Ch 9 - Who are you?
Review Reply Time
This is normally where I would put my replies to my reviewers but..seeing as I have none...we'll just skip it, eh?
A/N - not much in the chappie....something happens to Ron though. You see, it all started during Quidditch practice and- wait? What am I doing? I can't tell you what happened! That'd ruin the whole purpoue of this all! So...READ! oh and, don't forget to REVIEW this time guys! I need to know what you think!
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By the time dinner came around that night, Draco's tail was no longer in tact.
Lori and Melanie were walking to the Tower after dinner when Lori said "Ya know? It kinda sucks that he saw Madame Pomfrey to get the tail removed, that was the best thing that happened since the party."
"Yeah...it was..." they both laughed at the remembrance of Draco Malfoy, of all people, having a tail
"But ya know, him having the tail got me thinking–"
"Tell me, was the experience exhilarating?"
"Shut up!" Lori said as she hit Melanie on the arm "ANYway, like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I had two thoughts: One was, why did he have a tail? I mean, no one else did, right? And two,...ok....actually...ya know, I think there was only the one thought or else the second one wasn't important enough for me to have to remember cause....I just lost it."
"Hmm...you could try looking for it but....Hogwarts is a pretty big place, no telling how long it'd take you to find it...anyhow, as far as him having a tail goes....i dunno...maybe he had more than one piece of fudge?" Mel shrugged.
"But...after the first bite is taken, you turn into a ferret, that wouldn't be logical."
"Well don't look at me! I don't know! But I mean, who cares anyways? He had a tail for practically the whole day!"
"Yeah, that was truly great!" They high-fived each other.
When they finally made it to the Fat Lady they looked at each other and, in unison, said "Do you know the password?"
"No!" Lori said.
"Me either! Crap!"
"Now what?"
"We wait for one of two things: One, someone to go in the portrait hole or two, someone to come out...."
"*This* is why we should have just went with the other four! Why did we stay?" She sighed and sat down on the floor across from the picture. "May as well get ready for some waiting, huh?"
Mel sat down next to her and sighed as well "Yep."
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About an hour and a half later, Hermione came out of the portrait hole and the two girls stood up. "Thank GOD you're here, 'Mione!" Melanie exclaimed as she and Lori went on either side of the bushy haired girl and hugged her.
Hermione, not all that used to being bombarded by the two girls, unlike Harry and Ron who had gotten used to it over the summer, blinked "What are you doing?"
"We've been trapped out here for an hour and a half!" Lori explained.
"Why?" Hermione asked, all the while pushing the two off of her.
"Because...we neither one knew the password." Melanie answered.
"I told you! You really should listen to me when I'm talking you know?"
Just to spite her, Lori said "What? You said something?"
Hermione glared at her "The password is Reese's...as odd as it is."
"Odd?" Lori asked. "The password was Yoo-hoo and then Pringles, its *not* odd."
"Well, whatever, I have to go."
"Where are you going?" Melanie asked.
"Library."
"Figures." The two said in unison.
With that, Hermione walked off and the other two girls went in the portrait hole.
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The next day was a Saturday, and a Hogsmeade weekend at that. It was about noon when Melanie came downstairs to see Hermione pacing back and forth in front of the couch. Melanie went over and sat on the couch "What's wrong?"
Hermione didn't seem to hear her
"Hello? 'Mione? Are you listening to me?"
She continued to pac back and forth, still not hearing her.
"Earth to Hermione, earth to Hermione...Houston I think we have a problem, Hermione isn't answering."
This seemed to snap Hermione out of whatever trance she was in. "What?"
Mel sighed "I wanna know what's going on? I mean, you like., *never* pace."
"Oh..." She sat down quickly "Sorry." She smiled.
"'Mione, your *not* gonna get this past me like that, you're a really bad liar, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." She squeaked.
"Since you were *obviously* worried about something, and you *know* I'm going to find out from someone eventually, I'd say it'd be better if I heard it from you than some rumoring, change-the-story second year, don't you think?"
Hermione nodded "Yeah....I guess.....but....."
"But nothing. Tell me....*NOW*."
But before she could say anything, Harry came down "Hey girls, what's up?"
Hermione smiled "Nothing, just talking with Mel."
"Oh, well....see ya." He said, figuring it was 'girl talk' and left the Tower.
Hermione stayed silent, simply fidgeting.
"You know what? Forget it. If your not gonna tell me, I'll just....leave." Melanie said and did just that.
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Later that day, Melanie found out what had been bothering Hermione. She found out when she overheard one of Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil's conversations:
"Parvati, did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"What happened to Ron?"
"No! What happened?"
"Well...I"m not absolutely sure, but, you know he had tried out and made for one of the beaters on the Quidditch team, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Well, the team was at practice the other day, right?"
"Yeah...and?"
