CHAPTER 10-

A/N: The mighty chapter 10. This is where Harry's world falls apart. I'm not that evil, it just fits in and you will enjoy reading it and I will enjoy reading reviews. I would like to say thank you to all my reviewers, especially sew2100.

Sew2100: hope I got your name right. I saw your favorites list. thanks for putting my fic on there. I read 'truest power' too. Chapter 74 is up there. How did you get more than 30 favorites?

DISCLAIMER: I realized that I keep forgetting about this. I do not own Harry Potter.

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CHAPTER 10-

Breaking news against the Weasleys

Harry and Hermione had almost completed healing charms on their own by the next week. Professor Flitwick had let them move on to whatever they wanted to start. He mentioned that he could give them help if they needed it. Of course, being heirs of some of the greatest witches and wizards of all time, they had no trouble progressing in charms. Harry was probably the best student in the ancient runes class. He memorized almost every symbol and read an old book in these symbols in less time then it took professor Fletcher. In Herbology, they were growing and repotting more plants. Everything was normal when they had care of magical creatures. Malfoy decided he would make cracks about Hagrid being half-giant and Harry being afraid of dementors when he really just feared hearing Voldemort killing his parents again.

Dumbledore wanted Harry to go back to divination and use a time turner starting after Christmas. Harry reluctantly agreed. Dumbledore said that he was the only one ever around when the professor went into her real predictions. So Harry would be predicting his own death again by the time Christmas ended.

Professor Lupin had a new habit of letting Harry and Hermione go up to Dumbledore's office to practice by now. So they always had an afternoon to practice. Harry wondered how bad his schedule would be when he had to start making quidditch practices. He decided not to start practicing till the end of October.

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It was now the beginning of October. In potions, they took a break from truth potions, and started working on painful potions. These potions caused pain in any temperature and all it had to do to inflict pain on a person was touch the skin.

Class was going fine with no points taken away from either class. Of course, this was because professor Figg was the kind of professor just like McGonagall or Snape. All three professors had the gift of keeping the class quiet and out of trouble without any show of effort whatsoever.

After everyone finished adding ingredients and letting the potions boil for a while, Malfoy decided to do something he always did best. Ruin the day or disrupt the class, take your pick. Both at the same time.

Malfoy picked up a large stirring spoon, put some of the potion on top, muttered 'mudblood,' and flicked the potion right at Hermione. She let out a yell before fainting in pain. Ron was up and cursing Malfoy with every spell he knew that had some effect opposite of that of a healing charm. Professor Figg immediately took 100 points of Slytherin, stunned Ron, told Harry to get Hermione to the hospital wing, revived Ron, and called the Slytherin head boy down to the dungeons (how did that happen, a Slytherin head boy?). The head boy made a meeting with Dumbledore the next night after dinner for him and Ron. Ron the knew he was in trouble.

Harry did what he was told. He pick up Hermione, and carried her down to the hospital wing. When he came in, madam Pomfrey immediately asked what happened. "We were working with potions that cause pain and Malfoy flick some at her. Will you be able to help her?"

"Oh yes. She'll be out by tonight with only mild pains. There isn't that much that touched her, but it did hit the back of her neck, so I should be careful and revive her quickly," she replied. Harry was relieved she was going to be ok. He didn't want to lose the one person who always stood beside him no matter what happened since he and Ron knocked out that mountain troll in their first year.

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That night, Hermione was out of the hospital wing again. She repeated all of the reasons that it was good she got there when she did. She said she could have died if Harry had brought her in just ten minutes later. That's why good news came. And come good news did to the school of Hogwarts. Malfoy was going to be expelled. This only slightly cheered Ron up, as he was sure he would be too by the next night. Hermione was the only student allowed to watch him be expelled. She came back later saying that they snapped his wand in half and whenever she looked at Malfoy after that, he looked like he was in horror.

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The next day, Harry and Hermione came to the outside of Dumbledore's office with Ron and the head boy, but went no further. The meeting went on for about a half hour, and Harry and Hermione still waited. Professor McGonagall showed up and said that she needed to be part of the meeting.

After about five minutes, the Slytherin head boy, Ryan Graham, emerged from the room with professor McGonagall. Ron was arguing at them as they dragged him off to the dungeons. McGonagall came back a minute later and told them that Ron had killed the headmaster. She showed them a note Dumbledore was writing when it happened. It was an expulsion note to the school governors.

Harry and Hermione were in a state of shock. They wouldn't believe Ron was guilty, but they could not prove the witness of a professor and the head boy wrong. Harry had to do something about this. Surly the Weasley's wouldn't think he was guilty. If Ron's family turned on their brother and son, it would be up to Harry and Hermione to give him support.

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Ron was locked up in the dungeons. Harry and Hermione were always quick with things. They snuck down past the guard, slipped some food in with a note and a self-refilling flask of pumpkin juice, and then snuck out again. Ron saw the food within a minute and knew whom it was from without reading the note to find out. He knew he had good friends; this was just the test to find out the truth.

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DUMBLEDORE DEAD? YOUNGEST WEASLEY BOY RESPONSIBLE?

The news came this morning that the greatest wizard of all time has been murdered last night by Ronald Weasley. Sources say Dumbledore was writing a note of expulsion for Weasley when it happened. Other sources say that Dumbledore is alive but still unconscious. This of course is not believed by most as Dumbledore was hit with the killing curse, Avada Kadavera.

Most teachers at Hogwarts were shocked to here the news that such a good person, from a good family, went bad. The minister's election is this year, and Arthur Weasley was nominated from the muggle protection party. Of course the nominations will most likely be withdrawn and a new representative will be nominated.

