Summary: After being hit by the killing curse for the second time in his young life, Harry finds himself trapped in another body. He finally gets the chance to see how his life would have been like without his popularity, and where is friends loyalties lie.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to J K Rowling and Warner brothers.
The Boy Who Lived Again: Switch
Chapter 14: Problems
Harry caught by surprise by this sudden unexplained separation called out, "Yeah, Wait up" as he ran after Hermione's retreating figure. Ron on the other hand just stared in complete awe at what was going on around him. It was like they had totally forgot that they were right in the middle of a conversation with him, but he would not stand for that. As he too followed Hermione and Neville out of the common room, he thought, 'They are not going to get away from me that easily.'
Harry went to the only place logically he could fine Hermione, the library. When he walked in, he found her frantically looking through a big thick book. Harry tapped her on the shoulder and said, "Hermione are you ok."
Hermione did not responded to his question, only kept looking. Unseen to them, Ron then walked through the door and stood behind them. Hermione still not looking up from her book stated, "I think I got it. The whole time I was thinking about this as a soul reversal, but your soul was not switched. It's more like a possession."
Harry tried to grasp what she was saying. "So you are saying that I am a demon."
Ron was just standing in the background looked at them as if they were crazy.
Hermione still looking through her book said, "Harry, you and I both know you are not a demon, but you are possessing his body as if you were a demon. If my assumptions are correct, a simple excersision would do the trick. Then we could return you to your bo..."
At that time Hermione looked back to find Ron standing stoke white behind Harry. Harry turned to see what she was looking at to find that Ron had followed them.
Ron looked back and forth between the two stumbling backward. "I was right... You are not Neville."
Hermione tried to explain, "Ron listen..", but Ron kept on rambling. "Oh no,,, that's not Neville. That some demon."
Harry started to get mad. "Ron, I am not a demon... I'm Harry. You know Harry Potter, your so called best friend."
Ron's eyes kept shifting from Harry to Hermione trying to take the whole situation in.
Hermione looked at him and said, "Ron listen, this is Harry. He survived the killing curse again, and his soul is trapped in Neville's body."
Ron's eyes settled on Neville disgustedly, "He is not Harry... That thing is not my best friend."
Harry needed Ron to believe that he was Harry because if he did not believe him. He would go off telling people about his secret and blowing his cover. So, Harry did they only thing that he could think of to convince him of his identity. "Ron, If I was not Harry then why would I know about Sirius. How do I know about what happen to Ginny in our second year, and how do I know about the car saving us from those giant spiders."
Ron was silent for a second and then replied softly, "Even demons can possess peoples memories..." and he stepped back one more step further away. With is voice progressively getting louder, Ron said, "You are not Harry. You are not my best friend. My best friend would not keep something this big from me. My best friend would not hide from me. MY best friend would not punch me."
Hermione looked confusedly at Harry, "What?", but Harry just stood silent staring at Ron.
Ron calm down a little and said in a normal voice, "No that thing is not the Harry I know. That is just a demon calling itself Harry to torture us."
Since it appeared no one was going to answer her question, Hermione jumped back into the conversations saying, "Ron stop fouling yourself and see what's right in front of your eyes."
Ron looked at Hermione in a piercing stare, "I am not the one that being fouled here...its you." With out another word spoken, Ron walked out of the Library.
Harry looked over to Hermione and said, "I think we have a problem." Hermione just nodded her head as the watched Ron slam the door on the Library shut.
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Disclaimer: All characters belong to J K Rowling and Warner brothers.
The Boy Who Lived Again: Switch
Chapter 14: Problems
Harry caught by surprise by this sudden unexplained separation called out, "Yeah, Wait up" as he ran after Hermione's retreating figure. Ron on the other hand just stared in complete awe at what was going on around him. It was like they had totally forgot that they were right in the middle of a conversation with him, but he would not stand for that. As he too followed Hermione and Neville out of the common room, he thought, 'They are not going to get away from me that easily.'
Harry went to the only place logically he could fine Hermione, the library. When he walked in, he found her frantically looking through a big thick book. Harry tapped her on the shoulder and said, "Hermione are you ok."
Hermione did not responded to his question, only kept looking. Unseen to them, Ron then walked through the door and stood behind them. Hermione still not looking up from her book stated, "I think I got it. The whole time I was thinking about this as a soul reversal, but your soul was not switched. It's more like a possession."
Harry tried to grasp what she was saying. "So you are saying that I am a demon."
Ron was just standing in the background looked at them as if they were crazy.
Hermione still looking through her book said, "Harry, you and I both know you are not a demon, but you are possessing his body as if you were a demon. If my assumptions are correct, a simple excersision would do the trick. Then we could return you to your bo..."
At that time Hermione looked back to find Ron standing stoke white behind Harry. Harry turned to see what she was looking at to find that Ron had followed them.
Ron looked back and forth between the two stumbling backward. "I was right... You are not Neville."
Hermione tried to explain, "Ron listen..", but Ron kept on rambling. "Oh no,,, that's not Neville. That some demon."
Harry started to get mad. "Ron, I am not a demon... I'm Harry. You know Harry Potter, your so called best friend."
Ron's eyes kept shifting from Harry to Hermione trying to take the whole situation in.
Hermione looked at him and said, "Ron listen, this is Harry. He survived the killing curse again, and his soul is trapped in Neville's body."
Ron's eyes settled on Neville disgustedly, "He is not Harry... That thing is not my best friend."
Harry needed Ron to believe that he was Harry because if he did not believe him. He would go off telling people about his secret and blowing his cover. So, Harry did they only thing that he could think of to convince him of his identity. "Ron, If I was not Harry then why would I know about Sirius. How do I know about what happen to Ginny in our second year, and how do I know about the car saving us from those giant spiders."
Ron was silent for a second and then replied softly, "Even demons can possess peoples memories..." and he stepped back one more step further away. With is voice progressively getting louder, Ron said, "You are not Harry. You are not my best friend. My best friend would not keep something this big from me. My best friend would not hide from me. MY best friend would not punch me."
Hermione looked confusedly at Harry, "What?", but Harry just stood silent staring at Ron.
Ron calm down a little and said in a normal voice, "No that thing is not the Harry I know. That is just a demon calling itself Harry to torture us."
Since it appeared no one was going to answer her question, Hermione jumped back into the conversations saying, "Ron stop fouling yourself and see what's right in front of your eyes."
Ron looked at Hermione in a piercing stare, "I am not the one that being fouled here...its you." With out another word spoken, Ron walked out of the Library.
Harry looked over to Hermione and said, "I think we have a problem." Hermione just nodded her head as the watched Ron slam the door on the Library shut.
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