"Well....I heard that, while they were practicing there was like, a rouge bludger, and it came straight at him......and they were about....what? How high you think they get up there?"
"I don't know...somewhere close to a hundred feet at least...don't you think?"
"Yeah...well...anyhow, he fell straight to the ground."
"Oh my gosh! Is he okay?"
"I don't know...Last I heard he was still in the Hospital Wing...out cold."
Melanie stood up from the work table and went upstairs to the 7th year girls dormitories and found Hermione on her bed, face buried in her pillow, and sobbing. She hadn't been able to make that Quidditch practice, due to a detention...with Snape.
"'Mione...I'm sorry."
She lifted her head. Her eyes were red from crying and tears were still streaming down her face "Wh-what for?"
"I heard what happened."
"What?"
"To Ron. I know what happened."
"Wh-who t-told you?"
"No one actually told me, but I heard Lavender telling Parvati."
"What did she s-say?"
"Quidditch practice, rouge bludger hit him and he fell....and.....last she knew he was still in the Hospital Wing..."
Hermione went back to crying, face in her pillow again.
"He's just knocked out though, right? I mean, its nothing too serious...right?"
Hermione looked up from the pillow again "No. Madame Pomfrey said that she's not sure that's all it is. Their were two bludgers that hit him, one was a normal bluger, the other a rouge. The rouge one hit him in the head, the other off his broom."
"Wait...what does she think, then?"
"She's not sure when he'll wake up. She says she not sure if he's just knocked out if its something...something worse."
"Worse? Like-like what?"
Hermione bit her lip "She thinks he might be–might be–" She started crying again "In a c–coma."
"No. Are you for real?"
She simply nodded.
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Three hours later, all was right in the world again. No one was crying or in the Hospital Wing. If your not getting this: Ron was now awake and no longer in the Wing.
When Ron came in the Common Room, Hermione was sitting at one of the many workbenches, in perfect view of the portrait hole. When she saw him, she jolted up and ran to him. "Ron! Oh my gosh! I was so worried!"
He stared at her blankly as she back away. "What is it, Ron? What's wrong?"
He blinked "....Who...are you?"
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A/N - sorry for the short chappie and the cliffie but...I had to end it somewere...and don't worry, unless ff.net is gonna be a pain in the arse 2day, Ch. 10 (the FINAL chap) will but up today along with some of the sequel ^_^
Don't 4GET to REVIEW and check out my other story 'New Twins' !!!
Review Reply Time
This is normally where I would put my replies to my reviewers but..seeing as I have none...we'll just skip it, eh?
A/N - not much in the chappie....something happens to Ron though. You see, it all started during Quidditch practice and- wait? What am I doing? I can't tell you what happened! That'd ruin the whole purpoue of this all! So...READ! oh and, don't forget to REVIEW this time guys! I need to know what you think!
~*~*~
By the time dinner came around that night, Draco's tail was no longer in tact.
Lori and Melanie were walking to the Tower after dinner when Lori said "Ya know? It kinda sucks that he saw Madame Pomfrey to get the tail removed, that was the best thing that happened since the party."
"Yeah...it was..." they both laughed at the remembrance of Draco Malfoy, of all people, having a tail
"But ya know, him having the tail got me thinking–"
"Tell me, was the experience exhilarating?"
"Shut up!" Lori said as she hit Melanie on the arm "ANYway, like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I had two thoughts: One was, why did he have a tail? I mean, no one else did, right? And two,...ok....actually...ya know, I think there was only the one thought or else the second one wasn't important enough for me to have to remember cause....I just lost it."
"Hmm...you could try looking for it but....Hogwarts is a pretty big place, no telling how long it'd take you to find it...anyhow, as far as him having a tail goes....i dunno...maybe he had more than one piece of fudge?" Mel shrugged.
"But...after the first bite is taken, you turn into a ferret, that wouldn't be logical."
"Well don't look at me! I don't know! But I mean, who cares anyways? He had a tail for practically the whole day!"
"Yeah, that was truly great!" They high-fived each other.
When they finally made it to the Fat Lady they looked at each other and, in unison, said "Do you know the password?"
"No!" Lori said.
"Me either! Crap!"
"Now what?"
"We wait for one of two things: One, someone to go in the portrait hole or two, someone to come out...."
"*This* is why we should have just went with the other four! Why did we stay?" She sighed and sat down on the floor across from the picture. "May as well get ready for some waiting, huh?"
Mel sat down next to her and sighed as well "Yep."
~*~*~
About an hour and a half later, Hermione came out of the portrait hole and the two girls stood up. "Thank GOD you're here, 'Mione!" Melanie exclaimed as she and Lori went on either side of the bushy haired girl and hugged her.
Hermione, not all that used to being bombarded by the two girls, unlike Harry and Ron who had gotten used to it over the summer, blinked "What are you doing?"
