Title: Harry Potter and the Red Rose
Author: Midnight Shadow
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: I wrote this story... but I don't own the characters and whatnot.
"So where exactly are you taking us?" Hermione asked as they walked out of the castle covered by the invisibility cloak with Hermione and Ron behind Ginny and Harry who was watching the Marauders Map in front of him.
"You'll see," Harry muttered back. It was nearly 11:15 when they left the common room. It was pitch black outside except for the large quarter moon and star s that were lighting the way.
"This way," Harry said, pointing towards the Forbidden Forest.
"We're not going in..." Hermione gulped. "There... are we?"
"Oh don't be such a baby 'Mione," Ron muttered.
"I am not Ronald," Hermione snapped, jabbing Ron slightly in the ribs as he laughed.
"Just come on," Harry said as he took Ginny's hand and ran out from under the Invisibility Cloak and raced towards the forest.
"Wait up," Ron yelled to them as he and Hermione ran after them.
"Are you sure this is going to work, Ginny?" Harry whispered to her so that Hermione and Ron couldn't hear.
"It has to," she muttered with a solemn expression on her face.
"And what is it doesn't?" Harry asked.
She frowned slightly. "Then they're more hopeless then we thought."
"Let's be quiet now... they might hear us," Harry whispered as they ran past Hagrid's Hut into the forest.
"Slow down," Ron yelled in a hushed voice, finally catching up to them.
"We're almost there," Harry replied back to them.
"Thank goodness," Hermione sighed.
They walked farther into the Forbidden Forest until they came to what looked like a dead end.
"Are you sure you remember where it was, Harry?" Ron asked.
Harry nodded. "Just..." he took out his wand. "Lumos." They could now see a bright tip on Harry's wand that lit the trees up within a five-foot radius.
Harry looked around for a moment before he saw a peculiar tree branch. "There it is," Harry said. He pulled the branch away and revealed a large circular opening.
"Wow," Hermione and Ginny said at the same time. Their eyes began to wander around the area as Harry lit a fire with his wand in the center.
"Now what?" Ginny asked.
"Gin what time is it?" Harry asked as he looked up to the sky as if he was looking for something. Ginny looked at her wristwatch.
"Uh... it's 11:45."
"11:45... we're not supposed to be wandering around this late," Hermione said, practically whimpering. Then she froze and gasped. "Wait a second, isn't today November 2nd?"
Harry and Ron nodded and grinned.
"Uh... Ginny and I are... going to find some... wood... for the fire," Harry said abruptly. "You two just ...set up or whatever." Harry took Ginny's hand again and ran out of the entrance looking around. Ron raised an eyebrow at them but Hermione just shrugged.
~*~*~*~
"I know this might be a stupid question, but what exactly are you going to go when you get out of Hogwarts?" Ron asked Hermione from their spot on the ground where they were lying on their backs, looking up at the sky.
"Well, I've always wanted to be a librarian," she muttered.
"Big surprise there," Ron said sarcastically. "You could be anything you want, 'Mione, I mean, you're smart enough."
"Yes, well, when I get older I want to have a large family, so I don't want to be traveling." With what light there was, Ron could see Hermione blush slightly.
Ron smiled. "I do too... I mean, even though it's tough growing up in a large family to the point that you're hanging by a thread to keep your sanity... I wouldn't have it any other way."
"So what do you want to do, when we're done with Hogwarts?" Hermione asked him.
"Actually, I've always wanted to be an Auror... or a Quidditch Player," he smiled.
A long silence hit them before Hermione started talking again. "Ron, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, anything."
She sat up slightly and looked him in the eye. "Why did you leave the ball early?"
It was the one question that Ron had dreaded for her to ask him. "Well...uh... I...." Ron paused for a while. "It's just... I got really mad about the whole Hannah thing... so I just left." he fibbed, stuttering insanely.
"But you told me you didn't like Hannah," she muttered.
"Oh...uh... did I?" he stammered as she nodded.
"Well... I need to tell you something," he closed his eyes slightly as if he was about to face the impossible.
"About what?" she found herself saying.
"About the night of the ball, you see, after I left... I came back, as... wait!" His eyes widened up again as he looked at the sky. "The stars are falling!" he yelled to her. He wasn't lying. The stars above them were falling through the air.
