*Chapter 4*
The Truth
Remember….
"Harry," Ron spoke up. Harry turned his head and saw him. He got up
and started walking to the boys' dormitory stairs. Before Ron could do
anything Hermione ran to Harry and grabbed his hand.
"What's wrong with you Harry," Hermione asked. Harry turned around
and looked into Hermione's eyes. They stood there not saying anything; they
both just looked at each other. Then Harry spoke up in a very quiet voice.
"You…" Harry said and lets go of Hermione's hand. Ron walks up to the
two of them.
"How is Hermione your prob…?" Ron tried to say, but Harry glared at him.
"Sit, down Ron, let me talk to Hermione." Harry said and Ron sat
down.
"When we went to Diagon Alley, you know that I talked to Viktor Krum. I
asked him how his summer was and he told me it was great especially with…
with…. Hermione." Harry said and he said 'Hermione' in a very quiet voice.
*****
"What? Harry, you know that Hermione was with us all summer at the
Burrow," Ron said standing up looking at Hermione and Harry. Hermione was
looking down at the floor and Harry was staring at her.
"Can you two please tell me what's going on?" Ron asked very
confused.
"Why don't you ask Hermione, she knows more than I do," Harry said
looking at Ron.
"Harry, can you please stop with the Hermione thi…" Ron was cut of by
Hermione.
"Ron, it's true," Hermione spoke up, walking up to him.
"What, but how, you were with Harry and I all summer," Ron replied
shaking his head.
"No, I was also at Vik..." Hermione tried to say.
"Don't speak that name around me, Hermione," Harry said not letting
Hermione continue with her sentence.
"Ron, I was with him this summer as well," Hermione said looking down
at the floor again.
"But, how?" Hermione was about to say something but Harry spoke up
first.
"Ron, she used her Time-Turner! When Krum said Hermione was with him that
summer, I asked myself that question too. But, I figured it out while Hagrid
and I were heading to your house. She used that damn thing, so she can spend
the summer with us after spending the summer with Krum!" Harry yelled
unable to hold his anger.
"Hermione…. How… How could you…" Ron said looking at the floor.
Hermione put her hand on Ron's shoulder but he backed away.
"I'm… I'm so sorry… He invited me to stay with him, and I didn't know what
to do… You sent me a letter inviting me to your house and I said yes because I
had no intention of going to Vik... Krum's house," Hermione said trying to
hold the tears that were forming in her eyes.
"Then why did you go to his house?" Ron said looking at her.
"You see Ron; he started writing me letters after I sent your letter. He
told me how much he wanted to see me and wanted me to come over to Bulgaria, so he can
spend some more time with me," Hermione said, but know her tears were
flowing from her eyes. "I felt something when I read the letters so I
decided to go to his house. I remembered telling you I was going to be at your
house, so I brought out the Time-Turner because I didn't want to tell you I was
going to be spending my summer with Krum instead of spending it with you and
Harry," the tears were still coming.
"We're your best friends, Hermione, we've been your best friends since the
1st year," Ron said looking at Hermione.
"But that friendship doesn't matter to her when she has to choose between
us and Krum. Look, I've told what's been bothering me, I'm going to bed
now," Harry spoke up, standing up. Hermione stared at him with tears in
her eyes. She ran past him and up the stairs to the girls' dormitory.
Harry started walking up the stairs to his bedroom, leaving Ron in the common
room.
*****
The next morning Harry woke up to see Ron not in his bed. 'I hope he didn't
stay in the common room all night,' Harry thought to himself as he got dressed.
He walked down to the common room and didn't find Ron there. 'He's probably
eating already.'
*****
Harry froze at the entrance of the Great Hall. He saw Hermione and Ron sitting
down next to each other talking and laughing. Harry couldn't say anything, but
then he heard a voice behind him.
"Ah, so you haven't heard about the Weasel and the Mudblood, making up.
You see they started talking this morning and looks like Weasel doesn't have a
problem with her going to that, bastard, Krum's house."
"How the hell would you know, Malfoy?" Harry said still staring at
the two.
"Let's just say I bumped into Krum, at Diagon Alley and he told me
everything. I also happen to hear Weasel and the Mudblood talking this morning.
So, I know what's happened between the unbreakable trio," Malfoy said with
a smirk. Harry turned around and glared at him.
"You know nothing," he said.
"You're wrong Potter, I know everything. So, why are you still pissed at
the Mudblood. The Weasel has forgiven her, why haven't you? I know why, it's
because you're jealous Potter. You can't take the fact that the love of our
life got in the pants of somebody else before you," (That doesn't mean the
"dirty" thing. He was just saying it to tick of Harry. It also means
Viktor got Hermione as his girlfriend before Harry did.) Malfoy said laughing.