"We've been trapped out here for an hour and a half!" Lori explained.
"Why?" Hermione asked, all the while pushing the two off of her.
"Because...we neither one knew the password." Melanie answered.
"I told you! You really should listen to me when I'm talking you know?"
Just to spite her, Lori said "What? You said something?"
Hermione glared at her "The password is Reese's...as odd as it is."
"Odd?" Lori asked. "The password was Yoo-hoo and then Pringles, its *not* odd."
"Well, whatever, I have to go."
"Where are you going?" Melanie asked.
"Library."
"Figures." The two said in unison.
With that, Hermione walked off and the other two girls went in the portrait hole.
~*~*~
The next day was a Saturday, and a Hogsmeade weekend at that. It was about noon when Melanie came downstairs to see Hermione pacing back and forth in front of the couch. Melanie went over and sat on the couch "What's wrong?"
Hermione didn't seem to hear her
"Hello? 'Mione? Are you listening to me?"
She continued to pac back and forth, still not hearing her.
"Earth to Hermione, earth to Hermione...Houston I think we have a problem, Hermione isn't answering."
This seemed to snap Hermione out of whatever trance she was in. "What?"
Mel sighed "I wanna know what's going on? I mean, you like., *never* pace."
"Oh..." She sat down quickly "Sorry." She smiled.
"'Mione, your *not* gonna get this past me like that, you're a really bad liar, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." She squeaked.
"Since you were *obviously* worried about something, and you *know* I'm going to find out from someone eventually, I'd say it'd be better if I heard it from you than some rumoring, change-the-story second year, don't you think?"
Hermione nodded "Yeah....I guess.....but....."
"But nothing. Tell me....*NOW*."
But before she could say anything, Harry came down "Hey girls, what's up?"
Hermione smiled "Nothing, just talking with Mel."
"Oh, well....see ya." He said, figuring it was 'girl talk' and left the Tower.
Hermione stayed silent, simply fidgeting.
"You know what? Forget it. If your not gonna tell me, I'll just....leave." Melanie said and did just that.
~*~*~
Later that day, Melanie found out what had been bothering Hermione. She found out when she overheard one of Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil's conversations:
"Parvati, did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"What happened to Ron?"
"No! What happened?"
"Well...I"m not absolutely sure, but, you know he had tried out and made for one of the beaters on the Quidditch team, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Well, the team was at practice the other day, right?"
"Yeah...and?"
"Well....I heard that, while they were practicing there was like, a rouge bludger, and it came straight at him......and they were about....what? How high you think they get up there?"
"I don't know...somewhere close to a hundred feet at least...don't you think?"
"Yeah...well...anyhow, he fell straight to the ground."
"Oh my gosh! Is he okay?"
"I don't know...Last I heard he was still in the Hospital Wing...out cold."
Melanie stood up from the work table and went upstairs to the 7th year girls dormitories and found Hermione on her bed, face buried in her pillow, and sobbing. She hadn't been able to make that Quidditch practice, due to a detention...with Snape.
"'Mione...I'm sorry."
She lifted her head. Her eyes were red from crying and tears were still streaming down her face "Wh-what for?"
"I heard what happened."
"What?"
"To Ron. I know what happened."
"Wh-who t-told you?"
"No one actually told me, but I heard Lavender telling Parvati."
"What did she s-say?"
"Quidditch practice, rouge bludger hit him and he fell....and.....last she knew he was still in the Hospital Wing..."
Hermione went back to crying, face in her pillow again.
"He's just knocked out though, right? I mean, its nothing too serious...right?"
Hermione looked up from the pillow again "No. Madame Pomfrey said that she's not sure that's all it is. Their were two bludgers that hit him, one was a normal bluger, the other a rouge. The rouge one hit him in the head, the other off his broom."
"Wait...what does she think, then?"
"She's not sure when he'll wake up. She says she not sure if he's just knocked out if its something...something worse."
"Worse? Like-like what?"
Hermione bit her lip "She thinks he might be–might be–" She started crying again "In a c–coma."
"No. Are you for real?"
She simply nodded.
~*~*~
Three hours later, all was right in the world again. No one was crying or in the Hospital Wing. If your not getting this: Ron was now awake and no longer in the Wing.
When Ron came in the Common Room, Hermione was sitting at one of the many workbenches, in perfect view of the portrait hole. When she saw him, she jolted up and ran to him. "Ron! Oh my gosh! I was so worried!"
He stared at her blankly as she back away. "What is it, Ron? What's wrong?"
He blinked "....Who...are you?"
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A/N - sorry for the short chappie and the cliffie but...I had to end it somewere...and don't worry, unless ff.net is gonna be a pain in the arse 2day, Ch. 10 (the FINAL chap) will but up today along with some of the sequel ^_^
Don't 4GET to REVIEW and check out my other story 'New Twins' !!!