"Oh... it's beautiful," Hermione muttered.
"Make a wish..." Ron whispered to her. Hermione closed her eyes tightly and found herself asking the one wish she truly wanted. She opened her eyes and saw Ron staring at her.
"What did you wish for?" she asked him.
"Confidence..." he choked out.
"Confidence for what," she asked with a furrowed brow.
"Something I should have done a very long while ago," He replied under his breath so she couldn't make out all the words.
"What?" she asked. He leaned forward quickly to her, but was stopped by a sudden yell.
"Ron, watch out!" a voice screamed from behind him. A boy jumped out from the bushed and pushed Ron and Hermione out of the way just before a beam of light hit the spot right where they were sitting. They both slid back a few feet, now farther apart. Ron looked around him to the place he was normally sitting and saw a icy looking shadowed figure smoothly glide away.
Ron faced his attention to the boy that had pushed him out of the way... at least... he thought he looked somewhat like a boy. The stranger was crouched up on his legs like a kangaroo ready to pounce with his hands buried into the dirt in front of him. He had large dark brown eyes with long, wild orange hair. He had strange white marking up along both of his arms. But the strangest thing of all was that he had a long fiery orange fur tail and sharp pointy ears like a fox with long canine teeth.
"Who... who are you?" Ron said, stumbling to find words.
"I am Kez. I run these parts of the forest," he got up and all four and began to circle Ron like he was prey. "I do not need to ask you who you are."
"How do you know who I am... what was that thing?" Ron asked.
The boy frowned slightly. "That was a dark creature of the forest... we do not speak of them..." he shivered. "And many men and woman wander into this forest but lately you and Harry Potter come here incessantly."
Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Kez's eyes darted towards her. He began circling Hermione the same way he had with Ron.
His large auburn eyes widened larger with curiosity. "Lara?" he muttered, tilting his head. Ron looked over at Hermione. He had to quickly do a double take before rubbing his eyes. Ron knew that Hermione looked a lot like Lara with the ghost make-up like at the ball... but if Lara was human again... the resemblance would be uncanny.
"This is my other fried... Hermione Granger," Ron said.
Kez raised an eyebrow and his ears perked up. "So you are not Lara? You look much like her..." He began circling her again. "Are you sisters?"
"Uh... Kez, Lara died probably 1000 years ago," Ron blinked.
"Oh... have I been sleeping that long? Oh how I miss the days when she and Godric would come play with me..." he sighed. "How I miss the days."
"Godric... Godric Gryffindor?" Ron asked curiously.
"Ah yes, that's the name," he nodded.
"How old are you exactly?" Hermione asked. "You don't look old enough you be above the age of thirteen."
"Hmph..." Kez scowled. "I am almost 1,300 years old... I am almost a man," he said, as he smacked his hand gently over his bare chest. "Are you sure you are not related to Lara Freedingwald?" he asked again, still focusing his eyes on Hermione.
"Freedingwald? She never told us her last name," Ron muttered as he scratched his scalp. Hermione just froze there as her jaw dropped.
((A/N: One thing I would like to point out is that I am extremely disappointed ((And probably a lot of you are too)) of the lack of Ron/Hermione stuff in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And another thing which I thought was incredibly funny for me was how Ron said something like "That has a better chance of happening then dad becoming Minister of Magic." Oh how they mock me. There is a few more things that I want to say about this... but I won't be able to until I post Chapter 20 or Chapter 21. The number of chapters I will have is 21, which I am sort of happy about cause that was my minimum limit that I made for myself when I started this story! Read and review!!
Reviews:
Magical*Me: I am keeping me mouth closed about when Ron and Hermione do finally get together... all I have to say is that the chapter 'Realizations of Ron' is coming up... and the chapter just sort of gives it away *shrugs* Thank ya!
S.H. Weasley: As much as I don't like reading cliffhangers... I like writing them. This chapter actually wasn't supposed to be a cliffhanger, it was actually supposed to be a two part chapter but I didn't have time to write the other one. Thank you!
The Girl Who Loves To Read: Ron/Hermione is the best combination ever! It's basicly the only one that makes complete sense. *shrugs* Oh well, thank you!
Twizzlers: Yesss... the diary... that reminds me *grins evily* well anyway! Thanks for reviewing!))