He looked up at Harry, but before he could, a hard fist hit him right in his nose.
Malfoy wiped his hand at his nose and he found blood on his hand.
"You're going to pay for this Potter," right then he speared Harry
causing them to both fall in the Great Hall.
Everybody looked towards the two and they all stood up. Some of them started
yelling as Malfoy started hitting Harry in the face breaking his glasses. Then,
Harry kicked Malfoy off him and kicked him in the stomach causing Draco to grab
his stomach and groan in pain. He looked up at Harry and speared him again into
the ground. Everybody was surrounding the two boys. Ron and Hermione made there
way through the crowd and got to the front. They watched Harry and Draco fist
fighting, but it all stop when Snape broke the two boys up.
"What in the bloody hell are you two doing!?!?" Snape yelled at the
two boys. They both were looking down at the floor. "Didn't one of you
hear me, answer me!" Just then Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat.
"Everybody please go back to your tables. Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Potter, I
would like to see you both after you two eat breakfast and get cleaned
up."
"Yes, Professor…" The two boys answered in unison and walked to their
table.
"Headmaster!"
"No, Severus I'll handle those two," Professor Dumbledore said
leaving Snape.
"Harry, that was bloody brilliant!" Fred and George said to Harry as
he took his seat across from Ron. He put his elbows on the table and buried his
head in them. The whole Gryffindor table was looking at him.
"Hello, didn't you hear Dumbledore, there's nothing to see. Get back to
your eating!" Ron yelled to everyone. They all went back to their eating.
"Hey, Harry here are your glasses. Hermione fixed them," Ron said
putting the glasses in front of Harry.
He took his head out of his hands and looked at the glasses. The lens weren't
broken and it wasn't bended. Harry took them in his right hand and crushed him
in his hand forming a fist. Everybody's mouth was opened as he opened his right
hand and showed the broken glasses. They were in the same condition before
Hermione fixed them.
"Harry… Hermione fixed them for you. You need your glasses," Ron said
looking furious. Harry stood up and looked at Hermione, whose eyes were watery
and threw the crushed glasses in front of her. She looked down at them and
looked up at Harry.
"I don't want it, Granger. And, don't say anything Weasley or I'll hex
you," with that Harry walked out of the Great Hall. Everybody was shocked
at what Harry had just done. Ron got up and grabbed Hermione's hand and ran out
of the Great Hall.
*****
Harry heard foot steps behind him. "Weasley I told you…" He said
turning around, but saw Draco, "Oh it's you, what do you want? Want
another fight? Look I'm not really up to it," Harry said turning around
and walking away. But stopped when he heard clapping. He looked back and saw
Draco clapping.
"Very nice Potter… I've never thought of you ever doing that. I mean the
glasses thing was great. But, then giving it back to that Mudblood and calling
her Granger. Oh, that would have gave me a heart attack," Malfoy said
pretending to have a heart attack.
"Malfoy, I know what I did. Now what do you want?" Harry said getting
very annoyed.
"Potter, there is evil inside of you. I know it. Now you're letting it out
and I just want to congratulate you for what you have done. Fighting with me
and treating your friends like crap. Have you noticed the way you are talking.
I hear evil. I think you should talk to Dumbledore about what house you should
be in." Malfoy said and looking over his shoulder, "See you in
Dumbledore's office." He walked past Harry and headed towards the office.
'Maybe I could talk to Dumbledore about that,' Harry thought to himself has he
turned around and headed the way Malfoy did, but he had to stop.
"Harry, what the hell are you doing?" Ron asked as they caught up
with Harry. Hermione was standing next to him and Harry looked at her eyes
which were still watery.
"What do you think? I'm going to Dumbledore's office," Harry replied
turning around but Ron grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. "Don't
you ever touch me Weasley! I don't want to hear you and Granger's bullshit right
now," he said and again turning around.
"Harry, I'm talking to you!" Ron yelled. Harry looked back and walked
towards them. He held Ron by the collar and slammed him into a wall.
"You sure are hard headed Weasley. Are you too stupid to even remember
what I told you in the Great Hall?" Harry held him on the wall, "If
you ever touch me or talk to me ever again I will surely hex you." Harry
pushed him harder into the wall causing Ron to groan in pain.
"Harry, stop!" Hermione was trying to take Harry's hand off of Ron's
throat. Harry looked at her as she was pulling his arm. He weakened and let Ron
go. Ron sat down on the floor. Hermione walked up to Harry and slapped him.
Harry stood shocked as Hermione helped Ron up to his and feet and watched them
walk to the Gryffindor Tower. As Harry
walked to Dumbledore's office, he kept on feeling the cheek Hermione had
slapped him on. 'Last year he gave me a kiss on this cheek, now she just
slapped me.' With that on his mind Harry entered Dumbledore's office.
