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 16: Nun
Harry and Hermione stood silently as they watched their old friend walk out on them. Harry was the first one to move after the confrontation. He walked over to the nearest table and flung himself into the seat. "Hermione, I can not believe how oblivious he is being. We tell him what is clearly right in front of him, and now he is off to tell the whole school that I am insane."
Hermione with the voice of reason said, "Oh Harry, Ron just said those things to hurt you. He would have not said "My friend would not hide from me" stuff, if he did not believe you to be yourself. Plus, who would believe him. You know Ron, he just needs time to cool off. Don't worry everything will be fine."
"Well, if he only did that to hurt me, then I guess I deserved that much after what I did to him."
Hermione put her hands on her hips and asked, "Yeah, What did you do to him?"
Harry started to fidget a little in his seat and would not look her in the eyes. "You see. This happened on the day after our little fight, and you see I was already mad about that. Then, Ron came up to me and tried to start something, and I guess I just did not have enough self control to stop it."
Hermione started to get inpatient. "Harry, what happened?"
"Well I kind of throw him into a wall making him a little unconscious."
Hermione started to smirk, but kept her hands on her hips to appear stern. "Kind of, you say?"
Then, Harry went into a full explanation of how the fight went. The description came complete with Harry acting out many of the scenes. Hermione just stood in watched in amusement at how animated he was, and how apologetic he appeared about it all. Before each description of how he hit Ron, he would always preface it with, "I did not know what I was doing," or "It was just in the heat of the moment that...".
Harry continued, "But in the end I did not put a hand on him once. Really, I didn't. I made me so angry that I throw him into the wall. I should have not lost it like that though. He did not know it was me."
Hermione's eyes went wide. "Wait, you did wandless magic that powerful in another person's body."
"Yeah, but that's nothing big Dumbledore does that kind of stuff all the time."
"Harry, Dumbledore is a fully qualified wizard that defeated on of the worst Dark Lords. You on the other hand are just a six-year student. I think there is a difference. You know, I don't think all this power is to good for Neville's body. Remember, now he was not too spectacular with his skills."
Harry decided to change the subject quickly because he did not like people thinking that he was different then any one else. "So do you really think an exercesion will work?" Harry asked interestedly.
Hermione noticed the subject change, but let it pass. "Yeah, I have a lot more studying to do, but I think it might just do the trick."
Harry started to get excited jumping up in his seat. "Wicked, Does this mean that my head gets to spin around and I get to spit nasty goo and stuff? Ooh Ooh, when we do the procedure will you wear a little nun's uniform too."
Hermione tried to be stern, but she could not keep a grin from creeping on her face. "Harry, don't be ridicules. I am not going to wear a nun's outfit, and your head is not going to spin. That was just for Hollywood. Our way is quite a lot shorter, and quite a lot simpler. But, I really should look up more things about it. Come with me choir boy, and lets see if we can find more books on the subject."
Harry just grinned large and said, "Yes, Ma'am" as he followed her to the bookshelves.
Hermione could not stop herself from grinning at his response. She had always loved it when she got that kind of a response from a guy.
For the rest of the night, they worked in the library looking through book after book on exercesions. When they came back to the common room, it was almost totally disserted except for a couple of strays.
They quietly snuck into the common room with twin grins plastered on their faces. They about reach the stairs when they noticed a lone figure sitting at a table in the back. Ron was seated with his hands under his chin staring into oblivion. He did not acknowledge them nor did he scowled them. Ron looked zoned out and lonely. Harry felt sorry for the guy. He knew that Ron had not found any more good friends, and now that he was not speaking to them either, Ron was totally alone.
Harry and Hermione shared a sympathetic look between them. They did not hate him, but rather they pitied him. They walked up to their separate dorms and wish each other good night ending this day of their lives.
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More coming tomorrow :)
Disclaimer: All characters belong to J K Rowling and Warner brothers.
The Boy Who Lived Again: Switch
Chapter 16: Nun
Harry and Hermione stood silently as they watched their old friend walk out on them. Harry was the first one to move after the confrontation. He walked over to the nearest table and flung himself into the seat. "Hermione, I can not believe how oblivious he is being. We tell him what is clearly right in front of him, and now he is off to tell the whole school that I am insane."
Hermione with the voice of reason said, "Oh Harry, Ron just said those things to hurt you. He would have not said "My friend would not hide from me" stuff, if he did not believe you to be yourself. Plus, who would believe him. You know Ron, he just needs time to cool off. Don't worry everything will be fine."
"Well, if he only did that to hurt me, then I guess I deserved that much after what I did to him."
Hermione put her hands on her hips and asked, "Yeah, What did you do to him?"
Harry started to fidget a little in his seat and would not look her in the eyes. "You see. This happened on the day after our little fight, and you see I was already mad about that. Then, Ron came up to me and tried to start something, and I guess I just did not have enough self control to stop it."
Hermione started to get inpatient. "Harry, what happened?"
"Well I kind of throw him into a wall making him a little unconscious."
Hermione started to smirk, but kept her hands on her hips to appear stern. "Kind of, you say?"
Then, Harry went into a full explanation of how the fight went. The description came complete with Harry acting out many of the scenes. Hermione just stood in watched in amusement at how animated he was, and how apologetic he appeared about it all. Before each description of how he hit Ron, he would always preface it with, "I did not know what I was doing," or "It was just in the heat of the moment that...".
Harry continued, "But in the end I did not put a hand on him once. Really, I didn't. I made me so angry that I throw him into the wall. I should have not lost it like that though. He did not know it was me."
Hermione's eyes went wide. "Wait, you did wandless magic that powerful in another person's body."
"Yeah, but that's nothing big Dumbledore does that kind of stuff all the time."
"Harry, Dumbledore is a fully qualified wizard that defeated on of the worst Dark Lords. You on the other hand are just a six-year student. I think there is a difference. You know, I don't think all this power is to good for Neville's body. Remember, now he was not too spectacular with his skills."
Harry decided to change the subject quickly because he did not like people thinking that he was different then any one else. "So do you really think an exercesion will work?" Harry asked interestedly.
Hermione noticed the subject change, but let it pass. "Yeah, I have a lot more studying to do, but I think it might just do the trick."
Harry started to get excited jumping up in his seat. "Wicked, Does this mean that my head gets to spin around and I get to spit nasty goo and stuff? Ooh Ooh, when we do the procedure will you wear a little nun's uniform too."
Hermione tried to be stern, but she could not keep a grin from creeping on her face. "Harry, don't be ridicules. I am not going to wear a nun's outfit, and your head is not going to spin. That was just for Hollywood. Our way is quite a lot shorter, and quite a lot simpler. But, I really should look up more things about it. Come with me choir boy, and lets see if we can find more books on the subject."
Harry just grinned large and said, "Yes, Ma'am" as he followed her to the bookshelves.
Hermione could not stop herself from grinning at his response. She had always loved it when she got that kind of a response from a guy.
For the rest of the night, they worked in the library looking through book after book on exercesions. When they came back to the common room, it was almost totally disserted except for a couple of strays.
They quietly snuck into the common room with twin grins plastered on their faces. They about reach the stairs when they noticed a lone figure sitting at a table in the back. Ron was seated with his hands under his chin staring into oblivion. He did not acknowledge them nor did he scowled them. Ron looked zoned out and lonely. Harry felt sorry for the guy. He knew that Ron had not found any more good friends, and now that he was not speaking to them either, Ron was totally alone.
Harry and Hermione shared a sympathetic look between them. They did not hate him, but rather they pitied him. They walked up to their separate dorms and wish each other good night ending this day of their lives.
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More coming tomorrow :)