The boy is to be sent to Azkaban in five days and is currently being held at Hogwarts. Sources say he attacked Draco Malfoy, who was expelled one day earlier because Weasley was defending a friend. Harry potter, who happens to be a friend of Weasley, says he would have attacked Malfoy first, but he was glad he didn't because he didn't want to be expelled for killing a student and because he wanted to tend to his other best friend, Hermione granger, who would have died if it wasn't for potter's speed in getting her to the hospital wing. This was only the start of the trouble.

When Weasley attended a meeting for his expulsion, he attacked the headmaster. The head boy and the deputy headmaster, professor McGonagall. Both witnesses were questioned of exactly what happened, and both said almost the exact same thing. Professor McGonagall said the headmaster was not dead and was in the hospital wing.

When asked for a comment on his son's actions, Arthur Weasley turned and walked away. Potter, however, was open for opinion. "Ron is innocent. I believe there was someone else in the room that used his wand to attempt to murder our headmaster, and then controlled the other witnesses to say it was Ron. There are many ancient curses with the effect of the imperius curse." Some thought that Potter had too much time to think of the plan and that maybe he was guilty instead. Potter also previously mentioned he would have attacked Malfoy sooner, which sounds an act of violence to most.

The headmaster's body is currently in a closed off section of the hospital wing. If the rumors are true, this is part of 'Voldemort's return' as Dumbledore called it in June last year. Could the Weasley's really ever go to the dark side? We'll do our best to use the force and find out. (A/N: A little star wars text at the end there.)

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Harry though the paper on the table more viciously then he would after reading a Rita Skeeter article. For all he knew, it very well could have the old cow. Harry was too angry to care in the least. "We have to prove Ron innocent, Hermione."

"Well, four nights from tonight they'll be using the train to take him to Azkaban. We can save him then," Hermione suggested.

"I'll go then. If I'm seen, I could be just as important to catch as Ron would be considered, and we don't want the brains to be unsafe," Harry replied.

They both knew it had to be the head boy, Ryan Graham that attempted to kill the headmaster. First off, he was a Slytherin, and most Slytherins by fifth year, have gone to Voldemort. Second, he was the type for Voldemort to recruit. Third, even Dumbledore didn't seem to like his presence at times. And last, they visited Ron that morning, and that was his story too. Harry needed more clues, but the only other thing Ron noticed was that Dumbledore said they were early and that an owl flew out of his office before they started, indicating that he wrote someone a letter about the situation.

Harry talked to Harry later that day (classes were off temporarily). Harry asked if he had any mail lately. Hagrid said he got some letters, but he hadn't opened any since the morning before. One letter was the letter from Dumbledore, who suspected Ryan Graham would do something like this. It also had a key to give to Hermione, as he also suspected that Harry would help Ron. It didn't say in the letter anything about the key except there is an enchantment on the drawer in opened; the fourth one.

Dumbledore's office was empty without him there. Harry and Hermione tested the key in all the drawers; the fourth one opened. Inside lay a wizarding recording device. They pressed the rewind button; when it finished rewinding, they played it. A virtual hologram appeared of the whole room when Ron and the head boy walked in. Dumbledore was just sending the letter to Hagrid. Dumbledore asked why they were early. Later, McGonagall walked in; this led to the attack five minutes later. When Dumbledore looked away for a second, Graham snatched Ron's wand and shot the spell at Dumbledore. McGonagall looked outraged; Graham stunned Ron, performed a memory charm on McGonagall, wrote an expulsion letter for Ron, forging the signature, and performed the imperius curse on McGonagall. He then revived Ron and told McGonagall what to do through the curse. They went out in the hall; that was the end.

Harry knew this is what happened; he had to help Ron now. He was going to sneak through Hogsmeade to get on the Hogwarts express to release Ron. Ron would not make it in Azkaban and Harry knew it.

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The night Harry finally saw ministry officials taking Ron out and walking towards the front doors. Harry quickly said good-bye to Hermione, told her to get with Cho if Hogwarts was attacked or in any danger, and slipped out of the common room unnoticed. Hermione watched the map; Harry had used the tunnel to Honeydukes. After he went out of view of the map, Hermione looked outside. She saw Ron walking, just walking, and not even trying to escape. The head boy followed closely.

'Looks like he's going on the train too,' Hermione thought. 'I hope Harry gets out of there alright. They can't trace his magic directly, nor can they know it's him unless he is in a residence of somewhere he might be normally.'

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Harry emerged from the tunnel, into the old, dusty basement of the shop. He put a silencing charm on the bell on the door to sneak out unnoticed. He ran as fast as he could to the train. When the train was clearly in front of him, Harry saw it was pulling out. 'NO! NOT GOOD!' Harry thought, as he ran towards the train with as much speed as possible. He jumped on the end he was in.

Harry was forced to hide in a compartment alone for a couple of hours to make sure he wasn't too close to Hogsmeade. Once he was sure he waited long enough, Harry found Ron. Ron shut up in an instant and knew why Harry was there. they jumped out of the window and ran through the fields for 3 hours, when they came to a forest. Harry used a location spell to figure out that London was south, Hogwarts was north. He decided to camp there for the night. He transfigured a tent from a rock. They slept very easily that night.

~*~ A/N: WARNING: SEVERE WRITERS BLOCK AHEAD. I hated that period of struggling to write. The worst part is. I started right after I finished the last chapter and I do believe it has been over a month.

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