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A Shock to the System

Chapter 2 - Midnight Wonderings

Following Ron through the mazes of corridors of Hogwarts, Harry was astounded by Ron's ability to navigate and dodge the many obstacles.

'Too bad he's not as graceful when he's awake.' Harry smirked inwardly. He watched as Ron expertly skipped over a trick stair, then hopped over an umbrella stand (A/N where the hell did that come from?!), and finally vaulted over a startled Mrs.Norris.. Hang on..

"Holy Sh*t!!"

Harry rushed forward and getting a hold of Ron by the cuff of the neck dragged him through a random doorway hoping the spawn of the devil (i.e. Mrs.Norris) would not alert the even bigger spawn of the devil (i.e. Filch).

Ron dusted himself off and gave a frown in Harry's direction. Not for the first time, Harry found it amazing that Ron could stay asleep. He contemplated on waking Ron up but decided against it.

"Besides," He mumbled as Ron began to walk again. "What's the fun in that?"

Harry started to follow obediently. Ron suddenly stopped and whirling around, grabbed Harry's arm in a death grip.

"Her-my-oh-knee." He mumbled, a dreamy smile floating across his face.

Harry's eyes widened in fright as Ron pulled him into a hug.

"No, Ron, No!!! No! No! No!!! He beat against Ron's chest furiously but Ron wouldn't let go.

'This is NOT good!! NOT RIGHT!!! Argh...!" Harry struggled frantically but only proceeded to evoke a mumbled: "I.. Said. .sorry. ..bout...shower..."

Harry perked. 'What's this? Shower? Ron? Hermione? Hmmmm.. Maybe this isn't so bad after all..' He decided to interrogate Ron further hoping to extract more blackmail material.

"What shower?" Harry squeaked in a high-pitched voice in an attempt to copy Hermione.

"The.... Shower.. My-oh-knee..." Ron said and buried his face in Harry's shoulder. It felt physically VERY uncomfortable but his curiosity overwhelmed his desire to push Ron away.

"I..saw..."

"You saw?" Harry encouraged.

"I ..saw..YOU."

"WHAT?!?!?!"

Ron started laughing hysterically. "Gee, Harry. What's wrong? I see you in the shower all the time!!"

Harry stared dumbfoldedly at Ron. Ron upon noticing that he still held Harry in his arms quickly pushed him away.

"And that's supposed to make me feel better?!" Harry snapped, annoyed that Ron seemed to have woken and had just pulled a fast one on him. "That's SICK!!"

"Its true!" Ron said looking hurt. "Anyway, where the hell are we?"

Harry rolled his eyes. "I don't know but maybe you should go to sleep so you can lead us back."

Ron looked incredulously at Harry.

Suddenly Harry doubled over clutching his head.

"What? What's wrong?" Ron looked frantically around. "Is, is You-Know-Who. You know."

Meanwhile Harry crouched down and mumbled obscene things under his breath.

"Don't swear at me! It's not very nice you know."

Harry groaned, clutching his head.

"-I mean, just because I state the obvious doesn't mean you have to run me down all the time-"

"RON!!" Harry bellowed, making Ron cringe. "Has it occurred to you that I might be in pain?!"

"Oh."

"Are you?"

Harry once again proceeded to mutter obscenities under his breath, although this time "Red headed. imbecile.." Could be clearly heard.

Suddenly, Harry heard someone giggling. Harry ignored Ron's protests for his insults and began to look for the source of the sound.

He saw a shadow in the corner of the room and went towards it to investigate. When Harry got nearer he swore out loud as he recognized whom it was.

"Christ on a bike!!" He swore whipping his wand out (A/N It happened to be in his pocket even though he didn't put it there, very convenient don't you think?). Ron came up beside him and his mouth dropped open.

" You.You-Know-Who???"

"I WOULD kill you, Harry Potter, but I can't. Well not now. Today.. ahem.. tonight must be your lucky night. In fact I'm just as surprised as you are." Vodemort was wringing his hands and looked positively miserable. "Is it OK if I don't try to kill you?" He asked, a pleading look in his eyes. "Not right now that is.. I mean I still do have a reputation to up hold you know...." He quickly added seeing the disbelief in Harry and Ron's faces.

"Somebody pinch me" Ron said shell-shocked. Voldmort slinked over and gave him a pinch on his cheek (A/N you go figure which), at that Harry drew back in horror and Ron promptly fainted.

Voldemort burst into tears.

"I'm not that scary right?? I mean * sniff * I try to come across as * sniff* that but I also want to have friends.. How can I have friends if everyone faints when they see me???"

"You could,ah, try NOT pinching people, ah, there.... And the whole I'm-an- evil-wizard-look-at-me-wrong-and-you'll-die-a-painful-death thing doesn't exactly help.."

"Oh. You think?"

Harry rolled his eyes to the sky and pleaded (silently of course) 'LORD HELP ME!!!!'

"Yes." He said, realizing that this was the longest conversation he had EVER held with Voldemort (Well actually the only conversation he's held with Voldemort. Most other times its either speaking through a third person or Voldemort using imperio and forcing him to talk or ugly shouting matches which don't really count.) and not once had Voldemort even thought about killing him. (Or so Harry thought but who knows what goes on in THAT mind..)

A long silence stretched and the only noise to be heard was Ron's breathing. Harry began to tap his foot and Voldemort, looking decidedly nervous, began to look for any routes to escape by.

*Silence *

"Was that a tumble weed just then?"

*Blink * Blink *

"Uh..."

Another long silence ensued...

"Well, I, uh, better be going." Voldemort said, all the while inching towards the door.

"Ah, yeah.. uh, by the way.. how DID you get in here?" Harry asked suspiciously.

Voldemort blinked and smiled, switching directions he began inching towards the window.

"Well you see.."

"I thought Hogwarts was guarded .. unless... One of the teachers let you in.. Snape!! Of course!!"

Voldemort jumped. " Um. actually."

"Yes!! That's what Ron must have seen in Snape's classroom!! YOU!!!" Harry chewed his lip a look of concentration on his face. "But, hang on.. then why on earth did he react SO violently when I mentioned Snape's underwear? Hmmmm..."

While Harry was busy testing his theories, Voldemort was trying to sneak out the window (A/N So what if it's the 4th floor?). At the mention of Snape's underwear however, he tripped and fell head first out of his escape route.

Harry started when he heard a loud SPLAT and upon looking around and not seeing Voldemort, ran to the window and looked down.

"OUCH.. that has got to hurt... He's not dead is he? I mean killed by Snape's underwear! How embarrassing!! Not really a fitting death for someone so.." Harry trailed off as Voldemort pushed himself (painfully slowly) off the ground and with a loud CRACK apparated.

"But..but.. You can't apparate on the grounds of Hogwarts!! It says so in Hogwarts a History!!" Harry exclaimed and shuddered inwardly at how much he sounded like Hermione. "Unless.. someone messed with the wards.. but the only one who can do that... is...."

"Dumbledore.." Ron muttered in his unconscious state.

"Please don't tell me you're having an erotic dream about our Headmaster." Harry muttered.

"Mmmmmm.." murmured Ron in his sleep. "Tasty..."

Harry's eyes widened and he stepped back in fear, he immediately promised himself that no matter how much money he had to spend he WOULD seek help for his disturbed friend. Then as Ron began to snore safely once more, he picked up Ron's left leg and proceeded to drag his friend back to the Gryffindor common room.

A/N Yeah !! 2nd Chapter is done!! * prances around room * whew! Anyway it's a bit longer than the first chapter, hope you're satisfied. Please Read and Review! * Big puppy dog eyes * we'll love you for it ^.^