Author: Midnight Shadow
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: I wrote this story... but I don't own the characters and whatnot.
"So where exactly are you taking us?" Hermione asked as they walked out of the castle covered by the invisibility cloak with Hermione and Ron behind Ginny and Harry who was watching the Marauders Map in front of him.
"You'll see," Harry muttered back. It was nearly 11:15 when they left the common room. It was pitch black outside except for the large quarter moon and star s that were lighting the way.
"This way," Harry said, pointing towards the Forbidden Forest.
"We're not going in..." Hermione gulped. "There... are we?"
"Oh don't be such a baby 'Mione," Ron muttered.
"I am not Ronald," Hermione snapped, jabbing Ron slightly in the ribs as he laughed.
"Just come on," Harry said as he took Ginny's hand and ran out from under the Invisibility Cloak and raced towards the forest.
"Wait up," Ron yelled to them as he and Hermione ran after them.
"Are you sure this is going to work, Ginny?" Harry whispered to her so that Hermione and Ron couldn't hear.
"It has to," she muttered with a solemn expression on her face.
"And what is it doesn't?" Harry asked.
She frowned slightly. "Then they're more hopeless then we thought."
"Let's be quiet now... they might hear us," Harry whispered as they ran past Hagrid's Hut into the forest.
"Slow down," Ron yelled in a hushed voice, finally catching up to them.
"We're almost there," Harry replied back to them.
"Thank goodness," Hermione sighed.
They walked farther into the Forbidden Forest until they came to what looked like a dead end.
"Are you sure you remember where it was, Harry?" Ron asked.
Harry nodded. "Just..." he took out his wand. "Lumos." They could now see a bright tip on Harry's wand that lit the trees up within a five-foot radius.
Harry looked around for a moment before he saw a peculiar tree branch. "There it is," Harry said. He pulled the branch away and revealed a large circular opening.
"Wow," Hermione and Ginny said at the same time. Their eyes began to wander around the area as Harry lit a fire with his wand in the center.
"Now what?" Ginny asked.
"Gin what time is it?" Harry asked as he looked up to the sky as if he was looking for something. Ginny looked at her wristwatch.
"Uh... it's 11:45."
"11:45... we're not supposed to be wandering around this late," Hermione said, practically whimpering. Then she froze and gasped. "Wait a second, isn't today November 2nd?"
Harry and Ron nodded and grinned.
"Uh... Ginny and I are... going to find some... wood... for the fire," Harry said abruptly. "You two just ...set up or whatever." Harry took Ginny's hand again and ran out of the entrance looking around. Ron raised an eyebrow at them but Hermione just shrugged.
~*~*~*~
"I know this might be a stupid question, but what exactly are you going to go when you get out of Hogwarts?" Ron asked Hermione from their spot on the ground where they were lying on their backs, looking up at the sky.
"Well, I've always wanted to be a librarian," she muttered.
"Big surprise there," Ron said sarcastically. "You could be anything you want, 'Mione, I mean, you're smart enough."
"Yes, well, when I get older I want to have a large family, so I don't want to be traveling." With what light there was, Ron could see Hermione blush slightly.
Ron smiled. "I do too... I mean, even though it's tough growing up in a large family to the point that you're hanging by a thread to keep your sanity... I wouldn't have it any other way."
"So what do you want to do, when we're done with Hogwarts?" Hermione asked him.
"Actually, I've always wanted to be an Auror... or a Quidditch Player," he smiled.
A long silence hit them before Hermione started talking again. "Ron, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, anything."
She sat up slightly and looked him in the eye. "Why did you leave the ball early?"
It was the one question that Ron had dreaded for her to ask him. "Well...uh... I...." Ron paused for a while. "It's just... I got really mad about the whole Hannah thing... so I just left." he fibbed, stuttering insanely.
"But you told me you didn't like Hannah," she muttered.
"Oh...uh... did I?" he stammered as she nodded.
"Well... I need to tell you something," he closed his eyes slightly as if he was about to face the impossible.
"About what?" she found herself saying.
"About the night of the ball, you see, after I left... I came back, as... wait!" His eyes widened up again as he looked at the sky. "The stars are falling!" he yelled to her. He wasn't lying. The stars above them were falling through the air.
