absence had gone unnoticed last night. Now all he had to worry about was Draco.
He grabbed the waffles and began filling his plate. The door opened and Ginny sleepily walked in. Ron sighed heavily. At least it's not Draco, he thought. I don't think I could look him in the eye, not after what happened last night. Luckily, Draco didn't show up for breakfast and the day passed all too quickly for Ron. It also went by quickly for Harry and Hermione, but for a totally different reason.
***
The two ran giggling down the hallway as the pictures looked on, repulsed by the behavior they were witnessing.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"You owe me for yesterday." He grabbed her arm and urged her to move faster. They turned down another corridor and headed toward the end. When they stopped, Hermione gazed at the nearly empty hallway. She wondered why she had never seen it before. The was but one door and not a single painting, tapestry, suit of armor, or anything of the sort. Harry had busied himself with counting the blue flowers on the carpet.
Hermione smiled thinking how cute he looked when he was trying to remember something. He was mumbling almost incoherently. "Was it seven? No, eight. Wait what color flowers were they?" He pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and scanned it quickly. "Oh, three red leaves on the wall. Well that makes sense." He then became engages with counting the red floral wall paper.
"Um Harry, what are we doing here?" she inquired sweetly.
"You'll see." He now wore an extremely mischievous smile. "Ok, stand back." He pulled her away from the door and poked a single red leaf with his wand.
"Magnificus atrium!"
The door fell off the wall and landed on the floor with a giant thud. Hermione gasped as Harry smiled, obviously proud of what he had done. He bent down and opened the door to reveal a secret stairwell. He pulled a small black bandana out of his pocket and began to tie it around her eyes. He picked her up and carried her down the stairs, pulling the door closed behind them.
When they reached the bottom of the stairs, Harry lightly set Hermione down and put his arm around her waist. She immediately grasped his shirt for support as he led her blindly down a hallway. Instinctively her other arm went straight out in front of her, possibly to break a fall. They walked for what seemed like ages when finally Harry broke free of her grasp.
"Stay here, I'll be right back."
A sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the hallway.
"This had better be good. I have homework to do." She yelled jokingly after him, not sure of how far away he was or in which direction he had left.
As quick as he had left, Harry was back.
"Come on, Herm. We're almost there."
"Almost where?"
"Wouldn't you like to know."
They continued walking and after a short amount of time, they stopped again. Hermione heard a sound like creaky door hinges and Harry brought her into the room. The door closed with a barely audible clunk. Harry loosened the makeshift blindfold but instructed her to hold it in place. She heard Harry scurrying around the room, diligently preparing last minute details. Figures, she thought. He always waits till the last minute to fix everything. Such a procrastinator.
"Okay, Herm, you can take off the bandana now."
She did and was overcome by a feeling of wonderment and awe. The room was unlike nay she had ever seen before. It was filled with such an immense beauty that it brought tears of joy to her eyes. It was like being in a garden. The Garden of Eden. But it wasn't a garden, although the entire floor was consumed by pink and yellow rose petals, and a countless number of vases and flower pots with a fabulous array of flowers were placed around the room. Against one wall was a gigantic canopy bed. On the opposite wall was a table filled with candles.
She looked at Harry who wore a proud smile. She ran over to and embraced him lovingly. She had never felt so loved in all her life.
"Is this all for me?" She still couldn't believe her eyes.
"Every bit of it."
"But why?"
"It's our two year anniversary next month but since we're on vacation now, and I wanted to surprise you, I'm celebrating today."
That's my Harry, the hopeless romantic, she thought blissfully.
They walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. It was the most comfortable bed in the world. The sheets were softer than silk. Harry retrieved something from under the bed. It was an attractive gift bag overflowing with ribbons and tissue paper. He handed it to her and she took it gratefully. Slowly, she removed some of the tissue paper and peeked inside. Between more tissue paper she found a rectangular jewelry box. Hermione removed it from the bag and proceeded in opening it. Inside was a long silver rope chain and a white and rose gold pendant shaped like a lotus flower with a solitary lavender pearl in the middle.
Hermione was lost for words. She leaned into Harry and kissed him. Her arms wrapped around him, massaging his back and his neck delicately with her fingertips. Her fingers ran smoothly through his messy, yet incredibly soft, hair.
A single protruding thought worked its way into Harry's mind in amongst the vivid thoughts of his love for Hermione. Do it now, said a little voice in the recesses of his brain. There won't be a more perfect time than now.
Might as well, he thought in response.
*~*~*
Meanwhile, Ron and Ginny were just sitting down for dinner. Ron hadn't seen Malfoy all day, and for this he was glad. But he also missed him. He couldn't wait for midnight and he also dreaded going. As he tried to take his mind off this puzzling paradox, he realized that two of his friends we absent.
"Hey, Gin. Where are Harry and Hermione?"
"I dunno. Haven't seen them since breakfast. Don't worry though, they're probably just off snogging somewhere. Those two must think they're rabbits."
"Figures." God, he thought, Those two are always at it. Do they ever spend any time alone? He was almost jealous of them. Almost.
*~*~*
Back in the secret room, Harry was rummaging frantically through his robes. I know I had it with me this morning. Where is it?! It must be here somewhere. he thought to himself. Good, I found it! He extracted a small black jewelry box and hid it behind his back.
"Hermione, I need to talk with you."
"Okay."
They sat on the edge of the bed looking into each other's eyes
"I was going to wait till later with this, but I have to do it now, while I still have the courage."
He grabbed he right hand and got down on one knee. Then he withdrew the jewelry box and opened it to reveal a magnificent ring. It was silver with a pear shaped diamond surrounded by ten tiny amethysts.
"Hermione," he placed the ring on her finger. "Will you marry me?" ________________________________________________________________________
a/n: ::dunhDunhDUNH:: I am so, so sorry for this cliffhanger but the thing is, I've gone slightly mad in the past few days and frankly I don't care. I shouldn't be doing this to you but I am anyways with the hopes that this chapter is a bit longer than usual because they have been a tad short lately. Next chapter will be out soon, don't you worry none.
Thanks: Thank you to all my lovely reviewers (all three of them) scythefire, Az the crazed vamp, and to Bluebananas - thank you for finally reviewing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Helga of Wurm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~