"Oh... it's beautiful," Hermione muttered.
"Make a wish..." Ron whispered to her. Hermione closed her eyes tightly and found herself asking the one wish she truly wanted. She opened her eyes and saw Ron staring at her.
"What did you wish for?" she asked him.
"Confidence..." he choked out.
"Confidence for what," she asked with a furrowed brow.
"Something I should have done a very long while ago," He replied under his breath so she couldn't make out all the words.
"What?" she asked. He leaned forward quickly to her, but was stopped by a sudden yell.
"Ron, watch out!" a voice screamed from behind him. A boy jumped out from the bushed and pushed Ron and Hermione out of the way just before a beam of light hit the spot right where they were sitting. They both slid back a few feet, now farther apart. Ron looked around him to the place he was normally sitting and saw a icy looking shadowed figure smoothly glide away.
Ron faced his attention to the boy that had pushed him out of the way... at least... he thought he looked somewhat like a boy. The stranger was crouched up on his legs like a kangaroo ready to pounce with his hands buried into the dirt in front of him. He had large dark brown eyes with long, wild orange hair. He had strange white marking up along both of his arms. But the strangest thing of all was that he had a long fiery orange fur tail and sharp pointy ears like a fox with long canine teeth.
"Who... who are you?" Ron said, stumbling to find words.
"I am Kez. I run these parts of the forest," he got up and all four and began to circle Ron like he was prey. "I do not need to ask you who you are."
"How do you know who I am... what was that thing?" Ron asked.
The boy frowned slightly. "That was a dark creature of the forest... we do not speak of them..." he shivered. "And many men and woman wander into this forest but lately you and Harry Potter come here incessantly."
Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Kez's eyes darted towards her. He began circling Hermione the same way he had with Ron.
His large auburn eyes widened larger with curiosity. "Lara?" he muttered, tilting his head. Ron looked over at Hermione. He had to quickly do a double take before rubbing his eyes. Ron knew that Hermione looked a lot like Lara with the ghost make-up like at the ball... but if Lara was human again... the resemblance would be uncanny.
"This is my other fried... Hermione Granger," Ron said.
Kez raised an eyebrow and his ears perked up. "So you are not Lara? You look much like her..." He began circling her again. "Are you sisters?"
"Uh... Kez, Lara died probably 1000 years ago," Ron blinked.
"Oh... have I been sleeping that long? Oh how I miss the days when she and Godric would come play with me..." he sighed. "How I miss the days."
"Godric... Godric Gryffindor?" Ron asked curiously.
"Ah yes, that's the name," he nodded.
"How old are you exactly?" Hermione asked. "You don't look old enough you be above the age of thirteen."
"Hmph..." Kez scowled. "I am almost 1,300 years old... I am almost a man," he said, as he smacked his hand gently over his bare chest. "Are you sure you are not related to Lara Freedingwald?" he asked again, still focusing his eyes on Hermione.
"Freedingwald? She never told us her last name," Ron muttered as he scratched his scalp. Hermione just froze there as her jaw dropped.
((A/N: One thing I would like to point out is that I am extremely disappointed ((And probably a lot of you are too)) of the lack of Ron/Hermione stuff in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And another thing which I thought was incredibly funny for me was how Ron said something like "That has a better chance of happening then dad becoming Minister of Magic." Oh how they mock me. There is a few more things that I want to say about this... but I won't be able to until I post Chapter 20 or Chapter 21. The number of chapters I will have is 21, which I am sort of happy about cause that was my minimum limit that I made for myself when I started this story! Read and review!!
Reviews:
Magical*Me: I am keeping me mouth closed about when Ron and Hermione do finally get together... all I have to say is that the chapter 'Realizations of Ron' is coming up... and the chapter just sort of gives it away *shrugs* Thank ya!
S.H. Weasley: As much as I don't like reading cliffhangers... I like writing them. This chapter actually wasn't supposed to be a cliffhanger, it was actually supposed to be a two part chapter but I didn't have time to write the other one. Thank you!
The Girl Who Loves To Read: Ron/Hermione is the best combination ever! It's basicly the only one that makes complete sense. *shrugs* Oh well, thank you!
Twizzlers: Yesss... the diary... that reminds me *grins evily* well anyway! Thanks for reviewing!))
